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North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13
PARTICULAR NOTICE

There are many preparations sold under the nam.
Of BitterS put up in quart Bottles conapounded of
The cheapest ehiskep or on rum, costing from,
90 to 90 cents per gallon tie taste disguised bV Iniss
or C0ridnder Seed
This class Of Biters hos caused and 1riH continue
to cause as long they can be sold hundreds to die
the death Of the drunkard. By Meir use The systep,
as keptcoRtin4aly under the influence of alcoholic
StlmuidntS Of the rOrSt Kind tie desire for Liquor
is created and kept up end the result is oUfhe bor
rors attendant upon a drunkardS and de lth
For tb0se 1rh0 desire and will have n L;ou,r
BaerS, att publish the foiioring receipk Get one
Bottle HoGltiand's German Bitters and mir
nth Three Quarts OF Good Brandy or SVhis-
key, and the result 1oW be preparation that ,cW
tar excel IN medicinal rirtufs and true erc>Ilence
any Of The numerous Liquor Buters in the market.
and lrW cost much less. You leM hare oil the
rirtues Of Hoofiand's Bitters in connection 1rih
good article Of Liquor, at much less price ihan
these inferior preparations ariH cost you.
HOOFLAND's GERMAN BITTERs
WILL GIVE TOU
A GOOD APPETITE.
WILL GIVE YOU
STRONG HEALTHY NERVES,
WILL GIVE YOU
BRISK AND ENERGETIC FEELINGS!
WILL ENABLE YOU TO
SLEET WELL.
AND WILL POSITIVELY PREVENT
YELLOW FEVER, BILIOUS FEVER Sc
Those suffering from
Broken doun and Delicate Constitutions,
From whatever causes, either in
MALE AND FEMALE,
WILL FIND IN
ETnnVcE
AREMEDY
That will restore them to their usual health Such
has been the case in thousands of instances. and s.
fair trial is but required to prove the assertion.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13

T. resh Ground Plaster in Quantities
L and at prices to suit purchasers, now for sale
sshoppen ny L. MowEr JR
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13
WAN TED.

All kinds of Farmers Produce
Lumber, h ingles, Wool Socks, Sheep
Pelts, Beef Hides, and everything
that will sell for which the highest
market price will be paid
NICHOLSON, July 90, 1868.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13
MALE AND FEMALE,
WILL FIND IN
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERs.
AREMEDY

That will restore them to their usual health Such
has been the case in thousands of instances, and
fair trial is but required to prove the assertion.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13

Registers Ofi.e
TurkhaEnock, Dec. IL, 1868. )
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13

From Req. J. Merton Brorrn, D. d., Edit0r ofhe
Encyclopedia Of ReIigi0us KaorIedge.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13
IMMENSE DOUELE-SHEET FASH
ION PLATES.

CJNSAINITG
From fire to ssvsr rlU Isnghi C9iored Fashions on
each plate. other mggazhlss gjre only t,c0.
FAR AHEAD OF ANY FASHIONS IN EUROPE
OR AMERICA.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13
DISEASES OF KIDNEYS AND BLADDER,
In Young or Aged, Male or Female,
DELICATE CHILDREN,

Speedily removed, and the patient restored to health
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18
. THE AGE OF ROGUERY.

This indeed seems to be the age Of ro-
query. Wehear of numerous thcfts eve
ry day, and many occur which never reach.
our ears. Petersburg, which formerly,
was city famous for the propriety and
good behavior of its citizens, has lately
become den for thieves The strongest
locks and most massive bars are no him
drance to the successful feats of this dark
brotherhood, and day and night alike pour
increase into their laps. Horses, cattle
and crops are stolen by the wholesale in
the country adjoining, and provisions,
household articles and money are seized
upon in the city. If horse is tied in an
alley, ii is questionable whether the owner
will find him on his return or if he finds
the horse, he lie apt to miss the saddle or
piece of it. Pep "a COW mp in your yard
at dark, and the only sign you are likely
to see of her on the following morning, is
a bloody bone, or her last nights tracks.
Where is the hen roost, or the pig2sty that
is considered safe? Every man too, has a
sweet tooth in his head, and sugar vanish
es from our stores like mist before the
morning sum-. 1t is not even safe to hang
specimen pair of shoes, or q piece of
NiO'4i, vi /" pan vi SOChSs VI any IiIll vi any
value, at the entrance door of a store, else,
when the projectors eye is turned in an
opposite direction, it will disappear as if
by magic. Your money is demanded in
the very streets of the city, and if it is not
yielded, your life or your bones are apt to
pay the penalty. A most deplorable state
OF morals now exists, one which every cit
izen would gladly get rid of.
But Petersburg is not alone in this re-
spect. Richmond and other largely popu-
lated cities of the South, are subjected to
the same ordeal, and the law can reach
but few of the offenders. The art of ro-
query has been greatly improved, and its
cevotees largely increaed in number. The
tlmes are demoralizing, the temptations
are great, and few there are in the great
mass who can withstand them. The dark
oanner OF sin, covering its multitudinous
forms, hangs like pail over this strug-
gllng land, and Christianity for the time
Express. O'"S
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18
PRAISE YOUR WIFE

Praise your wife, man-for pity sake give her
a little encouragement it won't hurt her. She has
made your home comfortable, your hearth bright
tell her you thank her, ifnothing more. She don't
expect IL; it will make her eyes open wider than
they have for these ten years but it will do her
good for all that and you, too
There are many women today thirsting for the
word of praise, the language of encouragement.
Through summers heat and winters toll they have
drudged uncomplainingly, and so accustomed have
their fathers brothers and husbands become to their
monotonous labors, that they. look for and upon
them as they Go to the daily rising of the sun and
its daily going down. Homely everyday life may
be made beautiful by an appreciation of it's very
LONELINESS, You know that if you can take from
your drawer clean shirt whenever you want II,
somebody's fingers have ached in the toll of making
it so fresh and agreeable, so smooth and lustrous
Everything that peases the eye and sense has been
produced by constant work, much thought, great
care, and untiring efforts. bodily and mentally.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

It is not that many men-do not appreciate things
and feel glow of gratitude for the numberless at
tentious bestowed upon them in sickness and health
but they are so selfish in that feeling They don't
come with hearty "Why how pleasant you make
things look, wifeI" or, ~ am obliged to you for
taking so much pains"
They thank the tailor for giving them fits !"
they thank the man in full! omnibus who gives them
seat; they thank the lady who moves long IN the
concert room they thapk everybody and everything
out of doors, because it is the custom; and come
home, tip their chairs back and their heels up, pull
out the newspaper, grumbe if wife asks to take
The baby, scold if the fire has got down or, ifeveryr
thing is just right, shut their mouths with smack
Of satisfaction, but say to her 81 thank you.
tell you what, men, young and old, if you did
but show ordinary cvIlity towards those common
articles of housekeeping, your wives I; if you gave
the one hundred and sixtieth part of the compli-
ments you almost choked them with before they
were married i you wOuldstop the badinage about
whom you are going to have when number one is
dead such things wives may laugh at but they
think deep sometimes if you would cease to speak
Of their faults, however banterngly, before others,
few women would seek for other sources Of happi.
ness than your cold so so.ish affection. Praise
your wife, then for all the good qualities she has,
and you may rest assured that her deficiencies are
fully. counterbalanced by your own.-ErchGnge.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

MEssRs. STEPHENS AND BoYCE AND "RECoNsTRUc
TIoN. I'VE take it for granted that if Mr. Boyce of
S. o., and Mr.. Stephens of this State were favora
BILE to Peace which would not insure Independence
they would have the manineSs to avow their senti-
ments in a manner that would be unmistakabie-
Neither of the distinguished statesmen mentioned
have uttered a word or written a line so far as our
observation extends-and we try to keep up with
the current events in polItics-which fair-rninded
and intelligent meu-can construe into an advocacy
of that imaginary something which Baber Bomb
proof and Co, have denominated " RECONSTRUCTION
If we may judge them by their words and by
their acts, and we are not warranted going be-
yond these to look for their motiyes-they advocate
an armistice and Convention of the States for no
other purpose than that of bringing the war taa
speedy and honorable close or in other woreS for
peace settlement which will guarantee to the
Southern States-or to the Confederacy if you pre-
fer-that right Of selfgovernmert which Mr.. Davis
says is the'only object of the war On our part.
Messrs. Stephens and Boyce advocate policy
which they conceive to be we'll calculated to short
en- the war; and to hasten the day our delverance
from Yankee domination and yet because the plans
they suggest for securing independence and Con-
sttutional liberty is not concurred in by Messrs B.
Boubproof and Co., and because the above named
respectable firm the only competent Judges in
such matters. hessrs. Stephens and Boyce are
"Reconstructionists." This seems to be about the
sum and substance of the issue.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

COMMON SENsE.-There is considerable common
sense in the following article from the Charlotte
Carolina Times relative to the positions occupied
by Messrs Stephens and Boyce, and some of the oc-
cupants of snug bomb proof positions in South Car
DINA would do well to profit by it:
Re- UNION OR RE CoNsTRUcTIoN-Mucb is being
said at the presentti time by journalists and CORES
pondens in the papers ofthe Southern Confederacy,
by way of criticsm upon the policy suggested by
the Hon. ". w. BOyce and Vice President Stephens,
some contending that those gentlemen (the former
especially,) in favor of reconstruction, which
they interpret as meaning re union, a re establish
ment of the old Union, and that Therefore those dis
tinguished gentlemen are willing to sacrifice all that
has been lost or won, and surrender to the North
government at the sacrifice of principle, honor
and property, rather than continue the war as 1t
now being wagcd.
We are much surprised on. reading some of the
criticisms, but find on the other hand that few
journalists and their correspondents not only defend
the honorable gentlemen referred to- against the as
portions of the press but endorse the sentiments
expressed by Messrs. Boyce and Stephens, Rot
only proper but statesmanlike
We regretted when we read Mr.. Boyce's letter,
and so expressed ourself, edtorially, that he re-
garded it necessary to employ certain facts and ar
guments to illuminate his policy, yet we have not
been one among those who concluded that Mr..
Boyce or Mr.. Stephens have become .unsound; on
the contrary, of the opinion those gentlemen
design nothing more, nor would they accept any.
thing less than an honorable settlement Of our ma
tional difficulties, with the unreserved acknowedg-
ment of he establishment of the government of the
Confederate States of America.
II the war is closed, that desirable object
will he secured in one of two ways, backed by the
sword, viz: Diplomacy or the determination Of
the people of one of the two sectious. After the
sword has done its work, then the military chief
tam must stand aside and give place to DiplO
matisStn adjust all differences and establish bOun-
darieS with mutual agreement that there must
be two distinct governments, each Independent Of
the other yet obligated to unite, if necessary, for
war purposes to prevent invasion or spoations by
foreign government.
We earnestly advise our readers not to be tor
hasty iu making up their opinions upon this great
question. Many Who have been extremely anxious
in giving judgment at so early data may, before
the 4th Of March next be called upon and expected
to change their opinions and seek counsel from
wiser heads.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

VoTE OF THE YANKEES NAvY.-The New York
Herald publishes extracts from letters in respect to
the enforcement of the Lincoln doctrines on board
of the national ships. From these specimens we
have room for only the following:
letter from sailor, dated /" in the James River
October 81. saws:
Commissioners came on board the various vessels
in the river to take the votes of the crews they
said, by order of the government. If man voted
the Republican ticket he was furnished with State
and Presidential ticket to forward to his agents If
he voted for the Democratic candidates he was told
there wereno tickets for him. and he must provide
them himself"
A sailor on board of the United States steamer
Minnesota, in Hampton Roads, says:
On the 22d all the sailors on the vessel who
hailed from New York and desired to vote, were
ordered to lay aft on the quarter deck. The Com
modore then descended from the bridge and address
sed the men as follows: "All who wish to vote
the Union ticket remain aft all the rest can go for
ward out OF this" The Republican gentleman
must have felt little crest fallen when they per-
ceived that all left but five. When the votes were
cast they amounted in all, including officers and
men, to eleven. The crew of the vessel numbers
seven hundred and fifty men. Lincoln runs but
poor chance with the navy boys, if this vessel is
sample"
A sailor on board the iron clad United States
steamer, Roanoke, writing under date of October
25th, makes the following statement in regard to
the management of the voting on that vessel:
1.-Two army officers came on board to day and
managed to get ten votes for Lincoln. When the
Mcclellan men went up to vote they were told to
go away; that they might as well vote for jeff.
Davis. They also declared that they did not carry
any Outlawed ballots and if the men did not like
Lincoln ballots they could not vote at ALL"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18
5pilli- 4DtfkI4 5tnnAarN.
A BEAUTIFUL SONNET.

OF ask not the love of 4 heart that is burning
With all the wild passions of youthful unrest,
That like the gay butterfly, ever is turning
From flower to flower and never is. blest;
ask not the love of a soul from whose bowers
No bright bird of pleasure has ever yet flown, =,
For tho heart that is joyful with songs and with
flowers
Would wlther and die, if'twere linked with my
own.
MOI give me the earnest the faithful affection
That throhs in the bosom which Sorro" hath
panied
The blossom of truth. comes to fullest perfection
When skies that shed dew drops Of folly are drained
As the moon when surrounded by surgng cloud
pillows
Doth shed more tender and beautiful beam,
So the tide of affection is sweeter when willows
OF sadness and sorrow bend over the stream
.[John r. B0ner.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

ONE OF LANES BEsr.-Lamb once con-
vulsed a company with an anecdote of
Coleridge, which, without doubt, he hatch
ed in Lis hoax loving brain. 81 was" said
he, "going from nay house at Enfield, to
the East India House one morning, when
l met Coleridge on his way to pay me a
visit. lie was brimful of some new ideas,
and in spite of my assuring him that time
was precious, he drew me within the gate
of an unoccupied garden by the roadside,
and there, sheltered from observation by
a hedge of evergreens, he took me by the
button Of my coat, and, closing his eyes,
commenced an eloquent discourse, waving
his right hand gently as the musical words
flowed inan unbroken stream from his lips
listened entranced; but the striking clock
recalled me to a sense of duty. saw it
was of no use to attempt to break away );
so, taking advantage of his absorption in
his subject, and, with my pen knife, quietly
severing button from my coat, decamp-
ed. Five hours after in passing the same
garden, on my way home, l heard Cole
ridges voice; and, on looking in, there he
was with closed eyes, the button in his fin
gers, and the right hand gracefully waving,
just as when 1 left him. He had never
missed me-"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

A SNEEz1NG HEAD.-The manager of
Berlin theatre got up drama in which a
human head was to be offered to tyrant.
In order to produce as much effect as pos
sible, he resolved to use human head
On the stage was placed table covered
with cloth on the table was basin,
and an actor, concealed under the cloth,
polled mp his head through hole in the
table, so as to seem to be placed in the ba-
sin. The effect was prodigious the audi-
encs applaued and trembled. Unluckily
wag, who was behind the scenes, sprinkled
some snuff on the basin, and Just as the
tyrant finished his address to the severed
head Of his enemy, the head replied by
hearty fit of sneezing, changing the audi
ence " from grave to gay" with remarka-
BILE expedition. -
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

A distinction which is not warranted by the cir
cumstances surrounding the two classes of men, is
made by the Surgeon General of North Carolina, in
his regulation in regard to Artificial Limbs-the
private soldier and non commissioned officer to be
supplied 1ouh0ut erpenSe-the officer to pay prime
cost
Is not the brave officer whose limb is amputGted
after battle, as worthy and as meritoriouS as the
private soldier who has suffered like misfortune ?
Should comprehensive and enlightened policy at
tempt 10 draw n line Of distinction between the de-
sertS of the two Does the paltry sum of Confed-
crate money which the officer receives counter bal
ance by one hall ali the gOuging he is compelled to
undergo, while the government is making herculean
endeavors to get back all it has given him? Does
it follow as matter Of course that man is rich able
to live, support his family, and his country for
rOthing because he is an officer? Does the honor
Of his posit makes him mark for the
envy OF the private, and target for the jeers of
demagogueS-dOeS such honor pay him for his le-
cuniaTy losses, well as for his sacrifices of CON-
fort and encounters with danger? Ough the poor
devil be compelled to buy his Artificial Limbs !?
We know the reason for the drawing of this DIS
tnction Denagogues with Gerry fen exceptions,
fill the Legislative halls of the country. Dema-
gogues generally pursue that course which they
think will render them popular with the Masses
They think that there is feeling of enmity be
tween the officers and their Den and knowing that
the men outnumber the officers they hope to win "a
ONiiOA-OOS
the officers.
This will do no longer-the privates are fond of
abusing their own officers but unwilling for &c
empts 10 abuse them; and they feel that the men
who have led them in battle and shared their hard
ships, and encountered their dangers deserve equal
privileges with themselves The day of reckoning
will come, and all these tricks will be answer
ed for.
We reiterate that North. Carolina is able to give
all her sons who have lost legs, Artificial ones
without prime cost or any thing else.-North Gar
Gilman.
I'VE think the CuroliniGn has done injustice to
the Surgeon General. He is authorized by law to
provide for the soldiers, but not for the officers.
We think. however, that the Legislature will
provide, if it should be deemed practicable 80 ma n,
ulacture procure artificial limbs for all the sold
iers that the officers who may need them may also be
supplied free of chargeSih the same kind of limbs.
There ought to be distinction either as to the
provision or the kind Of limbs furnished.-Stan-
dard.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18
HEADo's MIDDLE DEPARTMENT,
EIGHTH ARMY Corps. 7
Baltimore, OFT 20, 1854. }

Editors Of LOyalist:
Sirs-On the Goth inst. you placarded your bull
letIn board OH Baltimore street with the announce
ment in large letters that another draft had been
ordered; that three hundred thousand more men
had been called for; that under the new call, the
substitute system would be abolished, &c. With
these wicked fasehoods you associated the name OF
the Secretary Of War, evidently designing to give
your news an-official air. Such bold imposture in
the beginning, sufficiently exposes the GnimuS with
which your paper will be hereafter conducted.
The EoyaliSt was started by loyal men, but you,
and the corps editorial at your back are dsloyasts
As Union paper, it obtained most Of its patronage
It's originators, on account of their loyalty, were
influential enough to obtain government printing
which helped to fill up the columns Of the very'is
sue that contained the falsehoods in question. Is
it tolersble that you should take pay from gov:
eminent of which you are such an Inscriptions
enemyP l do not think So
You will, therefore, from this date, discontinue
the publication Of the Loyalist until the war is
The old conductors of the Transcript Bulletin,
&C., may as well accept notice now that they will
not be allowed to publish paper in Baltimore, no
matter what name or guise they assume.
Very respectfully,
Your obedent servant,
(Sgned) LEW. WALLACE, O..
Maj Gen. Commanding
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18
MASONIC.
WOOL NOTICE.,

Quartermaster's DePadrtImassth'
RALEIGH. N. c., June y l.", xcF
r AM NOW PREPARED TO EA.tn foIIOErG
n COTTON YARN FOR WOOL, upon '"0
terms, viz: l., Wool.
One bunch of Yarn for pounds of "asneu
Unh9o" ID
AGENTS have been appointed to make INC
the following places: Kinston,
Oxford, TRwboro', - 1oEurhaD,
Catherine Lake, Concord, Pyboro,
Hendersonville StatesVIlle Tnfsbure
Asheve, Phtsboro, pisiCh
Fayetteville Coleraine, - ,rig psS
~ Persons shipping WOOL to this plS oJ eora y''
mark on the packages who they are FRoA' I"N
will be forwarded immediately. d N tke SbO''
hope tine people will patiotcaly RESPOND Worth. Car
notice, as the wool is for clothing the nnSWD,
Olina troops. NJ N n c.;
July Is, 1864.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

1t is indeed "hard to tell uh., ~
man." and whilst no one c. "n AZ Is in the h..
secret purposes in the mind Of S;, sad tOknosS
Is no established usage among ee0 zen Selghbot s
nlng the motives of others furtE gentlemen for n
tlves may be disclosed BY the .n,, Than thos.
party on trial; and it is unfair and o. words Of
use no palmer term for one man f. G;.Esc!ou!tso
ano!ner is "unsound on the great ~ ,nslnuate
ing our salvation as free people un 9f;1IeSton
W. upon which TO base such pr.ra ne has h,
IKE would therefore modestIy susn ave ebafgs
StenbsDS Journals nd which use the names u mat
o obapt ana Boyce in connection with o. VS.
these two eS5Gi stngiH publish the late
their readers mag baMs gentlemen in o, ill.,
Tor themselves whether there b o Ofjuis,
upon which may be predicated a biIl .asng IN l.
for Reconstruction y" unsoundnoa n Si lnfens
Sun. O'ureSS' "-Col,,
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

The terror of the desert of Sahara is be-
ing removed by the application Of science.
In 1860 five wells had been opened, bring
ing water to the surface from depth of
five hundred feet. Vegetation is springing
up around the wells, and the desert will
blossom like the rose"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18

Some ladies use paint az fddlers do rosin-to aid
them in Drawing beau.