Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              mspC 3SS jBigJWMHBBMB gjj jjjjj-'i—1 ..PI I1J 1 ■ _ III! I I 1 1' " ' |!| 1 "" '.. "" """ ■ .JV\ V —  and susquehanna anthracite journal. ■ i - ' ■ 1 ,Jl . ,V . ' H * (I Jl l". • ■*' fltf i .v '«■ tiC: if l ill 4%. «i . ■ ?lD if/D ' J 4 ,s J I Wntti] $eiff5{ifljw-( DrtmM fa Urns, TfiiWM, ffierrnafilf, jHftnuj Mm\ss of fire Cnttnfrtj, Haatnutiim, $tnu»enf, 8r.)--€tua Data pn Inmmt, PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, '1854. VOLUME 5.-NUMBER 13. WHOLE NUMBER 221, Sflktrir Ipoctrjh From JitJMtt Signal. THE ERRAND BOY. .BY 4. A. W. H. who once laid him softly to rest, kissing his baby cheek, and singing of the "rest for the weary in heaven." He is wondering if she is near him in all his struggles to subdue himself; he wonders if she weeps over him now—when hi* young eyes waste dim? "Mother"—he sobs ip agony—and listens for her voice— it is over. A something fanned the air— he heard a whisper—she has been with him —she loves him yet, and he is comforted. Toil on young slave—be strong, be resigned—govern thyself; God help poor orphans in this stony—hearted-world. observes, " though a king, is a great admi. rer of that extraordinary man." He performed acampnign against the Turks, trav eled extensively, and returned to England in 1770. His known ssntimems, and his ability as a writer; led to the authorship of the letters of Juniu? being ascribed to him. In 1773 he came to America, traveled much, made the acquaintance of the leading men, and embraced with ardor the patriotic cause. Fixing his affections on the new world, ho purchased an estate in Vir- THE PITTSTON GAZETTE. TO BH r'ICF.N nt the " Long Store" Room No. 7. up Hiiiirs, nt Hldchpliice the uudorttikiied baaopened a shop, aod ttega to inform tlie citizen* or PlttPton und ndjueent village* that ho ia now prepaid lo execute nil kind* of Painting, including A LIVE PAINTER IN TOWN. "Run, is, it? Faith, and he didn't the divil an inch ; but owin' to me convaniC- anca to 'im he jist squared himself about an'—be the howly poker! hut | thought ivery 'pothecary shop in ould Ire-r land had been turned loose in me pocketa. Be jahers! but he took me full in the hot and eyes with his baslely stuff. Murther and turf, but the same bates me iritirely. Och ! but didn't the powers of it make me (all flat upon me face )o pet clear of it; and then 1 rolled meseU'down the hil] the matter of twenty fute or more, an' he niver stopped at all. Thip 1 commenced haying up, an' me head it is that is nearly off wub the striving 1 had to kape from turning in. side out. Och ! the dirty blackguard f An' is it really a lap dog Raw«, ye gal) him." AltD From the Jfi w Haven Palladium. THE HEROES cf the BIRKENHEAD. jlHHMliuiia Aiithrnritfi Journal Poor little Albtfrt! was early bereaved of his parents, wbich is all 1 know of his early history. After being kidly cared for In the orphan asylum until h« was ten years of age, be was '-put oui"(tDr "bound out" to a family in the country where he received daily broad and coalrafl clothing for the labor oi his hands. rUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GF-OItGE M, RICH ART. Sign aiul Ornamental Painting, Gilding, Bronzing, fee., fee., mid respectfully solicits a share of their attention mwJ patrtniage. pi. H.,—D\ii order* oxuottiutl with particular regard to tuste, noimMi, proirtptneA atid despatch. l'Malon. Htpi. 9. 1854-lf Jt. JHeCVWE. " The British sleamer Birkenhead was lost on the ooat of A frica not long since. The steamer struck on a hidden rock, stove a plank at the bows, and wentjdown in halt an hour's time. There was a regiment of troops on board. As soon as the alarm was given, and it was apparent that the ship's doom was scaled, the roll ot the. drum called the soldiers to arms on the upper deck. That call wai promptly obeyed, though every gallant heart knew that it was his death summons.— The women and children were placed in the boat and nearly all tDaved. There were no boats for the troops, but there was no panic, do blanehed, quivering lips among them. Down went the ship, and down went the horoic band, shoulder to shoulder, firing a feu de joie, as. they sank beneath the waves." »a Jenkins' new Brief; ont door South of StlkerlanWs Start—up otairo, » _____ Vni;C(tizittb A. Joornal" ii publishedeveryFridny, at Two Dollar" por annum. Two Indian* AMI Fifty Cent* w-VH h* ehnrjretf 1f 'hofputd Within the fMt, Ha paper will he discontinued until alt arriiiraues ar«f paid AevkKTinkm khts are I naerh-d conspicuously ut OnjUIoi* lar per squurd of folrrteen litu»* for ihreo Itwrll ont aud Twkhty-kivk Uknt« 4ddiUbualCorovaiyMtMM|taii mortton. A liberal ClC*luctlon to those who advertits for ai v month*or the wlxde)W. Job Work.—We have couuccted with our establishment a wWlwdcH assortmentof JobT,ypk which wilt ciiu f. ble us to e«equle,ln the aeateit style every variety • f printing. " G E 0 a G E PERKINS, AttornKt At law, pittston, Pa. onice n Buiw lag oeetiptod by Cieo. R. Lore A Co.; seeonl floor. April 41. lt84. At fourteen ha was persuaded by his master to go into a neighboring country, with a mail who hid engaged to procure a boy to do "chorea Cnd errands" fora Reverend gentleman, the principal of a country boarding sohool. i ginia, D. S. KOON, ATTTftNKY at LAW—Offlce with James flelro, «q l'ittltou. 1'u. Of sedentary iialDits,I was always the last person up at night, in thai large hoarding house. Often during the long cold winter 1 put off my shoes and stole soltly from my room to rte "eight by ten" apartment, which besides holding all the old lumber ot the house was occupied by Albert as a bed room. I tucked tho bed clothes {their name was not "legion") carefully about him, took dowt) old clothes, skirts and coats, from their nails on the wall and piled them on the bed ; then gaging for a moment on the little sleepe»"s careworn face; blessed God that sleep brought forgetfulness; and I wondered that the Rev Mr. R —dared to pray to Him who'-pitti. eth the poor. When the revolutionary war broke out, Lee was appointed Msjor general. His valuable services in the cause are too well known to require any sketch of them ; but with his merits were faults not less striking, which are to be ascribed to an ill regulated mind, for his patriotism is not to be doubted. After the affair at Monmouth, for which he was by a court martial suspended from any command lor a twelve, month, he retired to his estate in Berkeley county, Virginia, which he called Pralo llio. Here he lived more like a hermit than a citizen ol the world, or a member of a civilized community. His house was little more than a shell, without partitions, and containing scarcely the necessary articles of furniture for ihe most common uses. To a gentleman who visited him in this forlorn retreat, where he found a kitchen in one comer, a bed io another, books in a third, and saddle and harness in a fourth, Lee said, "Sir, it is the most convenient and economical establishment in the world. The lines of chalk which you see on the floor murk the divisions of Ihe apartments, and I can sit in any cor nor and give orders, and overlook the whole, without moving from my chair." Farming proving unprofitable, Lee left his place in the autumn of 1782, and made a visit to Baltimore. He remained there but a lew days, when ha went to Philadelphia, where ha had scarcely established himself in lodgings when he was attacked by a fever which terminated his life on the 2d of October, at the age of fifty-one. In the delirium of fever, the las: words he was heard to say were—" Stand by me, my brave grenadiers!" In a will that he had w:itu?n weje directions, that ''his body should not ba buried in any church yard, nor within a mile of tiny .Presbyterian buriul ground.'" LIVERY AND EXCHANGE., KKSNKR'S lusira tfarH NEAR THE POST OFFICE, SCRANTON, PA- Heady at all times to nrrommmlatc with the best of horses and vehicles. Scrairton, Feb. 21, 1854-.lv. There was a learnt reason why the master, so willingy resigned him to annolher, tho boy sulfated at times, with incarnation of the eyfcs, and there was danger el his becoming blind at no distant day. I boarded with ny children in the family of the reverend Mr. R ■ . the priocipal of tho high' school at ville. Never shall i forget ray firat impression on seeing the little Errand boy. A slight creature with a paleface, and shabby grey clothes, was swaying to fro with the wood saw. HU h8rfds were bare, his feet enfei»sed in old men's boots, his coat was out at the elbow, art old cap minus front and paste-board, dangled from tho back of his head, and his hair—brush and Reaweed—what'hnlr. Like one long tangled mass of flax thread It hung o'er his forehead and temples, quivering with the motion of !he saw, and Ijl'ud new and then from that high, pale, forehead, by the rude dallianoc of u November wind* " Yes, John, that was a California lap* fcfcr dog." JOB PRINTING, " Howh' Paul ! it's meselfthat don't ad* mire the consate of yrz in the matter of op dogs. It's my opinion thai the same dog is closely related to the devil. Och ( bad luck to him ! may I niver be the owner of the likes of him. But will this bastejjr smill iver lave clothes, Raws." OF EVJJItY DESCRIPTION and expeditiously executed at this oflice, on reasonabla term*. S. STEURMER 8, BROTHERS, Boot cfc Shoo Maltors. Fifnt uvur o/ the Kugle HuUl, l'ttt$ion, I'a. or Blanh of eft kinds alirevt on Imnd. J£X ■ TELEGRAPH OFFICE, %*« ■ * IN Pitfston (iiizctte Prinliug Office, CYDhntikf«l for the Hbivral patron aw* Uerctoiorit heMowcd L upon them, earnestly solicit iicHiitln mnceof the wmic. Those wediiutf work. njade up uoullv and substantially will find ft to thdiradVhnbtge td give tli'in n call, Modi-rute prtSits ami strict punctuality aro the mottoes which they cherish. Undaunted on Ihe vcmfi dock, jbe gallant soldiers hi and, The stricken ship, A sinking wreck, And death on fcvery liand!. Poath. for thi- life-boatl bearwrajr 'J'lieir freight of feebler frame, Aftd Woman pal*' and childhood frail. Brave411 miiwd'a -sector claim. •' O yes only dig a hole in the  and bury them for a mouth or so, and the smell will leave them." BDOTS, SHOES, 8£, wMl be inuae to order upon fnfr shortest notice, and the be8( of hu'isfucimurendered at all times. March iJ4, Ibal-ly  HOTELS But who, brave hearts. shell ear© far you T Ho firm in will and deed. Ye, mill in tfortn and d autre r (rue, Ahl in.no for yon »bf plead. Shoulder to Kh(iul(l**r drui ye stand And still on death ye gaze, Nor pallid cheek nor trembling hand, A faltering soul betrays. And then 1 gently closed the door, and went back on tiptoe, shoeless though 1 was lest I might be detected by ihe impudent chamber-maid ; whose misticss might endorse her wrath, for persona harsh and un feeling themselves have a strange disjreJish for the "milk of human kindness" in others. " A month, is it ? and what am I to d? in the meantime ? sorra a rag have I bu£ these, barriu an old red shirt. Och ! the murthcrin villain.! sure he is Satan's QVfi kin, is that samo dog." BUTLER HOUSE, Pituton, Luzerne Cftunty, Pa. SaVUKI. V. IIOSS AKI) h«viue (Iik«n 1I1. wlMWit slant! nowell known to (be Traveling Public under the occupancy of James I), Poruaan, and refitted if in the best oinnner throughout, would announce to bin friend* and the public that his nnvin'r rn.'nM hit Choir accommodation ore eemplelc. The stand ic the ROBERT BAUR, .Yurt/i1 Ku*L iJvrntr of Puh.'u 1 quart and Main Street, II i/ks#i li'irr*. X3 o ok ■ 33 i n cl o r f pfCft'RK Frames,common,Gill,And J#alioganjr,orna-1 inentedaud pie mi, inadu to order, of auD size. Job lliijutiugneatly executed. A fnrirC !«•C•* UDti of common nnd fine pic lures, .4lbu Blank.Jiouks, stationer), No veia, Ate..always on baud# j'in» 17. lisa.* John put his clothes on probation, «a Raws advised, and sent to Raw's Bar for a new supply. During fhe day he occa-r sionatly popped out of hislfnt, in full dig* gpr uniform—that " red shirt" and boots, and oncCD started fiercely to attack, pick i? hand, the remnant of a white shirt, which from his tent door iie discovered partly hidden behind the roof of a neighboring stump, and in his rane at (he entire raoe of California lap dogs, conjured into a resemblance of one of his musky enemies.—Tfo Old 1'ulriareh. Deep peals the 'la rum Of the drum Not to the battle Held, Yet gallantly the soldiers come, U iHkrfct'l llieir doom Is sealed. Tin ir aoom i* sealed, for one by one. Ah moments pasi they know. How heave the billow* for their grave Tito sinking dock below. JUilCK HOTEL March came., with high winds and pelting storms, and the snow lav in largo irregular patches upon the muddy ground. Other children had warm shoes and dry stockings, but Albert's boots were now worse thun skeletons', ana he went about day after day upon his countless " errands" wrung out his saturated hose at night, and put lliem on again in the morning heavy wiih mud and moisture. •psned about one year *iuce in tfcwcentr.il pa»*i .*f Pi'tstou. and is one of th** most comm.ijloar. a:id best urranged MnitMlii North.m IViiufytvr nl.i, nnd every effort will tie made to rouder toe vojouni of ull, plenttmt and offfooeMe. USiUOVJLD To llit New Iiuildhiif ~2 doors North oj l'oor boy, | exclaimed, involuntary contrasting the happier lot of my own pet boys with his. The B\ft will abound in the byslof Lift Tabln will be furnb-bed with nil iln« iuXtirtMi uors, and the if the Aeo^on. Shoulder to shoulder, hnnd to hand, They stand to Ineel their fate; Oh! oh! gulluni bund! Which thus for death can wuit! No craven there! no IiUkkIUvs check. The calm, unwavering « ye, Tells an no human words can *penk, Jiow the bravo hearts can die! C'ttrofnlaml t»stl«ff» atteiidanea. TlmnkMl for the liberal pair-uiaje heretofore received front the iruvfltinij public And cUiiw'n* «»f tiio county, he will a* hu|tfiy |DD tl.ein at bis now location. Coo/baitglis'Confectionary The bid sow ceased its crutmg sound and a pair of sad, dull blue eyes ivere upturned io mine. isthe matter will your eyes, child—are you near sighted ? "Yes ma'am I have been near-sjghtet two yeafs." WATCHES 8 JEWELRY. Piitston. ,\;»ril 14, IKM. ''Ffk TflP. Hul'Hcribnr hn« recently received ,i fro in New York, a variety of tfood HlL iMffKs.-MSnk Vm WATCHKH, which have Ihh-ii nr. M C« 'JSKm lectedfroin larrfe assortrheut# n* the prinoijmiI4®weJryKstublifbmentH inN. York City, and which he will warrant to keep good Uhiu. Also on hand a gro.it variety of EAGLE HOTEL, JIuflHtl eoem the murmurs of tho ware, And bushed air, A* in the tmlnesw of thu grave Tie D stand iu silence thwre. " The boy is not up," said the fretful chambermaid, to her mistress; "and the cook soya she built the fire herself in the kitchen, and I am come to tell you that I knocked twice at his door, and he won't get up." " Not up"—said master anil mUtrese in a breath—"-thefazy fellow, J'll see to it," said the master, and upstairs he went, pushing the door with violence.— "Albert, Albert!" He started up, attempted io speak, but only uttered a hoarse sqealing sound, and fell back upon the pillow. He was sick—sick unto death. B Y J. B. STARK, e«l. 13, IHM. pirrsroN, pa j -  1 did not' linger bjr the little laborer theft, but, secretly resolving to aid him with my sympathy in iuture, as occasion might oli'or, 1 turned away. ' A n orphan, so frail, and dim-sighted— ah, shown that cold November's sun, that day, upon an object more pitiable than the little Errand boy i Day after day 1 mal him on the stairs, in the yard, or on the street; hurrying as if for life with basket or bundle or wheelbarrow ; earn ing clothes to the washerwoman, or bringing home provisions for the family. Evening followed evening, and others rested from their work ; but, just as soon as it grew dark out-doors, the mistress called him in to do "chores" for the lazy kitchen girls, until ten o'clock ; and, when morning came, he arose from his hard cold bed, to kindle all tho fires in a large boarding hrtuse, then to do his work at the barn, and then, if no other duty of lered, to saw away again at the everlasting wood-pile. Defending the Colors.—Some of (be hardest fighting in war is in defeuding th? colors, or trying to take those of the eafe my. An instance is .related as having occurred at the battle of the Alma-*- JEWELRY. of the very latest*!) le. Hitch imHrent t Pit*, Fi*?*r Rinfrn, Ear Hin/»■*, it ntr.it of wbicb he will sell UimnusuulK low pi i^cfi'rtrcasli. Clocks and liatcbes repnircu at the shortest notic6 and Warranted. Plowlv pinks the ship— a lurid glare! A Vol.ley loud nod deep ! The Hiuoke wreaths part they melt away. And on, the billows swe» p. B.wieep ou, and o'er Oie vanished wreck, The w hite wave iift* its crC «t, Like plumes above each gaihiut brotr, Or wrsalha upon uuch breast. v PORT (1UIFF1TH HOUSE, fORT GRIFFITH, LUZKRNF. COl'NTY, PA M. PHSLBIN. PROPRIETOR. JAMES AITKIN Among the many daring exploits., s8yj one writer, of the intrepid men by wbosa energy and unshaken courage the alli«4 arms have been carried to the bights ,ib» Alma, we have not heard of an instance which surpassed in cool daring the«erCCkiqt of Lieutenants Lindsuy and Thutlewaite, of the Scots Fusileer Guards, the Queen'* colors being carried by the former, aoditfvo regimental colors by tlve latter gentleman,. At the moment before the higbta -w,e/p gained, and when the deadly struggle raged so fiercely as to render it almost ina=- possible to tell friend from foe, the two lieutenants became -separated from Aheir battalions, and found themselves, with the four sergeant* whose duty it was to support them, attacked by a body,of fiussiaq|i whose commending officer had led thepji against the colors. A desperate copfliqt ensued ; the four sergeants quickly iel(l under u shower of balls, and the Queen's colors were shot into strips, and .Uieamff was shot in two. Still the gallant officer# persevered, and nycceejed in owning Ahair way through the enemy who surrounded them. They were also .assisted, and at the right moment, by Captnip Drummond, the adjutant of the  whose horse was at that xnorne.nt shot ,U(i-der him. TIIPI subscriber having o.wujileteit lii* new tavern house, at Port Griffith, U prcprtrc l to »e-•commodate travellers an.! tfift publu' generally, in the best manner ami on reasonaiile terms. The xon:as are convenient, nnd the proprietor will •pare no e(TorU to make his guests comt'ortabje. His Bur is supplied witSi egcejlcnt liquors, and bis table with un abundance of the best the tnurkets afford. iatfy. 13. 1*54. They .pecish its thu warrior dies, . 'Mill battle s stormy brenth, Wtten through (he calm, undaunted ey«^ The brav«- soui lOokM 011 CJ?aih 1 Oh dauntless hearts! oh! gallnnt band, Wesr this, your glorious crown. Pbotdder to shoulder, hand to hau l 1 Twetg thus your ship went down! A CALIFORNIA*!,AP DOO. C. B. HITCHCOCK, J. L. WILLIAMS. H. ft*. DAMAN 8 CO. Earlv in 1850 we mined on the Yuba, at Cordua's Bur, having fur a companion one Rawson S—, a jolly chap, and Oiie of ihose rare ones who put on the gravity ol a parson while telling yarns that take the hreath out of another with laughter while listening to thrin. Raws—as 'vc abbreviated him—was the life of our camp, and to him were all hands indebted for many an amusing and original scene. The follow, ing, between Raws and a raw Irishman who worked neur by—one John Dolan— will not soon be forgotten by the boys who were at Cordua's. John had been but a short time from the Linereld Isle, and was in consequence rather verdant in his knowledge of things iu general, and " varmints" in particular, in the mountains, and especially of that putty- colored gentleman yclept a skunk, an animal of whose existence and nature he had not probably, the slightest knowledge.TffB above Hrin having been dis«ilve«l by agroemont betwmui the Pi.rlner«, the undersigned II. M. DAMAN is authorized to settle its butduc.-M. They removed him to a comfortable room; called in a physician and administered his medicines with regulaiity and care, but in vain—they might us well cried fire over a'houso in ashes. "Drink— drink"—he whispered—" mother—it is so cold—the wood is so iiard and the saw is.so dull—mother—sweet mother—let me rest —rest." H. M. DAMAN. U'Sl. U. l'AL.Ml'.K. Hltt- If. SlisrcUanir. Good attached JIIUIJAKL I'lIIL'JlX, Poll Griffith, Jurift y, le'il-tf Pittfton Bopl 1st GEO. W. BRAINERD A Co. 103 Murray, near West Street, New York Oku. \V. BnAINKHT), DAVID BKI.DEN [Aug- Si lW50.—ly». What will take the Scent out of Ci.othing.— Sitting on the piazza of the Cataract, was a young, loppisli looking gentleman, his garments very highly ►ceiited with n mingled odor of musk and cologne. A solemn faccd, old looking man, aficr passing the dandy several times with a look of aversion which drew general notice, and suddenly stopped, and in a confidential tone said— WTOMLXG HOUSE, (NBAS THE RAILROAD DEPOT.) rranion, Pa. J. C. BURGE83, Proprietor, KS" Charges Moderate Bcpiembu *3, 1 . ,S(iuiNX0N C. Ji. GORMAN 8 Co., He slept that sleep which knows no waking. A few kind neighbors attended the funeral ; and that slight form was laid at rest; but little did they dream who buried him, of the weight of agony which had crushed out the life of that young heart. 1 thanked God that he was at rest ; that he had gone to meet his mother where ta»k masters are unknown. PITTSTON, PA., 4tfenU for Tapscalt's General Emigration anil Foreign Exchange. Persons residing in the HOUSE, country, nnd wishing to engage passage or send money Jo their friend* in any part of Europe mny do so with safety by applying a the Post-Office. Tapscott 8 Co'*. receipt will be furnishd by return mail. JPittston, Au«. *26, 1853. W«cks hurried on and my interest in the little white "slave'' increased; for still he wore the same hopeless look, as he went, half-seeing, half-feeling over the frozen ground, or stumbled from cellar to garret and from garret to cellar ; aod 4 could not enjoy the blessings within our reach while so »ud a picture of wretchedness was ever before me. OPPOSITE 8CRANTONV U PLATT'S STORE, SCR AN TON. PA. 15. K. IiRESST-iER, Proprietor. "Strangor, 1 know what'll take thai scent out of your clothes; you—" " What! what Jo you mean, sir ?"s»id the exquisiie, " fired with indignation," starting Iroin hi-* chuir. R. B.—A carriage will bo in readiaoM to convey guests %* this hou*e,oi: iU» arrival oi Him pttiutt'ittfer train at tbo O. R. GORMAN, M. D. He slept wdl—his " errands" were all done, nnd the eyes which had so early waxed dim on earth, were even now reopened amid the flower* of paradise. " It is well with the child." but far the maste.r and mistress there comes a day of reckoning. " Insomuch as ye did it not unto or.» of the leasl of these, ye did It not unto me." jitilroad Dt'put, [Di. *3, 1833-1 y Respectfully tenders h« Professional services to the citizcns of Pillston and vicinity. OJpce nearly opposite the lJost Office, Pillston Aug. 3, lh5(). ly. " Oh, get mad, now—swear, pitch round, fight, just because a man wants to do you a kindness," coolly replied the stranger. " But I tell you 1 do know what'll tuke out that smell—phew! You just bury your clothes; bury 'em a day or two. Uncle Josh got a-foul of a skunk, a he—" HYDE PARK HOTEL, One evening John requested me to keep an eye on his tent the following morning, as it was his intention to take his picks to a blacksmith's to have them sharpened, and would probably start at an hour sufficiently early to enable him to return in time for breakfast. I promised to do so, and thon turned into my uest of pine straw and one blanket. IIVDE PA UK, PA., By HENRV KUFFORD, ■apt. S3, 185:!, Gin It was Christmas,—a bitter cold morning it was too. Moro favored children wero receiving presents from parents and guardians per favor of "Santa Claus" ; I wanted to give something to the poor boy, who had none to love him; and gave him some stockings, a pair of mittens, and a nice warm tippet. I gave him these because ho had none, at the risk of offending the Re*. Mr. R——and -bis lady—those "pattern1- christians! DR. J. A. HANK, Office in j5? Curtis' Drug Store, Main Street, PITTSTON,Pa December 17, 1853. Captain Drummond, seeing-the danger to which the colors were exposed, rushefl to their relief, and shot three of the assailants with a revolver. The bearers c|f the standards escaped almost miraculously, and succeeded in planting their colors op the bights, which had but just been woo from the Russians, Mr. Lindsay having climbed the sleep fi*ce of the .hill with tt)p aid of the broken staff, while he exulting, ly waved what remained of it, with itiw colors, over his head. JBoth the bearers escaped uninjured. WYOMING HOTftL, At this instant there went up from the crowd a simultaneous roar of merriment, and the dandy very sensibly " cleared the coop" and vanished up stairs. By G. W. ME RiliKJtAU, Ifo. 833, Greenwich street, near Duane. — — i ■ —  THE OATH AT VALLEY FORGE. DR. H. WENTZEL, Gorman I3 liy«io 1a n WOUI.D respectfully announce to the people of PitUtnn and vicinity tliut after an nbtence of dome month* he has returned ami permanently located in the [dace. He will be happy to wait upon any requiring his professional «orvices. Thankful lor pant fn.vor»,he will endeavor 'o merit a continuance of the same. NEW YORK, It was at Valley Forge that Washington by order of Cdtgress, administered the oath of allegiance to the general officers. The Mnjor-generals stood around the commander-Mn-chief, and took hold of a Bible together, according to the usual custom j but just as Washington began Jp administer the oath, Lee deliberately withdrew his hand. This singular movement was repeated, and in so odd a manner that all the officers smiled.; and Washington inquiring into th» meaning of his hesitancy Lee replied—" As to King George, 1 am willing to absolve myself from all allegiance to him, but I have some scruples about the Prince of Wales." The strangeness of this reply was such that the officers burst into a broad laugh, in which Washington himself was obliged to join. The ceremony was of course interrupted. It was renewed as toon as a composure was restored proper for the solemnity of the ocoasion, and Lee took the oath with the other officers. Next morning, as we were discussing our breakfast of poik and slapjacks, John returned, and taking Raws one side, while his eye glared like a cat's in a strange garret, he said, rather confidentially— "Say, Raws, do ye smell anything quare about me ?" July 15, 1853 Beautiful Epitahp.—The San Diego Herald publishes the following, written upon a young man who wag accidentally shot: Ej|OLE HOTI:L, $r». 13» JfVHT/t Tl/lttjt nr., (Allot E RACE,) "Mother,there are white spots on Albert's eyea" said my little sou. The boy looked up—and 1 was sick. The entire pupil of one eye was covered with a film, and a tiny speck of milky white just touched the surface of the oilier. May God forgive me—but.I prayed that the darkness of death might cover his mental sight before he should become bitterly conscious of his situation. Bitterly, most .bitterly.I then felt my inability to provide even life's lessor comforts for one no soon to be deprived of the blessings of eight. Oh oruel poverty ! if ever 1 realize thy galling -chain It is when J am denied by thee, the blessed privilege of holding die cap o! plenty to the lips of some poor saffering child. Poor child ! thy siory is the tale of thousands. To bear cruel rebukes in silence, to be whipped and not -complain, to cat the refuse of your masters table, nor seem to know that every human being has a right to that which is palatable, is the common lot of "beggars born" even in sinless childhood.PHILADELPHIA. PA. f:\k liuolw,! W™ r lut S3, 1851—19'Jlf. Office, first door north of the Butler House. " Here lies the bodv of Jeems Hambrick Pittntrtn, Keb, 17,1854 tf who was accidentally shot on the bank of the pacus river by a young man BRYANT HOUSE, (.Great Bend lDcpot, I'll. ADDISON BRYANT, Puopriktor. Sept. 1,1854-ly. C. II. 8 W.G DOWD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN STOVES Raws took a snuff", and recognising the odor peculiar to a skunk, replied, '• Yes, John, you have been in bad company." "Foix, and ye're right, Raws—divilish bad company, and to my sorrow I soy it." "Why, John, I had a better opinion of you than to believe that you had been try. ing to coax off* one of mother Cordua's lap dogs." " The 7th Fusileors," says anotherCoqrC respondent, l,Jost their colors, and the Ru«.„ sians got hold of them, :oo, but the 79$ charged, and charged three times  they ,recovered them. The Fusileers *e?» oui up tremendously by the Russian Uatut- D ries ; they fired nothing but shell.  a strong and tremendous fire—all the English, French and Russian artillery firing shell together, and olose -to one he was accidentally shot with one of the large colt's revolvers with no stopper for the endt to rest on it was one of the old fashioned kind brass mounted and of such is the kingdom ol heaven." TIN, BRASS,COPPER, SHEET-IRON, HARDWARE, HAY CUTTERS, DENTISTRY CISTERN, AND WELL' PUMPS, CARPENTERS' TOOLS, if-C., Cf-C., Lackawanna Avenue, near Presbyterian GEO. W ■ OKI SW OLD, RESIDENT DENTIST. DEPRECATORy.—A genuine "Down Easter" was lately essaying lo appropriate a square of exceedingly "tough beet" at dinner in a Wisconsin Hotel. His convul. aive efforts with a knife and fork attracted the attention and smiles of the rest in the same predicament as himself. At last "Johnathan's patience vanished under ill success, when lading down his "utensils," he burst out with "Strangers, yoif need'nt lalT—if you haio't got no reapeot for the landlord's feelins, youorter have some respect for the old bull !" This sally "brought down the honse." CAKBOSfOAl.K. PA, Church, Schanton, Pa. Onlera respectfully suliijlod and goods forwarded with promptness. Feb. ifl, 1N51— ly. "Coax the divil ! And is it a lap dog ye call him ? Bedad, it's a qua re consate the ould woman has to be having the likes of one of ihim for a lap dog," On* door from 8«ro«t 8 Rayuor, on Main Street XJT Oaah puid for old gold. Escape of a Nun.—Miss Josephinf Bonkley a novice in the Roman Catholio Convent at Emmetsburg, Md. has effected tier escape from the establishment, and the stories connected therewith have created much excitement. It .is reported  some months ago she wished to dissolve her connexion with the Sisterhood and e*. pressed a desire to return home. She then wrote her father n letter, which was de*- stroyed before her eyes, and she waa compelled to write another, in a different strain declaring the intisfaotion she felt ip being where she was. This letter deceived her father as to the true facts of the  and all his letters jn return to hia daughrter were lianded to her unopened. A wars at length that she was a prisoner, Mist Bankley determined to escape, and finally succeeded in doing so by climbing .thcMtgji a sash over the door ol her place of confinement. Sha then walked mD mile* to Creagerslown, whece she .communicated with her father, who came to her aid.— These tacts have been fully related by herself find are therefore perfectly relible.DR. B. S If II LP, SURGEON DENTIST. fUtsUn, Ha.— OJict Kith UiS. Ilann and Dorr July I'C2, 1851. GEORGE LAZARUS' "If you didn't wunl him to follow yon home, why didn't you drive liiin back ?" Forwarding and Commission Merchants "Drive him buck, is il ? drive him back, did you say ? Bedad, but the smell of him would drive an army back. It's to my indivors totako him that I'm owin' fo.r my urichriatianlike smell. I'll tell ye, Raws, I met the little divil in the trail "beyant. I had my picks sharpened, and was ooming back as fast as iver me legs could carry me, when 1 seed in the path before me a mighty dacent looking chap, wid purty white spots on him, and bo jabnrs, ses J, jist mind the brush he has on him, how nate and thrim he houlds it ; and thinks I wouldn't that same be a beautiful thing to clnne the sand out of me gold dust with. So I walks up to him quite aisy-like, expecting he'd be alter lavin me ; but divil a foot did it stir, but seemed quite contint that I should take his brush. So says I, my honey, I'll lake that consate out of you in a jiffy. So I sazed hould of me pick wid both me hands and aimed a sthroke betwane his two eyes. But bad luck to that same piok handle for being two inchis too short, for by that I came by the devilish smell that's about me. " Did he run away from you then, John ? inquired Raws, while his efforts to look aober started the te»n into Ms eyes. PtTTSTON, PA. WILI. attend tu forwarding and receiving guixtft «t lilnsture tioa«e,re»rof Laiarurtlloti'l. Allgoodi consigned tu hi# curuforwnrdod with d«»|i»loh. D It. C . V. H A It VT E Y, Charles Lee received a commission in ihe British army when but eleven years of age. When' turned of twenty, lie made tour campaigns in America in the French war, and was wounded in the assault on Ticonderoga. He displayed great skill and bravery in the service, ana received the rank of colonel. Leaving America, he served with distinction under Burgoyne in Portugal against the Spaniards. SURGEON DENTIST. Fragklin trect, next door to Dr. Doolittle, tta. w®®a®. Fashionable Barber and Hair Vresser. In the Room adjoining Cohen's Clothing Store and opposite t!ie Eagle Hotel, PitUton, Pa. WOULD reapectfutly inform the public that he bus taken the Shop formerly occupied by Lyman Fogg, where ha would be pleased to wait on them. Pittston, Nov. 1863. WILKKS-BARKB, PA Kavcinlmr 11, 1853. This may have b»en a home, oompared wjth the homes of some destitute orphans, but it was such a '•home" as I would rather see my ohildren die than know would be theirs, if orphans; a home where the sensitive ohild has no sympathy in afflictions, where his beat aots are unrewarded even by a smile. The Re*. Mr. R end his numerous family walk to church on Sabbath morning. They are a fine family—Mr. and Mrs. R , their children, and the boarders, all dressed in comely apparrel, with demure faces and carrying Hymnbooks. But where is the little Errand boy 1 At home—in rags will: elfin locks, and sorrow in his face—all days alike to him. Yes there be #its-—the "girls" are out—at church may ber—or gossiping Wjth their equals-ofo aits alone—Am hymn-book is a huge knife with which he is paring vegeta: blea for the sabbath dinner. He is in deep thoughts-thinking perhaps of the mother COAL. p, P. FULLER 8 CO., COAL MERCHANTS, East side Main street, nearly opposite JiowJcley C$- Deyea's store. The following story is told of an Irish newspaper editor: The foreman called down to him from the printing office, "We want six line* to fill a column'" " Kill a chili st Walerford," wa« his reply," was his reply. Soon after came a second message : " We have killed the child, and still want two lines." " Contradict the same," replied the editor." Htuton, April 1, 1H53, Architecture. When peace come he' returned to Eng land, and projected two new British colo. uies—one on the Ohio, below the Wabash, and the other on the Illinois ; and though he was bafHed in his scheme by the ministers rejecting his proposition, yet he continued to take a lively interest in the concerns of the colonies. His vigorous style both in speech and writing was distinguished by pointed satire and scorching invective, and savored of high republican principles. He evidently foresaw the American oontest. ~ A. PRICE Sl CO., COAL MERCHANTS. ?S" — West side Main street, Pittstan Luzerne county, Fa. is.-,s, tr. rpiIOSE wanting anything de»ignated above -X. will please give the aubscribera cull, who is prepared lo make drawings for buildings, write •peciflcationa, if«c. Way be found byinuuiring at too Ragle Hotel. GEO. W. GUWG. PitUton, January 2nd, 1854. A Considerate Man.—A gentleman named Reynold;, who last week had his watch stolen from him, advertised in the New York papets, that the person who toqjc bis watoh, could have Uie key, by catling at ius reaidonce. L BOWKLEY 8 BEYEA, jgQAL MERCHANTS— Corner of Main i k *h,d Railroad■ HI reels, HtUsttm, fa. 16; 1850. —tf. BUILDING LOTS. Til E ubwriber la now offering for sale a choltel ot with a good bonne aiul burn on it, pleaeAnlly situated ia thia Borough. MISCBL .LA N £2 O U 8 AT.80, „ Several vjtcapl lots well .calculated for bttaineaa «ea of any kind, in the centre of Mwlnona. A Lao, Lotafor private dwelling®, Terms of payipeut easy, far rther particular* innure at the Bazatir. Pittaton uJaa , A O.THOMPSON. A poor fellow having got his skull fractured,ihe doctor toldJhtm that his brain wa« visible, .on which .he remarked, "Do write ittjp Jlar .headways jwofa I had none." Some one tells the alory of a child, three years old, who, on being lifted up to see the corpse of a little playmate, biased the pale, cold obeek, and gentlv whip, pered,—"Please give my love to God." J. H.JEN"KIK8, EXCHANGE BROKER. OJict IH t*t Past Office, I'tltHtn, ft. In -1764 Lee went to Poland, and was appointed a major general in its army—he presented a sword which had belonged to Olive*,Cromwell to Poniato wski j who, he ./«#«« I Mfffc , 9*. M-M- rDUB Hundred choice fTui trunk bS hand and fqr nl« »t the