Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              PITTSTONSte GAZETTE Che ftittston v AND Susquehanna Anthracite Journal. Job and Ruling. WE have recertlj procure# ami have now In operatiea in our offlco. Ma«:hi)i«s(or the purpose of manufacturing afl iHml* Killed Wotk. such an Check Holla, JDay and Time Kolls, JUt«iug Abstracts, and indeed everything belong I414. to i but classof work,nearly ull of which hat hitherto been senile the city. We ban rule paper In all Riunuerof waya,wUkboththe blue and red lines, and do the printing as required. We hope to have It home in mind by those needing such Jobs. Wo belter# we have produced the first nnd only work of this description erer executed in Northern J*ennHD Jvsnl*. The machines forthi» kind of work are expensiVe; artd we trust those having it to do will give lis a trial. Anything in the si ne of Blank work or printing wehavefully prepared ourselves to execute, we trual, to the satisfaction of all. PUM.ISIIKD WEEKLY BY Ct-oorgo 3vc. RioJi»rt, Jtnkini' new Brick Building, "it* door louth of Clark'* itore—up ttairt. AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. Til# OA7.ETTR »»i JOURNAL I* published crery Friday. at Two IHiinrt per mmmum. Two doltara mix! Ifty e«nta will be charged if not paid within the year. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, aaleaa at our optlou. bunks. The following list of Blanks may alwnys be found at ens office j and will be sold upon the mom ruusonable terms; ADVERTISEMENTS. Oat square »f twelve Hum, or lew, one or iliroo Jaocrtlona,*!. NAM EH OF BLANKf. Jldwtci) to tljc Coral Interests, laities, ffetos, literature, (Central Intelligence, Rhorifr Anion, (Jonntublc 8-ilrn, J inlK'nout Contract*, " Bond*, Mflrriiiff? Ortifl«;ut*«, Kxeeniloim, Attach rneut*, flubpoonan, Warrant*, Hummong, Promf«arD- No!m# Judgment NoUD% Ciurck holla, Timu ftolln. It Inn k Mort^a^e*, G.M.muHABT Card of 8 lloea or lea*, yearly, - - Oue aC|u\re. yearly, ....... Oue half eolum yearly, • - • • • Oue column, yearly,  $5 00 10 UO 30 50 |W* According to an act of Congreaa, no poatage can fee charged on thla paper to aubacrlbera realding In the CoMty, nor to thoae within the county, whose nearest Feat Odce la without the county. VOLUME VI.—No. 49. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1856. WHOLE No. 3ia Cnzctto office, 'enfcinfTBlock, I PI tut on, July II, j business Cari)s. justness Curtis. an abiding consciousness of his ever present nature, and oven in the hour of mirth and buoyant gaiety that sontiinont would towor to the zenith and strike upon our mental vision as tho glocicr of the mountain-peak arrests tityfmfrg nt' the-Switaar JtsHvtwr, been working in tho factories, brought tip and fined for bathing off the public docks, llow else can they get themselves clean ? Have they not a right, when God, in his Providenco jsjured such tides of cleansing efficacy all around them, to make use of it? Shall any man say—is it not a preposferofii tynmnyltr say—that tbey shall not enjoyv the cleansing power?. If anybody's modttBl'vflboffended by such things, let them look the otiiSrway. And so would 1 have this water that you bring into this city. I would liavo it so plentiful i that not only every man should have a drink, but every man should have a bath—overy man should be clean. I once illustrated a its Author, it holds no comparison. The only work with which the Mormon Bible can be compared in the Koran. Each in the oracle of a false religion, and the author of each was an impostor. Well mar Mormonism blush nt its parent- fhts-Hfe !if its founder turo worthy of imitatian, and his character if associated with all that is vicious and immoral —mormonism itself is but a specious lium'iiifr, whoso vital principle in polygamy. Sue] s the man—such the religion of which he i he founder. , / From tho Home Joun»i»' Mi TO PENNSYLVANIA! guage, dlsrespoct to the aged, and sucli like peccadilloes, are easily inculcated when woven with interestingincidentand bold achievement and to the young especially, are rendered captivating by glowing description and fervent diction. The moral codeofsuch tcochcrs -18 tlmti tllPPIIll ; IIK t i f MS tj|f  cess, howpver obtained, is rnaile the criterion of merit. Whether we practice on the credulity, or, more properly, perhaps, the gullibility of our fellow-men, or violate the deference due to defenceless woman ; whether wo treat paternal solicitude as old fogyism, or filial respect and obedience as puerile submissive— ncss; whether civil war is pleached from the pulpit, or treason from the rostrum, it matters not, so that we "put money in our purse," or obtain celebrity, promotion, or office. The road to fame and fortune is no longer represented as the rugged path, along which honest industry must toil,and patient application labor for its recompense; but the J'acUU de~ tcenstm, whereon wo have chicanry and irreverence, and precocious manhood, as guides, and com]Daniong in the present, regardless of the avernut which, in all likelihood, awaits the traveler in tho futuro. CARPENTERING AND BUILDING. HK. Ehkrt, desires to announce to the public lliat tie I* now prepared to take contracts for Building andFurnisliilig Materials for Houses and other descriptions of buildings at the most reasonable figure. By arrangements which he has recently concluded w ith lumbermen in the State of New York, he is enabled to procure bills of Lumber almost leady to put together for nny description of buildings whatever, at the shortest notice. He has now and will constantly keep in his employ the best of workmen, and hopes to be ablo to give entire satisfaction as to his work, and to accommodate to a greater extent than has ever heretofore bocn done in this Valley the desire to have houses splendidly and substantially completed. His long experience and general acquaintance with the people of this place and vicinity, he trusts, will be sufBeient to secure for him a reasonable share of the best work required in this neighborhood. Br J. C. WHITT1BR Dr. aanfertl UwU", »** Resident Physician of tho Connecticut General RaniUl, at JTSW HAVEN, often his professional services to the inhabitant* of PUtston •ad vicinity. HCFKUKM'CF.S—The Faculty of the Medical Tn.llluie mt Y.I. I Villas*; the Or*. Ivea or New Haven; T. flirting. Km-, aipl Rev. Mr.Purlce,of Plilrtou; I)r. Boyd, of Wllkea Barn; C. U. Hhoeinnkflf Em)., of Klturtou, n»U L. U. Sbuwnakfr, Cmi, of WUkefl-Kerre. If o«ce ia Mr. ItBUDIM'ii new building, oppoalle the B'ltler Howie. \W BOJHOI.YO ri*ACH, al Mr. Rexfofda, Wort Piu.ion. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Oh ! State, prnyor-founded! never hung Such choico upon a poople's tongue, Such power to bless or ban. As that which makes t|iyjvhinpor, Fate, For which on thee the centuries wait, And destinies of man. thcr he climb the roclt, or scud along the plain, or ford the torrent, or recline upon the grassy mound in indolence. That one object in all its physical grandeur Gils up the whole field of his vision. But we must call to mind that in many carps swearing is not uttered with more thoughtlessness. In numberless instances it is the doep voicc of revenge, the expression of intensely excited feelings, where tlio studied purpose appears to be to give weight to each syllable by coupling it with a strong asservation, or by heaping upon the head of the object of our displeasure the burning coals of an impricated vengeance. Now, wo admit that men in all ages havo heightened the forco of their resentful expressions by oaths, and it ii in one sense a natural impulse to search for. or to leap upon, tho very strongest expressions when a man has a strong feeling to embody which is struggling like a giant for utterance. The river as it rushes headlong through the embankment hesitates not for a more beautiful meandering. And the heart of man boiling with exasperation generates the scum and froth of violent phraseology by tho operation of a natural law. The most powerful expressions juu those which involve tho idea of infinite power and the heart thorefore leaps at theafc. Across thy Allegheninn clmin, With groauings from the land of pain, July 10,1836. The west wind finds its way ; Wild wailing from Missouri's flood, Tho crying of thy children,s blood Is in thy cars to-day. subject like thin. I was talking to a College. rpn, a-unnva You know that people say that a studious life iiUUKH. is very bail for the health, though there are Wo are very apt, when wo have nothing else some of us here that do not show that in fact, to do—which, unfortunately for ourselves, liut 1 believo that many a man loses his health and perhaps for others, is too frequently the in study simply because he docs not take care [ ease—to fall into the ethical mood, and to beof his health. One tiling is that he takes too j come curious in tracing effoots to causes, and little exercise; another is that lie eats too j influences to their elements. So disposed, we much meat—a thing that every American often embark on some doubtful expedition in docs, in my judgemont; and another is that search of truth, with no guide but conjecture, ho does not ieep himself clean. A little soap no pole-star but surmise; light in ballast, and and water is wonderfully efficacious in lielj»— carrying, as more skillful navigators will ing us to live well ; for, as 1 said to them, ; doubt loan think, too much sail: and yet our what would you thinkof your washerwoman, voyage is not always without advantage to if she sent your shirt homo with only the ' ourselves, and may open the way to others to wristbands and collar washed? Would you . more successful exploration of that uncertain thiuk the shirt clean ? And yet there are sea of human motive and action in which somo of yow who don't do niuro than that, there is still so much to discover. Ours is not merely washing of face and hands from day the formidable and heavily manned frigate, today. In doing that do you think yon make qualified to penetrnto unknown seas, and to yourselves clean I Not a bit of it. Thero bring from remote regions novelties and won- I was agood old saint that said that " clcauli- ders nut hitherto displayed; bnt rather the! iiess is next to godliness." My own opinion light canoe or pleasure yacht, drifting lazily 1 is that you cannot be godly without being along somo inlund river, and only enabling us, I cleanly. No man can be a guod man and a ■ as wo float by, to catch glimpses of conuuuni- j dirty man at the same time. I was once on | ties on its borders, and to gather, from a one of the Southern rivers, where, as usual, ! glance, some insight of circumstances which we stuck fast in the mud, and a gentlemanly have given coloring to their morals, their manyoung niancame up to me and says : "Strati- liors, and their institutions. Nor do wo preg -r, F wish you would lend mo yi.or razor, tond, as may well be imagined, to belong to tor If eel dirty enough to tlcul." Weil now, ! that high order of mighty and instructed that remark showed me that he felt degraded ! minds which can diroot thought over the vast by a seuso of his own uncleanliness. 1 be- ocean of knowledge, and employ profound lhvo that it is necessary, actually to the mor- erudition to trace it to its source, and learning at dignity of man, that ho should feol himself to amilyro its streams, and show the extent pure that ho should be permitted to wash off and value of its irrigations. No; we are the defilements of toil—to wash off tho dirt rather qualified to skim the surface, than to of this dirty world, which, with all its beauty, j penetrate the dopths; but then, on tho surhas so many defileinontB in it, and that he lace are ofteu found to float substances and should know himself to be baptised pure as impediments which endanger the voyage of far his flesh is concorned, by the abundant life, and against which it is the duty of exgift of God, that is in the water that liC» pours pcrieuco to warn the young adventurer, as out for us without measure, from the rocks and shoals which lie concealed MEDICAL CARD. Dn. EVANS, (late of the University of Dublin, arid tho London Hospitals,) roapcctfully tender* his professional services to tba Inhabitantt of PitUton and vicinity. Office nearly opposite the "Keystone Store" •f J. BowUey fc Leyshon. Aug. I, I860—Cm. And unto thee, in Freedom's hour Of sorest need, God gives the power To ruin or to save— To wound or heal, to blight or Mess With fruitful field or wilderness, A Frco homo or a graro! Jan. 18, 1850. 279. C. R. GORMAN, M. D., Respectfully tenders his Professional services to the citizens of Pittston and vicinity. Offico In the Post Office, Pittston. Aug. 2, I860. ly- MECHAWCAL ENGINEERING. C rtcircATio.N Plans and Estimates for Steam O Engines Boilers and Machinery of every description will bo made with despath on application to GEORGE D. WEST, We pretend not to particulnrite tlip productions which have called forth these animadversions. Tho task would be t»xD difficult ; for their name in legion. From tho inilamatory vorsc of Tennyson and Smith, where souls aro drawn through the lips by kisses", and "love words arc glutting love greedy lips" . wo venture only on medium passages, to "tho "yellow covers ' whose narratives of vice aro by no moans incentives to virtue, and which instruct boyhood in much that boyhood ought not to know, and encourage manhood iu much j that manhood should spurn, there is matter for condemnation and amendment, fUUing I rather within the province of the moralist than 1 to the critic ; for tho matter is, in many instances, more offensive than the manner. As literary effort", the last are unworthy of consideration ; and tho merit of tho former is more in sound than in sense—mere raphosdiea which pander to the passions, but exercise no wholesome influence over tho tender sensibilities. They represent the sex as objects of desire—not of regulated affection; and love as an animal gratification—not as a pure and chastened sentiment. Thoy know nothing in nature but suns, moons and stars, and these we made to play all sorts of fantastic tricks, as lights along the path of beauty, in which, in tnoir estimation, women mcrgos all he? lovlicr attributes. Nay, more: transcending time and place. The question of the human race Consulting Mechanical Engineer, at the Pittston Foundry Pittston, l.uzerao Co., 1 'a. April 25, 185C. Is thine to solve anew : And trembling doubtful on thy breath, A thrill of life or pang of death Shall reach the wide eartli through DR. J. A. HANV, Office over Dr. Dorr's Drug Store, Main St., Pittston, Pa. December 17, 1852. Wiue Hope fur Shafts, Slopes, Danes, fcc., of a very superior quality, all slr.es. Aslicroft's Patent Steam Ganges; Woodward's Impioved Steam-pumps for supplying boilers, extinguishing tires, clearing Vines etc. T. A. PEIRCE, M. D., HOMfleorATHIC PltTSICIA* A!«D Soboeox.— Residence, Franklin St., 1st door above nniraan's Hotel, Wilkcs-Barre, Pa. March 4, 1800— 287 Cm. Then let thy Virtue match the Crime, 111*0 to the level of the time; How then may it be askevl will you aroid clothing doep feeling in words equally deep. The nimple way is to repress the feeling itsolfj 1'ut the iron gato of resistance close down upon the impetuous Hood of envy mid malice and revenge. Itein in with the bit and bridlo of prudenee tho Bucephalus of passion, (lultivato Unit mildness and forbearance which becomes a Christian uud there will then be no incentive to tho strong language which the opposite lb lings engender. Swearing is the putural language ot the Court and tlie Camp, not beoaute it should be indulged there, but Ijeeause jKjIiticnl rivalry and the disputes of men in urins evoke tho demon ol resentment from his lair. And tho further the heart of man retires from such uu atmosphere, and tho more peaceful his pursuits, the mure disposed hois to let his communications bo "yea, yea, nay, nay, for whatsoever is more than this coincth evil." Swearing has ever been a national delinquency in our case, because in the great urea of social activities men Are constantly cultivating that quickness of spirit, that pride, that emulation which cannot brook restraiut or interruption without the boiling over of the cauldron of the heart in intemperate uud blasphemous expressions, » Also all improved attachments and fixtures for Steam Engines, furnished at short notico by GEO. D. WEST, at the Pittston Foundry. April 26,1856. And if a son of thiuo Betray or tempt thee, Brutus-like, For I'uthcr-land and Freedom strike, As Justice gives the sign. WASHINGTON NUGENT, M. D., Respectfully offers his services as physician and Surgeon, to the inhabitants of 7*lttstoa aad vicinity. Office at B. Halls Drug Store. R xranKNcrs. — Paul B. Ooddard, M. D., Phils., Win Corson, M. !»., Norristown, Ta., Messrs. Wells k Bean, Pittston. ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. David Sciioolkt, would respectfully announce to the public »hat bo still continues the practice of the above profession, in all its branches, and holds himself in readiness at all times to attend to any business in tho line ul Surveying, Engineering, Estimating and Drafting. Wake, sleeper! from thy dream of ease, Tho great Ooeosi. Dn's forelock seite, And let the North-wind strong And golden leaves of Atuumn bo Thy coronal of victory And thy triumphal song!. Ne*. 23, 1855-ljr. PR. H. VVENTZEL, Gfbmax Pktsiciav. Would respectfully announce to the jteople of Pittston and rjeJaitr that after aa aHsraee of avae months, Ve bss returned and permanently bicuted in the place. He will bo happy to wait upon any requiring his professional services. Thankful for p«t favors he will endeavor to merit a continuance of the taiuo. Office at Frederick Helfs. Being provided with a full and completo set of instruments, and having hail ample experience, he Hatters himself ca|mhlo of giving satisfaction in any and every department of his calling, f'ffico with K, I). Lacoe, Odd fellows' Building. PROFANE SWEARING—ITS PBBVA- LANCU At. D JLNORM1TY. HY EDWARD C. JONES. beneath it. Without designing to bo irrovalent—for nothing is farther from our intentions—but only iu support of the position we mean to assume, that matters, in themselves apparently unimportant, have exercised an influence over human character and condition greater and more enduring than can ba attributed to circumstances seemingly more momentous, wo might adduce our own original of ill, and, iu the transgression of her who, "For an apple, damned mankind," Pittston, Nov. 10,1^55—tf. There have always been certain national (lelinquencos prevailing to an extent aoalarming sM'i involving in guilt as well toe intelligent as tho rude, that Jo attempt the task of umotidmeut would appear as UkI\i 1«Cm as to turn back from its course the mountain torrent, or soothe into Hummer's calm the Imiling surges of U*'. Norwegian Maelstrom. Such a delinquency is the vice of profane swearing. Its root and basis is certainly the absence of a due consideration. Thoughtlessness in nnut eases thus hurries men on to desecrate the name of Providence, and make a football of his attributes. It its not that wo arc so thoroughly impregnated with atheism that we interlaid our discourse with b!u:qjhoinous expressions. Men do not swear i#y a power which they deem utterly non-exiaion*. rite sentiment is generally diffused that CCod exists. IJis potential attributes are acknowledged in the very vohomence with which they are invoked. Evident then it is that sweating results from that vacant condition of heart and mind whicK robs a man of his usual discernment, from a rattle-brain }tn- Sulsc connected with uo deliberate purpose to efy Omnipotence. — —. TRANSPLANTING FOREST TREES, Ac, Watches and Jewelry. SKETCH OF JOSEPH SMITH. In transplanting forest trees, we have always endeavored to procure those growing in open ground, on the margin of woods, or in th&most exposed situations, and, consequently have had but limited experience with thosu growing in dense shade. A tree in tho depth of the forest is more easily killed by tho sun's not having been inured to them ; and iu more liable to injury by tho cold of winter, having always bom protected from severe exposure. Troos from open grounds are noc usually difficult to transplant, if care be taken in the removal of the roots. When the roots are much mutilated, the tops must be lopped accordingly, provided 'lie tree is a sort that easily sends out new shoots. The sugar ma- P • wr'nstance, will bear much lopping, as it quickly replaoos its branehos ; and for this reason trees often suceccd which are carelessly dug, an i trimmed off to bare poles. They would, however, make a quicker and better growth if greater caro wero takon in removal and a portion of the branches be allowed to remain. Wo should in all cases, leave a part of the branches, and shorten these back in proportion to the amount of roots secured in removal. The elm, hickory, tuliptree, anCI others, do not quickly reproduce shoots, and therefore great care should be taken to dig up all tho roots practicable, and to remove less of the tops. The wild plum may be cut back freely us it mum sends up vigorous sprouts, and is generally a trco easy to transplant.— Raspberries should be cut back in transplanting; but unless very dry and in bad condition we would-fiot cut them down to the ground.— Currants and gooseberries, when set out, siio'd have last years shoots freely cut back all over tha bushes. s«y nine-tenths of the "rowth leaving inly the main stems and branches,' with buds lor new shoots. Last spring wo procured a few hundred gooseberry bushes, which came several thousand miles, and were two months on the way, A few duvs after their ariival thoy wore* examined, and found to bo rapidly drying up and withering. Thoy were immediately pruned by cutting off all the one year shoots to within an inch (f tho older wood; they immediately revived, commenced now growth, and have now formed new and vigorous heads, and many of thein are bearing crop C of large and excellent fruit We should have stated that in setting out forest trees which have &iood several vears, eare should be taken to place the saiiie side a-'ain to the sun's ravs ; as there is otherwise dangi.r ot tho bark, which has long boon inured 10 thadc, becoming scalded and tilled if piac. o l in a full southern exposure. With small t oes, of only three or four years' growth, an S-ich injury is produced. ' I ' I! K Undersigned, beg Ipbvo to an*• ih»iiiic«* to *h*' ellt/.mi* of Pilt-ton ami rininity Hint tlwjr Jtn! in Hruff Store of UCimc K. Ho**, •J doom •oil) i Ujf IIiiiUt Uoii*i*,a tueortuiuiii •! BY WILLIAM It. I'ATSB. K.h. 17, 18M-tf. Thirty years ago there lived sear Palmyra, Wayne county, JNow York, an obscure »nJividual, whose name has sinoe become fumiliar DR E. SHELP, WOCI.D call the attention of the public to a New »inl Improved plin of inserting artificial Teeth on Gutta Perclia base. This it superior to Any article as yet lined for temporary or difficult cases—and lie has purchased the right to use the Improved Gutta I'ercha.— Partial or full setts of teeth will bo inserted on thii plan with neatness. Office on Fianklin St, Wilkesbarre, Pa. ••f every C1. •*«.-ripiton, wlurh Ikrj jar* «t pricwi I hut ciium»i b«CUlMtf»f»il oiher itoitn chert p. f b« proprietors, from a torn; cnrivr In th»* im-inr**, Imivi' i£C» ml- VH'ilnprc oftMisiaes* connections with BtniiMDiettirDitf nnd importing rtrms in New-York, which nimble* them to priM-nre lln-lf nrticle* from which lfiv«» llu-iii i*vmry Bviimnce of their being genuine. Kvery article ihey sell will !iC» ri'pri Mr-ntt.'d in it* true fl?ht, Ami it- r.«ul merits fairly slated. Th«l|r «h«rk comprijui Walche*, lin-ast-pin*. tiur-rlngii, Wntoh-kejs, Fiiw*rrings, etc. He. Will Hh.hu *!»«C ilesiro to pmcnru y»»o«i Jeweln *f nny (in.l favor ntD with n cidl. — Fine Watches and Jewelry —• And «ii»«£ it i« our glory to be thus active and keep our energies in play the only way to avoid blasphemy is to keep in subjection our emotions of resentment and pride, to exercise lenience uud forbearance in coses of provocation, and if needs be to moderate our aspirations after lame uud wualili. ii' ••»-!» «— piruiiua induces that restless uud chafing spirit which must vent itself in wordsof blasphemy. Far above all the»o considerations let us place the great prohibition of God him■e'.f, which stain# like a scutinal at arms to challenge our admission into forbidden ground. Tlu.u sbalt not take the name of the liord in vain for the Lnd will not hold him guiltless that akoth his name ill vuin. to tho world. That individual wan Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet. A sketch of thin person's life is interesting, not because we tiud anything in his character to admire, but because it presents to our view the origin of MormmiMii——on© or tlic most extravagant humbugs that the world has ovor witnessed. Tlio idea of a new religion originating with a person possessing less than ordinary abilities ami rapidly increasing in number till both the ■co cauao Gearing, in aspect to our limited apprehension, but little proportion to effect. And thus, when we are told that "Crovantes smiled Spain's chivalry away." j tliat Schiller and Kotzebue, with their engaging villains and generous murderers, made .crime attractive, and the youth of Germany mud with desire to emulate these false creations of cxcitod genius—that the free life and wild advan' ures of llobin Hood, and the splendid rascalities of Jack Sheppard, Paul Clifford, and other horoes of the highway, had, for a season, a liko pernicious effect on the rising generation of tlioir periods in England, liavo we not so.ne re;;s Dn to apprehend  degeneracy in the moral standard of our day may be, it it is not already, the /busequence of such productions as ore becoming daily more popular, and whioh, while they pretend to amu-e, cannot fail to corrupt ? When we sco humbug elevated to science, and its author munificently r warded for the volume instructing us in its mysteries—whe a gal la itry is tuugti. as a speculation, politics presented as a trade, and rowdyism us an accomplishment—when literature becomes a pander to vitiated tastes and debasing propensities, have wo not reason to predict, it we do not already perceive, a decline in objects of laudablo amtiitiou, and an abandonment of the delicacies as well as of tho decencies of social existence If It was common, as we well remember, with our prudent guardiuiTs of yore to proscribe novels and romances to the young, and only by stealth did these agreeable, but supposed to be deleterious visitors, find admittance to many a well-regulated household. We have oursclf liid tho Mysteries of Udolpho under our pillow; but, although its horrors may have startled us in our droams, its moralities had no effect upon our conduct, for they hud nothing in common with our own sphero ot being, and were as factitious as tho world they controlled and the heroes they actuated. And so, with others of this class—in which motive and action were so distinct from the realities and probabilities of our oDvn existence that, although fancy may have been exeitcd, and sober reasou sometimes iuthrallod, the heart was not corrupted by examples it could hardly aspire to imitate; lor they indicated tho vices of natures scarce human, and having nothing in common with ourselves. Then, too, tho moral was iuvariablo, the catastrophe cortain, the wicked succcssful for a season i ud punished in the end—virtue struggling with oppresa m, but ultimately triujnpluuut; and the lesson, though often taught at the expense of probability in circumstances, was seldom wituout valuo in its application. To exuoed orto fall below nature waj be a. literary crinic; but it i* Jess a moral offence than to represent her truly, and, as she often is, in her human attributes, depraved and reckless, and yet so successful and attraetivo—so bold, dashing, and adventurous—that hor defv runtics aru concealed, and her brutalities find imitators and admirers in a class whose passions get the better of their ju.lgmeut, and who aru taught that to bo viciousL to bo manly. We have heard a lecturer, of late, descant upon tho wits of an age, when a corrupt court gave a vitiatod tone to society and to taste, if art to it could be called, for the licentious in lieu of tlip marvelous; but evon the comic drama li» so justly reprehends bad a world of its own, and its imaginary heroes were too enormous in their iniquities to be confounded with the real. They had, moreover, tho wit of Steele, Cougrevuand Fielding to amuse, rather thun to mislead. Their vices and misdeeds wore not ovcrv day vices and misdeeds, which any may indulge or practice without being remarkable or bocoming amenable to legal if they defied moral, restriction. Theirs were the excuses of agents crenLed by genius rather to caricature than to represent humanity. But plain, matterof-fact wickedness, violation* of morality, contempt for the sma'i courtesies oflife, which, as Sterne says, sweetens the path of it, rude and slang lau- (277) tf. far* Mcpairintf neatly «!one O. S. KOON, Att«*"Cict at Law, Pittston, Pa. Office wllh James IIoIul. Kt'I-, in Upper l'ittston. July 3, J85G. FlttMon, June •.'0, 1 Hjif* llfcktM KfUN &. AXOIU Jlil and New World contain multitudes of IIAYDRS, liROI'HERS, Wncn.fc.HALR donlurii In BiiUam, Cntiilm, Su*pcndcr«, Threads, KrabroUlurU-'a, Fancy GodiIh, Watches, Jewelry. Stiver and Plated Ware, Gold Pen*, Flailing Tackle, d|c. Merchants uud Peddlers supplied on liberal terms. proselytes, is a subject of much interest. To give the rca Icr an idea of tlia origin of this singular sect Ij the object of the present essay. The family of which Joseph was a member was 1 irgo, remarkable neitherfor in elligcnce nor industry. His father possessed a visio - ary mind, and cherished the notion ttiat a ROBERT BAD R, Booc-BixntR. N«rth East corner of Public Square and Main St., Wilkesbarre. Picture Frames, common Gilt and Mahogany, ornamented and plain, made to order, of aay'sixe. Job binding neatly executed. A large selection ol common and fine pictares, Albums, Blank books, Stationary, Mot•Is, see., always on baud. June 17, 1853. However society may tolerate so vile a custom, and although even female lips may Umper with the name of JJiety, and yot commit but a mild anil pardonable misdemeanor, however childhood may blend its ingenious jC -little with the cuars> oaths and yetreeeive out the paternal glanc* uf admiration for so early un adoption of civil usage* on tho part of his rising hope, however the novel and tho song way spjee their bounties by an undisguised tampering with sacred things, the law shines our with a force which bears down *11 our fiiinzy pretexts, and assures us that God will not hold us guiltless if thus we take his u.ime in voiu. Look up and see the seraph covering, with his wings his face as he approaches the ineffable, look up and soe the pillars ol'heaven tremble as the Most High utters his behests. tho devout aspect of the God in'his approaches to the Father; i hold the Jew, fearful of pronouncing the very nauie ol Jehovah, lest be should contrast soma guilt, and then, if you can, trifle with that name ;above all others to be adored and blessed, then if you can appeal to it with a levity which would not become you if you were naming a mere earthly superior, who had loaded you with blessings, then if you can do aught but kneel in the dust and say, " Our Father which ure in Heaven, hollowed bo thy name." Wm. Harden, ) ( Tracy TTa lcn, John Hnydun, 5 J Geo. Hayden. New VilfoW, l't. Nov. 9, 1853. prophet would arise out of his fumily. It in hard to say why ho should arrive at this conclushn, yet the means of accomplishing h i wishes were evidently in his own power, for it was soon announced to tho world thut a Challenge the most inveterate swearer to nsceud the grassy eminence and before the bright sun uud the glancing river and the ilden harvest field, pnurout hi* imprecations in a systematic anil studied ivay, and the most reekless would recoil l'roni so palpable an infnietion of right And why so '! Because so deliberate a procedure shuts theni up to the contemplation of Jehovah's greatness and majesty and power. It places them in the unqualified position of avowed antagonists to God. It places two parties in ttio lists und evokes the attention of created intelligence to behold tho i6suo of the challenge which is going out from tho Finite to the Infinite, from tho worm of yesterday to the Maker of tho everlasting hills, and such au aspect of alfairs is clothed with so much of terror, uud the terror is so particularly dofinod that any man, less thau an incarnate demon, would shrink from au act which would isolate hiiu from humanity at large, and put upon his foreheud a stigma more 111- dellible than that of Cain, We are then right in our position that tho prevailing habit of blasphemy results from a vacant thoughtlessness, more than a deep determination to rebel. Wo say this not to gloss the conduct, but because observation and history bear us out in the assuinptiou that tho religious instinct is the last to bo ignored. LiJto the imago of Mirverva which Phidias wrought bo artistically into the body of the warrior's shields, that it could not be effaced or demolished without the destruction of tho entire shield, so amid our moral and mental furniture tho sentiment of a reverential homngs is so overshadowing au element of our belief that its overthrow would destroy the whole fabric. We do not say, however, that this thoughtlessness le.-wons the criminality of the offender in taking such unhallowed freedom- with the ineommunicable uame and attributes of Jehovah, It rather aggravates the offence and enhances tho penalty. EXCHANGE & BANKING OFFICE. Tun subscribers have opened an office of deposit, discount and exchange, in this place, of Wyoming avenue, opposite the Wyoming House, two doors northeast of Mr. Chase's store. MICHAEL B. BROWN, Merchant Tailor. Between the Stores of James Welsh and J»mo» Brown, Pine St., fltlUan, I'*. brother of Joseph was the expected prophet. I. is evident that thiC appointment was not made by JUiviuo authority, else so serious a mistake could not have occurred, for the prC- pliot suddenly diod—died of surfeit—of eating too much raw turnip 1 Tho hopes of the ambitious father were not to bo blastedby this unfortunate occurrence; for it was soon known to the people of Stafford-street, where they resided, that Joseph wus the succossor of his brother. MASON, METKRT&CO. Scranton, May 18, 1855. Nov. 1#, *#05 NEW BAKERY & CONFECTIONARY CH\S. F. SMITH, Fuiioiaiii Barber and Hair-dresser, (Un der the Eagle Hotel,) I'ittatoo Pa. Jane 13, 1*48. STORE. 'IMTE undersigned intortus the eitizens of A Pittston, and tlie WORLD In general, that he has opened a New B ikery and Confectionary Store, on Maiu street, (in front of the Canal Basin, 4n the store formerly occupied Or. Hall,) where he will always be fouud ready • wait upon his customers, with such as Good Bread, Cakes, Pies, and all kinds of Confectionary j Cronk's Beer, Lemon Beer, Sarsaparilla Beer, Ginger Beer, and Meadu's Boer. Pisa«e give ste a call. In order to obtain a clcar idea of tho prophet's career, it will bo necessary to refer to his early years. Tho boyhood ol Joseph was passed on tho farm with his father. lDuring the winter months he attended the district where he acquired tho little knowledge which he possessed, lie is remembered by his school mates as being idle and somewhat vicious, and was regarded by all as a very dull scholar. As a young man, his prospects wero anything but cheering, lie wus engaged in no steady employment, and might ofteu hare been found louugiug around tho bar-roomsof Palmyra, in company with persons as worthless and idle as himself. This was the generul character of Joseph Smith up to the commencement of his prophetic cjiroer, and none surmised that he was to become tho founder of a new religion, or on inglorious martyr at Nauvoo. A. KENNER'S LIVERY EXCHANGE. Ntii 1%a P«st Oflee. gerantan, Pa. Heady at all time* to accommodate with the best •f horses and vehicles. Scranton, Feb. 24, 18M—ly. C. R. GORMAN & CO., Pirwi, Pa. Agent* for Tapseotl's General Smigration and Foreign Exchange. Person* residing in the country, and wishing to engage pas sago or tend money to their friends la any part of Europe may do so wtth safety by applying at the Post Office. Tapscott fc Co't., reccipt will be ftirnished by return maU. » Aug. 26, 1853. JOHN NASH GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE. Q SotHEHtAKD, dealer lu Groceries, ProvitO sions, Four, Feed etc., S. E. corner of Main and Pino streets. Goods sofcl for ready pay only, and at extremely low price*. "Small prollts and quiek sale*," Is the motto by which I am determined to succeed. WASH, AND HE CLEAN, The llov. Dr. Bcthuno, on the recent occasiou of brooking ground for tho Brooklyn Water Works, made a felicitous impromptu speoch, from which we subjoin on extract: PORT MALLERY HOTEL Feb. 1858. r I MI E Undorsiened would respectfully an- I nounce to tho public, that tie ha* taken the above stand, and is doing everything In his Eower to make it a comfortable and desirable ome for travelers and sojourner*. No effort vil) be (pared to give satisfaction in all that Is requisite to constitute it a good home. J, S. L1LL t, Proprietor. GEO. W. BRAIN A RD & CO. GnonsRit, 103 Murray, near West Street, New York. Geo. W. Bbainaud, Aug. 2, 1850. But my friends, the Scriptures, which have boon eloquently invoked for our instruction today, give two uses for water; one of these is a call upon us to slake our thirst with the waters of life, but the other is to plunge and bathe ourselves in the fountains that are opened to cleanse from impurity. And both these are necessary. If I could, at this late hour, attempt a sermon on tho text of Water, I should divide it into two heads—water inside and water outside. But don't be alarmors gentloman, lam not going to. But certainly you can't expect people to drink water unless von give them good water. • It is impossible. Why I have been introduced to a gentleman this day—a born Hollander—who I know does honor to bis country, and nppropos to tJiat, I can tell you, that if you were in some parts of Holland, yos, and if Mayor Hall himself was iu some parts of Holland, and had eomo of tho water there ofl'orod to him he would put something into it. I believe there is no greater temptation to intemperance than bud water, and that it is what we owe to our moral life, to liavo abundant*; of pure and healthful water for the city's drinking. You remember tho complaint of the Irishman in the old days of the nuraps in New-York~suvs he, "Horo is the Human Society,"—tho Humane, I supposo he meant—"says you vou musn't drink cold water; andthores the'l'iinporaiico Society says you musn't drink whisky, and tho only way 1 thiuk wo can get alonu; is just by splitting the difference." My friend!, let us take away every pretence of mixing anything with tho water which God in his Providence give us, and than which we should dosire no bettor drink. But wo also want water on tho outside. Every day I jjjet u little angry seeing somo of the notices in tho papers of some poor boys, or perhaps somo men who Uave Joseph's prophotic powers wero first directed to tho acquisition of wealth, and wuiieydigging soon engaged thoattention of the family, and a part of tho neighborhood. Night after night these fanatics labored, urged on by visions of untold wealth. Excavations were made in hillside and valley, but Fortune, the fickle goddess, refused to smilo upon them. Their golden visions wore fruitless; tho propheoy was fnlse. At this state of affairs a circumstance oocurred which retrieved tho waning hopes of tho prophet, aud gavo a new direction to his genius. This was the discovery of tins Book of Mormon, or Mormon Bible. This event proved to be the origin of Mormonism—tho feeble germ which produced the tree of giant proportions, whose branches have extended over a large part of the known world. It was pretendea by the propliet that this record was found on a hill, below the surface of the ground, written on plates of gold. This is the fabulous account of its origin. Its authentic history is as follows:—It,was written by a Vermont clergyman nameu Spalding. It was intended merely as a work of fiction, and was entitled "The Manuscript Found." The author died before iu circulation, and atior various fortunes, it foil into tho hands of  Smith, who at onco made it necessary to his ambitious schemes. David BeldeD. . ESy A Western editor, u 1 ariarinn in mueical taste, of course, thusdostTibes hi« iiuprcssions ot Casta iu Norma, us executed by I'arodi: CHARLES TILLMAN. Jima 27,1856. FAsnioKADLK Barber and Hair Dresser, Opposite the Eagle Hotel, Pittston, Pa., Customers attended to with tho utmost care and despatch, l'ublic patronage respectfully solicited.Pittston, April 14, 1856. A gradually modulating howl—a squeak. A squall, a thrill, and a guttural google-googlegoogle—a deafening bawl, like the hoarse whistle of a locomotive engine, when under full-headway—a (juceky wop, wop, wop-—u half-anglo stoop—a muchiavviian smile—ami a vamose! SCRANTON HOUSE, SCRANTON, PA. DI. Kiuun, proprietor. Carriages will be in readiness to convey guests to this fieuse, on the arrival of the passenger traihs at the Railroad Depot. Sept. 33, 1863—ly. If a. person with a reckless spirit ruslied intj the prescuco of our Kxecutivo Magistrate and slapped him on the back, or assailed him with an opprobrious epithet, in a simple spirit and tone of levity, his ott' hand borishnoss would not keep him from beijjg dismissed by the most summary ejectment, nor would the oar less and sportive handling of an edge tool damare thCB fingers a hit the leas because the man did not approach it cautiously aud *pply his hand with theooolue*s of precision to its gleaming and steely blade. In the first case the man should have studied tho magnitude of the social nicho occupied by his Huler aud graduated his mode of accost to the relartivo social height of tho person addressed, and mingjed ilcference with tho goodwill, while abstaining from one word or opprobrium; while in tne other case he should study the nature of the pointed instrument, and not solicit a contact with the edge. And it would not do for a man to say, why thoughtlessness led me into danger. The veriest child would laugh at such philosophy, and tell him to considor. Now we maintain that all men should iu tho first place form a detiuita conception of the great Creator, fix in their miuds and hearts an accurate estimate of his greatness and power, and then they will find it more difiiuult to appeal to Ilim on ©very trival oc- Let thprp bo ia tlie heart and mind ARCHITECTURE. r|',uosK wishing anything designated above X will please give the subscriber a call, who is prepared to mako drawings for buildings, write speculations, Sec. May be found by inquiring at the Eagle Hotel. GEO. W. LUNG. A new-fashioned lifc-lioat has been invented which it is thought will entirely supersede all those now before the public. "The boat consists of an inner and outer frame, the inner being the Ixmt proper, and theuuter isa floating apparatus. The outer case revolver around the innor, so that jtis (juite immaterial which side couios uppermost when the apparatus is cast from tlw; shin. Thirty or forty persons may be accommodated with seats inside, and if the waves dash in unpleasantly, they can null togother two sliding covers above their heads, ventilated through the air holes with which this ousting is provided, and, moreover work a set of paddles which are attached to the outer shell, but worked bv handles attached to a lever running tiie middle of the seats. WYOMING HOTEL. Br G- w- Mercerau, No.*33 Greenwich St., near Duaae, New York. J Hiy 15, 1853.—tf. BUTLER HOUSE, PITTSTON, PA. Jan. 2, 1854. IIENHY STARK, Proprietor, April 1, 1856. SHARPS & OLIVER, Coal Merchants. Office, West side Main St., Pittston Luzome county, Pa. June 6, 1856. tf. EAGLE HOTEL, PITTSTON, PA., HUFFORD & POLEN, Proprietors. Jan. 1,1836. J. BOWKLEY & LEYSHON, Coal Merchants. Office Corner of Main and Railroad St*., 7'iUston, Pa. August 16, 1850-tf. PORT GRIFFITH HOUSE. AT Port Griffith, Luzerne Co. The Subscriber having completed his new tavern house U prepared to accommodate travellers and the public generally, in the best manner and on reasonable terms. The rooms are convenient, and tho proprietor will spare no oflorts to make Ma guests comfortable. Ills bar fa supplied with excellent liquors, and his table with an abundance of the best the markets afford. JAMRS L. SELFRIDGE, Wholesale Deoler in Tobacco, Snuff aud Cigars, No. 58 North Third Str, 3 doors above Arch st., Philadelphia. It is probable that tliis book owes its origin to that senXimont which prompts us to venerate oldmanuscripts which contain on account of men and times long since passed away. It professed to Ho the history of a people which had its origin at the time of the ooiilasion of tongues, and whose prophet's name was Mormon. The stylo of the book is in imitation of the Holy Bible, but in poin.. of beauty of diction, sublimity of chaeastwr, and divinity of £©"■ Au oik with large branching liorns harnessed to a butrgy, mid drivon through tiio streets of St. 1'aul, Minnesota., a week or two since, created some f xoiiemeut among tho denizens of that place, lie was well broken aud distanced tho "last horses" with ease. LITHOGRAPHIC Engravings for Grecian Painting, Artist's Sable and Bristle brushes, Oil Colors in Tubes, Demar Varnisu U Bali am of Fir, at Hall's Drug 6lore, opposite (he Basin. }£a yflWt Good stabling attached Ominous.—Bucks always Io«e thoir lioroj iu November, and reti.o to a shady plavc, uatil their "attire" is reproduced. MICHAEL PQILBIN. A"Ds 1, 18&4-t^