Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              TTE, ' ' «* *»' A tfco lo rwirsjU* •-!; \ eflmSJ4MKJ iu 1 j TO £v $ *. •* "jit h 0 A "I* i'W 1* PITT N G MB SMffliHA MTlMOfl ■M (C I**t- 4 rftt* Ii I ( I 1 U» I * *#» i«.ft ,f*aaei -I u ew*}, mA i •!D/ 'i't tt+it \*\ ,Vjf .. *'i ! • * / 1 '.I'O mmprMnm ■-n.i... *1111 -.'II'm ■■ in. r. j S Wttkln ——I I . I I 'III I I. ■ " I I —» ' ■' ' ■ ,.i y r i-" i I n ~ i ... iig-rr - - - t* mi ■■ ■■ ,. ■— —n, ■ ■ - Jbrnsftfit- (fmntrii hi Jims, llttrafnrt, fjir ftltrrnntilr, Jllining, jttlttJjnnical, anil Sgriruluml Sntrrrsta nf tjrt Cornitrtj,' 3nitr#rtian, 5lmnfirmrttt, fct. )-€at LE NUMBER 68 .emafU'fttMi UD«  intended ftIt ellf ItMdtH, are well worth the attfchtiafc C*f Motile in village* and country. ' I VOLUME 2.--NUMBER 17. PITTSTON, PENNA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1851. WHO DR. J. B. CRAWFORD RnpoctruDr tell deft hit p*o(WMlonal nttIcm lo Uis peoptaflf Wjihttlmtaud TletnUjr. Office In Temperance llou»e, Wyoming P«. August 1,lMl-ljr  iPiDSmtr* though my he4ft goes out toward these beloved onus with the tenderest  Pictures of our early days of wedded love are ever lingering in my imagination, i dream of ffre sweet fireside circle ; I see ever before me the once placid face of my Alice, as her eyes looked into my own with intelligent confidence. I feel her amis twine about my neck ( the music of her voice is ever sounding in my ear." Here the speaker'# emotions overcome him. His utterance became choked, and he stood silent with bowed head and trembling limbs. The dense mass of peoplo were hushed into an oppressive stillness, that was broken here and there by half, stifled sobs. At this moment there was a movement in the crowd. A single female figure, before whom every one appeared instinctively to give way, was seen passing up the aisle. This not observed by the spenker until she had come nearly In front of the platform where he Stood.— Then the movement caught his ear, and lifting his eyes they instantly fell on Alice —for it was she that was pressing onward —he bent forward towards her with sudden uplifted hands and eager eyes, and stood like a statue until she gained the stand and advanced quietly to his side. For a moment the two stood thus, the whole audience, thrilled with the scene, were upon their feet and bending forward, when the speaker extended his arms, and Alice threw herself upon his bosom with a quick wild gesture. Thus for the space of a minute they stood—every one flilljc* by a single intuition, understanding the scene. One of the ministers thell came forward and separated them. "No, no,'' said the reformed Congressman, "you cannot take her a way from me." THE DEATH OF JOSEPHINE, OPPOSED TO MATHIMONY Darkness fcnd clouds surrounded the pathway of Napoleon. In vain he struggled to retrlve his fortune. The last engagement at Leipsic decided his fortunes (or the time and consigned him to Elba. Napoleon wai an exile, but in his retirement he did not forget the only being whom he really ever loved, his Josephinei lie immediately addressed a letter to her breathing the same spirit towards her that he had always manifested rather congratulating himself that his head and bpirit were fr«M from the enormous Weight of oare, and intimating that hereafter hi* pen should be a substitute for his sword. " The world,*' said he, " has As yet, only seen myself in profile. 1 shall now shdw myself in full. How many things I have to disclose ! how many are the men upon whom a false estimate has been placed ! have heaped benefits upon millions of wretches! What have they done in the end for me ? Thfcy hay all betrayed me —yes all. I rikcept from this number the eood Eugine and yourself. Adieu! my dear Josephine I Be resigned, as 1 am, and never forget you. Far well, Jose* phine* Napoleon." - Upon reading these tidings so terrible, Josephine was overwhelmed with grief, and immediately answered his letter, breathing the same spirit Of devotion to him, whd Was once her husband, that had always characterised her noble heart, and entreated him to say but thfe word, and she Would Ay to himD The remaining circumstances connected With her illness and death we give in the language of Mr. Abbott. A few days after this letter was written, the Emperor Alexander, with a num« ber of illustrious guests dined with Josephine at Maimaison. In the even twilight the party went out upon the beautiful lawn in front of the house for recreation* Josephine, whose health had become exceedingly precarious through care and sorrow, being regardless of herself in devotion to her friends took a violent odd. The next day she was worse. Without any definite form of disease, she day after day grew more fuint and feeble, until it was evident that her final change was near at hand.— Eugone and Hortente, her most affection, ate children* were with her by day and by night. They'«;onimunicated to her the judgement of her physician that death was hear. She heard the tidings with perfect composure, and called for a clergyman to administer to Her the last rites of religion. 'Is your family opposed lo Matrimony ?' Wal, no, I rather guess nttt, seeln' as how my mother has hod four husbands, in' stands a pretty good bhttotie lot havin' another/'Four liusbnuds 1 Is it possible ?' '0, yesi Tou see my mother's chisten. ed (fame was Mehitable Sheets, and dad's name Jacob Press, and when i Was born the printer* said i *vas the first edition; An' you see, mother Used to be the tarnalist critter to go to eVenin meetin*8. She lilted to go tfiit ptett* late et8ry night, an' dad was afraid that I Wolild get in the same habit, so he uaedDto put me to bed at early candle-light,cover me up VDth a pillar, and put me too sleep with a bootjack. Wal, dad had to g«t up every night an' let mother in ; if he dkw't get down and open Ihe door pretty darn quick when she cum, he'd ketch particular thunder ; so dad used to sleep \t 1th his tieid out of the winder, so tfa to wake up quick, an' one night he got his head a leetle too for out, ami be alipped out altogether an' down dad come, caflumix, right down on the pavement, art' smashed him into ten thousand pieces!' 'What! was he killed by the fall 1' 'Wal, no, not exactly by the fall. ] rather kinder sorter guess aC how it was the sudden fetch up on the pavement that killed him. Sut mam, She cum ham, and found him lyin' thar, and (he had him swept up together, an' pot in a coffin, an' burned up, and had a white oak plank put to his head, an' had it white washed all over for a tombstone.' "" ■ ■ — 1 '■■■■;— For the Plttaton Gazette. PRINTED and rUBLItHKb WKCfcl«Y BY 4». SI. Klctaart * H. I. Phillips TBS SAILOR BOY'S PftAYER. Written bjr \V, F. C , on hU departure from M. York in «H40, in the U. S. Brig Daiubridge. "HVINO LIKE OTHBR FBOPLB " An Error or Falii PmOf- ' "Her# beggar To bout ' On# of present time and rival our i. far more limited rof of Ca world can that we C#. affluent fipd the facts nu and it is oP sequences. people, wit sew in difficult' independen to enjoy. Oft* Wett tide «/ Main Street, tttvnd Story of i\e «' Long Store " of Wiintr C• Wood. EVERTS A CURTI8S, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH, ■t Pride dtftaads Iwt 4aMy chaw, j. splendid banauet onoc ATMr." ihe most prevalent fqibfca of Um». ia * disposition Jo iipitflp ir neighbors, even wjth meana mited than theirs. It is ah er«e pHde. We fancy that the be deceived by outwwtf abur; i make it appear thai nvq, are "ii attended with iieriocft The idea of ImntfJikeoth* nout the meitfla possessed by is indeed absured antj suicionly calculated to involve h* is, and to take front us the very je that we assume and aspire The prtisrwu of luxury ahd ia indeed  mansions and easily furniture e order of the day. The spirit and rivalry is every Where In social life It ia an every Knee, to hear individuals to. roaa exaggerationa, «rhpn daacri•Dwn affairs. No matter what fctffitlhion of another, a dispoand excel, is too apt to pre. us in many cases, the most ab- fha "dittrr*" ii publiahal »*trj Friday, at Two Poll am per annum. Two Dollars and Fifty i Ciswts will be charged ir not paid within the year. Ho papmr will It* discontinued until all arrtkrages pBiw. AC!*«rtUem«nU art inaerted conspicuously at One £Dollar per nquare of fourteen lines for I three insertions; and Twenty-nth Cl«T» ad-1 ditional for evary subsequent insertion. A liboral deduction lo thoae who advertise for aix montha or the whole y*ar. .... . . Job Work.—We have connected with our eitabliahment a well aelected assortment of Jo# Tyte, which will enable ua to execute, in the neatest style, erery variety of printing. Being practical printersourselves, we can afford to do work an as Yeaiortable terms aa any other office in the county. All letter* and communication! addressed to the Gaxttte must be roar mid, and endoraed by a responsible nam*, to receive attention. FRUIT, OILS 8 PROVISIONS, and Produce and Commution Merchants, Wait, wait ye wind* till I repeat A parting signal to the fleet, Whose station is at home; Then wart like Bailor's simple prayer, And let It oft be whUpered there, While in tht clime* l roam. No. 248, Fulton Street, near Washington Market, New York. O. A E. would call the attention of merchants of Northern Pennsylvania to their extensive stock of Pish, Fruit, Oifa and Provisions, which they will sell upon as favorable terms aa any house in New Yorkcity. 4 u ! 'v fsr«wcU lo Father Rsvercud Hulk, In spile at metal, spite of bulk- Boon may bis cable slip; Bui while UuD parllug tear is moist, Tlie flag of gratitude I'll boist lo Clutj- to the ship. SAML. P. KVKRTt, I ciias. o. cihtjks. ( March 28, 1851-ly. OBO. W. A Co. Fntcwell to Mother, first elm* she, Who launched me on life** stormy sea And rigged me fore and aft; May Providence hef timbers sparo, Abd keep ber boll In good rspair To tow the •mailer craft (Eiii© JE?Hi 103 Murray, near Wn«t B trait, New York* Geo. W. BraiJikrU, * tulriD ■*"D**. [Aug. 8, 1BW.--Iy». FAIHBANIT8 PREMItfM SCALES, Parcwoll to Statcf, loveljr y*cht| Though whether »hu b« manned or oat 1 cannot now roroaoo; May Home good »hlp a loader prove, Wall found with atorea ol truth and lore, And take her under loe. L. W. CRAWFORD, Aas.nr, Pittaton Hardware Store. N. B.—PolJ at manufacturer* price* and warranted to be correct. [Aug. 3, IH50.—tf, Business Cards, etc extravagance Magnificent are now tl of imitation apparent: day occur dulge in f bing theii may be the shiun to rival. vail, and thua in _ , _,„r  surd pretensions are indulged—nay, th« grossest falsehood* are uttered. True these' fabrication* are itt h Me as tire harm less, beoatlse Ihey are so transparent as Ui deCelte titi oilb, And yet the habit is vile and Oiilolilatecf at once to destroy conCdenoe and impair respect. Moreover, atf indiyidltb.1 Who ia known to falsify on ope subject, is very apt to be distrusted on evl 6ry other.- mill the desire to ekoel, itt appear in the enjoyment ef fashionable position, is ao powerful, that all other oon. siderationa are lost sight of. The manner of living at the present time is, in too many cases, characterized by the wildest extravagance. This is  in a variety of forms—in dress, in furniture, in gay parties, in opera displays, fnd in all kindred exhibitions. It is well observed by a cotemporary, "that persons in moderate circumstances, are carried away far beyond their means, by an insene spirit of imitation. They vainly expect to ba esteemed in proportion to the osten tatious display they may be able to make: and are not aware that true gentility is maHf. id more by eimplicity of manners anddttw and by dignity of deportment, ' jg ' flash and glitter in which ' people seek to scqul creditors of such ptv found to be the real parties ute to the expense of feet upon society is hurrving many into pet ments wilh the loss tjf sr life, often disqualify charge of the paramoi lie life, and retarding establishment of young of families." Is not ah not particularly applicable like Philadelphia? A». _  persons in our midst, who are living beC yond their means, simply with the objec sf living like other people ? Are thert not many wasting their substance, Jfr ths empty and idle pursuit of fashion, or in a'M cfibrt to obtain position, not of high respectability and elevated1 character, but of idle importance, in the gay, giddy, the fashionable world ? It is well enough perhaps,- for the fief/, tor such as have large incomes* to indulge in all the elegances and luxuries, so characteristic of affluence, refinement and splendor. But for the individual who has i fortune to make, who is engaged in an uncertain and hazardous business, and whose future, therefore, ia by no means dear and unclouded, to imitate all this extravagance, and to tread in the footsteps Df some millionaire, is folly at onee eg re* fious and deplorable. Vanity so empty ind idle, pride so false and unsubstantial, ire almost invariably the handrmfcfo to ruin. Nevertheless, there are hundreds It this moment engaged in this pbMtom pursuit. They afe taxing their energies o make a dashing appearance before the ivorld, and at the same time are aegleoting he real sources of ease and independence —economy and prudence in the manage' neat of their affairs. The true fpHoj is) f possible, to live within one's roaans.— Ji)necessary luxuries only be in* lulged, when we have "enough to spare." The mechanic, the trader, or the shop, ceeper, Who is getting along smoothly, juietly and successfully, who is able tc irovide bis fcmily with the pptnlpTU cI ioeial existence, and at the same time tCj ay by something for * rainy day, is indeed nud, or worse, if tempted by klh'vani y oi display, to appropriate his antwa urpliis to some unnecessary eitravrfgpnee ind thus to make his condition one of cofitant dependence. The misery bf euoh i sonditjon cannot be too vividly described Ostentation in the out-door world,will per Dr pay for wretchedness at home. Com innionship with the fashionables of thC lour, the butterflies who flutter in the sun • • » « _s f JAMES L. SELFRIDGE 8 CO FISH, PRODUCE, AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Ho. 67 North Wharves, „u.w visa •""^ILADII.PUIA. inaTiatii •* »*»» As i«ao*Tn »m or DRIED fc ftCKLKD FISH, fcc.. vU! llaakaavl, | Cddfcht jjfPl 2S? iSr* 55U May «, \£k*' Ml §:U©83 Farewell to Coorgc, the Jollj boat, And all the little craft afloat lu home** delightful bay; When thay arrive at Milling age, ftlaf wisdom prove their weather gngue And guide them on their way. AT WHOLESALE. FROTHINGHAM, NEWELL A CO. (I,ate W M. Newell A Co.) HAVK ta/ en the Capacious Store So. 57 Broadtray, where the* will keep an extensive atocX of BOOTS avd ShOHHof the be«t styls and quality, which they offer on fsvorahls term*. Merchant* of tite Wyoming Valley are particularly invited to call and examine our*tnci. New York, January I, 1851.— tf. Farewell to all on life's rudo mnin, Perhaps we ae'er thail meet again Through strewn of ntormy weather; Bui guided by the hand above, We will harbor in the port of love And all tfe moored together. 'So your mother wis left a poor lone widow V EAGLE HOTEL. THE. REFORMED DRUNKARD. HOLLINQHEAD, WHITE A Co. GEORGE LAZARUS, P1TTSTON, PA. - hr A TuLCHINU INUDEM. 'VValj ye*; she didn't mind thatjmich; t'wasn't long before ahe married Sam Hide ; you see she married because he's dad's size and She wanted him to wear out dad's cloth's. Wal, the way old Hide used to Hide me was a caution to my hlde»Hide had a little lite toughest hide of any hid* except a bull's hide, and the way Hid* used to hide liquor in hi« hide was a caution to a bull's hide. A great experience meeting was held one evening in S Church, w here the speukers as usual, were to be reformed drunkards. An estimable woman whom we will call Alice, was induced to attend. When the meeting was somewhat advanced, a lute member of Congress aro«e with apparent sadness and said : "Mr. i'resid.m, although 1 consented at your urgent Mlieitation, to address tliis large assembly to-night* Det I have felt so htrong a reluctance to doing so, that it has been with the utmost difficulty I could drag myself forward. But 1 hud passed my word, t could not violate it. A6 to ri-laiingtny experience, that 1 do not think I Can venture upon. The past I dare not recall. Would to heaven that just ten years of my life were blo'.ted out." The speaker paused a moment, already much affected. Then resuming in a firmcr voice, he Baid : "HeaVeti forbid that I should do thttt," replied the minister. "By your confession she is not your wife." "No, she is not," returned the speaker, mournfully. "But she is ready to renew her vows again," said Alicc, smiling through hsr tears, that now rained over her face. Mo fore that large assembly, all stand, ing, and with few dry eyes, was said, in H broken voice, the marriage ceremony that gave the speaker and Alice to each other. and dsai.es* tw e, isr»o. Wines and Liquors, wa fj North Water street, and 33 North Wharves, Philadelphia, ji*. M ■oi.I.inosbkad, rtrsa SIDM. C R GORMAN, M. D. Respectfully tenders his Professional services to the citieens of PHtstdn and vicinity. Office near!it opposite the Post Office, Pittslon. Aug. a, lwio. •_ iy._ *m. «. watra. Feb. 7, 1851 Dr. O. UNDERWOOD, Office in the Building of L. TF. Crawford'* Hard-Ware Store, PitUten, Pa. Aug. 8, 1850. Iv. PEROT, HOFFMAN St Co, SOR WARDING a COMMISIOX MERCHANTS Ho. 41, Horth Wharves, and 83 North, Water Street, below Raoe St. MIILA DELPHI A. Wal, one cold day old Hide got his hide so full of whisky that he pitched bead first into the snow bank, and there he stuck and friz to death. So mam had him pulled out and had him laid out, an' then she had another buryin' and than she had another white oak plank put up at hie head, and while washed, all over and'——' O. F. BOWMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. d Real Kstuta Agent. Office on Main Street, po.ite the Foundry, i'ittaton, Pa. Aug. 3, 1850—1 j. Re fere noes. Wricorr it Cot, Pittaton) Pi sunt 8 DtiOABtica, Wilkesbarre. Prakklin Platt 8 Co., Philadelphia Jan. Jt, 1831.—ly* As the minister, an aged man with thin white locks, finished tfie rite, he laid his hands u|Don the heads of the two he had joined.in holy bonds, and lifting up his aged evei, that streamed with drops ol gladness, he said in a solemn voice : "What God hath joined together, let not Rum put aaunder." "Ampn," was cried by the whole assembly as with a single voice. 'So your mother wa» again a widow ?" CU yes ; but I guess she didn't lay awake long to think about it, Tor in about three weeks she married John Strong and he was the strongest-headed cuss you ever saw. He went a-fishin' the other day, and got drowned, and he was so tarnel strong heffdcd, I'll be darned.to darnation if he didn't float right-again the oijrrent. and they found bim about three miles gp the stream, and it took three yoke of oxen to haul him out. Wal, mam had him buried alongside of tother, iwo, and had a white oak plank put up at his head, and white washed all over nice, so that there'* three on 'em all in a row.' J. BOWELEY A BEYEA, Coal Merchants, Just after this solemnity the Emperor Alexander entered the room. Eugene and Hortens, bathed in tears, kneeling at theirmother's side. Josephine beckoned to the Emperor to npproach her, and said to Jhiii and her children "I have always desired ilie happiness of Franoc. I did all In my power to contribute to it; and I can say with truth, to all of you now present at my last moments, that the first wife of Napoleon never caused a single tear to (low. Johnson, Well* A Co, MANUFACTURERS AtD» WHOLESALE DKlLEII I* Corner of Main and Hail Road Sheets, PittstoM, Llxirn* County,.Pa. August 16, 1800. —tC " But something must be said of my own case, or I shall foil to make that impression oil your minds that 1 wish to , Chan in the manjr modern fine /e notoriety. The ople are too olteti rtiea who contrib- J»e ahow. The •reftiely pefnioiqus/ character, feasori women for the disnt duties of domesand defeating the men, at the bead this true 1 Is it Co large cities /« there not many BOOTS, 02D33 MI® ItySOTBKBt INDEMNITY. Tlic Franklin Plrc luiurauce Co produce. •' Pictures of real life touch the heart with power, while abstract presentations of truth glitter coldly in the intellectual regions of the mind, and then fade from the perception, like figures on a diorama. " Your apr uker once stood among the first members ot the bar in a neighboring Statfe. Nny, more than that—he represented his county three years in the As•embly of this Commonwealth, and tr.or« than that still—occupied a seat in Congress for two Congressional periods." At this announcement the stillness of death pervaded the crowded assembly. " And yet more than that," he continued, his voice sinking into a. thrilling tone—" he once had a tenderly loved wife and two sweet children. But all thote blessings have departed from him," he continued, his voice growing louder and deeper in hi# ellbrtsto control himself. " He wns unworthy to retain them!— His constituents threw him off because he had debased himself and disgraced them. And worse than all—she who had borne him two dear babes, was forced to abandon him, and seek an asylum in her father's house. And why ? Could I become so changed in a few short years? What power was there so to abase me that my fellow-beings spurned, and even the wife of my bosom turned away heart-stricken from me9 Alas? my friends, it was a mad indulgence in intoxicating drinks — But for tins, 1 were now an honorable and useful representative in Congress, pursuing after my country's good, und blest in the home circle with wife and children. Jf'JA Few Words to those Concerned. COUNT* PAPBfeS. (First door above the Merchants' Hotel.) JAMKS W. JOHNSON, I t A. BSNNcrf, JB .. wki.l*, * n. roRir. \ c. r. piMw*. Janunnr 24, 1861. '?■ No. 39 Courtlandt Street, PHH.ADEI.niIA. Office No. 103 Chcsnut street, near Fifth si Occasionally we meet a subscriber who complains of the amount of advertising in our columns; and with a friend who w'ld Income a subscriber but for that obstacle. Such men are unreasonable. They all seem unconscious of the fact that nineteen out of twenty of the newspapers in the country would be compelled to suspend at once but for the advertising patronage they get. But says one—'and the objection comes up just as though it had not already been answered a thousand times, " 1 can get the ———, a paper twice as large as yours and without advertisements in its columns, at a less rate than you charge for yours." "Ves, sir, you can. But that paper prints thousands where and while we print hundreds. By means of its steam press, it prints off* its thousands while we are printing hundreds; then the same matter is and printed off perhaps in a half dozen other papers with as many different names. Few of the mass of journals of our country enjoy such a monopoly of advantages, and it can only be commanded in large cities. Directors. Charles N. Bancker, Gi orge W. Richards, Thomas Hart, Morilecni ID. Lewis, Tobias Wagner, Adotiihs K. Hohie, Samuel Grant, Dawtl S. Urowrn, Jacob R. Smith, Morris Patterson. She called for the portrait of the Emperor; she gazed upon it long and tenderly ; and then, fervently pressing it in her clasped hands to her bosom, faintly articulated the following prayer s EXCHANGE HOTEL, 'And your mother *as a widow for the third time.' BIGGS 8 DOEBLER. Continue to make insurance, perpetual and limited, on eTery description of property in town and country, at rate* as low as are consistent with *e cunty. 'Yea, but mam didn't seem to mind it a tarnal tight. The neat fallow she married was Jacob Mays, and the way mam does make him haze is a caution, now I tell you. If he docs anything a leetle out of the way mam makea him take a bucket and while wash brush, and go right up to the bury In' ground and white wash the three old plank; just to let him know what he may come to when she's planted him in the same row, attd got married to her fifth husb8nd ! So you see our family aro't a tarnal sight opposed to a dose o( matrimony.' Oppoiit* the Court Houie, BLOOMSBl'RO, Pa. " O God! watch over Napoleon while he remains in the desert of this world.— Alas! though he hath committed great faults, hath he not ertpfttted them by great sufferings ? Just, God, thou hast looked into his heart, and hast seen how ardent desire for useful and durable improvements he was animated. Deign to approve my last petition. And may this image of my husband bear inn witness that my latest wish and my latest prayer were for him and mv ohildren." The Company have re«erred a large Contingent /unci which with their Cubital ami premiums safely invented, afl'ords ample protection of the ill•ured. . Jan 10,1851 JOHN GILBERT A CO. Wholesale Druggists, The anneti of thr Company on January t, 18-18, and published agreeably to an Act of Aaaembly, were a* follow*, vii Mortgage*, Real Estate, - Temporary Loan, Stock*. Ca»h, No 177 North Third Street, A lew door* above Vine Street, East eide, PHILADELPHIA. 1955,058 fi'J 90,077 78 . ria,'»0 77 50,*M 00 • 50,038 W foa* WJUT. .•ll.il H. W»TM COMTtnTLT ON U1KD, A LARGE ACTORTMEJIT Of Drugs, Medicine*, Chemical*, Fuller*' and Dyer*' Articles, PainU, Oil*, Window OI«**, and Painter*' Article*,* Apothecaries' Glussware, Patent Medicine*, Cf-c., Cf-c. August 30, 1850.—ly. fl,209,fD03 99 It was the '27th of May, 1841. A tranquil summer's day, was fading away into a cloudless, serene and beautiful evening. The rays of the setting sun, struggling through the beauilfuT foliage of the open window, shone cheerfully upon the bed where the empress was dying. The vosper songs of the birds which filled the groves of Malmaison floated sweetly upon the ear, and the gentle spirit of Josephine, lulled to repose by these sweet anthems, sank into its last sleep. Gazing upon the portrait of the emperor, she exclaimed, " Lisle d'Elbe—Napoleon," and died. Alexander, as he gazed upon her lifeless remains, burst into tears, and uttered the following affecting yet just tribute of respect to her memory ; "She is no more j that woman whom Prance named the ben eficent, that angel of goodness is no more. Those who have known Josephine can r/ever forget her. She dies regretted by her offspring Jier friends and cotemporarles." For four days her body remained shrouded in state for it its burial. During this time more than twenty thousand of the people of France visited her beloved remains. On the 2d of June, at midday, the fbneral procession moved from Malmaison to Ruel, where the body was deposited in a tomb of the village church. The funeral serviced were conducted with the greatest magnificence, as the sovereigns of the allied armies united with the French in doing honor to her memory. When all had left the church but Eugenrand Hortense they knelt beside their mother's grave, and for a long lime mingled tbeir prayers and their tefara. A beautiful monument of white marble; representing the empress kneeling in her carnation robes, is erected over her burial-place, With this simple but affecting insortptton: ' MTGllHK AHID HORrtWSi : *4 }l rr : lrCT 1 I OJ ' 10 Sine* their incorporntioo, a period of 80 year*, they have paid upward* of rite viiUion fire kvnitred Ikmisand dollars lo*t by fire, thereby affording evi-' dencc of the advantage of in»urnnce a* well a* the ability and disposition to meet with promptness, all liabilitie*. A. Word to old Maids and Baohelort. " Men should not marry." it is commonly said, " unless they cannot only maintain ior themselves the social position to which they have been accustomed, but extend :he benefits of that position to their wives and children. A woman who marries, is entitled to be kept in the same rank and comfort in wbioh she was reared."— We entirely disavow the*e doctrines. It should be the aim of every married couple to make their own fortune. No son and daughter, who become man and wife, are entitled to rely on their patrimony, but should willingly commence life at a lower step in the social ladder than that occupied by their parents, so that they may have the merit, apd happiness of rising, if possible to the top. Imagine the ease of an aged couple, who by gj-eat perseveranoo have acquired possession of immense wealth, and are living in a style of ease and splendor which Is no more than the reward of their long life of industry. Will any body say that the children of auoh "old folks" should live in the same grandeur as their parental The idea is preposterous. They hare no righf to such luxury, they have done nothing to deserve it and if their parents are honest in dividing their property among them, they can ha*« no means of support. Ing it. Yet marriages, are contracted on the principle that the married couple shall be able to keep up the rank to which they have been accustomed under the parental rool. It W such notions as this—engendered by Maiihusian philosophers, and fostered by lazy prido—that are filling our country with poor •' old maids,•' with coiuettish young ladies With nice cigar cmoing, good-for nothing young men. ! COOPER 8 VANZANDT, mrolTItS AMD DEALERS IN Foreign Wines and Liquors, No. 31 N«w Street, N*w York. I. RUOOLPBV* COOPER, C«A». A. VANXAKDT, JR. August 30, 1850.—ly. CHAS. N. BANCKER, Prea't C. C. Bancker, Src'y. But you get sheet with its mammoth provisions for frittering away the minds of young and old, how much wiserjjjare you as to general movements of the world, the general news of the day, and more especially the local in. telligence which relates to matters affecting you personally, transpiring in your very midst, of moment to you and yours in every point of view ? Take the question with you and think of it. It is admitted on all hands, that a free press is a safeguard to the cowitry ; that journals which convey to us intelligence of events that spring up in our very midst—those events over whieh we have control; as well as those transpiring abroad, over which we have less control ; is the one that presents the strongest claims to your confidenco and support. We hold it to be the duty of every good citizen to support his county paper. If he can take more than one he may with propriety go abroad for the second j beft if he can take but one, the local paper should always receive the preference. Its advertisements themselves often contain matter that interests every class of community and every member of a family. The local papers should aim to furnish a fair compendium of both the local and the general news of the dar; and having done that, has established a claim upon the community in which it may be located.—Summit Beacon. Tersons deiirou* of insuring their property in Luzerne county or it* neighborhood, will receive attention on application UD V. L. MAXWELL, Agent, Willtesharre, Pa. Alio, on Mr. George Dartlaft, Pituton, who will receive application*. f March 28, 1851—Dt£ H. A. GOULD A CO. WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, No. 321 Washington Street, Corner of Barclay Street, ; | *i«Ewifo®K LOOK TO YOUR INTERESTS I New Boot and shoe making ESTABLISHMENT. 2d door above I. dc M. L. Everitt's Store. WILLIAM C.BLAIR respectfully infornisthe citizen* oftliia Village ami surrounding country, tbat he has r«tabli*hed himself a* above, where he intends carrying on " Rut I have not told you all. After my wife stparalrd from me, I sank rapidly. A state of perfect aobriety brought too many terrible thoughts; I therefore drank more freely and waa more rarely, if ev»r, not under the bewildering effects of partial intoxication. I remained in the same vib lage for some years but never once saw her during that time—'-nor a glimpse of my children. At last 1 became ro aban. doned in my lifo, that my wife, urged on by her friends no doubt, tiled an application for a divorce, and aa cause could easily be. shown why it should be granted, a separation was legally declared. To complete my disgrace, at the next Congressional canvass, 1 waa led oil' the ticket, as unlit to represent the district. *0* We invite the attention of Country Merchants and other* to our fall and deeirable stock of Ready-made Clothing, which we offer at very low rates. Merchants visiting the city for the purpose •f purchasing Goods in our line, would do well to us a calf before purchasing elsewhere. September 6, 1850.—tf.  BOOT ft SHOE-MAKING BELKNAP A OKIOG8, • WHOLESALE GROCFRS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Ifo. 252, Washington street, between Murray and Robinson, New York, in all its branches; anil extends an invitation to those who want gmd work, and ntat ft*, to give him a call. Having a thorough knowledge of the business, and being engaged in it for a number of years in places inhabited by people whose tastes are of the most delicate order us regards their understanding, and never failed tu give satisfaction while there, he feels no delicacy in stating that the inhabitants of Pittston who may favor him with their custom, will find him the same here, in everv respeet. Give me a call at any rate, and if I please at first, I have no doubt you will come again without calling. O0AVNCIT BELKNAP. | JAMES M. GRIOGS. A faH assortment of Teas, Sugars, Coffees, Spies*, Tobacco, Ac. Also, Butter, Cheese, Lard, and emoted Meats, on Commission. Aug. 8,1850 —tf. D. L. PECK HAM, ATTOKNfcY AT LAW. « dfUt m Mtin Strut, Hyit Park, Pa. »», l»l.  Pittston, Nov. 20, 1850.—tf. " Three years have elapsed since then For two years of this period ] abandoned myself to the fearful impulse of the appetite J had acquired. Then 1 heard of this new movement—the great temperanoe cause. At first I sneered, then wondred, listened at last, and Anally threw myself upon the great wave that was sweeping onward, in hope of being carried by. it Car out of the reach of danger, and I did not hope with a vain hope. It did for me all and more than 1 could have desired. It set me once more upon my feet—once mora made a man of me. A year of sobriety, earnest devotion to my profession, and fervent prayer to Him, who alone givea strength in every good denotation, has restored me much tbat I had Ioat— but not all—not my wife add children. Ah ! between myielf and these the law feaa laid its stern, impaasible interdiction. 1 haw no longer a wife ; no longer children D TO BUILDERS. SASH, Gtsss, Putty, Nolls, fcc., can bo found st Ike Ail*, a#, '51. t.MflH I. bTORE. «J|f8 99Sa ysyl *«t •/ 8 Stvrr, Pittite*,  GLASS! GLASS! •hine of flattery and of envy, can ne*M compensate for the loss of real independence, domestic huruiony, And peace ol mind, which am Indeed among the brighte»iDwej»in the moral treasury „f ourjiatare. The folly of living to dejzle »pd *slont*h others, to excite 6nvy ah J gr»tify, prtdej while all the purer and hblierob. jeeta eDf life are neglected, can only be deluaioij of the poor moth, * JBSSiSaanrLiB^ the National Conventjo^, WISSBR 4- WOOD Agents of the Hones dale Glass Co. ore now prepared to furni b the trade at Foctory prices. Constantly on lia 7a», 8i 10, 10 x 12, 10X14, 10x16, 13 * li and lfi x 30, irregular sips frsra 8 x II |o33 x44 furnished lo older. Sept. 30, 1850. A Schooner not long sinoe bad her jib boom cnrrjfld away during a stormy ui«ht on the Long Island Sound. When Mrs* Partington heard of it, she paid " she could'nt see why people leave such things out doors o'nights, When there wa» so many burglers about filtering what they couM |#y,4tair banda to." ; r ■» LAW Nil can be bought 16 to 20 per cent less at the Empire Store than was ei er known ia Northern Penna. [may 9] J, St, G. JOBBPHtNB. , p*D*'An down 'ThW street yesterday, discovered . one. foliar crat OCT A Dutchmen relatioR hjs troubles say «—-'One night v«;n I comes home, 1 finds oe door v#sht asleep, and my wile she was wide opBnj ind all de neighbor's punkln# vos in patch. I (oea.mit and ttkM « baeh, and bre*k«Jt Dter sve*y xaiVVbaok, in de IViW * r"Fy ■' frbfti ltfand rants to know ifaf«t men Wfl "be exempt rom the Mien' UwC Port Blanchard Hotel. O ltfUEL HODGDON would nspectfuUy re- O turns Ms thanks to Ihfe public for the.patron age heretofore bestowed upon his establishment, and hopes by strict attention to the accoimnodalion tf alt V riferit a continuance of (he same. His Bw isiU always he Airoished with tfie choicest Liquor*, and his Table abundantly supplied with all tin luxuries of the season. The best of ° fort Blanc hard { Jan. 17, UM—ly. LIFE and FIRE INSURANCE, bURaSOE'IXIMVAN Y of flnrriBliurg, hate witablithod me?» nwe. la the 9«ab Mutual no Premium Notes are taken, the In- J. LAWRENCE DAY, Aim . C5r A lady, » few evenings ago, upon taking up 'Bhally's noveh'i 'The last roan, threw it down very suddenly, exefektiing 'The last afea Wblet* Hhei it such* thing was to happen, what iroold become of the women 1' jUfuta, 1831. yesterday. —mi-rrrrc