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1 - .. v*, -.• H;jli . • • • : AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. : ; ." -' - ■ "' "* "' . ' " •' #., ~ " _ , ~ ' ' " ' • rtf , nnit Ijrintel SirterBta of fyt Cotmtnj, instruction, fmfpirf, 8r.)~-€nta Dollars |S?r %m% 1 WnkItj llnu0pjin-(DtoDtrliiallm0r hn, |fo!itir0,tf|* JHerrnatiU, Mining, 3^1er{rntt VOLUME 5.--NUMBER 4. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1854. WHOLE NUMBER 212. THE PITTSTON 6AZETTE, A LIVE PAINTER IN TOWN. TO BE FF.F.N nt the " Long Vtofajj Room No. 7. up stnirs, nl which place the undersigned hnsopened a shop, and begs lo inform ibe citizens of Plitslon and adjacent villnvfrt ihnt he in now prepared to execute all kinds of Painting, including . fxlutcir "" OLD MEMORIES. Olil memories! old memories ! rear, after a deal ot thanking and fumbling Mistress Leech, wJio rarely opened her lips, silently seated florae If under the same careful supervision Which had been bestowed upon the trttrtk, and finally Peleg himself —after walking round and round jhe carriaae, trying the harness, smoothing old Charley's and attending to a host of little things in a way that nearly tired out Mistress Lecch before she had journeyed at all—climbed cautiously into the vehicle, adjusted the reins, and started. two with you on my way home, seeing you'refull now and then leisurely examined the horse, carriage, trunk and box without leaving the slightest intimation, through his nerves or (lis tenses, that a flood of scorn and contempt was streaming upon him from the eyes and curled l:p of the {magnificently proud woman, to whom he had made his rude adieus. With ihe most contented look in the world, Peleg, his shadow and his baggage, rolled away from the door of his rich cousiu, and was soon lost Bight of in the shrubbery lined THE CHINESE EMPEROR AND THE MAINE LAW. ceeded to unhitch his team, were condemnatory ejaculations on the right* of the individual,' and surmises as lo the peouliar institution' from which he had been so uncerenioni Dusly ejected. He said : 'Getting to be a darned free country this —they'll trv to hustle a fellow out of creation next—I ain't no Angel Gabriel— darned 'know nothing' establishment any how—and no mistake.' In 1709 one of tho Emperor's Chief Ministesrs fearing lest the practice of smoking opium "should spread among all tho people ol tho inner land, to the waste of their time and the destruction of their property," presented a memorial requesting that the sale of the drug should be prohibited, and that offenders should bo made amenable to punishment. A short lime alter this, the government took the matter in hund, and began to enact special laws in reference to it. It was no', however until 1820, that they made (lie prohibition very stringent, and commenced in earnest to indict the penalties of the violated law. In 38:50-32-34, one edict after another was issued, declaring that the injury done by the influx of opium, and by the increase of tlioje inhaling it, was nearly equal to a general conflagration, and denouncing upon tho seller and smo ker of this poison, the bastinado, the wooden collar, imprisonment, banishment and the entire confiscation of his property, yes, even mow, the severer penally of capital punishment, either by decapitation or strangulation. But they soon found, as wo have also done in our legislative experience,that the evil is not removed simply by the punishment of the drunkard or the drunkard maker. For a time under the directions of the Vice President of the Sacrificial Court at Pekin, they seemed some what inclined, like some of our city legislators, to go into the licence system and thus c.ontroll and regulate the evil tliey could not abolish, as well as secure revenue from it. But what was tho noble answer of the Emperor. "It is true" said he, "1 capnot prevent the introduction of the flowing poison ; gain-seeking and corrupt men will, for profit and sensuality, defeat my wish, but nothing will induce me to derive a revenue from the vice and misery of my people I" When shall we hear CJur owu professedly enlightened christian legislators say the same ! 8n*4licit 1111a Anthracite Jourunl AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GEORGE M. RICUART. Sign and Ornamental Painting, Gilding, Bronxlng, 8c. Ac., aud respectfully solicits a share of their atr nl Ion aud patronage. N. B.—All orders exeeumd wilh pnrtlcular regard to taste, uenlnw, promptne»s and despatch. m I'lttston, Sept. 0, ItJj-t-lf «J. .vtCCWE. What preciousthings they are; How close they cling around our heart, Vfiee in Jenkins u/-w Brick /inildinff, ovc doer South of Sulht riaiuT* Store—up stairs. % How dearly cherished there! How oft will we cast asi T»iKt4C*Ar.aTTE Ac JocrCCal" is published e^erjrFriday, at Two O01.L.4RN per anuuin. Two TMliirs ami Fifty Cents willbo charged if not paid within thw yftr. No ptiper will be d'ujcoatiuuud until ali arrearage■* are paid AovkrtiskmKnts »ire Inserted consplCttousty at Urn: Doi.- lar per square of fourteen lines for threeInserti out and Twkmtv-kiv k Ovarx additinnull'orevorysubReciueii nsartiou. A liberal deduction io those whoadvertiss fornix months of the whole year. Job Work.— We have coimectud with our establishment a well selected assortment of Job Tyfk which wllleoa bio us to execute,in the neatest style avery variety af printing. The cup of promised bliss, And gladly turn us to the past,—• So fraught with happiness! GEORGE PERKINS, ATTORNEY at LAW, Pittslon, Pa. OOee D Build tug uccunied by Cc*o. It. Lovo 6t Co., »ecuui floor. April 'Jl, 1*W4. Poleg proved on. the second day of his travels that it was cheaper to bo master of his own movements than lo be whirligigcd from one towi( to another without time to choose the provider of his wants. He rose early ihot morning, and, greatly to the sur. prise of his disappointed landlord, resutn. ed his navels without ordering breakfast.Young America.—The following choice bit of dialogogue indicates the spread of . Know-Nothing principles among the rising generation:— Let others boast of coming joys, And tell how brightly thine Their hopes of future happiness,— Let memory's joys tie mine. I would not loose the consciousness Of one good action done, To wen re the brightest web of bliss That fancy ever spun. avenue, D. S. K 0 0 N , ATTTRNEV AT LAW—Office with Jam cs Helm, »q P.Union, Pa. Six weeks afterward Peleg had wanderdered, at a snail's pace, over one hundred miles from hi* home. lie had shaken by the liand an army of relatives, rich and as would nave dismayed any but the indefatigable Peleg. No antiquarian had a more curious collection than his roll of relationships ; no old pilgrim ever labored through his penance more faithfully tlian he performed his self-imposed duty towards his kinsmen. Now he lounged at the counting desk of a prosperous merchant, tormenting- him with queries and guesses concerning aunt Betsey, and next was putting a poor stranger cousin to his wits end to entertain man nnd horse in accordance with his slender means ; then a gav matron and her daughters were sorely tried at the intrusion ot impenetrable Peleg, or n young dandy torced to whilf in long spirals of smoke, his indignation at being so "awfully bored." At last Paleg and his dumb escort happened into a bee-hive of a village, Crhich lies at the foot of the Green Mountains. There are few busier communities—few where gossip thrives so well—and fuwerFtill where there are so much pretentions to aristocracy.— Consequently the inhabitants have a mor - tal dreed of each other's ridicule. Several of the most important families of the little town are connected iDy blood or alliance, and into this lofty sisterhood came the unconscious firebrand of Contention, Peleg. Irish Mother—"Arrah, Johny, and where have yees bin, so long?" Native Son—"Why, me and the rest of the boys has been licking an Irishman!" A. KENNEtt'S LIVERY AND EXCHANGE. KliAJI T11F. V'ST OFFICE, 8CKANTON, PA. Heady at all times to accommodate with the best of horses and vehicles. Seranion, Feb. 81, 1851-lv. 93n0in?sjj Cnriia. Mother—"Wait, ye spalpeen, till yer daddy gits home—you'll be after catching it!" JOB PRINTING. Tengmd miles brought the early couplo within the precints of a large town which was yet gaping and rubbing its «yes. — [Jere Peleg was in trouble. He hud for. gotten tho {eeidenco of tho gentleman whose wile's mother was his pwn wife's second cousin. Itut Is these matters he was as expert as a Parisian policeman ; and after varions windings and knocking at wrong doors,... faintly pulled the right bell. He and his patient half, awaited with sharpened appetites, the »1gnal for breakfast, and the entrance of their sleepy cousins. Their arrival had been announced by the puzzlsd servant as that ot a solily Dion, an' u wumai) who says niver a bit of a word." Curiosity brought the hest and his pretty young wife to the parlor.— So Peleg fouud his breakfast and his relatives. If there was a shade of ill-humor on the brow of his entertainer, or if the youthfui housekeeper hid her dimples behind the coffee-urp, he never once suspected himsell to be the cause, lie departed as unceremoniously, with his silent shadow, as he came, pleased at his skillfull coup d'etat, and pleasfcd with all tho world. OF EVEKY DESCRIPTION Neatly and expeditiously executed at this office, on reasonable terms. tsr llUtn8s of all kinds altrav* on hand. JP\ Old memories ! old memories I Oh how they stir the heart! How oft a smile will part the lips I How oft a tear win start! As memory faithful to her trust, * Brings other tcenes again, In all their very truthfulness Of pleasure or of pain ! Son—"Oh, he be blowed I That's the man we've licked." 8. STEURMER 8 BROTHERS, Boot c£? SI100 Maltors. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, iv Pint (Ifor South of the Eagle Hotel* Pittfton, Pa. for tho liberal patroittftfe herwtolorw bestowed X upon them, solicit acontiiviance or the name. Those wkb in* work mudo up neatty and aubniantinllv will find it lo I heir ad vantage to (five tn in u cull, Moderate profit* and atriot punctuality uru tho mottoes which thuy cherish. In a letter published in the New York Herald of tho 10th inst., dated Waverly, Tioga counly, New York, and containing a descriptive account of the country around Waverly and Athens, the scheme of a railroad connection between that^region and this city is thu9 commented on :— North Pennsylvania Railroad. piltston Gazette Printing Office, HOTELS BOOTS, SHOES, 8C,, will b« made loonier noon tin? fcbortest notice, ami the bi'«t uf iMiiisriinlon rendered at ull times. O, who would give the memory Of childhood's early day; Would wipe a mothers tenderness, A father's care away ; A dear, dear, brother's earnest love A gentlrstster's smile, The joyous friei d« of early years, When life was glad the while I BUTLER HOUSE, March at, IsSI-ly " The North Pennsylvania Railroad is a work recently suggested in Philadelphia, and r.ow in progress, is to terminate at Waverly, as the most feasible point of connection with the Brie Railroad, and a directed railroad projected thence north to Lake Ontario or Fair Haven or Little Sodus bay, a few milas west of Owego. Waveily is about equal distant from the cities of New York and Philadelphia, being 100 miles Iroin each in a direct line. The surveyed route of the North Pennsylvania Railroad varies only 14$ miles from an air line in any point, and the length of the surveyed route is 210$ miles from Waverly to Philadelphia. This railroad will pass over each ol the great coal fields of anihiacite in Pennsylvania, ond will run from Waverly down the Susquehanna valley to Pittston,where it leaves that valley and crosses a .summit of less than seventy feet to the mile, and follows the Lehigh valley to Allentown. The line then leaves the Lehigh valley and crosses the country to Philadelphia. The summit near Wilkesliarro lies between the great anthracite coal basins, and is 1,030 feet above tidewater, requiring a gradient of near seventy, feet per mile to overcome it on the Northern slope. This is the maximum gradient oil the whole route, and is required at no other point; the steepest gradient elsewhere being sixty feet per mile. This is also the highest summit between Philadelphia and Buffalo. It is forty.scven feet lower thar. the Elk summit, and three hundred and forty nine feet lower than the Clarion summit—both on the Sunbury and Erie road—and is five hundred and thirtyone feet lower than the Allegheny summit ■of the Pennsylvania Central road. Fittston, Luzerne County, Pa. 33 o o It - 33 1 n tl o r , tforlk East Corner of Pttbftl Square and Main Street, ROBERT BAUR, SAMUEL F. IKMS Mil) having tekfcn the abovo stand suweli known to the Traveling Puddle nmler the occupancy .of Jurao» l». Foreman, alid milt led it in thebesl m.-uiiitsr throughout, wouMannounce t«hi*frienda-end the pirbltc 1 hoi lor th«ir accommodation are complete*. The stale! M (ho Wilkeaelinrrc. 1)ICTL'RK Frame#, common, Gill, and Jfahoijaiiy,orna» X muiiietl and plain, luadu to urdur, of auy size. job Binding nectl) executed. , . JiRICK HOTEL A m-l 'cuun of ooninion and fln« pictures, .*lbu Blauk llouk*. siuiioaer), Novels,fce.. always ou bnml. Jtiuu 17. 1^53. O who would roll the Lethean wave Above their early youth, When earthly lights seomed all undimncd, And all unsullied truth I Nay, nay, amid iife'u latter scenes, Amid its cares and tears, opened about one yenrfdnco In IV eentnil pari of Ptttston, and is unit of the most oomrnodioin* sml teeifc«rr.injj«;d licwsesin Northern r.-n 11 1 v ui.:, nnil svery effort will be insdo lo render the rtojnitm of all, jdeinunl find agreeable. REMOVED To lhC New Building 2 doors North of Tiio BAR will .abound Inthobefttof anil tho Table will lD« furnished with nil the luxnritnof th«* season. Careful and «uu-Cl«a{ Ostium always in attendance. Thankful lor'.ho itlntr.t) pat rouuge heretofore received from tho travelling public and eltixen* of the county, he will be happy to see them at hU now location. Coo!laugh's Confectionary. WATCHES 8 JEWELRY. There are green spots to whieh we turn Through all our after years. I'lllstoii, A.-ril 11, 1*51. THK enbtfcriber ha* ntcentlv rec«Itf»d ** from New York, « wrMily of good BIL VKR WATUHKH, which hnvu been »c " He need not come to me, a cousin of three removes," said one. EAGLE HOTEL, There's many a light from by gone days Around your pathway cast ; There's muny a treasure garnered in The unforgotten post. Theil let me seek to dwell From present scenes apart, And glean from memory's treasure house, A lesson for the heart! Finding on careful examination, that the fines, imprisonment, torture and execution, which lmd occasionally been inflicted on the Chinese people, for violating the laws ogainst selling or smoking the drug, had not perceptibly ciiecked its traffic, he at length decided to lay the axe at the root of the tree. Other laws having failed, he determined to anticipate the Maine Law, and make war directly upon the opium itself. He commanded that all the accursed drug, whether stored in the factories, or on board of ships' in the harbor, should be surrendered, and when this was done, he ordered his faithful commissioner. Lin, to destroy it utterly. Nobly disdaining to eniich his'treasury by a sale that would not fall short of $20,000,000, the whole was emptied into the river, to bo mixed wiih its mud, and carried off by its waves. PI1TSTON, PA pctudfronj liirg'.* nl the i»rln- Jewelry iuN. York - Cily, and which ho will warrant to keep tliuo. Aho ou hand a great variety of A beautiful villa on the shores of • lake was his next destination. This highly cultivated and charming site was owned by a gentleman whose Consanguinity and acquaintance in boyhood Peleg fortunately remembered ; for on these points his memory was marvellously tenacious.— In due time he was winding through the smooth shaded carriage way that led to the mansion. The apparition of the dusty old fashioned establishment and droll wheezy horse, attracted the wondering eyes of guests clustered at the drawing room windows or pacing back and forth on the long pi a7.z». " Nor to me w ith all my cares," said a bustling matron BY GEORGE LAZARUS. nug. 2, IH50, PORT GRIFFITH HOUSE. JEWELIIY, aft!)'* very latent f»t vie, such as Breast Pi**, Finftr Rive** Ear Itius*, Watch Chain*, *e., all of which he will sell uiiuimstiulh' low tirici'sforciwh. Clocks and Jf'utehoa repnirea at the shortcut notice and War rallied. JAMES AITKIN. 'Don't shako the rag-bag over my head!' xcluimed a young housewife, escaping hrough the back door as Peleg entared her lunt'g collage. A family arltercation ensued ; and with all his wilful perseverance, l'eieg could not wedge his way into the parlors or good graces of his thankless relatives. Oh, if he had but been Governor Peleg, or Lord Peleg ! The puzzled pair at last found shelter with an elderly relativo, who was neither swayed by pride nor fashion. Independence and generosity of Character enabled her to offer Christian hospitality. PORT GRIFFITH, l.UZERNE COUNTY, TA M. PHILBIN, PROPRIETOR. rpnR subscriber having completed hi« newtav. JL era home, at Port Griffith, is prepared to accommodate traveller* and the public generally, In tlie beat manner and on reasonable terms. The rooms are convenient, and the proprietor will •pare no effort* iumakfe till gVrst« comfortable. His Bar i* supplied with exceJIent liquors, and t.ia table with an abundance of the best the markets afford. Jun'y 1854. Interesting Cafe, C. B. HITCHCOCK J. L. WILLIAMS HITCHCOCK 8 WILLIAMS, Feleg in Seaich of Relatives. Forwarding and Commission Merchants, sxu dealers ijr COAL, Second and Third IVharvca below Canal lionin, Bavre-Do-Grooo, Md., Are prepared to attend to receiving nnd forwarding Coal by the cargo on reasonable terms. Aug. 3. 18£D4-3mpJ. BY THE "LADY OF SHALLOrr." Good stabling attached. •MICHAEL PI1IL3IN, Poll Griffith, June D2, 185-t-tf Pei.eo Leech possessed a comfortable fortune, which lie had gained by labor and pinching economy. This economy laudable enough in the beginning, had narrow, fd itself into a miserly sharpness, and for ibis reason his frequent summer travels were a mutter of fonder to his neighbors. But Peleg knew very well that visiting was cheap. Tenderness for his purse and tenderness for his relatives, were his two prominent characteristics : and ir. the exercise of each lie exhibited a remarkable degree of sagacity and dogged perseverance. But, in every other respect, poor I'eleg was hopelessly dull, tie claimed a right to the hospitality of a second or a third cousin as undeniably as the shelter of his own roof, and no more comprehended that any one's convenience or pleasure was to be oonsulted no tnore than if he had been a house-fly. There was nothing of the whistling, whittling, impudent Yankee ubout him. On the contrary, his manner was cringing, creeping, and he was not to be repelled by any ordinary coolness or dclicuto suggestions to shorten his visits (lis obtuseness was an ample sheild against such weipons. " Whom have we here ?" said Mr. Car roll to his wife—a proud, lofty, fastidiously fashionable woman. " But Peleg*" sa'd she, with characteristio frankness, "you must find more weariness than real pleasure in ferreting out stranger cousins, who have on more 'han human interest in j'ou, Polog could not sav ; but his svife burst into u ars. " I do wish t were home. 1 think it is dreadful to travel." WYOMING HOUSE, GRIGGS, ZABRISKTE 8 LOVELL, "Some mistake of course," replied she, as she saw with some consternation, the contents of the buggy deposited on the steps. Mr. Carroll advanced and politely greeted tho strangers, with a question in nis eye rather than on his lips. (.NEAtt THK UA1LROAD DEPOT.) WIIOt.EHAI.E onuOERH AND Humorous, Srraastoii, l»a. J. O. BURGESS, Proprietor. ft "j- Charges Moderate. PvpU/mba 23, IH53. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 252, Washington Street : From t/ie Rochester American. (Between Murray and Robinson Bis.) " How d'ye do ? Don't you remember cousin Peleg 1" and a broad sunburnt hand was in the soft palm of the yell bred Mr. Carroll. Peleg at once disclosed his intention to make a visit ; but his explanation Of relation lasted long after they were seated in the reception room. Mrs. Carroll declined acknowledging the presence of the new comers, till concerned by her husband's stern request. THE LAST KNOW-NOTHING CASE SCR ANTON- HOUSE, JiMcn ) (inn. I.N. Zaoribkib, D llArtffKM O. LOVKLL. ) KKW -YORK [An*. 12, 1853-1/. The speechless had found voice, now that she felt the sympathy of an honest heart. Mrs. Edmunds consoled her, prom, ised rest.and the nrxt day made her linppy with the presentation of a uew cap and dress, in w hich she need not shrink even from Mrs. Carroll's eye, A week under the hospitable roof so changed and brightened the grateful visiter, thai Peleg would have renewed his tour with double zest. Ho finally vielued to tho admonition of his hostess, to turn homewards; but not without asserting his intention to "go rouud bv Mr.Carroll's and make that visit." BP The following incident, illustrative of an OR JONATHAN IN A FIX, The North Pennsylvai ii Railroad is entirely a Pennsylvania work, and the greatest interest is felt in Philadelphia and the towns and counties along the line, in its success. The estimated cost of the work is 830,000 per mile, or a little over six millions of dollars for the 216 miles. On the last day of the year 1853, the subscriptions to the capital stock amounted to 1, 538,600, of which 50,000 was subscribed by Philadelphia and Spring Garden, in their corporate capacity. Great confidence is felt by ihe friends of the road that abundant funds will be provided without the issue of bonds on the company. The work is in progress from Philadelphia to Bethlehem, fifty-four miles, or one quar ter of the whole distance to Waverly, and the chief engineer, Edward Miller, Esq., reports that he expects to complete Iho road to Bethlehem early in 1855. There will be branches to Doylstown, E as ton, Wilkesbaire and other points near the main route. The Easton branoh will open a very direct route to New York city. Thomas S. Fernon, Esq., the President of the company, is entitled to the credit of having suggested this great work, and brought it to the notice of the citizcns of Philadelphia. While it will open an important line of travel betwen that city and the western part of New Yorft, with facil. ities of communication with the coal beds, it will not dimmish the business on the railroads and canals of New Yok, but rather increase the business by the greater interchange of trade and travel which must take place. orPOalTB 8CRANTON* 8 PLATF8 STORE, SCltANTON, PA GEO. W. BRAINERD 8 Oo. entirely original manifestation of an "inquiring mind," occurred in one of our city Catholic churches on Sunday last, and presents too unique a feature to be allowed to escape the publicity ofnewspaperciom:— D K.KRESSLER, Proprietor. N. B.—A will bo in road in whs to convey ffiu nt* to thin hou-*vDti the arrival of IIm» |DJia«o»ffer train at the '.uiiruaU ft8pt. 23, iBKt-ly 103 Murray, near WeBt Street, New York Gt:o. W. Buainkhd, DAVID BEI.UEN [Aug. a, 1850.--ly». 11YDE PARK HOTEL, C. R. GORMAN 8 Co., The services fiUd already commenced, when might be seen a tall, carr.iverous specimen of "down East" humanity, hitching his team to the nearest post ; that ac complished, with hurried steps he makes his way ii.to the church, his hat—none of the bp«t—defiantly holds its place on his cranium ; a huge slicK, as crooked as the "old serpent," is held with a firm graxp under his arm ; and Jonathan, as he paced down the aisle, is evidently on the look-out for the double purpose of business end a pew. By this time the whole congregation was gazing at the stranger, but, nothing daunted, he openR a pew door, and seats himself beside two ladies, who happened to bo the only occupants of the pew, when, after drawing a long breath or two, he unburdens his soul as follows : UVIJE PAflK, PA., By HHNRY HUFFORD, Kept. *3, IKiX H« PITTSTOX, PA., Agents Tor Tapscolt's General Emigration and foreign Exchange. Persona 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 Po*t-Office. Tapsrolt 8 Co's. receipt will be furnishd hv return inuil. {.Pittston, Aug. 'ill, 1853. "Not one of our guests but has his shabby relatives. It isour_American birth mark, and I am not ashamed of it." WYOMING HOTEL, By G. W. MERCEBEAU, No. 333, Greenwich street, near Duane The stately Mrs. Carroll was at length face to face with Peleg and his wife. His intimation of a visit was repelled with stern determination. •Seated in his travel-stained buggy, nfter his usual circuit round it, he made his most jnannerlv adieus. " We've had a pretty nico time. I'll come ag«in next summer, and bring my daughter Sabinajto stay with you and he nodded a good bye, leaving Mrs. Edmunds shaking with lauzhter at his unconquerable tenderness for his relatives ; but not lessened in her own or any one else's opinion for having entertained and mado her uncouth cousins happv- How Peleg fared in his second encounter we never knew; but can vouch for the improved condition of the old farm-house,the adoption of more refined customs, more tasteful attire, and an awakened taste for book-lore, as the result of Peleg's unwelcome compliments to his relatives. NEW YORK. Jul* 15, 1853. O. R. GORMAN, M. D. Respectfully tenders his Professional services to the eitisens of Pittston and vicinity. " Our house is already filled with friends I have not a room at my disposal." EAGLE HOTEL, JVC. I3'J WORTH THIRD ST., (A130VE. RACE,) Mis little wDul looked through little grey eves ; his thin, compressed lips expressed fidgety precision rather than firmness and his noso was charaotctless, except*. as it conformed to the tjeneral expression of his countenance. His features, as a whole, lilte many that wc see seemed striving to converge towards some given point, in the same ratio that those of a benevolent face expand, [lis voice indicated great deliberation-and prudence, though unfortunately these desirable qualities were expended on the smallest possible objccts. His nasal tone must not be for, to forget the twang of l'eleg's voice, would be to forget him. " Well, when we're in such a fix, we make beds oil the floor, 1 hud just as lieves sleep on the floor," sung out the innocent and obliging Peleg. Office nearly oj/positc the 1'ost OJJice, Filtston Aug. iJ, 1850. ly. PHILADELPHIA. PA. DR. J. A. HANN, OlEce in Dr. Curtis' Drug Store, llain Street, S. A. HRADV, I Pr. • G. I!. BKOW-H.l lr°tr"tvr'' June B3, 1851— 10'Jtf. PITTSTON, PA. December 17, 1852. " I may be allowed to con-ult my own convenience 1 presume," replied the incensed lady, with a towering hauglitinaxs that would have overpowered any but the pertinacious Poleg. Ae had no thoughts of going, and readily accepted Mr. Carroll's invitation to dine, and his after ofler to provide apartments at a village inn not far distant. Peleg was at once on famil. iar terms with his generous host, and crept after hint to the top ol the house to discover the whereabouts of an uncle Barney and his three sons. Mr. Carroll humored his propensities to the utmost, from sheer good nature, though ho was not a Tittle instigated by a mischevious desire to see an unpolished pl» bian in collision with his wile's fashionable frieuda, who, by courtesy, must be polite. Dinner proved a paintul ceremony to Mrs, Carroll—a source of secret merriment to her friends—a display of the Leechs' unconscious.blunders, and an «x. h i bit ion of inanly independence on the part of Mr. Carroll. BRYANT HOUSE, Clrcat llentl Dejiot, l*a. ADDISON BRYANT, I'BopjfHSToa. Sept. 1, 185'1-ly. C.II.8W.G.Dowd, ''Say," at the same time giving the nearest lady a nudge and a significant look-*- "any'gals here wants pluces 1 Want a good 'un—ona that can wash, iron, cook, and do genetal house fixius—two dollars a week." WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEIiS IN DENTISTRY ©t mm, TIN, BRASS, COPPER, SHEET-1 RON, HARDWARE, HAY CUTTERS, GEO. V. GRISWQLD, RESIDENT DENTIST. The response to this appeal, as might be supposed was entirely negative in its resuits; but our Yankeo friend was not going to "give it up so," arid hence he lodgul into another pew, propitiously sprinkled with the feminine gender and with the same results. Nothing daunted, however, he has evidently made up his mind that it is not "unlawful to do good on the Sabbath day," and he is determined to accomplish, at least, some temporal ben efit.on some of the worshipers there assem bled ; so standing erect in the aisle, with the aforesaid stick tight under his arm, but, by this time, hat in hand, he proceeds to answer—in a stentorian voice that could bo heard in every part of the house—the breast of every one then and there assembled : CA11BONDALK. PA. Ond door from Kwoot ttnynor, on Mala Street ggr Cu*h luiid for old gold. CIsTEBN, AMD WELL PDMl'B, 1)U, K. 3UJCU\ CARPENTERS TOOLS, Cf-CCf-C., Lackawanna Avenue, near Presbyterian This, then, was the verltablo Pcleg Leech, whcf, afler long and frequent con sultations with his wife,) who had no voice whatever in the final decision ) resolved to take a sgmmer tour in search of his relatives, lie had frequently boen here and there among iheni, but on this occasion lie intended to honor all within his reach. Accordingly he doled out a few silver bits and coppers for the replenishing tf his meek wife's wardrobe, and, in imagination patted his own back tor his generosity. She happily knew the tttlismanic art of changing old things to n»w, and obedient in all respects, was in reatlinesd for the journey on the appointed •daw. - Church, ScraNtok, Pa A TOUCHia CUSTOM SURGEON DENTIST. petition, Pa—OgicewMOts. Hinn and Dorr. July I -J, 1851. Onters rcapcctfully solicited and good* forwarded witli promptness. Feb. '21, 1H51—ty. A common practice in Paris, wliicli impresses a stranger favorably, is that ol lifting or taking off the hat when a funeral passes. This is observed by all classes.— Ex. Paper. Some years since we were one of that rushing crowd ever pouring up and down Broadway. When in front ol St. Paul's all eyes were attracted by llio appearurice of the crew of the French war vessel, La- Belle Poule, which ihnn visited the United States, under the command of Prince DDD Joinville. The crew werejin tluir naval dress uniform, bright and beautiful, and were carelessly sauntering along seeing the sights. All at once, liiev stopped, formed a line,faced inward and uncovered. How exquisitely .touching was the scene when we discovered in that thoughtless,bu#y, Jiurrying crowd a man of foreign birth evidcritH- poor and friendless, under whose arm was tenderly carried a tiny cofiinyand by his side the stricken motffer. They were in search ol burial for their babe, and were jostled »nd unheeded in that gay torrent ot humanity, until thoy met these hard dy tempest tossee mariners, who on the in. slant, with bared heads, stood in silent respect, the sacred ashes of the unknown infant were passing. Such are French manners. Flour.—This article, we are happy tn say, is gradually yielding in price, and down—down let it go, say we. When there is a famine, we aro willfrg to pay 'amine prices,but wh»n there is 'enoughand to spare," we don't like 10 have the screws put to us in a way,that don't allow a dollar to gel warm in our purse. DR. 0. F. IIARVKY, GEO RGE LAZARUS SURGEON DENTIST. Kraoklin treet, next door to Dr. Doolittlo, Forwarding and Commission Merchants P1TTST0N, PA. Fa November 11. 1853. WJLI. lUtond to rorwnrdiniT and receiving goods nt liimlorc liouw, ruurol L*ioru»'» Hotel Allgoods consigned to lit" eafufurwatUixl with despstch. COAL otu mmm. Fashionable Barber arid Hair Vresser. In tile Room adjoining Cohen's Clothing Btore and opposite the Ragle Hotel, Pitteton, I'n. WOULD respectfully inform the public that lie has taken the Shop formerly occupicd by I.yman where ho would be pleased to wait on thcai. 0. P. FULLER k CO., COAL MERCHANTS. East side Main Hired, nearly opposite Bowkley tf Betjea's store. Pittstoii, April I, 1853. " How are the uncultivated to receive polir.li, unless they sometimes feel the chisel stroke of refined society t" asked he'of his mortified wife when her dinner martyrdom had cea»ed. 8CT Scene at Camp Meeting :—Siater, arc you happy V " Yes, deacon, T feci ak though I was in Belzebub's boaoin." A, PRICE 8 CO,, COAL MERCHANTS." Now, Peleg did not believe in whizzinjr like a bee through the world. To be set down ut hts journey's end before he had fairly made up his mind to start, and to be forever called '• aboard " before hia leet had shotted off the platform, were in super, able objections in his view, to the popular mode ot travelling—to »ay nothing of the serious inroads it made into his wallet.— He prefcred to be the master of his own ime and money. On the day in question lerefore an old horse, (which had taker 'I'm come here to get a gal—a first rate 'un—one that can wash,iron, cook, and do up brown ulh kinds 'o fixins 'round a house and I'll give two dollars a week—team's outside now ready." It is perhaps needless to say that the ef feet of his speech was electrical on both the congregation, priest, officials aud Jonathan; for 'without any further ceremony' the latter personage was father roughly paused to make a rapid exit, with the broad intimation that he had 'mhtaken Ins calling,' or at least bad mistaken the building, for that was not an 'intelligence office.' The last words that ware heard from our ' inquiring' friend as ho hurriedly jD cm ■I fj C in Iklzebub's !" Pituton, Not. 1853, •' in soma other way, certainly, than shocking the feelings ot fashionable peo' pic, ar.d, above all, mukin" an experiment with one's own relatives." "Ilfhiin 1 if—-*' mr- "M »• Well, someone of tho patriarchs, don'i know which." 'Iat Office—Wtsl nide Main street, Pulsion Luterne county, Pa. Aagttll'JO, 1852. lf. Architecture, 'PH03E wanting anything designated above X will please give the aubscribera call, who i» prepared to make drawings for buildings, write specifications, if-c. May be ftmnd by inquiring at the Eagle Hotel. GEO. VV. LUNG. Pituton, January 2nd. 1854. Marriages may be celebrated in bower* as fair as Eden, but they must in the end be-put to proof in the workshops of the world.. ' '■ 4-**'. f' ! s. - 1 ' The storms of aiivarsiiy are wholesome though like snow storm, their drift i» uot always seen. We must not always speak always speak all that we kumv, that were mere folly ; but whnt a man says should be what lie thinks, otherwiso if i* knavery. J. BQWKLEY 8 BEYEA, . COAL. MERCHANTS—Of ct Cm Mr of Main and Railroad. Stree.lt, PiUtlan, Pa. " Mv own relatives !" said Mr. Carroll, rubbing his hands and smiling; "that was the beauty of h to-day. Bui; as to your fashionable people, they might often be shocked at their own rudeness and ignorance. Unfortunately, they silver their own mirrors." Before sunset, Peleg and his noiseless partner were preparing to remove to the village inn. " Good-byd," drawted he, nodding his head to Mrs. Carroll " I'll stop a week or Angust MJ, 1850. —tf. MIBOBLLAHBOU8. BUILDING LOTS. rp! 1K subscriber iD now uOferingtsf sale acbofcalotwttli L a good house and tarn ou II, pleasantly situated la Hit* Borough. AMD, Beveral vacant lota welt r«icnlut«d fbr business Ben of uuy kind, la lbs contra oMiwjncsa, kots (or prlvnto dwelling*, Terms M payment ««j. For t*£SBBSS8lKmm** "7A. C. J. H. JENKINS, JEXCHANQE BROKER, OJUr i» til: '"««C OJUt, I'iIUIm, I'm. n» so, lea—tf. ne cue Irom hit master never lo be in a hurry*) and a well worn buggy stood before the gateway. A ha*!- trunk, studded wiih tarnished brass nails, and a bandbox neatly bagged in factory, Were fastened iK the "r/l-Cumi will 1j« i U ucu M- I corn by Strug 4' Jtei
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal, Volume 5 Number 4, September 29, 1854 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 4 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1854-09-29 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
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Description
Title | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal, Volume 5 Number 4, September 29, 1854 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 4 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1854-09-29 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGS_18540929_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | 1 - .. v*, -.• H;jli . • • • : AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. : ; ." -' - ■ "' "* "' . ' " •' #., ~ " _ , ~ ' ' " ' • rtf , nnit Ijrintel SirterBta of fyt Cotmtnj, instruction, fmfpirf, 8r.)~-€nta Dollars |S?r %m% 1 WnkItj llnu0pjin-(DtoDtrliiallm0r hn, |fo!itir0,tf|* JHerrnatiU, Mining, 3^1er{rntt VOLUME 5.--NUMBER 4. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1854. WHOLE NUMBER 212. THE PITTSTON 6AZETTE, A LIVE PAINTER IN TOWN. TO BE FF.F.N nt the " Long Vtofajj Room No. 7. up stnirs, nl which place the undersigned hnsopened a shop, and begs lo inform ibe citizens of Plitslon and adjacent villnvfrt ihnt he in now prepared to execute all kinds of Painting, including . fxlutcir "" OLD MEMORIES. Olil memories! old memories ! rear, after a deal ot thanking and fumbling Mistress Leech, wJio rarely opened her lips, silently seated florae If under the same careful supervision Which had been bestowed upon the trttrtk, and finally Peleg himself —after walking round and round jhe carriaae, trying the harness, smoothing old Charley's and attending to a host of little things in a way that nearly tired out Mistress Lecch before she had journeyed at all—climbed cautiously into the vehicle, adjusted the reins, and started. two with you on my way home, seeing you'refull now and then leisurely examined the horse, carriage, trunk and box without leaving the slightest intimation, through his nerves or (lis tenses, that a flood of scorn and contempt was streaming upon him from the eyes and curled l:p of the {magnificently proud woman, to whom he had made his rude adieus. With ihe most contented look in the world, Peleg, his shadow and his baggage, rolled away from the door of his rich cousiu, and was soon lost Bight of in the shrubbery lined THE CHINESE EMPEROR AND THE MAINE LAW. ceeded to unhitch his team, were condemnatory ejaculations on the right* of the individual,' and surmises as lo the peouliar institution' from which he had been so uncerenioni Dusly ejected. He said : 'Getting to be a darned free country this —they'll trv to hustle a fellow out of creation next—I ain't no Angel Gabriel— darned 'know nothing' establishment any how—and no mistake.' In 1709 one of tho Emperor's Chief Ministesrs fearing lest the practice of smoking opium "should spread among all tho people ol tho inner land, to the waste of their time and the destruction of their property," presented a memorial requesting that the sale of the drug should be prohibited, and that offenders should bo made amenable to punishment. A short lime alter this, the government took the matter in hund, and began to enact special laws in reference to it. It was no', however until 1820, that they made (lie prohibition very stringent, and commenced in earnest to indict the penalties of the violated law. In 38:50-32-34, one edict after another was issued, declaring that the injury done by the influx of opium, and by the increase of tlioje inhaling it, was nearly equal to a general conflagration, and denouncing upon tho seller and smo ker of this poison, the bastinado, the wooden collar, imprisonment, banishment and the entire confiscation of his property, yes, even mow, the severer penally of capital punishment, either by decapitation or strangulation. But they soon found, as wo have also done in our legislative experience,that the evil is not removed simply by the punishment of the drunkard or the drunkard maker. For a time under the directions of the Vice President of the Sacrificial Court at Pekin, they seemed some what inclined, like some of our city legislators, to go into the licence system and thus c.ontroll and regulate the evil tliey could not abolish, as well as secure revenue from it. But what was tho noble answer of the Emperor. "It is true" said he, "1 capnot prevent the introduction of the flowing poison ; gain-seeking and corrupt men will, for profit and sensuality, defeat my wish, but nothing will induce me to derive a revenue from the vice and misery of my people I" When shall we hear CJur owu professedly enlightened christian legislators say the same ! 8n*4licit 1111a Anthracite Jourunl AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GEORGE M. RICUART. Sign and Ornamental Painting, Gilding, Bronxlng, 8c. Ac., aud respectfully solicits a share of their atr nl Ion aud patronage. N. B.—All orders exeeumd wilh pnrtlcular regard to taste, uenlnw, promptne»s and despatch. m I'lttston, Sept. 0, ItJj-t-lf «J. .vtCCWE. What preciousthings they are; How close they cling around our heart, Vfiee in Jenkins u/-w Brick /inildinff, ovc doer South of Sulht riaiuT* Store—up stairs. % How dearly cherished there! How oft will we cast asi T»iKt4C*Ar.aTTE Ac JocrCCal" is published e^erjrFriday, at Two O01.L.4RN per anuuin. Two TMliirs ami Fifty Cents willbo charged if not paid within thw yftr. No ptiper will be d'ujcoatiuuud until ali arrearage■* are paid AovkrtiskmKnts »ire Inserted consplCttousty at Urn: Doi.- lar per square of fourteen lines for threeInserti out and Twkmtv-kiv k Ovarx additinnull'orevorysubReciueii nsartiou. A liberal deduction io those whoadvertiss fornix months of the whole year. Job Work.— We have coimectud with our establishment a well selected assortment of Job Tyfk which wllleoa bio us to execute,in the neatest style avery variety af printing. The cup of promised bliss, And gladly turn us to the past,—• So fraught with happiness! GEORGE PERKINS, ATTORNEY at LAW, Pittslon, Pa. OOee D Build tug uccunied by Cc*o. It. Lovo 6t Co., »ecuui floor. April 'Jl, 1*W4. Poleg proved on. the second day of his travels that it was cheaper to bo master of his own movements than lo be whirligigcd from one towi( to another without time to choose the provider of his wants. He rose early ihot morning, and, greatly to the sur. prise of his disappointed landlord, resutn. ed his navels without ordering breakfast.Young America.—The following choice bit of dialogogue indicates the spread of . Know-Nothing principles among the rising generation:— Let others boast of coming joys, And tell how brightly thine Their hopes of future happiness,— Let memory's joys tie mine. I would not loose the consciousness Of one good action done, To wen re the brightest web of bliss That fancy ever spun. avenue, D. S. K 0 0 N , ATTTRNEV AT LAW—Office with Jam cs Helm, »q P.Union, Pa. Six weeks afterward Peleg had wanderdered, at a snail's pace, over one hundred miles from hi* home. lie had shaken by the liand an army of relatives, rich and as would nave dismayed any but the indefatigable Peleg. No antiquarian had a more curious collection than his roll of relationships ; no old pilgrim ever labored through his penance more faithfully tlian he performed his self-imposed duty towards his kinsmen. Now he lounged at the counting desk of a prosperous merchant, tormenting- him with queries and guesses concerning aunt Betsey, and next was putting a poor stranger cousin to his wits end to entertain man nnd horse in accordance with his slender means ; then a gav matron and her daughters were sorely tried at the intrusion ot impenetrable Peleg, or n young dandy torced to whilf in long spirals of smoke, his indignation at being so "awfully bored." At last Paleg and his dumb escort happened into a bee-hive of a village, Crhich lies at the foot of the Green Mountains. There are few busier communities—few where gossip thrives so well—and fuwerFtill where there are so much pretentions to aristocracy.— Consequently the inhabitants have a mor - tal dreed of each other's ridicule. Several of the most important families of the little town are connected iDy blood or alliance, and into this lofty sisterhood came the unconscious firebrand of Contention, Peleg. Irish Mother—"Arrah, Johny, and where have yees bin, so long?" Native Son—"Why, me and the rest of the boys has been licking an Irishman!" A. KENNEtt'S LIVERY AND EXCHANGE. KliAJI T11F. V'ST OFFICE, 8CKANTON, PA. Heady at all times to accommodate with the best of horses and vehicles. Seranion, Feb. 81, 1851-lv. 93n0in?sjj Cnriia. Mother—"Wait, ye spalpeen, till yer daddy gits home—you'll be after catching it!" JOB PRINTING. Tengmd miles brought the early couplo within the precints of a large town which was yet gaping and rubbing its «yes. — [Jere Peleg was in trouble. He hud for. gotten tho {eeidenco of tho gentleman whose wile's mother was his pwn wife's second cousin. Itut Is these matters he was as expert as a Parisian policeman ; and after varions windings and knocking at wrong doors,... faintly pulled the right bell. He and his patient half, awaited with sharpened appetites, the »1gnal for breakfast, and the entrance of their sleepy cousins. Their arrival had been announced by the puzzlsd servant as that ot a solily Dion, an' u wumai) who says niver a bit of a word." Curiosity brought the hest and his pretty young wife to the parlor.— So Peleg fouud his breakfast and his relatives. If there was a shade of ill-humor on the brow of his entertainer, or if the youthfui housekeeper hid her dimples behind the coffee-urp, he never once suspected himsell to be the cause, lie departed as unceremoniously, with his silent shadow, as he came, pleased at his skillfull coup d'etat, and pleasfcd with all tho world. OF EVEKY DESCRIPTION Neatly and expeditiously executed at this office, on reasonable terms. tsr llUtn8s of all kinds altrav* on hand. JP\ Old memories ! old memories I Oh how they stir the heart! How oft a smile will part the lips I How oft a tear win start! As memory faithful to her trust, * Brings other tcenes again, In all their very truthfulness Of pleasure or of pain ! Son—"Oh, he be blowed I That's the man we've licked." 8. STEURMER 8 BROTHERS, Boot c£? SI100 Maltors. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, iv Pint (Ifor South of the Eagle Hotel* Pittfton, Pa. for tho liberal patroittftfe herwtolorw bestowed X upon them, solicit acontiiviance or the name. Those wkb in* work mudo up neatty and aubniantinllv will find it lo I heir ad vantage to (five tn in u cull, Moderate profit* and atriot punctuality uru tho mottoes which thuy cherish. In a letter published in the New York Herald of tho 10th inst., dated Waverly, Tioga counly, New York, and containing a descriptive account of the country around Waverly and Athens, the scheme of a railroad connection between that^region and this city is thu9 commented on :— North Pennsylvania Railroad. piltston Gazette Printing Office, HOTELS BOOTS, SHOES, 8C,, will b« made loonier noon tin? fcbortest notice, ami the bi'«t uf iMiiisriinlon rendered at ull times. O, who would give the memory Of childhood's early day; Would wipe a mothers tenderness, A father's care away ; A dear, dear, brother's earnest love A gentlrstster's smile, The joyous friei d« of early years, When life was glad the while I BUTLER HOUSE, March at, IsSI-ly " The North Pennsylvania Railroad is a work recently suggested in Philadelphia, and r.ow in progress, is to terminate at Waverly, as the most feasible point of connection with the Brie Railroad, and a directed railroad projected thence north to Lake Ontario or Fair Haven or Little Sodus bay, a few milas west of Owego. Waveily is about equal distant from the cities of New York and Philadelphia, being 100 miles Iroin each in a direct line. The surveyed route of the North Pennsylvania Railroad varies only 14$ miles from an air line in any point, and the length of the surveyed route is 210$ miles from Waverly to Philadelphia. This railroad will pass over each ol the great coal fields of anihiacite in Pennsylvania, ond will run from Waverly down the Susquehanna valley to Pittston,where it leaves that valley and crosses a .summit of less than seventy feet to the mile, and follows the Lehigh valley to Allentown. The line then leaves the Lehigh valley and crosses the country to Philadelphia. The summit near Wilkesliarro lies between the great anthracite coal basins, and is 1,030 feet above tidewater, requiring a gradient of near seventy, feet per mile to overcome it on the Northern slope. This is the maximum gradient oil the whole route, and is required at no other point; the steepest gradient elsewhere being sixty feet per mile. This is also the highest summit between Philadelphia and Buffalo. It is forty.scven feet lower thar. the Elk summit, and three hundred and forty nine feet lower than the Clarion summit—both on the Sunbury and Erie road—and is five hundred and thirtyone feet lower than the Allegheny summit ■of the Pennsylvania Central road. Fittston, Luzerne County, Pa. 33 o o It - 33 1 n tl o r , tforlk East Corner of Pttbftl Square and Main Street, ROBERT BAUR, SAMUEL F. IKMS Mil) having tekfcn the abovo stand suweli known to the Traveling Puddle nmler the occupancy .of Jurao» l». Foreman, alid milt led it in thebesl m.-uiiitsr throughout, wouMannounce t«hi*frienda-end the pirbltc 1 hoi lor th«ir accommodation are complete*. The stale! M (ho Wilkeaelinrrc. 1)ICTL'RK Frame#, common, Gill, and Jfahoijaiiy,orna» X muiiietl and plain, luadu to urdur, of auy size. job Binding nectl) executed. , . JiRICK HOTEL A m-l 'cuun of ooninion and fln« pictures, .*lbu Blauk llouk*. siuiioaer), Novels,fce.. always ou bnml. Jtiuu 17. 1^53. O who would roll the Lethean wave Above their early youth, When earthly lights seomed all undimncd, And all unsullied truth I Nay, nay, amid iife'u latter scenes, Amid its cares and tears, opened about one yenrfdnco In IV eentnil pari of Ptttston, and is unit of the most oomrnodioin* sml teeifc«rr.injj«;d licwsesin Northern r.-n 11 1 v ui.:, nnil svery effort will be insdo lo render the rtojnitm of all, jdeinunl find agreeable. REMOVED To lhC New Building 2 doors North of Tiio BAR will .abound Inthobefttof anil tho Table will lD« furnished with nil the luxnritnof th«* season. Careful and «uu-Cl«a{ Ostium always in attendance. Thankful lor'.ho itlntr.t) pat rouuge heretofore received from tho travelling public and eltixen* of the county, he will be happy to see them at hU now location. Coo!laugh's Confectionary. WATCHES 8 JEWELRY. There are green spots to whieh we turn Through all our after years. I'lllstoii, A.-ril 11, 1*51. THK enbtfcriber ha* ntcentlv rec«Itf»d ** from New York, « wrMily of good BIL VKR WATUHKH, which hnvu been »c " He need not come to me, a cousin of three removes," said one. EAGLE HOTEL, There's many a light from by gone days Around your pathway cast ; There's muny a treasure garnered in The unforgotten post. Theil let me seek to dwell From present scenes apart, And glean from memory's treasure house, A lesson for the heart! Finding on careful examination, that the fines, imprisonment, torture and execution, which lmd occasionally been inflicted on the Chinese people, for violating the laws ogainst selling or smoking the drug, had not perceptibly ciiecked its traffic, he at length decided to lay the axe at the root of the tree. Other laws having failed, he determined to anticipate the Maine Law, and make war directly upon the opium itself. He commanded that all the accursed drug, whether stored in the factories, or on board of ships' in the harbor, should be surrendered, and when this was done, he ordered his faithful commissioner. Lin, to destroy it utterly. Nobly disdaining to eniich his'treasury by a sale that would not fall short of $20,000,000, the whole was emptied into the river, to bo mixed wiih its mud, and carried off by its waves. PI1TSTON, PA pctudfronj liirg'.* nl the i»rln- Jewelry iuN. York - Cily, and which ho will warrant to keep tliuo. Aho ou hand a great variety of A beautiful villa on the shores of • lake was his next destination. This highly cultivated and charming site was owned by a gentleman whose Consanguinity and acquaintance in boyhood Peleg fortunately remembered ; for on these points his memory was marvellously tenacious.— In due time he was winding through the smooth shaded carriage way that led to the mansion. The apparition of the dusty old fashioned establishment and droll wheezy horse, attracted the wondering eyes of guests clustered at the drawing room windows or pacing back and forth on the long pi a7.z». " Nor to me w ith all my cares," said a bustling matron BY GEORGE LAZARUS. nug. 2, IH50, PORT GRIFFITH HOUSE. JEWELIIY, aft!)'* very latent f»t vie, such as Breast Pi**, Finftr Rive** Ear Itius*, Watch Chain*, *e., all of which he will sell uiiuimstiulh' low tirici'sforciwh. Clocks and Jf'utehoa repnirea at the shortcut notice and War rallied. JAMES AITKIN. 'Don't shako the rag-bag over my head!' xcluimed a young housewife, escaping hrough the back door as Peleg entared her lunt'g collage. A family arltercation ensued ; and with all his wilful perseverance, l'eieg could not wedge his way into the parlors or good graces of his thankless relatives. Oh, if he had but been Governor Peleg, or Lord Peleg ! The puzzled pair at last found shelter with an elderly relativo, who was neither swayed by pride nor fashion. Independence and generosity of Character enabled her to offer Christian hospitality. PORT GRIFFITH, l.UZERNE COUNTY, TA M. PHILBIN, PROPRIETOR. rpnR subscriber having completed hi« newtav. JL era home, at Port Griffith, is prepared to accommodate traveller* and the public generally, In tlie beat manner and on reasonable terms. The rooms are convenient, and the proprietor will •pare no effort* iumakfe till gVrst« comfortable. His Bar i* supplied with exceJIent liquors, and t.ia table with an abundance of the best the markets afford. Jun'y 1854. Interesting Cafe, C. B. HITCHCOCK J. L. WILLIAMS HITCHCOCK 8 WILLIAMS, Feleg in Seaich of Relatives. Forwarding and Commission Merchants, sxu dealers ijr COAL, Second and Third IVharvca below Canal lionin, Bavre-Do-Grooo, Md., Are prepared to attend to receiving nnd forwarding Coal by the cargo on reasonable terms. Aug. 3. 18£D4-3mpJ. BY THE "LADY OF SHALLOrr." Good stabling attached. •MICHAEL PI1IL3IN, Poll Griffith, June D2, 185-t-tf Pei.eo Leech possessed a comfortable fortune, which lie had gained by labor and pinching economy. This economy laudable enough in the beginning, had narrow, fd itself into a miserly sharpness, and for ibis reason his frequent summer travels were a mutter of fonder to his neighbors. But Peleg knew very well that visiting was cheap. Tenderness for his purse and tenderness for his relatives, were his two prominent characteristics : and ir. the exercise of each lie exhibited a remarkable degree of sagacity and dogged perseverance. But, in every other respect, poor I'eleg was hopelessly dull, tie claimed a right to the hospitality of a second or a third cousin as undeniably as the shelter of his own roof, and no more comprehended that any one's convenience or pleasure was to be oonsulted no tnore than if he had been a house-fly. There was nothing of the whistling, whittling, impudent Yankee ubout him. On the contrary, his manner was cringing, creeping, and he was not to be repelled by any ordinary coolness or dclicuto suggestions to shorten his visits (lis obtuseness was an ample sheild against such weipons. " Whom have we here ?" said Mr. Car roll to his wife—a proud, lofty, fastidiously fashionable woman. " But Peleg*" sa'd she, with characteristio frankness, "you must find more weariness than real pleasure in ferreting out stranger cousins, who have on more 'han human interest in j'ou, Polog could not sav ; but his svife burst into u ars. " I do wish t were home. 1 think it is dreadful to travel." WYOMING HOUSE, GRIGGS, ZABRISKTE 8 LOVELL, "Some mistake of course," replied she, as she saw with some consternation, the contents of the buggy deposited on the steps. Mr. Carroll advanced and politely greeted tho strangers, with a question in nis eye rather than on his lips. (.NEAtt THK UA1LROAD DEPOT.) WIIOt.EHAI.E onuOERH AND Humorous, Srraastoii, l»a. J. O. BURGESS, Proprietor. ft "j- Charges Moderate. PvpU/mba 23, IH53. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 252, Washington Street : From t/ie Rochester American. (Between Murray and Robinson Bis.) " How d'ye do ? Don't you remember cousin Peleg 1" and a broad sunburnt hand was in the soft palm of the yell bred Mr. Carroll. Peleg at once disclosed his intention to make a visit ; but his explanation Of relation lasted long after they were seated in the reception room. Mrs. Carroll declined acknowledging the presence of the new comers, till concerned by her husband's stern request. THE LAST KNOW-NOTHING CASE SCR ANTON- HOUSE, JiMcn ) (inn. I.N. Zaoribkib, D llArtffKM O. LOVKLL. ) KKW -YORK [An*. 12, 1853-1/. The speechless had found voice, now that she felt the sympathy of an honest heart. Mrs. Edmunds consoled her, prom, ised rest.and the nrxt day made her linppy with the presentation of a uew cap and dress, in w hich she need not shrink even from Mrs. Carroll's eye, A week under the hospitable roof so changed and brightened the grateful visiter, thai Peleg would have renewed his tour with double zest. Ho finally vielued to tho admonition of his hostess, to turn homewards; but not without asserting his intention to "go rouud bv Mr.Carroll's and make that visit." BP The following incident, illustrative of an OR JONATHAN IN A FIX, The North Pennsylvai ii Railroad is entirely a Pennsylvania work, and the greatest interest is felt in Philadelphia and the towns and counties along the line, in its success. The estimated cost of the work is 830,000 per mile, or a little over six millions of dollars for the 216 miles. On the last day of the year 1853, the subscriptions to the capital stock amounted to 1, 538,600, of which 50,000 was subscribed by Philadelphia and Spring Garden, in their corporate capacity. Great confidence is felt by ihe friends of the road that abundant funds will be provided without the issue of bonds on the company. The work is in progress from Philadelphia to Bethlehem, fifty-four miles, or one quar ter of the whole distance to Waverly, and the chief engineer, Edward Miller, Esq., reports that he expects to complete Iho road to Bethlehem early in 1855. There will be branches to Doylstown, E as ton, Wilkesbaire and other points near the main route. The Easton branoh will open a very direct route to New York city. Thomas S. Fernon, Esq., the President of the company, is entitled to the credit of having suggested this great work, and brought it to the notice of the citizcns of Philadelphia. While it will open an important line of travel betwen that city and the western part of New Yorft, with facil. ities of communication with the coal beds, it will not dimmish the business on the railroads and canals of New Yok, but rather increase the business by the greater interchange of trade and travel which must take place. orPOalTB 8CRANTON* 8 PLATF8 STORE, SCltANTON, PA GEO. W. BRAINERD 8 Oo. entirely original manifestation of an "inquiring mind," occurred in one of our city Catholic churches on Sunday last, and presents too unique a feature to be allowed to escape the publicity ofnewspaperciom:— D K.KRESSLER, Proprietor. N. B.—A will bo in road in whs to convey ffiu nt* to thin hou-*vDti the arrival of IIm» |DJia«o»ffer train at the '.uiiruaU ft8pt. 23, iBKt-ly 103 Murray, near WeBt Street, New York Gt:o. W. Buainkhd, DAVID BEI.UEN [Aug. a, 1850.--ly». 11YDE PARK HOTEL, C. R. GORMAN 8 Co., The services fiUd already commenced, when might be seen a tall, carr.iverous specimen of "down East" humanity, hitching his team to the nearest post ; that ac complished, with hurried steps he makes his way ii.to the church, his hat—none of the bp«t—defiantly holds its place on his cranium ; a huge slicK, as crooked as the "old serpent," is held with a firm graxp under his arm ; and Jonathan, as he paced down the aisle, is evidently on the look-out for the double purpose of business end a pew. By this time the whole congregation was gazing at the stranger, but, nothing daunted, he openR a pew door, and seats himself beside two ladies, who happened to bo the only occupants of the pew, when, after drawing a long breath or two, he unburdens his soul as follows : UVIJE PAflK, PA., By HHNRY HUFFORD, Kept. *3, IKiX H« PITTSTOX, PA., Agents Tor Tapscolt's General Emigration and foreign Exchange. Persona 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 Po*t-Office. Tapsrolt 8 Co's. receipt will be furnishd hv return inuil. {.Pittston, Aug. 'ill, 1853. "Not one of our guests but has his shabby relatives. It isour_American birth mark, and I am not ashamed of it." WYOMING HOTEL, By G. W. MERCEBEAU, No. 333, Greenwich street, near Duane The stately Mrs. Carroll was at length face to face with Peleg and his wife. His intimation of a visit was repelled with stern determination. •Seated in his travel-stained buggy, nfter his usual circuit round it, he made his most jnannerlv adieus. " We've had a pretty nico time. I'll come ag«in next summer, and bring my daughter Sabinajto stay with you and he nodded a good bye, leaving Mrs. Edmunds shaking with lauzhter at his unconquerable tenderness for his relatives ; but not lessened in her own or any one else's opinion for having entertained and mado her uncouth cousins happv- How Peleg fared in his second encounter we never knew; but can vouch for the improved condition of the old farm-house,the adoption of more refined customs, more tasteful attire, and an awakened taste for book-lore, as the result of Peleg's unwelcome compliments to his relatives. NEW YORK. Jul* 15, 1853. O. R. GORMAN, M. D. Respectfully tenders his Professional services to the eitisens of Pittston and vicinity. " Our house is already filled with friends I have not a room at my disposal." EAGLE HOTEL, JVC. I3'J WORTH THIRD ST., (A130VE. RACE,) Mis little wDul looked through little grey eves ; his thin, compressed lips expressed fidgety precision rather than firmness and his noso was charaotctless, except*. as it conformed to the tjeneral expression of his countenance. His features, as a whole, lilte many that wc see seemed striving to converge towards some given point, in the same ratio that those of a benevolent face expand, [lis voice indicated great deliberation-and prudence, though unfortunately these desirable qualities were expended on the smallest possible objccts. His nasal tone must not be for, to forget the twang of l'eleg's voice, would be to forget him. " Well, when we're in such a fix, we make beds oil the floor, 1 hud just as lieves sleep on the floor," sung out the innocent and obliging Peleg. Office nearly oj/positc the 1'ost OJJice, Filtston Aug. iJ, 1850. ly. PHILADELPHIA. PA. DR. J. A. HANN, OlEce in Dr. Curtis' Drug Store, llain Street, S. A. HRADV, I Pr. • G. I!. BKOW-H.l lr°tr"tvr'' June B3, 1851— 10'Jtf. PITTSTON, PA. December 17, 1852. " I may be allowed to con-ult my own convenience 1 presume," replied the incensed lady, with a towering hauglitinaxs that would have overpowered any but the pertinacious Poleg. Ae had no thoughts of going, and readily accepted Mr. Carroll's invitation to dine, and his after ofler to provide apartments at a village inn not far distant. Peleg was at once on famil. iar terms with his generous host, and crept after hint to the top ol the house to discover the whereabouts of an uncle Barney and his three sons. Mr. Carroll humored his propensities to the utmost, from sheer good nature, though ho was not a Tittle instigated by a mischevious desire to see an unpolished pl» bian in collision with his wile's fashionable frieuda, who, by courtesy, must be polite. Dinner proved a paintul ceremony to Mrs, Carroll—a source of secret merriment to her friends—a display of the Leechs' unconscious.blunders, and an «x. h i bit ion of inanly independence on the part of Mr. Carroll. BRYANT HOUSE, Clrcat llentl Dejiot, l*a. ADDISON BRYANT, I'BopjfHSToa. Sept. 1, 185'1-ly. C.II.8W.G.Dowd, ''Say," at the same time giving the nearest lady a nudge and a significant look-*- "any'gals here wants pluces 1 Want a good 'un—ona that can wash, iron, cook, and do genetal house fixius—two dollars a week." WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEIiS IN DENTISTRY ©t mm, TIN, BRASS, COPPER, SHEET-1 RON, HARDWARE, HAY CUTTERS, GEO. V. GRISWQLD, RESIDENT DENTIST. The response to this appeal, as might be supposed was entirely negative in its resuits; but our Yankeo friend was not going to "give it up so," arid hence he lodgul into another pew, propitiously sprinkled with the feminine gender and with the same results. Nothing daunted, however, he has evidently made up his mind that it is not "unlawful to do good on the Sabbath day," and he is determined to accomplish, at least, some temporal ben efit.on some of the worshipers there assem bled ; so standing erect in the aisle, with the aforesaid stick tight under his arm, but, by this time, hat in hand, he proceeds to answer—in a stentorian voice that could bo heard in every part of the house—the breast of every one then and there assembled : CA11BONDALK. PA. Ond door from Kwoot ttnynor, on Mala Street ggr Cu*h luiid for old gold. CIsTEBN, AMD WELL PDMl'B, 1)U, K. 3UJCU\ CARPENTERS TOOLS, Cf-CCf-C., Lackawanna Avenue, near Presbyterian This, then, was the verltablo Pcleg Leech, whcf, afler long and frequent con sultations with his wife,) who had no voice whatever in the final decision ) resolved to take a sgmmer tour in search of his relatives, lie had frequently boen here and there among iheni, but on this occasion lie intended to honor all within his reach. Accordingly he doled out a few silver bits and coppers for the replenishing tf his meek wife's wardrobe, and, in imagination patted his own back tor his generosity. She happily knew the tttlismanic art of changing old things to n»w, and obedient in all respects, was in reatlinesd for the journey on the appointed •daw. - Church, ScraNtok, Pa A TOUCHia CUSTOM SURGEON DENTIST. petition, Pa—OgicewMOts. Hinn and Dorr. July I -J, 1851. Onters rcapcctfully solicited and good* forwarded witli promptness. Feb. '21, 1H51—ty. A common practice in Paris, wliicli impresses a stranger favorably, is that ol lifting or taking off the hat when a funeral passes. This is observed by all classes.— Ex. Paper. Some years since we were one of that rushing crowd ever pouring up and down Broadway. When in front ol St. Paul's all eyes were attracted by llio appearurice of the crew of the French war vessel, La- Belle Poule, which ihnn visited the United States, under the command of Prince DDD Joinville. The crew werejin tluir naval dress uniform, bright and beautiful, and were carelessly sauntering along seeing the sights. All at once, liiev stopped, formed a line,faced inward and uncovered. How exquisitely .touching was the scene when we discovered in that thoughtless,bu#y, Jiurrying crowd a man of foreign birth evidcritH- poor and friendless, under whose arm was tenderly carried a tiny cofiinyand by his side the stricken motffer. They were in search ol burial for their babe, and were jostled »nd unheeded in that gay torrent ot humanity, until thoy met these hard dy tempest tossee mariners, who on the in. slant, with bared heads, stood in silent respect, the sacred ashes of the unknown infant were passing. Such are French manners. Flour.—This article, we are happy tn say, is gradually yielding in price, and down—down let it go, say we. When there is a famine, we aro willfrg to pay 'amine prices,but wh»n there is 'enoughand to spare," we don't like 10 have the screws put to us in a way,that don't allow a dollar to gel warm in our purse. DR. 0. F. IIARVKY, GEO RGE LAZARUS SURGEON DENTIST. Kraoklin treet, next door to Dr. Doolittlo, Forwarding and Commission Merchants P1TTST0N, PA. Fa November 11. 1853. WJLI. lUtond to rorwnrdiniT and receiving goods nt liimlorc liouw, ruurol L*ioru»'» Hotel Allgoods consigned to lit" eafufurwatUixl with despstch. COAL otu mmm. Fashionable Barber arid Hair Vresser. In tile Room adjoining Cohen's Clothing Btore and opposite the Ragle Hotel, Pitteton, I'n. WOULD respectfully inform the public that lie has taken the Shop formerly occupicd by I.yman where ho would be pleased to wait on thcai. 0. P. FULLER k CO., COAL MERCHANTS. East side Main Hired, nearly opposite Bowkley tf Betjea's store. Pittstoii, April I, 1853. " How are the uncultivated to receive polir.li, unless they sometimes feel the chisel stroke of refined society t" asked he'of his mortified wife when her dinner martyrdom had cea»ed. 8CT Scene at Camp Meeting :—Siater, arc you happy V " Yes, deacon, T feci ak though I was in Belzebub's boaoin." A, PRICE 8 CO,, COAL MERCHANTS." Now, Peleg did not believe in whizzinjr like a bee through the world. To be set down ut hts journey's end before he had fairly made up his mind to start, and to be forever called '• aboard " before hia leet had shotted off the platform, were in super, able objections in his view, to the popular mode ot travelling—to »ay nothing of the serious inroads it made into his wallet.— He prefcred to be the master of his own ime and money. On the day in question lerefore an old horse, (which had taker 'I'm come here to get a gal—a first rate 'un—one that can wash,iron, cook, and do up brown ulh kinds 'o fixins 'round a house and I'll give two dollars a week—team's outside now ready." It is perhaps needless to say that the ef feet of his speech was electrical on both the congregation, priest, officials aud Jonathan; for 'without any further ceremony' the latter personage was father roughly paused to make a rapid exit, with the broad intimation that he had 'mhtaken Ins calling,' or at least bad mistaken the building, for that was not an 'intelligence office.' The last words that ware heard from our ' inquiring' friend as ho hurriedly jD cm ■I fj C in Iklzebub's !" Pituton, Not. 1853, •' in soma other way, certainly, than shocking the feelings ot fashionable peo' pic, ar.d, above all, mukin" an experiment with one's own relatives." "Ilfhiin 1 if—-*' mr- "M »• Well, someone of tho patriarchs, don'i know which." 'Iat Office—Wtsl nide Main street, Pulsion Luterne county, Pa. Aagttll'JO, 1852. lf. Architecture, 'PH03E wanting anything designated above X will please give the aubscribera call, who i» prepared to make drawings for buildings, write specifications, if-c. May be ftmnd by inquiring at the Eagle Hotel. GEO. VV. LUNG. Pituton, January 2nd. 1854. Marriages may be celebrated in bower* as fair as Eden, but they must in the end be-put to proof in the workshops of the world.. ' '■ 4-**'. f' ! s. - 1 ' The storms of aiivarsiiy are wholesome though like snow storm, their drift i» uot always seen. We must not always speak always speak all that we kumv, that were mere folly ; but whnt a man says should be what lie thinks, otherwiso if i* knavery. J. BQWKLEY 8 BEYEA, . COAL. MERCHANTS—Of ct Cm Mr of Main and Railroad. Stree.lt, PiUtlan, Pa. " Mv own relatives !" said Mr. Carroll, rubbing his hands and smiling; "that was the beauty of h to-day. Bui; as to your fashionable people, they might often be shocked at their own rudeness and ignorance. Unfortunately, they silver their own mirrors." Before sunset, Peleg and his noiseless partner were preparing to remove to the village inn. " Good-byd," drawted he, nodding his head to Mrs. Carroll " I'll stop a week or Angust MJ, 1850. —tf. MIBOBLLAHBOU8. BUILDING LOTS. rp! 1K subscriber iD now uOferingtsf sale acbofcalotwttli L a good house and tarn ou II, pleasantly situated la Hit* Borough. AMD, Beveral vacant lota welt r«icnlut«d fbr business Ben of uuy kind, la lbs contra oMiwjncsa, kots (or prlvnto dwelling*, Terms M payment ««j. For t*£SBBSS8lKmm** "7A. C. J. H. JENKINS, JEXCHANQE BROKER, OJUr i» til: '"««C OJUt, I'iIUIm, I'm. n» so, lea—tf. ne cue Irom hit master never lo be in a hurry*) and a well worn buggy stood before the gateway. A ha*!- trunk, studded wiih tarnished brass nails, and a bandbox neatly bagged in factory, Were fastened iK the "r/l-Cumi will 1j« i U ucu M- I corn by Strug 4' Jtei |
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