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Year: 1866

N O T I G e


The subscribers have received during the
past few days u fine stock Of


NEW GOODS,
purchased for cash, and, we believe very cheap.
We take this occasion to express our thanks
to our friends for the friendly and substantial
greeting they have given us since opening our
doors.


We hope from time to time to make such ad-
ditons to our stock as will keep it full and COM
to 90 elsewhere to make their purchases.
We extend cordial invitation to our friends
both in town and country to favor US with
call, or to send Us their orders


lTs~ OUR TERMS ARE CASH. esN


WITMER Il SLAY MAKER,
aD 4-tf =. E. corner King and Royal SITS.
Year: 1866

The New York Tribune speaks as fol-
lows of the recent speech of General
Garfield: p


In the course of the debate Mr. Garfield
delivered a brilliant speech on general
issues. His definition of the present status
of the rebel States was calculated to clear
up many of the misapprehensions prevail
ing about that matter. His speech was
bristling with fine points, and of great
oratorical merit.
Year: 1866

The Toledo Blade understands that the
authorities of that city are determined q
put stop to the practice Of depositing
ashes and other garbage in the streets and
alleys, and are informed that prosecutions
will be speedily commenced against al
who disregard the ordinance prohibiting
deposits Of filth in the highways.
Year: 1866

g PIANO FORTEs.
ITO THOSE ABOUT TO PURCHASE
IL Piano Forte we would say consider sell before
goH pHrehGse, do not throw your money away on
any Of the cheap and worthless instruments that
now flood the market, there are hundreds Of traUsl
isg pedLers now roaming the country and trying to
force their worthless instruments the public at
any price; in the end you viii md II economy TO
buy the best. o.


The pianos row acknowledged to be the best in
the world. are those manufactured by
Year: 1866

The TEST Darn IN TUE SouTH.-A South.
South, except IN the Eastern District of L,u.
iSiana, the Government test oath has been set
aside, and even in the district above named
the judge has declared his conviction that
tho oath is unconstitutional, but refuses to
give the bar the benefit Of that opinion.
Year: 1866




The religious conversion of Senator
Wilson, which some have affirmed and
others denied, is announced by the Sena-
tor himself in the following remarks made
by him at revival meeting at Nstick,
Mass, last week. The recent converts be-
ing invited to Speak, Senator Wilson was
one Of the first to rise, and he spoke in
substance as follows: .ca sIa ne


He felt he owed it TO himself to his
friends about him, and to the cause Of his
Redeemer, to say few words, though he
did it with some reluctance. For more
than thirty years he had attended the ser
vices of God on that spot, and had listen
ed to hundreds of sermons He had been
convicted of the truths thus set forth, and
had no excuse to offer for so long delaying
to give his personal attention to this sub
ject He had never shielded himself by
infdelity, or defended his position by that
poorest of all excuses-the faults of pro-
Tossing Christians. Whenever addressed
personally on the subject, as he had often
been by friends from various parts of the
country, he had always felt himself guilty
before God, and yet he had lived more
than fifty years rejecting God. He had
seen the Christian die in the triumph Of
faith, and had often stood by dying SOL
diers and longed to speak some word Of
Christian comfort and cheer in their ears,
and he could not He had stood by the
graves of those he loved best, and thought
how often those lips, now cold in death,
had breathed his name to heaven. He
trusted that in answer to the prayers Of
dear wife, of those dear departed ones,
and of other dear friends, he had now
found abiding peace. He would not ex-
change the hope he had for any earthly
honors. He had enjoyed more peace and
assurance during the past week than in
any other period of his life. He gave him
SELF, all he had and all he hoped for to his
Lord and Master, and if anything had
been kept back, he prayed that it might
be revealed to him. The Senator was par
ticularly glad to see so many young men
coming forward in this good work, and
called upon his neighbors and friends not
to delay in making their peace with God.
Scared and scanned as we all are by sin,
or at any rate as he felt himself to be, he
rejoiced that there is mercy and salvation
at the foot of the cross.
Year: 1866

There was poor woman who had fallen
into melancholy and murmuring frame
of mind. Her minister tried in vain to
reabon her out of it She pFesisted that
sIe had nothing to be thankful for. At
last he spoke to her of her neighbor's hus-
band, an incorporate man who wasted his
money when he was out and illtreated
his wife when he came home.


''Now," he said, 'tis your husband like
that9"


"No," was the reluctant answer.


"Well, then, should you not thank God
that you have kind husband 7"


She was forced to admit this, and prom
ised that she would thank God every
night and morning for his mercy. Some
days elapsed before her minister revisited
her dwelling; but when he did so, he was
struck with her bright look, as she greeted
him.


30, Sir" she exclaimed, II have longed
to see you; have wished TO thank you!
For morning or two did as l promised,
but l did not rightly feel what l said. But
the next day, when l was thanking God
that l had kind husband, 1 thoughtI
should also thank Him that had healthy
children; and when l was thanking Him
for that, l thought l should thank Him
that l had clothes for them to wear, and
house to cover their heads; and so, Sir,
when 1 was thanking God for one thing,
another came into my head, and still an
other; and now know not where to stop,
or how to thank Him enough; and l feel
SO happy"


So will it be with you, my reader, if
you will only try the experiment For
gratitude increases with its use. The
more thankful we are, the more thankful
we shall become, and the more we shah
have to be thankful for.
Year: 1866

The General having finished speaking,
an officer in the United States uniform,
sitting next to him, took up the word and
translated into Spanish for the chiefs. This
officer was a man of about five feet four
inches in height, stout and somewhat
heavy, but with frame alert and active.
His light brown hair, sprinkled with gray,
was thin, worn rather long and thrown
behind his ears; and his face was rough
with beard unshaven for day or two.
His well-worn uniform of colonel of
cavalry was carried carelessly and loosely,
as though the wearer was unaccustomed
Year: 1866

bALliMORE, w Wednesday feD. Ia, lcoo
The Mount Hope Asylum conspiracy case was
brought to termination TO day The Court sustained
the point made by the defense against the admission OF
evidence prior to 1865 upon which the prosecution
abandoned the cause.
Year: 1866

A story comes from Richmond that
a Union General had won the heart
and was about to receive the hand of
a proud Southern belle, who had pro-
cured the wedding wardrobe and
fixed the wedding day, when the
wife of the officer appeared upon the
scene and prevented further proceed
ing.
Year: 1866

Some time ago boy was discovered in
Clalborn street evidently bright and in-
telligent but sick A man who had the
feeling of kindness strongly developed
went to ask what he was doing there.


"IYaiting for God to come for mt" said
be.


.What do you mean," said the gentle
man, touched by the pathetic tone of the
answer, and the condition of the boy, in
whose eye and flushed face he saw the
evidence of fever


"God sent for mother, and father, and
little brother" said he, "and took them
away to His home up in the sky, and
mother told me when she was sick that
God would take care of me. l have no
home, nobody to give me auytbing,and SO
| came out here, aud have been looking
so long up in the sky for God to come
and take care of me as mother said He
would. He will come won't He? Mother
never told me lie"


ayes, my lad" said the man overcome
with emotion, "He has sent me TO take
care of you


You should have seen his eyes fash
and the smile of triumph break over his
face as he said "Mother never told me
a lie, sir, but you have been SO long Oh
the way"


What a lesson for truth, and how this
incident shows the effect of never deceiv-
ing children with tales.
Year: 1866

a WORD FOR NEWSPAPERs.-We clip
the following from an exchange. 1t is
true and we commend it to every man
who has an interest where he resides
nothing is more common than to hear
people talk of what they pay newspapers
for advertising, &C., as SO much given IN
charity:


Newspapers, by enhancing the value
of property in their neigberhood and Civ


ing the locality in which they are pub
lshed reputation abroad, benefit all such
particularly if they are merchants or real
estate owners, thrice the amount yearly of
the meagre sum they pay for its support.
Besides every spirited citizen has laud-
able pride in having a paper of which be
is not ashamed, even though he should
pick it up in New York or Washington.
A Good looking, thriving sheet helps to
sell property gives character to the locality
and in all respects is desirable public
convenience, If from any cause, the
matter in the local or editorial columns
should not be quite up to your standard,
do not cast it aside aud pronounce it of no
account until you are satisfied that there
has been no more labor bestowed upon it
than is paid for. If you want good
readable sheet it must be supported. And
it must not be supported in spirit of
charity either, but because you feel the
necessity for it. The local press is the
mower that moves the people."
Year: 1866

A DOG SToRY.-At Newport, R. I. a
few days ago, a soldier from the fort about
two-thirds drunk, was playing on the
wharf with large Newfoundland dog,
noted for his sagacity aud good nature.
The animal seemed to like the sport as
much as the man, but finally the contest
became warm, and the dog rising upon
bis hind legs, placed his fore paws upon
the breast of the soldier. This threw
the man off his balance and the two fell
into the dock together. The soldier too
much intoxicated to swim, was in danger
of drowning, when the dog seized him,and
keeping his head above water, padded off
with him to boat near by, when both
were rescued.
Year: 1866

The Amador (Cal) Ledger tells the
subjoined: GA short time ago widow
lady, residing in village lot thousand
miles from here, put her house up at a
rattle, and very soon disposed of the tick
ets--all feeling disposed to assist her
The evening arrived for the rattle to come
of, and the house was won by gentle
man who thought himself fortunate in
obtaining homestead SO cheap. The
next day he applied for possession and a
title to the property. What was his sur
prise whe he was coolly informed that it
was unnecessary to give any written title
to the house-that there it was, and to
take it; and the sooner the belteras she
was anxious to build another on the spot
where it stood. The winner dicovered
that he had drawn an elephant-he had
a house but no lot"
Year: 1866

'hghtIns Ior the uestIucIIU1 OF I45 UOT-
ernment.


These are few of the distinguish
acts performed by Hester Clyner while
he was State Senator. He is now a
candidate for gOvernor,and was nominated
by his party because of his record above
given. Will the people of Pennsylvania
endorse candidate coming before them
with a record like this The result of the
election in October will be the answer
Harrisburg TeEegraph.
Year: 1866

The government has awarded con-
tract for raising the vessels in the river
and harbor of Savannah which Wero sunk
by the rebels to obstruct the channel.-
The gunboats and other vessels were
scuttled and sunk at the time the city was
evacuated. There are in all about twenty
some of them valuable, with all their guns
and armament on board.
Year: 1866

We live in a hut on a vacant lot,


Father and mother and l.;
lis away up town in dreary spot,


With other poor dwellings hard by.
Father is lazy and mother she drinks.


And I am ragged and thin;
And 1 look like thiet for tls hard to be pure
When circled around with sin.
FTis desperate place. this vacant lot.


region of famine and woe:
The labOrers found a strangled child


When dit hing. not long sgn-
And father is sometimes out all day,


And comes staggering home at night,
With money and thines he hides away,


For he never came by them right.
Mother is always at me to steal.


And urges her plea with a curse.
She tells me to sneak thro' the city crowds.
And pocket a watch or a purse:
And father beats me because [ say


That I'd rather any day die:
/ have never robbed. and [ never will rob.
And I'll tell you the reason why.
There came 10 our hovel three years ago,
4 man with a sweet. mild face.
And he held holy book IN his hand,


And he tried to read in our p lace;
But mother she swore at the mild faced man,
And drove him from our den,
And told him never as long as he lived
To darken our door again.
But something made me follow this man.
think he beckoned to me.
An be led me forth to quiet nook.
Where none of my people could see;
And read to me things from the holy book
That never had heard before.
And somehow peace came over my heart,
1t didn't feel half so sore.
They may curse and beat me as they like.
/ know what they don't know:
I know what things in the end come right
For those that suffer below.
No matter how ragged and hungry am,
With no one TO like or to love,
/ know there j. a vacant lot for me
81 In the beautiful land above.
Year: 1866

IEtLI ElANouuE8 NOLuAuNLoAdA-


ISLAND CRY, Pa, April 18th, 1866.


As l predicted some time ago, strikes
have been and are of daily occurrence
here. Since my last letter, the Bradfell
and Thomson well, the Glasgow Oil Com
pany's well No 8, the Kirk well, the An
vii Oil Company's well, No. l, the Dun
well, and the Burr Oak well, all on Bea-
yer Creek; the Springfield we'll, on what
is called the" Island on the west side of
the creek, the Donahoo well. the Whale
OIL Company's well and the Trademarks
Oil Company's well, on Island Run, have
struck, and are all flowing, producing
severally from ten to twenty barrels per
day. Several other wells are down and
tubing, the names of which l have for
gotten. A large number more will get
down within the next ten days. Tanks
are being put up on every hand. Tank
makers are driving a strong business, and
getting such prices as they choose to ask
for work. The number at present en-
gagged here are not able to supply the de-
mand, and at some of the new wells they
have holes dug in the ground to hold the
oil till tanks can be procured. There
are now over 1900 barrels of oil in tank
in this vicinity, waiting for better roads
and higher prices before shipping to mar
ket. Here, when wells are put down,
tubed and tanked, the expense and cost
is about at an end, and their production
may be counted as nearly all profit; one
man can take care of a dozen wells. l
enquired of shareholder in a fifteen
barrel well the cost of taking care of and
marketing the oil, and was informed
that they paid their Superintendent but
fifteen dollars per month for his entire
services in taking care of the well, selling
the oil and all other duties pertaining to
that position.


The excitement, which during the
past three or four weeks of rain and mud,
shows but little signs of abatement, now
that the fair weather is fast drying up the
roads, is again on the increase, and
crowds are daily coming and going. gazing
and wondering at the marvel in oil histo-
ry, host of ,gelLs all .fol0ing and not one
single failure. The certainty of getting oil
in every well boring becomes fixed in the
mind of every visitor. The purity and
value Of the oil, and the small cost of
taking care of a well, satisfies them as to
the large profits to be realized, so that
but few who come go away without in
vesting. As an exhibition of the marvel
lous enterprise of man, and the wonder
full production of nature, the sight of
these flowing wells, and the vast and ex-
tensive operations going on here, is we'll
worth the cost of the trip from any part
of the country, to any one who has the
money to spare.


Visitors should come from Smiths
Ferry up the creek on the main road,
and should make it a point to see all the (
wells and operations both on the creek |
and on Island Run. JENKS. /
Year: 1866

FANCY DANcING.-An exchange eau
tions young men who can't dance the
fancy dances, not to go to a ball with a
young lady who can, and adds few sug-
gestions as follows:


If we ever have any children we shall
teach them TO dance fancy dances, to the
neglect of their catechism. Not that
they will enjoy the hopping around, first
on one foot then on the other, then on
both; but they will have a good chance
to hug other folks wives and sweet
hearts ! This is the secret of the dane
ing. No one could object then; but if a
fellow were to sit by the side of his own
wife, even, in a ballroom, and hug her
half as hardZWell-well, wouldn't there
be remarks? Guess not.
Year: 1866

Many of the Union Congressman are
receiving letters from their constituents,
urging that Congress remain, in session
until the whole question of the recon-
struction is definitely settled. The course
of the President for few weeks to come,
will have much 20 do with the question
of adjournment. s7a.-s1 t
Year: 1866

The BISHOP or OXFORD ON DULNEss. -Dulness,
than ignorance. At a late meeting OF the Society
for promoting Christian knowledge he said;-
at is more difficult to get books and tracts read
than to get them written. In this matter there
is terrible danger ahead danger which can
never be escaped, fault which never can be
forgiven. We can forgive almost anything ip a
man who comes to talk to us II he avoids that
one objectionable Offense of dulness. We may
not agree with him. but 50 long as he avoids
dulness that is of little Importance
Year: 1866

1t was rumored last night that Jefferson Davis had
been, was to be bailed, but the report could not
then be traced to responsible source. To-day,
however, il is repeated, and the names of several
gentlen are mentioned as to 90 on the bond. One
OF them has been in search of Judge Underwood,
who arrived mere several days ago. but it has not
become publicly known whether the effort to find
hm has been successful. Judge Unperwood IS q
District Judge OF the Circuit presided over by Chief
Justice Chase, and hence it is SAID an appeal will be
made TO botn to act concurrentiY in the matter Of
bail, and that five gentlemen ready to bind them
selves in the of $4,000 each for his appearance
at the next term of the Court In richmond


Jefferson Davis is held as a prisoner OF war and
nota prisoner of state, as many have supposed.
A writ OF habeas corpus, if granted woIld bring
him under the conf oil of the Court; in other words
release him altogether from present military GUS
todJ In this the Government would not interfere,
as It would hen be merely judicial mater leaving
the Court TO determine whether or not 1t would re-
lease the prisoner bail without any nterpostion
by or consultation with the President.


II is understood the President is desirous that it
should be accepted, but that Judge Underwood does
not any legal authority for releasing the pri.
soner, who is really held by the war, and not the
civil power OF the Government Davis will be re-
leased, if at all, on his parOle.-N. y. Tribune.
Year: 1866

ment to its sole legitimate province-the
one work Of protecting person and prop
erty. Events Of the last few yea havers
afforded new argument for such con-
finement. Among these events is the
opposition of our State authorities to
letting the great West have another high
way across a part of our State for the
transportation Of her produce. The prin-
cipal plea of the opposition is that such
highway will diminish the income of the
Erie Canal. Thus does the State owner
ship of canals tempt the State TO insnlt
and wrong sister States, and weaken the
bonds Of the Union. 1t also tempts her to
wrong herself; for if Baltimore and
Philadelphia shall together with the
Mississippi succeed in diverting from
the city of New York large share of
the Western trade. it will be because Of
the State of New York, from her owning
the Erie Canal. Nothing short of an
adequate canal around Niagara Falls
can save that city its natural share Of
this trade. The North and
South must love each other ere they can
be at peace with each other Statesmen
are slow to learn that love is the cure of
all ills, national as well as individual.


A dark day is upon our guilty country.
1t will grow darker if the South and
North continue to hate each other. 1t
will become all light when they shall
love each other.
Year: 1866

The Fossil Remains at Cohoes, New York,
From the Troy Times. l0th.l


The discovery of the remains of a
monster animal at Cohoes, noticed yes
terday, is exciting deep interest among
those curious in such matters What
was at first only passing wonder with
the laborers who disemboweled from the
earth an immense jaw-bone of once
living animal, at once attracted more se-
rious attention in other quarters, and the
interest was heightened few days since
by the exhumation of skeleton of the
giant animal to which the jaw.bone evil
IDENTIFY belonged. The jaw.bone was
found at distance of about sixty feet
below the surface. Let it be understood
that the workmen who made these dis
coyeries were, and still are, engaged in
exeavating under the first story of the
new Harmony Mill, on Mohawk street.
The excavation was commenced for the
purpose of striking rock on which to rest
columns for the support of the first story.
The excavation has been, from the first,
through well formed peat bed, the
whole formation obviously being of
decayed vegetable matter. 1t was
in this SOIL at distance of
eighty.fve feet from the surface, that on
Tuesday the workmen struck strange
substance; and digging around instead
of through it, it proved to be what was
apparently the skull and upper jaw of an
immense animal, in state of perfect
preservation. The jaw is four feet nine
inches long from the mouth to the era.
mum, the latter rising much in the oval
shape of an elephants head. The era
mum, a portion of the backbone and the
Jaw are all still connected and perfect.
Two tusks, measuring eight feet in
length, were also found, and the exact
place they left is marked well on
the upper jaw. These tusks are
great curiosities, and in their ori-
ginal state must have been beau-
tiful indeed. The hip bone is
five feet long, and weighs one hundred
pounds. The shoulder blades measure
ten feet nine inches, and weigh about
fifty pounds each. The under jaw, ex-
humed some weeks since, is found to ex-
actly fit the upper jaw, and should moth
ing more be done than to place them
together, the complete head and Jaw of
the monster would of itself form one of
the most remarkable of our natural Gu
riosities. But other portions, including
the ribs -four and half feet long,, and
indeed all the essential parts OF the
frame, seem to be on hand, and Professor
Marsh, OF Yale College, and other fossil
lists who have made an examination, are
of opinion that the frame can be made
perfect, or nearly so.


Careful measurements of scientific gen
tlemen who had examined the remains,
show that they belong to an animal that
must have stood at least fifteen feet
high, and measured some twenty odd
feet in length, independent of the tusks,
which of themselves are eight feet long.
Professor Marsh pronounces the remains
those of North American mastodon,
beyond doubt And the description
the books furnish of the mastodon tally
exactly with the remains in question.
"The animal has the vauted and cellu-
lar skull OF the elephant, with large tusks
in the upper jaw, and heavy form; from
the character of the nasal bones and the
shortness of the head and neck, it has
been concluded it had trunk.