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COOPER, PIIYSI!TAN & SURGEON • Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. K,R. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW on Tioga street, Tuukhannock Pa. GEO. S. TUTTOX. ATTORNEY AT LAW Tunkhonnock, Pa. Office n Stark's Brie ock, Ttoga street. WM. M. PIATT. ATTORNEY' AT LAW, O fice in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk hannock. Pa. 1> H. J. C- BECKER . PHYSIC lAN *I SURGEON, XYiiufd respectfully announce to the citizensofWy ming, that he has located at Tuukhannock where h* will promptly attend to all calls in the line of his profession. Will be found at home on Saturdays of each week £lie,lSufl)lir I)ousf, O w o O H AKKL&ITL NO, LT:N NA. The undersigned having lately purchased the •' Bt'EIILER HOUSE " property, has already com menced such alterations and improvements as will render this old and popular House equal, if not supe rior, to any Hotel in the City of II irrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is refpect fully solicited. GEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, TUNKHAN NOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. TIIIB establishment has recently been refitted an furnished in tbc latest style Every attention will be given to tho comfort ami convenience of those who patronize the IIouc. T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor : Tankhannoek, September 11, 1861. north beansh hotel, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COINT\, l'A Wm. H. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the aV.ove Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to tender the house an agreeable place ot sojourn for *ll "ho may favor it with their \\ in. II CORTRIGIii. Jane, 3rd, 1863 TOWANDA., r*A-. D. B- BARTLET, (Late of the BBRAINARD HOUSE, ELMIUA, N. Y. PROPRIETOR. The MEANS HOTEL, i- on.-of the LARGEST and BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt is fitted up in the most modern and improved style, and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and ARteeable place for till, v 3, n2l, ly. CLARKE, K£EfIEY,& PO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS' &ilkaitk©assimm lials f . AND JOBBERS TN^ HATS, CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS, PARAHOLS AND UMBRELLAS, BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES, 849 BROAX3WAY, CORNER OF LEONARD STREET, .. SLSW YrtftjfHKL • S. *■ CLARK, 1 A. a ar.v.NET, \ a. LHEENEY. S ~ M. GILMAN, DENTIST. M GILMAN, hag permanently located in Tunk • hannock Berough, and raspectfnlly tenders his professional services to the citizens of this place and n ronpdi hgoo un try. 'ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS- T ACTION. JTOffiaw over Tatton's Law OSoe, near the Pos 11, IM/ ©©©IDBBWS TO HOUSE KEEPERS! F rank M. Buck Has just opened, at the store house formerly oc cupied by C T, Marsh, one door below Baldwin's iijtel, in Tuukhannock, NEW GROCERY AND Provision Store, where he is prepared to sell eve :ything in the line ol Family Groceries at prices far below those here tofore asked for them 0 His stock was selected and purchased by MR. A. G. STARK n person, whose intimate acquaintance with the rude, and dealers, enabled him to purchase at prices LOWER Till TIE LOWEST. Mr. Stark's services as salesman, also, hare been secured. 0 In the line of Groceries and Provisions, I can sell Good Molasses at SI per Gal. ood Brown Sugar at 12J cts per lb. N'-, l Mackerel ■' l'2J '• ' Cod Fish " 9 " " • New Mess Pork " 17 " •' " Chemical Soap •' 124 •' " " Salcratus '• 124 " " •' Groun i Coffee " 25 " " " Fxtra Green Rio Coffee " 40 " " " Lard " 20 " " • Rice " IS " " " Crackers '' 10 " " •' And all other articles at correspondingly low prices 0 In the article ot Teas, both as to prices and quality, I sMij ©umjttljHflit GINGER. PEPPER, SPICE. CINAMON, CLOVES, NUTMEG, MUSTARD, CREAM. TARTAR, RAISINS, FIGS, POWDER, SHOT AND LEAD. Fim ID UTS If AIL KIIIS, -ALSO FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOR PUDDINGS, I IBS, CUSTARD AND ICE CREAM. 0 SPICED SALMON & SARDINES in boxes— a fine article for Pic-nic, fishing and pleasure parties, Ice Cream Constantly on hand, and furnished in any quanti ty desired, on short notice* MACARONI— FOR SOUPS. SMOKED HALIBUT. 0 A large and varied assortment of LAMPS, LAMP CHIMNEYS GLOBES AND WICKS, ALSO Kerosene Oil* o N. B.—WOOL, HIDES, FURS, AND gHEEP PELTS, purchased for cash or trade, for which the highest cash prices will be paid. ©all anil fmmjite. F. BUCK. THikkanaeckjJaaeft v4u4|tf ••TO SPE AK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8 1865. Ijtlect Iporg. ~ UK DER SUS PI CIO N, THE ARREST. I 'Uncle Joseph, will you see to the lag gage ?" "Certainly, madam," 1 replied. I always called my brother's second wife "madam we never quarrelled, but each thought the other was the most disagieeable person in the universe ; and as we each knew what the other thought, it may be imagi ued our intercourse was not of a very cordial kind. I did see to the luggage, and then took tickets for the party for the York express by the great Northern Railway. Fortunately we had a compartment to our selves, that is, Mrs, Webster, my niece Cla ra, and J myself. "Clara,"my dear, you look as ill as you can look ; no one would think that to-morrow was your wedding day." "Do I look ill mamma?" said Clara, dreamily. "Yes, my dear, and wretched too. I won der you've not more sense at your age, a gir! of twenty-five, and breaking her heart for love of a man who for four years has not taken the slightest notice af you." "Why it was one of the conditions, Mrs. Webster, he should not write," I exclaimed. Clara said nothing, but loosed her thanks at her old uncle. "However, Uncle Joseph, he ought to have come back and taken his dismissal qnietly. I have no patience with this poor man blight ing a girl's chance of getting well settled in life in this way. However thank goodness, it is all over now ; the four years are gone this three months, and to-morrow you will be the wife of a man whose age will com mand your respect, and whose position will secure your every comfort;" "And one mamma, whom nothing on earth but my solemn promise to my poor dear fa ther. would make me call husband." U"Well oiy dear, it's fortunate for your fu ture interests that you made that promise. I'm sure that Mr. Tredegar Is a man after my own heart. If I hadn't other views for my own children's sake, I should have set my cap for him myself." &'Tm sure, madam, Mr, Tredegar would feel only too much honored if he knew your sentiments : the candid avowal of them is, I thiDk, highly calculated to add to Clara's happiness under tte exciting circumstances." "Well, you know, Uncle Joseph, I am candid to a fault." "Decidedly madam, most decidedly," I remarked, which caused Mrs, Webster to read a yellow covered novel for some time in silence, though shortly afterwards she drop ped asleep. Clara stolo to my side of the carriage and leaned her head on my shoulder. "Oh, Uncle, I wish I were dead ; can it be so very wrong to die ? lam so wretched, I dread to-morrow ; oh ! why will not God pity me, and take away my life ?" "My dear Clara, don't that's a good child ; it's wicked to talk in this way; life must be born. I have felt as you feel, and still I live and am not positively unhappy, only a vague shadowy regret of what might have been, stands like a cloud betwecu me and my hap piness that might be mine. Yours are keen sufferings ; but bear tbem patiently, and use will dull the pain." "But, uncle, why did he not let me hear from him as mamma says ?" "Because ho was a man of honor; the four years were up only last April, and this is but July who can tell where he is ? faith ful and true, I know." "Oh uncle, God bless you for those words, I know it too, but what can I do ? I cannot delay longer ; my poor father's dying words my solemn promise to marry this man, my stepmother's persecutions—what can I do ? Three months have I fought, and I wish to lay down and die. Oh, uncle is there no es cape ! I havo such a dread that he will come back after lam married, and then—oh, it would be worse than his death to 6ee him ! —Then temptation !—oh, why cannot I die ? "Poor child! my poor child!" was all I could utter. Bound'by a vow made at her father's death bed she was going the next day to marry a man who was old enough to be her father, and who, but for the fact of persisting in his claim, spite of her only expressed dislike of him, was esteemed a very good kind . of man. True, Clara was beautiful and accomplish ed beyond the average of women, and it would seem to be a struggle to pass by the assurances of a stepmother, that to give np such a prize, backed as he was, was only a girlish fancy, and that love coming after mar riage was more to be trusted and more last ing than if it came before ; I confess I was but a poor counsellor nnder such circum stances, still I ioved her very truly, she was almost as my own daughter, for I was child less, and I would have given my life to save her. But it was impossible, and to morrow would seal her fate. It was not a pleasant journey. Mrs. W. read and slept at intervals the whole time, and when she slept Clara nestled close to me. We arrived at York about six o'clock, and, jpstas the train was slackening speed into the station, a guard jpmped onto the foot board, locked or unlocked the door, and re mained there until the train stopped. "Have vou any parcels, madam ?" "All, thank you, ITncle Joseph, except my umbrella—ohl that's under the seat, said Mrs. Webster. "Now, guard, unlock the door." •'Are you with, that young lady, sir ?" pointing to my niece. "Yes, certainly, unlock the door." "Better not make a fuss, sir." "Fuss 1 what do you mean ?" The man, who seemed to be looking out for somebody, now asked, "All right sir ?" "All right," said the station master, earn ing to the door and opening it; this way, miss." "What does this mean?" "Step into my office, I dare say it's all right. Bettor not say too much out here, yon know." We followed him through the 1 ittle crowd of passengers and potters, accompanied by a policeman. As we passed we heard frag mentary observations of the most pleasing kind. "Which is it ?" said some one. "It is the girl, I think." "No, it's tbe old woman ; she looks as if she'd do any one a mischief if it suited hr" ' Old man looks too soft for anything," and so on. We went into the office, and I indignantly turned to tbe station master. "What is the meaning of this, sir ?" "Oh, it's very simple, sir ; a telegram has arrived from the police in London, with or ders to stop this young lady ; here it is ?" I took it and read : "The young lady looking very ill, dressed in a black mantle, white straw boßnet with white flowers, is to be detained at the sta tion till the arrival of the officer by tbe after noon mail. She is seated in the middle compartment of the third first class carriage, from the end of tbe train. Her present name is Clara Webster. To avoid the pos sibility of mistake, she has a diamond ring on the third finger of the left hand, with the words "From Herbert" engraved on the inside.'- It certainly was a correct descriptor, and the name—there might be two Clara Web sters, though. "Let me see your left hand, dear," She pulled off her glove, and there was the ring, "Let me see that ring with tbe diamond on it." "Uncle, what does this mean? Is any thing wrong at home ?" "I'll tell you presently, dear ; give me the riDg." She took it off and gave it to me, and I read "Frcm Herbert" on the inside. "Why that's tbe ring Mr. Langley gave you." "What has he to do with this ?" said Mrs. Webster. "Perhaps he " "He what, madam?" "Perhaps it did not belong to him, I was going to say." I said it was no use to struggle ; when the officer came down he would explain the mis take. "Where csn we wait ?" I said. "Wait, Uncle Joseph, what for?" "Madam, this telegram orders the arrest of fyour daughter, and her detention here till the arrival of an officer from London." "But what for?" "I cannot tell you ; It is useless to com plain now, we must wait." "I shall do nothing of the kind, I shall at once go and get my brother and Mr. Trede gar to come down." "Pray don't madam ; there's no occasion to make more noise about this matter tbau can be helped." "I shall remain with Clara; you had bet ter go and say we are coming very shortly." "Your instructions don't include this lady or myself?" I asked. "Not at all sir ; you are both free to go at any time, bnt the ysung lady must stay." "Where ?" "Well, sir, I'm sure there's some mistake, and was from the moment I 6aw the young lady ; so, if you'll give me your word not to go away, I'll take you into my house out of the bustle of the station." Mrs. Webster went off, and Clara went out of the house. "What can it be nnele ?" "Can't saj , my dear; it will be something to laugh at by and-by, though it's not pleas ant now." "But abont the ring—do you think it pos sible, that what mamma said ?" "Possible, my dear! it's ridiculous. It' 6 a hundred years old, and I dare say belonged to his mother before he gave it to you." ■'l can't think what it can be." "Don't think about it. It's a mistake, that's all, it will be cleared up in a few hours We'll have some dinner, and pass the time as well as we can." "Do you know, uncle, 1 feel almost glad of it: it pats off my wedding at least a week ; mamma herself conld not press it for to morrow, after this." We had dined and got to bo quite cheer ful, and laughing over the blunder, as we sat at the window, when a rap at the door startled as both. "Come in." A gentleman entered. ■'MiBB Webster." Clara bowed. ''Miss Ciara Webster," ho said, resding the name from a letter." "Clara bowed again. He handed her the letter, which she open ed, read, and dropped on the floor exclaim ing, "Thank God ! thank God ! O uncle ! 1 am so happy! and then fell into a chair fainting. 1 picked up the letter, and calling the peo ple of the house, very soon brought her to, and we were once more alone with the bear er of the cote, which ran as follows : TKEDF.GER HALL. Mr. Francis Tredegar presents his compli ments to Miss Webster, and beg to state that he must, decline the fulfilment of tho promise to make her his wife. The unhappy circumstances o fMiss Webster's public arrest on the charge of being in posession of a dia mond ring, stolen by her former lover will at once account to her for this decision. Mr Tredegar's wife must be above suspicion. Mr, Tredegar begs also to inform Miss Webster that the services of his solicitor, Mr. Blake, (the bearer are at her disposal). ''Well. Mr. Blake," said I "you see we shall not require your seivice ; I shall wail the event, and if it is not cleared op, shall employ my own solicitor in the matter. Will you present my kind regards to Mrs. Trede gar, and express my and my niece's admira tion of his gentlemanly courtesy and kind ness ? I would write to him if I did not con sider that a correspondence with such a mis erable cowardly scoundrel ! was to utterly degrading to be thought of." "I shall faithfully convey your message 1 sir and allow me to assure you that I was quite ignorant of the contents of the letter , and that it shall be the last time I ever convey one fr< m him ; and now, as you will let rae help you as a solicitor, allow me to proffer my services as a friend." "Willi all my heart, Mr. Blake, come in here a few minutes before the train comes in, and we shall be glad of your help," "Was I not right, dear uncle ?" said Clara, as soon as we weTe alone. ''Oh ! you can't tell how happy lam ; I can live on. Oh! this glorious mistake ; it is the most fortunate thing that ever happened to me in all my life. Now you are glad uncle, arn't yon ?" and she come to me with all Hope's torches lit in both her eyes, and kissed me, and would have me spaak. "Yes, darling, I am glad,—more glad than I can find mere words to tell, vour fate linked to such a man as this scoundrel would bo living to death. lam heartly glad Clara." THE OFFICER. "This way, sir. The young person is in my house; she gave her word not to at tempt to leave : the old gentleman is with her." This we heard through the door as the 6tatiou master came along the passage. Our friend Mr. Blake had arrived sometime be fois. The station man entered, and behind him a tail broad-shouldered man. with bushy beard and moustaches concealing all the lower part of his face. "Will you have a light, sir ? said the sta tion master of the officer." "Thank you, no." Clara started at the sound of the voice and laid her hand on mine. "Now, my good man," began Mr. Blake perhaps you'll explain this matter ; you tel egraphed down from London to stop this la dy, and here she is. Now, if you please ex plain." "This gentleman," I said to the officer is my niece's adivser. I assume it is a mistake still we shall be glad of your explanation. You arc a detective, I presume ? "No, sir, I am not, my name is , "Herbert! Heroert !my dear Herbert it is you." Clara had gone to him, and he was clasp her in his strong arms, while her face was hidden in his-great beard; "My own 1 my darling ! my own true dar ling 1 she loves me still." But why describe their meeting! Mr. Blake said to me at once. "Mydear sir, lam not wanted here, and I doubt if yon are, and we left them. In haif an hour we thought it possibla we might be less in the way, and we went in. They sat On tho sofa at a most suspiciously great distance from each other and looked as happy and foolish as possible. "And now, my dear Herbert, please to ex plain to us what has taken you at least half an hour to make to my niece." "Well, my dear uncle, —I may call you un cle ? '* * "Oh yes; a month sooner is not of so much consequence, "Don,t uncle," said Clara. ; You know how I west away with just enough to pay for my tools and outfit, and passage. I went to California, to the diggings and was lucky, got a good claim, worked it. made a little money, took shares in • ma chine, worked the claim, iuproved the ma chinery, became manager and director, and got rich months ago to come home for Clara, t,ook the fever at Panama, waa down for two months there, not able ta move TSHMS, 932,00 PER ANNI3M VOL. 5 NO. 14 | hand or foot, totf arrived oftTy faft night ct [ Liverpool. There met an old friend he#rd | all the news , poof Webster's death, the promise'and the rest and above all that to morrow was the day. 1 started by the first train to get to London thinking the marriage would take place there, Abd that 1 should be in time. Looking out of the window of the carriage as the trains wero passing each oth er at Peterborough, 1 saw Clara with her mother, 1 did not see you. 1 was mad: the trains bad started and I could not get otff. There was Clara going from me, and 1 am go ing from her, as fast as express trains could take us. What could 1 do ? 1 knew noth- I ing where she was going and yet my infor mal ion was positive that she Was going to be married to morrow solely because she would keep her promise. "Can you wonder at my doing as 1 did? The train did not stop until it reached Lon don, and 1 found that by the time 1 had hun ted up the address, to which you had gone, from the servauts at home. 1 should have lost the last train and not been able to get off till long past midnight. What to do 1 could not think. "In the carriage in which 1 sat somebody i had telegraphed to the police on the door step and so on. It all flashed on my mind in an instant." "1 went to the telegraph office, and look ing in, there was only a yonng lad there." "1 went in and calleu him." "Can you telegraph ta York for m7" "Certainly, sir." ' "1 wrote the telegram you saw." "You must Sign this, sir." "No, 1 must not young man," and 1 drew him towards me by the shoulder. "My name's Field, Inspector Field ; you understand." "Oh ! certainly slf. Did yon catch that man the other day ; I heard it frcra one of our clerkß. Newgate now." "Indeed sir," said the lad. "You'll send that at ohce, the traiu's due" in less than an hour. I'll see you do it." "He did send it, and as 1 heard the click, click, click, click, ft was like the throb of a new circulating fiery Wood in my arteries, for 1 knew it would enable me to see yoa, (Jara, and then 1 came down as you see by this train, and 1 feel disposed now to embrace all the telegraph clerks ia the kingdom." "Well, young man, its a dangerous gime, 1 suppose you're aware its an offense not lighily punished to pretend you're to offi cer of police," said Mr. Blake. "My dear Mr. Blake, if it was deafh on the instant of discovery, and 1 was in the same strait, 1 should do the same thing over again," "You must find a prosecuter Mr. Blake said Clara, "and as 1, the principal person concerned, am not going to prosecute the of fieer 1 think he will escape." Buc why,' said 1, "didyon not telegraph to Clara direct ?" "Because 1 feared that Mrs. Webster might possibly have prevented our meeting"' 'Mr. Blake left us with his eyes twinkling, and muttered something to me about servi tude for life. A month after this 1 bad the pleasure of giving away my niece tor Herbert, sod iff two months more 1 had the pleasure of reading in the London Timet tbe announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Webstar to Francis Tredegar Esq., of Tredegar Hall, to which ceremony 1 need scarcely aay I was not In vited. Clara and Herbert and 1 live together, and to day be is spoken of amongsf' bis inti mates as Herbert Langly, "that ective and intelligent officer." A SOCIAL is no greater bore than a human echo that repeats, assen tim, whatever one suggests or asserts. It Is a nuisance always to be coincided with. A man of sense likes to argue his points and prove his positions. The whetstone of oppo sition sharpens his wit; but if met with a continuous affirmative iteration of his own words, his game is blocked, and he is so to speak, dumbfounded. OD the contrary, a sententious "No, I don't think so" puts a man on his mettle. If wrong, he has an op portunity of being set right, of enjoying au honest triumph. To be in company with one who has no opinion but your opinion, ia as bad as being caged with a maOUW. If you an individual, in the habit of agreeing with everybody, the reason of his complaisance, he may tell you, perhaps, that he hates con troversy. Ilaies controversy ! He might as well say he hates trutfr: for disputation ia the crucible in which the gold of truth is sep arated from the alloy of error. How many things were taken for granted in former agea, that modern argument has shown to be mere fallacies ! The grand object of a man of mind is to acquire knowledge; but he can learn nothing from those who are always ready to pin their faith on bis sleeve without taking the trouble to think for themselves. We de test the.'suavity that is too polite, and the in difference that is too phlegmatic to argue. • E IT- A colored woman, with a fortune of $5OO, 000, advertises in the Paris papers for a hus band.