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Lot OF Ground,

situate in Light Street, Scott township, Col
nmbia county, fronting on Main Street OF
said town, adjoining lot Of Daniel Mellick
on The South, Maria /. Mcdowell on the
East. Jacob Chosen on he horth; said tot
containing in from, on Main Street OF said
town, SIXTY FIVE FEET, whereon are
erected Frame Dwelling House, Sable
ami Shop.
And on The same day will he offered at
public sale. two SHARES OF THE NES-
COPECK BRIDGE STOCK.
Conditions will be made known on day
of sale by
PETER ENT,
THEO MCDOWELL, hN''
Light Street, Feb. "a. 1864
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Yoluntccrs and Comscripls


To Soldiers or any others wishing 10 in
crease their income, there is no betlerway
of doing so at this time, than from the sale
of our Watches They are warranted as
Represented
"ParlYeuTariy valuable for officers in the
Army and travellers. ."-Frank Lesiie's, Feb
ruary 81
"Preltiest, best and cheapest epeces
ever ofTered."--N Y Illustrated NeWs, Jan :.
nary 10.
VERY pretty and durable Watches for
the Army. IN Y Aymy s. Nary Journ
lGovernment Orean-] Aug, 90.
'Uue of The oldesl and most reliable
houses in business. p Louisville KY, Jour
mol july 2I.
MAGIC TIME OBSERVERS.
Being Hunting OF Open Face Lady's
or Geullenen's Watch Com ed,
with Patent Self:Windtn2
Improvenlent, a most
Pleasing Novelty
ONE OF THE PREfHEST, MOST CON.
OVENlENT, AND decidedly tie best
and cheapest time-piece for general and
reliable u,e as ever offered. 1t has within
IL connected with its machinery, its own
winding attachment, rendering a key en-
tirely unnecessary The eases OF this
Watch are composed Of two metals, the
outer one being ft.e l5 carat gold. IL has
the improved ruby action lever movement,
and is warranted an accurate time piece
Price, snperbN engrav ed, per case of hal
dozen, S204. Sample Watches, in nee
nnfocco PoYps S35
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VS. devote a large portion of space this
week, 10 The Address OF the Dsu.ocr tic
Stale Senator'S. It is clear, fuil state
meui oil the principles which guided them
through the long contest, : and fully ias'iiies
them in every siep they took Plainly
proving Al The same time that every position
taken by the abolition members of lite Sen
s.e were revolutionary, and contrary to all
precedent.
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PEREEAIs.S
INVALID SOLDIER NATIONAL HOME
ENTERPRISE.
5s5 B RO A DIV AY NEW YORK K.
M1RRoE. OF THE RE-
= e I L Z IT.
The Most Complete and Magnificent
War Exhibition Erfanf
Devoted TO raisi g Funds for a Ma
tiODaI Home,

loo, 900 TICKETS, AT 81 EACH.
4 DONATTCN of S34 72O ia Vaitabie Prop.
etfy 10 The Ticket Holders.
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Silver W atches !!

Firt Class Hunting TIme-PIeces Tor acc :
Iacy oil movement, beauty OF ma
teral, and above all, cheap
ness IN price, these
witches must insEre
universal appro-
baton.
An imitation so fsnitlessihat 4 can hard
ly be deiscted by he mosi experienced
judaeS TIE material being OF two metals
the outer on fir,t quality Sterling Silver
while the inner one is German Silver
cannon De recognized by cutting or heav,
engraving, making H. not anly in appear.
ance, but IN durability, The best ressn :
b ance OF Solid S'erling Sdvets in exist
ence.
The sale OF these Watches IN the Army
is source of enormous profit, retailing, as
they very readily do, al S25 and upwards.
Many hundred dollars can be made in a
sugle pay day by any one OF ordinary
business tact.
~ AT v WHOLESALE ONLY In hea-
w hunting eases, beautifully engraved,
whie enamel dial, and fancy. cut hands,
in good ruauing order, by The half dozen,
s66 Sold only BY the case of -ix
Upon receipt of two dollars. as guaran-
tee oil good iaiih, we Will send watches By
express 10 any part of the loyal States,
collecting balance OF bill on delivery. This
ersnres buyers against fraud, giving them
their watches bssore payment is required
Sodiers 10 the disloyal SAFES must remit
Cash in advance, as ne EXPIRE SIS compan'
les perempioriIy refuse making collections
in such dangerous localities. Remember
Cash in advance from within the army
lines in rebel States We Guarantee the
safe delivery OF all Watches, whether ne.
are sent by mail or express.
HUBBARD BROS Sole Importers
III Broadway, cor Corilandt ST. n. y.
Feb. "a, 1864
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TIE Opposition in this township sue
ceeded in elsciine their whole ticket. al our
: eieciice on Fsiday last. Some OF the Abo
lnioIisls are simple enough 10 claim the
result a victory over the Democrats, when
they have al Ieas' one hundred majority, in
ise township nearly evers Spring "a well
a. al the General Eieciious. They are
welcome 10 all The glory they can get out
of this eleciiuu In the Fall Election we
will draw the s'rinss on Them liue tighter.
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TO
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My object in making the above offer is
10 induce every lady TO test my remedies.
Address
MADAME DULENTAUX, NJ. D,
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Am 0Ghor @o0O 9
90O 000 MORE MEN WANTED
cOO,OOO TO QUELL REBELLIONi
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r. POLLUTION nv HIGH PRICES
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAR. IS, 1864.
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Total, S34 ,12O
Due notice will be given Of the next
mass meeting of the ticket holders which
will take place in New York City.
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Lack,a and BIoomsburg RaiIroad.

ON AND AFTER JAN. ID, 1864, PAS
SENGER TRAINS WILL RUN AS FOL,
lows.
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French Women.

In Paris and elsewhere you may see
people with mended but none with ragged
clothes; so that until we came to Brittany,
where the people are as remarkable for
their blgotry and deep drinking and dread
tul swearing, as for their antique and pic.
turesque costumes, we almost never saw o
Frenchwomah with rag on her back or
aspot on her face; and even here the
women, speaking of them generally, as
they ply the distaf while they tend their
COWS In the field, or walk the roads knit
ting, or sit at their windows sewing, show
a tldiness that is as remarkable as their
industry.
In fact, for neatness of attire, respect
for personal appearance both in herself
and in her family, and habits of industry,
the Frenchwoman is q pattern to tho
world. Scarcely ever do you find them
what the Scotch people call hand-adlo;
and s'atterus never. The girl who keeps
shop is busy with some piece of work
when customers do not require her atten-
ton The woman VIII, sits by her stall
on the open street, with her feet on box
Of lighted charcoal to keep them warm, is
usu.lly sewing or knitting; and only lifts
her head. from her work to say, when shc
becomes aware of your presence, Que
Uoutez-0ous, monsieur? And but yester-
day, in walking through the weekly mar
ket at Qlimper, where the Breton women
sat all tidily attired, with towers and
wings of snowy linen on their heads, and
on table before them the produce Of
their dairy in curiously carved pats and
pillars OF frst.rate butter, l was greatly
struck with the spectacle of industry which
the scene presented. Hardly one not en-
gagged with customer but was busy with
wire or NEEDLE lively as we'll as pleas.
ant spectacle, for their tongues went as
fast as their tools. ..T. ..r.'.
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The Depth of Space.

In 1887 Prof. Brssell, of Germany
commenced a series of astronomical mea.
sures for getting the exact distance to the
fixed stars, thing that had never been
done. The instrument which he used, IN
connection with powerful telescope, in
his experiments, was called Heloineter
(suu-measurer.) After three years hard
-lobor he was so fortunate as to obtain a
parallaz, but so very minute that he could
hardly trust his reputation upon it.. But
after repeated trials, and working out the
results, he was fully satisfied that he could
give the true distance to 81 sigui. But
vino can comprehend this immense dis
tarce? We can only convey an idea to
the mind of this distance by the fact that
light, which travels 100000 miles in a
minute, requires not less than ten years to
reach US
Just let any one try to take in the
idea. One hour woull give 10000, 900
OF miles; in one year, theu-9,760 hours
this gives 6,307, 200. 900, 900, and this
multiplied by ten gives 3.072,000,000,-
QUO. This, according to Prof. Bessell, is
the distance from the nearest fixed star to
the sun. And all astronomers confirm
the correctness of Prof. Bssselrs cacula-
tions. -a-
But this distance, great as it is, is
nothing to be compared to the distance Of
the Milky Way. Sir William Herschel
says that the stars or suns that compose
the Milky Way are so remote, that it re-
quires light, going at the rate of l2,000,-
900 of miles minute, 10000 years to
reach the earth. And he says there are
stars, or rather nebula FIVE hundred times
more remote. Now make your calcua-
ton 100000 years reduced to minutes,
aud then multiply that sum by 12,000,-
900, and the product by 500. What an
overwhelming idea !! The mind sinks un.
der such a thought; we can't realize it ;
it is too vast even for human comprehen-
sion. David says, Psalm CHI 10, The
lord hath prepared his throne in the
heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all. /"
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Siberia.

From paper Oh China, Mongolia, and
Siberia, read before the British Associa,
ton, we learn some interesting facts:
"Sibcria, generally speaking, remains a
vast primeval forest, through which ave
nues have been cut to form roads. The soil
is for the most part fertile, and the couu-
try ti' ssed with numerous great naviga
bic rivers. Steam-tugs are beginning to
be introduced, and the author found stea-
mers IN the Irish as high as the town of
Onsk. The principal towns of Siberia
are large, elegant, and wealthy, and the
country is generally prosperous, wanting
only population to devel"pe its natural adj
vantages. Scholars and artis's find occu-
patton IN colleges and seminarcs, which
are literally supported. The sclavonic
inhabitants are the descendants Of exiles,
but these were not necessarily of the cr,m-
iual class The freedom they enj ~, and
the opportunities of gathering wealth,
have elevated the character of the Siber
an peasantry. The absence Of serfdom
mas been the chief cause of their improve
ment, and its abolition in Russia proper
may IN course of time produce like results
there. Indeed, an Improvement is already
perceptibe in the intelligence, sef.respect
aud industry of the emancipatel serfs -
The electric telegraph has been carried as
tar as the town of Irkutsk, three thousand
eight hundred miles from St. Petersburg
A branch line will shortly be erected FROM
lrkutsk to kiachta.
THE author could not reconcile the ac-
counts he had read of tho treatment Of
the POLISH political exiies with what he
saw IN Siberia. He found them invaria-
bly, received with the highest respect,
both by government officials and the pub
lie generally. Being for the most part
men of education, they at once take up
their proper position in society. When u
party of exiIes arrive at the residence of n
governor who has the disposal of them,
they are generally at once introduced to
his family aud are put on footing of free
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Day C Martin, the Millionaires Of High
Holborn." -

The lucky incident which made million
aires If Day d Martin, Of High Hol.
BORN" by the sale CT their famous black
ing, is as follows: Day was hair-drosscr
in an humble way, and was beneiccnt in the
extreme. One day soldier entered his
shop, aud stated that he mad long march
before him to reach his regiment; that his
money was gone, aud nothing but sick
ness, fatign, aud punishment awaited
bin, unless he could get lift on
coach. The worthy barber presented
him with a guinea, at which exhibition
If kindness the grateful soldier exclaim-
ed, "God bless you, sir,-how can over
repay you for this? l have nothing
lin the world except'-pulliug a dirty
piece of paper from his pocket-"a receipt
for backing; it is the best ever was
seen many half guinea have l bad for
it-trom the officers, and many bottles have
| sold-may gov be able to get something
for it to repay this you have given to a
ponr soldier; your kindness | never eau
repay or forget"
Mr., Day, who was a shrewl mau, in
quired into the. truth of tho story, tried
the backing, AMI 6nding it good, COM
menced the msuufactura aud sale OF it
with what results, the magnificent for
tunes Of the partners amply attes'.
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The Mason's Grave.

In all ages the bodies of the Masonic
dead have been laid in graves dug due
east ami west, with their faces toward the
east. This practice has been borrowed
aud adopted by others, until it has become
nearly universal. 1t implies that when
the Great Day shall come, and He who is
Death cnqueror shall give the signal,
His inef bic light shall first be seen in
the east; that from the east he will make
HIS glorious approach will stand at the
eastern narg in Of these graves, and with
HIS mighty power-that grasp irresstibly
sttong which shall prevail--wll! raise the
bodies which are slumberiug therein.
We shall have been long buried, long
decayej. Friends, relatives, yea, our
nearest and dearest, will cease to remem-
Der where they have laid us. Tue broad
earth will have undergone wondrous
changes, mountains levcled, valleys filled
The seasous will have chased each other
in many u fruitful round. Oceans dashed
into fury by the gales of to day, will to.
morrow have skunk like Spoiled child to
their slumber Broad trees, with broader
roots, will have interlocked them above
our ashes, as if to conceal the very fact Of
our having lived aud then after centu-
ries of life, they tho will have followed
our example of mortality, and long strug-
Cling with decay, at last topped down to
join their remains with ours, thus oblte.
rating the last poor testimony that man
has ever lain here But the eye Of God,
nevertheless, will mark the spot, green
With the everlasting verdure of faith, and
when ,he trumpet's blast shall shake thu
bills to their very bases, our assunisLed
bodies will rise, impelled upward by III If,
resisliole impulse, aud we shall stan face
to face with our Redeemer.
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BRANDaLIH'S PILLS.

THE Weak, The Consumptive, Rheuma-
l. tic, Costve, Bilious and Delicate, after
some days use will find renewed strength
and life peryade every organ of their
frames.
Every dose makes the blood purer.-
Tue nerves commence in the arteries and
terminate in the veins. These pills, as a
first effect, act upon the arte'iaI blood, in
creasing the circulation, by which impuri-
ties are deposited in the veins, and they
throw off such collections into the bowels,
which organs, by the energy derived from
Brandreth's Pills, expel them from the
system. When frst-nsed, the Pills may
occasion gripping and even make the pa
tent feel worse. This is an excellent
sign. and shows the disease will soon lie
cured. No great good is often achieved
without some trouble in its attainment,
and this rule applies to the recovery oil
health.
For sale by all respectable dealers in
usasei~As Mr27
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Just Hover in thu Hafrica.

Two newly arrived imported English.
men just otf the steamer, stroled into tho
stsurant attached to tho fremont house
the other day, and after wondering stare
at the long row of individuals, each busily
and silently engaged in boiling their al
lowance of food in tho shortest possible
time, climbed up on TWO of the stools, and
hesi5atiug ly ordered; "a chop aud somo
hale" While the agile William was or.
derihg their meal, tho attention of one OF
the Bulls was attracted to dish unknown
to him, but of which his neighbors wers
partakinI with great gusto. Carefully
waiting until the man next him grunted,
Mother ear o'corp," he uudged his broth
er Bull with-"Enry, there's an H'amc-
rican vegetable that We don't ave ut
'ome Let's ave sou'@,' aud acs,.s, !;ngi!
ordered "EIaw waiter, hear o'curn."
The corn "a dish unknown in England)
was brought smoking hot, and Bull passed
it to his countryman, who, observing the
manner of his ueigho"rs, sliced it down
with his knife, aud tasted it with an ap.
proving wink. "Gooi ?" asked Bull No.
l. "Wcrry," said No. 2, adding, with
true British economy, "ere's enough for
both Of u.s. passed the cob to bis compan.
ion, who gravely sliced it after the man.
ner of cucumber, and after seasoning it
commenced eatiag tie sliced cob. He got
through two or three slices with some diff
iculty, and to the huge delight of u small
boy with cropped head behind the bar,
and then turning to his companion, ejacu-
lated /: "My hyes, 'Eury, hif this is sam.
pie hof Hamerican vegetables, their stom-
achs must be hirou plated like their bloody
ships" An uuctious grin slid over the
faces of the witnesses, and William. turned
tiercely on the small boy aud ordered him
to make change at the other end Of tho
counter.
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A New Auecdote of WASHINGTON.

Ii Is well known that Cuonel Seth
Warner, OF revolutionary memory, who,
with his uoted regiment If Green Muuu-
tam Boys, Is rar guard of St. Clair go
treating army, after the evacuation Of IT,
conderoga, beat back whole brigade OF
the hotty pursuing Br ish, in he battle +
lluhardt"wD, aud thu, saved probably,
that luckle>s Generals entire forces, hur-
ryins on just i'll fruit from ruat or cap.
ture-w!'n came down like thunder bolt
o. the flushed foe in md-battle at Ben
ringt'n and secured the lie DRY for the
wareling aud h"ll,beateu Stark, and who
bnalIy was everywhere known as nue of
the best looking, most heroic, and accom-
plishrd military officers of the Continental
army-that G lionel Warner Was all espe
cial favoritc Of Gen, Washington
This preliminary, however, is here in
troduceu less uu account of any particular
pertipeucy most Of it may have TO the sub,
ject than tor the purpose Of explanation,
and securing a reader appreciation and
credence Of the Interesting personal anec-
dore which is about to be related, and
which, it is confidently believed, has new.
er before appeared in print. e
One son IF Col. Warner still survives,
or was survlvinga few years ago, an unpre,
tending resident of Lower Canada, from
willc"-housh then seventy-ive years
old, but very active, aud in tut, possession
OF all hrs strong native iacultios--he came
to the capital Of Vermont with the Office:
OF petitonlng the Legislature for com peu.
s'tl"n for some lads t"rmeriy granted t.,
the heirs Of Colonel Warner, hut unwit-
italy trenched upon by subsequent
grants; and it was there and thea that
tue writer ii this "reminiscences was intro.
duced to him, and held several very inter.
estlng conversations.
In one of these conversations, while
speaking of the private affairs of his faith.
er, Coi"nel Warner, he frankly said that
the Colonel was very thoughtless about
pecuniary matters that be not only ex.
pended IN the cause of the country, or aid.
ding the needy families of lis soldiers, all
his available property, but contracted
many debts, which finally compelled him
short time bcfi re his death, to place O
mortgage on his homestead, amounting at
last to over nine hundred dollars, and
causiug the family great deal of depres-
SION and rneasluess But of this depress.
ing load they were at length sud Ienly re.
lirved in the occurrence Of most unex-
perted incident, and one which formed, as
well 1t might, quite an era in their family
history. But We will let Mr.. Warner,
whose Christian name, we believe, was
was that of his father, Seth, relate the
memorable incident III question in his own
language; which, by the aid of the min
ute' before US, We hnoV We can repeat sub.
stant'aiiy, and we Mtah very near literal.
y, ss he made use of il.
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A DETERMINED HUSBAND A bick-
erins pair Of Quakers were lately heard
in high controversy, the husband exclaim.
ing
Il am determined to have one quiet
week with thee"
"But how wilt thou get y said the
tsunting spouse, in reiteration, which
married ladies so provokingly inlul &c in.
81 will keep thee week after thou art
dead" was the rejoinder.
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Doetltal.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS HOME.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS HOME.
A loud and laughing welcome
To the merry Christmas bells
All hail, with happy gIadness,
To the well-known chant that swells
We list the pealing anthem-chord,
We hear the midnight strain,
And love the tidincs that proclaim
Old Christmas once again.
But there must be melody,
OF purer. deeper sound,
A rich Keynote, whose echo runs
Through all the music round:
Let kindly voices ring beneath
Low roof or palace come,
For these alone are carol chimes
That bless Christmas Honel
Chorus.
Then fill once more, from Bountys store,
Red wine, or nut-brown foam,
And drink to kindly voices, in
A merry Christmas Home
A blithe and joyous welcome
To the berries and the leaves
That hang around the household walls,
In dark and rustlng sheaves;
Up with the holly and The bay,
Set laurel ON the board,
And let the mistletoe lock down,
While pledgng dranghts are pourd;
But there must be some ha!owed bloom,
To garland with the rest,
All, all must bring toward the wreath,
Some flowers in the breast;
For though green boughs may thickly grace
Low root, or palace dome,
VAN hearts alone will truly serve
To deck Christmas home
CHORUS.
Then fill once more, from Bounty's store,
Red wine or nut-hrOwn foam,
And drink 10 honest hearts within
A merry Christmas Home
NJ. r. G.
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intercourse. OF those condemned to
work in the mines many are never sen,
there at all, and those who are find the
penalty generally .mitigated. Siberia
offers fair field for the talents of the ex-
lies; the road to fortune is open to them,
and many rise to eminence." ---
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nag An elderly lady recently enter

p&- An elderly lady recently entered
one Of the principal dry goods stores ia
Springfield, Massachusetts, and asked to
be shown some goods for "cbiid's dress
The clerk in attendance displayed the
fashionable 20 ,dt for chlidren's wear, but
these not proving satisfactory, the clerk,
to be guided in his selection, inquired the
age of the child "About thirty was
the innocent reply.
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Das- An Irishman who had been asked
to furnish proof of his marriage, took off
his hat and exhibited scar on his head.
"Here," said he, sis me marriage certii-
cate. That's Judy's mark"
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ea~ A country clergy man was greatly
astonshed one day by the joliiy of tho
mournurs at the break fast of funeral, and
was gravely told in exploration, BLESS
you, sir, they're MT laughing, they 'rc
only assembling their grief"
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GO "Steel your heart,' said consider.
etc father to his sou, "F"r you arc now
going among some fascinating girls"
IL had much rather stcS! thcirS,' said
the unpromisiuS youns man'