. "liiMrMawHii wwMjimi riorrssioNAL carps " LAURIE J BI AKELY " ATTORNEY1 AND COUNSELLOR ' AT LAW. ' ' ' Tlidgway, or Benzinger P. O. Elk Co, ' " T. T. A B R A M S , A T T n It N f. Y AT L A w 70CA' If A VEX, J'A. SOUTHED & WILLIS. Attorney's nt Law, Eidgwny E'fc t-ou ty Pa , will attend to all profession business promptly. C II A PIN & WILBUR. Attorncvs and Counselors at Law, Ofii0 in Chapin's Block, Ridgway Elk Co. V" Particular attention rrivcn to collection" and all monies promptly remitted. WiU aleo practice in adjoining counties. T(HrNGlT aTl ATTORNEY AT LAW- Uidgway J Ik County lYnna DR. W. JAMES BLAKELY St. Mary's Elk County I'a. DR. W. W. SHAVp I'rncticcs Mcdiciccsct Surgery Cciitrevillo Elk Co. Pa. DR. J- S B 0 H B W ELL Eclectic P.ii ysician, (Lately of Barren county I'a.) Will promptly answer all professional tails by night or day. Residence one, door East of tho lato residence of Hon. J. L. Gillis. OR. C. R. Eariy, Kersey Elk Co., Pa. Will attend to all call night or day. ,uly 21, 1SGI. HOTEL CARDS. Fountain house, JOIIA G. 1'ORTICRFIF.LD, Froprklor. . Ridgway, Elk County Pcnn'a. fredT korivs' Eagle Hotel Lutbersburg, Clearfield County I'a. Ji3yFrei'rick Korb Proprietor, hav. iog built a largo and commodious house, is now prepared to cater to the wants of the traveling public. Luthersburg, July IGtii lSGt. LYfiTinisin:RGii or el 7 Lu.lhersburg Clearfield ouuty reuna, WILLIAM SCII W EM, Proprietor. . Luthersburg, July 27th 1864. tf. ' ""NATIONAL YlOTKL ! Corner of Peacli street and the EiifTdo Kcr.d, E R 1 E l1' A . E.JJD3 B. HOYT, Proprietor SajjThis House u new and fit: od up tvith especial care f or the couvouieceu tad. comfort of pu-its, at mnderite ra-:ct. Ii3fuooi sr.-.uus.i ai T.M-iir.urirJ EXCHANGE HOT Eh, lli'.t'ixrm, Elk cumfy Pit., DAVID THAYER, Prop'r. S,Tbis house is ple-i ...nitty situated on the bank of the Olnricn, iniho lover cut of the town, in well provided v.oh house room and gl'ibling, ninl the jiropiietor will (pare no pains to render t!ie stay of his quests pleasant and apreenble. Ridgway July 2?, 1800. " H "yI V IT O U S K 1 r s. E- 0- Clements, Proprietress Kidgway Elk County Penna. CLEARFIELD HOUSE, " CouNEit of Market and Water StV Clearfield Fa GEO. N COLRURX, Proprietor ST. MARY'S HOTEL St. Mary's Elk County Pesna, M. WELLENPORf, Prop'r. c&Misisr m an B I ' LOCK. II A VEX, I'a. E. W. BIG ON Y, Proprietor. Omnibus running to aad fiocu the Depot reo of charge. CRIJEAI) ' IlOllSE, "MallTst Brookvillo Pa., C. N. Krctz. Prop'r 'fhis bouso has been refitted and furnish ed in a neat style, and is every, way . -adapted to the wants of the public. ",?fuirTiriTir liOCK Haven, Clinton County Pa. IaE ALERS in Flour, Grain and ) Feed noar the Passenger Depot Ridgway Markets. ' Corrected wecekly: Apples, (dry) bushel - 8 4 00 Buckwheat " "... 1 50 Beans, " " - - - 4 00 Butter " lb - - 45 Beef " " - - - CfTi)l2 -Board " M. - - 0 00 Corn " bushel - - - 1 50 .Flour " bhl. - - - 12 00 Jlides " Ui ... - OS Hay " ton - - . 50 00 4)ate ' bu. ... 1 00 Wheat ' .... 2 50 yo " " -- 1 75 Shingle " M. -- 4 50 Egs " dozen - 30 'Hams V 35 Pork " - i.yl 0m & P. W. BAR RETT Editor INDEPEND NT VOL. IS155 1865 T5I1ILADELPIIIA & ERIE RAIL- .1. ROAP. This great line traverses' the Northern and Northwest counties of Pennsylvania to the city of Erie, on Lake Erie. It has been leased by the 1'cnnsyh-a-niit Nad Road Company, and is opcra ed by them. Its entire length was openod for pas senger and freight business, Octobor 17th. 1861. TIME OF PASSENGER TRAINS AT RIDGWAY. Leave. Eastward. Through Mail Train 1 53 p.m. Accommodation a. rn. Leave Westward. Through Mail Train 12 33 p.m. Accommodation p. in Passenger cars run through without change- both ways between Philadelphia and Erie. Ei.ecen't Sleeping Cars on Express Trains both ways between Willianispoi't and Raltimore, a;id Williamsport 'and Philadelphia. For information respecting Passenger busiuess apply at the S. E. comer 30th and Market Sts. And for Freight business of the Com pany's Agents: S. 13. Kingston, Jr. Cor. 13th and Market Sts. Philadelphia. J. W Reynolds Erie. W.Browu, Agent N.C.R. R. Bal timore. II. II. IIOI'STON, Gen I. Freight Aft. PUT a. II. W. G WINNER, Gen I Ticket Agt. Phil'a. Jos. D. Potts, General Manager, Wmsp't. Dealer in Clothing, II-Us, & Men's Furnishing OooJs WATER STREET, J.ock IIavls, Clinton Co., Fa. A D O L P II Ccn: cvitlc, YAli. T I M 11 couuiy I a. ti"? General Manufacturer of VTagons, Buggies ie.-ALSO Furniture, such u.1 nureaus, Tables, Stanas Bedsteads and Chairs. All kind of Repairia done nt reasonable rates. EOOKSTOllE, ST. MARY'S, ELK COUNTY PA In the room formerly occupied by Doet. Blakely. COUNTY DIRECTORY. "President Judge. lion. Hon. Hon. R. G White, Wellsborouirh. Associate Judacs, V. S, Brockway, Jay tp. E. C. Schultzo, St. Mary's- Sheriff. P. W. Hays, Ridgway Frothe.notary , Reg. and Rec, George Ed. Weis, Ridgway District Attorney, L. J. Blakely Ridgway Tr.easur.er, Charles Luhr. St. Mary's Covnty Surveyor, George Walmley, St. Marys Commissioners, Charles Weis, St. Mary'a Geo. Dickinson, Ridgway. Joseph W. Taylor, Fox. Auditors, R. T. Kyler, Fox Jacob McCauley, Fox. H. I). Dcrr, Benczett Coal Lands For Sale- riMIE subscriber offers for Bale tho Coal privilege, with the right of mining and other minerals under 495 acres of land situated in Fox tp., Jear- field county Pennsylvania, within 2 niake tu the fiout ot tho house, and how miles of tho Ridgway & h iwm it R. R ., 1 much wo could save iu tho rear. Mam. which connects with tho Phila. & Erie 1 ma always eliminated the equation, rnul R. R . at RidL'wav. with a six loot vein 1 tiplyin.'' tho income by ten In the parlor of Bituminous" Coal unon it. which is now commanding snob enormous prices, for manufacturing purposes. For saa cheap, terms cash, a good title given. lor turthcr particulars, address C. L. BARRETT, Cleajfield P. O., Clearfield Co., Pi - 1 - 1 - - - J IIUVCl OiUJJfJiu NOTICE. The Books and accounts (f pjon possible. Jacob J. tftorer & Co., and Charles Hlj)by47- a Oeriuir & Co., of Kt MnryV have been I r . planed in tho hands of the unucxaignod for, gotilemeat. l'arties indebted tp cither of, Hirt ahove rtu3. are uoliried that their as. counts miipt h settled by payment to the iinrlil-,ii"lJ. Wit lin ISO daVB. underaie-ed, within .SO days. LU'WK J. ULAKELY, Att'y for GERINU & CO, ttXUKSK CO. ?t.M(iry rbrtii-y, W5th '5. St. .TO JIjnawAY Elic County Picnna. WISHING. Of all amusements for the mind, From logic dqwn to fishing. There is'ut one that you can Cud j So very cheap as "wishing." A very choice diversion too, If we but rightly use it, And not, as we are opt to d.o, Pervert it and abuua it. j I wish a common wish, indeed My purse was something fatter; j That I might cheer the child of need, And not my pride to flatter ; j That I might make oppregsiqn reel As only gold can make if, i And. break the tyrnnt's rod of steel As only gold can break it. I wish that sympathy and love, And every human passion That has its origin above, Would coino and keep io fashion; That scorn, and jealousy, and hate, And every base emotion, Weio burlod fifty fathoms deep, Beneath the waves of ocean 1 I wish that friends were always true, And motives always pure ; I wish tho good were not so few, I wish the bad here fewer ; I wish that persons ne'er forgot To heed their pious teaching; 1 wish that practicing was not So different from preaehipg. I wish tht modest worth might be Appraised with truth and eaudor; I wish that innocence were free From treachery and slander; I wish that men their vows would mind, That women ne'er were rovers ; I wish that wives were always kiud, And husbands always lovers. I wish in fine that joy and mirth, And every good ideal, May conic, crcwhilo, throughout tho earth, To b the glorious real ; Till God shall every creature blcs3 With his supremost blessing, And hope be lost in happiness, And wishing is possessing. Living in the Rear. BY MARY CHIEF. All the fashionables in our street were out of town. Wholo rows of shutters were tightly closed, and long liues of doors dust.colored. Aftgr passing so many deserted homes, it .was refreshing to come upon tne curtain. draped wiu- loneliness. dows and well kept vestibule of our own It was a new experience for wy sis. habitation. I entered quite exuberant, ' ters to leave the parlors as they did when and danced through tho hall, singing Louis Andermere's arrival was iiunoun "Home Sweet Home," right into tho 1 ced by a premonitory ring. They did presence of my mother and sisters, ao.'it without fear or trembling. Does sembled iu the tea.room in solemn, con. stain fear comparison with homespun? clave. , ) Does the sun seem to ehriuk from fire. My eldest sister, Maria, tho belle nud light, or tho moon from stars ? beauty of tho family checked my song I "Are your sisters far out of town?" with tho curt remark: "I don't seo inaugurated the series of questions I so anything sweet about one's home wheu'rauch dreaded. it happens to be in the city, and every, body who makes any pretensions to gen tility is out of town." I recognized the bone of contention immediately. It was one picked bare every scasou when the contest between inclination and ability waxed hottest. The cause of this was all written down in mammas acount book when the in. come refused to be at peace with the ex. penses. There was a mistake som,ewhcro. Tho Odell family should have had larger in comes or ieebler aspirations, under tho present arrangement wo were always engaged, in a sort of mental arithmetic 'solving tho algebraic problem, given a small income how much show wo could and dividing it by the same number iu ' the kitchen. ! Unfortunately, the expenses of rusti- eating did not admit ot such elimination, to a few feet or grass.plots, and the un Traveling expenses cost just so much, 1 sightly rear walls ot our neighbors hou board just so much, incidentals just so sea, fad replied, with an irrepressible much, the rent ot the town-bouse, and 1 smile : city-tax, cotton. tax, and revenuo tax,! "I judgo it would ecciu tame to one never stopping, and there was no divi - It was a simple eouation and no mathematics oau make ll less. The sum was beyond the make it less. ' The sum was beyond tho possibilities ot our income, and frr-ttnd nnc! mi (sister fiimn-.l. mamma I had 1 always been told that I had no pride in -. r -l .11 r me crcan 01 mo iauiiiy,- aun ineretoro wa-s not astonished that I had not been invited taa jent with the soIcubd asstcn- TER M $1 50 per Annum if paid in Advance "'."-"JUJ-lII Thursday Jupo 22 lSCi bly. With an unfortunate - allusion ) had preeipitatpd myself into the com milteo on ways and means, however and sat down patiently to listen. Isabel, my second sister,' less bcauti. ful but more decided than Marie, now t-poke : ''We must go to Newport for a tort night in the height of the season. Louis Andermere will he there. It is a plain confession of poverty to remain home tho six weeks .before. Louis Ander ruero will so understand it. tfarie frowned. Louis Andermerc was another bone of contention between them. He had been attracted to Marie by her beauty, but Isabel had won him to herself by her superior intelligence. She said, with considerable sarcasm : a "You talk as if Louis Andermere were a piece of personal property." Isabel answered with silent scorn. She started up presently, saying: "Let us close the front of the house, dismiss our up stair girl, and livo in the rear. Wc will bo out of towu to our friends, and Dinah will say to every one who comes. 'Pa is going East, and will not signify to him; we can live very cheaply, and savo money and dresses for Newport. I can work steadily on the Affghan Dinah procured from the worsted. store, aad wc can all work and economize without lot or hindrance.'' Mario applauded. Mamma consented. Isabel turned to mo. "Agnes, what do you say ?"' "I say it indicates vanity, inanity, in sanity, and the lowest form of serfdom." Marie exclaimed, "Oh, for a Web ster's Unabridged." Isabel was practical, aud quietly ask. ed ; "And you v;i!l not do it?" I laughed in derision. "Certainly not. Make myself a vol untary prisoner, condemn myself to semi-barbarism, wauder through a few back. rooms in deshabille and self impo sed disgrace, give up my tnusic-lessous, and library, and friends, and pleasant walks ? No, not for all the wealth oi jlj the Andermcres.''- Then the storm burst. I was selfish, vulgar, plebeian, unworthy tho name qf Odell, and certain to disgrace it. My father's entrnneo spared me more. H-e would not remonstrate with my mother. He had tried it before withuut avail; but if I, his pet child,, wished tho lib erty of the house and city, I should have it. At last it was settled. I was permit ted to remain iu the city, to pursue my music, and the rest of the family were to go out of towu, i. e. live in tho rear. The house was put in out-of towu or der. Curtains came down, furniture was covered, shutters were closed, .and tho genoial air of desertion assumed. Gouug out of the .door with my roll of muVio u few mornings after, I recognized Louis Andermere across the street. He came over aud joined nio, laughed over the general exodus, evinced some surprise atniy sisters' sudden departure, and left me with the assurance that he ' should assume tho duty of cheering my "Not very far," I answered, "but the , place is not easy of access, neither ct.rs nor steamboats connecting directly witJi it'" Steanrboat-canncctions with our back. rooms ! I "What is the name of the place ? pursued my interlocutor. "Like some other couutry-places, it is nameless," I answered. "It is some dis tance out of Boston." New York some distance out of Bos ton ! "It must be a great place," ho sug- Rested j "Very," I answered. "They will be likely to have little gayety or noise ex- cept ot their own creation. "Is it level or rolling laud ?" "Level for considerable distances, rising abruptly into steep heights." Huch a description of our back. gtairs ! "bceuery tne ? he questioned, I thought of tho view ciroumscribed 1 who had seen the Alps or tho Rhine iu its winding beauty. I was glad when ho branched off into other topics, books, arts, and musio. where I could drop prcvaricatiou. Then at his request, 1 played aud sang : play ' ed my best, and ang rcy bweetest, with - ,- ms appreciative eyes upou me. ' After this I met hits often. Walk ief-io mj lessons; he.-. vould . jijo mi .'.L.'. KQ 15 lLLLLL.tJ,JJ!J.,iaLlJii;,lllr-,ll.;;lirr,g? and the way became hencefoith a charm ed walk ; strolling in the pik his voice would greet me, and all tho paths were strewn with beauty; occasionally in the parlor he joined me aa I sang, and the great dark rooms lost their loneliness. Then my sisters took alaim.and ono evening when I. was waiting for Louis Andermere, looking, as Mario tail. quite stylish and interesting, Isabel in. formed mn it was not proper for me to receive his visits, and mamma forbade their continuance. Troubled in spite of my pleasure, hap. py in spite of my trouble, part of the evening passed, when, following a ring at tho door, hurst in our Cousin Dick, our wealthy, privileged Cousin Dick. ."What's this?"" he exclaimed. "Folks in (he country, Dinah tells me, and Miss Agnes staying home to tend to her music. Andermerc, how do you do? Music? Yes, I seo, it takes two to attend to it. Aggie, I am hungry as a bear, and am going to the larder to help myself. Don't objoct, for I will do it. Yon need not look so frighten, ed. If I don't find but two erupts I will leave you one." Lojiis Andeniicio came to my side a! he left the room. Ho had been smiling before, bu,t his face was gra.-6 now. "Agnes, you are troubled to-night." Troubled '. I was thinking of a possi ble encounter between my Cousin Dick and eaves.droppiug sisters whom I heard flee up the back-stairs. The tone and manner of my companion drove away all thoughts but tho possibility of seeiug him no more I tried to smile. "It is hard work, Agnes. I think you are longing for a sight of home faces." I looked up quickly, there w.u so much merriment in his tone, aud 1 caught a merry twinkle iu his eye. Ho continued : ".Make a home, j face of mine, or rather let me mako a I home-face of vours, Agnes. Look at I the face I covet t) have ever near me I" Ho turned my head toward the mir ror, and I withdrew my eyes from my owu blushing face, Ho did not suffer me io speak, but drew mo io himseli aud called me "wjfe" so much men take for granted. Pick cimo upon us at this crisis. "By ail the storehouses of Egypt," ho exclaimjd, "you must have a prodi. gious appetite. I found bread trough down.stairs for a largo family, and but ter in proportion. There wero frag, metits enough for several persons, and Dinah has just taken, a batch of pies from the oven that ought to last you a uiontli. Pi;)ah says Miss Agnes is pow erful feud of pies." I blushed painfully, and again I caught tht merry look iu Louis Al dermere'a ejes. "The house is haunted," ha replied. "I hear footsteps sometimes when Dinah is in tho kitchen, and Agnes is with mi?, and ever aud anon 1 Lear au iuvcJ uutary gush of muic like Isabel';;. I believe these evil spirits steal Dinah's pics. I don't like Agues under their influence. I shall take her away." The sisterly spirits rebelled, and the motherly spirit reproached, but I fouud an active ally iu-my father; today Maria and Isabel quote, with great deal of pride, "our wealthy Bister, Mrs. Louis Andermerc". The Dead Democray. "Democracy is dead," say the radi cals. Yes, dead 1 as truth crushed to earth ; dead as Christ crucified ; dead as philosophy died with tho crushing of Galileo ; deed as discoyery died iu tho impoteucy of CoJuui-bus ; dead as liberty died in the dark days of tho Revolution; dead as the steam con fined. Amid tho din of battle amid the clash of opinion in high circles for four years past, Democracy, that element indicative and productive of peaceful piosperity and national greatness, has been apparently powerless. Now, how ever, while fanatics and fools pronounce it dead, with slow, measured stcd it is rising rising as clement never ro.3o be fore rising to conquer, to control, to govern. The dca.J. principle lives not alone iu the breasts of tho so called "sympa thizers;" it lives in tho hearts of tho national soldiers; it lives iu the hearts of tho iniproverishcd remnant of he Southern people; it lives among the mass of .uubought and unchangeable patriots of tho North ; it lives to con. demu and oppose the fanaticism that has ruled the hour. Whatever may bo the results cf four years of terrible warfare, llir us con nected with the extinction of Amcricau slavery ; whatever goo.d may have been attained by its prolongation beyond the one year necessaiy to do away with secession and rebellion, Democracy can claim nouo of it. It should chip none. "Honor to whom honor id due'' Pirbonor to whom dichonor. Should the war mult in tbs fta! HtinilllltUiiXI ul s'.aVuTj, it is f. mooiaey will rejoice in the giuii Jitr a glory of the tesult attained. Tho LiilluC oi IU U:UUUir-I,l she C.J0 not covet, nur the reptilm that Aueiic prathored in her bosom to gnrubjli it. The clement that has r.wxyed thn sceptre during the Lust ye-ws of civil war ij uticaloulatud to be perpetual. It j is corrupt. Itgathei3 corruption. i audi it daily beeoraes weaker, j Like the fate of the mwassin (.fore-. : shadowing the fata, cf tjelkneo t-j wu. stU'jtir.iKil law, mid the disregard ot tho people's ri-'hls) the spot conceal.- the relics nf the Pepublicau pat 1 Nfil be hidden tu mystery. I'nliko the re: tuuins of the unlawful murderer, u hi'uYi Uuuifet shall ever call it t'jith. "' Pcnu.ciai'v is u-.t Uti.iJ , II o. moot die while u corrupt pipiciple liye3 frown it into life. That element. l.y the agency of which, a disjointed Union can be reunited, thaj combination of power by which i) gov ; ernmenl can be purified a peop',0 strpjigth enod and popular govprnmcpt . taajq perpetual "as the uttninl hills"--that, to us is Democracy. Yv'hila. the natioi lives, whilo the people aspire to pro?, pority, to happiness, to national great nnss anJ renown it caunot, will nJ die. ILx xe ley (Z'u.) Free Press. C-irTherc tins been a good deal saiij about an inscription, scratched -with diamond on a pane ofglass iuthcMelleu ry House, Meadv ille, Pennsylvania to ihisj effect: "Abraham Lincoln departed this life August 13, 1SG1, by the effects ot poison. It was attribute 1 tq Bqptji, $?Lq was iu thec.il rpgiwi, at thetiuQ. A few days ago however, a gentleman stopping at the M' Henry House, and seeing tho' g!as; made a statement, which if true, clears all mystery regarding it; "You, will remember that on tl0 13th or 14th of August of last year, a report caniq over the wires that an attempt hadbecu made to poison the President, and a re port came to Meadvillo that the ultcnjpt had been sueeo-sful. This gautlomau states that o:i that day he cud h friend occupied room No. 22, and his friend, after hearing tho report, scratch ed the words upon' the glass supposing thcin to bo true." A Wab.;;nci tij Matciimaileus. -Charlie "Did the preacher put !j stamp on you when you wero married, .Vary !'' Mary "A stamp Chariio' WJiut for pxay ?" CLarlie "Why, matches aiu't legal without a penny ,tamp you know 1" "Why don't you ask your sweetheart to marry vou ?'' "1. have asked her.'-';. "What did she say V "Oh, I'vu re- fused her." CsjThp Cucst idea storm extent, was when home tight. Now Wig' of a thunder Yv'iggiua camtj ins was a teach- cr, and had drank too much lemonade or something. He came homo into the room among his wife aud daughters, and justtheulio tumbled over thy cradle and fell .fhop on the floor. After a vyhilo he. ros- and said : "ii'ifeuro you hurt ?" ."No." "(Hirls are you hurt '!" "No." "Terrible clap, wasn't it ?" B-aVA man and his wife in Philadol- plnu quarreled and touglit, one witn a. poker, arid the other with a chair. When tho daughter, who had gone int(j the cellar for some articles for dinner, returned to the room, both her parents were lying speechless and dying, witu their skulls fractured. By"I want to buy a chiue," said an old lady Hewiug ma entering a shop. "Do you wish a machine with a fel- ler?" blandly enquired the clek. "Sakes, no, clout want any of yer fol. lers about rjj." The darkey who greased his feet sy that he could not make a noise when ho went to steal chickens, slipped from the hen roost into tho custody of the owner. He gave, as reason for his being there, "Dat he cum dar to see cf do chickens slecped with dcrc eyes open." lie .was ceoped. 8r3L.Eleven niggro soldiers were to bo hung on Friday at Vickburg, Ms"., for the uiurder of a yhitc wpmuu. CSyAu Irishman called on his phys ician for advice and medicine. He was provided with a plaster and instructed to put it on his che3t. When he saw the physician again ho was asked if ho felt any better? "No," said Put. ''Where did you put the plaster ?" "On the thest, right or. tho lid ; tho only ono there is in the house and that' a bliia one." i5S retired merchant of Boston, j who had kept hi,s tomb-stone in an al cove mi ins chamber for Z or o years, was fouud prostrate on the floor of his room on Thursday morning with tho tomb-stone fallen upon his head, and s i nearly dead that ho couldn't be restored to consciousness. JCiB"''I suppose," said the quack, "you think mc fool " "Yes," said the pi. dent, "but I did cot think you could as. certain my thoughts by feeling piy puke." (C7?It is cot a tingle suddau blow that orbfhes permanently, but the long v i. durance of bfcavy burd.nf, "r au an-j. ttn'ation 6f ttr.a.lc-r n:;. '
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