Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              Si ' '. • • ' • *i . ' [ ' *« /*' • J* p. r:; ■■ . ,| . ; • , , i' .JXVTT SAM P' '''.'MtT?1 ' "** OUR f ANTHRACITE J NAL; 51 ittefclij timefiftt~(9tM to 31ms, lilftrtttrf, $Dl(tra, ffjt Jtletrrratifi, JHrafng, Itlftfjnnital, nnit 5lgrirtilnrol 3nfEtt of flit Cattafij, 3usfrntiotC Slainiiinenf, 8r.)--€iuo Dollor |to Slnimm, PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1854. VOLUME 4.-NUMBER 38. WHOLE NUMBER 194 the prrrsTON gazetie, D. S. KOON, Attorney-at-Law. Qfice with James Helm, Esq.,, , t-. PlTTSTON, PA. ipoinnsvo THE TWO SPIES. C He thrust the head of the eldest under the water, and while making strong efforts to submorge the younger, who powerfully resisted him, sh'e, to his astonishment, addressed him in Iri* own language, though in almost inarticulate sound». Releasing his hold/stie informed him that she had bgen a prisoner for ten years, and was ta ken from f»elo\V Wheelings that the Indians had killed all ihe family, except her brother and herself, who wjre token prisoners, hut that he hud ejjotppd on second'flight. t)iiriny tbfs nart«iv«, White had drowned the old squaw, and let her float off with the current, where she probably would not be found soon. lie now directed the girl to follow film, arid with his usual speed and energy pushed for the mount. They had scarcely gone half way when they heard the alarm cry some quarter of a mile down the river. It was supposed that some party of Indians returning from hunting had struck the river just as the body of the squaw floated past. White and the girl succeeded in reaching the mount, where McClelland had been no indifferent spectator of the sudden commotion among Ihe Indians. ! had kiSpt tlielr grtfund nnd maintained the unequal fighi from nearly tile middle of the day . NowD, fbVthe first time, was tliejjirl mis. shtg ; and tho spies thought that through terror she had escaped to her former cap. tors, 6r thftt -slie had been killed during the fight; bdt they WeHs ttdt ld'rig left to conjecture. The girl was seen emerging from behind a rock, and coming towards them a rifle in her hand. During tho slie had ieen.nn Indian fall, who had advanced some distance before the rest, and whjle some of them changed their positions, She resolved at once, live or die, to possess herself of his arm* and ammunition ; and crouching down beneath the underbrush, she crawled to the spot and succeeded in her enterprise. Her keen and watchful eve had early noticed the movement toward the rock, and hers was the mvsterions hand by which the two warriors'fell, the last being the most intrepid and bloodthira. ty of the Shawnee tribe, and the leader o the company which killed her mother and sisters, and took her and her brother pris- unfortunately beaten by the loss of one Vote, by my worthy competitor. In the year of our Lord, 1849, my iljustrious friend Thomas D. Condy, gave mo the office of Assistant Deputy U. S. Marshal for the distiict of Barnwell, and while taking the Census I killed one horse and another ran away pud broke my bugg)' » which occasion I rode my hoisc 14 mi'es in UO minutes, of which fact Cof. B. II. Brown is a living witness. Alter I had concluded (his herculean undertaking, a man, calling himself "C. P; P wrote mc from Washington that if I would forward a certain amount of money to him, he would prosecute my claims for an increase of pay sufficient tCD cover these immense disasters, but I grieve io say that from the time 1 sent the money, I have not heard a word from ihe afore. said iCnd never-to-be-forgotten C. F. P j he probably having gone to ports unknown. However, I still enterlafri strong hopes of seeing his disiingiiUhecl name and fac. simile in your widely cirelaied ma^nzine. Pnm the Autobiography of Ittr. J. B. FuUer. AND Sitiqueliana Anlhfncltt ieii*Bal Sastnted on arttn* the body of!■» P Co™; maudtr of the tteamnr " General Jarknou, DH*en p«»or water. It wlflboYi«Dl!erted that he w»» drowned In March, 1847, IDt Fluhklll Landing. In « ilnfk anil «torwiy nlKhl. He «m iffi Iniermiiuff young man, of common endowment*., SSClXl by nlfwbo knew hta-a »e»bew Crf*idgc RexToriH of New York. Frttm ike ttneburg TtUftnpk. As early as the year 1760, the blockhouse stockade above Me mouth of the Hookhocking river was a frontier post for the hardy pioneers of (he Northwestern Territory. There Nature wa* in her tin. dial orbed livery of dark andI diiek forests, interspersed with green and flowering prairies. Then the forest had not heatd the sound of the woodman's aiie, nor tire plow of the husbandman opened the bosom of the earth. Then those beautiful prairies waved theit golden plumes to the God of Nature $ and among tho most luxuriant were those which lay in the Hocklmcking valley, and especially that portion of it on whioh the town of Lancaster now sttftids. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GEORGE M. RICHAtlt ORv E. 6HELP, SURGEON DENTIST, 0*,, in inki*i' iter Brick RnilJinf, one iofr South ef Sulhtrlarut'i Starc—Uf tlain. »Y I. Ok M WIlT. t»t"(lii*TTt k. loVtyM." I« published eraryfrhtay, tftT#b IX) llarr per Hnn'lm. Two Dollars n'icl Klfly veiua♦'Hl'be c.hnrirnd.lf itrttyald wlthlulhafur. No paper will beUrscontlnuodunill all arrearagea aro paid nie Insertedc6nfipleuously at Onb Dot.- nR pur aqunro of lonrtoafi lines for three Insert!ont and lwKNTY-rivK Ok hts uJ'Jlimnolfor«verv»iil)8e(|wn n«wt|.»n. A IHwrnl deduction to til we who u+rcrtlts fornix monthsor Ihewholeyear. ioi Work.—Wo have connected with our oatabllahmont a well nolrtctoU iwiorimeul of Job Typk which will enu blc in to execute, lu the uvutoit »ty1® overy variety of priottiitf. — (Publithed by rtfut.) Maep on, immortal asul I What rock" the world now of thy mournful m, The wnrrlux elt-ments alone can tell 1 TIib suffering of that dark and fearful Iwur, (Vhcn yraplinjf with the lam of onrthly tout, Tliy aoul ret tiro*) to 1t« Ihther, God 1 Where's now the liriaht and ((entle Influence C Df mentors V sweetest vlaton!—where nre now The Joys that thrilled within that youthtal heart, The wreathe# of hallowed friendships, which oncewaTed Their ('truenti tendrils round Ihy generous heart— The eheerftilneSM and Ifloom that varied, aa The holies and years gained their ascendency *,-» What now la fame—proud honor's empty claims, Ambitious, eiidkaw vainly gjorloua thirst— What llume, nnd friends—the adainuntlne power Of sweet affection's holy simpaihy— The breathing aspiration of the soul 1 All rhang'd, aye, chantf'd, earth s vain i nvigiin ngs, lis painted plrtnr.v bright and chequw'd scenes. Which threw their melting halo round thy brow — lu one snort moment vanished ! t • • •••••" Tl» hard to die, e'en though we fee! The Ru«h of wnrm nfffcelloo * slow, Like tatltny zephyrs o*«r u* nteal. Soothing to rest each rulhful throe! SCRANTON. N. B.—Da. P- will np6nd from (ho 53d tn tb« WHWof ench month In Pttlaton, and will- be (bund m the - Hotlor Moim*)" wh«*r» be will bwbappjr to attend to oil whn may require hi* services. hP*PtD ®* l®53- C. R. GORMAN 8 Co., PITTSTON, PA., .Agents for Tapscott's General Emigration and Foreign Exchange. Persons residing in the country, and wishing to engage passage or send money to their friends in any part of Europe may do so with safety by applying a the Post Office. Tapscott 8 Co's. receipt will be furnishd bv re. urn mail. [Pittston, Aug.,20, 18j3. lousiness Cnriis. Here the tribes of the north and west met in council, and from this spot led forth the war path in different directions. Upon one of these occasion?, w hen the war spirit moved mightily among the sons of nature, and the spirit* of their friends who had died in the field of battle visited the warrior in his night visions, and called loudly for revenge, it was ascertained at the garrison at the ir.outh of the Flockhocking river that the Indians were gathering in grea: numbers for the purpose of striking a blow on some of the frontiers. To meet this crisis/ two of the most skilled and indefatigable spies were despatched to watch their progress and repcrt. ■ M o .-§ - fl Is - § »D *" ■» -g „ ii teE-a|: •D * « 3 Ce .2 "3 « DR. J. A. HANN, Office in Dr. Curtis' Drug Store, Main Street, J— m PITTSTON, P* December 17, 1852. oners, Last year 1 ron for Tux Collector in tills important Township, and v/as beaten so badly bv n base combination, of which I wsi wholly unconscious until a few minutes befbio the closing of ;he polls, that 1 have not since entirely recovered my rquanarniiy. As a salvo, however, to this disaster, and just nt this crisis, my distinguished but benighted friend, (ha Hon. James Campbell, Postmaster Gener. al, gave me the Post Office ut this plaee, the duties of which 1 may without vanity say, I have discharged to the comjrfele eit- Itb satisfaction of the whole community. My friends, anxious to socure for me the di-tinguisned honor you have so politer 1y tendered, and as a rew ard for my \arious and ardous services, are now busily engaged in rising a subscription for the purpose of defraying the expenses attend, ait upon this momentous aflixir. I allude to the engraving of my portrait; Ttiey have already appointed a committee to secure the services of a competent artist for ilie all absorbing oconsion, «nd as soon as the picture is completed 1 will forward it * LU CO =r j s s 1 DC■ —! C ►. « in ' « JJ g j .Tlz C2 g I Sis 8s*- QCSX=3 «~io M C £ £h A T JsC 5 3 *" ■ ® t E § Now, in the west, arose dark clouds, which soon overspread the entire heavens, and the elements were rent with p»als of thunder. This darkness greatly embarrus. sed the spies in their contemplated night escape, supposing they might lo«e their way, and accidentally fall upon their enemy ; but a shoit consultation decided their plan, it was agreed that the girl should go foremost, from her intimate knowledge of the locnlity, and an advantage might be gained in case they should fall in with any parties or outposts ; from her krowl edge of the language she might deceive the sentinels. The sequel proved the wisdom •f their plan ; fer scarcely had thev dec. cended a hundred yards, when a lo'v whist from the girl warned them of their dangenCOAL OFFICE) OF Tin hard to din, oVn with Ih" deep Enchanting dream ofhivc » soft ureoth Bathing the senses Into sleep— Souls of the Just, cult thU be death 7 The prairie parties of warriors were seen immediately to strike ofF in every direction, and White and the girl had scarcely arrived before some twenty warrbrs had reached the eastern declivity of the mount, and began to ascend slowly, and cautiously keeping under cover. Soon the spies saw the swarthy foes, as they glided from tree to tree, and from rock to rock, till their position was surrounded, except on the west perpendicular sine, and all hope of escape wo? cut off In this situation nothing was lef' but to sell their lives as dearly as possible, ond this they resolved to do, and advised the girl to es. cape tothe Indians, and tell them she had brcn taken prisoner. She said, " No; death to me, in the presence of my own people, is a thousand times sweeter than captivity and slavory with savages. Furnish me with a gun and you shall see how I can fight as well as die. This place I will not leave ; and if either of you escape, carry the news to my few relolions."D.P. FULLER 8 Co. J* O o .i * JQQ 18 « 55 y »* - s-ss s. i : flO S.Sf'a I Br-t.iSe.Oa-/.: Tin hard to die. e'en though we he»r The sound of friendship*" fondest strains. With kindred rpirHs hoVrlng ne»r. Burning the king of terror*# chains. East side Main street, nearly opposite Bowkley 4" Beyea's store. Pittston, April 1, 1853. But yet 'tl« hard. O, hard In die— And leave all that we hear hold dear, Without one tail, one only Blifli, One lone, one hallowed, silent tear. A. PRICE A CO., ®3)ai. EKSsa8Enrs, Office—West side Alain street, P Hist oil Luzerne county, Pa. August 20, IS52. 'f- McClelland and White, two spirits that, never quailed at danger, and unconquerable as the Lybian lion, were the ones se lected. In the month of October, ond on one of the balmiest days of Indian summer, they took leave of their fellows, and mcved on through the plum and hazel bushes with the noiseless tread of panthers, armed with their unerring and trusty rifles. They continued their march, skirling the prairies, till they reached that remarkable prominence now known by the name of Mount Pica ar.t, the western termination of which is a perpendicular clifl" ol rocks, some hundreds of feet high, and whose summit, from a western view, towers to the clouds, and overlooks the vast plains below. When this point was gained, the hardy spies had a position from which they could see every movement of the Indians below in the valley. tyin-hwt death knetl, the howling Mn-it. Our shroud thetuiow-whlte created billow, from wave to wave with furveaat. The raging surf our dying pillow. liiS tjr v I iP - -B Lgi i v * !U. g t ■f £ « P=°i = =jr 1,JR4K8C;0 •s U-C *3 '£4- J. BOWBXET A BE YE A, Coal Merchants, A shriek—n mureRtc— menTry-# tear Ppringa from thnbosoina Inward fell. Lingering u moment bright ami clear; One pub of angwlA btuaks me spell! Ofilcl Corner of Main and Kail Jioad Street Prrrwov, Luzerne County, Pa. August 10, 1850. —tf. One look above—no cheerful ray. Poem through the angry war on high, All'a durk anil drinr, no hope, no stay— Great Cod, 'tl» fuarful thua to din I The spies sunk silently on the ground, where, by previous arrangement, they were to remain till the signal was given by the girl to move on. Her absence fJr the space of a quarter of an hour began to ex cite the most serious apprehensions. Again she appeared, and told theirt she had succeeded in removing two sentinels to a short distance who were directly on their route. The descent was noiselessly resumed, and the spies followed their intrepid leader for half a mile in the most profound silence, »vnen the barking of a dog at a short dis tance apprised them of new danger. The simultaneous click of the spies' rifles was heard by the girl, who slated that they wero now in the midst of the Indian camps, and their lives depended on the most pro found silence and implicitly following her footsteps. JOB PRINTING COOPER 8 VANZANDT, IT PORTERS AND DS41EE8 IN Foreign Wines and Liquors No. 21 New Street, New York. Hull on, proud water* 1 when thy waves, LuaIi'u Into t ury by the gft llnve renwid tin lr roq litem o erthe graven, Of couutlens victims—when the wall Neatly and expeditiously executed at this OP EVERY DESCRIPTION Of man) a mortal hurled nl°n* Thy rweeplng surge With madness roaring That d-Mjp. Incessant funeral aong. The bodiug seu gulf o'er the soaring. OFFICE. E. HUD' Lt IVK oOOPEH, August 30, 1850.—ly.T can. A. VANZANDT, JB to vour address. Oil reasonable terms. tzg* IHanks of all kinds always on hand. Remonstiar.ee proved fruitless". The two spies quickly matured their plan of defence, ond vigorously commenced the attack from the front, wherp, from the very small backbone of the mount, ihCv savages had to advance 10 single file, ar.d without any shelter. Beyond this neck the Indians availed themselvis of rocks and trees in advancing ; but in passing from one to anoiher they must be exposed for a short time, and a moment's exposure of their tawny forms was euoUgh lor the unerring rifli-8 of the spies. The Indiars being entiielv ignorant of how many were in am buscade, were much more cautious how they advanced. Permit me to express the hope that yon will delay the publication of the next number of your magazine until it makes its afveht. A. KENNER'S Livery and Exchange. Near the Post Ofice, Scranton, Pa. Heady at all times to accommodate toilk Ike best of horsernnd vehicles. Scranton, Feb. £1, 1854-1 tf. Ixxik back, destroyer, so« I he wre«k Of humiin power llioii ham made I Look at the splintered shattered deck Thai spoaka of thvuaanda uoain tnce law i 1UIUAMI MNtl Tb» iwwv wrnne from the broart Of (hut i\(K)rti«l one without * token* Po MKHI to ho iliy Ihtii C1 stnMil. The tied now *cvitM—heani • » * » » • TIiv mil nt« numbi-red—aleep the* on Inthy (lurk prlaon houae of clay, Ton hint n crown of Rlonr won, For I hut BVulttfo!, final day. I avail myself of this opportunity to assure you of the distinguished consideration vViih which I remain, dear sir, IN Pittston Gazette Printing Office, Every day witnessed a now accession of warriors lo the company, The two whites beheld their Ixerctsea of racing, throwing the tomahawk, jumping and dancing ; tiie old sachems looking on with Indian indifference, the squaws engaged in their usual drudgery, and the children engaged in their playful gambols. Tiie airival of a new warrior was greeted with terrible shouts, which, striking ;he mural face of Mount Pleasant, were driven back into the various indentations ot the surrounding hill?j producing reverberations and echoes as if ten thousand fiends were gathering at a universal levee. Such yells would have struck terror into the hearts ol those unaccustomed to Indian revelry. now broken 1 » • • Pillston, Pa. Your jirateful and obediput servant, C- F. TOBIN, Post master. At Barn wet!, C. II., S. C. DR C r. HARVEY, 8MSB0S MIT38T B. A. GOULD 8 CO. WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, We mnnrn the mrt—no voire of Crri"f Mnv reurh Ihe* III thD last repose, Life's but « x-nr'ii itml witherM leaf, Wblrkl, torn by each rude vlod thai Wowit No. 221 Washington Street, Corner of Voice* of NigTit. Franklin Street, next door to Dr. Doolittle, WH-KKS-BARRE, PA. November II, 1853. Barolay Street, To the thoughtful mind 'he voices of night speak in a thousand gentle whisper? ; they are home on the soft breeze, and in the perfume-lad-ned air, in the murmuring brook they have a resting place. Though mist shroud nigh!, beautiful voices of the magical Past ami "Unknown Future coma sweeping in gentle zephyrs through the mind of man. The Present is annihilated and memory with her magic wend brings to mind the happy t ays of youth. «. A. GOULD, I I. I. GOUbD. J SEW YORK Tin mortal—none but mortals drink Till' littler ilrvK* or earthly woe— Vnln djiiiK mortnls only idiriiik From every struggle here below. A moment afterwards the girl was accosted by a squaw, from an opening in her wigwam ; she replied in the Indian lan. guage, and without stopping still pressed forward. In a short time she stopped, and assured the spies that the village wa* cleared, and (hat they had passed the greatest danger. She knew that every leading pass was guarded safely by the Indians, tnd at once resolved to adopt the bold plan of passing through the village, as the least hazardous j and the scq'je' proved the correctness of her judgment..— They now steered a course tor the Ohio river, and, alter three days travel, arrived at t he block house. Their escape and adventure prevented the Indians from making their contemplated attack j and tho rescused girl proved to be the sister of the intrepid Corneal Washburn, celebrated in the history of the Indian warfare, and as the renowned spy of Captain Kenton's bloody Kentuckiaris. BALDWIN 8 BRADY'S si jst s smsi ® mm*, AND GENERAL STAGE OrPIOE, *m* We invite the attention of Country Mer :hanta and other* to our full and desirable slock o .Heady-made Clothing, which we offer at very low rates. Merchant* visiting the city for the purposi •it* purchasing Goods in our line, would do well to .rive tin a call before purchasing elsewhere. September 6, 1850.—tf. Then rout Oiee, In thy slumbers rest, Thh gnivo tin victory hstti won THs but « calmer bed hi best \Vhu we uitiy sleep till all is done. bravely maintaining the fight in front, and kteping the enemy in check, they discovered a new danger threatening them. The arch foe uow made evident preparations lo attack (hem in flank, which could be successfully done by reaching an isolated rock lying in one of the ravines on the southern hillside. This rock once reached hy the Indians, they could bring the spies within point blank range ol their rifles, without the possibility of escape.— Our brave spies saw the utter hopelessness ot their situation, which nothing could avert but a orave companion and an unerring shot. These they hud not, but the bravo never despair. Wlih this impending fate reeling upon ihem, they continued calm and calculating and as unwearied as the strongest desire of life, and the re sistancn of a numerous foe could produce. No. lOS.Racc Street, iswc ii n u.nwiN. l (VMI'RI. HIUDY. D' MlLAMUti* - •ivllletiml HUmmiburj, P». D TH1 earth ha* cancelTd her l«»t debt4 I!,in yMftal nil 10 Him who gnvoj Till voting find old, friend*, ft* h have met* b'uniDion'd JhDni Uu?ir colnmou grav«. I,ate »( Danville una - r;: jy- TKRM8 ONE DOLLAR PEIl DAT March 11 lb53. Johnson, Wells 8 Co., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN HOOTS, aas8s MIS DbiMviria®a, No. 35 Courtlandt Street, ( First door abm'c the Merchants' Hotel.) IAMBS w. JOHNSON, | J *- BENNETT, JR t. *. WELI4, { v. YORK. \c. T. pierson. January SI,'1851.  To our spies this was but martial music —strains which waked their watchfulness, and newly strung their veteran courage. From their early youth they had been on the frontier, and were well practiced in all the subtlety, crali and cunuing of Indian warfare, as well as the ferocious and bloot'» ihirsty nature of these savage warriors.— They were, therefore, not likely to be en. snared by their cunning, nor, Without a desperate struggle, to fall, victims to their tomahawks and scalping knives. On several occasions small parlies left the prairie and ascended the mount on the eastern side. On these occasions the spies would hide in the fissures of the rocks on the west, and again leave their hiding places when their uninvited and unwelcome visitors had disappeared. For food they depended on jerked venison and corn bread, with which their knapsacks were well stored. They dared not kindle a fire, and the report of one of their rides would have brought upon them the entire force of the For drink they depended upon r. in water which stood in some of the hollows of the rocks, but in a short time this storr was exhausted, and McQlellaud and White must find a new supply or abandon their enterprise.— To accomplish this most hnzurdous task, McClelland, being the oldest, r'esolved to make the attempt first; and with his rifle ip his hand, and their two canteens slung across his shoulders, he descended by a circuitous route to the prairie skirting the hill on the north, and under cover of the hazel thickets he reached the river. Turn, ing a bold point of the hill, he found a beautiful spring within a few feet of the river, now known by the name of Old Spring, on the farm of D. Talmadge, Esq. He filled his canteens, ard returned in safety to his watchful companion. It was now determined to have a fresh supply of watef every day, and this duty was per. formed alternately, AIi, ye who k'",w hlm ln hl® *"/ Ami Happy boon of laugh and Klee, When all wan peucu~*»u miner aCtey« A cburiu in mountain, brook iuiu tree; GRIGGS, ZABRISKIE A LOVELL, Again the m«n is a boy bounding o'er hill and dale with the buoyant step of childhood, chasing some gay butterfly or bright forest leaf, as it is borne coquettishly by tho breeze. WHOLESALE QUOCHWI AND When ntlof plManir.Joy and mirth, l« crushed a round their ninny Klmm. New hopes Mich passing b«»ur gave birth All nil usbiiio—flo*tn—ii pleasing dream. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Mo. 252, Washington Street : Again he is a joyous happy child, with no rrgrets for the pas', no longings for the future, his days are one long dream of happiness ami sunshine ; and yet a little farther he is borne on Memory's pinions to the days of early manhood when silver tonged Hope whispered to him of fu:ura fame ; and when he deemed the world as free from deception and guile as his own pure heart. (111). I.I*. 7,»II*I»kib, V ItiSSKK o. LnVKLL. ) (Between Murray and llobii »o:i Sts.) Wert) not—a hnghler world la Ms, We would not wish htm hCfe again I For all In that bright world In bliss. Hero all in sorrow, care and pain. nkw-yokk, [Amc. i% lew-iy. WYOMING HOUSE, Yot we fhall meet again— an nge I» but n life upon tlieacroii. Of lOue's unejTiiiK, bound lew page Klcrnity ilmll then enroll* JOHN GILBERT A CO. (near the railr°ad depot ) 8r»r liton, l*a. J. C. BURGESS, Proprietor. KJD* Charges Moderate. fteptembc 23, 1W3, Wholesale Druggists, 'No 177 North Third Street, A few doora above Vine Street, Eaat side, Thv home's with arrnph's—.in[felt there Thine their wltf hafp" tp notes of love, Which revel In the ambielll air, Re-echoing through the realms a bote I Soon McClelland saw a tali swarthy figure preparing to spring ffom a covert so near the fatal rock that a bound or two would reach it, and then all hopB was gone. Iin felt that all depended upon a single ad. ramageous shot. Although but little of the warrior's body Was exposed, and that at a distance of eighty 91 a hundred yards, he resolved to risk all. tie coolly raised the rifle,C0 his face, and shading the with his hand, look an aim so sure that he felt certain it Would do the work. He touohed the trigger with his finger—the hammer came down—-b..t ir. pluce of sinking fire, it broke his flint into many picpgs; and though he fell that the Indian must reach the rook before he could adjust another, be proceeded to the task with the utmost composure. " Eminent Americans." PHILADELPHIA. Each gem that glitters in the sky, A Heavenly minister of grace, To guide thee to bright worlds on high, Thy vestal spirit's dwelling place. [A serial work professing to give the biographies and portraits of " Eminent Americans," is now being published in New York; We find by a communication in the Barnwell (S. C.) Sentinel, that the "eminent" postmaster at tfaat place, Mr. Tobin, has been solicited t* till a niche in the temple of fame. His reply to the publisher aforesaid, is as follows:—] Dear Sir—Your communication reached me last week, and in replication, I beg leave to state, that if I have ever done any thing worthy of the immortality your magazine is'likely to conifer on me, I am not conscious of it. However, as true met it is always modest, it may be to that 1 owe my ignorance ; at all events, (and 1 am anxious the world at large should know lit,) I have not sought fame, but fame has sought me, as Alexander Smith, the poet, would say - There j* a voice, too which speaks of our hearts when we look upon the azure vault, bespangled with those is'es of spiritual biightncss. Who when he looks uponi these, has nit wished for wings to fly to those bright realms ? They too are voices that speak to us of the grandeur and subD liiiiitv of the works of God. JOHN Olt.BERT. Sibil H. WENT! SCRANTON HOUSE OonaTAnTLY ON IUND, * LAROE ASSORTMENT OP Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Fullers' and Dyers Articles, Paints, Oils, Window Gtuss, and Painters' Articles, Apothecaries Glassware, Patent Medicine*, CfD-, Cf'c- August'JO, I860.—ly.  OPPOSITE BCRANTONS fc PI.ATfS STORE, JllMlL A Poor ManV asked a student that three things he most wished, and SCKANTON, PA D K KRESS LEU, Proprietor. N. B.— A carriage will bo in readlneaa to convey «ueat» '.o iliia on Uio arrival of the piuwunigvr train at tlie ° ailroaU Depot. frfept. $3, IS.VMy GEO. W. BRAINERD A Co. lift said ; 103 Murrey, near West Street, Hew Tor Geo. W. BraineiiD, datid belden [Aug. 2, lH50.--ty*.  " Give me health, books and quint, and I ask for nothing more." I askrd a miser* and he said, " moneymoney I" I asked a drunkard, and he loudly cried for strpng drink. I askrd the muliimde around me, and ihey lifted up a confused cry, in whiqh J heard the words, " Wealth, lame and pleasure." I asked a poor man, who had long borne the character of an experienced Christian j he replied that all his wishes could be met in Christ, He spoke seriously, and J asked him to explain. He said: " I greatly desire those inree things— first that I may be found in Christ, seooxid ly, that 1 may be like Christ; thirdly, that I may be with Christ." 1 have thought much o( his answer, and lit* more I tbiuk of il, the wiser it seems." When we gaze upon these star-lit gems, memories, sad but swert, come crowding o'er up ; memories of loved ones that have passed away,. Again we are taking a farewell of some lovely (lower pf earth, which had been nurtured with tender earn and surrounded by an atmo*phero of- lovct which all our own efforts could not save but we see the lovelj blossom, wither,droop and die ; they may bo likened to those frail flowers—loo delicate to bear the dews of night and which droop at its approach. But night has other voicos than those that memory lends. It is then, when all is solemn silence around, that sott night voices whisper to the soul, of Him who ever seems nearer in the daikne«s, and when memory's waves have rolled over the spirit until it feels sad and troubled, the thought ol dwelling with that Holy Being iu an Eternal day, comes like a bright dream of morning -chasing the gloom of night away. G. G. iraDs mz ram, HYDE PARK, PA, By HENRY HUFFORD, dept. 33, IH.V), 6m mi© WYOMING HOTEL, AT WHOLESALE. FROTHINGHAM, NEWBXjIi A CO. (Late W. M. Newell A Co.) HAVE taten the Capacious Store No. 67 Broadwatt, where they will keep an extensive stoof of nOOTS and. SHOES of the best style and quality, which they offer on favorable terms. Merchants of the Wyoming Valley are particuarlv invited to call and examine our stoci. New York, January 1.1H5I.—tf.  By G. W. lUERCERKAU, 333, Greenwich street, near Duane NEW YOKK. Ko Casting his eyes toward* the fearful point, suddenly Im saw the warrior stretching every muscle for the leap ; and with the agility of a panther he made the spring, but instead of reaching the roclf, he gave a yell and his dark body rolled down into the ravine bolow lie had evidently received bis dcathwound lrom some unknown hand. A hundred voices ro-echoed from below the terrible shout. It was evident they had lost a favorite warrior, as well as being disappointed for the time in their most important movement. A very few minutes proved that the advantage gained would be of short duration ; for already the spies caught a glimpse of a tall swarthy warrior coutlously advanoing to the covert recently occupied by his companion. Now, too, the attack in front was renewed so as to require the incessant firo of both the spies to prevent the Indians from gaining the eminence ; and in a short time McClelland aaw the warrior preparing to leap to the rook. The leap was made, and the Indian, turning a somerset, fell deadr and hfs corpse rolled down the hill towards his companion. Again an unknowrt hand had interposed. This second sacrifice cast dismay into the ranks of the assailants ; and jubt as the sun was disappearing behind the western hilts they withdrew to a short distanoe to devise some new mode of attaok. This respite cams most seasonably to our spies, wb» i " ' ' r July 15, 1933, toil Fashionable Barber and Hair Pressed. Iu the Room adjoining Cohen's Clothing Store and opposite the Eagle Hotel, Pittston, Pa. WOULD respectfully inform the public I hat he has taken the Shop formerly occupied by Lyman Fogg, where be would be pleased to wait on them. Piltslon, Nov. 1853. In taking the retrospect of my early days, I can discover nothing worthy of record, Unless it be the stealing of a few water-melons at school, lor which I was beaten with many stripes, or the riding of a lew quarter races, lor which 1 received an occasional and solitary ginger cake ; or adventures ol similar import. " Fame! fume! next grandest word to God!" BVBST® A OURTIBS, wholesale A^,EovisioNa'SH' FRUIT, OILS 8  and Produce and Commission MerC.lflnts, No. 248, Fulton Street,%near Washington Market, New York. SAO. would call the attention of merchants of Northern Pennsylvania to their "J?* nf Pish Fruit, Oils and "Provisions, which they will sell' upon as favorable terms as any house n New York cKy. March88,1851-ly. A.Lot? Scphe.—Overheard and phonographically reported by Fhrederick l'hine. " l'liairest of the phair," sighed the lov. er, " phanoy my pheeling when 1 phorsee phearfu! consequ«neea of pur phealings phrom your pliather'a phamily. Phew phellows could have phaced the music with as much phortitude at I have) and as phickle phortune phails to amile upon our love, 1 phind 1 must phorego the treasure of becoming your husband. Fhalrest Fhrancis, pharewell, phorever." wHold, Fhranklin, hold!" soreamed Fhrancis, " I will phallow you bhor»ver." But Fhranklin had phled and Fhranci* phainteJ. Op one of ihese occasions, after White tad filled, his canteen, he sat a few monenls watching the limpid element os it same gurgling out of the bosom ol the )(Drth, when the light sound of footsteps :aiigbt his practiced ear, and upon turning round he saw two squaws a few feet from him. On turning the fbot of the hill, the elder squaw "gave one of those far. reaching whoops peculiar to Indians.— White at onoe comprehended his periloui situation. 11 the alarm should reach the camp or town, he and Ilia companion must inevitably perish. Self preservation com« pelted him to infieot * noiseless death on the squaws, and in such a manner as, if possible, to leave no trace behind. Ever rapid in thought, and prompt in action, he sprang upon his victims, with the rapidity and power of a lion, and grasping the throat of eapb, sprang into the river — At 17, 1 ran away from my venerable old Guardian, the Rev. Ans.'ord Cade Duncan, (long lile to him,) and vamosed to the great far west, wherp 1 flourished for a short time, and a short time only, and upon returning I lost 811 my money upon a game vulgarly culled "poker," (ot which, ol course, you know nothing.) upon one of the boats of the Alabama River. This was about the time the Ben;. Franklin bursted, and killed so many; and, had I not been standing near the 6tern of the vessel, you would nevar have had the opportunity of handing my name, fac simile chancier and adventures, down to an eager posterity in the columns of your justly celebrated magazine. J returned to my own, my native land, found less, and perhaps somewhat seedy in and run for first Lieut, m a distinguished militia company, but waa EAGLE HOTEL. Why Woman was madb of a Rib.— A young lady having asked a suigeon' why woman was made from the rib ol a man in preference tp any other boui\ lie gave tha following gallant answer:—" She was not taken from the head lest she would rul» over him; nor from his feet lost he should trample upon her; but »ho was take* from his side, that she might be his cqpat j from under his arm, thnt he might protect hor; from ntar his heart that lie' might cherish and lovo her." GEORGE LAZARUS, PITTSTON, PA. A-i-S. 1830.,* Architecture. Brown 8 Lazarus, Forwarding and Commission Merchants PITTSTON, PA. WILL attend to ft»w*Mln|r their store hmiHe, renr of Lasanrfs Satol. All goods consigned to Mr eere forwarded WlU» dwyaKh. fTMlOSE wanting anything designated above X will please live the subscriber a call, who is prepared to make drawings for buildings, writ'; Hiieciflcarions, May be found by inquiring at t he Eagle Hotel. OEO. W. LUNG. Pittston. January Slnd, 1851. NAILS to SPIKES. JUST received and for sale low, IIM kegs Nails aad Aug.'*?!0' » MZAEM. H. OOHMAN, M. ». Respectfully tenders hie Profcsaionalserviqes topic citixens of Pittston and vicinity. Oficenedr^opfCuitethe Post Ofice,Pittston. OCT'• Whv did you riot pocket somo of these pears t" said one boy to another " nobody was there to see." " Yes there wan—I was, there to see myself, and I don't ever mean to see myself" do a mean thing." ' %• It i4 through madness lhat we hate an enemy, and think of revenging opr. selves, and it la through indoleooa that w« are appaaaad, ami to Sot ieva»^pw»l*w. BARGAINS! BARGAINS!! A Wit secoiuf adUMion of «• ««*»• viw at the Ba.aar, wkieh -oak large and desirsfcl?. tStif-