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JDcuotcfc to polities, literature, Agriculture, Science, iHoralitu, nub eneral intelligence.
VOL. M
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. SEPTEMBER 28, 1854.
NO. l&
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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AT THE OFFICE OF
THE TIDE OF DEATH.
2JY HON. R. M. CARLTON.
The tide rolls on, the tide rolls on
The
never
ceasing
tidt
That sweeps the pleasures from our hearts,
The loved ones from our side
That brings afflictions to our lot,
And anguish and despair,
And bears from youth's unrufilcd brow
The charms that lingered there.
The tide rolls on; wave after wave,
Its swelling waters flow :
Before it all is bright and fair ;
-Behind it all is woe :
The infant from its mother's broat5,
The gay and blooming bride,
Arc swept away and borne along
By that resistless tide.
The tide rolls on; the soldier's eye
Grows dim beneath its swell;
The scholar shuns the mystic love
That he hath loved so well;
The monarch puts the crown aside,
And labor's weary slave.
Kejoices that limbs will know
The quiet of the grave.
The tide rolls on; like summer brook,
It glidcth to the sad,
But, like dark winter's angry tide,
It rushctb to the glad.
From kingly hall and lowly cot,
From battle-field and hearth,
It sweeps into oblivion's sea
The dwellers od the earth.
Itoll on, hen dark and turbid wave'
Thou canst not bear away
The record of the good and brave,
That knoweth not decay;
Tho' fierce may rush thy billows' strife,
Though deep thy current be,
Still faith shall lift thy beacon high,
And guide us through thy sea.
Tbe Two Sexes.
There is much truth in the
lollowin" '
TBrliieh we
clip from the Syracuse Stan
dard :
"When. a raking youth goes astray,
fricsids gather round him in order to re
store him to the path of virtue. Gentle
ness and kindness are lavished upou him
to win him back to innocence and peace.
No one would Euspcct that he had ever
tinned. But when a poor confiding girl
is betrayed, she recives the brand of so
ciety and i.s henceforth driven from the
ways of virtue. The betrayer is honored,
respected, and esteemed; but the ruined,
heart broken victim knows there is no
peace lor her this side ol the gaave-
sJnfi, w i.i;i.,i r,
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i
smile of comfort, no voice of forgiveness.
These are earthly moralities unknown to
Leaven. There is a deep wrong in them,
and fearful are the consequences.
A Judicial Decision.
'Judge, you say if I punch a man in
fun, he can take me up for assault and
battery?'
'Yes, sir, I said that; aud what I said
I repeat. If you punch a man, you aro
guilty of a breach of the peace and can
bo arrested for it.'
'Ain't there no exceptions?'
'No, sir no exceptions whatever.'
'Judge, I think you are mistaken.
Suppose, for instance, I should brandy
punch him then what?'
'No levity in court, sir. Sheriff, ex
pose this man to the atmosphere. Call
tho next case.'
A young man of good standing recent
ly proposed honorable marriage to a young
lady of the west, when he received for
answer: "Get out, you feller ! do you
think I would sleep with a man? Aw
ful ! Why, I'll tell your mother, see if I
don't V
In Alabama it is an indictable offence
to play cards in a 'public place.' It has
boon decided in a late case, that playing
in tho woods, out of sight of a house, and
off the road, is not a 'publio placo.'
It is pretty evident, when a man buys
ono hundred dollar handkerchiefs for a ture, descended sheer down, a perpendic
'duok of a wife,' that he i. a 'goose of a ular depth of several hundred feet. Over
Uuebnnd.-' this airy causeway the men and horses
From Glcasorfs Pictorial,
ELDORADO.
No. I.
BY THOMAS BULFINCH.
What is meant by Eldorado? Is there
such a country, and if thero is, where is
it! The name literally means 'Tho Gold
en Country,' and was given to an un
known region in South America, by the
Spandards; who had heard from the In-
; dians marvellous tales of such a land ly
ing in the interior of tho continent, where
com
and preoious stones were as common
.ns mots anil nfllihins in nr.hnr ormnfrins
and pebbles in other
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1 am tO DC liaU lor tUO troUMO 01 piCKlUg
tbem up. It was also a land of spices
and aromatic cums. iho first notion of
this favored rogion was communicated by
an Indian chief to Gonzalo Pizarro,
; brother of the conqueror of Peru, whose
imagination was captivated by the ac
count, and his ambition fired with a de
sire to add this which promised to be the
most brilliant .of all, to the discoveries
and conquests of his countrymen. lie
found no difficulty in awakening a kind
red enthusiasm in the bosoms of his fol
lowers. In a short time he mustered 350
Spaniards and 4000 Indians. One hun
dred and fifty of his company wero
mounted. Tho Indians were to carry the
baggage and provisions, and perform the
labors of tho expedition.
A glance at the map of South Amcri -
na will mvn. na a ulnar idna of f.hn snnnn
of the expedition. Tho river Amazon.thc
the largest river of the globe, rises in the
highest ranges of the Andes, aud flows
from west to oast through nearly the
whole breadth of the continent. Pizarro's
expedition started (1540) from Quito
near the sources of the great river, and !
marching cast, soon became entangled in ,
the deep and intricate passes of the moun
tains. As they rose into the more eleva-
ted regions, the icy winds that swept
down the sides of the Cordilleras benum
bed their limbs, and many of the natives .
found a wintry grave in the wilderness.
On descending tho eastern slope, tho cli-
mate changed; and as they came to a
lower level, the fierce cold was succeeded
by an suffocating heat, while tompests of
thunder and lightning poured on them
with scarcely any intermission day or
night. For more than six weeks the del- !
uge continued unabated, and the forlorn '
wanderers, wet and weary with incessant
toil. rG scarcely ablo to drao- fho.ir
j limbs along the soil broken up and satu
, j 0
rated with the moisture. Aftor months
j of toilsome travel they reached the region
where grew the spice trees. Their pro
i ducc resembled the cinnamon of the Ea9t
in taste, but was of inferior quality. They
enw tlhn trnnt honrlncr tlio iirorMrmq TmrV
spreading out into broad forests, yet how-
ever valuable it might be for future com
merce, it was of but little worth to them.
But from the savages whom they occa
sionally met, they learned that at ten
daTs' distance, was a rioh and fruitful
land, abounding with gold and inhabited
by populous nations.0 The Spaniards ;
n-nm nnnnorl nf t.hn nvicf f
such a country that, if the natives on be- .'
. n nnnC:t;nnnA :rt
: of it. thev were sunnosed to be desirous of
concealing the fact, and were put to the
most horrible tortures, and even burnt a
live to compel them to confess. It is no
wonder therefore if they told, in many
instances, such stories as the Spaniards
wished to hear, which would also have
the effect of ridding their own territories
of their troublesome guests, by inducing i
them to advance further. Pizarro had
posed for the cxpodition.but these accounts '
aireaay reacneu tue limit, originally pro
induced him to continue on.
As they advanced, the country spread
out into broad plains terminated by
forests, which eccinod to stretch on every
side as far as the eye could reach. The
:W00Q was imcK1y mattea with creepers
wood was thickly
t . i
and climbing plants, aud at every step of
" '"q """"-J " vwjr -wi jl
tho way they ua(j to hcw 0 a passa0
witn tneir axes, while their garments,
rotting from the effects of tho drenohing
rains, caught in every bush and hting a
bout them in shreds. The provisions '
failed, and they had only'for sustenance
such herbs and roots as they could rrather !
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in the forest, and such wild animals as,
j with their inadequate means, they could
capture.
At length thoy came to a broad ox
panse of water, from whence flowed a
stream, ono of those which discharge their
waters into the great river Amazon. The
sight gladdened their hearts, as thoy
hoped to find a safer and more practica
ble route by keeping along its banks.
After following the stream a considera
ble distance, tho party came within hear
ing of a rushing noise, that seemed like
thunder issuing from the bowels of tho
earth. The river tumbled along over
rapids with frightful velocity, and then
discharged itself in a magnificent cataract,
which thoy describo as 1200 feet high.
Doubtless this estimate must be taken
with some allowance for the excited feel
ings of the Spaniards, keenly alive to im
pressions of the sublime and the terrible.
For some distance above and below the
falls, the bed of the river contracted, so
that its width did not exceed twenty feet.
They determined to cross, in hopes of
finding a country that might afford them
better sustenance. A frail bridge was
constructed by throwing trunks of trees
across the chasm, where tho cliffs, as if
split asunder by some convulsion of na-
succeeded in effecting their passage, tho'j Meanwhilo Orellana glided down the
one Spaniard, made giddy by heedlessly stream, which then was nameless and
looking down, lost his footing and fell in-! unknown, but which has since been cal
to the boiling surges below. They gained led by his name, though it is more gen
little by tho exchange. The country 'orally known by a name derived from a
wore tho samo unpromising aspect, and ' story which Orellana told, in his account
the Indians whom they occasionally met of his voyage, of a nation of Amazons in
in the pathless wilderness were fierce and habiting its banks. But an account of
unfnondly, and tho Spanirds wero en-
gaged in perpetual conflict with them.
From these they learned that that a fruit
ful country was to be found down the
river at tho distance of only a few days'
journey; ana the Spaniards lield on their
weary way, still hoping and still deceived,
as the promised land flitted before them,
like the rainbow receding as they ad
vanced. At length, spent with toil and suffer
ing, fizarro resolved to construct a bark
largo enough to transport tho weaker
part of his company and his baggage.
The forests furnished him with timber,
tho shoes of the horses whioh had died
on tho road or been slaughtered for food,
were converted into nails, gum distilled
from the trees took the place of pitch. and
the tattered garments of tho soldiers!
served for oakum. At the end of two1
months the vessel was ready, and tho
command given to Francisco Orellana.
! he 1PS now moved forward through
the wilderness, following the course of
' themer. the vessel carrying the foebler
i soldiers. Every scrap of provisions had
; lon? sincc beon consumed. The last-of
their horses had been devoured, and they
greedily tod upon toads, serpents and e
ven insocts, which that country 'teeming
with tho lower forms of animal life a
bundantly supplied.
Tho natives still told of a rich district,
inhabited by a populous nation. It was
as usual at the distance of several davs'
1 jarncy; and Pizarro resolved to halt where
he was. and send Orellana down in his
brigantine to procure a stock of provis
ions, with which he might return, and put
the main body in condition to resume
their march. Orellana with fifty of the
adventures pushed off into the middle of
the river where tho stream ran swiftly,
and his bark takon by tho current, shot
forward as with the speed of an arrow,
and was soon out of sight.
Days and weeks passed away, yet the
vessel did not return, and no speck was
' to b.e S(;C11,0? tho waters as the Spaniards
'strained their eyes to tho farthest point,
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till the banks closed in and shut the view
Detachments were sent out, and though
absent several days, came back without
intelligence of their comrades. Woary
of suspense, Pizarro determed to contin
ue their march down the river, which
they did with incredible suffering for two
months longer, till their doubts were dis
pelled by tho appearance of a whito man,
wandering half risked in the woods, in
whose famine-stricken countenance they
recognized the features of one of their
countrymen. Orellana had passed swift
ly down tho river to the point of its con-
?ucnco with tho Amazon, where he had
been led to expect that ho should find
supplies for the wants of himself and his
compauious, uub iouuu uoue. ior was it
P03S1D'9
to return as he had come, and
make head against tho current of the
river. In this dilemma a thought flashed
across his mind; it was, to leave the par
ty under Pizarro to their fate, and to
pursue his course down the groat river
on which ho had entered, to explore El
dorado for himself, and make the best of
Lis wa? Home to Spain to claim the glo-
ry and reward or discovery, ms reck
less companions readily consented to this
coursc with the excoption of the individ-
ai wuoin x'izarro iouuu, anu mm wuen
he remonstrated they put ashoro and left
to shift for himself.
Pizarro and his party, deserted in the
wilderness, unable to advance further,
had no alternative but to remain or re
trace their miserable way to Quito, the
j ' '
place they had started from more than a
i. m l t it ,i
year ooiorc. uey cuose uie iauer, auu
commenced their return march with heavy
hearts. They took a more notherly route
than that by which they had approached
tue Amazon, and, though it was attended
with fewer difficulties, thoy experienced
jet greater distresses from their greater
inability to overcome them. Their only
food was such scanty faro as they could
pick up in the forest, or happily meet
with in some forsaken Indian settlement,
or wring by violence from the natives.
Some sickened and sank down by the
way and perished where they fell, for
there was none to help them. Intense
misery had made them selfish; and many
a poor wretch was abandoned to his fate
to die alone in tho wilderness, or more
probably to bo devoured, while living, by
the wild animals which roamed over it.
It took them a year to measure back
their way to Quito, and the miseries they
had endured wero testified to by their
appearance when they arrived, in sadly
reduced numbers, at the place of their
starting. Their horses gone, their arms
broken and rusted, the skins of wild ani
mals their only clothes, their long and
matted locks streaming wildly down their
. Ill 11
shoulders, their races oiaciicned oy tne
tropical sun, their bodies wasted by fa
mine and disfigured by scars, it seemed
as if the charnel-house had given up its
dead, as with unsteady step they glided
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four thousand Indians who had accora-
panied tho expedition had perished, and
of the Spaniards only eighty, and many
of these irretrievably broken in constitu-
tion, found their way back to Quito. i
Orellana's adventures must be reserved
for our noxt number.
Fashionable Piety.
Many a painter has achieved fame for
worse picturos than the following, from
tho Plaindcalcr .
Scene. Fashionablo street. Plenty ' Institutions from impending destruction, naturally created an excitement in tho
of four story blocks, big plate windows, Tho first blow must be aimed for tho over-'neighborhood from which they were nb
with Ophirs of goods behind. Time j throw of our present National Ad minis- j ducted. Several of the citizens of tho
Winter morning. Shaver and Pinchem tration the mere tool and puppet of the, vicinity went into Maryland in pursuit of
discovered walking together towards their ! Slave Power. Through the corrupting : the stolen girls, and gave tcstimoncy in
places or Dusiness.
S. (loq.) How's your new church?
P. Flourishing finely. The steeple,
when finished will be two hundred feet
high. Think of that! How's your new
enure n :
S. All right. You beat us on steeples;
ours is already built, and measures only
a hundred and ninety. We give that up.
But wo shall knock you on organs. Ours
cost S5,000.
T If in . 1 .
if. xou ao uoor us on organs, tuats a
fact. But per contra, we shall throw
your cnanuners into the snaae. uurs is
"ordered from tho best firm in Paris, with
a carte blanche as to cost,
I may
men-
tion incidentally, that I paid a
hundred
dollars towards it.
S. Well as to chandliers, I yield the
palm, but our pulpit and fixings will leave
you nowhere. The pulpit is to bo ma
hogany and so are tho sofas and chairs.
The Bible alone comes to two hundred
dollars. The covers of the sacred volume
are edged and elapsed with gold; actual
weight niuo ounces. I may add, that I
donated all but fifty dollars of it.
(Aside. beat him that timo.)
P. You have us there again. Such
generous rivalry in tbe great oauso of re
ligion is cheering. Though we may dif
fer on some small points, they belong to
different denominations, we yet work to
gether for the coming triumph of true
Christianity.
S. Beautiful ! My sentiments oxactly.
(A child with a skeleton face, and her
little leg, rod with cold, solicits charity.
S. and P. by common irapulso look very
hard into vacancy ahead. The child
importunes. At last S. almost stumbles
over her, and is forced to notice the tiny
wretch.)
S. (Majestically,) Can't help you.
Never givo a cent to beggars. Invaria
ble rule.
P, (Putting on an extra touch of fri
gidity.) Just my principles. Thank you
for expressing them so well. If folks will
be lazy, let 'cm starve.
(S. and P. move at a faster gait, while
tho morsel of a mendicant sits down on a
chilly stone, sticks her dirty knuckles in
to her eyes, and has a good cry.)
P. Here's my place. Good morning.
Aside Shrewd humbug P., but I'll get
the start of him yet.
P. Good morning. Aside Sharp'fel
low, but I'll knock him on tho next trade.
(S. writes a notice to a family of poor
tenants, while P. goes down to the store
and bullies the clerks.)
Sow in a Garret.
IIOW she GOT there. A Captain of the
Now York Police relates an incident that
occurred during the recent inspection of
the promisos in Canal Street, where so
many deaths have occurred. In addition
to a general neglect of cleanliness, hogs
were found penned up in the cellars, in
order that they might escape tho vgilenoe
of tho police. A whole litter of small
pigs was tound in an attic, ui course
these naturaly excited tho surprise of the
visitants, but when they came to the sow
in tho garret, their wondor knew no
bounds. The rickety stairs leading to
the attio, shook under the party ascend
ing, the passage ways were so narrow
there was scarcely room for ono to pass.
The question naturally presenting it
self was:
"How was this sow got there?''
The poor woman who had conducted
the party up, looked with much anxiety
upon their wondering countenances, and
at length broke out with a relation of the
troublo she had to shield her pigs from
the vigilance of the Polioe.
"But. mv dear woman." said l.lin o.an-
tain, "how in the world did you ever get 1
that sow up here 7 "
"Sure, yer honor, she niver was down;
she was got in this room from another we
had long ago. '
"Ah, I see," said the captain, "sho
growled here."
"xis, yis, she growed, and growed
finely too
She's but a year and n half ,
j old, and see what a fino crather she is, to
'be sure."
Orders wero left for the removal of the
sow that had grown there, and the officers
proceeded on their way.
-
"You don't love me, I know you don't,"
said a young married lady to her husband.
pei
"I give you credit, my dear, for a keen
ion," was the consoling reply.
p""
"Married woll," now moans yoking
two fools together, with plenty of money
to justify the folly. Hearts, brains and
virtue have gone out of date.
Hon. David "Wilmot.
A letter is published from the Hon.
David Wilmot on the position which all
who oppose slavery and the Nebraska
swindle, should occupy in the coming el
ection. As Mr. Wilmot is known cxten-
sivcly as a democrat and a supporter of
Gen. Pierce in 1852, we copy an extract
showing his views now. He says:
"The power and design of slavery must
bo checked, and tho original policy of
Government on this subiect restored.
To this end we must lay aside postpone
for a time, tho strifes of party over minor
, points of controverted policy, and unite
' in the great work of preserving our free
; muuence or its patronage upon the reo-
j pie's Representatives, Freedom has been
1 betrayed. It must be overwhelmed at
' every point with ignominious defeat. We
i oannot shorten its Constitutional term
office, but we must strike down its allies j county, Mr. Miller, was muudeued be
in every Stato, District and County. It 'fore he left the State. A Chester county
must havo no prop in tho btates, upon i U rand Jury, took the matter in hand aud
which to lean for support of its iniquitous found a " true bill" against a notorious
policy. No man should be elected to re- 'scoundrel named McCreay, who for years
sponsible office Governor, member of has been committing his depredations on
Congress, Representative, whose relations ' Pennsylvania soil and escaping into Mary
of friendship and alliance with the Nation- land for protection. This "true bill" was
alAdministration are open to suspicion. ! taken to Governor Bigler, and he was
We must accept of nothing, in the candi- compelled to issue a requisition on Gov.
dates presented for our suffrages, short of, Lowe, of Marylaud, for the rendition of
undisguised hostility to the ultra pro-slav-! this man McCreary. Gov. Lowe refused,
cry power at Washington. Anything in defiance of our Constitutional rights,
short of this is folly, idle trifling, shilly-, and in violation of all precedent, to deliv
shally nonsence; and designed in the end, cr up the criminal. What then does Gov.
to lead the people step by step into ac-j Bigler? Does he assert the Bights and
quiescenco in the policy and plans of I maintain the dignity of this old Keystone
slavery. Let no candidate pretend to Commonwealth? Does he rebuke the im
condemn the recent legislatoin of Con- pudent assumptions of Lowe, and tell hint
grass, and yet hold himself in party alii-' that under tho broad Constitution of tho
ance with the present administration. He United States, we of Pennsylvania "know
cannot be trusted; and so sure will the ' our own Bights, and knowing, dare main
people, and their rights be again betray-; tain them?:' No such thing. He slinks
ed. The man who will not faco in open, : liko a base coward into silence, and al
manly resistance the aggressions of the , lows the criminal to go free, and our Stato
slave power to-day, cannot be relied upon Bights to be basely outraged and insulted .
to do so on the occasion of a future prov-iNot a word ever comes from him in re-
ocation. He is hopelessly rotten un
sound to the core, and will sacrifice his
Country's highest interests and glory, for
mere paltry partizan considerations.'
A Burning Well.
The Bloomington (Illinois) Pantagraph
gives tho following description of a vein
of gas struck while digging a well in that
vicinity a short time since :
"Mr. Ilobinson, of this place, in dig
ging a well a week or two sincc, on his
lot not far from the depot of the Ceutral
Illinois llailroad, struck a current of gas
at the depth of some twenty feet, which
rushed up with such force as to shako
the ground around the well, and cause a
noiso like tho boiling of an immense caul
dron. To test the character of the gas,
a match was applied to the mouth of the
well, when it immediately took fire and
burned very briskly, until, in order to
extinguish it, the mouth of the well was
covered. Mr. Bobinson went to work
immediately to wall up the well, and, with
much difficulty, in consequence of the im
possibility of breathing the vapor for any'
length of time, has at length succeeded i
in securing the sidos ot the shaft from
caving in. Last night we were invited to
see it in combustion. Mr. Bobinson had
closed the mouth of the well with plank,
inserting in the centre a sheet-tube of
about twelve inches in diameter and six
or eight feet high, around which ho had
embanked three or four feet of earth, thus
precluding the escape of any gas from the
well, except through the pipe.
When we arrivecd on tho ground we
found the well surrounded by a large com
pany of ladies and gentlemen who had
been attracted to the spot to witness the
' curious spectacle. Tho flame was already
! mounting up some ten foot from the mouth
! of the tube, and illuminating the counte
nances of the admiring multitude for
several rods around. It burned with a
beautiful blue tint just where it leaped
from the pipo, but as it ascended and ex
panded it became bright and clear. How
long the supply of gas may continue is of.
courso to be ascertained by experiment.
Should it hold out as we saw it last night,
it will be something more than a curiosity.
Mr. Bobinson, we understand, intends to
conduct it to the steam grist-mill in the
vicinity, and test its capacity as an agent
for generating steam. Should tho supply
not diminish, it may in a few months be
Put to more 'nt uscs
Vnws.-A countrv rarson nrcacliinsr .
from the text, "Vow and pay unto the i which thoy aro unknown; it is to live to
Lord your vows," in course of his remarks weep for the generations passed away, for
proved pretty conclusively that after a lovers, for parents, for children, for friends
person had made a vow it was his duty , n tho grave: it is to see everything turn
to perform it. Directlv after service, a ed upsido down, by the fieklo hand of
son 01 Indian, not at all campaiiional,lo
to say the least came up to the revcrued tluie' ,fc 1S in a word, to behold tho van
divine saying: ityoflifc, in all its varieties of display.
"I vow I go home with you."
"Then you must go," was the uuhesit- An Answer Bequested. Tho ques
ating reply. j tion has been asked why it is considered
"I vow I stay to supper," Baid he on impolito for gcntlomcn to go into tho
arriving at the gate. , (presence of ladies in their shirt sleeves,
There was no alternative, and the min-! while it is considered in every way , cor
ister invited him in. ;rectfor the ladies themselves to appear
"I vow I stay all night,' was the cool before gcntlomcn without any sleevos ai
assertion, as he drew away from the table. ' all?
The good man saw that submission had 1 "
to be a virtue, and, without disomfiturc
said. j
"You arc welcome to night, but I vow
I you shall leave in the morning.'
Biglcr and the Honor of the State.
We have made the charge that the
State of Pennsylvania has been disgraced
in tho person of its executive, over and
over again, since Gov. Bigler was elevat
ed to that position which he is so incom-
potent to fill. We mean to refer but to
one of these instances to-day, but that
.one is enough to damn any man to ctcrn-
al shame and infamy,
Some two years ago the territory of
Pennsylvania was invaded by a set of
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kidnappers from Maryland, and two of
her inhabitants carried off to be sold into
slavery. These persons kthus kidnapped
j were inoffensive sirls. and the outrage
Jtfammoro to the encctthat tne gins were
free, and had been kidnapped. For this
j they wero brutally treated by the "lower
law'' men of that city, and one of them,
ofia highly respectable citizen of Chester
gard to it. His next message after the
outrage is as silent on the subject as tho
grave. He tamely pockets the insult,
and leaves the broad seal of our Com
monwealth lying trampled in the dust,
beneath the feet of a Jesuit Governor of
Maryland. But this is not all. Like
the veriest spaniel, he would lick the hand
j that smote him, and place the authorities
of the State cringing at tho feet of Mary
land officials. The verynext Legislature,
overflowing with tho friends of Bigler,
passed a resolution, inviting this self-same
Lowe and his compeers to visit Harris
burg as the "guests of the State,' to re
ceive its honors. The invitation was ac
cepted and the Maryland officials wero
conciliated for our presumption in barely
intimating to them that according to our
Constitutinal rights we should like them
to deliver up an offender against our
State laws, at an expense to the tax-payers
of the State of something like six
thousand dollars.
This is ono instance and there
aro
manv nf rhn wav in wli'Mi finr
Bigler
has maintained the dignity and honor of
J - J " " o
this Commonwealth!
How do tho men
of the Stato like the picture? Lebanon
Courier.
Constant changes in the Features of
Sooiety.
The world is like a magic lantern, or
tho shifting scenes of a pantomime. Ten
years convert the population of schools
into men and women, tho 'oung into fath
ers aud mothers, make and mar fortunes,
and bury the last generation but one.
Twenty 'ears convert infants into fathers
and mothers, render youth the operative
generation, decide men s fortunes and dis
tinctions ; convert active men into draw
ling drivellers, and bury all the preceding
generation. Thirty years raise an activo
generation from nonentity, change fascin
ating beauties into merely bearable old
women, convert lovers into grandfathers
and grandmothers, aud bury the active
generation, or reduce them to decrepitude
and imbecility. Forty years, alas! change
the faco of all society, infants aro
grow-
ing old. the bloom of vouth and beauty
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has passed awaj-; two active generations
havo been swept away from the stage of
life; names so cherished have beeu for
gotten, and unsuspected candidates for
famo have started from the exhaustless
womb of nature. Fifty year?; why should
any desire to retain their affections from
maturity for fifty years? It is to behold
a world which they do not know, and to
and tne aosoiuto despotism ol
tii it.-,
'Keep your dog away from.mc,' iid a
dandy to a butcher boy. 'iJnrn tho dgg,1
said the boy, 'he always will be, afVr
puppic3,' " "
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