Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              JLsSH? AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL oSSXZEP*'** **m *" *" _ The following HrtofBI»l..m.y.lw.™b.ftmirf Itw our option. f office; tud wtl*be*oId upon lh« most ratmiktoMm: "HTI8KMENTS u rvf ((♦ Sh«n*ni»n MA*,M °* Bl*Aw!uwirt* ■ 1M to % Coal fntowfe, folifos, fttos, fttcraim, §p**, an* Antral $nCc%ett«. apg.. S, fca"'tolnijr'i'* tij — M»rrlrige CVrtlQc&tei, Time RojU, PITTSTON PA., FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1856. I w*» «M»- S«-*j "S!L" r J* at '•%V ADVERT] Pur oqnare of t«rd*« Itnee, or law, one or tbree lutrtlow. C1. Card of • Man or leaa, mrlj, • • »J M Ob* aqniro. yearly, 10 06 Ooe half eotoa* T-»rty, ..... 3# One eolamn, yearly, SO W A oordlaf to an act of Ooiniuaa. no porta** can be cbaigad on thto paper to etibecrlhera reeldlnf In «be Qomnj, nor to thoaa within lb* county, wboee nearea M Oflee I* wltboat the county. Car&s. 1 VOLUME TI—Wo. 39. * not oouthward, go not oastwwd, png, lingering, hoping, fearing, . come Northwost, for we know now, the land of the Benzingers. enough of these false measures. Let that we have dined. And such a re•arely talis to my lotto partake of thought of such an entertainment, lty gou rmand would dance in a paraoxdelight. Such excellent fare and be;s are rarely dished except in tbeee !»• What Snubbinn or Gubbina may aay ia me, what a healthful took every man ♦o hare that you meet here. They are tuous, that'dang me if I don't believe • got the constitution of the United ind the women, too, to bless them. I 'ioved that diseases were oontagious, eat alongside one of these Elk County J damsels, and caught the palpitation ueart. This trouble, I believe, belong* r clime, common in all regions, higElow-land, and I yielded to its aoft mwith a becomingness quite pHfao• • ,»t; 41k girls may not, perhaps, be as rich ihining qualities which grace your They may never have heard of or hia statute of Jupiter ; the beautien and the Trojan war, or Cape May, r do know all about the useful, such ai g, churning, mending, brewing and and all ot/ier necessary accompani Fn» m« PtTTiTOK Ctinri. LINES TO A  BT MAY MONTOUR. Now this foot, cannot but dispossess the noil replied of tome of their refinement. In or- to please, it seems necessary, that they thottl&fconform more or less to the manners of thoso with whom thojr eonverse; and repetition of this unforroity gives a bent to tho constitution. In the days of the Spectator, the editor looked not to the rude, but to the cultivated, for the success of his enterprise.— It was fho gain, the life of the writers of the English classical age, to observe all the civilities of goutleinen. The reverse seems to be true now. Almost every motive IVom interest, scetna not only to exert no influence on the writers of the present day, restraining thom from rudeness bat to drag them into it. Our writers are inexcusable, hower. Why need they lose their gentlemanly virtues, though thev discourse to the ruder classcs oi society. This need not be tho coet of pleas ing. Those virtues, like goodness, truth anc beauty, commend themselves to the most un mltivnted. There in ample proof of this as tertion in the foot that works of the most con lummate litorary art, possessing these qua! ties have for centuries, been popular amongst he masses. The man of intellect, and cuiti ration, having a greater forming influenei »ver his manners, than the uncultivated havC iver theirs, should not yield himself pns• ■» adiug evil influences. In ' the manners of the rude, hi own to them. He shoulc his fellow men. This fa received with his powers. Writer may be embarassw public, by the fear of fall .ence, which he is though very fact of hit presenting lie p' blic. Jr 1 j • iKr1" MjHjQpBHgx^gW had first placed himself, and by whom the war had been conducted. Kearney was greatly diasatisffod at this, but distcmUed hie resentment till they both reached Fort Leavenworth oo thoir return home, when he arrested Fremont for diaobodience of orders and brought him to trial before a eourfc*marttal. business Carta. Ot Lot. Br C. R. GORMAN, M. D., "O eepectfuHy tendon hU Prefcerioo*! wtlificei to the citizen* of Piltston and vicinity. Office in tbe Pest Office, Pittstoo. Aug. J, I860. ly. CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. THE undersigned hare associated for the transition of ft GENERAL BACKING BUSINESS at Scranton and Pittston—the of flee at Scranton will be continued under the atyle of Gko. Sandcbsou ft Co —the office at Pittston under the style ofJcaziNsfe Brother. They are prepared at either ofhee to tranaact a general dUcount, deposit, and exchange business. Interest will be allowed on apecial and savings deposits. Collections made and remitted promptly at maturity, at the current rate of exchange. Stxdbem JeitKMS, They 1.11 me ttijr heart la ever Mil Aa tha dirge of a spirit broken They tell me they know thou art not (lad, Though (hy llpa haw nnaorrow apoken. They Ml me thy ftwutepe linger net Where the glrtdy and vain are thronging, That la alienee tho/ tarn away rrotn that «pot Fora quieter refuge longing. CK But me b#; past iu At the your ci yum of longin gioiiR. to thr As this Court heia that Kearney was the rightful commandor, they found Fremout guilty of the charge*, and sentenced him to be dismissed from the servieo. Mr. Polk, then President, signed tho soutence as being technically right, but at tho same time vofferod Fremont a new commission of tho same grade as that of which he had been deprived. This Fremont refused, and returned a simple citizen to private life. Thus discharged from the service of the Government, he undertook a fourth exploring expedition of his own, with a view to discover a passage across the Rocky Mountains southerly of the South Pass, near tho head of tho Arkansas, which might serve the purpose of a railroad communication with California. Ho started from Pueblo, on the Upper Arkansas, with thirty-three men and a hundred and thirty-three mules; but misled by his guides, all his mules and a third of his men perished in the snows and cold of the Sierra San Juan, and he himself arrived on foot at Santa Fe with the loss of everything but his life. Not, however, to bo baffled, he refitted the expedition, and in a hundred davs after frosh dangers, reached the banks of the Sacramoato. DR. J. A. HANN, Office over Dr. Dorr'* Drag Store, Main St., Pitttton, a. Thej toll methle—and I know foil well— That tome grief la Ihjr eplrll eteeplng; I know the wild dream* In thy heart thmt dwell Andareoe'rluronntalna (weeping. I toD hare taetedlhr bitter enp. And have known a dark wild eorrow. And ( knew when hope'e boar on atar-gem eet, That 'twould rlaeon no bright to morrow. l/acember 17, 1862. T. A.PEIRCE, M. D., Homoopatbic Phtsicuh akd Sdboiok— Reaidence, Franklin St., lat door above Hilitnan'i Motel. Wilkei Barre, l a. March 4, 1866-287 8m. Bless seemt sorobi they ha Statex, never be until J i blu-ey« of thf to evei land or fluenci worth1 The in these. city belles Phidias fill Hi but the knitti: baking  ments to comfort and enjoyment, and even ii that accomplishment of music which is sC much the pride and boast of interested roam mas, put many of the city girls to the blush. Let mo say to my friends, that in additioi to a glorious rich soil, with its wealth of timber and minerals, and a home, there is alsc to be found a wife to grace that home, and make its fireside happy. Seek not in vain— as you euroly will, if you seek elsewhere— but your city girls, X cannot, away with, with pincli-ed shoos and mincing steps. Give me none of your hour-glasses and moulds of form, but one who has a waist like a cotton-bale and foot like a flounder. 8uoh will not die of thin soles or consumption—-except of corn. They are the true help-meets, who will rough it and tough it through the and unmurmuring lipsD I have hardly begu I must not forget to allu kindly piloted me over lands. The scenery, and dale, with its ma grand picture, for the and there the tree* wl made by the sturdy ear surveyor. Mr. S. alst fifteen coal openings, al. promise for future traffic II Mr. S. has taken my which I have hastened increase in rates, wh: have raised to $12 per (*. Twelve dollars an acre this land. From my ino lands in the vicinity arc tend to give another le' old Lancaster county , . ». know something about land, and in'my next I will walk into the merits of the question ahoat a feet. Thus far I find everything of the most promising oharacter, fine crops, limestone soil, and good arable land, neither hilly nor stony—enough already to satisfy any one who is not too lazy to work for a living. Yours, vory respectfully, DAVID LONG. !Oio Sakdciiom, Burto* Kimiidit, Seranton. J. H. JERKIN*, Pittaton. May 8,1866. WASHINGTON NUGENT, M D-, O espectfully offer* bit service* *» physicisn 11. and Surgfeon, to the inbabitsnts of Pittston anil vicinity, tfflci at B. Hull's Drug Store. , , „ _ Bsmiitors.- Paul B. Ooddard, ». D.t Phils., Wm Corson, M. !»-, Norristown, T»., Messrs. Weils & Bean, Pittstou. 1856-ly. CARPENTERING AND BUILDING. HK. Easier, desires to snnonnce to the public that he is now prepared to take contracts for Building and Furnishihg Materials for Rouses snd other descriptions of buildings at the most reasonable figure. By arrangements which he has recently concluded with lumbermen in the State of N*w York, he is enabled to procure bills of Lumber almost ready to put together for any description of buildings whatever. at the shortest notice. He has now and will constantly keep in hi* employ the best of workmen, ana hopes to be able to give entire sstisfsction as to his work, and to accommodate to a greater extent than has ever heretofore been done in this Valley the desire to hsve houses splendidly and substantially completed. His long experience and general acquaintance with the people of this place and vicinity, he trnsts, will be sufficient to secure for bin a reasonable share of the best work requited in this neighborhood. They 1*11 nu ihjr soul It a dreamy (brine Wherein wild fanclos are crowding | AqJ they know by thy musing absent salad. That som 5 grief Is thy spirit threading. And ones In the flush of life's spring, we met, Twss s sslm bright peaceful morning, Aad that autumn boor I shall ne'er forget, Till we meet at elemity'i dawning. I gazed In the depths of thy sonl lit aye, Aai einur-ie thoughts wen my spirit thronging, tor I saw In that eye a wild dinontent. And ssoul for the eaeeea longing. And I've thought of tbeeslses.bat net at mora When the sua UghiN rsje were streaming But St evening hour thy memory corns*, Like a flood o'er my spirit's dreaming. I've thought of thee, snd a prayer bas flown Ferns my heart to the throne of hears* That thy life might be all of p»ace and Joy, And GolH signet to thee be given. Anil when oiraptrltsanrenmmoned heme. May they meat by the winding river. That weiersihe flekls of light above— Where loved oues no nto»e shall sever. Pisa Gaovs CoTT«ee, June, IBM. .at r-- lively to surrpuni. itead of acquiring ihould impart bit DC a redeemer of ;he commission he Again, a timid in writing for the the eieD to claim, by the hi* production to But besides this fear the imputation ty, which is alw» their ' Dlysi» Col, John Charles Fremont. DR. H. WENTZEL, /~t sssa« V ould respectfully \J announce to the people of Fittston and vicinity that alter an absence of some months, he has returned and permanently located in the place. He will he happy to Wait upon any requiring bis professional services. Thankful fbr past favors he will endeavor to merit a continuance of tbe same. Office at Frederick Heir*. Feb 17, I8M tf.  We give this week a portrait of Col. Fremont Julia C. Fremont is still a youug man. Ilis lather, who did when he was a child, was a Frenchman, his m. alter a Virginian.— lie wits born at Savannah on the &lat January, 1813, and educated at Charleston, Suutlr Carolina, where his mother, left a widow with three children, had taken up her ie«i-denoe. The circumstances of tho family were exceedingly narrow and the childhood of Fremont was surrounded by privations and difficulties.In (lie rising Slate of California, In which ho htid Wome "one of the earliest American proprietors, liy the porchase, during his formor visit, of the since.famous Mariposa grunt, Mr. Fremont took a great intercut. lie was active in the formation of the State Constitution, and in securing in that document a positive exclusion of Slavery, and was chosen c.ne of tlic first Senators to represent the new State in Congress. A short term of two years fell to his lot, and owing to the delay in the admission of the State, he sat iu the Senate only one short session. if he be amiable, he will of self-oonceit, and vani.,ays -made by the public, in . analy». of his motives in writing. It natters not to him, that liia readers, at the aiuo time that they make the imputation, ;rant a pardon in perfectly good humor; and lever for a moment, deem him deserving of ,he least censure. That the public do, in alnost every case, attribute tnoso unamiable (utilities to him who writes for their enterininment, will appear by a very little reflec:ion. When a man narrates to his friends in the storeroom, in the workshop, or at his family fireside, his adventures and observations made in a journey ; they listen to him with the most genial leeling*. supposing his motive to be, altogether or in great part, a pure desire to gratify them ; but when he flourishes his narrative in the papers, they judge of him as they would of a man who should go around the town, enter abruptly into the family circle of strangers, and sit down complacently, amidst the surprise of the inmates, to tell his story. He is emboldened to present hi* narrative to strailgors, they think, either by the fact that he has something very extraordinary to relate, or because he supposes himself possessed of extraordinary talents for narrative. If not the former, it must be the latter; for men thiuk tk® soil of the human heart too barren to produce pure benevolence except when stimulated by tho sympathy of friendly relationship. Besides this ; their judgement when applied to published narratives, seerts to have this good and tangible ground, that in the written narrative, there is a palpable effort after greater excellence; the sentences are more complicated, more elegantly formed, and the words are better chosen, than could be possible in conversation ; which seems very plainly to indicate a desire to display. The grounds of judgment in this com are true, but the judge is at fault. The imputation of oonoeit and vanity is not necessary from the facts. In this lite all we do is done Imperfectly, whether it be obedience to the moral law, or the performance of the simplest and most accustomed manual exercise. We are painfully sensitive to our imperfections, intellectual, as weH as moral and physical, and have therefore an impulse, from the pain we feel, if front no higher source, to free ourselves from them. The cultivated as well as the MMftiltivatedf feel the imperfection of their language in oonveraation, and both wo'd improve it if they could ; but conversation allows not, even to the most skilled, sufficient time tototike their language what they would like it to be. Our ability to amend is not oommansnrate with our quickness to detect our faultp. Tho writer can take time to mend his faults, and it is commendable in him, to labor on his expressions, till he has given them the highest finish that is possible with hie powers. Again a young writer may hesitate, in presenting his first production to the public, for fear that the subtle and insidious passion of vanity might in spite of all his watchfulness defile bis work. As the most venomous serpents, are found in that zone where nature approaches nearest perfection, amidst the beautiful and luxurient herbage of the tropica, so vanity is most likely to exist, and to be most subtle whpn the writer has wrought his production to a comparatively high degree of excellence. In conversation it is not to be so much dreaded as in writing for it reoeives from the countenance of the beholder a summary, and unreserved condemnation. It is in the human breast like a nocturnal serpent. While a man it under the light of his fellow's eye, this hateful passion lies concealed, but when be withdraws into the seclusion of his study, it crawls forth and revels. If it appear; no matter what the excellence of the production in other respects, it secures to the writer condemnation. Excellence is pleasing, only when conneoted with parity of heart, because, the incongruity of a good fruit on a corrupt tree, is offensive ; and beoause our moral nature is supreme, and before all other excellent* de.nands moral excellence. 0. DR. E. SHELP, Wmi «»)D the •Mention of the public U ■ Mew end Improved pUn of iiuertiug ar- Teeth oiiOntU Percha base. Thia is tnperior to any article »» yet need for temporiry or difficult cases—and he h it purchased he rifht to u*e the Improved Gutta Perch*.— ■a-tieJ or full aetta of teeth will be Inserted on bit plan with neatneaa. ' office on FianUIln 3t, Wilkesbarre, P«. Jan. 18, 1866 . 270. NOTICE. Thi Subscriber bog* leave to Inform the citizens or Piltaton and vicinity, that he ia ■tilt carrying on the business of ITouse Building and Carpentering in all it* departments ; and that be return* hi* *ineora thank*, for the liberal encouragement they have given him. hoping that they will still give him a share of public patronage. By being pnncfTial to bnslnesa and employing the best of tradesmen he it determined a* heretofore that all job* intinst ed to his care shall be done in * substantial *nd workman-like manner, also on •• reasonable term* a* possible. At Charleston, Fremont enjoyed the instructions of Dr. John Robertson, who, in the preface to a translation of Xenonhen's Retreat of the Ten Thousand, which he published in 1850, recordjPwfth pride the remarkable proficiency of his pupil. In 1828 he entered the Junior class of Charleston College ; after loaving which he employed himself lor some time as a teacher of mathematics. In 1833, he obtained a post on boerd the sloop-ofwar Natchez, and on board of her made a cruise of two year and a half. Ou his return he adopted the profession of a surveyor and railroad engineer, and was employed in that capacity under Capt. Williams of the Topographical Engineers in the survey of a route from Charleston to Cincinnati. When this survey was suspended, he accompanied Capt. Williams in a reconcoisance of the country then occupied by the Chorokees, after which he joined M. Nicolet, a distinguished Fromsh savan In the employ of tho United States, in an exploring expedition over the North Western praries. He was employed in this survey, in which he acted as principal assistant, during the years 1838 and 183'.I, and while absent upon it was appointed a Sccond Lieutenant in the Corps of Topographical Engineers. While reducing tho materials of this survey, and preparing maps and a report he resided for some time at Washington, where he formed the acquaintance nf the Fatally of Mr. Benton, resulting in a runaway marriage, in 1841, to one of Mr. Benton's daughters, from his marriage by a Catholic priest, has arisen a rumor of his being a Catholic. This, however, is u mistake, u» he was born in, and is now a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Owing to fear of displeasing Col. Benton, the clergy of Washpigtvn generally refused to marry tiicin, but at last a Tady friend, who was aCatholie, found a priest who was willing to incur the responsibility of joining the great Senator's daughter to a' young officer of engineers. The Colouel soon became well reconciled to his daughter's choico—though he is again astonished at the temerity of the "young man" in ruuning for the Presidency. Shortly after-—in May,1842—he started on the first of bis threegreat exploring expedition This expedition, which occupied five months, resulted in the exploration of tho famous South Pass across the Rocky Mountains, and in the ascont by Col. Fremont aud four of his men of the Wind River peak, the highest summit of the Rocky Mountain chain. The report of this exploration attracted great attention, both at nomo and abroad. This report was scarcely published whon its author started on a second expedition designed to connect the discoveries of the first one with tho surveys to be made by Commodore Wilkes of the Exploring Expedition on the Pacific Coast, and thus to embrace a connected survey of the almost unknown regions on both sides of the Rocky Mountains. Tho party, including thirty-nino persons, started from the village of Kansas on the 29th of May, 1843, and were employed in tho exploration till August of the next year. It was this exploration that first furnished any accurate information as to the Great Salt Lake, the great Interior basin of Utah, and the mountain range of the Sierra Nevada, and first brought to light as it were, the region now constituting tho Territory of Utah and the State of California. Mr. Fremont now devoted himself to developing the resources of his Californa estate, which had been discovered to be rich in gold : but, in addition to the loss of his commission as the only reward be had realized for his service iu California, he now found himself greatly annoyed by the claims against him for supplies which during his campaign in California, had been furnished to the United States on his privaio credit. During a visit to London, he whs arrested on one of these claims, and it was only after great delay that the Government of the United States was finally induced to relieve lum from further annoyance by the payment of these debts. In maintaining his right to the Mariposa property, he was also obliged to encounter many annoyances, but fiualy, by repeated decisions of tne Suqramo Court of the United Sfcatoi he triumphed over all of them. The editor ol the Washington " National Intcligencer," describes Col. Fremont as a man of high qualities, modest, wise for his years, self-reliant, bri.*e, collected and calm amid dangers. COMMUNICATION. Fur tho Pittatoa Gazette. (277) tf. Rcfleetiom on the Causes of a Young Writer's embarrassment «n making his first appearance before the Public. orld with willing heart* n to say all I want, but 1e to Mr. Shultz, who Formed » sight. I observed hero *e illustrated with cuts, Cy pioneer, or reoent exhibited to me aome •)f which are buds of and prosperity. order for ten share*, »o forward before the ch I learn tho Company \cre, instead of $8. -ere is a small mice for inquiries, I find out th« re much higher. I inD tcr shortly. Bains at %rmer, I pretend U D. S. KOON, Attorhrt at Law. Pittston, ft. Office with J»mCw Helm, Esq., in Upper Httaton. July 3, 18 )C.  Mr. Editor; In compliance with a roquest you have frequently made of me, I have attempt* 1 to prepare a communication for your paper. What I intended to send you, was an account of a journey, I have lately taken to a distant part of our country; but finding at the lieginning of my effort, au aversion to the public exposure of my thoughts in the papers ; I diverted myself awhile, by trying to aiscover the causes of this aversion; and lustead of the account of my journey; I have dctorminod to send you at present, the results of my investigation.I have presumed, that the embarrassment which I have experienced, besets all, or nearly all young; writers at their outset before the public, and I will therefore present only general principles. This embarrassment is, I think, first to be attributed in some degree, to a feeling similar to that which so greviously annoys the uncultivated rustic, when be enters a company to which he is a stranger, and to which he supposes himself inferior in refinement. In one word to bashfulness. Those who from long practice, arc able to appear before tho public with composure, the writor regards as a class superior to himself, and as judges to whom be is amenable. lie fears, lest at his first appearance, he might not be able to apprehend, nor to assuino thoir manners, and that the figure he should cut would provoke, not only their ridicule, but their contempt and censure. Please favor him with a cull. SHARPS fc OLIVER, Coai Merchahts. Office, v\ est side Main St., Pitti-tou Luzerne county, Pa. June 6, 1850. tf. cy Shop above Steam Mill. George street. Window Frames of all sir.es always on hand. HENRY STEVENS April 18, 1866. 298 J. BOWK LEY & LEYSHON, Coal Mircharts. fffice Corner of Main and R lUroad Sts., Pittston, Pa. August 16, 1860-tf. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. SPKCtroATion Plant and Estimates for Steam Engines Boilers and D acliinery of every description will lie made with despatk on application to GEORGE P. WEST, JAMES L. SELFRIDGR, Wholesale Dealer In Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, No. 68 North Third Str, 8 doors •bora Arch st., Philadelphia. Consultiug Mechanical Engineer, at the 1 ittston Foundry. Pittston, Uizerne Co., Pa. April 25, 1866. ROBERT BAUR, Book-Binder. North Ea*t comer of Publie Square and Main St., Wilkesbarre. Picture Frames, common Gilt and Mahogjnv, ornamented and plain, made to order, of any'size. Job Binding neatly executed. A large selection ot common and fine pictures. Allmms, Blank books, Stationary Novels, fie., al vajrs on hand. Wire Ropr for Shafts. Slopes, Plane*. tee., of a very superior quality, all sizes. Ashcroft's Patent Steam Guages; Woodward's Irapioved Steam-pumps lor supplying boilers, extinguishing (Ires, clearing Ines etc. The following Humorous and Eccentric Letter has been received in reference to St. Mary's and lands in Elk county : Makiieim, Lancaster Co., Pa. Also all improved attachments and fixtures for Steam Engines, furnished at short notice by GEO. D. WEST, at the PitUton Foundry. April 25,1854. Jfour*. EdiJorn:—There baa been much excitement and inquiry in our neighborhood as to the lauds of the " Ridgeway Company" located in Klfc county, Pa, Advertisements seem to have gone abroad in almost every direction, where John Guttemliurg's ointment is at all used, and even within tho quiet slwdos of our own pleasant village that name printer's ink lias held up to view the wonderful attractions and belongings of these Western Pennsylvania Lands. A farm and a houiu seeiping almost to be within my very reiich, and at a price too, so comfortably moderate, that I dropped from my grasp the Evening Mar, in which was detailed the advertisement aud began to reflect. Action prompted me at once to prepare for a trip to Elk, and the next day, with carpet bag in hand, end determination in heart, I -embarked upon the excursion. By railroad I set out for Tyroue City, in Blair county, at which place! found an excellent team belonging to the Company in waiting, and ready for a start to St. Mary's. Young Mr. Sohultz, under whose supervision and Jehuship this department seeuicd to be, I discovered was an excellent companion, but off we must go, so hurrah"! boys—" get away dobbins from before us I" And away we went, for the land of big trees aud maple sugar. During the whole of this trip I observed no roughness in the roads, nor had I any occassion to regrot my hurried exodus to tho settlement, now for the first time looming upon our sight. This must be attributable to the entertaining conversation of our whip, who every now ond then would cheer us  lively jokeoratory, for in truth let me say it— the roads wire of the roughest kind, jolting one's poor bones most terrifically. Christopher Columbus and Andrew Jackson! what was my amazement when I began to behold more clearly the tidy and thrifty habitations of St. Mary's, in all its virgin purity of whitewash and humility. What, during the whole ride from Clearfield had I seen to compare at nil with this ? Around and about everything gave iijaications of neatness and hospitality— and, as the Queen of Shcba once suid to Mr. Solomon soveral years ago—that cveu the halt'had not been told of his kingdom, to the moiety had not been written, of the glory of this place. Although now only, as it were, on the threshold of tho property owned by the Ridgeway Company, my expectations seemed to be fully realized. Many of my friends endeavored to dissuade me from going upon the trip, and condemnod tho whole thing as a humbug; butiu spite of all opposition or obstacle 1 went, and now I can snap my fingers and whistle at them, or tfceir want of foitb, aud letiva the old fogies to tpjta eurj. of themselves as best they can. "My heart is in the Highlands." Here will I pitou my tent, and chase the wild deer of Elk county. Grookdt was correct, "be alvay* sure your right," then act with that persistency which belongs so exclusively to the American character, " Go ahead." We have all just alighted from our conveyance, and are in the good keeping of the worthy and industrious proprietor tm the Washington Hotel, St. Mary's. But hark!—the dinner-bell—how delightful to the keen odgo of appetite, a sound argument for its clangor— ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. David Sohoolet, would respectfully announce to the public 'hat ho still continue* the practice of the above profession, in all branches, and holds himself in readiness at all times to attend to any business in the line of Surveying, Engineering, Estimating and Drafting. June 17, II MICHAEL B. BROWN, MEwetfAKT Tailor. Between the Stores of James Welsh «nd James Brown, Pine St., /'ittston, a. |f«v. 16, 1855. Varieties Thef'e is a curio" nect living wood w is peat, consisting i and liioN.-, imbedae* a muss, mid expose water, or both, ana bered centuries. 7 in nearly the sanu and accumulated Germany and ot) not hitherto beci. ase indications thu Next domes jet, w liar variety of ve( most to a bitumii canw-l coal, which most abundant gas often such a hart' us enables it to be tiful ornaments. Newcastle (Engla which combines so household purpa from this is the at counties of Engh very long pieces, an*.  caking quality than the Newcastle coal. A still less gaseous coal is that which, from tha purpose to which it is now found to bo admirably adapted, is calied steam coal. It is tained chiefly from Walos, and burns with intense heat and littlo flame or smoke. Last on the list is anthracite, ao nearly without pus as to consist almost entirely of carbon. Its intense heat and freedom from sulpher render it invaluable for iron smelting and other manufacturing processes. 'in chain of links which con. '♦.h dead coal. First,thoro if various kind* of plants ' ind pressed together in to the action of the air or W*J, from trunk* of trees, 4 layers of vast thickness in er parts of Europe i It ha* tiuch used as fW.bUt there t it will be so ere long,— lich appears to be s pecuetable matter brought alous state. Then we have not only yields the best and iess, blackness ami polish, vorked up into very beau 'd) and its neighborhood nuny useful qualitiM foi m. Somewhat differon xfified cool of the midlaru •id, which is obtained ii id has less bituminous o: Being provided with a full and complete set of instruments, and having had ample experience, he flatters himself capable of giving atisfaction in any and every department of hi* calling. ' fflcc with B. U. Lacoe, Odd fellows'Building.Huston, Nov. 18, H55--tf. But this aversion is not confinod to the bashful. It may effect tho young writer who possesses a manly assurance aocompnniod with refinement of feeling and literary excellence. In this ease, it may arise from a fear of the evil influences which would operate upon him in his new position as a writer for the public. The literary manners of the present day have become so sadly barbarous, that to be acceptable a writer must be boorish; or at toast, sacrifice jnaay of the qualities of good breeding. It is no less palpable than surprising, that the manners of our present newspaper literature, are such, as would in intercourse with polite society, deprive a man of nil claim to gentility. Some of the most signal illustrations of this remark you will find in paper claiming the (lightest respectability in the New York Tribune and the London Times for example. In the former you will Jnd this fault prevailing to such an extent as be, not only rude, but puerile. It would be difficult to find, in oar most respectablo pipers, what could with propriety, be called jolite literature. The paper*, devotod to tales, humour, and he recording of the passing marvellous Dvents, do not come under this remark. They ire to be criticised as artists; the others as gentlemen, who daily come to your office, rour table, and your library, to discuss with rou, subjects of practical interest, many of iur religious periodicals, however, cannot be ixceptea. With reference to many of them, he remark is signally true. In them where re would least expect to find it, the fault under emark frequently abounds. It must not tere however, be set down to the discredit of hristianity; for Christ, in conveying the dime Spirit to men, imparts with it, that neekness and gentleness, that kind regard u - each others feelings, opinions, and ever ntnnities, which is the escenoe of true gen ilitv. Allow me a little degression, to inquire in CH\S. F. SMITH, XVraioHABLi Barber andHairdresser, (Un- X der the Eagle Hotel,) Hltatoo fa. Jane 13,1858. 'A. KENNER-S LIVERY EXCHANGE. Nbab the Poet Office. Scranton, Pa. Ready at all time* to accommodate with the beat •f horaei and vehicle*. HXYDEN, BROTHERS, WaotciALK dealera in Buttons, Combe, Suspenders, Threads, Embroideries, Fancy Goods, Watches, Jewelry. SHrer and Plated Ware, Gold Pens, Pishing Tackle, £c. Merchants and Peddler* supplied on liberal terms. Soranton, Feb. 24, 1864—ly. C- R. GORMAN & CO., TJrrrsos, Pa. Agents for Tspscott's General A Emigration and Foreign Exchange. Persons residing In the coujtry, and wishing t.. engage passage or aend money to their friends In any part or Europe may d# so with safety by apptytag at the Post Office. Tapscott k Co'*., receipt will be tarnished by ruturo Mail. Aug. 26, 1868. Wm. Hayden, ) 1 Tracy TTaden, John Hayden, D j Geo. Hayden. New t.ilford, Pa. Not. 0, 1866. NEW BAKERY & CONFECTIONARY STORE. EXCHANGE & BANKING OFFICE. np«* subscribers hare oiieued sn office of de- X posit, discount and exchange, in this place, of Wyoming avenue, opposite the Wyo ming House, two doors northeast of Mr. Chase's store. 'I'HE undersigned Informs the citizens of 1 Pittston, and the WORLD In general, that he h is opened a New D kery and Confectionary Store, on Main street, (in trout of the Canal Basin, in the store formerly occupied Dr. Mall,) where he will always be found ready D wait upon his customers, with such as (D004 Bread, Cakes, Pies, and all kinds of Confectionary ; Cronk's Beer, Lemon Beer, Saraaparillx Beer, 'Mnger Beer, and Meade's Boer. Please give me a call. JOHN NASH. v ASON, VlEYERT kCd. Scranton, May 18, 1856. PORT MALLERY HOTEL THE Undersigned would respectluUy announce to the public, that he has taken the above stand, and is doing everything in hia power to make it a comfortable and desirable borne for travelers and sojourners. No effort will be spared to give satisfaction in all that Is requisite to coustitute it a good home. J. 8 LILL i, Proprietor. After preparing the report of this expedition in the Spring of 1845, Fremont, then a Captain, set out on a third expedition designed to make a more particular survey of the regions which he had previously visited. It was while engaged in this expedition and before he had received any intimation of the war with Mexico, that, after having himself been once ordered off by the authorities, he was induced by the entreaties of the American settlers in the valley of the Sacramento, whom the Mexicans threatened to drive out of the country, to put himself at their head. Thus led, they defeated the Mexicans. Fremont put himself into communication with the naval commanders on the eoost, and soon, in conjunction with Comwodord Stockton, Obtained complete possession of California, of whiuh, on the 24th of August, he was appointed by Stockton Military Comintuvler.— The fighting, however, was not yet over.— The Californians rose in insurrection; but the trrival of Oen. Kearney with his dragoons rrom New-Mexico, enabled the Americans, ifter some hard-fought littles, to maintain hemselves in possession. Pending those op(rations, a commission arrived for Fremonl is Lieut. Colonel—a promotion which neithei le nor his friands hod solicited, but whioh hC GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE. SScthhlam, dealer iu Groceries, Provisions, Four, Feed etc., S. E. corner of Main and l ine streets. Goods sold for ready pay only, and at extremely low prices. "Small profits and quick sales," Is the motto by which I am determined to succeed. Feb. 1866. Robbery-.—On Thursday aftornoon la*t, the house of Mrs. Schmoyor, on aged widow lady, in Lower Macuugie township, was during her absence from home, entered by soma during villain, and robbed of $40. The money was taken £fora a large chest, which wai broken open with an axe. It is supjwsed the robbery was committed by some one intimately acquainted about the house.—Lehigh R«- g Inter. V vr June 27, 1868. SCRANTON HOUSE, SCRAPfTON, PA. .•Y"\ X. Kauai,!*, proprietor. Carriage* will JLJ be in reudiueaa to conrey gueata to thia house, od the arrival of the paaaenger traiha at the Bwlroad Depot. S pt. 23, l8oi—ly. UEO. W. BRAINARD k CO. GBOCrti, 108 Murray, near V\ est Street, New York. Oto. W. Brainabd, Aug. 2,1850. Dans Bu.dk*. Despising Household Duius.—From i Harietv of eau*es, nothing is more oommoi nan to And American women who hue no he slighted idea of household duties. A nriter thua alludes to this subject: "|ii thia neglect of household oarea Ameri an females stand alone. A German lady o matter how lofty her rank, never forgeu hat d«atestic labors conduce to the health ol ody and mind alike. An English ladj be « j ' ,vi- /. ' -fjy45 .' 1 The Hessian fly is desolating the wheat fields in Virginia. In some places, it is said the vild will not bo ooe quart to the aorS. — — jgy- " Did you know," said a cunning Yin- • keotoa Jew, "that they hang Jews and jaokaason together in Portland Indeed 1 thou it is wall that you and I are not them," C returned the Jew. — -»■»■D • j| $Sf Printers are like pationt wives with dissipated husbands—they are used to "setting up." .  9SST" Have you said your prayers, John." " No, ma'am—'taint my work. Bill say«the prayers, and I the omens! We agreed to dolt kaie it ooqios shorter." MT"Mrs- Quigg, isyowr husband a Ijtytw " I guess so, for he told me this m«tita|f that somebody had b«fln making a fool of him." HI .liTi ■ ■ I.. * I®* A fool in high station is like a man on top of a mountain—errtybody appears small to him, and he appears small to body else. WYOMING HOTEL. TDY G. tf- Mercw.il, Wo. 883 Greenwich g*., near Dunne, New York. July 13, 1853.—tf. CHARLES TILLMAN. Fashionable Barber ami Hair Dresser, Opposite the Eagle Hotel, Plttslon, • Customers attended to with the utmost care and despatch, l ublic patronage respectfully solic- I'ittston, April 14, ISM. . BSJ l LBR ■HOUSE, PITTSTON, PA. STABfe, Proprietor. ISAOUS HOTEL, PITTSTON, PA., T '«V: ODTrORD & FOLEK, Ptoprletora. '» l®"' 4, tH. ARCHITECTURE. Tttora wlthing anything designated above will plaaae give tho subscriber • call, wto il prepared to make drawings tor building!, write ireciflcationa, Ike. May be found by Inquiring at the Etglo Hotel. GEO. vr. LUNO. P0&T GRIFFITH HOUSE. jUdly received att a ratification on the part of flia intervention, on hia own responsibility, in From the moment «f G#n. Kearney's arrival a dispute had sprung up betweenhlm and Commodore as to the oommand* 10'k T Port Griffith, Luzerne C5o. The Sob/\ tcriber having completed hit new tavern * honsc Ik pnepatfd to accommodate travellers and the public generally, in the best manner ami on reason nble term*. The roomi are eonteplent. and the proprietor will spare no eflorts to make hi» guestt comfortable. Hit bar It liipplled With excellent liquors, aad hit table with an abundance of the best the market! afford. wm*. Jan. », IBM. Lithographic Rngravingt for Greoian Painting, Artiat't fable and Brittle bruthet, Oil Colort in Tnbet, Demar Varnish & Balsam of Kif, at Hall't Drug Store, oppotlte the Batin. May 9,1864. Much disturbed by hungry pheelinki, Dreaming now of apple-dumlings, Of the smoking venison haunches, In the land of the Benzjngers. Very pleasant was the dinner. Like the starlight or the moonlight, Or a gleam of early sunshine— DRIED FRUIT! T7*OI lata at tke Steass Mill Man Puaches. paied and jb unparsd, Drlsd Plums, Cherries and Dried npple* bf Jaa. lt, MM JAMES MOTT h 00. ;.i Is «fU» Becstnger*. D* ...... y