Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              f AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL $ Wnkl\\ 35n8ffppfr--( Dnrnlrfc to Jims, titcrntnt?, fjjt JHmnnfilr, Joining, 3EwJrimiraI, nti8 %irulnrnl Sntrat nf tjjt Comity 9ufifnmatf, Snmsetnnit 8c.)--€iuaf ullnrs $er Statram; VOLUME 4.--NUMBER 34. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, APIIIL 21, 1854, WHOLE NUMBER 190, EP®iTT^0 THE PITTSTON GAZETTE, D. S. KOON, Attorney-at-Law. seeing, face to face, many of those men, who in song nnd storv, have become immorta—in whose honor monuments have been erected, and whose histories, we, in this dull, com mon place of time, read wiih enthusiastic delight. Nelson, that noblest of tars, who amid all his honors and triumph*, was still a tar,—whose great characteristic was not so much mind, as expanse of heart and soul—who was brave, but not fierce, as a lion, and gentle as a lamb—whose heart w*» as soft 3* it was fearless—whose love and charity were as grpat as his intrepidity—Nelson has often been on the Dame ship with our veieran, and side by side with him. The Iron Duke, too has olten passed before his eye, nnd many others we have not time to name. During his durance as prisoner of the French, our captain made the acquaintance of Jerome Bonaparte, and took quite a fancy to him. Jerome, he soys, " was a nice littlo man, speaking English as well as himself, and very nice in his dress."— CAVALRY: ITS HISTORY AND TACTICS. in ihe shape of sabretashes, shabraques, plumes, Hussar jackets, and the accustomed tom-loolery of cavalry regiments. The black muff and red jelly• have been substituted lor the warrior's helm with but scant tflect. A passage is quoted from the excellent work of tho late Dr. William Ferguson, the Inspector General of Military Hospitals, upon the hideous and confining stock around th6 neck—the opprobiura of our military clothiers. It iir.pedes tho natural flow of the blood, generates congestion of the brain, and a train of opoplectic and aptholmic diseases, deteriorates fh4 sight, and stupefies the The Sizes of Heads. AND With regord to the largo head nnd small head controversy, we must say that we have never been able to coma to any tangible conclusion. Cuvici's head must have been large, for his brain weighed sixty-five ounces. This is generally counted the heaviest known healthy brain;— but we are recently told of a working man who died in University College Hospital, London, and whose head was so large "that, the students hud the brain weighed, out oF curiosity, when they found it to weigh sixty seven ounces, though perfectly healthy. On inquiry, all that they could learn about the man was, that he was said by his neighbors to have had a remarkable good memory. The brain of Dr. Aber-, eromby, of Edinburgh, weighed sixty three ounces. Dr. Chalmers had a very large head indeed (Joseph Hume and h» were said to have the largest heads in the kingdom) j and yet his brain weighed but sixty three ounces—almost under the average. On the other hand, Byron hod tf small head, at least Mr. Leigh Hunt informs us that his hat, which is not a very large one, used to go quite over Byron'tr head, but his brain is said to have weighed1 nearly four pounds. Keats and Shelley had very small heads, Mr. Leigh Hunt's hat going over them too. IlafTaelle had a small head ; Sir Walter Scott had a small; head ; so had Neander, the church historian ; so, also, if we recollect aright what Bernal Diaz says, had Cortez, the conqueror ot Mexico. Wellington's head is sai.l' to have been under the average size. The brain of Mrs. Manning, the murderess, was a pound lighter than her husband's. The skull of Rush was very large, measuring, we think, upwards of twenty four inches round. Pericles, as wo know, had a large head ; so had Mahomet; so had Mirabeaa ; so had O'Conncll. Lamnrtine describes Napoieon's as a small 1)68(1 that had bulged out. The skuil of the poet Burns was carefully measured when it was disinterred on '.lie burial of his wife ; it measured twenty two and a quarter inchround, which, allowing half an inch for the integument, would make the circumference of the living head twenty two and three quarter inches, a largish head, but not extraordinary. Goethe's head, we believe, wav not remarkable #for size. About Shakspeare's head our only information must be from the Siutford bust, which Chantrey pronounced, from enrtain signs, to be almost certainly modelled from on ——1 l/on of'fAr death' It id ft" bust, in his admirable wbrfi.%m9ifi:uD aIs. Impressions of England and its People,'' describes the head, from personal inspection, as a very large one. The skull, he' says, must' have been of a capacity to contain all Dr. Choluier's brains. This, as' Dr. Chalmers was then alt've, was tantamount to saying it was of the largest known dimensions. NoVv, with this very description in our memory, we have ourselves examined the Stratford bust tvitli1 the ulmest closeness and care, and we urthesitatingly declare that the head in that bust is, if not a smallish one, at least such' as any average English hat could easily fit. We believe it is a smallish head. In short, from all the statistic* we have at' command respecting large and small heads, including our own private observations among our acquaintances, we have never been able to obtain any presentable conclusion on the point. The opinion of Ddvid Scott, the painter, wasr, that large heads were generally found in successful men of the world, such as statesmen, bankers, and the like, and that the line! ess of nervous tissue requisite tor the purely intellectual lives of artists, thinkers, and literary men generally, connotfd a small or average size of the head. Even this opinion, however, will break down, if applied in practice. We know' Very energetic,' prudential and weighty men with smallish heads ; and we knew men with very large heads who seem at home only it. the moit exquisite and ornamental kinds of mental activity. More sure tlian any conclusion' that can bo come to on this point of size,- seems to bo n notion we have heard advanced with respect to' the furm of heads.— Length of head From front to back-, wo have heard an eminent and very observing man to be, according to his experience, the most constant physiognomic sign Of ability. Only in one eminent head, that of Sir Walter Scott, had he found thi3 sign wanting ; and in this case, if properly considered, the sign was significant. Next to length or depth, his idea was, that height over the ears, as in Scott's head, was the best sign, although he had not found this nearly so essential. To us it appears that* if to the two dimensions of length or depth, and height, as thus expounded, we add the third dimension of bvadth, and if we attach to-tliB three terms then corresponding' popular meaning* when used in speaking of mental character—regarding a deep head, or a liead long from front to back, or from the forehead to the cars, as significant of depth or astuteness ;• a high head, or a head rising over the ears, as significant of moral elevation ; and a broad head as measured across nnn behind the temples, xia significant of what is called ot generality of view—we shall have as tolerable a system of practical craniology as the facts will warrant ; not very different either from that propounded by the ordina. ly phrenologists, though they- would carry us much faither. Here, also, however, let ns not be too certain in our judgment. We have seen " foreheads villainous low," on very noble fellows, and grand domes of heads on mere blocks and ignoramuses.— London Leader. Suiqiieiiaiia Anthracitc Jonriml From Ik* A'orlh .Imerua* and V. S. Qaiette. THE BRIDE'S FAREWELL. A very seasonable little work under the above title has just been given to the pub. lie by Captain L. E. Nolan. The 8uthor is well known in military circles as havins served with distinction in various quarters of the globe. Even to unprofessional readers, his book is full of interest. It is scarcely a work upon tactics, for in the case of cavalry, in captain Nolan's opin. ion, theso arc not capable of being reduced to set rules. VVhat is wanted is to have man and horse in the most cflicient condition for action at any moment their services may be required. Let this be done, and let a-body of cavalry be placed under the charge of a competent c.ivnlry oflicer, and the result to be obtained would be something very diflerent from anything yet seen in warfare, according to the couviclion of iho writer of the present book. rtrausniiD wkekly by OJJvce with James Helm, Esq., GEORGE 1W. RICH ART, pittston, I'A Farewell, my der.reat mother, 1 om going from Ihee now, But u tour is in mino eye, and a shadow ou my brow ; And a heavy height of borrow is resting mi niy heart, As from tby watchful tenderness I must forever part. C89t in uato Brick /fat/diajt one door South of HulhrrlaiHi'j Store—up stair*, DR. E, SHELP, i4Oa*ctte k. Is published every Friday, at Two Ij.jm.ak8 por milium. Two Dollars ami Fifty . Cent* will bo Charcot) if not puhl within the y»nr* ffo paper will bo ducuutinued until all arrearuges are paid Advi:rtjsljiknts ur« inserted conspicuously at Out Dollar per square of fourteen lino a for three insert! ont no.I TWfciiTY«nvii Ck.nts additional for every subscqpt n lUM.-ruon. A liberal deduction to those who advertiss fdr six mouths or the whole yenr. Work.—We have couuscttd with our establishment n well seU'vled assortment of Jon TvrK which will enu lDle us to eKeuUo, iu the neuteat atyio over/ variety ut printing. ____  SURGEON DENTIST, SCRANTON. Oh ! dearly have I loved Ibcf, and dearly love thee still, And to life'* iaie.it hour that love my heart shall fill; And should temptation's banner o'er iny pathway bo unfurled.Oh J may thy inoinory keep me "unspotted from tho world." N. P.—T»a. H., will upend from the 23d to the 30th of each mouth lu I'ltUtou, and will be found ul tbo " liutler llou*." w here lie will be happy lo utteud to ull who inuy 'equlre bis services. (dept. i), 1853. FareweU, my loving aistera; for many happy voora Wo have aliarcd e.urh other's picture*, uuil dried each tours; And now our patliKare parted, and we never, never more Can live and love together, a* in thoso days of yore. C. R. GORMAN 8 Co., PITTSTON', HA., Hut, oh! thowi bll«r»ful moments will never be forgot, Whatever etna mny alt«*r, Iht* henrt time* changes not; And well you know my love tor you will atwuys be the senses. The Hungarian Hussars wear ft looso black handkerchief around their necks. It would be well if our cavalry were tomorrow to follow their example, and throw all their stocks over their barrnck-walls. "A heavy head-piece," says Dr. Ferguson, "is also a thing to be avoided ; it is everywhere a hindrance and a disqualification to the wearer." With regard to arms, the lance is dismissed altogether by the writer of this book as unworthy of modern warfare. When the Lancer pulls up, the power of his weapon is gono. As far as breaking infantry is concerned, it is the impetuous ot the charge, not the weapori, which does it—the advancing horse, not the protruding lance-point. The rush breaks the square,the weapon comes into play afterwards. The pennons serve as marks lor artillery. They betray in Hingle combat the real point of danger. If they frighten the adversary's horse, ihey cause it to shy,only to carry its mastei out of danger. Agents for Tapscott'* General Emigration and Foreign Exchange. Peraona residing in the country, and wishing to engage passage or send money to their friend* in uny part of Europe may do go with snt'tty by applying a the Pont-ODice. Tapacott 8 Cos. receipt will be fumishd by re* urn mail. IPittston, Aug. -t», 1803. 13ii5inr55 Carta wain**, Thousli I have another homestead, und bear another name. Farewell, mv own door brother, wherever I may ho, My heart * ill fondly cherish 4* sweet memories of ttn?eM— Of our hoppy, happy childhood, when side by (tide wo Atmyed O'er uiuuy a sunny meadow, through many a uuwy gludc. rr-.r- o .1 | Ji U sj *\j OR. J. A. HANN, Officc in Dr. Curtis' Drug Store, Main Street, Oh: It pain* my heart toloave you In the pleasant time of spring, When tlx* huds begin to open, and the birds uro on the wing; When euch note In nature'* music, and each gale that fans my brow Brlug back those Joymis hours that are gone forever now. Tlie common opinion has been that cavalry acting against infantry in squares must incur certain defeat. Such has nover been our own idea. We have seen a runaway horse dash througii a closed turnpilCe gate—we have seen what horses have accomplished in tho hunting field against banks of earth topped with pailing, quickset, and other fences. The animal in such onsefi was beyond control. It was not sensible of any nervous pulsation of tremor in its rider's fingers. It went straight on, without fenr, without nerves, like a cannon bill, From the evidence of our senses, we are inclined to believe that a horse at full speed is one of the most awful " missiles" known in warfare. A horsb will go on for some distance, maintaining its speed, even if it has received its death wound, in all cares save where leg? have been broken, or the skull has been completely shattered—in the second ease even the on. ward progress of the body is not instantly checked. " It is impossible," says captain Nolan, " for the infantry soldier physically to'reaist the power of a horse when ut speed ; that the hor8o will face both fire aiid the bayonet is proved by the nr:nny ex* amplos given. The horso often feels the man's unwillingness to go on and turns, but then it is in obedience to the bridle hand." The Great Frederick won his principal battles—15 out of 22—by cavalry charges. It was a maxim of his day and of his army that infantry and artillery were poweiless against tho mad surging - --- "fihe Prussian horse. His two chief ofliceri were Zlelhen anu oeiuuu- hick tw« General* devoted all their thoughts to making tho men good horewien. The great point to obtain was that they should charge at full speed for 1000 yards with- j out breaking their array. Thi» point was j gained, and with it tho fate of battles. In ; *—r P1TTSTON, Pa December 17, 1852. [The captain saw him just after his marriago with tho Belle of Baltimore—perhaps his toilet was unusually elegnnt at that time—it should have been so, at least.] (St * I g (A . « £1 as i in M v. Ill «~i -t ,« HI s!«: «C^ T~ r»-D p jnf- T -S^ s S (Late o." Mauch Chunk,) OFFERS hi* ProfoiMonnl iiervicei to the people of Scranlon and vicinity. Ollice ul Walter if- Bovtl'a Drug Store, Scrnnton, I'u. December 5, 185'!— ly. DR. G. W. MASSER, Tho lovo I've frflely giveti 1 do not onr»» regret, A it J I irua lor m.my, iiiujik yoiirs I Html I be Impj.y yet; That when time Ima li-fl hid shadow upon mine eye and brow, He will love me then as truly a« I knotc he lavc« mc now. In the West Indies, the captain went out one fine morning upon deck, and found within firing distance o( him an elegant vessel, with a black- flag at her masthead ! He had not a gun on board, though ho did have a large amount or specie ; he says lie took to his heels, and after a chase of two days and one night, succeeded, through tho intervention of a terrific storm, in los. inn sight of his pursuer. The "pirate was not a good marksman ; his balls, which fairly rained during the chase, either'.vent over or fell short of the flying vessel. The captain did not like the idea of parting with his specie, and he sDayg he lost at least a fortnight's growth from apprehension of being caught. He was glad to hearubout a foitnight after, that his pursuer had been taken by an Euglish man of war, and her crew, 32 in number, hung and gibbeted ut S'.. Tibbets, W. I. .5 - | S DS U - e S 3 i r ti f «; ! a t MS S m e" o can n llut oh! you will not wonder t!mt my »«y© should dim with COAL OFFICE An 1 bid ndloii forover to the Joys of childhood's yeirs: That though with deeper melody my I rumbling heart now hpriiitffl, Still numeric* of by-gjim hour* will qultor on the airings. D.P. FULLER 8 Co. East side Main street, nearly opposite Bowlley «$• Beyer's store. Piltnton, April I, 1853. Farewell! n long and kvI fnrewoll, I nay to each nnd all. And may lleaveu*H richu*t blessing* forercr oil you lull! And ehould L through my native land or foreign countries ro:un. li at £D- Jg P- o -r i a* My heurt, with \earninc fondness, will ever turn to hoine Such arc somo of (he counts of the hill ol indictment drawn by Captain Nolan a. gerirtst this long esteemed weapon. He recommends that it should be instantly discarded from our service, and fortifies his recommendation by numerous instances of its inu'ility. The weapons for a cavalry soldi er are a "short hand rifle,"and above all a sharp sword. Give him a gauntlet to protect his lore arm not liis hand, and and in bis nAked hand place a sharp sword —not one which has been carrica in a steel scabbard till it is as blunt as a poker —and you have a formiblo warrior.— With an extract from Captain Nolan's work upon the eflect produced1 by sharp i swords we will close this notice :— -eT .HH I fill! A. PRICE 8 CO., ®®Mi uaasasiiiMnra, Olficr.— West side Main street, Pittston Ami »ometlnni«, whoa the- twighliglit hour hai closed the c:uvn of day, I know you'll linuk and talk of her who'll flien be fur ij • MSsS'Sli § e t S eis c .21 * h, « J tf Ofa ! i» way; And when around the altar yon knee) for uvciifiijtr prayer, Oh ! Mother, ShrtflW, Urothvr, do nut forgtl vie there t March 33d, 1454. II. S. N. ATM " Luzerne county, l'a JOB imQITTNG 00, 1052, J. BOWKLE7 i BETBA, mmEiJL/AWL Coal Merchants, (Jffici Corner of Muin ami Hail Hutul Sired or every jmsciurno.v During tho Peninsular war, when Wellington wus in Spain, captain Oliver commanded a transport ship, and made many voyages between England and Spain, car. rving out bullocks, war supplies, and provisions, and bringing home sick and disabled soldiers. Neatly and cK;Doditlcmly executed at this I'ittston. LI'ZIkki Counljr, Pa Angust 10, ItiSU. —tf. AN EVENTFUL LIFE. Reminiscence i of an Old Sea Captain. hVutn th8 Savannah Hrpublican. OFFICE. On reasonable term*. COOPER 8 VANZANDT, We had n long onJ very interesting interview yesterday with Captain John Oli vcr, ol the baik Spermaceti, which arrived al this port some days ainco from Livpool, consigned to Messrs. Andrew 8 Co. The capltiin is a veteran English Tur, who has followed the tea sincc he was ten years of ege. He was lDorn in 1777, and tors consequently lived on tho wave for 60 year?. Ho tells he has been in every (jiiarier of the Globe except Greenland.— lie has traversed the Atlantic in every direction, has been up the Pacific as far as 52d parallel, has visited the Baltic and the Mediterranean Seas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Indian Ocean ; lias doubled Ccpe Horn nnd the Cape of Good Hope ; has visited Canton and Van Dicman's Land, and the coasi of Africa ; has been chased by nirates, taken prisoner by the French and Americans, and, indeed, has seen, perhaps ns much of the world, and experienced as many adventures, as any man living—as ho himself remarked, his life, if written out, would read " as well as a novel." Yet long as his career has been, and hard and toilsome as it must have been, its many vicissitudes have made but little impression upon him. His liair, which is quite dark, is but lightly sprinkled with the silvery mementoes which Time leaves behind htm, and his face, | though marked with the inevitable wrink. led footprint, is ruddy, round nnd full,and suggestive of perfect health ond strength. He never took but one dose of medicine, he tells us, in his life, which was lo re store him after the or.ly spell of sickness he has over known. In recoiding some of the captain's adventures, elicited by our questions, we shall not attempt to give j them in chronological order, but as may be to us most convenient. jy in a id nf ull kinds alirays on hand. JS."i ir rOETERS A 7* I) DEALERS IN reign Wines aud Liquors No. 21 New Street, New York. The captain lias been married twice.— In 1632 lie lost a wife and seven children at St. John, N. 15. He has now fouruhiltlicit liritsp/ ~l/lrtwk.a son AH v»nre a1«', and a daughtor, tho youngest, two years of age. One daughter, by his first wife, now resident and married in Liverpool, the captain says could navigate a ship in her girlhood ait well as himself. He has had 14 children in all. t. n.'O lp ius ooorKa, August JO, 1850.—1 y. (.1148. A. tUilANDT, Jll " When I was in India an engagement between a party of the Nizam's irregular horse and a numerous body of insurgents, IUUU I'lltwyi ... • -. • • I - greatly iuferior in numbers, defeated the llohillas with great slaughter. Pittston Gazelle Printing Office, Pittfctoii, l'a. H. A. GOULD 8 CO. WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, No. 221 Washington Street, Corner of BaroUy Street, DR. C F. HARVEY, BWCEftS MTIST " My attention was drawn particularly to the fight by the doctor's report of the killed and wounded, most of whom had suffered by the sword, arid in the column of remarks such entries as the following wero numerous: n. a. coui.ii, I k. s. anui.n. f SEW YORK Franklin Street, next door to Dr. Dowlitlle, WILKES-BAltRK, J'a. November 11, IHj3. •»* We invite «hCD attention nf Country Mcr ■Hants ant! others to our full and tl«*siralDle stock o Itoa.iy.made Clothing whkli »c oflij at very low 'utes. Merchants visiting the city fur the purpose of purchasing Goods in our line, would ilo well to reive us a call before purchasing elsewhere. September 0, IH50.—tf. His ancestors were remarkable as long lived persons. 11 is grandfather died at a very advanced age, and his father al 116. The latter was land steward for 60 years, under two Lords the present Lord and his father. In speaking of the present Lord, the captain observed that ho was bom seven years after his mother was buried ! many of the contests dflring the Seven Years War, the Prussian cavalry literally swept Whole armies out of the field like chatfbefore the wind. The arm of these horserrten was the sword—the secret of their victories good horsemanship. BALDWIN to BRADY'S mTf8 eiot8W AND GENERAL STAGE OFFICE, " Arm cut off from the shoulder. " Head severed. " Both hands cut off (apparently at one blow) above the wrists, in holding up the arms to protect the freed. ' " Leg cut off above the knee,'" 8c. "I was astonished'. Were these men giants to lop off limbs thus wholes8le 1 or was thin result to be attributed (as 1 was told) to the sharp edge of the native blade and the peculiar way of drawing it ? ,\o. 10W,R:ioi! Street, Johnson, Wells A Co., MANUFACTURERS liAAC II. B.M.tnVlN. 1 tSAMUEt. A. IIK.MiV. D PlIUAJXtMIA l-fcteof llunvillo nutl llloom*burg, Pn. D Not the least interesting portion of captain Nolan's work is a somewhat lengthy translation from Berenherst's weli known work, " Belrachlungcn ubcr Krsigkunst." B'y this author the point in mathema'ically considered, so to speak, an.1 it appears to be demonstrated that, if the cavalry line will but hold on its way after it has been once properly arranged, some score of two saddles may be emptied, but the horses must get in. infantry has but time to deliver two Volleys (this before the long range) and thus to knock oict every sixth horse. Twelve second are allowed the foot soldier to reload his piece. The cavalry soldier passes over six hundred paces' in thirty seconds—each 100 paces, five scconds. If the infantry fires when the cavalry is 300 paces distant, and uVelve scconds luter again, they have three seconds left to bring- the bsyoiiet to the charge! A.VO WUOEG.SALE DEALERS IN tV" TERMS ONE DOLt.AB PER DAY It arch 11. I SOS. HOOTS, The captain explained : The mother of the present Lord was buried while alive, though to all appearance dead. The old Lord's gardener exhumed the body, being tempted thereto by a diamond ring of great value, which had been left upon ludy E.'s hand when buried, her husbar.d being unable to romove it except by the knife, which he cuukf not Ret his cohsent to do. Upon the gardener's cutting the ring finger, the ladv awoke to consciousness, and the gar. dener running off, lady lidgecome look the lantern he hud brought, went home, and lived for many years. The gnrdener was never heard ol alter his sacrilegious attempt to rob the tomb ; his family are now enjoying a pension from the noble lord, who thinks of the gardener with gratitude, and would willingly have provided for him could he have found him. The captain mcntiohed many ' other things of interest, but our article has already exceeded the bounds we had allowed it. We have only to say in conclusion, that we are much indebted to captain O. for his obliging communicativeness, and that we greatlj entfy him the many aJven tures and stirring scenes through which he has passed. For our readers' sake who have doubtless become so much interested as ourselves, we would state that the captain promises to live half a century longer. and to see still more of the world. D . Of courso we asked, how could '.hat be ? " GRIG33, ZABRISKTE 8 LOVELL, 32132,3 MI© No. 35 Courllaiidt Street, (First dear above tkc Merchants' Hold.) jamkb w. JoilKeg.v, i J *• BEKKKTT, Jn 5 V. VOllK. { c. Y. riEMuN. 'y- WHOLtMAl.K (. JUF.Ra AM) COM MISSIOX M KUCHA NTS, pro. 25!2, Washington Street : " I became anxious to see these horsemen of the Nizam, to examine their won derful blades, and learn the knack of lop ping off men's limbs. (Between Murray auii Robinson St«.) iiiki M.Otntuf, ) 4lM.fl. I. N. ZmiRISKIB* D Uiiux u. Lovkll. ) II. K. WKI.M, January 21. IH51 NKW -YORK, Aug. 12, lHD3.1y. JOHN GILBERT 8 CO. Wholesale Druggists, HOUSE, " Opportunity soon offered, for the Commander in chief went to Hyderabad on n tour ot inspection, on which L accompanied him. Alter passing the Kistna river a squadron of these very horsemen joined the camp as part of the escort. " And now fancy rr.v astonishment! WYOMING No 177 North Third Street, A few doors nbovc Vine Street, East siJe, (xEAtt THE UAILU'JAI) DEPOT ) Scraulou, l*a. JT. O. BUKGESS, Proprietor. |CJ" Charges Moderate. Beptcnib*? -*», 1£S3. I'lll LADELTIIIA. GILBERT, Bit.AS II. WF.KT2 tiOliaTAMTl.Y ON 1UND, * I.AROB A«eO*TMKNT Or Drug*, Medicine*, Chemicals, Fuller*' und Dyers Artielc*, l'niiita, Oil*, Window Olu**, mid Painter*' Article*.'; A|*Dtliccnrir»' Gl««- ware, Patent Medicine*, J-c,, if-c. August HO, 1650.— ly. '•The sword blades they had were chiefly old Dragoon blades cast (rom our service. The men had mounted them after their own fashion—the hilt and handle both of metal, small in the grip, rather flat, not round like ours, whore tho edge seldom falls true ; they all had an edgo like a razor from heel to point; were worn in wooden scabbards; a short single sling held them to the waist belt, Iroin which a strap passed rhroUgh the hilt to a button in front, to keep the sword steady and prevent it flying out of the scabbard. " Tho sword's are never drawn except in action. Ml! ANTON HOUSE, Ho was at ilic bailies of the Nile and Trafalgar, and at llie bombardment of Copenhagen. The last engagement, he says, was much the most terrific of the three. He had rather have been at " twenty Niles than one Copenhagen."— These are nice calculations, and from them xve turn to another portion of the subject. In the disputed question between "Heavies" and "Lights," Captain Nolan is entirely in favor of the latter. "If a heavy-armed horseman gallops and exerts himself only for a few minutes, the horse is beated by the weight, the rider is exhausted bv supporting himself and his armour in the saddle—his sword arm hangs help, lessly by his side; he can hardly raise his heavy broadsword ; such a man is at the mercy of any light horseman who may turn upon him." This is btrf a dismal picture of oar tall friends—the Heavies— in action. As may be supposed from this description, defensive armour is treated with the most supremo contempt, not only as useles, but as positively injurious, from the fatiguo it causes to tho wearer. Capt. Nolan', indeed, is completely of opinion that heavy cavalry should be maintained, but that the weight should be in tho horse, not the rider. Tho places where a cavalry soldior has to dread wounds are on the back of his head, his arms, and his legs. As for his chest, that must bo left to take care ol itself; he has little to dread there from his actual antagonists, and a cannon j ball or Minie rifle bullet would make light work of helm or cuirass. Small men, lightly but efficiently armed, on horses more "or less powerful, as the cvalry is to be heavy or light, constitute the ■personnel of Captain Nolan's system. He tells us the Hungarian Hussars are about the best light troops in Europe, and they are all small men. hi a Word, the great maxim would appear to be speed, not weight. Jf this maxim held good even during the last way, What' must be the base no*V, whon fi re begins to be. operative at so much more distant a poiiH 1 From the question of men and fiorses we pass on to Weapons, accoUtcrmcnis, 8o. OPPOSITE BCKASTOS3 8 PLAITS STORE, SCUANTON'. PA. D K KRESSLER, Proprietor. GEO. W. BRAINBRD 8 Oo. 103 Murray, near Woat Street, New Vor n. r *.D this hou*C. Depot. A carriJisfc will bo iu rjudineas to coijvey guest* tic lifrival of ib namoJiger truiii at ibu 'aoju. iW3-iy GEO. W. BBAIKWID, I Aug. 2, ibSO.—ly*- DAVID CELDF.N Wim iPA8K HDW-L ©©©TO MI!D 8fU'®8§ The ship Elepliani, upon which ho Was, lbst 367 men during the fight. fie went to his gun at 7 o'clock one morning, and left it ut 4 o'clock P. M.; of the ti.irtcen men who aided him in serving the gun, eight were killed on the day in question. The captain says that sailors sometimes say they would as soon go into an engagement us to breakfast, but ho is not of that opinion. Alter the first quarier of an hour, however, one does not mind it, nor (eel any longer embarrassed. lie has often been hand to hand with the enemy in boarding, and this specie* of fighting, ho savs, is most repugnant to him. He gave us quite a nouchalent account of a feat ol carving performed by him during a " boarding," in which he was compelled, •fler being missed by a pistol ball, to take off the head of the man who tendered it to him. In all his engagements, he never received a wound, or lost a drop of blood.— In his long career as shipmaster, he never lost a man, was never wrecked, never went ashore, never experienced a collision at sea. HYDE PAUK, PA. By WAMB3LD 8 HUFFORD, AT WHOLESALE. FROTHINGHAM, NEWELL 8 CO FamU Wainbold, Henry Ilufford, I, 1803, Gin (Late W. M. NeweH 8 Co.) HAVE taien the Capacious Store No.51 Broad* tnav where they will keep an extensive stoci of BOOTS and SHOES of the best style and quality, which they ofTer on favorable terms. Merchants of tho Wyoming Valley ate particuarly invited to call and examine ourstoc*. New York, January 1,1851—tf. , " Thinking the wooden scabbards might be objected to as not suitable to Cartipaingning, 1 got a return from one ol these regiments, and found tho average of broken scabbards below that of the regulars, who have steel ones. The steel is snapped by a kick or a (all ; the wood being clastic, bends. They are not in the man's way ; when dismounted Ihey do not get between his legs and trip him up ; thcv make no noise—a soldier on sentry of a dark night might move about without betraying his positidh to the enemy by the clanking ot the rings against tho scabbard. All that rattling noise in column, which announces its approach when miles ofT, afld makes it so difficult to hear a word of command in the rauks, is thus got rid of, as well as the necessity of wrapping straw or hay found the scabbard, a# now customary when engaged m any service ih which an attempt is made to surprise an enemy. WYOMING HOTEL, By O. W. MEBCEUEAU, Ho. 333, Greenwich street, near Duane Would it not please you to pick up b string of pearls,' drops of gold, diamonds and precious stones, as you pass along the street ? It would make you feel happy lor a month to como. Sueii happiness you can give to others. How, do you ask ? By dropping sweet words, kind remarks and pleasant smiles as you pass along.— These are true pearls and precious stones which can never be lost, of which noue can deprive you.—Speak to that orphan chiW—see the diumonds drop from her chceks. Take the hand of the friendless boy—bright pearls flash in his eyes.— Smile on the sad and dejected—a joy suf. fuses hi* cheek more brilliant the most splendid precious stones. By the wayside mid the city's din and at the fireside of the poor, drop words and smiles to cheer and blesg. You will feel happier when resting on your pillow at the close of day, than if yotf had picked up a score of perishing diamond*. The latter fade and crumble in time—the farmer grow brighter with sge amd produce happier reflections forever. KINDKBSS. NEW YOttK July 18, 1853 wmm, EVERTS 8 CURTISS, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN F*SI! FRUIT, OILS 8 PROVISIONS, Fashionable Barber atul Hair Dresser. Id the Room adjoining Cohen's Clothing Store and opposite the Eagle Hotel, PitUton, Pa. WOULD rtapectfully inform the public that he has taken tho Shop formerly occupied Wy I.yinan Fogg, whei* Ue would be pleased to wait on them. Pittston, Nov. 1853. and, Produce and Commission Merchants, No. 248, Fulton Street, near Washington Market, New York. E. 4 O. would call the attention of merchants of Northern Pennsylvania to their extenwve stock of Fi»h, Fruit, Oils a«d Provisions, which they will sett upon as £»v»ral4e terms as any house in New York city. EAGLE HOTEL. SiML. P. EVERTS, I CH*a. o. CURT188. J March 28, 185V-ly. GEORGE LAZARUS, P1TTSTON, PA A Vs 1H59. Brown 8 Lazarus, Forwarding anJ. Commission Merchants P1TTSTON. PA. Wiri, 8Ucu4 to forwarding mcI recwlviag goods at Iholr store house, roar of (.aianoN Hotel. All goods consigned to llielr earn forwunlcd Willi ac»palefc.  His principal voyoge by land was made perlorce, while a prisoner of the French. During this march the captain picked up the only knowledge of French whioh he mijovs. After eighteen months' duresse in a French prison, ho made his escape into Germany, and thence traveling by night, begged hid way to Riga, where he obtained passage to England, lie was also made prisoner bv the American# in the hist war, and after staying in Boston far some time on parole, was exchanged, and once more trod his rative deck. BARGAINS! BARGAINS.' 1 "A« old trooper of the Nitam' told me the old hroad English blades were in great favor with them when mounted, and kept as aboVe described ; but, as we wore them, they were good for nothing in their hands. " I said, « How do you strike with your sWords to cut of men'» limbs V Architecture, r I "MIOS F. wanting anything designated above -L will iDluaDc give the subscriber a call, who i» pcepared to make drawings for buildings, write specifications, if-c. May be found by inquiring at the Katgie Hotel. GEO. W. LUNG. PiUkston, January 2nd. 1854. Reepeetfufly tondew his Profemional sctvices Utile citizens of Pittstoo and vicinity. Office nearly oppositelhe Pott Office, Pittstan.. Aug. I860'. O. R. GORMAN, M. V. " ' Sflrike hwt 8'r'' sa'" tr°°per. ' Yes, of course; but how do you teach the men to use their swords in that particular way V {drawing it.) " « We never tcach them any Way, sir : asharpiword wili'cut ih any one'a hand.' " NAILS 8 SPIKES. JUST received find for «:iie low, 100 kegs Nails and Spikes of the bost quality, by Aug. 'J7. BllO im fc LAZARUS. No man or woman is fully educated if not accustomod to manual labor. Whatever their mental training, a deduction must be made for ignorance of that important branch. GEORGE W QRISWOLD. RESIDENT DKNTIHT, of Carbondale. One door from 8weet U Jtajnor, on Malno Street.  0^7"The ftllow who kissed the iace ot nature, says it didn't "go'' half mD well ai tho blwacs Of soma of his lady irieada. A second addition of new goods are just- arriving at the Bazaar, which mokes the stock large ana dcsiri0ie _ Among other privileges he lias enjoyed, and which we envy hint much, was lhaiof As might have been expeoted, a guerre a I'outrar.ee is waged agoftiht all frippery BELL'S Best PLANES, manufactured to order, for sale by F. 1. SMITH. ' 111wii? iir-t i y- V: ■ I