subjects. had created tlie necessity of *ucn a
~ Those events took place b 'fore I
was called to the admi. istration of the gov
ernment. The sincere desij-e for peace by
which I am animated led me to approve the
proposal, already .made, to submit the ques
tions which had thus arisen between the
countries to arbitration. Ihesc cjuestions
are of such moment that they must have
commanded the attention of the great
Powers, and are so interwoven with the
peace and interests of every one of them as
to have injured an impartial decision. I
regret to inform you that Great Britain
declined the arbitrament,but, on the other
hand, invited us to mutual claims between
the two countries, from which these for
the depredations bc , C<* l 'e mentioned should
be excluded. The prop sition, in that very
unsatisfactory form, has tieen declined.
The United States did not present the
subject as an impeachment of the good
faith of a Power which was professing-be
most friendly dispositions but as involving
questions of public lav*,of which the settle
ment is essential to the peace of nations;
and. though pecuniary reparation to their
citizens would have followed incidentally
on a decision against Great Britain, such
compensation was not their primary object.
They had a higher motive, and it was in the
interests of peace and justice to establish
important principles of international law-
The correspondence will be placed before
you. The ground on which the British
Minister rests his justification is substantial
ly, thrt the municipal law of a nation,and
the domestic interpretations of that law,are
the measure of its duty as a neutral; and I
fed bound to declare my opinion.before you
and l efore the world, that the justification
cannot be sustained before the tribunal of
all nations. At the same time Ido not ad
rise to any present attempt at redress bv
acts of legislation. For the future, friend
ship between the two countries must rest
■on the ba-is of mutual justice.
From the moment of the establishment
of onr free constitution, the civilized world
has been convulsed by revolutions in the
interest of democracy or of monarchy ; but
through all 'hose revolutions the United
States have wisely and firmly refused to
become propagandists of republicanism.—
It is the oniv government suited to our
condition ; but wc have never sought to
impose it on others ; and wc have consis
tently followed the advice of WASHINGTON
to recommend it only bv the careful preser
vation and prudent use of the blessing. —
During all the intervening period the poli
cy of European Powers and of the United
States has, on the whole,been harmonious.
Twice, indeed, rumors of invasion of some
parts of America, in the interest of mon
arch v.havc prevailed . twice my predeces
sors have had, occasion to announce the
views of ' t ois nation in respect to such in
terference. On both occasions the remon
strance of the United States was - respect
ed, from a deep conviction, on the part of
European Governments, that the system of
not-inu-rfrrencc " and mutual abstinence
from propaganu.'sm was the true rule fur
the two hemispheres. Since those times
sve have advanced in wealth and power;—
but we retain the same purpose to leave
the nations of Europe lo choose their own
dynasties anil form their own systems of
government. This consistent moderation
may justly demand a coriesponding mod
eration. We should regard it as a great
cuUmity to ourselves, to the cause of good
government, and to the peace of the world,
should any European Power challenge th
American people, as it were.to the defence
of repub'icanism against foieign interfer
enra. We cannot fbrsee and are unwilling
to con idder what opportunities might pre
■ficnt themselves, what combinations might
o'lt-r to protect ourselves against designs in
imical to our form of government. The
United States desire to act in the future a*
they have ever acted heretofore ; they
never will be driven front that course but
by the aggression of European Powers ;
and we rely on the wisdom and justice of
those Powers to respect the system of non
interference which has so long been sanc
tioned by time, and which; by its good te
suit*, baa approved itself to both conti
nents.
The correspondence between the United
State* and France,in reference to questions
which have become subjects of discussion
between the two governments, will at a
proper time, be laid before Congress.
When, on the organization of our gov
ernment, under the constitution, the Presi
dent of I nited States delivered his inaugur-'
al address to the two Houses of Congress,
he said to them, and through them to the
country a.id to mankind, that "the preser
vation of the sacred fire of liberty and the
dest ny of the republican form of govern
ment are justly considered as deeply, per
haps as finally, staked on the experiment!
intrusted to the Ameiican people." And
the House of Representatives answered,
WASHINGTON, bv the voice of MADISON ,
adore the invisible hand which has
led Abe American people, through so many
difficulties, to cherish a conscious responsi
bility for the destiny ofiepublican liberty " ;
More than seventy-six years have gliJed ,
away since there words were spoken ; the !
United Slates have passed through severer
trials than were foreseen ; and now, at this
new epoch in our existence as one nation, j
with our Union purified by sorrows, and j
strengihened by conflict, and established bv i
t lie virtue of the people, the greatness of!
die occasion invites us once more to re- 1
peat, willi sokmnty, the pledges of our fit
titers to hold oarselves an-werable before!
<-ur fellow men for the success of the repub- 1
lican form of government. Experience has
proved its sufficiency in peace and war;—
it has vindicated its authority through dan-j
gers, and afflictions, and sudden and terri
ble emergencies, which would have crush
ed any system that had been less firmly fix
ed in the hearts of the people. At the in
auguration of WASHINGTON the foreign re
lations of the country were few, and its
trade was repressed by hostile regulations;
now all the civilized nations of the globe
welcome our commerce, and their govern
ments profess towards ns amity. Then
our country felt its way hesitatingly along
an untried path, with States so little bound
together by rapid means of communication
to be hardly known to one another, and
with historic traditions extending over
fry few years ; now intercourse between, ]
i the Siu'.e.j is sviitt and inlinia.o ; the e.vpe
! rij'uv of centuries has been crowded into
a few fenerations, and has c-catcd an in-
I tonse.'ludestructib'e nationality. Then
' our jurisdiction did not reach beyond tha
ioc invenient boundaries of the territory
i which had achieved independence; now,
through cessions of lands,first colonized by
Spain and France, trie country has acquir
ed a more complex character, and has for
its natural limits the chain of Lakes, the
; Gulf of Mexico,and on the east and the west
[ the two great oceans. Other nations were
i wasted by civil wars for ages before they
could establish for themselves the nocessary
! decree ofurvty ; the latent conviction that
; oi)|- form of government is the best ever
known to the world, has enabled us to
emerge from civil war within four years,
with a complete vindication of the constitu
, lional authority of the General Government
1 and with our local liberties and States in
> stitutions uuimpared. The throngs of em
• -ntg that crowd to our shores are wit
' °peoples in
■ ns sses of the commence v. - - , T .
; our permanence. Here every one enjoys
• the Iree use of his faculties and the choice
of activity is a natural right. Here under
i the combined influence of a fruitful soil,
. genial climes and happy institutions, popu
• lation has increased fifteen fold within a
century. Here, through the easy devel
opment of boundless resources, wealth has
i increased with two-fold greater rapidity
than nutnbeis, so that we have become se
■ cure against the financial vicissitudes of
other countries, and, alike in business and
opinion.are self-controiled and truly'indepen
dent. Here more and more care is given
to provide education for every one bom
on our soil. Here religion, released from
' political connection with the civil govern
inent, refuses to subserve the craft of states
men, and becomes, in its independence, the
spiritual life oT the people. Here tolera
tion is extended to every opinion, in the
quiet certainty that truth needs only a fair
field to secure the victory. Here the hu
man mind goes foith unshackled in the
i pursuit of science, to collect stores of
knowledge and acquire an ever-increasing
mastery over over the forces of nature.—
, Ilcrc the national domain is offered and
held in mill! >ns of separate freeholds, so
that our fellow-citizens, beyond the occu
,! pants of any other part of the earth, cons
titute in reality a people. Here exists the
democratic form of government ; and that
form of government, by the confession of
European statesmen, "gives a power of
which no other form is capable, because it
incorporates every man with the State, and
arouses everything that belongs to the
i soul."
Where, in past history, does a parallel
. exist to the public happiness which is witli
. in the rea -h of the people of the United
States? Where, in any part of the globe,
. can institutions be found so suited to their
habits or so entitled te their love as their
f own free constitution ? Every one of them,
f then, in whatever pnrfSof the land he has
. his home must wish it perpetuity. Who
r of then will not now acknowledge, in the
. words of WASHINGTON, that ' every step
j f,y xyhich I.':e people of the United States
; l.^r. .. 1,-. 1 "1 if the character of an in
. . • i i u „ -aken t't Providential
• i tinonish'Ml bv some i, Kcu c
I .tgency ?" Who will no,'join With me in
I the praver, that die invisible hand wnc i
• l.asUd us through the clouds that Roomed
around our path will so guide us on.
Ito a perfect restoration ot fraternal affec
! tion, that we ofthis day may he able to
transmit our great inheritance, of Slate
j Governments in ai! their rights, ot the Gen.
J Government in its whole constitutional vig
i or, to our posterity, and they to theirs
through countless generations ?
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, DEC. 4, 18G-5
C|c femotrat,
HARVEY SICKLGR, Editor.
TUNKHA.NNOCK, PA
Wednesday, Dee. 20, 1865
No PAPER NEXT WEEK. —No paper will
be issued from this office next week, our
customary Holliday vacation week being
at hand. We tender to our friends ami
patrons the greeting of the season ; A
MCRRY CHRISTMAS, ANO A HAPPY NEW
YEAR TO YOU ALL !
The resignations of the following named
officers have been accepted by the Presi
dent, to take effect from the dates annaxed
to each name: Major General John A.
J)ix, U S. Vols,, Nov. 30th, 1805; Major
, General Benjamin F Butler, Nov. oO,18G5;
! Brigadier-General J. H. Ketchum, Dec. 2,
; 186-3 ; Bi igad er-Gencral John P. Croxton,
| jiee. 2, 1803.
— '
AT-rUThe Eastou Argus says with truth ,
"Without exception, the meanest of all
publications issued in this country is Har
per's weekly pictorial, which is thrust
ujnier the eyes of every man who travel?
fifty miles on a railroad train. Pretending
to be a literary paper, it is filled every
week with the most senseless illiberal
unjust and untruthful attacks on the
Democratic paity, resorting to pictures to
help the dirty woik. No Democrat should
touch it.— V\ e have a respect for a manly
outspoken, houest Republican paper, but
the man who, like Harper, sails under i
false colors, is no better than a com- <
mon swindler. "
Notwithstanding its mean and despicv i
ble character the dirty thing is sometimes |
puffed by Democratic papers.
Talk, of a KallroatL..
TiieTowan'oa k Stats live It R. is
now in prorress. Contracts are being made
for the delivery of ties,timber and other ma
terial for it, alonjrthe line of the canal, at
anv points from Meshoppen,in this County,
northward The company will push the
work to a rapid completion and will proba
J)ly have it well nigh, if not entirely finished
by the close of canal navigation in 18f>6.
The conteraolated continuation of th'S
road to inters ct the coal fields at Pittston is
only a question of time, which those along
the route, can hasten by giving such en
couragement as they should, in the way. of
taking stock giving releases &c. In nine
teen cases out of twenty the supposed dam
ages on account of its construction would bo
compensated four-fold in the enhanced val
ue of property through which jt passes. We
want and must have this great connecting
link of Railway. We want it, for the pur
poses of trade and travel. We want it to
bring foreign capital audi enterprise into
our County: to establish manufacture*
all kinus enu 10 infuse Ijfe and spirit into
our people. We want it to develop the
resources of the County and build up our
towns and vilages. We want it that we
may have an easy, cheap and safe mode of
sending off our surplus products; and re
ceiving in return our coal and merchandise,
all the year around We want it to put a
stop to the exorbitant prices of foreign
goods brought here on carts and wagons.
We want it: because without it we are.and
ever will be, "out in the woods." Let ev
ery man along the line give his voice, his
land,and his money for a Rail road and
we shall not belong in getting one. Let
no man stand in the way of his own interests
by playing the "dog in the manger." But
rather let every one encourage the enter
prise by freely releasing any imaginary
damages, on the condition only that a road
be built within a stipulated number of
years.
There are many of our good old Grand
ma's and pa's to whom a ride from their
doors, behind the steam horse of fhirty or
forty miles to the hour,would be a blessing as
well ps novelty. It would ir.fuse new life and
vo ling bluod into their almost frozen veins
and let the fresh air and sun-light into their
drooping hearts. That they may all live
to take such a ride is the ardent wish and
hope.ot the iV r . H. Democrat.
A Costly Carpet.
A special despatch to the N. Y Herald
savs :
One of the late acquisitions to the House
of Representatives is a carpet imported
from England, costing the round sum of
seven thousand dollars. It is very elegant
in pattern and of the finest quality ; but the
opinion is not wanting among the crowds
of people that daily visit the Capital and ex
amine the splendid appointments of the
Representative chamber that the fabric iif
question could with greater propriety have
been had from an American loom, instead
of beyond the seas. Such is a small spec
im n of the economy of the great mor
al ref •rm party, which came into pow
er with Mr. Lincoln on loud-mouthed
professions of retrenchment and reduction
of expenses. It is a mere item, the small
est possible fragment in the sum total of
extravagance and reckless expendi
ture for 7 hl 'ch the administration of the Re
-11. ir have been distinguished,
pubhean pan., 11
T i • <in< when oppressed and
I here is a time coin r
overburden ed people bring that spend
thrift organization to a so ere reckoning,
and it is not very far distant.
ELOQUENT TRIMTE. —Gen. George "Vv.
"Morgan, late Democratic candidate for the
Governorship of Ohio, in or.e of his cam
paign speeches paid the followiug eloquent
tribute to the dead of the war :
"Then let their names be cherished as
was the memory of La Tour d' Auvergne,
bv the grenadiers of France. A score of
t lines he had won, and a score of times had
refused promotion ; but his proud title was
'The Firsi Gienadier of France.' At
length on a day, a fatal bullet
pierced his breast, and he died, as he had
lived, a soldier. Cut bv a(7 order of the
Emperor his name was retained upon the
rolls, and at everv inspection find review
the name of La Tour d' Auvergne was call
ed by the Adjutant in the presence of the
army, and it was the privilege of the oldest
grenadier to st°p to the front and answer
to the name, 'Died upon the field of honor.'
And let us ever remember that our absent
heroes—they who sleep the long sleep of
death—that they, too, died upon the field
of honor." [Applause.]
&W The discovery and application of
nitrous oxide gas for the purpose of
dentistry and surgery was a benefacti on
to the world, as can be testified to by thous
ands who would otherwise have been suff
erers under the operation of the forceps or
the knife. In New York, on Saturday
last, two amputations of the leg above the
anlde were made while the patients were
under the infiueuce of this gas. The pa
tient said that they knew nothing of what
had taken place, while one declared, on wa
king, that he had not been asleep, and the
operation had not been performed ! It re
quired less than one minute to put the pa
tient asleep, and afier the operation was
completed, and the gas removed, the patient j
recovered entire consciousness in about'
twenty seconds. Ther-- was no vomiting or
sickness attending or following the opera-1
tion, aud the pationt awoke as fresh as from
a natural sleep,
There are now two Fenian "govern
ments" in operation in New York. Most
of the New York circles adhere to O'Ma
hony, while the circles in other States have
ratified the action ofthe Senate. MrO'Ma
hony has called a convention of his adhe- i
rents in the Brotherhood. 1
Local and Personal
Toys and Iloliiday presents can be found in end
less variety at Mrs. Eliza Leas' Toy and Fancy
Store. *• Santa Claus" will surely give her a call
and replenish his stock.
Carnfverous Blpeds-or the flesh eating men
and women of town should not fail to remember
that the place to buy beef, pork fowls and sausa
ges is at Rho&ds' new Meat Market opposite Wall's
Hotel.
The Canal is "oh a tight", The late cold snap
has suspended navigation on its"raging" bosoin. —
Boys and skates are now more plenty on it than
boats and boatmen. Wait till we get that Railroad;
and we shall see whether a single frosty night will
shut us up, for four long months, like a mouse in a
trap!
The Thespian Association gave a dramitic
entertainment to well filied houses on Thur day and
Friday evenings, last. Their favorable reception bv
the public has determined idem to reproduce the
" Honeymoon ;" and with several new plays, new
scenes, costumes, and incidents, make an entertain
ment wormy of continued patronage,
Those who wish to spend a quarter profitably, and
an evening ayreeably and pleasantly, shonld attend.
Due notice will be given by hand-bills,programmes,
Ac.
"A Fish Story !" some will say, when we
tell them that our olil friend. James Lamphere
caught nine minster Bass in one day. It is a fish
story and a true one. Jim is the very "Isaac Wal
ton" of all fishermen in this region, Others fished
in the same place all day and got not a bite. Jim,
keeping the printer cons antly in mind-—had glo
rious nibbles all the time. Of course ono of the
fish was sent to the printer, of cour e the printer
did not refuse it. Ofcourso it was verv fine. Of
course everybody who remembers the printer has
good luck, and rice versa.
New Store and New Goods—Buneli and
Banatyne are now receiving and opening up an ex
tensive stock of Merchandise,consisting of Dry Goods
Groceries Hardware Hats.Caps, Boots and Shoes, at
the Store Room lately occupied by Samuel Stark on
Tioga Street, just below the Bank. Frank and
Dob are live young men and propose to entirely ig
nore the old fogy plan of doing business. "Small prof
its and large Sales, " is their motto. Having but re
cently bought their stock, they have taken advan
tage of the late decline in prices and can sell at fig
ures that for several years past, have been unheard
of. No parsons who visits town for the purpose of
trading should fail to give them a call. They will
be found ready nnd willing to exbi it goods and pri
ces whether they sell or not
Look out tor their advert iainent next week
TOWN TALK.
"If there's a hole in a' your coats
I rede ye tent it.
A chiels aniangyou taking notes,
And, faitl), hc'l prentit,
On the 9th of January there is an election of
Borough officers to be held, It is the duty that the
citizens owe to themselves ta,see that the present
shiftless, incompetent set are replaced by men who
will have encigy and public spirit enough to make
our streets present something like a decent appear
ance. They have too long disgraced their positions'
and would Lava beon kicked out of office long ago
in any other town in the Uuited States.
little romance, reader—mere fancy. Of
course it is not real ! Simply the disordered iuiag
iuings of a brain unsettled by dyspepsia.
Most o! you have probably read the romance of
'Alonxo and Melissa." Well. Melissa has nothing
to do with my story.
Alonzo—we will name our hero—one of our he
roes- -Alonzo some years ago became enamored of
one ot the fair daughters of Eve, and took her to
his bosom.
"To love on through all ills ;
To love ou till they die,"
But, in a short time tho angel of discord ruffled
the pool of his domestic bliss, He began to smell n
huge mice. He had too many friends. In vain
were all the notices he could post above his door
way. Nothing would deter the scekeis aft<r things
forbidden from paying their visits ; and at length
reluctantly, he put her frotn his arms, and she
leturned to the -house of her father."
Time passed.
"It is not good for man to live alone," So thought
Aionzo. The blue eyes ot tho lair sister of his wife,
lb, ew .'.heir tender glances deep into his susceptible
heart He ,*ouhl not wait for the tardy law to free
him from tbC incumbrance of h's wife. He set it at
defiance ; and c.aspeJ to his heart in wedlock's holy
embrace, this, second, idw\ of his affect.ons.
It was all right. It was a.'! in the family,
Ilis first wife pined in soliluda.
"A change came o'er the spn°' h" dream.
She would not let this "green aud yellow tuelaiichol
ly" wear her life awuy.
There was living in town a little grass widower ;
a supposed lincnl descendant of the heroine of that
beautiful domestic poem,who ' went to the cubboard,
to get her poor dog a bone." One who had been
basely deserted by the wife of his bosom, while he
was munching hard-tack in the service of his totin
try.
The magnetism of sympathy drew these two to
gether. They pitied cacu others forlorn condition.—
•'Pity is akin to love," They resolved to turn the
current of their lives into one common channel, and
see if it would not flow smoothly down the °f
time.
But there was that terrible bug-bear—the law.
They were about to commit bigamy.
"Who cares ! Our lives will be so happy that no
one will be cruel enou -h to disturb it felicity."
Sunday night last was the time chosen for the
consumation of their noptials ; and the stars of the
cool December evening siemed to glint more brightly
as the Justice pronounced them "man and vife, and
may God have mercy on your shouls "
Monday, in tho exuberance of their happiness, the
bride-grooms indulged a little too freely in the wine
cup , and we saw Alonzo's No. 2 wife bring them both
out of the "sweat pit" and conduct theii unsteady
steps to their happy home.
Monday night the boys manifested their approval
of the actions of tbis little nest of bigamists by
treating them to a tremendous calithumpian sere
nade.
The past week ha 9 been a gay one to lov
ers of theatricals. "The Timkhannock Thespian
Association" brought out their comedy, entitled the
"Honeymoon" with the farce of "Mile's Boy
The troupe made their grand debut on Thursday
evening, and on Friday evening they debutted again
Good houses greeted them An both evrnings. The
orchestra, dress-circle, parqueite,private ( prisoner's)
boxes, Ac., were crammed with dead-head editors
and their devils, church deacons, shoddyites apd
codfish aristocracy. Town Talk was given a seat in
the fifth-tier, among de upper crust ob aiciety."
whence he viewed the whole thing with a crickets
eye-
The DIKE had in his part, most of the richest |
diamonds and jewels of the play, which--to give his j
highness a dig—we think he did not bring out and
eshibit sufficiently tree from the rust and dross, by
rear.cn of bis monotonous style. A dignified mien
and comraauding presence well fitted him for the
ducal robea aad character lie looked and walked
the vety duke. JSQCIS, his counterfeit and shadow,
I showed off his borrowed piumes and dignity to good ;
i advantage. Greatness had been th.ust upon him ;
j and instead of weighing him down. puffed him up—
but he kicked his dangling sword rather two many j
times, just on purpose, as we thought, to make the .
boys laugh. LAMPEDO'S make up was perfect. He
■ looked the •' dried up eel-skin" and puke of a doc
tor he rpreseDt>d. exactly ; but did not play the
quack strong enough nor did he show fear enough
when old Balthazar proposed to Fpear him ROLAN
DO, '' tho woman hater"—for an impressible young
man—had a very difficult part to play. 'Twas hard
work for him to" make believe" hate, sui rounded
by so much female beauty and loveliness. We had
a suspicion all along that the fellow had a "sneak
ing kindness for the sex," and wa not surprised
when he "caved in" to the charms of Zamora his
pnetty page His modified code of etiquette fir "the j
woods" showed what sort of a chap he was. The
COUNT talked as if keeping time with an old fash- j
ioned straw-cutter. He bit his words short off. We
will, for the present, cut off as short our critique on
him OLD BALTHAZAR raved and swore like an in
jured papa, with three prrtty daughters, would nat
urally do, and played the sick man u* well as the t
well man, well ; but by grasping his sword at its
pornt in his daggering the Dr. showed that he didn't \
intend to kill him, but only to measure the depth
of his "jab." It would have been a pity to have
such a doating father and dem'd foine painter of;
Counts, ( vide,his picture) hung for murder ! LOPEZ'
drr ss and appearance, exhibited less rusticity, than
his to.rgue dnl of me " sweet Jersey accent." He
was rather too cityfied and foppish for a country
bumpkin—but be did drink easy! JULIANA, the
< w oul lbe duohess," entered fully into the spirit of
her part, and looked and acted the shrew and Xan
thippe in admirable style. A finely trained clear
voice, and distinct articulation gave her rank as A
No. 1 int he play. .As the subdued, mett morphosed
wife, she showed by the curl of her lip ami the snap
of her eyes, that there was left in them a little bit
of " diviitry." VOLASTE. with her fine form, grace
ful manner, and elegant costume, looked and acted
entirely at home on the stage, llcr tongue was a
little too nimble, and she fell rather too willingly
into the arms of the Count- the rascal ha.i one wife
at the time*
Town Talk thinks he would not have declined to
play the Count in th is scene.
ZAMORA had a most difficult part to play, and car
ried it through charmingly. Coming out in those
turkish trousers, and quietly standing---what to her
mu-t have seemed an age—to be criticised by those
two scape graces, the Count and Captain,on the one
hand; and Town Talk on the other, was enough to
cause her heart, to flutter. We didri t see hers palpi
tate, but presume it did, just the least bit in the
world. Though as a page her dress was neat, her
cap jaunty, and her face sweet, even to girlishncss;
her " woman's gear" became her better. Jumping
over ten-rail fences, and teetering on a slab, in full
bloomer costume, would improve her for a page
Mine HOSTESS labored under the disadvantage of a
severe col J, which even Dr. Lampedo's skill failed
to relieve. Judging from her gentle, matronly de
meanor. Balthazar was an old fool for not staying
with her as long as she'd allow him to do so.
The scenery was fine, the costumes appropriate
and in some cases elegant. In the concluding farce.
MILE'S BOY brought down the house. His delinea
tion of a wild, witty, rearing, tearing, rollicking
" buoy" from the " ould sod" was more than true
to life. Some of tho ladies present thought that ha
had strange places tn which to conceal his ha t, coat
and character. We didn't understand that part o f
f he play. Dr. COATES played his part of an amor
ous, irritable' fussy old Dr to perfection ; showing
himself more fidgedty even, than Mrs. FIDGET her
self, who with her handscme daughter acted well
their parts
No scenes or incidents occurred hehtnd the cur- j
tain worthy of mention, if we accept the fact that
the Dr., after taking one of his own ptlis, had such a
pain under his vest as to feel like " taking some
thing to take " and, under the impression that he
had fo nd an ant idote, took a small swSor frotn a
quart bottle then and there found, containing what
our President Judgq.Y>r<>nouncei " excellent writing
fluid."
-A, TEMPLE LODGE 10,248.
AV\ The next REGULAR COMUNICATION
■ of Temple Lodge, No. 245. AY. M. will be
held at their Hall.in Tunkhannock, on Monday, Jan.
Ist, at 6J o'clock P. M.
W. LaMonte, Sec'ty.
liist of persons drawn to serve at Jurogs
at January Term--1
GRAND J URORS.
Brainftitn —Daniel Scheimerhrm.
Eaton Abrain Luce Nel9on Rogers.
Falls—Win. Owen,
Meshuppen—Clark Enrr, T A. Dawscn,
Lemon —John Cyphers
Nicl olson—Nehetntah Oakly
Overfield—Samuel Buck, Andrew Millar, II S. Agcr
Tunk. Boro— D. L. Peckhatu. W Lee.
Tunk Tp.—Franklin Decker, B. F. Hight, Ira
Avery, Perry Marcv,
Washington—Daniel Carney, J: W Crawford,
Windham —A.J. Hunt, Win, Riley, Jesse Inmar.,
Henry Rogers, Chas. Champin.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
jji'sintrim Lott Lafr.'nco.
riimon -Beoj. Cornell, John Bedell. S. II- Bnggs,
v Jln-T .7 Graham, J. W Rinker, John Ney.
♦ ' \*ii Q Win, Krall,
Forkston- Miles i*. >U, " 3U *
Falls-Hiram Evans, uel M,llcr '
Lemon —B. D. Jaqnes i?„ht
Mcshoppen—Calvin Sterling, J ollu Winans, "
Clayton, James N. Kelly .
Mehoopany—M. Walters, John Jayne, Benj. -
ner.
Monroe—Augustus Weaver
Nicii.' ,,son kj Hallstead, Dana Stark, i
NorthmoA~*' an< '"^ ,ul " Heitsinan, C. F. Tcy. Rich- j i
art Manning,- Andrew Houser, Robt* Catou. | i
Overfield Riley Mu.' 1 - '
Tunk. Boro.—Mahlon LaßJ. rre . J" 11163 Townscnd, <
John Wall. '
Tunk. Tp Palmer Jenkins, Ahram Acd, m* | t
Stark.
Windham—Myron Sturdevant, Thos. Coyle.
_ (
Corporation Notice.
Whereas application has been made to the Court !
of Common Pleas of Wyoming County tor the gran- ; -i
ting of charter of Incorporation to tho First Presby- J
terian Church of Nicholson in N'cholson Township j,
in said County, the same having been filed in the j
office of the Prothonotary of said Court. Notice
is hereby given that if no sufficient reason is shown j
to the contrary, it shall be lawful for the said Court
at tho next term thereof to declare that the said per- j
sons so associated shall according to the articles and j
condition set forth in said charter become and be
a corporation or body politic in law or in lact and
tho Court wili make such other directions as the
case may require.
ZIBA LOTT, Prothonotary, l
December 18, 1865. J
kost.
Lost in the vicrnty of Nicholson Depot, on IBth of e
November last a Pocket Dairy. 141
For which the finder will be suitaoly rewarded by *<
Mailing said book to my address. Or if more conve- s
nient by leaving the same in care of Mr Titus
Freight agent at the above Depot.
JOHN C, SAYLES. Jr.
Niven, P, 0. Susquehanna Co. Pa.
vsn2o-3wks.
Administrator's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted N
to the estate of Noah Newman late of Monroe Town- p
ship dee'd are requested to make immediate pay- t c
ments and those jiaving claims or demands against w
said estate will present them duly authenticated tor 0 1
settlement to fo
JOHN WALL. Ji. Adm'r. "
Tunkhannoob, Dec. 19. 18g5.
vsn2o-6Wk
Special Notices.
| SHERIFF'S SALE
Bv virtuo of n writ of Fieri Facias to m ,
reeled I will expose to Public Sale at th
Court in the Bom. of Tunkbcnnock, on <? a C
unlay the 13th day of January .4. D IRcc
o'clock P, M., nil of that certain Jot piece or parcel
of land situate in the Township of Monroe, County
of Wyoming and State of Pennsylvania; bound
ed on the North by lands of Lewis Austin.' on the
E £ by lands of Lewis Austin.on the South by lands
of Lewis Aus' in and West by lands of L®vi Mori r
con.fmng one-half acre of land all improved, with'
a plark .Vu.-e, and a few apple-trees thereon witb
the appurtenances.
Seized and takan in execution at the sdtt of John
Hal-fead against John Martin, and will he sold for
cash only by
AHIRA GAY, Sheriff
Sheriffs Office.
Tunkhannock, Dec. 18, 18gg.
SHERIFF'S SALE,
By virtue of a writ of Fiera Faei-3 issued out
of the Court of Common Plet-s of Wyoming
County to me directed, I will expose to Public Sale
at the Court House in TunkhanQock Borough on the
13th day of January A. D lßgg, at one o'clock P M.
all that lot piece or parcel of land situate in the
Township of Nichol n. Wyoming f-iunty Pa bound
ed and described as follows wi? : or. the West by
the public highway leading from Pierccvtlle ta
Spiingvillc, Northwardly t>v lands of Asher Jeffries,
and F Conklin, Easterly by the public highway or
cross roads, Southerly by lands of J. W. Reynolds
containing about one acre more or less, all improved
with one story and a half frame dWeiSng house and
sotne fruit tries thereon with the appurtenances Ac.
teeized and taken in execution at the suit of P. B.
Baldwin aga'taat 5 D. Bacon, and will be sold foe
cash only by
AHIRA GAY, Sheriff..
Sheriffs Office.
Tunkhaanock, Dec. 20, lSgo
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ of Fiera Facias issued out
of the Court of Common Pleas, to n- direet-,
ed 1 will expose to Public Sale at the Court House
in Tunkhannock Borough on the IJth day of Jan.
A. D 18gg, at one o'clock P. M all that lot piece
or purer! of Land situate £i> the Township of Nichol
son, Wyoming County Pa. bound®i and described!
as follow-. to wit :on the West by the public high,
way leading fioin Piercevilfe to Springvrfle, North
er! v by the public highway or cross roids. South
erly by lands of Asher Jeffries, containing aboutr
one fifth of an acre more or less all improved with
a blacksmith shop thereon with tho nppurtenaaoe&
Seizcd and taken in execution at the suit of P
B. Baldwin against S. D. Baeoa. and will be sold
for cash only by
AIIIRA GAY, Sheriff.
.Sheriff's Office.
Tunkhannock, Dec. 20, 19g5
Applications for License:
Notice is hereby given that the following named
persons bare filed their petition" in the Court of
Quarter Sessions of Wyoming County and will make
application at the next term of said Court lor Tav
ern Licenses
Reuben Paik.s, Monroe Township.
H. W, Carpenter, " "
Christopher Mathewson, Clint"n.
/.IBA LOT T , Clerk.
Dee. 18. 186a i
REGISTER S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the following accounts
and claims hifve been filed in the Register's Officw
and will be presented to the Orphans' Court of Wyo
ming County,to be held at Tunkhannock. on the 15th
day of January next for confirmation and allowance.
The acc> unt of B. A Brink, an I Charies W. Brink
administrators of the Estate of William A. Brink,
late of Falls Town-hip, dee'd Filed Dec. 6, 1365.
Final account of William McKone and James Wc-
Knne Executor of the Estat of James M'-Kune, late
of Falls Township, dee'd. Filed Dec* 12, 1865,
Inventory of \\ idows claim in the estate of l Sam'l
Koch late of l otkston Township, tlec'd. Filed Nov*.
8, 1665.
Inventory of property claimed, by the minor
children of Elias M .wry, late ofMehoopany Town
ship. dec'd. Filet Dec. 6, 1565.
Registers Office. 0. L. PARISH.
Dee. 12, K Register
AUDITOR'S NOTICE
The undersigned having been appointed by the
trpnans' Court of Wyoming County, Pa. an Audi
tor to audit and to distribute the funds in the mat
ter of the nart'al account of Cordelia Harding admin
istratrix of Elisha Q. Harding Dee'd will attend to
the duties of his appointment on Thursday, the 28th
day of December, 1665, at hi- office in Tunhannock
Borough at one o'clock P. M.. at which time and
place all persons are required to preset their claims
or be debarred from coming in lor a share of the as
setts or funds in the case atorcsaid
GEO. S. TCTTON, Auditor.
vsnl3 £
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned having been appointed by th®
Orphans' Court of Wyoming County, Pa., an audi
tor to distribute the balance of tho fund in tho
hands of Wm. M. Sine administrator of the estate
of Jacob A Cook dee'd , will attend to the duties of
his saiil appointment on Friday the 29th day of
December, <865, at his office in Tunkhannock Bcro.
at one o'clock I'. Mat which time an place all
persons are require I to preseut their claims or be
debarred from coming in for a shaie of the assetts or
fund in the aforesaid case.
GEO. S TUTTON, Auditor,
vonlß
AUDITOR'S NOTICE,
The undersigned having been appointed by th®
Orphans' Court of Wyoming County, Ia M an auditor
to report on tho exceptions file ito the account of
C. W. Whitney administrator of the estate of Walter
Whitney dec'J. will attend (.• the duties of his ap
pointment, on Saturday the oi/th day of December,
1565. at his office in Tunkhannock Borough, at one
o'clock P, M„ at which time and place all persons
interested In said matter are required to attend or
be debarred thereafter from making further object
tions thereto or coining in on said fund.
GEO S. TI'TTON, Auditor.
vsnl3
Auditor's Notice,
Th • un ler?ig.*ed having been appointed by th®
Court" of Co,J> nPI " of Wjoming Centy a
auditor to distr.hu,* ,bo t
id's Sale of the Real Est a.? ° f
will attend to the duties of his aPl^'J 1 Thumta _
office in the Borough of Tunkhanno- - '
the 11th day of January IBgg, at IP. J*. -enmrJ •-
day, at which time andpbiee all persons arc ™ ~
ed to present their claims orbo debarred froiq
in?* in upon said funds. ' -v ■ - t
WM. M PIATT Audi ten
Taokh annock Dee ißgs.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SiOTICE.
IETTERSof administration on the estate of John,.
Sawyer, hit" of Washington Township. Dee'd,
having been granted the nn lersigned; Notice is
hereby given to all persons indebted to said estate
(o come forw rd and pay the same; and to all hav
ing claims or demands against said estate to make
known and prosent the samo tor settlement without.
j e i,, v AHIRA GAi, Adm'r.
Tunkhannock, P®„ >' ov -9. 1865 -
vsnl7-6wks.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
LETTERS of administration or. the estate of Pe
j tor Stark late cf Nicholson Township Wyoming
3ountv, having been granted the undersigned ; no
ice is hereby given to all persons indebted to said
•state, to come forward and pay the same : and to
ill persons having claims or demands against said
•state, to make known and present tho same for
ettilement without delay, to
SAMUEL STARK 3d, r.
Nicholson; Pa., Nov. 29, 18g5. Adm'
vsnl7-gwks,
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of Administration on the estate of Eliaa <
Howry, late Mehoopany Tp Dee'd, having been"
rranted to the undersigned, notice is hereby given
o 11 per. >BS indebted to aaia estate to come for
rnrd and pay the same, and to all persons having
•laitns or demands against the same.to present, them
or settlement without delay to the subscriber at th®
esidence in Mehoopany. •
E. W. STURDEVANT. Adm r. • •
Mehoopany Nov. 8, 1865.