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All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB WORK irust be paid for, when ordered ffusiitfss llotirfs. HS. COOPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON • Newton Centre, Luxerne County Pa. R,R. EITTIjE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Ottee on Tioga street , 1 unkhanuovk Pa. GEO S. TUTTON, ATTO NEY AT LAW Tuiikhonnock. Pa. Office n Stark's line ek. Tioga stieei \\' M. M. I*l ATT, ATfORNEY AT LAW, O Vv fee in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk ( ha snack, Pa I> H. j. C- BKUKKR . PHYSICIAN dk SURGEON, Would respectfully announce to Hie i-itixensoWy ming, that he has located at Tunkhanowk where h. w'UI promptly aUenJ to all calls in the line of his fwofesslod. Will b<- foand at home on Saturdays of eaeb week &j)f BUfljlfU fIOUSe, HARRISIUTBG, PKNNA. The undersigned hiving lately pur. hased the •' BUEiILER HOUSE " property, has already com menced such alterations and improvement* as will reiuler this old and popular House equal, if not supe rior, to anv Hotel in the City of Harrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is refpeet fully solicited? 3 GEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING CO.. PA. rIJIS establishment has recently been refitted an furnished in the latest style Every attention will be given to th* comfort and convenience of those VJO putrooixe the- Uotwe. T. B. WALL. Owner and Proprietor . Tunkhanne-k, September 11, 1961. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESIIOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY. PA _ Wm. H. CORTHIGHT, Proper HAYING resumed the proprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to ~ndor the house nn agreeable place ot sojourn for all who may favor it with their custom. Wm. H COR'iRIGHT. June, 3rd, 1863 prints ifftrl, TOWANDA, PA. D- B- BART LET, [Late ot the BBHAINARO Horsr., ELMIRA, N. Y. PROPRIETOR. The MBANS HOTEL, i one of tne LARGEST and BEST ARR ANGED Houses in the country -It it fitted up in the most modern and unproved style, and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and agreeable stopping-place for all, v 3. 21. ly CLARKE, KEEMEY.& CO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS' ! i Ifc anli £ ass im tre late AND JOBBERS IN HATS. CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS, PARASOLS AND UMBRRUI.AS. BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES, 849 BROADWAY, CORNER OP LEONARD BTREET, WAW B. r CLARI, \ A C KEBNER, > e. LCIBNIT. y M. GILMAN7 fiY OILMAN, hat permanently located in Tonk tvx bannock Ben.ugh, ami respectfully tender* his professional services to the eiticena of this place and arreunding aeudtry. , WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS •ACTION-. 1 over Tnttea'a Law OMoe, near the Fos (The Mntfh Sraiuhilcmiuritt. ©OOB 2!35W1 TO HOUSE KEEPERS! Frank M. Buck Has just opened, at the store house fonnerlv oc cupied by C T.. Marsh, one ioor below Baldwin's Hotel, in Tunkhannoi-k, NEW GROCERY AND Provision Store, where he is prepared to sell ere.ything in the line ol Family Groceries at prices far below those he.e tolore asked for thein 0 llis stock was selected and purchased by MR. A. G. STARK in person, whose intimate acquaintance with the trade, and dealers, enabled hirn to purchase at prices LOWER Tlil THE LOWEST. Mr. Stark's services as salesman, also, hare been secured. 0 In the line of Groceries and Provisions, I can sell G<>od Molasses at SI per Qal. Good Brown Sugar at 12J cts per lb. No, 1 Mackerel • 12| " " ' Cod Fish " 9 New Mess Pork " 17 " • " Chemical Soap •' 12J •' " " Saleratus '• 12J " " •' Graunl Coffee " 25 " " •" Fxtra Green Rio Coffee " 40 •' " " Lard " 20 " " • Rice " 15 " " " Crackers M 10 " " '* And all other articles at correspondingly low prices Tn the article ol Teas, both as to prices and quality, I pffy ©orapetjlian: GINGER. PEPPER. SPICE. CINAMON. CLOVES. NUTMEG. MUSTARD, CREAMRTARTAR, RAISINS, FIGS, POWDER, SHOT AND LEAD. ' mm IBTS OF AIL KIIS, , -ALSO FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOR PUDDINGS, 1 IbS, CUSTARD AND ICE CREAM. SPICED SALMON & SARDINES in boxes—a Ine article for Pic-nic, fishing and pleasure parties, Ice Cream Constantly en band, ani furnished in any quanti ty desired, on short airier* MACARONI— FOR SOUPS. SMOKED HALIBUT. 0 A Urge and varied assortment of LAMPS. LAMP CHIMNEY'S GLOBES AND WICKS, ALSO Kerosene Oil. N. 8.-wOOL. HIDES, FURS, AND gHEEP PELTS, purchased fur cash or trad.-, fM A SINGLE MAN'A DIART. The ponderous old tune piece that stood on a small wooden shelf between my aunt Rachel's kitchen windows, had just struct ten. I at ihere just where the muring maple leaves interposed a canopy of emerald shade between the pages of my book, and the fer vid heat of ol i Phoebus, regaling myself with a capita ly flavored cigar and indolently watching my rosy little aunt as she tripped hither sod thither, busier than any bee that ever lost his wit* in an acre of clover bios sums. Ever since I could remember, she had made a business <>f spoiling me, and it was iho greatest luxury I kuew of. to escape fr'in the heat and turmoil of the great city where I was beginning to practice law, and spend a week with this most favorite of aunts; notwithstanding she invariably con sidered 1t her duty to lecture me roundly on my single bfe**ednes and to recommend all the unmarried females of her by no means litui'ed acquaintance to my bacnelor constd- ration. "Now there' 6 no use teasine me, aunt Rachad," i-aid I, emphatically tossing my c gar uut into a bed of glowing sweet wtl loom, "I've no intention of tailing in love wuh any of your red headed country divini ti A, wh< 6e acC'itiplMunents are confined to pies, and Work lied quilts, and " ••Ptitlip! Pin astonished at you," ejacula ted my relative. ' Let me tell you, young man, the art of housekeeping is not to be undetvalued N>w there's IL-psibah Warren the nicest girl in the neighborhood—the Yerv person to suit you, mr boy ." '•She'need be a roce gul. with that hideous nsrne fastened to her tor life," said I, aht ug ging tnv shoulders ; but aunt. Rachel went ..n, pretending not to hear the ungraenms remark. 'P! i' |. I ?h"u'd be perfectly happy if 1 saw yui the arc pie lov. rof Mifis Warren " "I'm afrsul you're not dts.ir.ed to the en joyinent id pi.-rf, c* happiness just at present, then auni Rachel,'' remarked I, demurely. — 'M' falling in I ve with a girl named Hep sibah !" Au-'t Rachel could not he|p laughing at the horrible grimace I made, even as she hurried away to answer an imjiera'ive knocK at the front dor 1 settled myself comfort-' ably back in the b'- rocking c'lair; and pre pared—ala-! how liu seem to think that it requires the intellect of Mil ton and the gem-rali-hip oi Napoleon to Co ik a dinner." "I could be home by the time to dish it up, mused my aunt, evidently considering the feasibility of the whole scheme. "0 ( course you could," echoed I. heginning to : eel rather anxious d be sure the custard pies go into the oven hen the fire IR hot. They are on the kitch en table now, all ready." "li'v all right, HUn t R,chel," responded I. "A'id. Ph'hp. be par'iculatly careful td keep the garden ga'e shut—those pigs of farmer R pley's are >n the road again this moiping." "I won'' forge'." "N 'W, can you tell me what you Intend to do first ?" raid aunt Rachel, at the close of a volley ol directions. '•Put the garden gate into the oven when the pigs are hot—pull some nice fresh peas kindle the asparagus at eleven PKC cisely tod etc up the pies the moment tbej tre b iked," answered I, with bewildering volu bility. > i "Philip!" groaned aunt Rachel, in despair "Ni-vi-r mind, aunty— i• 's all right.— Thi-re'a a h"le cnfu'ion of ideas in my brain juw at present, but tley'll all settle altera while Don't be nervous." And I bundled the shawl round my un* willing relative's stiouldeva, and hurried her out of the wickul gate. Wiseiy judging thit it would not be best to allow htr a half second for sober reflection. I sat down on the doorsteps, thinking it was a very nice thing to be a housekeeper. "N -w, if I wav a woman," soliloqu zed I. "1 should be tearing around the bouse, knocking d >wu chairs and flirtmg up dust with a broom untd loe Wouldn't cool me ! As it is, L don't see but thai I keep hou*e very nicely with DO fuss at all." I lighted my cigar, balanced myself in a comfortable position, and waited for the old cl->ck to fire the signal guu for my attack <>n the hack kitchen cooking aiove. One—two—three— f ur —five —si x—seven —t-ight- -nine—ten ELEVEN ? "Now lh;n;" quoth I. "for victory or deaih!" Confound tha tire—it WUJLDM'T burn ,in -pits of my coaxing, and chips and blowing and puffi -g. My eyes smarting with sm<>ki — tuy nof-trd* tinged wuh ashes—but the fiie declined to biz-! I sat down and contemplated it melevo* letitly. For a ininutv or two I had a wild Kfra of getting a couflagration out ot my aunt's stock of lucifer matches, and cooking the dinner thereon stall hazards; but with J -ober second thought caine a bright idea— charcoal ! "Of course ! What a blockhead 1 was not to think oi it belore." And I jumped and dived into the Booty recesses of aunt Richel's charcoal bwrel with an alerness that surpiire't my self. "Let me Bee—what nnxi ?" pondered I toed itanyiily. "0 l the pies were to ba pit in when the t.ven was hot. Well, if the oven i*o' hot now it never will be, so here goes!'' I iia l always supposed a pie to be a a did sub | stance. Consequently when both ihe villain uus co(n|H>uuis "Keeled over," tad iisc i heir sncky c mtentß over my coat, iri-wwra and white Marsellatse vest, 1 was—just a little taken by surprise. "Well, hvre's an in ereating state of affi'rs! ' I exclaimed, setting down the erop'y crus's. and viewing tny drenched garments through I winch the oi iiuroy hq nd was slowiy petie tra'ingto the very skui. If tins is houio ! thmg is certiin —I n Ist got toy poi< an h is paigus boiling, before this fire all burns out, as I've put every lump of charcoal in'.o the stt>ve. Revising my toilet can wait —dinner can't I" I caught up a tin pan and knife, and made a frantic rush tor the garden. The asparjus was easily found and cu', but I was no bot anist, hut a cuy lawyer, I could not decide which were beets, and which something else. Finally 1 lot on a truly ingenous expedient of pulling up hv the roots every bulbous plant winch I conjectured might be the vegetable in quest ioii!" "R-'Und white—possibly turnips—certain ly not beets. Yellow spindling —oh carrots to be sure. Phew w what smell of garlic ; by the powers it's an onion I've g -t hold of ! 0, here's the fellow—round and red as sure as I'm alive. N thing like pet severance! " While I dug brikly away at my hard won treasures, whistling "Dixie" with all uiv migh: a sepulchral grunt close to my ear made me start convulsively and drop tnr kmfe ! Iw-ri't'ry to smooth over tho matter, I'll confess at once that I did mutter one or twu naughty words under my breath. But who wouldn't when all of Ropley'a pigs were J running wild over aunt Rachel's darling gar den ? 1 had unwittingly left the gate open, and here was my exoeeding great reward ! "1* Mrs Sedley at home ? Here was 1 in full *h->ut after a drove of pigs, my trowseta besmeared with cus'ard and Iresh mud from the garden, a tin pan hrardihi d io my hand, and the pe apiraimn rolling down uiy face in torrents, acco.-oed by a lovly girl, wuh cheeks like fresh damak r-.hen, and the purest of white mutJtn shawls. •Is MriSdleyat home?" "No—}es,"l answered, look'ng uneasily around, as the last of my four-legged enemies scampering through 'he gate. "That is, she isn't at home ju->t now, bu' I expect her Very soon. Won'< y<-u walk tn ? Why did she hide that cherry mouth in her handkerchief so often ! why did 'he hasel eves dance ao roguishly as she walked by my aide to the house ? It certainly made her look very pretty, but arill 1 resumtd a Byrontc air, and conversed in sentimental nothings—which made her laugh more than ever. I showed her into the silting room and withdrew to secure my boets and asparagus. As I came in from the garden some good an te! prom ted me to take a sly peep at the square oJ looking glaaa that Seth J -ne*, one of my uncles "nired bands," kept up in the back poareb. Great Jupiter ! if I had bseu one of our eolored popula i >n, my faoe couldn't bate been more grimy with charcoal (feast and ash T3QR.MS, tfi,oo FOR ea. avc wheie the pt*r-p*raiti)n hail courred I tl r-'Ugb it,.-in uutiiic rivulc's I took one mo- ! mrni'e o >uneil with mvst-lf, then walked up •taira, washed my lace, biuehtd out my curls attired my sell iu a while !iuen fruit,and catue down again. The pretty girl hardly knew me: she Couldn't hardlv credit her eeut-es, until I spoke, and !<>ld her of all my troubles. Then how -he laughed to be sure. "Yes," said I,'-I'm willing to confess tha housekeeping is an art, and one which I don't pi Nrese. Only I don't ackiu wledge thai I shall be a little mortified when aunt Rachel comes home and witnesftcs my total discom fiture. II it wasn't for those custard pies D Here the hazel eyes danced again, But I had secured a powerful all. "Oli !" said -he. "I can renedy all that. Just you tell me where the milk and egg* >ue, and I will make some custard." I conducted her to th dauy department, and looked on tn speechless admiration, while she drew oft' her gloves rolled up her round est, perliest of dimpled aims and stirred up spicy uoxlures in blue ear:hen bowls, with a dain iness of manipulation that nearly drove me crazy. Then she sent me out afrer ch p < %. d had ihe fire all a cracking bitore I knew what she was doing. Then he washed the potatoes ami put in the asparagus, and then into the weetesl little peal of laughter that ever re-echoed tn the raf'era ol that old kucheu. 'Why wha' on earth are those ?" "Bi-ets, an n't they ?" "'] he> are radishes !*' At d ihen we hoih laughed until we had to lean sgau st the dresser tor support. "L'ouie," said she, "there's no help for it. We tnui go and gei the peas and some rual lieets !" I never enj yed anything half BO much a> tha', nestling under the col shadows of •he pea vine, wuh a pretty face, all sonic* god dimple-, ppo>ite, and a white In tie baud wandering among the green leaves, uurely by accident, coining in contact with rume. Then U>e shelling wa most an inieresiing businea and our inu'ual auperin'endeuce of 'he cook en , and the table setting. Tube sure we br>ke one teacup in our heal, but who caied lor that ! Then her merry laugh at my absence ot ißitid roused nie once m re to the fact thai it was one o'clock, a superb dinner suck nig on the tahle, Uocie Sedley and ins "hands" ap proaching trutn one poiul oi the compass, : ud Aunt Rictiel trom the other. "Now promise roe one thing, Mr. Sedley," -aid Ihe laity. "I'll promise you forty," replied I, energet ically. Site blushed charmingly. "Don't tell them that I hrlp-d you. Let theio suppose juu a first class housekeeper." I asvo'ed. not at all unwillingly, just a iiiv aunt Rachel's foot crossed the threshold. £he stopped short ID astonishment at seeing iha' I was not alone then a smile of recogni tion-fin tered over her lace. "Why, surely I can't be mistaken -is ii Hepsibnh ? My dear I'm so glad to Bee you! Pnilip this is Miss EL-psibah Warren." "Mr. Sedley and I are very well acquainted alreadv, ma'am," said the yourg lady, de murely, her long eyelushes hiding the mis chi-vious epaikle ol those haz -l orbs, while 1 called aunt Rachel's attention by* my master piece ola dinner. What a liberal meed of praise I received fur it—how many undeserved cotnpliniente were paid uie. I don't know which enj >ved it the most, I or my bright eyed compatriot- However, I believe aunt Rachel began to sus pect how matters were after a while, espec ially when she discovered the carede radishes and the etnptv charcoal barrel! She said not a word, however, only 6miiing roguishly to herself. Well, all this happened three months since: I am tvaly going to housekeeping now, on my own hook, and havn't a doubt bu' that 1 shall succeed alm-rahly, particularly as I have engaged Miss Hepsibah Warren as a life companion. lam quite reconciled to her name —it brings up before my mind's eve the pretimst vi-inn of rose cheeks, dimples mnthor is dcd !" What a volume of thought these sad words express. What pen can bring forth the agony of mind when this sad truth is realised. The heart shrinks back and denies to intruding expreeaion a knowledge of its inward woes. The imagi nation of another fails to picture them ; and when we our*ew to and fro upon our hearts, until exhausted we sink into lethargy, from which when we awaken it seemt as if we ourselves ,;>i ha'Ut*g woman got up, pulled the bios sleeve and pointed to the. seat • sbe had va cated. F<>r the first time at aba turusd, aha-!> ' t>ad a full view of his face, and neither at •hem paid any more attention to the empty "eat. They atared at one another a mmuts. a and then in spite of the awkward motion of ihe car embraced and kissed each othei with •' ••ystencal fervor. At first the passenger were somewhat astonished at ao public a < lean mst rat ion but all of then. soon joined in congratulating the delighted conple opoa learning that the two persons thus suddeuty brought together were - man and wfe long separated by the vicissitudes of war.- Ths soldier bad been desperately wounded hi Tennessee.and taken prisoner. He was sup posed to have been killed, and before he was restored to freedom and able to write, his wi.e, or widow, as she supposed herself, re moved to Chicago, and so his letters never -eacbed ber. The poor fellow as soon aa hs 1 could travel, set out for home,with a despond ing heart to learn why his letters had never been answered. He reached Chicago on Friday, n hit way thither, when the gener ous impulse of a kind little woman to s maimed soldier, brought her back a loving ' u-band, and threw into the open arms of s I wife wh<> had long mourned him as among that • innumerable host who have lain down their lives tor the salvation o f their country. WEAR A SMlLE —Which will you do, smile *nd make others happy, or be crabbed and make every one around you miserable 1 Can you live among beautiful fl B words, and a fretful dtspoaitiou, you can mafce hundreds unhappy almost bejond human endurance. ; f Which will you do 1 Wear • pleasant countenance, lotj-.y beam tn your eye and love glow iu youg forehead. There is no joy so great as that which springs from a kind act or a pleasant deed, and you may feel it at night when you rest, and at morning when you rise, and,-thro' the day when about your daily business, —— ■ 1 i.l I*• is COMODORE BELL, commandant at tbu Br oklvn, N-Y.. Navy Yard, under orders from the Navy Department, has directed that tin money shall be levied from the employee for political purposes Any one connected with the pat t vi>iaufth.ia order will ho dip misted. J ■••'■•'