(The Democrat,
• HARVEY BICKLER, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK, PA
Wednesday. Nov. 14, 1866
fir In m dicing the means by which the
Radicals retain power in the North,
Richmond Knquirtr says: " Unfortunate
ly for the Southern .States, the supremacy
of a certain party at the North depends on
the odium in which the Southern people
are there held. Whatever adds to the
bitterness against us, adds to the Republi
can strength. Every injurious allegation
has its value in votes. Under these circum
stances we may as well make up oui minds
to he traduced and vtll.fied, as a business
and by system. The d-ntand for tales of
horror - ill create a market and supply-
The trace is especially diligent whenever a
weariness of disquiet inclines the Northern
people to candid views, and thus imperils
the Radical supremacy.'' There must be
an end ot Radical influence, or an end of
the Republic. We believe the good sense
of the people w ill at last prevail, and the
Republic be preserved.
A Fesrful Prospect.
General Butier, having been elected to
Congress, is likely to be atforded an oppor
tunity of carrying out the terrible threats be
has been making against President John
son. But we judge that there is danger of
his weakening himself by umh rtaking too
much. Nor it appears from spe ches re
cently made by himself, as will as by his
principal backer, Wendell Phillips, that
Butler is almost as bitterly opposed to Gen
Grant as he is to the l'res dent. The char
ges against Giant are no less serious than
those again-t Johnson —tne former being
jointly responsible with the latter for the
New Oileans massacre, the Memphis riot,
and the Baltimore troubles, as he was also
ajoint partner in the President's Western
tour. Butler's dealing with Grant will aNo
tie enlivened by his personal vindictiveness
toward the head of the army, which has
been so long restrained. It came near
finding vent a year ago, when Butler had a
book printed (which tor some reason lias
not yet been published) showing up Grant
in a style more pungent than c -inplimenta
txrv—so we are informed. Neither is But
ler likely to confine himself to Grant and
Johnson when he gets going. He has ac
counts, not merely polit cal, to setth* with
.Sherman; ai d there are a number of dis
tinguished officers, of only 'ess fame, such
as Generals Gdnfore and Ba'dv Smith, and
Admiral Porter, who caunot be overlooked
and might as well be knocked "down in the
general nelie. In fact, when Butler gets
into Congress he will have to lay around
him right and left, if he means to get even
with all who have been the objects of his
wrath. We aie glad that a year must in
tervene before he takes his seat and opens
out, — New York Times, Nov Bth.
Letter Fenian Col Lynch.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin publishes
the following from "Colonel" Lynch;
"MILITAKT PRISON, TORONTO, 1
Friday, Oct. 23, 18G5. ]
"My Dear : My trial commenced
on Wednesday, and was com luded last
night 1 was most ahlv defended by our
old and talented young Richard Maitin
assis.ed by another German named Dovle.
It is unnecessary for me to enter info the
details of the trial, as you •will see a full
report of it in the New York'llerald'andall
the Irish papers, I was unable to produce
the evidence that could prove my inno
cence, as they wore liable to .arrest tin m
selves, and their sworn evidence could not
be received unb ss they were present. I
was found guilty and a-ntenced to be
hunt;, December 13th, 1860. I am inno
cent, but it wa* necessary to satisfy the
Canadian people that an example shou'd
"bo made of soin''one. I was the person
selected for this sacrifice, though I had no
military whatever with the Fenians. But
if it is a crime to love my native land, then
I am- willing to suffer death, for I am
guilty ot thar crime, and w II meet it like a
man. Don't be uneasy about me. My
death on the scaffold will bring no disgrace
t>n you, the children, or any cf our family,
particularly tor such a crime as this. Ma
il v true and noble patriots died for this
noble cause—and why should 1 complain ?
1 Imve not the slightest doubt but that the
witnesses against me must have mistaken
me for some other person.
Considering th-.t I am a doomed man,-I
am in my usual spirits and in good health.
The governor of 'he oti-on and all ihe offi
cers are very kind ;o me. You can now
write.
" Yours affectionately, R. B. LYNCH.
Mrs. Admiral Farragnt is one of the
handsomest ladies in Washington.
Major General W. W. Averill has been
appointed Consul General to the Biitish
American provinces.
■ <*►
The only living descend- nt of Christo
pher Columbus lives at Koiuc, and is de
scribed as a genial man ot sixty.
One thousand new buildings have been
put up in Nebraska City this Sunyner,
. —i .
tW The Illanois girl who lately lost her
speech (save wliUpeiingjhas had forty offeis
of marring*.
THE FALLING 6TABS,
(THAT DIDMT FALL.)
OPIRIOMS OP LEARNED STAR GAZ
ERS.
Metoorlc Shower* of the Past.
(From the New York World of Saturday
the 10th inst,
A sensation of no common kind may be
ex pec tod to occur next week. It will pro
bably benoticabie during the intermediate
hours which end Tuesday and usber in
Wednesday, between 12 M. of the 13th and
3 A M. of the 14th instants. Some aerial,
if not celestial visitors are then due at our
mundane hotel, and he who is on the watch
will likely "sec stars," falling stars, or the
periodic return of the grand stellar shower,
so called, which arous' d science and scared
the ignorant into the mortal fear that the
end of the world had come, and perdition
was waiting,on of November 1833,
very early in thr morning. Many now liv
ing w.dl remember the terror with which
the phenomenon was then regarded. Dur
ing the three hours of its pendancy the
day of judgment was believed to be only
waiting for sunrise, and long after the
shower had ceased the morbid and ignor
ant were of the sound conviction
that the final arraignment was at Last only
a week ahead. To tell how the Mayor of
Philadelphia lowered himself down a' well;
how impromptu meetings for prayer were
held all over the land; how men sought to
aave old debts settled, in order to carry a
clear pecuniary balance into the expected
eternity ; and how the creditors insisted it
"was no use to taik dollars'' in the face of
the general suspension of the umveise,
with many other scenes of humor and ter
ror, would take more space than the care
ful exhibition of*ihe characteristics, the
incidents, the known causes, arid the ap
pearance of the phenomenon will aliow.
THE COMING-METEORIC? SHOWER.
The reason why the meteoric shower is
attributed to between the 13th and 14rh of
November is tbis: Between A. D. 90S and
A. o, 1833, not less than nineteen great star
fallings are accorded. A period of 33J
years, or an even multiple of that length of
time, has always elapsed as interval from
one stage of their occurence to the next
and the next and so on The last one, as
stated, was on the 14th of November, 1833,
the pieccding shower came off on the same
day 33 years before, and previous to that
date in the same ratio of time. This fur
nishes a data and a basis for astronomical
calculation, and according to the conclusions
of the Greenwich Observatory professors,
the next passag- of the eanh though the
meteoric group will take place' on the morn
ing of November 14, two h -urs before sun
rise. A watch on the early morning of the
13th is recommended, as the II oment oi*
greatest stellar brilliance may verv possi lv
occur one day before the predicted time. —
The theory that lates the occurrence of the
grand shower on the morning of the 14th
-eceives this further eor.firmntion : There,
are two k nds of metoric showers, periodic
and sporadic, or occasional. The sporadic
have always been mot frequently noticea- i
ble on the 14th of various Nov.-mb-rs
yearly, but they are not sufficiently impos
ing to take them out of the sphere of oli
nary astronomical ph-nom-ma ; vet their
occutrance on the 14th of November is a
strong, a conclusive probability in favoi of
fixing their date regularly and annually at
that time. The fact that every 33d spo
radio meteoric shower becomes of the vast
eat proportions has led to the calling of
these large showers periodic ; hence the
classification. Mostly, these sporadic dis
plays are uow only specially noticed when
an unusual number of meteors fall; othir
wisc.tbey are regarded as a matter of course.
The most remarkable in recent years of
these meteoric showers, was that which oc
curred on November 13 14, 1865, when
the maximum display at Greenwich was
257 meteor* per hour. The display this
year is expected to be much greater—sev
eral hundred times greater, something like
t the 242,000 per hour that characterized the
last periodic shower, of Boston, in 1833.
THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF PERIODIC
SHOWER*.
The term meteor signifies any phenom
enon of short duration occurring in the
atmosphere. They are, of course, thus va
rious, such as meteors cf rtrin. snow, fog,
and hail, termed aqueous, while the eff cts
: produced by the passage of these aqueous
! particles through the air are oiled lumi
nous tneteora. The phenomena of light
' ning, a?rolites, shooting star*, &c., are teeh
-1 nically termed igneous meteors. But in
b st understood language the term meteor
jis applied only to those bodies that as
globular fire or *lio> ding-star* are now
! and tln*n seen hurling in space .<r unknown
, distance fr<-m the earth and in u known
orbits. The fact of their soliloquy ap -
pears trom their occasiona ly throwing
upon our eatth's surface fragments of
stone, or "meteori," iron, whose h at is in
• tense, and whose ascertained substance in
composed of the following elements:
ANALYSIS OF THE ATROLITE.
Iron 57,22 Phosporous 13.92
Cobalt 0,32 Alumina 1.63
Silica 1,63 Copper onvc> rt'nd
Chlorine 0,13 Zinc unascertained
Nickel 25,53
The earliest records of an historic account
of the occurrence of grand meteoric show
ers extend a* far back a* the Chinese an
nals of 644 B. 0., which nation preserved
the only authentic notings on the subject
from that date till 333 A. D. In all, du
ring this period, 977 years, sixte- n special
grand descent* of tailing stars are record
ed by the Chinese. The Greeks, quite
strangely, preserved but meagre records
of the phenomenon. Their theory was to
the effect that the aerolites were masses of
e rthfctone forced of the general surface by
the rapidity ot rotation.
MRTKORIC SHOWERS WITHOUT
j Some of the most r* markable displays
of meteoric phenomena have been aceom
pai.ied without the passage of serelite
stones. The body of the meteor, called
I th* bo Lis, is a fiery body precipitated
across the heavens, and often explodes |
with loud noise, leaving no trace of solid j
materials in their van or wake. A lumi
nous train follows them, and frequently
leaves a brilliance in the rear that lasts
several minutes Tliev send forth vivid
scintillation*, and present various bright
colors, so that the same meteoric slvwer ,
is often differently described from differ- j
ent places. Their average height above
the earth lias been ascertained to be 20—23 '
of a degree, or about sixty miles. The
now accepted theory ot a meteor is that t
they emanate from a nebulous body that:
revolves around the sun, is an elliptical
orbit, the aphelion of which meets the or
bit of the earth at the stated p riod of their
regular occurrence. Their nebulosity is
inferred from the fact that none of the !
meteor*, coming, though they do, with the
prodigious velocity of 350 miles in a min
ate, ever reach our planet in a solid state,
but ate dissipated in the atmosphere
Tuis nebular theory is that of Professor
Olinstead, of Yale and of Arago. The
latter suggests that the meteoric bodies
constitute a stieara in the form of an ainu
lar zone, within which they pursue a coin
noon orbit; that there are several such
stream* which intersect; each as its own
period, the earth s common oibit; that
and that through each the myriad
of smill cosmic*! bodies are
irregularly distributed, and that in our
, earth's passage through tlie den*est of
groups the most bri'liani displays occur.
DATES or THE MOST DRILLIANT METORIC
SHOWERS.
Tiint. Place, H'iyht,
B C. 644. China. miles
B. C. 432. China. miles
B. C. 324. Greece. 62 miles
B. C. 2i6. Pome 61 miles
B. C. 108, China. 64J miles
A. D. 1 Chrna. miles
A D. 304 Europe. miles
A. D 902 Europe. tnileg
A. D. 167 6 Italy. 38 miles
A D 1673 Germany 72 miles
A D 1688 Popayan. 50 miles
A. D. 1719 Lomi<>n 70 miles
A. D 178-1 Ireland. 62j miles
A. D. 1/87 Europe. 40 miles
A. D. 1818 England. 6<>J miles
A. D 1819 Maa*achusetts22 miles
A. D. 1832 P itsdam. 49 miles
A. D. 1833 United States.COj miles
THF. SHOWER THIS WEEK.
The beginning ol this article spoke of the
probable occurrence next of the grand peri
odic inete<>r.c shower of 1866, somewhere
between 13 midnight ot Tuesday and sun
rise of Wednesday. Ttie asironomers have
foretold its c ming, ami they g nerallv are
hel !a reliable prophets. Of course,every
one will be on the tiptoe of expect iou. No
one need be scared. Seienc • ha* demon
strated the'occurrence to be harmless. Ex
o-rienee ha* demonstrated the fact also.—
Thai 'he spec tacle will be one of ndescri
bable grandeur when it occurs will not ad
ra.t of a doubt. The men?"ry andMie recok
lection of of the grand shower ot '33 have so
impressed its sublimity and awful btauty on
the recollection of those who beheld it,
I and on the minds of those who did not,
that to live in the century in which its
repetition i* to occur, mav be esteemed an
exalted privdege. Just imagine for an in*
•farice.sthe firmament visibly descending at
midnight., in gl .be* of fire over the dark'
and roaring cataract of Niagara, The
spectacle will he visible in t' is latitude, it
i* stated, and through the United Stares
genera I'y, in the best-and grainiest charac
teristic*, about tho hour before named.
The Cost of Living.
The long hope/1 for reduction of the
prices of the necessaries of life is not likely
to take place this year. From present iu
dicat ons the co*t of living is likely to bo •
higher than ever /Hiring the coming - win
ter. One article only. coal, is cheaper •
than it has b en. Meat, fl-nir, groceries ;
and drv goods have all ao upward tend' n- i
cv. The grain crops have been far above !
the average, ami we had tile expectation {
!of /-heap breadstuff*, but the poor crops
everywhere in Europ/-, and the waste and
destruction of the German war, has cre
ated a demand abroad for American grain i
and flour, and run up the prices. But the !
chief cause of high prices ir the finan- i
[ { cial system of the country. As long as we l
! have an irredeemable paper currency wo '
r ' tn -st expect to pay two prices Ibr every- !
i\ thing we want, Galling a piece of paper a
i dollar will not make it pass for a dollar im- i
. less it can he converted into gold. The '
: premium on gold makes the value of our
. paper currency, which, in spite of the fact
i that the country is at peice, an/1 the na
. tional debt in process of redm-tinu. is stead
i ilv depreciating. A paper d<>| ar is, at the
pt-. sent rate of go d, worih less than sev
i enty cents, that is its purchasing value.—
i The Radical Congress has refused io rem
edy this evil; they oil >ose thai the pour
> man should continue to suffer for the beu
f efif of the men who speculate upon the
. misfortunes of the country. A r-tiirn of
, specie paym nt might ruin a hot/ic of spec
j ulators who are now making fortunes.— ,
Mechanics have sought rt-liel from the !
evil in continued strikes for advanced
> wag s, and through combination have
| usually obtained their demands. But tliey .
I cannot make the additions to their ear/-'
I ings keep pace with the advance in the :
cost of living. Other classes have been
! lea* fortunate —people living on modem
t incomes, clerks, literary men, and others
• on fixed salaries, who can not command
• constant increase, find their means grow
' ing more ami more straightened, and are:
1 compelled to deny themselves and their
families one litile comfort after another,
1 until existence becora s a weary struggle
- with poverty. Sucli is the condition of
• the country, under radical rule, a year and
1 a half after the close of the war. Are
1 the people content with this, or do they
f think it is time to try a change ? — Ex.
| ...
i young lady named Delia Col well, of
Erie,Pa, commited suicide bv drowning
1 herself and her young babe iu ihe river on
" Friday last, jibe /-loped from a boaidiiig
5 school with a young man who took her on
Detroit, seduced aud deaeitcd her.
I
(lMi Victoria'• cruwli.
The impi'rial State Crown of Queen
Victoria was mad • bv M*sr*. Runfell 4z
Bridge, in the year 1838, with j-wels
taken from old crowns, and others fui
nished by command of her Majesty. It
consists of nds, pearls rubies, sap
phires, and emerald* set in silver and golu ;
it has a crimson velvet cap. with ermine
border, and is hued with white silk Its
gross weight is 390z. sdwt. troy. The
lower part of the band, above the ermine
b order, consists of a row of J'29 pearls, and
the upper part of the band a row of 1*29
pearls between which, in front of the
crown, is a sapphire, (partly drilled.) pur
chased for the crown by King George IV.
At the baek is a sapphire of similar size,
and six other saphires, (three on eaeh side)
between which are ej-rht emerals. Above
and below the seven sapphires are four
teen diamonds, and around the eight em
eraids 128 d:am nds. Between the em
eralds and sapphires are 16 trefoil orna
m -n's. containing 160 diamonds. Above
the band are sapphires sunnonated by 8
diamonds, between which are 8 festoons
consisting of 148 diamonds. In front of
the crown, and in the centre of a diamond
Maltese cross, is the famous ruby said io
have been given to Edward the Black
Prince, by Don Pedro, King of Castile,
after the battle of Najera, A. D' 1867.
It was worn in the helmet of Henry V. at
the battle of Agincourt, A. I). 1415. It
is pierced quite through, after the Eastern
custom, the upper pair of the piercing liv
ing filled up by a small ruby. Aiound
this ruby, to form the cross, are 75 brill
iant diamonds. Three other Maltese
crosses, forming the two sides and back
of tin'crown, have emerald centres and
contain respectively 124 and 130 brillaint
diamonds. Between the 4 Maltese crosses
are 4 ornaments in the form of a French
fleur-de-lis, with four rubies in the centres,
and surrounded by rose diamond*, con
taining respectively 85, 86, and 87 ros •
diamond, i rim the Maltese crosses issue
4 imperial arches composed of oak leaves
and acorns, the leaves containing 728 rose,
table, and brilliant diamonds ; 32 p- arls
firming ihe acorns, 6et in cups containing
54 rose di iiuonds and 1 tattle diamond.—
The to'al nuinlier of diamonds in the arch
es and acorns is 108 brilliants 116 table,
and 559 rose diamonds. From the upper
part of the arches arc suspended 4 large
pendant pear shaped p-arls. with ro,e dia
mond Caps, Containing 12 rose diamonds,
and stems containing 24 very small dia
monds. Above the arch stands the mound,
containing in the lower hemisphere 304
brilliants, and in the upper 244 brilliant* ;
the zone and arc being composed of 33
rose diamonds. The cross on ihe sum
mit has a rose cut sapphiie in the centre,
surrounded by 4 large brilliant* and I#B
sinallar briliants. Summary of jewels
comprised in the crown; l hrge ruby,
irregularly polished; 1 large bro td-sprea i
sapphire, 16 sapphires, 11 crm-ralds, 4 ru
bies, I,363.brilliant diamonds, 1.273 rose
diamonds. I4f table diamonds, 4 drop
shaped pearls, 273 pearls.
Sustain the Laws.
Tbe following extract from Secretary
Browning's rec.*nt letter is worthy of re
production ami re-peru<al :
Our country is in peril, in very great
peril; not fn>in apuhlic < ueint, but from
the violence ofour own pi-sions. Sif tv
is to be found only in a siriet adlu>ren<-e to
the Constitution and the laws. As long
as they- are obeyed no ev.il can come upon
us. We are in danger only when we at
tempt something tliey do not sanction. 1
trust it will be the pride and glory of the
friend" of the administrat on, in the threat
ening contest through which we are pnea
ing, to keep their passions in subj-etion to
theii reason. And do no act not fully war
ranted, by ttie Constitution and laws Ours
is a republican government, where the ma
jority ha* a right to rule. Minorities can
not, without subverting the .Government,
and when, a< c -riling to the Ibrtus prescrib
ed. the wil of the majority is expressed in
tbe Constitution or the l.w, it is the duty
of all to submit to it, unrii it can be fairly
and constitutionally ehang-d..
Such I know so he the Pr. sident's inten
tions, and such I know he wishes to be the
rule ot conduct for his friend- and support
ers. No man has a profouudcr reverence
for the Constitution than he, and his pur
pose., as the Executive h- ad of the nation,
to maintain it as it is u til it changed in
the form prescribed by it, is firm and im
mutable. tie is not bra\e enough wilfully
to violate it; he is brave enough to up
hold and defend it in all that his duty re
quires.
In conclusion, let me beseech you, calm
ly and dispassionately, but earnestly and
firmly, to do your duty to yout country in
tl is trying hour and to stand by our glo
rious Consiituiion as it is. There is no
safety for us but in this Do your duty
faitnf Ily, and trust to God for results; and
reveMitly implore him so save us from the
madness and intatuution which threaten us
with self destruction and witti the
loss of the last hope for the perpetuity
of free government.
(grCuba has purehased two monitors of
the United States for $1,000,000.
ar The editors in Indianapolis are
cow hiding each other.
The tunnel under the Alps will be
6uistied in five years.
-
tW A man in Hudson. New York.com
m tted suicide on his wedding night,
Blondon wants the Atlantic cable
rais.d on poles. o that he can walk over
it.
—
A rattlesnake, killed in Ohio re
cently had 01.e hundred and ten rattles,and
its body was as thick as a man's thigh.
The women of Poland have a watchful
eye over their daughters, and make thein
-wear little lulls on their persons to denote
where they are and what they*are about.
The Firetlom.
From the Age of B*ednedajr.
In Massachusetts the result of the con
test yeHtenlav was of cowse >n fnrorot" the
RadeaU Ballofk was re elected Governor
hy an increased majority, and the Senate
and Legislature is largely Radical. All
the Radical memtiers of Congress were
elected
BOSTON, N -V. 6. — A large rote wag
thrown to dav in the election of State offi
cers, metnlei* of f 'ongreaa and Legisla
ture The Republicans, as usual, have had
it all their own way and give increased
majorities over last vear when Governor
Bullock received 70,000 votes against lev
than 27,0 X) opposition.
The Republicans arc enjoying themselves
in Fanculi Hail, with music anil speeches,
LITER. —Two COLOR?® MEN have been
elected to the Legislature—one in Charles
ton and one in Boston.
From the VVorhl of Wednesday.
New York r -elds Governor Fenton bv
a reduced majority. In ]Bf>4, he was
elected by 8,290 majority. Tills year his
majority will not rise much, if at all above
4000.
This metropolis has cast a magnificent
vote for John T. Hoffman, the candidate of
its choice, New York Citv giving him the
unequalled maj"ritr of 47,000 and Kings
county B,'*'oO. . But in the interior cities
and towns, wherever the Irish population
is numerous and where the Radical mis
representations have not heen met and ex
rosed, as they have been here, the Demo
cratic vote has fallen >ff. and tha Radical
vote his proportionately increased. But
for the Fenian vote John T. Hoffman wo'd
have been el cted bv a tr nvndous mj"ri
tv. When the Rump Congress meets in
December, which at its last session with a
two-th rds m-jorifv refused to alter the
present neutrality laws, our Trish fellow
citizens will discover whether the Radica'
pledgesimade to th *m in this canvas* will
be redeemed.
All the D mocratir: cnnd ; dates for Con
gress from this citv are elected--a gain of
three—and Mr. Robinson def-ats Chitten
den. in Brn >k ! vi, a gain of one. Mr. Stee
lyc is elected in fha Monroe District a gain
of one. and \lr. Huinnhrev is redded in
Buffalo. The o'her Congressional di<-
tnet.s in this state probably remain the
same
We lose the State Assembly, of course.
The vote on the Constitutional Convention
is in d nhf.
The Democaric coiintv ticket, is elected,
including Mr. Hwlpine. t'ie opponent of Me-
Cool to the office of Register.
Outside of the Emn'ie State we have
done e*trmelv w-11. Maryland, spite of
the R id '*al Police Commissioners. ba been
.carried by 'he Cons rvatives, who have a
inajnriU' of some tliir'v on a joint ballot in
the Legislature, giving them the United
States Senator.
We gain two Representative..* in that
State; two in Illinois, and, wc think, one
each in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minneso
ta.
We have gainpd on the popular vote in
New Jersey. bu nt enough, wo fear, to
control the Legislature.
In Missouri we shall oer'ain'y gain at
| least two nv inhere Congress, though we
j fear th l.xs of Hogan, Frank Tilair, how
ever, is returned There is no doubt, how-
I ever, h"t that be Radj.-ais wiM rerain their
i two-thirds majority in the next Congres.
A singular conscience monpy case has
occurred in the Pension Office. Capt.
John McKc, of the 37th Missouri Volun
teers, now residing a' Hamilton, Ohio, was
j wounded bv a ball, which struck the sev
| entli rib passed thro 'gh his lungs and
i emerged mar the spinal column. He was
awarded a full pension, but has returned
half the amount, received for the past vear
on the ground that his health is so im
proved 'hat he is not entitled to a pension
for that degree of dissahility,
&r In the cla-s of civil engineers a
Paris two ymng Americans stand first and
third out of 119 students.
Washington Irvit g's old summer house
was lately sold at auction for $lO.
Forrest acted 35 nights in San Francisco,
receiving 120,000 in gold. He will not re
turn East until spring.
Cough has refused eight hundred invita
tions to lecture during the present season
ITis season lasuftoni October Ist to May
Ist, arid he delivers five lectures every
week, making about $25,100 during seven
months
Emerson Etlieridge is mentioned as a
Democratic candidate fur Governor of Ten
nessee, to succeed Brownlow.
Tt is stated that the Disunior League, of
Pl.ilad.lp ,ia. are in debt over seventy-five
thousand dollars, for money used in the late
el ction to corrupt the voters of the State.
The Tycoon of Jap tn is dead.
Tom Thumb's little daughter is dead.
Sylvanns Cobb, the story writer, is dead,
aged sixty-eight.
Ford's Theatre in Washington is to be
ust d as a medical museum.
A new jail ts to be erected near Wilkes
barre It will cost seventy-fire thousand
dollars.
Nearly all who died of cho'cra in Chica
go, were of inf. mp rate hah t.
Ilfrntbial
FOR SPECIAL CA^ES.
A'o. JU "Bond Street, fork.
|"JT Full Information. with the highest testimo
niah *. a l*o. a Book on Special Diseases in a seal
ed envelope, sent 'IF* Be. sure and tend far
them and you vill not regret it ; for nnd sdver
ti- rig physician* are gets ally impoetort, without
reference no stranger a <>ul.l be trust* f En<-laa
a gt-unp for pnsMgr.and direct to DE LAWRENCE,
No 14 Bond Streot, New York. v6nls-lyr.
Loeml and Personal.
Bsplanailon.—Th* date on tba colored ad.
i dm* lab*l oo this paper indicate- the time up'to
I which, i appear* on osr hooka, tha subscriber baa
, paid for hla paper. Any error, in this label, will ha
K'mirtly so meted, when brought to ear notion.
"•# of oar Subscriber*, who wUh to know how
they stand with us, will . ouult the label on their
paper*. Don't let it get too far back into the be
gone daya- —Something mi fbt happen.
Raises Broe. Piano* are good and are *old at
moderate price*. Now sale,wholesale and retail at
Powell'* Mario Store Scranton.
Donation.-Tbe friend* of th* Rev. C. R. Lane
will make him a donation visit at his residence, on
the day appointed for our National Thanksgiving,
Thursday, No 29th. All are invited to attend
By order of tb* Committee.
Strings tor VioVin, Vlolinrello, Gu'tar, Banjo
and Harp, can be had in large or small quuntitle* at
L. B. Powell's io Scranton. He bason hand some
of tb* celebrated Pagan inn i Violin Strioga. and ie
supplying a great many order* by mail.
Demoieat'e Young America is 'b* title ot v
new and very attractive Magntin* for Boje and.
Girl*, that will both delight aad instruct them. Ik
is furnished at $1.50 yearly, and with other iadace
mmts in the w±j ot Premiums. Single Copies, IS cts.
Parents should secure - spscimsn copy of this vsry
unique snd be utilul Childrens' Monthly Pubhsh
• d *t 472 Broadway. N Y.
Dea'h of Geo. N. Hollcuback.—Geo. M
Hoilenbaek, of Wilkesbarie, well known to the old
er portion* of our reader*, dropped dead in the office
*f E. P. Darling, at that place, on Wednesday af
terneon lsst. It is supposed that he had an apoplec
tic lit.
Facta.— The mat who weald systematically aad
wilfully set about cheating a printer, would commit
a highway robbery upon a crying baby, and would
rob it t t its gingernread—rob a church of conntefeit
pennies—lick tho butter off a blied nigger's 'flitter"
—pawn hi* grandmother's speck's for a drink of
whiskey—steal acorns from a blind bog, and take
clothes from a scarecrow.to mike a respectable ap
pearance in eociety.— Ex.
The Stews and Broils—that ignorant or
thoughtless people sometimes get ap a.e very un
pleasant to a person of good taste. Bst th* stews,
broils, boils and frys gotten ap A la Francaiee by
Messrs. Crane A Lull, at their Oyster Saloon, ar*
taken without any qualm sot—anything hy Judges,
Lawyers. Salesmen, Poets, Divines, aai i.iieed
everybody, of t-very age, sex end condition— except
printere. They'd take them too —if they got a
good chance.
"My Policy." For th* past twelve months,
the ptople bars had a great deal to say on the
President's policy in regard to the restoration of
the Union, or "My Policy" as it is derisively ter
miaed. Though the discussions hare been had in
every boose, oc every street corner, and over every
f nee rail in th* land, but little, if anything ie
known by a majority of the people, upon this sub
ject. Thers are policies which are mora readily
understood and eerily compr ebeoded. In this con
nexion we may as well mention thai Mrs T. A.
Miller declares her policy to be, to keep constantly
on haad one of th* finest assortmiots of Millinery
Goods in town ; and to sell them at the lowest po*>
sible rates, and in all other respe- ts to do her utmost
to gratify the wishes of her oumerooe friehds aad
patrons. This, is unJoobtedly a very good policy.
For a further explanation ot it, re* new edverttse
ment in to- day'e piper.
The Plank Walks whiih our city Fathers "or
d.iined" to be laid on or before the 15tu June last,
we have observed, without any extra effort of our
optics, to be not more than half .ion*. It requires
pretty sharp eyes, and a rather active use >f p*.ial
. extremities to keep from breaking one'* neck in get
ting over some them. A portion of eur ritiren*
with commendable cheerfulness and public spirit,
promptly obeyed the ordinance, and down with th*
' walks - stopp ng of C" urse with the boundary line
of their own lots. So that we now have, oo every
street in town, these patches of goad wait,
( which, only serve to make th* no-walk portions
more intolerable ; and waiting a dangerous exer
cise, to be indulged iu, only at rare interval* and
with extreme caution. Th* time for doing this
work is now very short, aad w* are pleased to learn
that the Burgee* and Tewn Council propose to do
what they can. in the short time allowed them be
fore winter sets in, in -applying this neglect. Those
! for whom these walks hate to be laid, will doubtless
find that it would have leer cheaper to have bnilt
th'iu themselves, S the 20 per cent- additional,as
thonied by law. will be required of theui. We
shall advert to this subject again, and again until
the evil is r*mdisi; for in the present outrageous
condition of our streets, silence well nigh amounts
to a crtae, and profanity, even in a preacher would
almost be excusable.
Married.
SNOVER MeMAN.—Nov- sth, 16C5, by Harrison
Cmnsteok Esq-, Samuel Snnver, of Wyalusing,
Bradferb Co., Pa , to Miss Elleo Momnn. of Da
shore, Sullivan County, Pa.
FARR--CATLIN —Nov. 3d 1966, at th* residence
of Charles W. Catlin, by Marrimn Cometock Esq.
1 George B Farr, of Mehoopany, to Mts Elixa Ann
Catlin, of North Branch, Wyoming Co. Pa.
I
R MRH.T ANILLER
: Would respectfully inform ker:
1 friends and the Ladies generally that ;
! she has just received a well selected !
; stock of I
: MILLINERY GOODS, :
; which will be sold at the towns* I
CASK parens.
• N. B—Mrs. Millsri* receiving';
• goods weekly, so that all whs favor I
; her with their patronage iriU be .*
• rare to get the
5 : LATEST STYLES. \
; DRESS MAKING don* on reason- :
; sole terms, CUTTING and FIT. :
I I TING warranted to give satisfac- I
! tion if properly made.
;Ro o m i on Warren St. opposite :
: Wright's Store. •
; MRS T A. MILLER. ;
I Tunkhannock, Pa Nov. 13, '66, :
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HOT ICR.
Whereas my wife Mary has lelt my bed snd bo*rd
- wilhout just naost or provocation. AH p*r
r theretore cautioned against harboring or
- on my aocount, as I ehall pay no debts of her co
t wasting.
Tunkhannock, NT 6. 1866 wM A TEBL .
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