Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              V I t', CT . ■ AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. a SKetltli) JSentspoptr—( JtraaMi to XSrtna, littraton, tjjr JBttraatiU, fining, Jfkrlumical, nni agritnlnrnl 3nltrate af tjrt Catmttq, Statrartian, anraatmraf, 8c.)--$ttra Jallata Smram, VOLUME 4.--NUMBER 51. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1854. WHOLE NUMBER 207. THE PITTSTON GAZETTE, D. 8. KO ON, ATTTRNBY AT LAW—Offlc. with J«me» Helm, iq Pillslou, Pa. ons, end binding collarets, hod been left ti these lone, leisure hour*, as matters of amusemeut. QAMBLING AT WIESBADEN they would be pure as they are beautiful. I With the dukes and duchesses, the lords and ladies, thieves and sharpers of all sorts, and travellers who resort in summer time to these fountains of health and pleasure, come these gay women, and as they roll through the street in their splendid carriage*, or sail into a bail room at midnight, yo'i might mistake them for the greatest ladies in the land. "Never buy a book by (he cover," said my Irish coachman at Dublin, and the advice is quite as good in Cermany. A person who has never seen • wild elephant can form no idea of his real char, acter, either menially or physically. The unwieldy and sleepy looking beast, wbd, penned up in his cage in a menagerie receives a sixpence in his trunk, nnd turns with difficulty to deposit in a box, whose mental powers seem concentrated in the idea of receiving buna tossed into a gaping mouth by children'a hands ; this very beast may have come from a warlike stock. Hi« aire may hovn been the terror of a district, a pitiless highwayman, whose soul thirsted for blood; who, lying wait in some thick bush, would rush upon the unwary passer by, and know no pleasure greater than the act of crushing bis victim to a sltuplcss muss beueath his feet. I have heard p»oplC* exlaim, upon hearing anecdotes of elephant hunting, "Poor things ! " Poor things, indeed ! I should like lo see tho very person who thus expresses pity going at his best pace with u tvild elephant alter hiin; give him a lawn to run upon il he likes, and see the ekpliant gaining a foot in every yard of the chase, fire in his eye, furv in hia headlong charge ; and would not the flyirg gentleman, who lately exclaimed "Poor thing!" bo thankful to the lucky bullet that wonld save him from destruction ? There are no animals more misunderstood than elephants; they are naturally savage, wary, and revengeful displaying as great courage when in their wild state as any nimsl known. The fact of their great natural sagacity renders thorn the more dangerous a* foea. Even when they are tamed, there are many that are not safe for a stranger to approach, and they are then only kept in awe by the sharp driV.'ng-hook of t!io mohout. Elephants aro gregarious, and the average number of a herd is eight; although they frequently form bodies of filly and even eighty in one troop. Each herd consists of a very large proportion of females, and they are constantly met without a single bull in their number. ] have seen some small herds formed exclusively of bulls, but this is very rare. "The bull is genermuch larger than the female, and is generally more savage. His habits frequently induce him to prefer solitude to a gregarious life. He then becomes doubly vicious. He seldom strays many miles from one locality, which he haunts for many years. He becomes what is termed a ,• rogue." He then waylays the natives, and.in fact becomes a scourge to the neighborhood, attacking the inoffensive wiihout the slightest provocation, carrying destruction into the natives' paddy fields, and perfectly regardless of night fires or the ususl precautions for acaring wild beasts. The daring pluck of tnese rogues is only rqusled by their extreme cunning. Endowed with that wonderful power of scant peculiar toelephanta, be travels in the day time doum the wind; thus nothing can follow upon his track wiihout his knowledge. He winda his enitny as the cautious hunter advances upon his tract, and he stands with ears thrown forward, tail erect, trunk thrown high in air, with i:s distended tip pointed to the spot from which he winds the silent but approaching danger. Perfectly motionless does he stand, like a statue in ebony, the very essence of attention, every nerve of sense and hearing streched to its craking point; not a muscle moves, not a sound of a rustling) branch against his rough sides; he is a mute figure of wild and fierce eagerness. Meanwhile, tho wary tracker stoops i to the ground, and with a practiced eye pierces the tangled brushwood in searoh of his colossal feet. Still further and further he silently creeps forward, when suddenly a crash bursts through the jungle; the moment has arrived for theambuihed charge, and the elephant is upon him.—From the Rifle and Hound in Ceylon. AND THE OHOST. Let me warn you, if you ever go lo sen, you mny as well omit all such preparaiioDS. Don't leave so much an ihe unlocking of a trunk to be done after sailing. In the few piecious minute# when the ship standi slill before she weighs her anchor, set vour house, that is lo say, your state.room as much in order as if you were going to be hanged ; place every thine iu the most convenient position to be stized without trouble at a moments notice ; lor be sure that in half an hour after sailing an infinite desperation will seize you, in which the grasshopper will be a burden. If nnvlliing is in your trunk, it might almost as well be in the sea for nnv practical probability of your getting to it. Moreover, let your toilet be eminently simple, for you will find the time commirtg whon to button a cuff or arrange a ruff will be a mailer of absolute despair. The Re*. S. I. Prime, in his last letter from Germany, gives a sketch of Wiesbaden, the celebrated watering plsce, including the following account of Kursa.il one of the greatest gambling establishments on the coniinent. fuiqnehana Antliracite Journal A CARD. Translated from GellerV« Fables— ( German.) PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GEORGE M. R1CE1ART Mr. Richabt:—Employing your Colunmt, to announce to the Public that 1 have established a Law Office ut the BUTLER HOUSE in Pitt«- TMN, I desire to add j that in addition to the huiinen* of Counsel and Collecting, I oliall give partitular attention to the art of Conveyancing— adopting the ncateat and niott approved Forma of Dkkds, Leases, and all Contracts, Ileal and I'eraonal. Your» Truly. J. M. ALEXANDER For the Pittstsn Qazette, A landlord wns, a* I am tflld, Long troubled by a Goblin bold ; So secretly he learned the art Of banishment, the Gho*t to start; The magic, though, proved powerless. The Ghost was not deterred by magic art, And re-appeared in bis while dress, Each night in all his ugliness. BY SCHLEOEL. OJIcffa Jinking* ueto Brick BnUd\ng% one door South of Sutherland*s Store—up stair*. "And now let us drop into the Kursaal, a long and imposing building on one aide of the square, while colonades line two other sides with all manner of shops for the display of fancy articles for sale.— This Kursaal is the temple of Wiesbaden, the greatest gambling house of Germany, and has something of a national establish, mcnt character about it. With a strange but very common fallacy by which nations as well as individuals often deceive themselves into the belief that ti must be licensrd in order to regulate it, tho govern, mem sells a liccnso to a company to set up a gambling table here, and a handsome revenue is indeed iecured to Ihe Grand Duke by the operation. The company pay to the government about 825,000 a year for a license, and besides this they are obliged to keep the house and giounds in order.9b*"Ga7.kttic 8 Journal" ia published erervPrlday, at Two Dollars per annum. Two Dollars and Pifiy Cents will bo charged if not paid within the year. K paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid vkrTisicxknts are inscrtedcoiisplcuously at Onk Dollar per sq.iare of fourtuen lines for throe luscrtl ont •ndTwkRTT-Fiv* Cinti tuMltioimlfornvcn sub*eCinen 'nsertion. A liberal deduction to those whoudvertiss lor six months or the whole year. Jfci Work.—We have connected with our establishment a Well selected assortment of Jou Tfrit which will eua Ho ut to execute,in the neatest style every variety of printing.  Pittston, May 5 If Just in Time. A. KENNER'S LJVERY ANO EXCHANGE. NEAIl THE POST OFFICE, 8CHANTON, FA. Heady at all Hints to aecammoilate with the test of horses and rchicltl. Scrantun, Ftb. 24, 1851-11/. A poet now moved in this house; The Host, who (eared to stay at ni»ht nlone, Invites the I'oet's call, nnd aid, nnd use, To read some verses of hi* own. The Poet rend a chilling tragedy, Which, if not with the Host, it did with him agree. The Qhost, whom but the Host, though not thiu A young physician having tried in vain lo get into practice, at last fell upon lhc following expedient to set the ball to rolling. He sprung upon his horse once a day, and drove it full speed through the village. A Iter an absence of an hour ta would return, and carry with him some ol his instruments—thinking if he could imprei.9 his neighbors with the opinion that he did practice, they would begiu to place confidence in his ability. A w'ag, who more than suspected the deceit which he was praciising, determined to know th« truth. He accordingly kept his horso in readiness, and the next time that the doctor galloped by his door, sprang on his steed and placed Inmsell on the young gentleman's trail.— The doctor saw the man follow at his heels, but did not, at first evince any uneasiness. At length, however, he thought it advisable to turn down a narrow lane. The pursuer Followed on liko an evil genius; but the doctor was not discouraged. Another ruad lay a short disianco ahead of him, down which he turned. The other kept close at his heels, the doctor grew impatient toreturn home. There was no house by the way at which ho could find any pretext for stopping. In the mean lime his saddle bags were with him, and he was otherwise equipped for business fth that he could not return, in the lace ofhis neighbor, without exposing the secrets ot the trade in the most palpable manner. Every bound of his Meed carried him farther from home ; and tho shade of night began to fall on the hill and tower. Siill tho sound o! horse's hoofs were thundering in his rear, and he was driven to his wit's end; but just as he turned the angle of a wood, he heard a low moan. A man lay prostrate near the fencc of a meadow,' and blood gushed from a wound in his aim. He had cut an ar. tery with his sythe, and was in danger of immediate dissolution. The young doctor sprang from his horse and stanched the wonud. Bandages were applied, and his life was saved. The pursuer had also thrown himself from his horse, and as the physician tird the last bandage, he looked up in his face and said—"How lucky, neighbor, that I was able to arrive just in time." •teiira Carte. J O B PRINT ING, S. STEURMER 8 BROTHERS, OK EVERY DESCRIPTION Boot eft* Shoe Maltor». pOCt BaW, Neatly and expeditiously executed at this office, 011 reasonable terms. First dour South of th« 1mgit Jiolciy l'itlttouy Pa. rphankful for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed 1 uj»oii ihi'in eurnes'ly solicit acontiniuuce of the aaine. Those wishing work made up neatly ami substantially will iiud it lo their advantage lo give (It m a cull, Modenite prulits and alrict punctuality aro tbo mottoes which they cherish. Appeared and heard, and then began to shiver; And bore it till the first scene was over, Hut ere the second came he did withdraw. The Landlord now with hope inspired, The Poel for the next night hired— The Poet read ; the Ghost appeared ; But tarried not, nor interfered. Good, said the Host, soon shall thou flee ; Doth poetry not agree with thee 1 Uf1 Blanks of all kinds always on hand. You lie disconsolate in your berth, only desiring to bo let alone to djp ; and then if you're told, as you always are, that "you musn't give way," that ' you must rouse yoursel!" and come on deck, you will ap. predate ihe value of simple attire. With everything in your berih dizzily swinging backwards and forwards, your bonnet, your cloak, tippet, your gloves all present so many discouraging impossibilities ; knotted strings cannot bo untied, ai'd modes of fastening which seemed curious and convenient when you had nothing else to do but fa.i'.en them, no* look disgustingly impracticable. Nevertheless, your fate for the whole voyage depends upon your rousinc yourself to upon deck at first ; to give up, then, is to be consigned to tho Avernus, the Hsdes of the lower regions, foi the rest of the voyage.TELEGRAPH OFFICE, in Filtston Gazette Printing Office, RflBERT BAUR, In the dining-room, or if you prefer to eat under tha shade of tho great trees behind, you may order a dinner of a dozen different dishes, which costs you about as many pence as you would pav shillings for such a dinner in London. These two magnificent saloons are twice a week the »cene of gay balls, where princes and nobles and commons mingle in the merriest balls in which Germans ever engage, w ith a spiinkling of French and English, with titles and without. But now these halls are silent, though hundreds of men and women are in ihein. They are all crowded around a large table, one in the centre of each room. Not a word is heard. On the sofas around the walls a few listless loun8eis am sitting, but the rest are standing at the tables, while perhaps twen ty are scattered about. None may sit down but those who play. The game is rouge el noir. The manager at the table where wo are standing sits by a wheel, the players place their money, as muoh as t'.ey please, but not less than a dollar, on whatever number or color tbev choose, the wheel is whirled, a little balfflies out. the manager announces it, and the fate of each player is instantly decided. Some have won, some have losi, more of the latter than the former, of course, for the bank must win in the long run, or it could not pay the immense sum demanded for the li. cense, and fortunes to tho managers bosides. I am intensely interested in study, tng the game and the company. Here, just in front of me, is a genteel looking man, with red mustache and clear white skin, rather too much dressed to Le a gentleman ; he is playing high. Not with silver—he never lays down less than a Napoleon, and often five, and sometimes more of them at once. He wins every time, and thrusting out his little wooden scraper, draws in his double pile, and adds it to the heap at his side. He loses this time; he plays but a single coin on the ni-xi, loses thai, arid rises at once from his sea; and leaves the house. That man never plays when he thinks hick is turning agvinst him. 'J'ha next one to hirn on Ihe bame side of the table teems to be a fixture. But he does not play always. His doctrine of chances must be a sccret, and he watches the game as though he could tell just when the proper time comes to venture his silver, for he never ri-tks gold. For an hour he has made no gains, but he is hoping to do better, and seems to be very sure that he will begin to win soon, for he has been losing so long the tide must ehange. Booli-Blncler , North East Corner of Pub'.n Square and Main Strett^ HOTELS WilkittBam. SUTLER HOUSE, T)ICTURE Frames,common, Gilt, nnd wD/abosrany,orna- X mnueil and plain, miulu to order, of any size. Job IIInding neatly executed. A large mdectiou of common and flne plclures, wflbu Blank Hook*, Stationery, Novels, fcc..olwaysou hand. Junu 17, 1853. The third night our Host remained alone; Just ns the clock struck twelve the Ghost appeared; John! ihe Landlord now voceiferous cried, The Poet (hurry John !) shall quickly ine provide, His tragic piece, so greatly feared. The Ghost wus shocked, and beckoned with the hand Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa. S AMUEL K. BOSS Mil) having taken the nbove stand sowell known to the Traveling Public under the occu* pfcucy of JamC?t II. Foreman, and relit ted it in the best nitniiar thro ugbout, would annonnco to his lrletidx and the jpibHc that his arranaemMate fur thUr accommodation are The »tand is the REMOVED To thi Neio Btiiltling 2 doors North of Coolbaiigh's Confectionary To John, liy all means lo remain. In short, the pale Ghost of the Spirit land Now vanished, and was never seen again, BRICK HOTEL WATGI1ES 8 JEWELRY. 4yDentd about one year since In the central nnrt of Plttston. fnd is oiih of the most commodious'atui beat arrnnsjea ■ juses in Northern Pennsylvania, «i»d every offort will be ■IaCla to render the sojourn of nil, pleasant and agreeable. The BAR will abound In the of Liquors, and the Table will be furnUlied with ull the luxurlosof the wason. THE subscriber has recently received * from New York, a variety of *ooCI 811. vVhtt VVATCIILH, which have btvn Ktlectrd from large aiwitinicnlt at the iDrinoipr.l Jewt-lrf Eilabll«limeiili iuN. York City, uiid which he will warrant to keep good time. Also on ham! a great variety of Whoever reads this wondrous tale, Mny take a lesson, as tliry should, TIlut rhymes are ne'er so wretched frail, liut they may serve to something good; Aud if a Ghost is startled at poor rhymes, Then this inuy prove a comfort here. Should ever such in our times, tiy legions in our midst appear I Kor to get rid of all the ghostly crcw, There are no want—such verse* are not few. MOIIAL Thnnkf for thii liberal her«?toture received fr«m the travelling public and citizens of Ihe couuiy, lie will be happy to see theui at Lis uew locatiua. Careful and.ohllgliiK tD»Uers always In ntteii'luucc * • * JEWELRY, of ihe rery latest such as Breaxt Pins, Fivgtr r.nr limp*, IVatrA Ckmimg, ull of which he * ill »cil unununuully low price* fur citsh. clocks nnd Watches repaired at the shortest notic# HU'l Wttrruutel. ..... JAMES AITKIN. But at night !—the beauties of a nieht on shipboard !—down in your berth, with the sea hissing and fusing, gurgling and booming, within an inch of your ear ; and then the steward comes along at twelve o'clock and puts out your light, and there you are I Jonah in the whale was not darker or more dismal. There in profound ignoranco and blindness, you lie and feel yourself rolled upwards, and downwards, and sideways, ond all ways, Itko a cork in a tub of water ; much such a sensation as oue might suppose it to be, were one heaped up in a barrel and thrown into the sea. Piltston, April 1-1, 1H54. EAGLE HOTEL, pirrsTON, rA. BY GEORGE LAZARUS t 1H50, Jan'y 13. IBM. PORT GRIFFITH HOUSE, c. B. HITCHCOCK J. L. WILLIAMS OLD OCEAN. PORT GRIFFITH, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA HITCHGOCX 8 WILLIAMS, No man, ihe proverb snys, is a liero to liis valet de Chutnlre. Certainly no poet, no hero, no inspired prophet, ever lost fo much on neat acquaintance as this same mystic, grandiloquent Old Ocean. Tim one Mep Iroin the sublime to the ridiculous is never taken with such alacriiv as in a M. PHILBIN, PROPRIETOR. THE *ub*eriber bavins completed his pew tav ern houae, al Port Griffith, is prepare! to accommodate traviller* an.I the public generally, in lb* be»t manner anil on reasonable term*. The roomi arc convenient, ami the proprietor will •part no effort* to make hi* guents comfortable. Hi* Bari* *upplied with excellent liquor*, and kia table with an abundance of the beat the market* afford. Forwarding and Commission Merchants, HXD DEALERS IX CO.1L, Snood and Third IVkurvu beluw Canal Baain, Havro-Do-Grnoo, UYXcl., .Are prepared to attend to receiving and forwarding Coal by the cargo on rea*onable term*. Aug. 3. lH34-3mpd. Occasionally a wave comes with a thump against your ear, as if a great hsmrner were knocking on yonr barrel, to see that all within was safe and sound. Then you begin to think of krakens, and sharks, and porpoises, and sea-serpents, and all the monstrous, slimy, cold, hobgoblin brood, who perhaps, are your next door neighbors ; and the old blue, haired Ocean w hispers through the planks, " Here you are, 1 've got you. Your crond ship is iny plaything. I can do what 1 like with it." GRIGGS, ZABIU8KIE A. LOVELL, WHOLES')LE GBOCEltS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, »«, 253, Washington Street : sea voyage Good (tabling attach. .1 In the lirst place, ii is a melancholy /act, but not the less true, that ship life is not a; all fragrant ; in short, particularly on a stianier, there is a most mournful combinatiou ol grease, steam, onions, and dinners in general, cither past, or present, or lo come, wtiicii, flouting invisibly in ihe atmosphere, strongly predisposes to that disgust of existence, u hich in half an hour ufier sailing, begins to come upon you j that di*gu»t, that strange, mysterious, inef. fihie sensation which steals slowly nnd inexplicahly upon you ; which makes every heaving billow, every white capped wove, the ship the people, tlip sight, taste, sound, and smell of everything a matter of inexpressible loathing. Man cannot utter it. MICHAEL P0IL3IN, Pofl Griffith, June 2, 1854 If WYOMING HOUSE, (Between Murray and Robinson St*.) Jambs M. ftniao*, ) (DKO. I. N. Zabkivkik, D HAIBJCM O. ) The wondering spectator was silent with awe, and after assisting the wounded man home, he told such a miraculous talc to the wondering villager*, as secured to the young physician a reputation not only for skill but also for supernatural precience. Thus did the merest accident contribute more to his advancement than years of xiudious toil could have done; and the impertinent curiosity of a waggish neighbor opened for him a path to business which the most infiuentiel patronage might never have been able to provide for him. (NEAR THE RAILROAD DEPOT ) Srranioii, l*a. J. O. BURGESS, Prorrietor. ICJr Charges Moderate. •aptomb* S3, lt*53. NRVV - YORK [Aug. 12, 1853-ly. GEO. W. BRAINERD 8 Oo. 103 Murray, near West Street, New Vork GkO. W. BRAINCnD, DAVID UEI.DEN [Aujr. '2, 1H5Q.--Iy*. SCRANTON HOUSE, Our cook has specially interested mo— h tall, sleudet, melancholy man, with a watery blue e\e, a patient, dejected visage like nn individual »eury of the storms and commutions ol life, and thoroughly impressed »ith the vanity of human wishes. I sit there hour after hour watching him, and it is evident that he performs all his duties in a Irame of sad composure. Now resignedly stuffing a turkey, anon compounding a sauce, or mournfully making little ripples in the crust of a tart ; but oil is done under an evident sense that it is ol no use trying. opposite bchaxtons i. fL.vrr's store, SOU ANTON, PA C. It. GORMAN 8 Co, D. U KRESSLER, Proprietor. PITTfiSTOX, PA., If. B.—A carringn will bo in r'Taiitiuss to convey guests |» this hou*(ti,ou the arrival of the patnenguir. iruln nt the **•11 road Depot. fSepL S'i, 1*333-1 y Agents for Tupscott's General Emigration and Foreign Exchange. Persona residing in the country, ami wishing to engage passage or send money to their frien Ja in any part of Europe may do so with safety by applying a the Pott-Otfice. Tapscott 8 Co'*, rcceipt will be furnishd by return mail. (Pittston, Aug. 20, Ib8i. HYDE PARK HOTEL, It is really amusing to watch the gradual progress of this epidemic ; to see people stepping on in the highest pos-sibla feather, alert, airy, nimble, parading the deck, chatty, conversable, on the best possible terms with themselves and mankind generally ; the treacherous, ship jneanwhile, undulating nud heaving in the most grace In! rises and pauses imaginable, like some voluptuous wiltzer ; and th«n to see one after another yielding to the mysterious sptll ! A Silent Man.—Capt. Stone, of the steamer Canada, now in this pert, is probalby the most silent man afloat. Sailors who have been with him for months say they never heard him speak. He writes his orders to his officers, and if thoy fail in carrying them out, he reprimands them in writing. Yet he has the reputation of being one of the most skillful and prudent captains of the Cunard line, and remarkable for his powers of personal endurance. When at sea he rarely leaves the deck, night or day, more than an hour at a time, and nothing appears to escape his notice. Still he does not speak, cither to his officers or passengers. On a recent pussage two wags, who wera passengers in his ship, noticed this peculiarity, and at dinner one day, were quite eloquent upon ihe blessings of speech, and then, by way of contrast, J expressed their deepest commiseration lor dumbies. One of the wajDs was so overcome by his feelings that he deliberately took nn onion from his pocket, and applied it to iiiseye, while he gazed at Capt. Stone with the left. '• Poor, dear gentleman," he sobD bed, as the tears followed the onion, "I wonder if he is deaf as well as dumb." This was to much for the passengers, who buret into a roar ol laughter, in which Capt. Stone joined as heartily as the rest. When order was restored he said, "Gentlemen and Ladies, or Ladies and Gentlewen, 1 acknowledge that I appear to a disadvantage by not speaking more than I do; but what would you have me to say 1 It is my constant care to see that you are properly attended to in every particular. What more can you desire t" After this effort he resumed silence, and haa not been known to speak since.—Botlon Alia*. HYDE PARK.PA, By HENRY HOPPORD, B*pt. S3, 1833, Cm C. R. GORMAN, M. D. Respectfully tender* hi* Profr»nionlilBcr\ice» to (he citizens of Pituton and vii^Pty. WYOMING HOTEL, By O. IV. MERCER EAU, 333, Greenwich street, near Duane OJice nearly opposite the I'ost Office, Pittston Aug.'2, 1851). Dy. Many complaints have been made of our coffee since we have Ucen on board, which to say the truth has Deer, as unsettled as most of the social questions of the day, and, perhaps, for thai reason, quite as generally unpalatable : but since 1 have seen our cook, 1 »m quite persuaded that the coffee, like other works of great ar. lists, bus borrowed the hues ol ili mBkci's mind. 1 think I hear him soliloquize over it—" To what purpose is cofiee f Of what avail tea? Thick or clear? All is passing Bway j a little egg or fish skin, more or less, what are they ?" And so we gel melancholy cofiee and tea. owing to our philosophic cook. After dinner 1 watch him as he washes dishes. He hangs up a whole row of tin ; the ship gives a lurch and throws them all down. Ho looks as if it vas just as he expcctcd. " Such :*v life!" he say*, as he pursues a frisky tin pan in ono direction, and arrests the gambols of the ladle in another: w hile the wicked sea, meanwhile, with another lurch, is upsetling a|l his dishwater. 1 can see how these daily trials, this performing of most delicate and complicated gaslioncmiio operations in the midst of such unstoady, unsettled circumstances, have gradually given this poor soul a despair of living, and brought him into this stale of philosophio melancholy. Just as Xahtippe made a sage of Socrates, this whisky, frisky, stormy life has made a sage of our cook. Meanwhile, not lo do him injustice, let it be recorded, that in all dishes which require grave conviction and steady perseverance, rather than hope and inspiration, he is eminently successful- Our table excels in viands of a reflective and solena character ; mighty rounds of beef, vast saddles of mutton, and the whole tribe of meats in general, come on in a superior style. English Plum pudding, a weighty snd serious performance, is exibited in first-rate order. The jelHes want lightness, but that ia to be expected* [Mr«. Stove. No NEW YORK DR. J. A. HANN, You never saw ladies in a gambling house, did you I There are several around ihis table. Here is one standing at my shoulder, pleading in an under tone w ith an elderly gentleman, who may be her fa. titer or her husband, or more likely than either, her IrienJ, lot a fresh supply of florins, as her purse is empty. He pretends to be absorbed in the gnme that the rest are playing, bu{ she is so importunate that he turns ; she then has-his eye, and looks so imploringly that he yields and fills her purse. But 1 have been watching with tnore interest than any ol these a woman of rare beauty at the corner of the table in front of me. Five hours ago she was here ; she may have beeo out in that time lor refreshments, but she is an habitue of this house. Dressed in rich black silk, and with a neat black collar, stomacher and scarf, she would be taken for a lady, had she less jewelry, but those bracelets and chains are rather too rich and rr.any. No gentleman here seems lo stand in any relationship to that splendid creature. She plays on her own account. But women will ahow their feelings, and with all her effort at calmness and iudiffereoce, the tell tale blood as it flies into her face, or rushes back lo her heart, leaving her while as marble, discloses the struggle within her bosom. She has not played for five or six minutes, her head has been rest ing'on her hand, and the ivory arm that supports it has been glanced at even by thoje who 6eem engrossed in the game.— She plava again and loses, and now ahe has quietly placed her hand upon her fore, head, as if it ached. It was for an irstant only ; she recovered, And instantly threw out double her usual stakes, and saw them swept away without a sigh. It was exoi. ling fo aee her. Involuntarily my sympathies were with her, and 1 was wishing she might be the winner in every throw she made. Who was she 1 Nobody but a gay, ruined, wretched woman, one of the thousands thronging these watering places, bankrupt in fortune and reputation —the least of their passions is gambling, and If the lore of money was the worst, r JbIT 15, 1853. Office in Vr. Curtis' Drug Store, Main Street, E A GLE HOTEL, ffO. 119 NORTH TIIIRIJ ST., (SUUVt. RACE,) PITTSTON, Pa December 17, 1852. Your poet launches forth "full of senti. mem sublime as discoursing magnificently ou the color waves and the glory of the clouds ; hut gradually lie grows white about the mouth, gives sidelong look* toward the staircase : at lost, wuli one desperate plunge, he sets, to rise A Slight Ekbor.—A French exchange contains the following anecdote, which we translate as it may show that gentlemen of Hibernian extraction are not alone addicted to amusing mistakes. PHILADELPHIA. PA. H. A. I1RADY, I pr..ri.t,r, C. 11. Uli'JU N, ( rr'Pr,"or' June 23, 1854— I'JiHf. C.I I. 8W. G. Dowd, TIN, BRASS,COPPER, SHEET IRON, HARDWARE, HAY CUTTERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN A gentleman ofDouat was going out in his carriage to make a call with his wife, when he discovered that he haa led his visiting cards, ilo ordered his footman, recently in his service, to go to the mantle piece in his silting room and bring the cards lie should see there. The servant did aa ordered, retaining the article to be used as he Would be directed, and started the gentleman, sending in the tootm with cards when not-at hsC.us" occurred. As these were quite numerous he turned to his servant with the question : "How many cards have you left V' "Well, sir/' said the footman very iq. nocently, "there's the king of spades, the six of hearts, and the ace of clubs!" DENTISTRY OEO. W. OBISWOLD, RESIDENT DENTIST uo more ! CISTEUN, AND WELL PUMPS, CARPENTERS' TOOLS, Lackawanna Avenue, near Presbyterian Church, Scran ton, Pa. Orders respectfully solicited and goods forwarded with promj.tnesH. PcW; *24, lb8i— ly.  iieie «ilx a glout gctitimian, who looks us rescluie 88 an ouk log. "These things are much the eflrct of imagination," he tells you ; " a little sell control, lesolu tion," etc. Ah.nw ! it iN delightful, when these people, who are talking about resolution, get caught on shipboaid. As the back woodsman said to the Miais.sippi River, about th« steamboat, they "get their mutch." Our stout gentleman sits a quat ler ol an hour, upright as a palm tree, his back cquarcd against the rails, pretending to be leading a paper; but a dismal look ol disgust settling about his lips ; the old sea and his will are evidently having e pitched buttle. Ah, ha ! there he gops lor the stairway ; says he has left a book in the cabin, but shoots by with most auspicious velocity. You may fancy his flnale." Then, of course, there are young ladies—charming croatures,—who, in about ien minutes, are going to die, and are sure they shall die, and don't care if they do ; whom anxious papas or brothers, or lov. ers, consign with all speed to those dismal regions, where the brisk chamber maid, who has been expecting them, seeirw to think their agonies and groans a regular part ol the play. 1 had come on boaid thinking in my simplicity, of a fortnight to be spent something like the fortnight on the trip to New Orleans, on one of our floating rivar palaces ; that we should ait in our staterooms, sew, sketch, aud chat ; and accordingly 1 laid in a magnificent provision in the way«t literature and divers maurrs ol fancy work, with which to while away the lime. Some last, airy toyohea, in the way of making up bows, diapoeing ol rib. Ons door from Swoet 8 Ray nor, ou Mala Street tar Gash paid for old gold. CARBONDALE. PA DR. E. SHE LP, SURGEON DENTIST. Piltslon, Pa.— Office teilA O/S. Hun a and Dorr July Id, 1851. GEO ORE LAZARUS DR. C. F. HARVEY, SURGEON DENTIST. Franklin treet, next door to Dr. Doolittle, Forwarding and Commission Merchants PITTSTON. PA. Wit.!, nttoud to forwnrding end receiving goods St hlssiori! hiMim, rmrof Lsisrus'.Hotel. Allgoods consigned to hi# cure forwarded with dCTpslch. WILKKS-BARRE, Pi November It. li*5X TOS. TO®®3, Fashionable Barber aiul Hair Dresser. In tlie Room udjoining Cohen's Clothing Store and opposite the Eagle Hotel, Pittston, Pa. WOCI.D respectfully inform the public that he has taken the Shop formerly occupied by I.yman Fogg, where he would be pleased to wait on them. Piltslon, Nov. 1853. The poor fellow had taken ths wrong "document*."-—Northern Gazette. QOAL French Rabbits.—A gentleman rating the incidents of his travels in Paris, says,  I entered a restaurant and ordered a rabbit. I was green—verdant as the first cmember, even as early peas—or I sliouid not have done thns. The rabbit came, and I offered the Moniteur to an old Frenchman opposite, whose eyes were filed upon my slate, but he bowed a native. That bov 'ed It 10 niuc' D. P. FULLER Si CO., COAL MERCHANTS. East side Main street, warty opposite Bowk ley Beyea's store. Pittston, April 1, 1853. A. PRICE 8 CO., COAL MERCHANTS, Office—Wfiit side Main street, Pittston Luzerne county, Fa. Lateur Manbourg lost his leg at the battle of Leipeic. Alter he had suffered amputation with the greatest courage, he caw hiaaeivant crying, or pretending to cry, in one corner of the room. " Jack," said he, " none of your hypooritioal tears you idle dog ; you know you are very glad, lor you will have only one boot toolean. ■ Architecture, Augusts*), lea*. tr. J. BOWKLEY 8 BEYEA, COAL MERCIfANTS—Office Vomer of Main anil Kailrnud Ulrccls, Pulsion, Pa. August 16, 1850. —tf. rfMIOSB wanting anything designated above X will please give the subscriber a call, who is prepared to make drawings for buildings, writ- Kpeciflcaiions, ifc, May be found by inquiring at the Kagle Hotel. GEO. W. LUNG. Pituton, January 2nd. 1854.  ..was?, ..»uch. " Monsieur has not been long in Paris 7* " No, 1 have just arrived." - Monsieur is going to eat thai I" u Yea j may I offer you a slice?" •' Monsieur will allow me to males i 'light observation !" inquired the French nan with a fri{DIilgu! primnoc. I replied, becoming alarm. " Monsieur, that tabWt oncK hewid," jo replied with the utmo* gravUr. j £££8£D*■ • MISCELLANEOUS IRON ! IRON ! I Lord Holland tells ot a man remarkable lor absence of mind, who, dining once upon a shabby repast, with • friend, fancied himself in his own house, and began lo apologize for the wretchedness of the din. Mr. The subscribers respectfully inform tba cituens of Pittston and surrounding country, that we have on hand a large and well selected stock.of IRON of every description, and if bought in auantities of a Ion or more, it will be furoishtd al ■e same price as sold at the Mill. Merthdnts, Blacksmiths, and Consumers, will do well by giving us a call before purchasing elsewhere, as we are determined to se'i cheap for cash or produce. A. PRICE 4" CO. Pittston, Oct. 31, 1851—tf. J. H. JEJJKINS, EXCHANGE BROKER. OJtcs in OU Pott OJflc*t PUtston, Pa, May 26, 1854—-tf. GEORGE PERKINS, A TTOBNEY AT LAW. pittston, Ps. Ofltee n TtalH lug occupied bv Geo. It. Uive It Co., secvul floor. April SI, 18M, Why is a young lady just'from a boarding school, like a building committee 1— Because she is ready to receive prefOta.lt. An unpleasant call—"I have just oilled air, to «M if you could settle my little bill."