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Business Cards of one square, with paper, $5. JOB WORK •f all kinds neatly executed, and at prices to suit the times. All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB - WORK must be paid for, when ordered. flumes Ha. COOPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON • Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. R,R. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Offiee on Tioga street, Tunkhannockl'a. GEO. S.TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Tunkhonnock, Pa. Office in Stark's Brie eck, Ttoga street. WM. M. PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, O fice in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk hannock. Pa. I>K. .T. C- BECKER . PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Would respectfully announce to the citizcnsofWy ming, (hat he has located at Tunkhannock where he will promptly attend to all calls in the liue of hie profession. Will be found at home on Saturdays of each week &Ije louse, lIARIUSHUKG, PENNA. The undersigned having lately purchased the " BUEIILER 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 Harrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is refpect fullj solicited. 3 GEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, TUN KHAN NOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. THIS establishment has recently been refitted an furnished in the latest style Every attention will be given to the comfort and convenience of those who patronize the House. T. B WALL, Owner and Proprietor ; Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESIIOPPEN, WYOMING COL NL'Y, PA Wm. H. CORTRIGIIT, Prop'r HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to fender the house an agreeable place ot sojourn for all who may favor it with their custom 3 WM H CORTRIGIIT. Jane, drJ, 1863 _ flairs iJfltel, TOWAINDA, PA . D- B. BART LET, (Late ot the Bbrainard Horse, Elmira, N. Y. PROPRIETOR. The MEANS HOTEL, Doneoftho 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 agreeable stopping-place for all, v 3, n2l, ly. CLARKE, KEENEY.& CO., If ANCVACTCRERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS' filfeaufoiSassiraerf J)ats AND JOBBERS IN HATS. CATS, FURS, STRAW GOODS, PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS, BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES, 849 BHOA33WAY, CORNER OF LEONARD STREET, &MW B. F, CLARK, A. O KERSEY, > 8. LirEENEY. J M. Gil MAN, M OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk • hannock Berough, and respectfully tenders his yrofessional services to the citizens of this place and urrounding country. PA KK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS tW Office over Tutton's Law Office, near th e Pos Btee. 11, 181/ TO HOUSE KEEPERS! Frank M. Buck Has just opened, at the store house formerly oc cupied by C T, Marsh, one door below Baldwin's Hotel, in Tunkhannock, NEW GROCERY AND Provision Store, where he is prepared to sell eve,-ything in the line of 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 rade, and dealers, enabled hqn to purchase at prices LOWER TH&N TIE LOWEST. Mr. Stark's services as salesman, also, have been secured. 0 In the line of Groceries and Provisions, I can sell : - Good Molasses at 31 per Gal. Good Brown Sugar at 12|ctsperlb. No, 1 Mackerel •' 12J " '• ' Cod Fish ' 9 • " • New Mess Pork " 17 " •' " Chemicnl Soap •' 12J •' " " Saleratus '• 12J " " •' Ground Coffee " 25 " " " Fxtra Green Rio Coffee " 40 " " " Lard " 20 " " •' Rice " 15 " " " Crackers " 10 " " " And all other articles at correspondingly low prices. In the article of Teas, both as to prices and quality, I fßftj Sfliiipffitiira it GINGER, PEPPER. SPICE, CINAMON CLOVES. NUTMEG, MUSTARD, CREAM-TARTAR, RAISINS, FIGS, POWDER, SHOT AND LEAD. JUTT 11 ITS Of ILL EIIOS, -ALSO FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOR PUDDINGS, 1 IRS, 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 CIIIMNEY T S GLOBES AND WICKS, ALSO Kerosene Oil. N. B.—WOOL, HIDES, FURS, AND SHEEP PELTS, purchased for cash or trade, for which the highest cash prices will be paid. • , -r ©all anli fiamjttf. T . F. BUCK. Tunkhannock, J unaC v4nA%lf "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15 1865. Ihlftt § tcrg. THE.CRACK IN THE WALL. A handsome house in an eligible street in Paris with plenty of sbowy furniture in the drawing-rooms, and plenty of fine dresses in the wardrobe, but no love, no magnanimity, except fn a little back attic, where a charm ing young girl tenderly ministered to a fee ble mother. The house belonged to Mon sieur and Madame Chatelle, the attic was occupied by the widow and daughter of Mon sleur's deceased brother, M. Broussaies Cha telle. The widow Chatelle was, at her best, a weak minded woman, and when suddenly reduced from apparent prosperity to absolute dependence by the death of her husband, she gave way at,once, and^become morbid, fretfnl and exacting. Iler ill temper injured nobody but herself and daughter, Roßine ; for her hostess having permitted her to fur nish the back attic with such articles as she had saved from the wrecK of her fortune, and contented herself with sending up three scan ty meals a day, while she worked Rosine nearly to death in the various departments of governess, laundress and lady's waiting maid. Finally,'discovering that mother aDd daughter mut soon be supplied with new garmen's, Monsieur took the mattei in hand, and plainly told his unwelcome guests that he could no longer support them, and that they must thenceforth look to themselves alone for food and shelter. Poor Mdme. Chatelle was overwhelmed by th is blow, but it gave Rosine courage. From a dependent child, she became a self relying woman, and when she crossed her uncle's threshold for the last time it was with a resolute step and cheerful countenance. Tt is true that she did not even suspect the wasting anxiety, the haunting fears and the many disappointments which lay before her; but even if she had done so she would have smiled at them for a moment. Her first search was for lodgings, of the price of which she knew nothing, and with an aching heart, she descended lower and lower in the sccial scale until she came upon a vast building, six or seven stories high thronged lo the eaves with a motely and ill assorted community. It was called"The Fol ly," because it was begun on a grand scale, for a private dwelling, and was stopped when half finished for yant of meaus. 111-ar ranged for any purpose, it remained jong un sold and finally made into a lodging house , its thin partitions and mean stair-wsys con trasting strongly with its stone walls and i.Andsome casements. A Iront room on the second floor had just been vacated, and Rosine, with many misgivings, resolved totake.it. A thorough cleaning, with three or four coats of white wash to the ceiling and walls which she affee ted with her own hands, greatly improved its condition ; and although she had been obliged to sell a part of her furniture to supply more needed artic.les, there wa9 si ill enough to make it contrast pleasantly with most of the apartments of the''Folly." A bright color* ed carpet covered the center tf the room, and ar ninnd it stood three or four rose-wood chairs, a deep soft lotmge, and a small table. One of the recesses upon the back side held the bed, screened by long Curtains of giazed cambric, and the other held the little cook ing stove, with a few little culinrry utensils which hung around it. The table furn i ture was stowed away in a corner cupboard, pret tily covered boxes held the fuel and provis' ions, and upon the wall were five or six of Rosine's pretty water color drawings, and a small case of choice but well worn books. Cosine had kept up her spirits wonderful fy until these preparations were completed) for she had no time to think ; but now came the hard task of procuring work. She conlu draw and color with taste and skill ; she played the piano gracefully and sing charm ingly ; and she embroidered neatly and rap idly. Her personal appearance was also in her favor. Iler figure was elegant, and her face posessed a sweetness and purity ; but these points, which interested for the moment those to whom she applied, weighed but lit tie against the facts that she lived in a doubtful if not positively disreputable quar ter. The utmost that she could accomplish was to secure one pupil in each of the branch es which she desired to teach, at a rate oT compensation far below that, which she ought injustice to have received ; And discouraged by her ill success she tried to obtain other employments, however coarse and unremun erative. This search was rendered nearly un availing by Mdme. Chatelle, who exacted from her daughter as much attention as if they were independent in fortune, and who was in a chronic state of ill-humor over her privations and sufferings. Rosine never lost her patience. She silenced her own grief to quiet those of her mother, soothed her with a thousand loving devices, and at night she song her to sleep as she would have done a j fretful infant. Rosine's gentle beanty, and her refined manner and loving heart were good gifts to the lodgers in the crazy old buildings. To some she rendered aervices so cordially and quietly that the feeling ot obligation was sweet rather than painful; and for all she had the right word, the pleasant smile, or the deferential bow. as she divined tbe pe- culiarities of each with the fine tact of a gen tlewoman. There was but one inmate whom she c uld not tame—a certain M. BrUlain who, whatever he might have been, was a de cided bear—llia long, gray hair was always in a tumble, and nun gled with his profuse beard, forming a rough frame for the small portion of face visible within it. Of this nothing could be seen but a long, sharp nose' and a pair of deep, dark mellow eyes, which were irresistabiy attractive when brightened by a kindly emotion, but which habitually shot forih scornful and ill natured glances to accompany the sarcastic wen da which fol lowed the slightest notice of him. Ilis dress was 6crupously neat, but thread bare and ill-fitting, and his figure, so far as could be seen, badly shaped and as un couth as his raaDner#. He had a room on each floor, and passed with slippered feet trom one to the utb r at ail jam ler cf season. Rosine often met him, upon which occasions he seldom failed to accost her with a sarcasm bitter in proportion to the nu m ber of listen ers ; by which means ha effectually blinded the most inquisitive to his real feelings and saved both the young lady and himself from an irksome surveillance. But either his lus trous eyes neutralized the effect of his lance like wit, or his voice, which could yield the most winning heart tones, must have given the lie to his sparkling shafts ; for Rosine never suffered from them.—She even felt drawn towards this powertul, cross grained man, as if he were saier and stronger for his hresance in the dreary building- One of M. Bri 1 lain's apartments adjoined that of Mdme. Chstelle's and not only was thepartition thin, but there was a crack in 't which helped him to a knowledge of .much that was going on upon the other side. Mdme. Chatelle's constantly complained of ennui. ''lt was.so doll when Rosine was away ! Not a Dew novel, not a canary bird) not a cat to purr on her knee, not even a mignonette on the balcony ! What was the use of front windows when there was no handsome dresses or fiDe carriages to be seen! She was starving, too, litera'ly starving How could Rosine expect her to live on dry breadjand oniou soup !" Then the sweet voice of Rosine would be heard, sometimes explain ng and coaxing, but more freqrently detailing little 6treet incident, relating a pretty anec idote or recalling a pleasant reminiscence. Upon such occasions, M Brtllan often hap pened to sit near the wall, and even to lean his head against it in close proximity' to the convenient crack. To do him justice, it must be said that such accidents had never occur red to him before. He ws not naturally curious, nor did his time hang so heavily on his hands as to drive him to ungenerous modes of disposing of it ; but he had never until now come unto real companionship with a true woman. His mother was hand some and gay—the veriest trifle that ever was tossed on the surface of French society. Her husband was pay, also ; but where she floated like thistle down, he plunged deeply in. \ icious himself, and acquainted with vice, he was joalous of her every glance.— Hot words, fierce contentions, angry recrim inations followed and the little Brillan form ed hard, contemptuous views of his race which had thus far robbed h'tn of sweetness and beauty. He had seen, indeed, shining examples of every virtue, both separate and in combination ; but he had grown up in such isolation and misanthropy that none of them*had come directly home to him ; and besides, their effect had been lessened, if not destroyed, by a lurking doubt of the purify of the motives which had dictated acts so ut terly at variance with his preconceived opin ion of possibilities. But here was a genuine revelation. There was no chance for mistake or misconception, for he could himself read all its marvellous pages. Here was strength with gentleness,youth with patience, beauty with purity and courage with tenderness The lovely picture stole into the heart of the gray-haired cyn c #nd hunted his memory At first he imagined that he felt merely the surprise and delight which would have been occasioned by a discovery in science or art ; hut when he found that Rosine illuminated ihe whole building by her presence—when the touch of her garments as she passed him on the landing it thrilled him with intense pleasure—he coold not but acknowledge to hitnsel f that his intellect had very little to do with the j;y he experienced. One twilight there was a knock at M. Chatelle's door, and for the first time M- Brillian apdeared upon the threshold. "Had Pompine strayed into Madarae's room ? Pompine sometimes wandered, but still she had her good points. She was handsome—that nobody could dispute if Madame had ever observed her, she must have perceived that the gray of her coat was of a perfect shade." Madame had never seen the animal —which was not to wondered at, as she had been smuggled into the house twenty-four hours was at that moment securely fastened in the apartment ; but Monsieur's object was cccom plisbed. He bad, in a legitimate manner cauoht eight of a snow-white dinner-cloth and ignoring the presence of Rosine, who stood respecttuily awaiting his departure, he addressed himself to Madame. "How cosy the table looked ! He was tired of bis tumbled meals, acd be had for TEO.MB, 82,00 PER gotten to buy some bread. Might he just for once, bring in his dinner, and so pic-nic with them V As be had foreseen, while she was endeav_ oring to frame a cortecue refusal, Madame, alive only to the possibility of .a comfortable meal, gave a glad assent ; and before the young lady had recovered from her surprise and vexation, he appeared with a superb cat under one arm, and bearing a tray with a lit tle 6ilver box with the purest coffee, a cream pitcher minus the nose, but filled with excel lent cream, a sugar dish without a handle, a sugar bowl with a battered spon, a stool knife and fork, and an old chicken on half a platter, a pat of delicious butter on a dish notched at the edge, some.delicious tarts, and a bottle of choice wine. As there was no help for it, Rosine made the coffee and cut the bread, her own little share of the repast ; while Monsieur sat down by Madame and gave her a pathet ic account of his houae-keeping troubles. With perfect gravity he asserted that a lady friend had, in spite of his protestations, given him not only the cat, but a canary bird, a mocking bird, and a parcel of plantß in pots, which were really the torment of his life. He couldn't under any circumstances, give away these articles, yet the birds were often hungry and dry, and the plants were dying for waDt of care. Madame, who didn't once suspect that this was a pleasing fiction, devised for the occasion by her guest, sympathized with him so heartily that a new idea then and there appeared to occur to him. "Might he venture to ask—could she take the trouble to look after this convenient household 1 He had no claim, but the temp tation was great. He had seeds in abundance for the birds, and the milkman and butcher had orders to leave food daily for Pompine." Rosine looked warningly at her mother, but Monsieur did not appear to perceive it It was Madame whom he relied on and she did not fail him. "She would be'dalighted. It would give her something to think of when Rosine was from home. Rosine was a good girl, but really she was out more than appeared nec essary or pioper to her. Oh, yes ; she 6ho'd be not only willing, but happy to oblige him.' The call to dinner interrupted the flow of Madame's eloquence. The meal passed pleasantly. Monsieur was playfully protec tive toward the young lady, but profoundly deferential toward the elder one, and his wit was so light, his humor was so genial, and his anecdotes were so full of fun, that Rosine even forgot her cares and felt some thing of her old time gayety. As the even ing drew to a close M. Brillian hung the bird cages and arranged the flower pots on the balcony. This done, he remembered put one other trouble that he ned confide to Madame. "He wished to use the adjoining room for a library. If Madame would sometimes con descend to give it a finishing touch, so thac he could feel a little at home, she should be wolci'me to any or all the books which were there," There was another warning look on Ro sine's face, but Monsieur, fearful of its effect, lifted the hands of his hostess to his lips, and took his departure with a showpr of bon mots which prevented all the discussion of ihe topic. Rosine's dissuasives had no effect upon Madame, who arranged tha apartment which M. Briilian had spoken o f , and which she found full of books, pictures, and statuetts, iu the utmost disorder. There were excel lent novels, works of travel and biography, volumes of exquisite engravings, and all the best French periodicals. These were treasures, indeed and Madame smiled again. What was still better, Ro sine's time was fully occupied by pupils who paid liberally and in advance. She suspect ed M. Brillian's influence in all this, but she could not decline to benefit by it, for with* out it she must starve. Its acceptance, too, was entirely unlike the birds and the flow ers, which she felt persuaded were intended from the first as gifts, and in which she could, therefore, take no pleasure. For two months M. B-illian was seen but little anout the house, and yet great baskets of fruit and lovely bouquets were continu ally finding their way into the apartments of the Chatelles, and Madames' pocket was never without a supply of bonbons, of which she was immoderately fond. She pleaded ignorance of the giver ; and Rosine, finding remonstrance unavailing, endured in silence. The cold weather had set Rosine to think ing how she could supply winter clothing and fuel, when M. Britlian again begged permis sion to dine with Madame, pic-nic fashion. "It was his fete-day," he said, "always a melancholly occasion, and he dreaded to •spend the evening alone." Madame wss as gracious as before.— "Monsieur would be most weleome," and Rosine could only make the coffee and lay the table in silence. But this time Monsieur assisted her. He brought a table for the desert, and unpacked an enormous hamper, containing substantial and delicacies for a week of feasting. For a man with a sorrow, he was certainly very merry, laughing over the want of dishes, making puns, dashing off rhymes and tellinfl VOL, JYSESI6 stories all in one breath. The room was warm, and M, RriMian, when Rosine's back war turned, slily filled Madatne's glass more than once, so that good lady by and bye dropped asleep. Rfpine blushed and grew uneasy: but her guest without noticing her agitation, dreat.his, chair a little nearer hers, and told her how his childhood had been passed, how its fitter memories had made him a misanthrope,and how hei gentle virtues had won him a lore and reverence which he had not before deemed possible. Then with a hurried ea gerness most unlike bis usual he asked her to become bis wife. * j Rosine listened in silence. Ever since she had known M. Brillian, life bad been easier and brighter to her. Unconsciously she had leaned upon bixa, even when she was blaming herselt for accepting favors so quietly con ferred that she did not know how to decline or prevent them. Looking back upon bis conduct toward her, and seeing it in the new light shed npoo it by this avowal, she felt its delicacy erositj, its winning thoughtfulness and grate ful trust. The love that had lain latent in her heart, waiting only for an enkindling spark, nurst into conscious existance. M. Briltian knew it, and. stoopiDg, received ibis acceptance in a timid, trembliDg kiss. "You must remove from this old to morrow, darling," said M. Brillian ; "we can not be married at the 'Folly'-—that wiJJ never do." "And why not ?" asked Rosine, in aston ishment; "Shall we not continue to ijve here, and shall I not give lessons as nqw3" "Probably not; but who do you thiafcyou have promised to marry ?" , "An elderly man of small means and ao apparent business, living in the -Folly," a dreary and not very respectable house in a dirty street in Paris." "We shall see," said M. Brillian; aad after a few rapid movements, he stood before bis betrothed a handsome man of thirty-five with short, thick, chestnut hair,eurlingclose ly on his temples, a delicate moustache curling over the clear brown of his cheeks, and a fine figure tastefully habited in the most elegant of the prevailing styles. Them he sat down and whispered in her ear tbp name of one of the most distinguished law* yers in the capital. Rosine's blue eyes opened to their utmost capacity, and her lover looked fondly into them as he continued : ..< ? 1 "There was a great lawsuit pending which involved an immenae estate,and I was certain that I could secure it for my client if F could secure some important evidence which Aad been dexterously concealed. I put myself iti the hands of.one of those artists whose bfliti* ness isjto perfect disguises, and commenced my search, which finally brought me here.*— To day I have gained my cause, but my suc cess in court was nothing to what t have achieved here. Oh, Rosine, you have given me love, and faith, and glad hopes that* reach evon to Ileaveu." Upon the following New Year' eve a pleas-, ant wedding was celebrated in a fashionable street, aud then M. and Madame de Court ney and Madame Chatelle drove to a splen did mansion, all aglow with lights and scent ed flowers. There tbey received their friends and re latives, or at least a portion of them, for,although M. and Mime. Antolne Chatolle made the most humble apologies as soob as they learned fhat thoir neice was to be re stored to society, thej did not receive wed ding cards. When the guests departed, the happy hus band offered his wife his own especial gift- It; was a picture in a frame of gold set with pearls, and represented his library at the Foil}," with a light shining through % crack in the wall. AN IMPORTANT ACCESSION.— Governor Mor ton, of Indiana, in a recent speech, took decided ground against negro suffrage, plant ing himself squarely upon the Democratic platform on that subject. This is an important accession to the white men's party, as it indicates a serious division in the Republican ranks, and promises for President Johnson's reconstruction policy a stronger support in Congress than indications some time ago seemed to warrant. The Democratic party by its decided stand in opposition to negro suffrage, has saved the country from the debasement the Chases, Sumners and that class would have inflicted on it by the suc cess of their schemes of negro suffrage and negro equality. • r _ . < ■! f ■'*>■ * They who wish to build up the structure of happiness must lay virtue as the foundation stone. Resolve on the course of life which is most excellent'and habit will render it the most delightful. C3T In friendship, as in love, weave often happier in our ignorance than in our knowledge. -• T— J JG3S*Ue that c L mot lorgive others, breaks the bridge over whic,. Ae must pass himself. biST Believe one half the ill one, woman speaks of another, but credit twice the good sqe reports of her.