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THE WTTSTON GAZETTE AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. T ' i SI WtMy Hetnsppn--( IMfflM to 1km, litwatm, tjj13teaati!f, fining, ffifrjonirnl, nnh Slgrirtilnral Enterals of fjit Catmtrtj, SuHtructian, tastmtttt, 8r.)--€t«Q Dollar* $tr ilnntim, VOLUME 5.--NUMBER 2G. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 234. pose the abiurd story attributed to Senator Douglas needs any refutation with well informed persons, but in the belief that they may be of inlerest to your readers. The French army entered Mosoow on the second day of September, O. S. 1812, Kutusoir having abandoned it a day or two previously. The inhabitants believed that he would have risked a battle in ita streets, and were entirely ignorant of tbe intention of Count jtostopchin, the military governor, to destroy their venerable city on its occupaliou by the enemy. On Sunday, about noon, Napoleon established his head quarters in the Kremlin, and on Monday niyht the city was discovered to bo on fire in innumerable places. This terrible conflagration lasted eight days, during sis of which it raged with equal fury. THE PITTStON GAZETTE. ,OOAL. Jjistoriial. been taught to measure and subdivide land on j)aper-*-U)e chain and compass had nev er been in his hands. Like thousands of others he had been treated (according to universal custom) very much as was the carpenter's raw apprentice, who when he asked for tools that he might commC oca hia work, was promptly answered, " Tut, boy, you must not think of having tools, till you have learned to handle them !"— Our educational savans would hardly like to be compared to tbe excellent Bridget O Brian, who strictly commanded her son never to go into the water until he had learned to swim, yet their management of the institutions under their ohsrce, is marked with a wisdom not unlike this. opportuniiy to take accurate note* of ob-i jecta which wo wish to preserve in ou# memory. If paople generally possessed some knowledge of drawing, they would be vastly more competent to examine and understand architectural plans and de~ signs, and they would also be more oon*- potent to examine ami understand architect tural plans and designs, and they would also be more competent to design and suD perintend the erection of their "own buildings. There is scarcely an hour in the day in which persons engaged in rural or mechanical pursuits do not feel the neceeasify of being able to sketch with the pencil. But what proportion can do it ? not one in ten thousand f iWD Anthracite Jonrnul PDBL1SIIKD WEEKLY BY GEORGE M. RICHART. 0. P, FULLER 8 CO., COAL MERCHANTS East side Main street, nearly opposite Bowkley Cf- Beyea's store. PitUton, April 1,1853. n rutin S*r tht rutstmn Osuil*. HISTORY CONTRADICTED. fLNEVER j_NEVER ! Se«'»t thou woman'a rounded form, A NEW ACCOUNT OF TI1E BURNING c$ in Jcnkmi' nrv Brick Daihlmg, one dear Ssuth •/ Sutherland's Store—up stairs. A. PRICE 8 CO., COAL MERCHANTS. See'it thou but the roseate glow , Of the cheek, «o young, so warm, And the coral lips below ; ; Unto things su irmmii nt ever, OF MOSCOW. {•■■"GizfeTTtfc JomniL" Is publishedeveryPrlday, ktTwo Dom.ari per itmintn. Two Dollar* and Fifty Cents wlllbu characd if not paid within the year. No paper willbe discontinued until all arrearage* are pale " For terms of advertising and JobwtDrk,see thefollowln schedule, adopted by th« editors iu Northern Peonaylranl/ not ex 'eeding one sq. Of 12 liile*, 1 or Insertions, - _ Bach subsequent insertion leas than thirteen, 25 One sq. 3 months, • f M Do., 0 months, 3K Do., 0 Mouths, * J* Uo, 1 yr r, ®0' Merchants cd revising by the year, not exceeding two squares, with ocesalooal (In all confined to their bunlness). - • • 10 0 Admtnim-itmV sod Executors' notices, each estat*-, - Asdior't -lot lees,- - • * • * Professional or business Cards, nol exceeding 0 line", pe r year, - * One column, per year, • Half column, per year,- Office—West side Main street, Pillston Luzerne county, Pa. AafUStSO, 18SS. tf. We wonder it history ever teils the exaot truth. The following article on the burning of Moscow would make it teem rather doubtful. We clip it irom the Muscadine (Iowa) Inquirer— Coming up in the boat a few days ago, we happened to tall in with Senator Douglas, who came on board at Quincy, on his way to Warsaw. In the course of a rerv interesting account of his travels in Russia, much of which has been published by letter writers, be stated a fact which has never vet been published, but which tlrongiy contradicts the received historical re a ion of one of tlie most extraordinary e\«ntC it has ever fallen to the lot of man to record. For this reason the Judge said he felt a delicacy in making the assertion, that the city of Moscow never was beared ? Give thy love—oh, never—never I J. BOWKLEY fit BEYEA, COAL MERCHANTS—Office Corner of Main Time will steal that bosom's swell, Grief will bleach those lips to white, Care will come ami steal the spell, Kiom those eyes so blue or bright; Kesr may Munch those cheeks forever, Love not these—oh, never—never! • S too and Railroad Street}, Pittitm, Pa. Angust 16, 1850. —tf. MI8OBLLANDOC8 Unto mind, the God-like mind, VVhercsoe'er it. impress is, Be its dwelling fair, or shrined A young man ol our acquaintance oner mastered Algebravery thoroughly, yet we have heard him remark, that throwing aside its discipline ol the mind, it had had no application to the art of living, and its entire value had not been a ten thous aneth part of that resulting from a skillful and accurate use of the firct single rule of Arithmetic. How few of our young men know how to write a contract properly, to draw a will, or to prepare any other com. mon legal document, who at the same time can read Homer in the original, or construe every line ot Virgil ; and how many know about the rules of grammei, rhetoric and elocution, who cannot repu tably date and write a letter, fold it neatly and direct it properly. Let us urge upon parents the propriety yea ; the necessity of locking to the matter. Let us also Urge it on the attention of trustees ond directois of schools, and school teachers loo. We would particular* ly inviie the attention of directors of agri. cultural schools which are now about be-* ing founded in various parts of the country. We look to them with the greatest hope. The study of drawing, both geo* metrical and perspective, in conn ex ton with the study of the rudiments of urchi* •fi t ire, mint by all means be included in 'heir course It raav perhaps, be difficult to get a proper architectural text book ; we have not met with any that we should consider ndapted to schools j yet there may be some. Our readings and researches in this department we con/ess to be not very extensive. We do not wish to be understood as hoping or desiring to make ev. •ry person an architect. Professional irchitects must not suspect us of any such ina.icious or foolish design, hs that of rob. bing them of their bread. The information we seek to have dissemenated would* be a direct aid to the profession j for peod pie would know what architecture is, ana »s they would be compel- nt to examiud md appreciate a good design, and a goo. drawing, so they would place a proper es • imaie op the labors of a talented and asetul architect. GEORGE PERKINS, A TTORNKY AT LAW, Ptttsfen, »• ('Sir. o Bui!:! CrV lug occupied by Geo. R. Love 4. Co., tecou 1 floor. April 21. IBM. In the neck of'lovelinesa, Kneel, and swear thy fealty IW, For it fadeth—never—never I 1 75 1 50 About aeven-eightha of the city, in space, and nearly all the most magnificent establishments of the nobility, with their costly libraries, calicrien of the fine arts, 8.C., were destroyed. At the date of my arrival, nearly two years after the confla gration, the great street, called Tverskoy, which in extent, and in the splendor of its edifices, would have once vied with that of any capital in Europe, waa still almost entirely in ruins, a solitary mansion here and there, in process of reconstruction, bring the only marks of returning vitaliiy. In Kitay Gorod, or Chinese Town, the business part of Moscow, lying under the Kremlin, and walled in, which contained immense depots of flour, grain, 8c., all the warehouses and shops, and most of tin coffee houses and restaurants, not a single building was saved. • 5 00 50 00 - 30 00 D . S . K 0 0 N , ATTTRNEY AT LAW—Offlcg Wlib Juwei llelm, tUq piiuton. P*. Friends may in thy pathway meet, Fame may shout aloud thy name, JOB WORE. Till the fur off hill* repeat, And the thy deeda proclaim; Friendship may be treacherous erer, Kaine bringi peace—oh, never— never! Handbill., par SO eople* of l»«, - » I SO 114 (hMt, • |IU I -S nh. • - n SO I 1 shmt, * - S 00 ry v.iptj luMltional SU CD'* nrih ihe abort prim, flain Card*, llrtt huutlriHl, * " $ 1 50 Kuh additional fifty, - 30 Otrcalar., on fancy puprr, fint 30, • * - t SO Kfery adJUiodal SO, • .... 1 00 A . KEHNER'8 LIVERY AND EXCHANGE. NEAR THE POST OFFICE, SCRANTON, fA. Ready at all times to aecomviodatt with the best oj Passion's is a lava tide, hemes and vehicles, Seranton, Feb. 24, 1851-1 v. Scorching wheresoe'er it turni, Many a broken henrt of pride Jn its ashes wisdom learns: Quench the bosom fire forever, Fau its flumes—oh, never, never! He said that previous '.o his arrival at Moscow, he had severul disputes with his guide, as to the burning of the city, the !Duide declaring it never occurred, and seeming to be nettled at Mr. Douglas' persistency in his opinion, but on examin* ing the fire marks around the city, and the city itself, he became satisfied that the gude was correct. Oa« Quir«, f t 00 Two Quire*, Three Q-tiree, 300 Kaeh additional Quire, • , For One Ream, - « - - - / .• 15 00 OT Blanks kept for *ale at our Offices, foolscap siis, •I aao dollar per Quire. Wk.P. inks, tVilkei'Barre Timet. 8. S Winciicstkr, Interna Union, O.M. RiruiRt, Pittston GairttC•, G. M, ItD:yno ldr, Cxrbomlale Tranncrift. Allkocs k- Adam*. Spirit of the VtUley. C. E. Latiisop, Ltukateanni Herald. J. Y. dsrra, Worth Branch Ijemocrat. BLANKS S. STEURMER 8 BROTHERS, Boot ctJ Shoo Mali:ers. Wealth may now thy coffer* fill, Decked tby robes way be with gold, £Dluvea may uather at Iby will, Yet lliy heart grows sere and cold , Wealih on wing* is flying ever, Trust in richcs—never, never I Firot door South of the Eagle Hotel, Pitt stun, Pa. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon ihem, earnestly *ollctf a continuance of the Maine Those wilting work mude up noatlv and mibstaiiilnlly will flad it to thoir;iDlv-*ntitge to give tnC m a cull, Moderate profit* and strict punctuality are tbo uiottoes which they cherish. We do not wish to intimate that no knowledge ia valuable butauch as may be used in acquiring property ; but we think it is of the utmost importance to place thai knowledge first which enables a man to br useful to his family, his neigbors, and tu the community, that it m»y be said oD him "lie has not lived in vain and if, like most of our young men, his time anu means for school education are limi'ed, iD is extremely desirable that he should oc cupy himself in acquiring such knowledge 4* shall be really useful, instead of merely lor empty ahow. If the question were asked. " How do most schoolboys occupy their hours of re iceation at school ?—the answer would often be, " In searching for mischief and playing tricks." Infinitely better would it be, to employ their bodily excercise ir learning the practical application ofth.eii theoretical knowledge. For example, lei them become familiar with the use of tin compass and levelling instrument; week;- might most profitably and healthfully em ployed in acquiring accuracy in m'eaaur ing fields, and running difficult lines.— Let them apply their kuowledge of natit ral philosophy in constructing with iheii own hands the implements and machine.- of agriculture and other arts, in work shops built for the purpose. This would aflbrd an admirable opportunity to exercise their thinking powers in eonnexion with labor, and might ultimately result in great improvements in our present machines, and possibly in valuable inventions. ; their rambles might be occupied in search of -pecimens in botany, mineralogy, geology 8c. ; working the soil, and instead of becoming mere mechanical labor and drudgery, might be undertaken for carrying out careful and accurate experiments to deter mine important question* in cultivation, such, for example, aa learning the value and use of different manures, the effects of deep and shallow cultivation, the proper depth and thickness for sowing seeds, 8c., and possibly premiums might prove an additional stimulant to enterprise and exer tion. Valuable indeed would be the result in many waya. We have no doubt that a single year, properly spent in this manner would be the means of Bending abroad young men into the community, better furnished for real usefulness, than is now attained in most ot our great schools in four years ! Three years of tuition and expenses ; and three years of valuable time little better than wasted—and thousands deferred from attending on account of this great expenditure ! The statement goes on to set forth the architectural antiquity of the city—partic ularly of its six hundred first class churches —stretching through ante Napoleonic ages to pagan times, and showing the handiwork ot different nations of histoiy—demonstrates that the city was never burnt. The Inquirer adds— BOOTS, SHOES, 8C., will bs made to order upon the *hiDrte«i notice, and the bem «»f •ntisfnetion rendered at ull times. March 24,1M4-Iy Patience in the path of toil, Meekness in tne garb of nower, Virtue treachery cannot foil, •Strength that's equal to the hour, Claim thy love and reverence ever For they change— oh, never—never I It i* beyond these walls that are found the Boulevards, the spacious streets, the immense structures owned, and in part occupied by the nobili;v, and tho residences of the officials and best classes gener ally. Many of these buildings are sur rounded by extensive grounds, often wallec in, and are at considerable distances asun der, to which, mainly, an j the fact that a portion ot ihe French army was quartered there, may be attributed the preservation of about one eighth of the city in area, which was saved by the almost superhu man exertions of ttie French soldiers. 33nsiiifjjs Curbs. B o o Is. - B lndor , Xorth Kati Corner of Pt'hlu CC/uar» and Mam Street, ROBERT BAUR, JO B P R I NTING, Faith, which sees the Better Home, Through the mists of time and sorrow, Hope, that cheats to day of gloom, Diving in the bright to-morrow ; • Keep the pure and steadfast ever, Uuw to dusl—oh. never, never ! E. A. W. H PICTURE Frames .common, Gill, and .Vahngany,ornamented und piuiu, mads to order, of any size. Job Binding neatly execuit-d. A large selection of common mid fine pictures, .*)bu Blank Books,riMtionery,Movuls,4(.c..alwsyson band. June 17. 1853. WilkettBarr The Kremlin is a space of several hundied acres, in the shapo of a flat iron, and is enclosed by a wall sixty feet high.— Within this enclosure is the most magnificent pal o it: Europe, recently built, but oonstrucied over an ancieut palace, which remains, thus enclosed, whole and perfect, with all its windows, etc. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Neatly and expeditiously exeouted at this office, on reasonable term*. y Blanks of all kinds alicavs on hand. Jtt TELEGRAPH OFFICE, iv Pittston Gazette Printing Officc, H. M. DAMAN 8 GO. UtaUan]). There is nothing in practical life, in a knowledge of which our countrymen are more deficient, than ir. layii g out and properly planting and cultivating the grounds around their dwellings. Very ften tho-y are not laid out nor plaoted at bal, but are left in a stale of primitive ieakiness ; or only ornamented by objects of confusion and disorder. Where improvement is actually attempted, the r«L -ult is not unfrrquently a combination of uconveniences and stiffness ; and very few neatly, economically, and tastefully aid cut grounds are to be met tvitb. Why -hbuld not this art, which every living man in the country ought to practiee, be taught in our higher schools? Latin and Greek are excellent studies for those who have plenty of lime and means for these as w ell as other departments ol knowledge but for such as cannot master all. would not the months consumed on Tacitus and Thucydides be more profitably spent on those fascinating ahd eminently useful tudies, drawing and architecture, in connexion with landscape gardening 1 when will the time come when the latter will have only an equal chance with the farmer ? Time once lost never returns ; and it is of the highesl consequence that those who direct the mode that young people shall spend it at the most critical ol all period.s in their lives, should studv carefully the best modes for accomplishing ao all-important an object. THE above firm h.-tviiig been dissolved by agreeinen the Partner*, the uudemigncd II. M. DAMAN 1 authorized to settle its bu»iuciM. H. M. DAMi4N A N«w Way of Paying Subscriptions. W. O. PALMKR. ata—tr. A correspondent of the Lagrange Whig riven the following amusing account of thi .vay a farmer was taught how cheaply ht joulH take thi» papers. The lesson if ivorth pondering by a good many men w* " wot" ol: Near the Kremlin, surrounded by a wall, is a Chinese town, appearing to be several hundred years oK', still occupied by descendants of the original settler*. The Kremlin, in like manner occupied by the French, and protected by brick wills of from twenty to thirty feet in bight, (not sixty, as tienator Douglas is reported to have said) was also preserved. Nor did any magazine blo'.v up and crack the church of Ivan Veleeky, as stated. Tin rent in the walls of that Cathedral, and the prostration of several of the towers and bastions, (now probably replaced) ot the old Tartar fortress, were caused b\ the explosion of mines placed under them by Napoleon when he evacuated Moscow, and which, but for the failure of some to ignite, would have left the whole Kremlin, with its thirteeQ churches, two imperial palaces, arsenal, barracks, etc., • complete mass ot ruins. HOTELS Pittston 8ept 1st, 1831. BUTLER HOUSE, OEO. W. BRAINEiRD A Oo. Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa. 103 Murray, near West Street, New York GKO. W. BHAlNKTtp, DAVID BCLDKN [Aug. 2, 1850.--tjT*. The circumstances which gave rise to the error concerning the burning of Mos ■row were these— SAMUHL V. HOWARD having taken lh« above stand •vwfltkaown to the theoceupancj of Jatne* U. Foreman, and relltted il in the bcs'. niinnBr throughout, wouldannounce tohl# frlond* and the puMiefhai llieir accommodation ai* eoni|»ieic. The «taud U the " You have liens at home of course.— Well, I will send you my pnpei one yeai It is a oily o( 450,000 inhabitants, in circular . form, occup\ ing a lurge space, five miles acros*. There the winters are ■ax months long ; ami the custom was, and still is, to lay up supplies of provisions and wo Dd to last six months of severe and cold weather. To prevent fliese immense supplies from cumbering the heart of the city, and yet render them as convenient as possible to every locality, a row of wood houses was constructed so as to circle completely round the city, and outside of these was a row of granaries, and in these were deposited the whole of the supplies. Napoleon had entered the city with his army, arid was himself occupying the palace of the Kremlin, when, one iiigTit, Ly order of the Russian governor, every wood house and every granary simultaneously burst into a blaze. All efforts to extinguish ihem were vain, and Napoleon found himself compelled to march bis army through the fire. Retiring to an eminence he saw the whole cily enveloped in vast sheets of flame, a id clouds of smoke, and apparently all on fire. And so far as he was concerned it might as well have been, for though houses enough were left to supply every soldier with a room, yet without provisions or fuel, and a Russian army to cut off all supplies, he and his army could not subsist there. During this fire some houses were probably burnt, but the city was not. In thj Kremlin a magazine blew up, cracking the church of Ivan more than a hundred feet up, but set nothing on fire. C. R GORMAN 8 Co., or the proceed* of a single hen one ypar merely the proceeds. It seems trifling preposterous to imagine the prccseds ol » iinjile hen will puy for the subsorip'.ion ; lerhnps it won't, but I make the ofler," "Done," exclaimed farmer - B BRICK HOTEL PITTSTON. PA., Aganta for Tapaeott'a Oeneral Emigration ami Eoreign Exchange. Persons residing in thC country, and wishing to engage passage or lend money to their friend* in uny purl of Europe inaj Jo no with safety by applying a tlie Post-Ollicr Tapacott 4- Co'*, receipt willbe furnishil by re turn mail. IPittaton, Aug. itti, 1853. opened about oney#*;ir*tnce in the central part of nttston. anils one of the inoatcommodtduaanil be«t NMMla North*™ K-nasylvanla, and e»ory ellbrl will Iht nada to ra'idor tlie nojiHirn of nil, pleasant aad a^rueabla. Tha UAttKlll abound III tfc« b.'Jtof l,iqilori,anJ tin- TalDl« will be furnlnhi d will, nltibo tuxuriuaof Uih season, ru-ehilaml obllstni Oatlermlwayalii aUciidaneo. Thankful for tlia liberal piitronaK.: lu-retiifore waived fnDm Ihairurallln* p.ibllc ainlclii»*ua of ibe county, hC will ba happy to auu ilium at Ills now loculloa. Pitlstau. April 14, IHS4. •' I ogren to it," and appealed to me as n witness in the affair. O. R. GORMAN, M. D. The farmer went away apparently much elated with his conquest, and the tditoi " went on his way rejoicing." Time rolled around, and the world resolved on ita axis, and the run moved in as orbit, just as it formerly did, the farmet received his paper regularly, and recaled himself with the information obtained front EAGLE HOTEL, leaped fully tender* his Professional services to tbC citizens of Pittston and vicinity. How Moscow may claim to have been a burnt city, may partly be inferred from a statistical table now before ine, published by the Russian government after the evacuation. pirTBTON, PA, Office nearly opposite the Post Office, Pitt*ton Aug. 2, lbSO. ly. B Y J. B, STARK, Oct. 13, 1851. Da J. A. HANN, Offic in Or. Curtis' Drug Store, Main Street PORT GRIFFITH HOUSE. PITTSTON, P* December 17, 1893. When the French entered Moscow, it contained 2,567 brick house*, of which 2.. 041 were burnt. Rut the reader must noi suppose I mean tha small structures so called iu our cities, or even the boasted edifices with their four rooms on a floor, seen here, which are the pride and envy of so many good citizens. Most of the brick houses referred to, and so termed by the Muscovite enumerator, wculd, from their great extent and capacity, be oalled, in Italy, palaces, casting ir. the shade, in these respects, the most famous of our public hotels, each furnishing space for the accommodation of many families, and moat of them so occupied. Tha vastness o! these edifices can liurdly be appreciated by persons who have no; seen them. For instance, the house of Count Apraxin— a small part only of which, with its palatial drawing rooms, ball rooms, private theatre, etc. sufficed for his princely establishment, the re*t being rented out to tenant*, and which he had already rebuilt iu 1814— was a huge quadrangular building reputed to be a vcrst, or two thirds of an English mile in circumference. PORT GRIFFITH, LI ZERNE COUNTT, PA it. (Innot only knew the attalrs of hi* own countv, but became conversant upon he leading topics of the day, and political ind financial convulsions of the limes.— His children, delighted toCD, in perusing the onlents of their weekly visitor. In short, ti/said, he was surprised at the progress of himself and family in general inhumation.*— B; PHILBIN, PROPRIETOR. ''PBS sobspriber having completed his new tav A ern hou*e, at Port Griffith, is prepared UD accommodate travellers and the public generally, in th«'b«st Manner and on reasonable terms. The riwm* are convenient, and the proprietor will spare no efforts to make his gueata comfortable. {li*. Bar is supplied with excellent liquors, and his table with an abundance oi the best the narkata afford Good stabling attached. * MICHAEL PHIL3W, Baft Griffith, Jane 8. 1854 tf aormau WOULD respectfully announce to the peo pie of Pittston and vicinity that after an absence of soine months he lias returned and permanently located in tha place. lie will be happj to wait upon any requiring his professional scm ces, Thankful tor past fuvora,he. will endeavor •o merit a continuance of the same. OR. H. WENTZEL, USURY. Sometime in the month ol September, I happened up agai" in the office, when who should'step in but our friend the farmer.Great efforts are being made, in various quarter.*, to get the usurjr laws repealed,- The PitUburg Gatelle, in noticing an able pamphlet, by the Hon. John Whipple of Rhode Island, on "Free Trndo in Money" gives us the following information I To show the disastrous »ffeots of the repeal of usury law in Indiana, a letter is published from Hon. W. VV. Wick. The usury laws in that Stale were repealed some fifteen years ago, and the results, as staled by Mr. Wick, were most disastrous. He was Judge of one of the and was " a shuddering witness of the desolations " caused by the free (fade In moa. ey. Money went up to exhorbitant fates a.id thousands were completely ruined,-* and the evil rfleets tfere developed'as years passrd ayay in a cemetrioul ratio. He tays '• 1 have rendered judgement up» on contracts lor the payment of twenty it fifty cents per day, or per week, for a loan of fifty or one hundred dollars, and in some instances the interest had become more than ten times the amount of the principal 1" lie says lurthor, " that the usurer rarely brougiit suit for his money until the accumulating idle reel had swell' ed the debt to an amount approxin a infl closely to the value of the debtor's es at The ruin at length bccaine so w idt 1/ spread, that the poople demanded p flier* tioo, and the Legislature again fixed t' e interest at six per cent., and penalty lot usury ten per cfnt., damage thereonj and usurous contracts with non residents, void, l:r Wisconsin the Usury Laws were re. pealed in 1949, and a letter from Hon. I. P, Walker, Uoited States Senator from that State, deolares t.'.fl results as " most disastrous" •« The result is." he says, " that money has been taken freclv at an interest from twenty to fifty percent.*— The money loaned was that of non residents. Now, taking the average of Inter!, est to ba iwentyfive per cent, it is obthius that at the end of four years, the artlount loauod in the State will be again sent out, and that, too, with an equal amount for the interesti" Mr. Walker wrote befora tha law was repealed. His f rediotions were all verified. Although the law has been repealed, the bitter fruits are left behind.A letter from H. W. Pitts;, n, Feb, 17,1834-tf Offife, first door north of the Butler House. C. II. 8 W.O DO WD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN STOVES WYOMING HOUSE, • How do you do Mr. B t' said (he editor, extending his hand, and hui countenance lit up with a bland smile, lake a chair, be seated ; fine weather wt have.' '(near the RAILROAD depot.) *i ScraHtou, Ha. TIN, BR \SS,COPPl'.R, SIIEET1RON, HARDWARE, HAY CUTTERS, J. o. BURGESS, Proprietor. S34 Charges Moderate. Saplcinbe 23. IBM. cikTBhn, and well putors, CAltPJiNTBtii? TOOLS, Cf-C., CfC., Lackawanna Avenue, near Preeby(etian ' Yes, sir, quite fine indeed,' answered ihe farmer shaking the proffered 'paw' of the editor, and then a short silence ensued, during which our frieuil B 1 hitched his chair back end forward, twirled his thumbs abstractedly, and spil profusely.— Starling Up quickly he said addressing the editor, 'Mr. C- 1 have brought you the proceeds of that hen.* It wa» amusing to see ihe peculiar expression of the editor as he followed the farmer down to the wagon. I cotild scarcely keep my risiblcsdown. When at the wagon the farmer commenced handing o*er to the editor the products ol the hen, which on being counted, amounted la eighteen pullets worth a shilling each, and * number of dozen ol eggs, making in the aggregate at the least calculation $2,50 ; one dollar more than the price of fhe paper. ' No need,' said he, 'of men not taking a lamily newspaper, and paying for it too. I don't miss this Irom my roost, yet 1 have paid lor a year's subscription, and a dollar over. All folly, sir, there is no man but can take a paper, it's charity, air, charily you know commenoes at home.' ' But' resumed the editor, 'I will pay you for what is over Ihe subscription. I did not institute this as a means of profit, but rather to convince you. 1 will pay you for—' SCRANTON HOUSE, Mr. Douglas saw the fire marks around the city, where wood houses and granaries for winter supplies now stand as of old, but there appears no marks of con flag rat ion within the city. On the contrary, it bears the unmistakable evidences of uge. There are one or two branches of practical knowledge, (he importance of uhich we wish to point out more particularly on the present occasion. One of these is Drawing. We do not mean the rich dau. bing of costly paint on superfine Dristol board, so common in giving young ladies an 'elegant' education, but* the art ol sketching accurately from nature, and acquiring a quick, measuring practical eye. A young person would learn incomparably more ; so far as real use is concerned, in exerciseing by drawing simple straight lines* in disectlng them by l.ii eye, and in drawing accurate perpendiculars and proving their correctness bv applying a square, than in painting for a century with brilliant colors through pasteboard patterns cut ready for use. in connexion witb drawing the principles of architecture should be taught, and rural and dwelling architecture in particular The strange jumblejof incongruous parts often seen in the same building, wherever any attempt made above the dead level of lame square blocks, shows conclusively that ibis eniinenll'y practical art i« quite overlooked in the education of our intelligent young people. In relation to this subject, we find the following excellent remarks in a late number of the " Horticulturist." On all these accounts therefore, ana regarding architecture as of importance, not merely in an economical point of view ; but as calculated, to exercise a great in fluence on the aspect of the country, and on the taste and habits of the people, we • * .nJ |hii,.LI I- Church, Sciianton, Pa. Ordera respectfully solicited and goods forward' ed with promptness. Feb. 21, 1851— ly. OPPOSITE SCRANTON* fc Ft. ATTS STORE, ' SCRANTON. PA. TD K ICRE93LEH, Proprietor. jl, H.—A eiirrliiKe will lD«in r*wilne»ft lo convey gnenU tills ho*i*«*,ou the arrival of Utn pwwM'iigvr truln nt Ihr gallrjad IfcDpot r»«pi. W. IBM-ly J . II. JENKINS, EXCHANGE BROKER. Senator Douglas seems 'o be as unfortunate in liU statement respecting the burning of Moscow, us in most other of his tlinoiies and assertions. Count Segur, the author of Napoleon'ii Russian Campaign, gives a minute ami full description of the catastrophe which happened to Moscow, lie says the conflagration lasted eight days, and tnat, except in one quarter of the town, ouly a house was left here and there. Of wooden houses there were 6,591, of which 4,491 were burnt, leaving on the departure of the French but 2,100, chiefly at the extremities of the city. htdf, park hotel, Office ta Ihe Pvel Office, I'ltllLen, Pm, May '2S, 1851—If. HYDE PAttK, PA, By HENRY HUFFORD, kept. S3. 18"D3. Bin , Architecture. WYOMING HOTEL, rjnHOSR wanting anything dctignntcd above JL will ple.irtc Cr\w. liio Bubncribera call, who is prepared to make drawing* for building*, writ'- MpcciflcationB, tf*c. May be found bvinuuiring at the Ragle Hotel. GEO. W. LUNG. Pituton, January 2nd. IR54. The oliurches having been all massively built, and arched, and having floors of brick or stone, with little that was combustible in their interior,'and being moreover, generally detached Irom other buildings, suffered numerically lew than so wholesale a destruction of a city might lead us to suppose. The number standing when the French arrived was 339, and in August, 1814, 273 were in a fit condition for use. W. HERCEBEA®, 833, Greenwich tlreel, near Duane NEW YORK Inly D9. 1353. ma* wmm* Fashionable Barber and Hair Dresser. In the Room adjoining Cohen's Clothing Store and opposite the Eagle Hotel, Pittston, Pa. WOULD respectfully inform the public that he has taken the Shop formerly occupied by Lyman 1'ogg, where ha would be pleased to wait on them. Pituton, Nov. 1853. Huron Larrey says, in the " course of eight or ten days, this immenso city was reduced to ashes, with the exception of the Kremlin palace," which stood on an elevation in the centre of the'city, " some larger houses, and the churches, ovpr two hundred in number, which, being built of stone, etDcaped the conflagration." EAG L E IIOTE L, *tO. 13* A'OtlTH THIRD ST., {HBOfE RACK,) M,„ PHILADELPHIA. PA.1 Many more details could be given, but I suppose the above will suffice to dispose o tho gigantic wojd *hcd.C ol Senator Douglas. 8. A. BRAIlV, I G. II. imOUN, j rrtprtcfri, , June 43, t«54—19!Dtf. BRYANT HOUSE,1 Ctrcnt Bend Depot, I'to. Addison buyant, Pbopbietoii. Sept. I, l-884-ly. A Russian official account says, over two thousand of the elegant palatial stone and brick residences, and extensive stores were destroyed, and nearly five thousand of the more humble residences, which were built of wood. SA(jT AND PISH Drawing, Gardening and Architecture. A radical reform is needed in most if not all our publio schools.1 There is a great deal of deep brained obstruse know), edge acquired, and very little of the appll. cation of that knowledge to practical purposes. Children should learn at school what they are to practice when they come to msnage for themselves. This U self* evident enough but very little acted upon. For instance a boy studies geometry and t rignonometry, and can solve all the ques tions in the book with great dexterity ;— but does he know how to use them in the duties of life 1 An intelligent farmer has just informed us that his son acquired a very thorough knowledge of Surveying at i •» ROUND Alum Halt in aacka and Byrncvue (lull In ba VX ri-lt, for «»li; by Uie uuaulity or othiDrwi»c. Alao No I, Hud 3 Mackerel In Bit.and half Uli., a Una article— BUOWK L. LAZARL'8 dentistry ARRIVAL EXTRAORDINARY! ' Not a bit of it, »ir, a bargain ia a bargain, and I ain a!ready repaid, air,•'-doubly paid, »ir. And whenever a neighbor makes the complaint 1 did, 1 will cite to him the hen story. Good day, gentlemen.'Napoleon himself told Las Cases that two thousand million francs could not replace 4he damage in loss of property— the rieh India and Chiuete stores being filled with goods, and the city provisioned for a year. Instead of tha suburbs, it was the heart of the city, and the riohest portion, which was destroyed. And an "Old Traveler," in the North American, gives the following statement— Hsving arrived at Moscow In August, 1814, where 1 remained till the following May, I profess to know the oondition of the city at that time, and annex a few laeta in i regard to it i not, however! because I tup- GEO. W. GIII8WOLD, RESIDENT DENTISf, A Mother Mammoth Stock of New Goods CABBOHPALKt PA, AT THE 1-lTTSrOJr BAZAAR, which w now being aold in quantities to suit purchasers ml » trifle abore cTlD prices. Our slock[U sucn thai we can supply the multitude. Cash buyers mny depend on getting good Imrgaiiis, for our motto U Hl.l.L 1 Flense 3o,rt forget the place. TIRUWH Sr THOMPSON. PltlstoD I)uaar,Nor. 10, MM. On doo» from Itweel t llayoor, on Mala Street tnr Cask paid for old gold. DR. JE SHBLP, SURGEON DENTIST. pg*tiDn I'" — Ofict HM Dit. Ilann and Dtrr Julj }*, IBM. 4 Prosperity it the only teat that a vulgar man can't paaa through. II a man nas anything mean in Ml disposition, a little good luck is sure to briRg it out TO EPICURES! aught in nui ilea. Drawing course ol oris one of (he OLD Herkimer beaten by Hcott township, Luzerne co., Pa, Wo have Just rewired two Rms of Uurlah A tollman's celebrated cheese. Those wishing the article rJIKV CAB. LAW «■ Oo BELL'S Beat PLANES, nunnfaeUimJ to or dor. for *a!« t p T. I,SMITH, DR. 0. *. HARVEY, SURGEON DENTIST. Prtaklin trtrt, nest door to Dr. DooHWls, A party of 80 persons lett Baston Pa., last Saturday for Ktosas, and sixty mora will 1000 follow. of that ' WJ !LKI BARRK, Pi. _ bees use he had onl Slate, cays that one third of
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Title | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal, Volume 5 Number 26, March 09, 1855 |
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Title | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal, Volume 5 Number 26, March 09, 1855 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 26 |
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 |
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Date | 1855-03-09 |
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Full Text | THE WTTSTON GAZETTE AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. T ' i SI WtMy Hetnsppn--( IMfflM to 1km, litwatm, tjj13teaati!f, fining, ffifrjonirnl, nnh Slgrirtilnral Enterals of fjit Catmtrtj, SuHtructian, tastmtttt, 8r.)--€t«Q Dollar* $tr ilnntim, VOLUME 5.--NUMBER 2G. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 234. pose the abiurd story attributed to Senator Douglas needs any refutation with well informed persons, but in the belief that they may be of inlerest to your readers. The French army entered Mosoow on the second day of September, O. S. 1812, Kutusoir having abandoned it a day or two previously. The inhabitants believed that he would have risked a battle in ita streets, and were entirely ignorant of tbe intention of Count jtostopchin, the military governor, to destroy their venerable city on its occupaliou by the enemy. On Sunday, about noon, Napoleon established his head quarters in the Kremlin, and on Monday niyht the city was discovered to bo on fire in innumerable places. This terrible conflagration lasted eight days, during sis of which it raged with equal fury. THE PITTStON GAZETTE. ,OOAL. Jjistoriial. been taught to measure and subdivide land on j)aper-*-U)e chain and compass had nev er been in his hands. Like thousands of others he had been treated (according to universal custom) very much as was the carpenter's raw apprentice, who when he asked for tools that he might commC oca hia work, was promptly answered, " Tut, boy, you must not think of having tools, till you have learned to handle them !"— Our educational savans would hardly like to be compared to tbe excellent Bridget O Brian, who strictly commanded her son never to go into the water until he had learned to swim, yet their management of the institutions under their ohsrce, is marked with a wisdom not unlike this. opportuniiy to take accurate note* of ob-i jecta which wo wish to preserve in ou# memory. If paople generally possessed some knowledge of drawing, they would be vastly more competent to examine and understand architectural plans and de~ signs, and they would also be more oon*- potent to examine ami understand architect tural plans and designs, and they would also be more competent to design and suD perintend the erection of their "own buildings. There is scarcely an hour in the day in which persons engaged in rural or mechanical pursuits do not feel the neceeasify of being able to sketch with the pencil. But what proportion can do it ? not one in ten thousand f iWD Anthracite Jonrnul PDBL1SIIKD WEEKLY BY GEORGE M. RICHART. 0. P, FULLER 8 CO., COAL MERCHANTS East side Main street, nearly opposite Bowkley Cf- Beyea's store. PitUton, April 1,1853. n rutin S*r tht rutstmn Osuil*. HISTORY CONTRADICTED. fLNEVER j_NEVER ! Se«'»t thou woman'a rounded form, A NEW ACCOUNT OF TI1E BURNING c$ in Jcnkmi' nrv Brick Daihlmg, one dear Ssuth •/ Sutherland's Store—up stairs. A. PRICE 8 CO., COAL MERCHANTS. See'it thou but the roseate glow , Of the cheek, «o young, so warm, And the coral lips below ; ; Unto things su irmmii nt ever, OF MOSCOW. {•■■"GizfeTTtfc JomniL" Is publishedeveryPrlday, ktTwo Dom.ari per itmintn. Two Dollar* and Fifty Cents wlllbu characd if not paid within the year. No paper willbe discontinued until all arrearage* are pale " For terms of advertising and JobwtDrk,see thefollowln schedule, adopted by th« editors iu Northern Peonaylranl/ not ex 'eeding one sq. Of 12 liile*, 1 or Insertions, - _ Bach subsequent insertion leas than thirteen, 25 One sq. 3 months, • f M Do., 0 months, 3K Do., 0 Mouths, * J* Uo, 1 yr r, ®0' Merchants cd revising by the year, not exceeding two squares, with ocesalooal (In all confined to their bunlness). - • • 10 0 Admtnim-itmV sod Executors' notices, each estat*-, - Asdior't -lot lees,- - • * • * Professional or business Cards, nol exceeding 0 line", pe r year, - * One column, per year, • Half column, per year,- Office—West side Main street, Pillston Luzerne county, Pa. AafUStSO, 18SS. tf. We wonder it history ever teils the exaot truth. The following article on the burning of Moscow would make it teem rather doubtful. We clip it irom the Muscadine (Iowa) Inquirer— Coming up in the boat a few days ago, we happened to tall in with Senator Douglas, who came on board at Quincy, on his way to Warsaw. In the course of a rerv interesting account of his travels in Russia, much of which has been published by letter writers, be stated a fact which has never vet been published, but which tlrongiy contradicts the received historical re a ion of one of tlie most extraordinary e\«ntC it has ever fallen to the lot of man to record. For this reason the Judge said he felt a delicacy in making the assertion, that the city of Moscow never was beared ? Give thy love—oh, never—never I J. BOWKLEY fit BEYEA, COAL MERCHANTS—Office Corner of Main Time will steal that bosom's swell, Grief will bleach those lips to white, Care will come ami steal the spell, Kiom those eyes so blue or bright; Kesr may Munch those cheeks forever, Love not these—oh, never—never! • S too and Railroad Street}, Pittitm, Pa. Angust 16, 1850. —tf. MI8OBLLANDOC8 Unto mind, the God-like mind, VVhercsoe'er it. impress is, Be its dwelling fair, or shrined A young man ol our acquaintance oner mastered Algebravery thoroughly, yet we have heard him remark, that throwing aside its discipline ol the mind, it had had no application to the art of living, and its entire value had not been a ten thous aneth part of that resulting from a skillful and accurate use of the firct single rule of Arithmetic. How few of our young men know how to write a contract properly, to draw a will, or to prepare any other com. mon legal document, who at the same time can read Homer in the original, or construe every line ot Virgil ; and how many know about the rules of grammei, rhetoric and elocution, who cannot repu tably date and write a letter, fold it neatly and direct it properly. Let us urge upon parents the propriety yea ; the necessity of locking to the matter. Let us also Urge it on the attention of trustees ond directois of schools, and school teachers loo. We would particular* ly inviie the attention of directors of agri. cultural schools which are now about be-* ing founded in various parts of the country. We look to them with the greatest hope. The study of drawing, both geo* metrical and perspective, in conn ex ton with the study of the rudiments of urchi* •fi t ire, mint by all means be included in 'heir course It raav perhaps, be difficult to get a proper architectural text book ; we have not met with any that we should consider ndapted to schools j yet there may be some. Our readings and researches in this department we con/ess to be not very extensive. We do not wish to be understood as hoping or desiring to make ev. •ry person an architect. Professional irchitects must not suspect us of any such ina.icious or foolish design, hs that of rob. bing them of their bread. The information we seek to have dissemenated would* be a direct aid to the profession j for peod pie would know what architecture is, ana »s they would be compel- nt to examiud md appreciate a good design, and a goo. drawing, so they would place a proper es • imaie op the labors of a talented and asetul architect. GEORGE PERKINS, A TTORNKY AT LAW, Ptttsfen, »• ('Sir. o Bui!:! CrV lug occupied by Geo. R. Love 4. Co., tecou 1 floor. April 21. IBM. In the neck of'lovelinesa, Kneel, and swear thy fealty IW, For it fadeth—never—never I 1 75 1 50 About aeven-eightha of the city, in space, and nearly all the most magnificent establishments of the nobility, with their costly libraries, calicrien of the fine arts, 8.C., were destroyed. At the date of my arrival, nearly two years after the confla gration, the great street, called Tverskoy, which in extent, and in the splendor of its edifices, would have once vied with that of any capital in Europe, waa still almost entirely in ruins, a solitary mansion here and there, in process of reconstruction, bring the only marks of returning vitaliiy. In Kitay Gorod, or Chinese Town, the business part of Moscow, lying under the Kremlin, and walled in, which contained immense depots of flour, grain, 8c., all the warehouses and shops, and most of tin coffee houses and restaurants, not a single building was saved. • 5 00 50 00 - 30 00 D . S . K 0 0 N , ATTTRNEY AT LAW—Offlcg Wlib Juwei llelm, tUq piiuton. P*. Friends may in thy pathway meet, Fame may shout aloud thy name, JOB WORE. Till the fur off hill* repeat, And the thy deeda proclaim; Friendship may be treacherous erer, Kaine bringi peace—oh, never— never! Handbill., par SO eople* of l»«, - » I SO 114 (hMt, • |IU I -S nh. • - n SO I 1 shmt, * - S 00 ry v.iptj luMltional SU CD'* nrih ihe abort prim, flain Card*, llrtt huutlriHl, * " $ 1 50 Kuh additional fifty, - 30 Otrcalar., on fancy puprr, fint 30, • * - t SO Kfery adJUiodal SO, • .... 1 00 A . KEHNER'8 LIVERY AND EXCHANGE. NEAR THE POST OFFICE, SCRANTON, fA. Ready at all times to aecomviodatt with the best oj Passion's is a lava tide, hemes and vehicles, Seranton, Feb. 24, 1851-1 v. Scorching wheresoe'er it turni, Many a broken henrt of pride Jn its ashes wisdom learns: Quench the bosom fire forever, Fau its flumes—oh, never, never! He said that previous '.o his arrival at Moscow, he had severul disputes with his guide, as to the burning of the city, the !Duide declaring it never occurred, and seeming to be nettled at Mr. Douglas' persistency in his opinion, but on examin* ing the fire marks around the city, and the city itself, he became satisfied that the gude was correct. Oa« Quir«, f t 00 Two Quire*, Three Q-tiree, 300 Kaeh additional Quire, • , For One Ream, - « - - - / .• 15 00 OT Blanks kept for *ale at our Offices, foolscap siis, •I aao dollar per Quire. Wk.P. inks, tVilkei'Barre Timet. 8. S Winciicstkr, Interna Union, O.M. RiruiRt, Pittston GairttC•, G. M, ItD:yno ldr, Cxrbomlale Tranncrift. Allkocs k- Adam*. Spirit of the VtUley. C. E. Latiisop, Ltukateanni Herald. J. Y. dsrra, Worth Branch Ijemocrat. BLANKS S. STEURMER 8 BROTHERS, Boot ctJ Shoo Mali:ers. Wealth may now thy coffer* fill, Decked tby robes way be with gold, £Dluvea may uather at Iby will, Yet lliy heart grows sere and cold , Wealih on wing* is flying ever, Trust in richcs—never, never I Firot door South of the Eagle Hotel, Pitt stun, Pa. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon ihem, earnestly *ollctf a continuance of the Maine Those wilting work mude up noatlv and mibstaiiilnlly will flad it to thoir;iDlv-*ntitge to give tnC m a cull, Moderate profit* and strict punctuality are tbo uiottoes which they cherish. We do not wish to intimate that no knowledge ia valuable butauch as may be used in acquiring property ; but we think it is of the utmost importance to place thai knowledge first which enables a man to br useful to his family, his neigbors, and tu the community, that it m»y be said oD him "lie has not lived in vain and if, like most of our young men, his time anu means for school education are limi'ed, iD is extremely desirable that he should oc cupy himself in acquiring such knowledge 4* shall be really useful, instead of merely lor empty ahow. If the question were asked. " How do most schoolboys occupy their hours of re iceation at school ?—the answer would often be, " In searching for mischief and playing tricks." Infinitely better would it be, to employ their bodily excercise ir learning the practical application ofth.eii theoretical knowledge. For example, lei them become familiar with the use of tin compass and levelling instrument; week;- might most profitably and healthfully em ployed in acquiring accuracy in m'eaaur ing fields, and running difficult lines.— Let them apply their kuowledge of natit ral philosophy in constructing with iheii own hands the implements and machine.- of agriculture and other arts, in work shops built for the purpose. This would aflbrd an admirable opportunity to exercise their thinking powers in eonnexion with labor, and might ultimately result in great improvements in our present machines, and possibly in valuable inventions. ; their rambles might be occupied in search of -pecimens in botany, mineralogy, geology 8c. ; working the soil, and instead of becoming mere mechanical labor and drudgery, might be undertaken for carrying out careful and accurate experiments to deter mine important question* in cultivation, such, for example, aa learning the value and use of different manures, the effects of deep and shallow cultivation, the proper depth and thickness for sowing seeds, 8c., and possibly premiums might prove an additional stimulant to enterprise and exer tion. Valuable indeed would be the result in many waya. We have no doubt that a single year, properly spent in this manner would be the means of Bending abroad young men into the community, better furnished for real usefulness, than is now attained in most ot our great schools in four years ! Three years of tuition and expenses ; and three years of valuable time little better than wasted—and thousands deferred from attending on account of this great expenditure ! The statement goes on to set forth the architectural antiquity of the city—partic ularly of its six hundred first class churches —stretching through ante Napoleonic ages to pagan times, and showing the handiwork ot different nations of histoiy—demonstrates that the city was never burnt. The Inquirer adds— BOOTS, SHOES, 8C., will bs made to order upon the *hiDrte«i notice, and the bem «»f •ntisfnetion rendered at ull times. March 24,1M4-Iy Patience in the path of toil, Meekness in tne garb of nower, Virtue treachery cannot foil, •Strength that's equal to the hour, Claim thy love and reverence ever For they change— oh, never—never I It i* beyond these walls that are found the Boulevards, the spacious streets, the immense structures owned, and in part occupied by the nobili;v, and tho residences of the officials and best classes gener ally. Many of these buildings are sur rounded by extensive grounds, often wallec in, and are at considerable distances asun der, to which, mainly, an j the fact that a portion ot ihe French army was quartered there, may be attributed the preservation of about one eighth of the city in area, which was saved by the almost superhu man exertions of ttie French soldiers. 33nsiiifjjs Curbs. B o o Is. - B lndor , Xorth Kati Corner of Pt'hlu CC/uar» and Mam Street, ROBERT BAUR, JO B P R I NTING, Faith, which sees the Better Home, Through the mists of time and sorrow, Hope, that cheats to day of gloom, Diving in the bright to-morrow ; • Keep the pure and steadfast ever, Uuw to dusl—oh. never, never ! E. A. W. H PICTURE Frames .common, Gill, and .Vahngany,ornamented und piuiu, mads to order, of any size. Job Binding neatly execuit-d. A large selection of common mid fine pictures, .*)bu Blank Books,riMtionery,Movuls,4(.c..alwsyson band. June 17. 1853. WilkettBarr The Kremlin is a space of several hundied acres, in the shapo of a flat iron, and is enclosed by a wall sixty feet high.— Within this enclosure is the most magnificent pal o it: Europe, recently built, but oonstrucied over an ancieut palace, which remains, thus enclosed, whole and perfect, with all its windows, etc. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Neatly and expeditiously exeouted at this office, on reasonable term*. y Blanks of all kinds alicavs on hand. Jtt TELEGRAPH OFFICE, iv Pittston Gazette Printing Officc, H. M. DAMAN 8 GO. UtaUan]). There is nothing in practical life, in a knowledge of which our countrymen are more deficient, than ir. layii g out and properly planting and cultivating the grounds around their dwellings. Very ften tho-y are not laid out nor plaoted at bal, but are left in a stale of primitive ieakiness ; or only ornamented by objects of confusion and disorder. Where improvement is actually attempted, the r«L -ult is not unfrrquently a combination of uconveniences and stiffness ; and very few neatly, economically, and tastefully aid cut grounds are to be met tvitb. Why -hbuld not this art, which every living man in the country ought to practiee, be taught in our higher schools? Latin and Greek are excellent studies for those who have plenty of lime and means for these as w ell as other departments ol knowledge but for such as cannot master all. would not the months consumed on Tacitus and Thucydides be more profitably spent on those fascinating ahd eminently useful tudies, drawing and architecture, in connexion with landscape gardening 1 when will the time come when the latter will have only an equal chance with the farmer ? Time once lost never returns ; and it is of the highesl consequence that those who direct the mode that young people shall spend it at the most critical ol all period.s in their lives, should studv carefully the best modes for accomplishing ao all-important an object. THE above firm h.-tviiig been dissolved by agreeinen the Partner*, the uudemigncd II. M. DAMAN 1 authorized to settle its bu»iuciM. H. M. DAMi4N A N«w Way of Paying Subscriptions. W. O. PALMKR. ata—tr. A correspondent of the Lagrange Whig riven the following amusing account of thi .vay a farmer was taught how cheaply ht joulH take thi» papers. The lesson if ivorth pondering by a good many men w* " wot" ol: Near the Kremlin, surrounded by a wall, is a Chinese town, appearing to be several hundred years oK', still occupied by descendants of the original settler*. The Kremlin, in like manner occupied by the French, and protected by brick wills of from twenty to thirty feet in bight, (not sixty, as tienator Douglas is reported to have said) was also preserved. Nor did any magazine blo'.v up and crack the church of Ivan Veleeky, as stated. Tin rent in the walls of that Cathedral, and the prostration of several of the towers and bastions, (now probably replaced) ot the old Tartar fortress, were caused b\ the explosion of mines placed under them by Napoleon when he evacuated Moscow, and which, but for the failure of some to ignite, would have left the whole Kremlin, with its thirteeQ churches, two imperial palaces, arsenal, barracks, etc., • complete mass ot ruins. HOTELS Pittston 8ept 1st, 1831. BUTLER HOUSE, OEO. W. BRAINEiRD A Oo. Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa. 103 Murray, near West Street, New York GKO. W. BHAlNKTtp, DAVID BCLDKN [Aug. 2, 1850.--tjT*. The circumstances which gave rise to the error concerning the burning of Mos ■row were these— SAMUHL V. HOWARD having taken lh« above stand •vwfltkaown to the theoceupancj of Jatne* U. Foreman, and relltted il in the bcs'. niinnBr throughout, wouldannounce tohl# frlond* and the puMiefhai llieir accommodation ai* eoni|»ieic. The «taud U the " You have liens at home of course.— Well, I will send you my pnpei one yeai It is a oily o( 450,000 inhabitants, in circular . form, occup\ ing a lurge space, five miles acros*. There the winters are ■ax months long ; ami the custom was, and still is, to lay up supplies of provisions and wo Dd to last six months of severe and cold weather. To prevent fliese immense supplies from cumbering the heart of the city, and yet render them as convenient as possible to every locality, a row of wood houses was constructed so as to circle completely round the city, and outside of these was a row of granaries, and in these were deposited the whole of the supplies. Napoleon had entered the city with his army, arid was himself occupying the palace of the Kremlin, when, one iiigTit, Ly order of the Russian governor, every wood house and every granary simultaneously burst into a blaze. All efforts to extinguish ihem were vain, and Napoleon found himself compelled to march bis army through the fire. Retiring to an eminence he saw the whole cily enveloped in vast sheets of flame, a id clouds of smoke, and apparently all on fire. And so far as he was concerned it might as well have been, for though houses enough were left to supply every soldier with a room, yet without provisions or fuel, and a Russian army to cut off all supplies, he and his army could not subsist there. During this fire some houses were probably burnt, but the city was not. In thj Kremlin a magazine blew up, cracking the church of Ivan more than a hundred feet up, but set nothing on fire. C. R GORMAN 8 Co., or the proceed* of a single hen one ypar merely the proceeds. It seems trifling preposterous to imagine the prccseds ol » iinjile hen will puy for the subsorip'.ion ; lerhnps it won't, but I make the ofler," "Done," exclaimed farmer - B BRICK HOTEL PITTSTON. PA., Aganta for Tapaeott'a Oeneral Emigration ami Eoreign Exchange. Persons residing in thC country, and wishing to engage passage or lend money to their friend* in uny purl of Europe inaj Jo no with safety by applying a tlie Post-Ollicr Tapacott 4- Co'*, receipt willbe furnishil by re turn mail. IPittaton, Aug. itti, 1853. opened about oney#*;ir*tnce in the central part of nttston. anils one of the inoatcommodtduaanil be«t NMMla North*™ K-nasylvanla, and e»ory ellbrl will Iht nada to ra'idor tlie nojiHirn of nil, pleasant aad a^rueabla. Tha UAttKlll abound III tfc« b.'Jtof l,iqilori,anJ tin- TalDl« will be furnlnhi d will, nltibo tuxuriuaof Uih season, ru-ehilaml obllstni Oatlermlwayalii aUciidaneo. Thankful for tlia liberal piitronaK.: lu-retiifore waived fnDm Ihairurallln* p.ibllc ainlclii»*ua of ibe county, hC will ba happy to auu ilium at Ills now loculloa. Pitlstau. April 14, IHS4. •' I ogren to it," and appealed to me as n witness in the affair. O. R. GORMAN, M. D. The farmer went away apparently much elated with his conquest, and the tditoi " went on his way rejoicing." Time rolled around, and the world resolved on ita axis, and the run moved in as orbit, just as it formerly did, the farmet received his paper regularly, and recaled himself with the information obtained front EAGLE HOTEL, leaped fully tender* his Professional services to tbC citizens of Pittston and vicinity. How Moscow may claim to have been a burnt city, may partly be inferred from a statistical table now before ine, published by the Russian government after the evacuation. pirTBTON, PA, Office nearly opposite the Post Office, Pitt*ton Aug. 2, lbSO. ly. B Y J. B, STARK, Oct. 13, 1851. Da J. A. HANN, Offic in Or. Curtis' Drug Store, Main Street PORT GRIFFITH HOUSE. PITTSTON, P* December 17, 1893. When the French entered Moscow, it contained 2,567 brick house*, of which 2.. 041 were burnt. Rut the reader must noi suppose I mean tha small structures so called iu our cities, or even the boasted edifices with their four rooms on a floor, seen here, which are the pride and envy of so many good citizens. Most of the brick houses referred to, and so termed by the Muscovite enumerator, wculd, from their great extent and capacity, be oalled, in Italy, palaces, casting ir. the shade, in these respects, the most famous of our public hotels, each furnishing space for the accommodation of many families, and moat of them so occupied. Tha vastness o! these edifices can liurdly be appreciated by persons who have no; seen them. For instance, the house of Count Apraxin— a small part only of which, with its palatial drawing rooms, ball rooms, private theatre, etc. sufficed for his princely establishment, the re*t being rented out to tenant*, and which he had already rebuilt iu 1814— was a huge quadrangular building reputed to be a vcrst, or two thirds of an English mile in circumference. PORT GRIFFITH, LI ZERNE COUNTT, PA it. (Innot only knew the attalrs of hi* own countv, but became conversant upon he leading topics of the day, and political ind financial convulsions of the limes.— His children, delighted toCD, in perusing the onlents of their weekly visitor. In short, ti/said, he was surprised at the progress of himself and family in general inhumation.*— B; PHILBIN, PROPRIETOR. ''PBS sobspriber having completed his new tav A ern hou*e, at Port Griffith, is prepared UD accommodate travellers and the public generally, in th«'b«st Manner and on reasonable terms. The riwm* are convenient, and the proprietor will spare no efforts to make his gueata comfortable. {li*. Bar is supplied with excellent liquors, and his table with an abundance oi the best the narkata afford Good stabling attached. * MICHAEL PHIL3W, Baft Griffith, Jane 8. 1854 tf aormau WOULD respectfully announce to the peo pie of Pittston and vicinity that after an absence of soine months he lias returned and permanently located in tha place. lie will be happj to wait upon any requiring his professional scm ces, Thankful tor past fuvora,he. will endeavor •o merit a continuance of the same. OR. H. WENTZEL, USURY. Sometime in the month ol September, I happened up agai" in the office, when who should'step in but our friend the farmer.Great efforts are being made, in various quarter.*, to get the usurjr laws repealed,- The PitUburg Gatelle, in noticing an able pamphlet, by the Hon. John Whipple of Rhode Island, on "Free Trndo in Money" gives us the following information I To show the disastrous »ffeots of the repeal of usury law in Indiana, a letter is published from Hon. W. VV. Wick. The usury laws in that Stale were repealed some fifteen years ago, and the results, as staled by Mr. Wick, were most disastrous. He was Judge of one of the and was " a shuddering witness of the desolations " caused by the free (fade In moa. ey. Money went up to exhorbitant fates a.id thousands were completely ruined,-* and the evil rfleets tfere developed'as years passrd ayay in a cemetrioul ratio. He tays '• 1 have rendered judgement up» on contracts lor the payment of twenty it fifty cents per day, or per week, for a loan of fifty or one hundred dollars, and in some instances the interest had become more than ten times the amount of the principal 1" lie says lurthor, " that the usurer rarely brougiit suit for his money until the accumulating idle reel had swell' ed the debt to an amount approxin a infl closely to the value of the debtor's es at The ruin at length bccaine so w idt 1/ spread, that the poople demanded p flier* tioo, and the Legislature again fixed t' e interest at six per cent., and penalty lot usury ten per cfnt., damage thereonj and usurous contracts with non residents, void, l:r Wisconsin the Usury Laws were re. pealed in 1949, and a letter from Hon. I. P, Walker, Uoited States Senator from that State, deolares t.'.fl results as " most disastrous" •« The result is." he says, " that money has been taken freclv at an interest from twenty to fifty percent.*— The money loaned was that of non residents. Now, taking the average of Inter!, est to ba iwentyfive per cent, it is obthius that at the end of four years, the artlount loauod in the State will be again sent out, and that, too, with an equal amount for the interesti" Mr. Walker wrote befora tha law was repealed. His f rediotions were all verified. Although the law has been repealed, the bitter fruits are left behind.A letter from H. W. Pitts;, n, Feb, 17,1834-tf Offife, first door north of the Butler House. C. II. 8 W.O DO WD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN STOVES WYOMING HOUSE, • How do you do Mr. B t' said (he editor, extending his hand, and hui countenance lit up with a bland smile, lake a chair, be seated ; fine weather wt have.' '(near the RAILROAD depot.) *i ScraHtou, Ha. TIN, BR \SS,COPPl'.R, SIIEET1RON, HARDWARE, HAY CUTTERS, J. o. BURGESS, Proprietor. S34 Charges Moderate. Saplcinbe 23. IBM. cikTBhn, and well putors, CAltPJiNTBtii? TOOLS, Cf-C., CfC., Lackawanna Avenue, near Preeby(etian ' Yes, sir, quite fine indeed,' answered ihe farmer shaking the proffered 'paw' of the editor, and then a short silence ensued, during which our frieuil B 1 hitched his chair back end forward, twirled his thumbs abstractedly, and spil profusely.— Starling Up quickly he said addressing the editor, 'Mr. C- 1 have brought you the proceeds of that hen.* It wa» amusing to see ihe peculiar expression of the editor as he followed the farmer down to the wagon. I cotild scarcely keep my risiblcsdown. When at the wagon the farmer commenced handing o*er to the editor the products ol the hen, which on being counted, amounted la eighteen pullets worth a shilling each, and * number of dozen ol eggs, making in the aggregate at the least calculation $2,50 ; one dollar more than the price of fhe paper. ' No need,' said he, 'of men not taking a lamily newspaper, and paying for it too. I don't miss this Irom my roost, yet 1 have paid lor a year's subscription, and a dollar over. All folly, sir, there is no man but can take a paper, it's charity, air, charily you know commenoes at home.' ' But' resumed the editor, 'I will pay you for what is over Ihe subscription. I did not institute this as a means of profit, but rather to convince you. 1 will pay you for—' SCRANTON HOUSE, Mr. Douglas saw the fire marks around the city, where wood houses and granaries for winter supplies now stand as of old, but there appears no marks of con flag rat ion within the city. On the contrary, it bears the unmistakable evidences of uge. There are one or two branches of practical knowledge, (he importance of uhich we wish to point out more particularly on the present occasion. One of these is Drawing. We do not mean the rich dau. bing of costly paint on superfine Dristol board, so common in giving young ladies an 'elegant' education, but* the art ol sketching accurately from nature, and acquiring a quick, measuring practical eye. A young person would learn incomparably more ; so far as real use is concerned, in exerciseing by drawing simple straight lines* in disectlng them by l.ii eye, and in drawing accurate perpendiculars and proving their correctness bv applying a square, than in painting for a century with brilliant colors through pasteboard patterns cut ready for use. in connexion witb drawing the principles of architecture should be taught, and rural and dwelling architecture in particular The strange jumblejof incongruous parts often seen in the same building, wherever any attempt made above the dead level of lame square blocks, shows conclusively that ibis eniinenll'y practical art i« quite overlooked in the education of our intelligent young people. In relation to this subject, we find the following excellent remarks in a late number of the " Horticulturist." On all these accounts therefore, ana regarding architecture as of importance, not merely in an economical point of view ; but as calculated, to exercise a great in fluence on the aspect of the country, and on the taste and habits of the people, we • * .nJ |hii,.LI I- Church, Sciianton, Pa. Ordera respectfully solicited and goods forward' ed with promptness. Feb. 21, 1851— ly. OPPOSITE SCRANTON* fc Ft. ATTS STORE, ' SCRANTON. PA. TD K ICRE93LEH, Proprietor. jl, H.—A eiirrliiKe will lD«in r*wilne»ft lo convey gnenU tills ho*i*«*,ou the arrival of Utn pwwM'iigvr truln nt Ihr gallrjad IfcDpot r»«pi. W. IBM-ly J . II. JENKINS, EXCHANGE BROKER. Senator Douglas seems 'o be as unfortunate in liU statement respecting the burning of Moscow, us in most other of his tlinoiies and assertions. Count Segur, the author of Napoleon'ii Russian Campaign, gives a minute ami full description of the catastrophe which happened to Moscow, lie says the conflagration lasted eight days, and tnat, except in one quarter of the town, ouly a house was left here and there. Of wooden houses there were 6,591, of which 4,491 were burnt, leaving on the departure of the French but 2,100, chiefly at the extremities of the city. htdf, park hotel, Office ta Ihe Pvel Office, I'ltllLen, Pm, May '2S, 1851—If. HYDE PAttK, PA, By HENRY HUFFORD, kept. S3. 18"D3. Bin , Architecture. WYOMING HOTEL, rjnHOSR wanting anything dctignntcd above JL will ple.irtc Cr\w. liio Bubncribera call, who is prepared to make drawing* for building*, writ'- MpcciflcationB, tf*c. May be found bvinuuiring at the Ragle Hotel. GEO. W. LUNG. Pituton, January 2nd. IR54. The oliurches having been all massively built, and arched, and having floors of brick or stone, with little that was combustible in their interior,'and being moreover, generally detached Irom other buildings, suffered numerically lew than so wholesale a destruction of a city might lead us to suppose. The number standing when the French arrived was 339, and in August, 1814, 273 were in a fit condition for use. W. HERCEBEA®, 833, Greenwich tlreel, near Duane NEW YORK Inly D9. 1353. ma* wmm* Fashionable Barber and Hair Dresser. In the Room adjoining Cohen's Clothing Store and opposite the Eagle Hotel, Pittston, Pa. WOULD respectfully inform the public that he has taken the Shop formerly occupied by Lyman 1'ogg, where ha would be pleased to wait on them. Pituton, Nov. 1853. Huron Larrey says, in the " course of eight or ten days, this immenso city was reduced to ashes, with the exception of the Kremlin palace," which stood on an elevation in the centre of the'city, " some larger houses, and the churches, ovpr two hundred in number, which, being built of stone, etDcaped the conflagration." EAG L E IIOTE L, *tO. 13* A'OtlTH THIRD ST., {HBOfE RACK,) M,„ PHILADELPHIA. PA.1 Many more details could be given, but I suppose the above will suffice to dispose o tho gigantic wojd *hcd.C ol Senator Douglas. 8. A. BRAIlV, I G. II. imOUN, j rrtprtcfri, , June 43, t«54—19!Dtf. BRYANT HOUSE,1 Ctrcnt Bend Depot, I'to. Addison buyant, Pbopbietoii. Sept. I, l-884-ly. A Russian official account says, over two thousand of the elegant palatial stone and brick residences, and extensive stores were destroyed, and nearly five thousand of the more humble residences, which were built of wood. SA(jT AND PISH Drawing, Gardening and Architecture. A radical reform is needed in most if not all our publio schools.1 There is a great deal of deep brained obstruse know), edge acquired, and very little of the appll. cation of that knowledge to practical purposes. Children should learn at school what they are to practice when they come to msnage for themselves. This U self* evident enough but very little acted upon. For instance a boy studies geometry and t rignonometry, and can solve all the ques tions in the book with great dexterity ;— but does he know how to use them in the duties of life 1 An intelligent farmer has just informed us that his son acquired a very thorough knowledge of Surveying at i •» ROUND Alum Halt in aacka and Byrncvue (lull In ba VX ri-lt, for «»li; by Uie uuaulity or othiDrwi»c. Alao No I, Hud 3 Mackerel In Bit.and half Uli., a Una article— BUOWK L. LAZARL'8 dentistry ARRIVAL EXTRAORDINARY! ' Not a bit of it, »ir, a bargain ia a bargain, and I ain a!ready repaid, air,•'-doubly paid, »ir. And whenever a neighbor makes the complaint 1 did, 1 will cite to him the hen story. Good day, gentlemen.'Napoleon himself told Las Cases that two thousand million francs could not replace 4he damage in loss of property— the rieh India and Chiuete stores being filled with goods, and the city provisioned for a year. Instead of tha suburbs, it was the heart of the city, and the riohest portion, which was destroyed. And an "Old Traveler," in the North American, gives the following statement— Hsving arrived at Moscow In August, 1814, where 1 remained till the following May, I profess to know the oondition of the city at that time, and annex a few laeta in i regard to it i not, however! because I tup- GEO. W. GIII8WOLD, RESIDENT DENTISf, A Mother Mammoth Stock of New Goods CABBOHPALKt PA, AT THE 1-lTTSrOJr BAZAAR, which w now being aold in quantities to suit purchasers ml » trifle abore cTlD prices. Our slock[U sucn thai we can supply the multitude. Cash buyers mny depend on getting good Imrgaiiis, for our motto U Hl.l.L 1 Flense 3o,rt forget the place. TIRUWH Sr THOMPSON. PltlstoD I)uaar,Nor. 10, MM. On doo» from Itweel t llayoor, on Mala Street tnr Cask paid for old gold. DR. JE SHBLP, SURGEON DENTIST. pg*tiDn I'" — Ofict HM Dit. Ilann and Dtrr Julj }*, IBM. 4 Prosperity it the only teat that a vulgar man can't paaa through. II a man nas anything mean in Ml disposition, a little good luck is sure to briRg it out TO EPICURES! aught in nui ilea. Drawing course ol oris one of (he OLD Herkimer beaten by Hcott township, Luzerne co., Pa, Wo have Just rewired two Rms of Uurlah A tollman's celebrated cheese. Those wishing the article rJIKV CAB. LAW «■ Oo BELL'S Beat PLANES, nunnfaeUimJ to or dor. for *a!« t p T. I,SMITH, DR. 0. *. HARVEY, SURGEON DENTIST. Prtaklin trtrt, nest door to Dr. DooHWls, A party of 80 persons lett Baston Pa., last Saturday for Ktosas, and sixty mora will 1000 follow. of that ' WJ !LKI BARRK, Pi. _ bees use he had onl Slate, cays that one third of |
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