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Scuotcfc to 0olttics, itcratuvc, qviculturc, Sricuec, itloralitii, anh aural 3ntgltigcncc.
VOL. u
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JUNE 29, 1854.
NO. 5S,
Published by Theodore Schocli.
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twenty-five cents for every Mihsequent insertion. The
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charge for one and three insertions the same. A liber-
al discount made to vearlvadvci Users.
ic? All letters addroibcd to the Editor must be post -
,aia-
v .r PnivTHG.
Havine a ecncral assortment of large, elegant, plain
7 BU JB. "
and ornamental Type, u e are prepared
tocxecuicevcryuesciipuonoi
Cards, Circulars, Hill Heads, Notes. Blank Receipts
Justices, Legal and other Blanks. Pamphlets, &c.
(printed with neatness and despatch, on icasonable
terms,
AT THE OFFICEOF
TSIE JfiFFERSO.VIAN.
Death.
Death is here, and death is there,
Death is busy everywhere,
All around, within, beneath,
Abovc is death and we are death.
Death has set his mark aud seal
On all we are and all we feci,
On all we know aud all we fear,
Pirst our pleasures die and then
inrlirmrQ nnd tlinn nur fp.ars and when
Mvrw-t
Thnso iro dnnd t lif dnbt is due.
, ,
Dust claims dust and we die too.
All things that we love and cherish,
Like ourselves, must fade and perish;
Such is our rude mortal lot
Love itself would, did they not.
Shelley.
Domestic vieuts to fun. So when his six months ' country. With all Li3 good fortune, he
An editor out "West, in speaking of his ; were completed he came home to his dis- now, at the age of about fifty-four year?,
domestic increase, gives tho following: appointed parents, a wild, reckless, indo- continues his personal attention to his ex
pound the stage horn blast the trumpet lout boy, instead of the sedate, fixed and, tended business; and bis house is well
That, the waiting world may know!
Publish it through all our borders,
Even unto Mexico.
Seize your pen, oh dreaming poet!
And in numbers smooth as may-be,
Spread afar the joyful tidings!
J3ctsy's got another baby!
Poisonous Visiting Cards. There were more clerks than thero were and Samuel Fexton of Buckingham,
Few ladies remember that they carry ! mprchants, and more traders than buyers.! from whom we have gathered some inter
around poison in their card cases. But it j 'orn out with fatigue and the stings of esting facts concerning his operations.
is so, and sometimes to the danger of conscience for his former misspent time, His landed estate in Illinois amounts to
children or thoughtless people of larger j wita spirit humbled, and nerved to un- j about 40,000 acres, all susceptible of cul
growth. Tho elegant and highly polish- derS anJ privation rather than return ' tivation, and with a deep, rich soil. His
ed enamel on visiting cards is composed j without employment to his father's house, ! homestead Farm contains about 20,000
in part, of poisonous mineral substances, ; tne P of every mechanic from the acres, with a large mansion house, and
and if eaten would produce serious sick- j blacksmith's to the jeweller's was besieged about forty tenant houses, with other ex
ness. The manufacture of this card pa- ! tufc was a time of general depression in j tended improvement?. It is mostly on
peris said to be exceedingly unheahltv 'business every man looked out for bis closed with worm fencing, ten or eleven
and we may well believe it. It would be,
therefore, a kind tbin to the workmen ,
engaged in the manufacture of cards, and
a safe thing to themselves and their chil- :
dren, if the ladies, who set the fashion in
these things, would give up the use of en- ,
amelled cards, and confine themselves to '
those of plain surface. Those, we uudcr- '
stand, are tho most fashionable, from
wuat eause we Know uoi, uui iuc piaiu
brownisli cards are the most stylish. It is
1 . 1 i 1 jl
gratifying to see fashions turned in the
ehannels'of common Fensc, of health and
lmmanity cvcnthou-'h in a KUiall matter,
We hope-that the knowledge of the dan-
gerous character of these cards will not
lead to their restoration to femeuiue favor !
and to fashion, which is a very fickle thing
wo mean of course, the fashion is, not '
the fair. Providence Journal.
,, j
A Good One. Why is a pretty young
widow like corn in a scarce time? Be-
cause she ought to be husbanded.
Another new paper lias been started at
Atalauta, Georgia, entitled the Bed Bug.
nnd'edited br Jack Chinch &. Co. They
;videntally are getting into the habit of
calling things there by the right names.
-
A servant girl once received the follow
ing written character from a person who
jneaut to compliment her very highly:
"This is to certify, that Isabel Weir
served with us during the last half year,
and found her in every respect crcdiible
and free of nothing that waa any way
rot)g.'
An old maid was heard to exclaim
while sitting at her toilet thc other day
"I can bear adversity; I can encounter
hardships; I can withstand the changes
pf fickle fortune but oh! to live, and
droop, and die, like a single pink, I can't
qndure it, and ' what's more I won t.
'Auut," inquired a medical prodigy of
fifteen, fresh from a lecture on surgery,
"What do you tbink the most difficult
operation in surgery?"
Don't know, Charley what ?"
"Taking the jaw off, a, woman," an-
'pwered tbe hopeful youth
Read This, Boys !
m . m . 1 a .
'511)13 IS the CnCCt Ot SUOemakmg. Said
! , . . ,
a young mechanic to US the other day,
! , , n rn j
j shaking a well tilled purse m our face.
t. . j 1 .. , , ...
J.S was uos ham noasiingl', DUt With an
i,.cf .,r:,in. Vn i, tn M.
. "".ab L,i iu. u i; iwsu iu i eiei our l ca
i a. i-.
, UL1 lu u parueuiars in tuo uisiory or
! this
young man. Ho is the fourth son of
an industrious mixtlmnin rim l,A l.nnffn
ww vswa-is ii uu lltl
tll 1,mvi,f nf tl,
and the depths ofi
, . .
iieiCU lor the mm-
: poverty. His eldest is rercd for the min-
istry, and is, we believe, a talented and jals. He has also largo tracts of unim- ' is exceedingly opportune. It is worthy , Putnto hU !,ands an order from the corn
useful member of society. A second was proved lands. Strawn is an immense ' of note, too, that this concession is made! lndrc for all officers to return on board,
, a mechanic, a hard-working fellow. The
, third has acquired an excellent education
after much labor and hard work, through
his own means. Tho youngest son, him
' to whom we introduce the reader, was1
, Ti . A. . . , , , , I
brought up m the conviction that labor
b ! unv. uuuiuu tuat ,
i was derogatory to respectability that !
J 1 J !
; wealth was the highest good that could be
enjoyed by mortals.- lie was early sent
. , , . .
tory to a course ol proiessionai studies .aging his attairs with .industry and econ-
..Ueanwhile, his old father was toiling and omy, acquired a handsome unincumbered
starving to attain the distinctions attend- landed estate. His son Jacor removed
ant on wealth, merely for the sake of his
children: but willing to forego all the
i -i i .,
.pleasures anu emoluments oi the world, it
' i . i t r i , i , . .,
I11S gons comu usciui ana lauaeu in tho
i commuuity.
The young man entered upon his stu-
! dies, convinced that he was tho son of a
j rich man comparatively, and consequent-
Jly he was entitled to a "full swing," in all
the frolics and sprees that came off.
Books, and duty itself, were mere subscr-
and ambitious young man. lie loitered known, with "the latch string out," and
about home some time, but his father's plain but comfortable entertainment, free
constitution was broken, his sales low, and ; of charge, to all who call, with the single
his returns nothing. Starvation was bro-' condition that they shall wait upon them
ken before tho family. Fruitless and e-, selves and not interfere -with his daily
qually many were the applications which . routine of business.
the young man made at the trading estab-j Among his recent visiters were our
lishments in the city for occupation. sporting friend Thornton of this borough,
own g00(1- So without blame, conscious
that he had done his best to obtain an
occupation, the young man went home.
"ne spread table, the carpeted floor,
and the refinement which was visible in!
tbe household but seemed to aggravate the,
misery of its tenants.
One day the young man was in the shop (
of a shoemaker, who had amassed by his :
in.ln-.frl. o T-ncr-inr.foJ-.lrt fm.t .l.M 1, -
"j " '"v""'"' i.u.m .
bad built up a repiation which can never
die from the memory of the community ,
iu which he lived. "Why don't you go to;
work? asked the old man. "I can'
anything to do," was the response. "Come
an(1 Iearn ,ny trade," said the old man. ('
Ifc was a bargain. The pampered son of (
fortune became the apprentice of honest1
father -His good habits endeared him
sensibly to the generpus shoemaker, and '
the progress wbich he bad made in his
new avocation surprised every one who
had been formerly acquainted with his
idle habits. The old man died; during
sr
his illness he carried on the business of
. , ,. . '
the shop, ana receiveu for his service some
old tools which had been thc property of
his cmploj-er. He commenced business
for himself, but soon went into a flourish-j
in village and entered a larc establish-
itmnf r c n Z n r- ; -r TJ T j 1 rtui V
study and refinement increased. The
best society was thrown open before him.
The
X Ut; tUUUUL'IH.U VI Ills employer was UU- iu unw luuuaauu uuoiiuk ui uij wui.
bouuded in his integrity, his shop mates' We might relate much more of interest
, , .t, J' m Ar c T jr r
were pleased with his native talent anT concerning Mr. Stkawn and his farming
his address he became the sun of their operations, with some rich anecdotes, did ,
little circle; and when he left his employ- j time and space peruiit; but we bave said
er with the hope of obtaining a more lu-' enough to sliow the bountiful reward at-
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crative situation, his loss was. severely la- tending bis enterprise, economy, and m- ,
. He. . 'i ii i
mcnted. We were recently conversing tegnty m hisbusiuess relations-a crown-
with this young gentleman upon thc false ing success open to all who will pursue a
pride wbich had ruined so many boys. like course, if not in the same degree, at
Said he- "If I had obtained a clerkship 'least in an ample measure. Bucks coiau
when I sought it, I should have been an' Uj Intelligencer.
outoast in Joeiety, aud a beggar. This . ...
is thc effect of shoemaking, of industry, i a counl of tho mot efficient members
and enterprise a good reputation a clear A couple or t.ic moat emcientmemuers
conscicuce and a happy life." ' of the 'Shakers' Society at Enfield, sud-
J ,0 'denly left "the hive," a few days siuce, '
TTFA subscriber writes to the editor
of a Western paper, "I don't want your
lrni-- 1 n . i ?.i
editor renlies. "I wouldn't make it anv
i i ii t n n rT n v-i ir m rr 1 1 - p a ct t n 1 1 w t n
longer, if you
r j " j
i did; its preseut length suits,
."' ' t" . -
mo very well
A Mammoth Farmer.
Jacob Strain's homestead in Illinois,
consists of ten thousand acres. The num-
jber of acres of corn he has this year, is
r.ivfinr.v-r rpf
jtwonty-three hundred. This, at forty
.
UUSheJS per 1
acre, a low average yield for
- U lai-se-isnn irpq mnotv two flmue
-1 1110 sc.Json! S1VCS Nincty-tWO thOUS
. and bushels. The corn fed to cattle is
not husked, but is cut up and fed to them
! on the stalks. Another farm is owned
P ! DJ tl,e saie man, which 13 SIX miles long
tue same maD wuich is six miles long
and four broad. Last year he paid out
fG,, tlionsnnrl dnllnrs fm fnnpinrr mnfori.
tM1 iin-snnri fiAlinra J rnnn:tl fmofl,ri.
ealer in cattle.
T1,c auove we cliP from oue of our ex-
i
. changes. JACOB &trawn is descended
from the samo ancestry as the numerous
and much respected family of Strains
. tt i i -n- n i
now residing in Haycock and Ilichland
J
townships, in this county. His father re-
. t i -.
moved from Jiucks county, and settled in
the Territory (now the State) of Ohio.
' . . ...... .
to and settled in the State of Illinois, at
his present residence, near Jacksonvi
ami about one
T tt
li n rif rnrl TYitlna f rnm
Jjouis. jio cng
aged in droving
on a
j large scale; and by his unbounded enter-
prise, united with industry and skillful
management, he became one of the larg-
est and most prosperous dealers in stock
in the United States; and laid the found-
( ation, life and health being spared, for
being one of the wealthiest citizens of tho
rails in hight. During the last year.how-
ever, upwards of fivo miles of post and
'rail fencing was put up, at a cost of S2.- j
50 per rod. On this tract he has about
1500 cres of what he calls "walnut
brush," which our informants describe as
tbe most beautiful timber they have even
seen. j
His last season's corn crop of 4380 a-j
frP? Ilf PSllJlinTPf! 1 Ci Vinlfl fl-nni BAVAnfp
j j ,
to seventy-five bushels per acre. This i
as cut and shocked on the ground, and
fed -to bis stock during the winter without
Ho raiscdVoO worth of tim-
othy seed, and used the whole of it on his
own lands, together with 8750 worth
more which he purchased,
His stock consists of about 7,000 head
of cattle, 10,000 hogs, 50 broodmares,
and the necessary number of working an-
imals.
The wholo concern is managed under;
the superintendence of Mr. Stkawn, who
i a iiiaiui y uvuiiivu iu i iu.ni" jh uuiau" t
is mainly occupied in .riding on horse
back over his immense plantation, giving
v .. . ... i i-f
directions to those m his employ, which
ho requires to be implicity obeyed; and
be is down most decidedly upon that class
of loafers who live well and dress gen- ,
teclly at the expense of their creditors.
FTa Cora Ia 1 11 ilrnc Mmm nnrA f ll 1 11
swarms of wild geese, brant, and prairie
swarms of wild geese, brant, and prairie
hens, which aunually destroy from two
and it is ascertained, have been married!
,,,, ha(1 hocn retTarded as "fire-Droof"
j o i
i-i
U1 thli evcnt
specimens ot the order, uu
which proves that there is a great deal of
himan natur," even among Quakers,
'
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Opening of the Japanese Ports.
At
obannels of eommnrnft with siip.Ii n. vnst
liic present time t in onfinino-
empire is specially important, iuasmuch
as the continued disturbances in China,
threaten to thwart enterprise in that di-
rection. -The supply of teas thence is al-
I ready falling off, and a further deficiency
is expected, for tho civil war is weaken -
, ing the resources as well as bei
; the energerios of the Chinese; so
! onniltnT of .Innnn rrt Amirmnn o(
, Mg the resources as well as benumbing
! nf.ir, frt m(,;M ,n,H,r,n'As ho wa. returning a Japancso officer
to the
2 United States only; which fact is"lu "y aut-i war.i a courier, mouni
3vo of the wisdom with which ed .0I'a splendid black horse, deliveret
express
Commodore
Perrvhas executed his deli-
-
onhui. itnnnrtt m:;rtll wi, :q wrv
' apparent, also, from the copious narra -
! fives of his second visit supplied by the
Plum nanni-s
. vuitia papers.
j The birrier fo intercourse with Janan
i . . , , ... " V
i is broken down, without the lifting or a
' o.,.i fi f tv. fi,
formal treaty the only advantage gained
I hv tine o viiPflifloiK Tli a f.u'n nntJnn
hnUnnAn inr0,l f . mi..
and there is cry
cvidCnce that the Japanese aro disposed
' to placo confidence in their new acquaint -
1 ancca. and to learn all thevcan from them
iie In this respect they differ considerably j wo? lu" FUllu i""-;. j s 111 "'
from tho Chinese, whose first intercourse ,ual and Osaka the opening of which the . pie uavo d welt; bet that ultimately other
bt- w;ti, Kn,n , ,tinne wno ,nvL-orl l,,.! tl'y provides for, the Hong Kong llcg-, nations will be admitted to the same pnv-
I
xti tii H iirnnon n iintinnc ttrnc nmrL'nn m t
annreeiatin the railwav. and marvelling
J. i o ji o
at tho telegraph, and even making dili-
gent inquiry respecting Ericsson's caloric
engine, of which they bad heard. The
list of presents and tho mode of their re-!
presents anu tho mode of their re-,
ceptiou is worth quoting :
1 r i
I our days after the interview the pros-
ents were interchanged, time having been
t? .r ' ,i iister gives a bnet account. Matsmai is ilexes cannot reasonably be doubted.
contempt tor iiiuropcau inventions and . ..,., t -,r , - m, , , J
r.AJ; ti, nt, .,.,;ci,,i the chief city of the inland leso, and is Ihc superincumbent pressure once re
productions. Iho accounts iurmshcdi .,.,,- ,, , ' . , , , ii, c r ,
from the expedition show that the Jap. B,tuatJ tb. suh cnd bo lsland? , u,.0,ved' .tbc Sc of popular interpnse
anesc rank higher in intellect and enter-! near the Straito or Sanger, between l eso will spring up and grow until it wdl con-
tl.; ni.:, -vr ga i..., ! and iNiphon. Osaka is a capital in JS ip-, nect itself with every commercial .rower.
icquireu iu uicuu piuuua iui tuu ip-1 Com. Ferry has been that they were of Mr.
tion. luose lor tne emperor consiatea invincibly intolerant of Christianity. In- no s
of, among other things; a railway with:flnpfl f.;. Vi(1n as X n,:n iat:c
steam engine; an eiecinc leiegrapm ajreason for their exclusiveness. To the
lifeboat; a printing press; a tine lorg- jemblem of the cross they still object, but
nette; a set of Audubon s American Or- thc story of tho Cspcllod Portuguese, that
uithology, spcudidly bound; plates of A- joy Christian landing at Japan was re-
merican Indians; maps of diilerent States jqnired to trarnpic on t, or on a reprcsen-
of America; agricultural i:nplements,with tatioQ of fche irain and Saviour, must if,
all the modern improvements; a piece of t truCj havo been almost entirely confined
cloth; a bale of cotton; a stove; nfles.pis-1 10 themselves and their co-reliionists.
tols, aud swords; champagne, cordials, .
and American whiskey. And for the j
empress, (presuming there is one,; a tel-
piuauiuiiij; msi- u. i-. ug tllc "practice or religious rites is pro- ing non-intercourse anu opening ucr
lorgnette in a gilded case; a j hibitcd by irrevocable Japauese laws;" ports with goodwill to tho youngest a
t box, gilded; a scarlet velvetjj. lQ following narrative of tho furner- mong nations 1 France and England in
escope; a
i ii. :i.i.i .
iauy s toiiei, uox, guuuu; n suuuui, vuivui.
dress; a changeable silk dross, uowered;
a splendid robe; Audubon's illustrated
works, a handsome set of china; a man-
tleriicce clock; a parlor stove; a box of
fine wines; a box of perfumccy; a box of
fancy soaps. Among the other presents,
perhaps the one most valued was a copy
t of Webster's Complete Dictionary to tbe
imperial interpreter. To the high officers
were given books, rifles, pistols, swords,
winf.s clths aP9 Bt.oves clot'kft A
cordials, the last of which they fully ap
preciated; and, as regards clocks, when
it was proposed to bring an engineer from
ship-board to set them agoing, the Jap
anese said there was no occasiou for that,
for they had clock-makers in Yeddo who
understood them perfectly.
v,i.i. t. .i f
J P. .
tllfJ QtlQT preseiltS( tje ra,hvay and tele-
at which the world at the time
was disposed to laugh, were happy hits,
The rail is oly about three hundred yards
in a!i but bein? irmcd in a circle, thc
. carnage can oe uriYeu at mc rate oi ior
j ty miles or more. Just at first the Jap
anese were chary of venturing into the
car, but after a single trial thero was
much good humored competition for pla
' ccs. The telegraph much more astonish
. ed them; but they will speedily under
. stand it, and may possibly by this time
j be laying down wires tor them3elvc3.
'f,e chaplain of the expedition, the
Rev. Mr. Bittingcr, made several oxcur-
w - w " cj O
e uo louuu ,u Uin '
tivation. Tho houses wero generally
thatohcd thc better ones tiled, and had
enci0SC(l yards and gardens. The nar-
rator adds :
The same gentleman, finding tho peo-
pie neither unfriendly nor indisposed to
receive mm, auu navmg oucamca leave 10
f. ' mius off. calIed Kanava
eome mne3 0ff, called Kanagav"a
an,j Kasacca, and with that view crossed
l !wJ
rtr rr cmro n irnriiiiiii!! rn vi 51 r. r.vvn ifirrrn
ii ii .lilil ui uiu imjj ttmuii luv , - cj
distance by several miles. He then pro-j passing before them. As we neared the
ceeded through Kauawaga, supposed to grave, which occupied a very pretty spot,
t) .J thoiia. fho voice of thc chaplain could be heard:
flnj juuaDitant5, and, from the immense I am thc resurrection and thc life; saith
crowds that poured out everywhere to j tni3 Lord; he that believeth jn me, though
see tbe stranger, there can be no doubt) ho were dead, yet shall he live; and who-
nf Hip nnnulation bointr vcrv freat Thc soever liveth and believeth lu me shall
the population ncin0 M.rj great, i uc , ?
orowds, however, caused no inconvenience noei uic.
. edimontj 'for, on a wave of the: As we gathered around the grave, and
jian(j froin Japanese officials who ac-,lhe reading of the burial service proceed-
companied Mr. Dittiuger. the people 'ed, the sccno was one of unusual interest;
cleared a passage ; and afterwards, for the time itnd place aud circumstances
a messenger having been sent for- conspire to make it, as an incident hon-
ward for the purpose, the people, oracle to our short sojourn in a land
Packed themses tl,e "dcs otr hcre foro
houseSj ana icft tue centre of the our religion has been trodden under foot,
6treets dear for the straDger, He enter- Tho church burial service ended, the cs-
ed some of the houses, which ho found cort fired three volleys over the grave.
primitive in their iurniture and arrange-
, ,nents but compared with other Orient-
. . o
' al dwellings of the same class, neat, clean,
I and comfortable. In some of them be
. observed clocks of Janpauese manufacture,
j He also visited, several temples, which,
though smaller than in China, have more
gilding on their walls and ornaments on
-f'the idols, and generally aro in better or-
! dcr- Tiie priests a3 well as the people
w,oro d'stinugisbed for their courtesy.
J-llu. Ul"ua XiSIttu were not omy very ex
cnsivc estimated 10 bc six-miles Jong,;
j but wth w,,lc .wcl1 formed streets. Kas-
. . .
iacca l,s some tiiiccu to twenty miles dis-
' b' anU lrom to ship; and Mr.
I I j 1 . 1 1 I
"o" "ooaw.j au
1
. -1 l .1 1 r- f
a fc muar "patcn, aDtl mining id was
1 understood and acted on, turned round
aml gloppcd back aigan to report tho
! aPprac h of the American officer, who
concluded his journey by torch-light, and
j . j j t
found on his arrival that every thing that
'had occurred had been noted eveu the
(u au uu,"-u uetuu jiuu, evt.u
' number of buttons on his coat beinji re-
1 corded.
One officer contrived to get up to Jed-
or sumciOotlv near it to inform him-
elf that ther i3 firo fathoms deptU of
watcr closo UP lo the c'lty- It was ex -
' Pected t.liat wl,cn the treaty was signed
jpcrmission would be given to strangers to
or Japan propcr, and is situated on
the western side, about half way between
" , ' u,u 7 i'
! Port f.,trade'
,Un,na Mail gives tn
Jeddo, the capital, and Nagasaki, the
A correspodent of
im fnllnwlnrr npnnnt '
-it . T . . ea e A. .. , A.
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American Squadron : l
Qne of thJ standing opinion3 about the !
, Japancse destined to be thrown down by
M t .vrjters wuo bave been able
t0 that f Uch ig noy. tbe custora; tcll
ug tu 2 DractiCG Qf relipioua rites is uro-
. 1
al of a ,aariac of tuc United States squad-
ron showg tbat tbere i3 as itte founda- .
t;on f r tbe onc statemeut as for tbe otb-
! ..r.4. Iln nnnanl I f L XT .. i . , 1 .f t.. U . nn.
er. '. up in the distance. Verly the world, and
On tho 0th of March, the day follow- not this nation or that only, is being rev
ing the first meeting between Commodore olutionized.
Perry and tho Imperial Commissioner !
from Jeddo to negotiate the terms of a There must have been some suppressed
commercial treaty, "a soldier's and achris- 'snickering' in the 'mcetin-houso' where
tian burial was given to a marine, Ttob- the following laughable incident occured.
ert Williams, who had died a few day3 : Let me tell (says a correspoudent of the
before on board the steamer Mississippi. Knickerbocker Magazine) an anecdote of
Tho party detailed for this purpose con - . an old settler injmy neighborhood, whom
sisted of several officers, one of them tho I will name Peter G. , who had resi-
chaplaiu in his gown, an escort of eight dec! on his farm near our village for the
marines in charge of a corporal, and four last forty years, aud by his industry and
marines as bearers of the corpse. Two the increased price of lands, was called
boats left the ship, one containing the of- , rich, and lived 'full, fat & plenteously.' Ho
ficers and the other the body and escort. ; was one of those hale, hearty, hard-work-Upon
reaching the shoro the party was , ing, bluff, blunt, openhearted farmers,
met by several Jappanese officials, ready j who thought more of looking after hi
to couduct them to the grave. The e- i stook and farm than of visiting a hou-e of
cort landed lir.st, and received the body 1 worship on the Sabbath-day. A near
with the usual honors. The little proccs- . neighbor, who was his very opposite, and
sion was then formed; first thc escort, fol- ! thought it sacrilege to miss a regular
lowed bv the music, fdrum and fife;) next ! church meeting, called on Peter one day
the body, borne on the shoulders of four i and asked him to attend on thc next Sab
messmates; and then the chaplain with bath to hear Parson preach; who, by
thc other officers, and a few sailors from the way, had Duutup a large church in
the boats bringing up tho rear. In this tlte village. So Peter promised that ho
order, with the music playing a dead t would be there on the next Sunday.
march the party moved to the grave, j Punctual to the'time, as Peter thought,
winding through tho streets of a village j but a little late, he arrived at the door,
a distance of nearly half a mile. On eith-1 which was closed, and the minister had com
er side of the road, and on thc surround- j menced. Peter knocked at the door.
ing hills, at the foot of one of which the Some one sitting near opened it. la
grave had been made, thousands of peo- j walked Peter, with his ever blunt 'Ilow'd
pie, men, women, and children, could be
rteen, all manifesting eager curiosity.
I could but think, as we passed along,
how strange not only the procession, but
each of u.i individually must appear to
that eager throng, not one of whom prob
ably had ever before looked upon the face
of a stranger from a foreign country; and
yet there was no undue noise or apparent
alarm on the part of any of them only
ml nnsn intmvisfc in observing what was
I had expected that on uus uu.re wo uu
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bo some commotion among tue crowu out
I noticed only at the first discharge that
for a moment there was a Blight move-
mcnt as of surprise, and then all wero a-
gain quiet and attentive observers.
Having uow committed to the earth,
with all due honor, the remains of our
deceased shipmate, tho processiou was re
formed, and, with music to the front, a
gain passed through the village and the
thousands of spectators to our boats on
the beach. Here we took leave of tho
officials, who "throughout the entire cere
mony had conducted themselves with
great propriety and extended to us every
civility, and returned to the ship; pleased
with the consciousness of uot only having
seen, but assisted in giving sucyHhonors,
in such a place, to a deccasedlgother.
The writers in the China papers tako
exception to one feature of this negotia
tion, viz: that the Japanese refused to
admit into the proposied treaty a clause
granting to all others countries the samo
privileges as those granted to the United
States. It is to the honor of the Admin-
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i istration tuatsentouttncespeuiuou,aiiu io
the Ambassador himself, that the liberal
proposition was made by the United
States. The refusal, however, is not to
be wondered at. The Japanese may not
deem it expedient to admit at one time all
the nations of tho earth to such inter-
! C0Ur The trea with th
' States is but an experiment, and may
j possibly be regarded by the Japanese as
a hazardous experiment, considering tno
; And how vastly superior, how much
nobler, are such conquests and triumphs
than those of the bayonet and tho cannon!
1 Mow much moro worthy of the Govcrn-
nionf. rf tVin TTmtnrl 9t?itfs; 14 stmli fin PV.
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f , . , .., '
templated quarrel with Spam as a prc-
text for the acquisition of Cuba !
It will Btand immcmorially to the credit
billmores Administration that at
acrifice of human life, and by no vio
m of thf laws of national comitv. an
immense Empire has been unsupultured,
and the light of commerce, of civilization,
and of Christianity admitted into its long-
sealed chambers. And what a future is
opened to Japan aud to the world 1
How mighty events now crowd upon us !
Cltina undergoing a revolution, prepara-
torv to an entire chanie of institution
and policy, and her people already emi-
grating by thousands ! Japan abandon-
ing non-intercourse and opening her
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alliance, and war abtut to desolate tho
whole of Europe! Other events of scarce-
ly less importance are already looming
; do? and looking up at the minister, ho
said 'Mr, howd dol and, in walking up
in the aisle, ho ppoke to every one, all of
whom he knew. When his friend, who
had invited him, rose up to seat him in
his pew,' he grasped him by his hand,
and with bis loudest voice, said, "How
are you? and hoiV aro yours?' which made
such an unusual commotion that the con
gregation was in one titter during tho
whole sermon. This was bis first and
last visit to Parson D 's church. Uo
said theT wero the most dry and unsoci
able set of people he had overseen, when
they got on their Sunday-go-to-meeting
faces.
Setting a Eiver On Fire.
A river has been set on lire in Pajta.
Two gentlemen havo compounded a liquid
of certain chemical elements, which takes
fire spontaneously by contact with water.
A glass globe containing some of this
liquid was set a floating on tbe basin in
the garden of the Paillais Royal. A per
son standing on the edge of the basin tJen
broke the globe by means of a Ion? stick.
Its contents, spreading out into a dame
sending up thick smoke, continued'
burniug about one minute. fphe expert,
ment was tried before a, crowd of specta
tors. A similar and equally successful ono
lias nccu mcu the aeine The jjquid.
compound 13 said to be inexpressive 1
may i
tmy.nm
uavo groat destructive uienU' aa a
munition of war.
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