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HARVEY 9ICM.LER, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCK., PA
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GOND *X IT. —The toadyism lately lis
p.ayed by tliat political bummer, Forney,
towanis I had. Stevens, exceeds his best
•efforts during the days lie basked in the
si ad iw of James Buchanan. He will ruin
tlntl corrupt old miscegenator as sure as
the world, if he don't keep his eye cockid.
Thad S'.evens says he never believed
that Jefferson Davis could be tried for trea
son, and be does not believe he was guilty
id'treason. " llis offence," says Thad,
'•was that of a belligerent, not of a traitor "
The object of the "gieat commoner," in
taking this position, is to secure a recogni
t on of his territorial scheme. He wants
to let D;vi> e.-cape, under hi 9 theory that
s cession was successfully completed and
the Union dissolved, in order to increase
tiiP strength of the Radical party by keep-"
li.g the ten Southern States unrepresented
in Congress.
Congress has adjourned till the 3*l of
January. Thecountiy would rejoice to tiod
a belter spirit among the members of that
august body on their re-ass* tubhrig d heir
course so far this session can b- looked
upon as nothing more nor less than revolu
tion irv, Their legislation has been en
tirely against the peace and harmony of
liie countiy. When will the people learn
wisdom, and sel-ct other and better men
than fools and fanatics to make our laws?
We fear it vt II he wlu n it is too late.—
Viewing thiiig> a- we fi'> el them, we may
as we'd prepaie for the worst, as there aie
Xio hopes for an\ g e.d to come out of the
delibeialions ot the- present Rump Con
giess.
Let it be remi-mberd that it is not for
want of votes that tlie Demociacy ot the
North have so meagre a representation in
< 'ongivss. It is owing to the gerry-mander
ing of the Congressional districts by tiie
Mongrels. if the people ot the North
were represented according to the vote,
there wmtld be about fid Democrats and
about lot) Mongrels 10 lite next Congress;
at d if the Union was represented. the Dem
ocrats would i ave a majority. lheo! sun *
ronists only bold power by usuipation, ami
treason to tlie government! They are i
playing the old tin-ks of tyrants 'and usurp
ers, and must receive from the hard heart- i
fi-tcd sons f freedom the tyrant'* warning! !
The minority must not and'cannot long ty
ramze over the c oiistilutiou ai.d the great
majority of the p> ople!
PROGRESS OF AN IIOVEST' Bor-—The
Miners' Journal, speaking of two gaadu
ates at West Point belonging to PoitsviHe,
Pa., says: "Erel I . Earquhar, of tins -
borough oradualed with honor, and ranked
No 2 in his class at West Point, last week
No. 1 graduate was a poor Irish boy named I
Peter O'llonrke, who at the tge of sixteen I
did not know his letters. This lad -aved
the lives of several person* on Lak'? Erie, i
who, out of gratitude, <ff r d : im a eon- :
fwdem'ole stun <>f in ney, which h declined !
on edition that they would secure him !
an e location. They complied with his re-!
quest, sent him t<> school, and af.erwards, j
in cur. d him a position at West Point, I
where lie lias just graduated wi.h the high-1
est honors. This poor, rough Irish boy!
bears hiuiselfa perfect gentleman, and we j
fee! cotifid on that lie will make bis mark.
1: is out of audi stuff that the great men of
this country are made.'*
WANT OV COURAGE.—A great deal of
talent is lost to the world for the want of H 1
little courage. Every day sends to the j
grave a number of obscure men who have j
oulv remained in obscurity because their
timidity has prevented them making the j
first ctlort—and who, if they cotiid have |
been induced to begin, would, in all prob- j
ability, have gone gieat lengths in the ca-j
leer < flame The fact is, in order to do |
anything in this world that is worth doing, j
we must not stand shivering On the brink;
and think of the ell and danger, but,
jump in an I scramble as we can. It w ill
not do to be perpetually calculating risk ;
and adjuslihg nice chances. There is such
littie time fop over squeamish ness at pres
ent, the opportunity so easily s ips away,
tiie verv period of hi- lite, at which man
chooses to venture, if evcrj is so confined, I
tint it is no ba l rule to pr aeli up the ne—' |
eessity in such instances, of a little violence
doiiu to fe< lings, at dof ff>rts made in de
fiance of strict and - b r calculation. —
Whatever your hands fi.ul to do, do it with
ad your might.
Neither Chief Justice Chase nor George
Und< rwood were i Riel mend on f.h • 29th,
tlie dav fhrtl-e eommncement of the Uni
ted States Ciicuit Court; consequently
the trial of Jefferson Davis must go over
.till the May term in 1367.
Feiry county is invested with highway
rol hers.
George Pcabndv'has gIXCHH „• to
the Five P.,nits House of Industry 'in INew
York. , vk , I
A brother of President Pierce is mak
ing tempt ranee lectures iu New Hamp
shire. '
•• The Coiidrm. cd Fenians lu Canada.
The. IdHuJon Jfaamyier, lpug known
the most liberal, impartial arid philosophic-'
al journal* in England, ViigW
such a course toward the cendemned teni
aps,in Canrda as is dictated even less by
motives of eiemency toward the unf'ortti •
ttnte lwn themsHVef-'than bv the highest •
consideration of Stale policy on behalf of
Canadians themselves, and all the different
people who by natural sympathy of blood, >
by geographical position, or political coin
nection, are desirous of placing upon a sat
isfactory basis the relations of all who speak
our tongue or furnish the chief constituents
of our race
1 he Examiner says :
The fate of the Fenians under sentence
of death in Canada should be decided with- i
out any regard to* the construction that j
may be put on an act of grace. Men are
not to be hung. because sparing their lives
might be falsely attributed to fear. The
judgment of the government should be un
swared by the too isli rents and threats in
the Unit id States. Hut some rtspbt is
surely due to the feelings of (be American
government. The men might not have
been captured if the American government
had not faithfully and vigorously enforced
its laws against piratical enterprise. And
this fact warrants intercession, and entitles
it at least to respectful consideration. The
interference in the course of justice in an
independent state is not like that of the
King of Prussia, who solicited the re
prieve of the assassin Mnller merely be
cause he was a countryman.
The fact that the blood-stained wretch wa9
a (Herman, gave the King of Prussia no
right of appeal against biitish justice. The
Presideut of the American Union may
fairly claim to intercede for mercy on the
gmuad that by the help of his power the
fi-oners had fallen iuto tlie hands of tiiqir
enemies. 15ut the question of the disposal
of these men is not to be determined by
influences, permissible or not, but by high
er considerations. It lias become a law
of the land, that life shall not be taken for
any crime but murder. I rost levied war
against the Queen, and incurred .the penal
tics of treason, but he was not put to death.
Bmilh O'Brien and his fellow rebels were
Iran-ported, though they had put their
cecks tairlv within the halter. In both
these instances it may be said that tlie fol
ly of the enterprise made it impossible to
deal *ith them with tragical rigor; hut if
tolly excuses, there is certainly no lack of
it iri the Fenian case. The truth is, how
ever, that the sentiment ol the country
would not have endurrd t'-e enforcement
of the extreme penalty for treason in the
instances named , , ">
We have seen it that, to show
we are not alraid of the Americans we
ought to act as if \tfe wrere in great tear ot
t..e Keniai** an ft make an example of the
captured ..ffeuders. liut fear should
nothing to do with the question, least
of ail the i;:sr of beiog thought afraid. Let
the criminals suthu'suitable punishm< nt for
the unprovoked o.'f "°t penal
ty reserved exclusively for mu.'der. If
they had done on our .-bores what tiie".'
have done on the Can ad inn frontier, they
woulcf have been shot a: d bavor.eted on
the licld, hot, when captured, they would
not have been hung by process of law.
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A Romantic Siory.
The Detroit Daily Union relates a
strange story about a . Scotchman tiamed
James lienrv McGregor, who came to this
country in IbUU, and iu 1612 enlsted as a
soldier. Becoming disgusted with a sol
dier's lifi. he deserted at the end of five
iiiOntiis, and removed Hfest from Massa
chusetts, where he had previously lived,
dropping a part of his own name and call
too hinist It James Henry. His wife whom
he had married in Ifcofe, was the only per
| son knowing of this circumstance. He
was the second son of a nobleman, and
would, of course, succeed to the family es
tates it his brother died a bachelor. This
actually happ-md unknown to the young
er brother, and search was everywhere
made fur the latter, an agent having beei
sent ovei to this country for the purpose.
He could be traced no further than Ohio,"
and lecourse was had to advettisiog. Lie
chanced to see the advertisement, and sup
posing it to be an attempt of the United
States officers t< arrest h m for lns4ftld
orime of desertion, lie destroyed all the
papers and records which could establish
his identity. Of this circumstance his wife
was kept iu ignorance until just before his
death, Which occurred a week ago last
Monday. Since his death his wife has as
. certained the true position of affairs, but a
I lawyer, whom she has consulted, i of
opinion that she cannot establish the iden
| tity necessary to claim tire property, which
will probably revert tQthe crown, of Eng
, land, the.old man's childishness, having
| th"us deprived bis wife and children of
their lawful inheritance.
JI ST LIKE IIIM.— The loyal blood hour.d
who doos the praying for the Rump, in his
opening pray er on the morning alter the
Distiict negro .bill had passed, "thanked
God that there was one pla:e t*tder the
till, control and juri.-diction of the United
States where all men had been enfranchis
ed and he trusted that this Was but the be
ginning of a good (IJ work every where.'*
There was a tellow many yean? agd, that
went tip into the Temple and prayed sim
ilar to this; but we are told the "Govern
ment" did not approve it.
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A CURTAIN IN DANGER.— The politi
| cal mules, under tin;, lash of old Thad,
| have made a damaging raid upon the .Sena
torial prospects of the "SoTih-rs friend." —
The "government" of Pennsylvania had
better look to its. radical laurels, Qr the
Johnnies'will plunder bis haggag? traip be
toie he rt aqh s Wa'iJltlngtdn;* Go ifi'Skun
kies; we dji^n'trc^re,which whips.—Ax.
Sai l a gentleman bn presenting a lace
collar to his idolitrada, "do not let any one
rumple it" "No dear, I'll take it off,"
• said the naughty beauty,
..T rHt:fiKM.
The Greatest Storm In Twenty Ypara—
Trains BloctfMArl■ - Vessels Aaliore ete.
ALBANY. D c, stoym of yee-
Jbdav was the most fcvere since £835.
*Wk>nty inches of snow felt and drifted ter
ribly, so that railroad communication is
entirely suspended. The train due here
at 4:30 rati into a snow drift a few miles
west oi here. An effort was made tp reach
{he train'from this with s>i foebm'o
tives and two coaches, but could not pro
ceed beyond the city lirai s. The snow
bad .drifted idgher than the tops of the
locotno' ives. No trains have arriveu or
been dispatched to day, nor is it likely any
will be tor some time.
TROT, N. Y„ Dec. 28 —Two feet of
snow has fallen here and the streets are all
blockaded. Several trains of cars are with
in a few miles of the city, but cannot
reach here. No trains have arrived since
yesterday noon, ar.d none have left. It is
the greatest tor,n that has occurred for
twenty years, and still continues.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.— A fresh wind
from the southwest prevailed since even
ing, causing very low water in our rivors.
The f-try navigation is very difficult on
all sides of the city on-this account. Three
schooners are reported ashore inside of
Sandy rfook.
HUUS-'N, Dec. 28. —The storm of last
night was the most severe ever known in
this city, every avenue iu the city being
blockaded. The Hudson and Berkshire
Railroad is completely closed. Four pas
senger cars of the Hudson River Road
were blown from the track last evening,
but without seiious damage. Trees and
fences, in all directions, are blown down,
ami the damage done will be very great.
BCFFALO, Dec 28. —The wind is stormy
and blustering. There is a dreadful storm
between Hamburg and Dunkirk, and the
snowdrifts are from five to twelve feet deep
in places. The hands have stopped w<rk
on the road untij tho storm abates. Two
freight trains collided today <>n the Niag
ara Falls Railroad, near Knowlesville—
The two locomotives were mashed up, and
sixteen cars were badly broken. The
Lake Shore Road is completely blockaded
of Dunkirk, and passengers from the West
are ferried as Dunkirk to the Erie Road.
The Central Railroad sent out regular
trains to-day. The through train from
Schenectady has arrived. The road will
be all right in a day or two. The trains
on the Great Western Road are running
regularly.
RIVER HEAD, L. 1., Dec. 28. —The
Souud steamer Commodore has gone
ashore one mile uorth of Horton's Point,
and now lies wth her bow out of water,
the tide having fallen. Three boat loads
of passengers have been landed, and the
steamer is fast breaking up. No lives
were lost; all on board were safely land
ed. A portion of the freight and all the
baggage may b<' saved. The steamer will
be a total wreck. The passengers have
all gone toiward to New York. The ves
sel was valued at $150,00 d, and was in
sun d lor s*<o,ooo. The accounts furnish
ed by the passe ngers of the sunken steamer
show that their escape Lorn death was mi
raculous. The vessel- caught fire during
the- storm, but the flames were extinguish
PQ It i? reported that two emigrants
lost their '; v es, but this is not confirmed.
The steamboat i'L'tnouib Rock will take
the place of the Cotninou'. ol "* 2 on '' no '
t [
Who are Slaves Now
[From tb Richmond Times ]
The negroes of American have bpen set
free and the white men have been enslaved.
The trrrlh of .his assertion is not only felt
in the South, where we are made to recog
nize tho existence of a foreign yoke im
posed upon us; but the fact that the war
has destroyed the liberties of the North is
painfully apparent to the sensible people
of that section. The madness of that tri
umphant party which is now revelling in
the abuse and misuse of power, njay con
ceal the loss of libel ty from those who, he
cause they are to-day the oppressors, lose
sight of the probability that to-morrow
thev may be the oppressed ; hut the day is
coming when the blindest fanatic will rue
the consequences of his own work.
There are to-day more slaves in Ameri
ca than when the negroes were bondmen
from the Potomac to the R ; oGrandp—and
the wotst is tlirtt now thev are all white.
The national debt which is now fastened
upon us makes every toiling tax payer a
slave of ilie government, and although the
delusive hope is h-ld out that this debt
will he discharged in a quarter of a centu
ry, vet who believes that this expectation
wilfbe realized? Such extravagant habits
have been fastened upon the United States
government by Radical rnle, that, although
the debt may be Todoced v et\ yet the
corruptions and wild expenditures of a
single session of Congress may increase
it many hundred millions above the last
point of reduction.
Moreover, who believes that tire United
States will be free from foreign or domes
tic war for the next twenty-five years ?
And yet the supposition that the debt can
he paid within that time, assumes a period
of profound pace; for.of course, war wonld
vastly increase the "national blessing."
As long as the debt and the enormous
taxation incident to it continue, no tax pay
ing American is free ; he is a laborer, a
slave for the government and its bond
holders. Even in the ordinary course of
justice, and in the channels of the law, the
power of the creditor over the debtor is
tremendous. -It was formerly not only a
over property, but the person also.
Of all creditors, the government in the ex
action of its taxes is the most inexorable,
and its remldics for their collection the
harshest and most summary.
Should that financial crisis which many
predict as impending fall up n the people
of the tjoited Stales, they will then fully
realize the extent of that slavery "which
has been fastened upon them by their
rulers. In.that day there will be thous
ands who would exchange places with the
I happy and contented alaves of a •Southern
planter in tpe olden time.
A man in England was lately beaten to
' death while boxing with gloves on.
Refreshing' loyally.
! The Rompers bate actually organised a
prayer meeting in the House hall, at Wash
ington, bereft of.all sectarianism. The da
spateber might hve added "and religion"
too. Thirty members and senators par
! ticipaxed the first night- It is run by Rep
resentative Dodge, of New \ ork, on the
part of the Uouse, and Senator Wilson, of
Mass., on the part of the Senate. The
• formei :e the man' that ousted Mr Brooks
from his seat, through bribery and corrup
: tion. Three checks were produced before
i the committee dated on Sunday, signed by
Dodge, and drawn in favor of the drinking
houses. He and his brother, during the
war, imported a large amount of lead stat
r uary, upon which there was no duty, and
cut them up and sold the lead. This is
the way he supported the Govern
! inent—made thousands of dollars by cheat
ing it out of its revenues. A pretty Dodge!
Senator Wilson iuhed from the Senate
Chamber in May. 1801, secured a colo
nel's commission, wesit to Massachusetts,
raised a,regiment got back to Washington
about the time somebody trot licked at
Bull Ilun, handed back bis commission to
Cameron, and never afterwards crossed the
Potomac. It is reported that he lately
joined ihe Church. New converts are
often like young bees, b'ggest when first
hatched ; hence his enthusiasm. No two
men could be found better suited to run a
Rmnp prayer-meeting, than the loyal
Dodger and the saintly Wilson. The for
mer is a knave, the latter a coward. — Ex.
WHERE'S THE NIGGER? —A Radical
sheet, the Tamqua Journal, says :
" We have had the Republican victory
—now, where's the hnigg.r?"
Thereupon the Bellcfonte Watchman
go-s at the following rapid rate:
"Go to your store, and you get from
eighteen to twenty-five cants' worth of nig
ger in every yard of muslin you buy; from
ten to fifteen c- nts worth of nigger in ev
ery yard of calico vonr wife find children
use; from six to eight dollars' worth of
nigger in each barrel of fiour your family
con-limes ; twenty-five cents worth of nig
ger in each pound of coffee you purchase ;
from eight to twelve cents' worth of nigger
in every pound of sugar you buy to sweet
en it ; you'll find a small bit of nigger in
your box of matches, and considerable of
nigger in your plug of tobacco. You can
eat nothing, wear nothing, see nothing,
ta-'te nothing, or have notlnng, that is not
more or less affected by the miserable nig
gerism that has controlled the country
since' Old Abe'left Springfield for Wash
ington.' 1
ATTF.MPTF.D GRAVF. ROIIBEKT. —The on
ly daughter cf a woalthy'resident oft'leve
lai'd, Ohio, last week under very peculiar
circumstances, being suddenly seized with
dizziness and languor, and in an instant af
ter falling down and expiring. A party of
medical students, whose curiosity had be
come greatly excited by the circumstances
attending her death made preparations to
resurrect the body. Rumors of this inten
tion reached The father of the young lady,
who, althongh scatcely crediting the report
stationed himself near his daughter's grave
on the night in question. Shoitlv after,
three m n approached the grave and com
menced digging, when the father discharg
ed both barrels of a fowling piece, with
which he had ainn-d himself. One of the
would-be body sua chers was badlv woun
ded. but the whole pattv managed to make
their escape. The affair has caused great
pxe, :, ement in that vicinity.
HARRISDURG
State Pensions to Soldiers of 1812.
IIARKISBUKG, Dec. 28. STALE Treasur
er William B. lvemble has directed to ke
prepared at once a list of the soldiers of
1812 entitled to pensions from the State of
Fennsylvania. Separate lists for each
county will, as soon as tliey are completed
be forwarded by Mr. Kemble to the Treas
urers thereof, which officers will pay the
semi-annual pensions due on the Ist of
January, 18G7.
Massachusetts has three negroes in her
Legislature and three hundred and thnty
four in the State Prison.
IMITATION.—The dead duck,'in imitation
of his former master,has issued a proclama
tion from his seat in the Hump Seoa'e
calling upon the' loyal" in this State to
employ every means to s< cure the election
of Thsd. Stevens to that body. Forney
would have to employ m->r wenches than
he doe* now, if Iliad. would happen to go
to that place, or there would soon he
"loyal" rumpus in the Senatorial closets.
-*•■ ——
Prentice sppaks of a bawling Kentnck
ian, who was bragging about how loyal he
felt, and who. being asked what he meant
by it, replied : "I feel as if I should like to
shoot somebody, steal something, or betray
mv neighbor." This is about the best defi
nition of "loyalty" we ever saw.
It is stated that the name of the French
man who engaged with Weiehman in
teaching in Washington, and who furnish
ed the information leading to the arrest of
John H. Surratt, is Santa Farara —at least
that is the name by which he then passed.
He is a tall, good-looking man, with black
hair and moustache, and manners somewhat
dignified.
Two ago churches were clospd for
not praying during service for the Presi
dent. But now it is changed. This is a
Radical change.
Artemus Ward says thero are no daily
papers published in his town, but there is
a ladies' sewing circle, whioh answers the
same purpose.
Impeachment does not appear to be a
very popular measure with the most saga
cious Republican leaders.
A steel corset saved the life of a lady
in Louisville who was accidently shot by
her SOD.
Radical Rum.
The Tribune , which was once a promi- I
neot temperance organ, prints a despatch
from its Washington correspondent grave- i
ly proposing that "the government shall j
" take possession of all the (whiskey) dis- ]
" tilleries in the United States, and do all
the manufacturing. The " model republic"
is thus to stand among the governments of
earth as the great national "rum-mill." —
There are objections : Government, when
brought to the centralization point pro
posed by the Radicals, will have quite
enough to do in superintending the tele
graphs, the insurance companies, the
Tribune, and other '•associations,'" and the
Freedtnen's and Tribune "Bureaus" in the
South If the government, too, gives i
countenance to the production ot whiskey,
the Senate will hardly dare to try to dimin
ish its consumption in the Capitol, as a
special resolution in that body tried to do
last winter. The cloak and committee
rooms aitached to the Senate and the House
will become public instead of private bar
rooms. BASKS can be as drunk as he
pleases in Portland, and no investigating
committee from Maiden will challenge his
right to imbibe government whiskey. In
deed, the indlenium is very near when tire
government not only makes good whole
some laws for the people, but also manu
factures first-class whiskey. The only way
to prevent frauds upon the revenue, is, not
to make the government a distiller, but lo
reduce the duties so as no 1 to offer a posi
tive premium to all sorts of fraud. — World.
Miss Alice Kingsb; ry, the actress,
went to the Baptist Church in San Fran
cisco recently and volunteered to teach a
class in the Sunday School. The offer
was accepted, and the superintendent com
pliinented the lady ori the manner in which
she performed the duties. He, however
when lecturing to the children on tneir
duties, warned them to shun the theatre,
for it was a "light house of hell and all ac
tors and actresses were emmissariea of the
devil." Miss Ivtngsbujy got up and stated
that she was an actress and a member of
rhe church, and in a short speech defended
tho profession in a manner that .placed
hors du combat the man who had opened
the war.
AN EXCELENT SPIRIT. —The MEMPHIS
Post tells a story greatly to the honor of a
son of General Lee. At a dinner partv in
Richmond, one of the guests proposed a
toast, "The Fallen Flag." Colonel Lee
pre-emptorily placed his hand upon the
glass, and arose. "Gentlemen," said lie,
"this will not do. We are paroled priso
ners. Wa now have but one flag and that
is the flag of our whole country—the glo
tious old stars and stripes. I can recog
nize no other, fight tor no other,
driuk to no other.
As Ust'AL.—The first bill called up in
th • Rump Senate, was to establish negro
suffrage in the District of Columbia. Sum
ner called if. The first bill in the Rump
House was to repeal that portion of the
act of 18G2, which empowered the Presi
dent to grant pardon and amnesty. An
other Massachusetts fellow, Elliot; intro
duced the bill. The first Mate that tried
to get out of the Union was this same
Massachusetts. She is always ahead when
treason and plunder arc tiie reward.
GRF.AT Ft RE AT ELM C.A. —On Sunday
morning a fire broke out in Gregg's drug
store, Klmira, and before the flames wen
stayed every buildii gon Lake s., from
Hathaway to Water streets,was consumed
The Hathaway house was on tire once or
twice, but was saved from total destruction.
The loss is estimated at $1,000,000. The
wind was blowing firrcely at the time.
JC-5T It is reported in New York that a
number of prominent iDdicals.among them
Horace Greolv and Ward Be cher, have
mau'C tt petition to Pies Dent Johnson for
the release or immediate trial of Jefferson
Davis,
The records of the M ar department
show that 169,024 colored men enlisted in
the service of the United States. Of these
20.236 have been discharged chiefly for
disability; 31,866 died .in service, 14.887
deserted, and 1514 were killed in battle.
The Editor of the Boudoir says:—"A
millionaire of this city recently give a din
ner at his elegant residence to which foitv
guests were invited, one-half of whom were
la i ics. With very quest on able taste, a
present worth five hundred dollars was laid
beside the plate of each of the lady
guests,"
m Sheriff's Sale.
BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT, OF FIERI FA
CIAS illicit out of the Court of Common Pleas
of Wyoming County, to ine directed, f will expose to
public sale, at the Court House, in the Borough of
Tunkhunnock, on
SATURDAY, THE 19th DAY OF JANEARY,
A. D. 1867, atone o'clock P. M , all ibut piece or
parcel of laud, situate in the Township of Windham,
in the County of Wyoming, and State of Pennsylva
nia, bounded and described as follows, to wit: on too
East by lands of Charles "F rsselt and Keithline's
estate, North by Ambrose Carey's estate, on the
West by lands of Penja nin Stephens Jr., South by
lands >f Royal Carey and others, contiiiciug about
one hundred and seventy-one acres, be tho same
more or lesa, with about fifteen acres thereof im
proved-
Seized and taken m execution at the suit of Clark
Hay den, assigned to H. K, French against Joa. S,
Hayden and Jos T. Jennings.
And will be sold for cash only by
' M. W DaWITT, Sheriff.
Sheriff's office, Tunk. Dec. 29. 1566.
NOTICE^
Tke Stockholders of the Wyoming Nelional Bank,
•re requested to meet at the Banking Office in the
Borough of Tunkhannonk, on Tuesday the Stb day
January 1867, at 1 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of
Electing nine persons for directors of said Bank for
the ensuing year. %
#SAML'EL STARK. Cat.
Tunkhannock, Dec. 10, 1866.-vsnl9 tf
LICENSE NQTIC E.
Notaee is hereby given that the following named
persons.hare filed their Petitions and still apply for
Tavern Lscenaes at the next term of Court of Quar
ter Session for Wyom-ng County and will be heaed
on Tuesaay 22 at one o'clock P M.
Falls, Lewis B Ayere.
Zlinton, Khtiatopher Matheweon.
Eorkston, Thos. P Hitchcock.
Mouioe, N. W. "Jarpenter,
" Reuben Parka,
Dec. 27, 18g6. E. J. KEtfNHY,
Hlerk.
Local and Personal.
Explanation .--The date on the colored^.
drmwlabel on this paper - indicate- the time up ts
which, aa appears OD our Umks, the subscriber B A
paid for bis paper. Any error, in this label, will R,
promptly corrected, when brought to our notice
Those of oar Subscribers, wbo wish to know how
they stand with ns. will consult tho label on their
papers. Don't let it get too far back into the by
gone days---Something mi ght happen.
Dcdlcatfon.o-The Baptist Church at Mehoopa
ny wii 1 dedicate their new bouse of worship, on
Wednesday, the 16th of Jan. inst. Sermon by Rev.
Isaac Beran, of Scranton. Exercises to commence
at 10} o'clock A. M.
A cordial inritation to be present is extended to
all.
•'Tickets, if You Please."—The act of As
sembly, approved the 30th of Marc If last, requires
the names of all candidates to be printed or written,
or partly printed and partly written, on one piece
or pn ier, similar to the tickets voted last fall In
the tow oships, the tickets must be headed "Town
ships," and the names of all the candidates follow,
with the ticket so folded that the word "Township"
appears on the outside. The tickets in the bor
oughs are to bo the same, with the exception, that
"Borough" is substituted for "Township." Tbe
election will be held on tbe 2d Tuesday, (Btb) of
this month.
Destructive Fire In Towada.--On Wednes
day eveniog of h i week, at about 7 o'clock, tho
extensive stahling of the Ward House was discover
ed to be on fire, and so lar it progressed—which was
In the loft- it was impossible to stay its progress.—
It was entirely consumed, with 5 horses, several
carriages imd buggies, harness, Ac., Ac. There were
14 horses in th barn at the time, but through the
efforts of individuals, all but live were rescued. Mr
John E, Goodriih, of Troy, lost 2 horses, carriage
and harness ; Mr Wittenball, of this place, low 2
horses, earria/e and harness ; E. B. Parsons. Esq,
of Troy, lost 1 horse, buggy and harness, robes, Ac,;
Z F, Walker, o' Athens, lost buggy, engineering ap
paratus, Ac; anJ Mi. Dunham, of Laporte. lost bug
gy and harness.
All Oyster Supper wis given to the member*
of the Bond at this place, on Friday evening last,
by P. 8.8 dcwin.thegontleaianly proprietor ol Bald
win's Hotel. The ladies sustaining marrital ar.d
other intimate relations with its members, were alto
included in the "invite." Tbe party sat down to a
vary excellently prep-red 'stew" of the bivalves,
with an anu idun-eof cakes, cheese, coffee and other
goodies. to which they individually and collectively
paid their earnest devours. As each had provided
himself, beforehand, with bis horn, no necessity for
further refreshment? existed. From the dining room
the party retired to parlor No. 15 —a rather finely
fitted up bund-room ihey thought—an-J gave vent
to their "feeliDks" iu sundry sonorous and sent ini'-n
--tai airs to which their kind host and family were
attentive listeners, About the time well regulated
hu-bands are expected to report at quarters, the par
ty broke ranks and dispersed to their homes with,
many kind wishes for thair hospitable entertainers*.
( For the Democrats
Proceedings of the Wyoming Temperance
Convention, held at Tunkhaimock. Der.
20tli, 1860.
In pursuance of an adjournment, the Wyoming
T.mprance Con\ention met at the Templars Hall in
this Borough. Present representatives, and visitors
from ieuipiars Liiges of Luzerne aud Wyoming
Counties. After tbe several preliminary business
the following resolutions were adopted.
Ist. Resolved, That we acknowledge with devout
thankfulness ihe favor and blessing U t*>i in all of
our previous efforts to advance the lemprance re
form, and to save our follow uiea from drunkeness,
ami thai we humbly confess our dependence upon
his favor ior ali tuture success.
2nd. Rssolved ; That tbe Convention is of the
opinion t'uit intemperance is to-day the greatest
obstacle to tne general influence of the Gospel and
to the personal salvation of man, and sht in order
io complete success in tho Tempranco reform we
not only need to make use of all loyal and moral
means to restrain traffic iu intoxicating drinks, but
especially lo make it a leligious enterprise, having
iu the churches of ourh-ni. a plaoe besido the Bible,
Missionary and Tract Societies ; and that, feeling
ss we do that no christian church or christian man
can ignore its claims without dishonoring the D.-
vine Master and neglecting an obvious means of
promoting this kingdom, we therefore appeal to ev
ery minister in our district to let his voice be heard
in earnest advocacy ot the Temperance cause.
3d. Resolved ; That whenever practicable wo will
Withhold our influence ami patronage from hotels
and-business houses where intoxicating liquors arc
sold as a beverage.
4h. Resplr d\ That we support no man for office
who is uidrtentlj to otal Abstinence
Our evening session w; s held which mostly occu
py d in discussing tbe feasibility of obtaining a Total
Abstinence Law.
The memorial, prohibits] by the & road Rodge to
the Legislation at its last session. was read, and a
copy orteied to be signed by the W. C. T. and W.
S, of the convention, aud to be forwarded to t_Lo
Legislation at the prercot session.
A copy of the 2nd Resolution was or], red to be
sent to every minister ia the District. 41 id a copy of
the whole proceedings of the convention wis order
ed to be furnished to each editor with a request tiiat.
it be publi.-fced.
Special attention of ministers is called to the above
•con i resolution, and the pnp -rs ot Luzerne Co. arc
requested to copy.
W E LITTLE, W.S.
Married.
LONG—DECKER—(hi Wednesday, Dec. 19 b, by
D Hall Esq., Elisha Long, of Falls, and Angelina
Decker, of Tunkhannoek.
CAREY —WKLCII—On Dec. 31st. by the Iler J, L,
Legg. Jahez W.Carey to Miss llattio E, Welch,
all of Tuukhanaocfc
Our fr'end " Jabe" was not unmindful, even in
the first daszliDg light of tho "Honey-moon," that
th> re was such a person as the printer. The sub
stantial token of remembrance received by us. shows
that, e en under the most trying circutnsUn'o
Jabe keeps tis wits about him. The parties have
our sincere thanks.
List of Persons Drawn to Serre as Jurors
for Jan. Term of Court I87.
TRAVEKSK JUBIRS.
Monroe. Jas. Phenis, Elyah Myers, Chas D
Reiner, Jas 13 met.
Falls, Fuller Siekler.
Northraoreland, Henry Burgess.
Forkston, Griffin Lott,
Clinton, John Wilson. S. C, Reynolds, Jas. Frcar
W right.
Meshoppen, Michael Clinton, F. H Jenkins.
Washington J|Peter Lypharn, Sam'l B. Adkjns.
Tunk twp., Clement Haynes, John Flumuiertelt.
Earl Car y.
Nicholson, Elijah Ball, Hiram Marcy, Win,
Stevens. Lemuel Hardirg, C W. Jackson
Windham, Andrew J Garey, Jacob Kithline.
Tunk. B'TO., John Sitser, Goo. Williams, llenry
Shoemaker.
Eitoo, E. W. Brake, John Lee Jacob Garrison,
Lysander Harding. Jauies Stevens.
Mehoopany, Conrad Arnst.
Overfieid, Chauncey Sh rwood.
Lemon, B, D. Jaques.
Braintrim, H W,. Dowdney.
GRAND JURORS.
Washington, John D Harvey.
Falls. Dau'l C. Post.
Nicholson, John B Steel, II C. .mead.
North Brarch, henr* Chatnpin
ForkS'on, John O Spauldmg, Riley AthertoD,
Perry Wiuslow, A. P Burge<.
Monroe. Reuben Parks, Miller Patterson.
Ove field. C. M Daily, Lawrence Acer.
Meshoppen, Nelson R Allen, (1 M. Koon
Tunk twp., Paul Billings, Abratu Aoe. Martin,
DeWitt.
Northmoreland, Levi Winters.
Clinton; David Armstrong
Lemon, John P, Avery.
Windham, Stephen Taylor