: Vwt Glea&n's Pictorial.
ELDORADO.
NO. VIII.
' BT THOMA3 BULFIXCH.
" After-so many abortive attempts to
reach the Goldeu Empire, the anior ol
research greatly abated. No expeditious,
composed of considerable numbers, have
'fiiuee embarked in the enterprise, but
from time to time, for the century suc
ceeding Raleigh a las-t attempt, private
expeditions were undertaken and encour
aged by provincial governors, and several
hundred persons perished miserably in"
those fruitless endeavors.
The adventure we are now about to re
cord was of an entirely different charac
ter, in respect to its objects and the
means employed, but it occupied the same
field of action and 'called into exercise the
same qualities of courage and endurance.
In 1735 the French Academy of Sci
ence made arrangements for sending out
two commissioners of learned men to dif
ferent and distant parts of the world to
make measurement with a view to deter
mining the dimensions and figure of the
Earth. The great astronomer Sir Isaac
Newton had deduced from theory and
ventured to maintain that the Earth was
not a perfect globe, but a spheroid, that
is, a globe, flattened at the poles. For ji
long time after Newton's splended discov
eries in astronomy, a degree of national
leaiousy prevemcu tne rrencn nnuoso
phers from accepting his conclusions, and!
they were not displeased to find, when
they could, facts opposed to them. Now
there were some supposed facts which
were incompatible with this idea of New
ton's, that the Earth uas flattened at the
poles. The point was capable of being
demonstrated by measurements with in-
htrumcnts on the surface, for his thcor
was true, a degree of Latitude would belched, La Condamine conceived the idea
longer in the northern parts of the globe,
than in the regions about the Equator.
We must not allow our story to become
a scientific essay, and yet we should Jike
to give our readers, if we could some idea
of the principal on which this process,
which called the measurement of an are
of the meridian, was expected to show the
magnitude and form of the earth. We
all know that Latitude means the po-i-tiou
of places-north or south of one anoth
er, and is determined by reference to the
North or Pole-star. A person south of
the Equator would not see the PoIc-tar
at all. One at the Equator, looking at
the Pole-star, would .-ee it, if uo inter
vening object prevented, in the horizon.
Advancing northward, he would ?ee it
apparently rise and advance toward him.
As he proceeded it would continue to rise.
When he had transver.ed half the dis
tance to the pole, he would see the Pole
star about as we see it in Boston, that i
neariy midway between the horizon and
tbe zenith ; and when he had reached the
pol he wouid ee the Pole-star directly
ovsjr his head. Dividing the quarter cir
cle, which the atar has moved through,
into UU pari, we say, when the tar has
ascended oue-ninetk th part, that the ob
server has travelled over one degree o;
Latitude. When tbe observer hn- reach
ed Boston, he has paed over somewhat
more than 42 degrees and when he has
reached the North-pole, 90 degrees ol
latitude. Thus we measure our latitude
over the Earth's surface by reference to
a circle in the heavou-t, and because the
portion into which we divide that circle
are equal, we infer that the portions of
t,he earth's surface which eorrespondr. to
them arc equal. This would be true if
the earth were a perfect globe, but if Un
earth be a spheroid, as Newon's theory
require it to be, it would not be tru -,
for that portion of the Earth's surface
which is flattened will have less curva
ture than that which is not so, and less
still than that portion which is protuber
ant. The decree of least curvature will
be longest, and those of greatest curvature
nnn tr nil
Miortest. mat I-, oue rtouiu uave to
travel further on the flattened part of tho
earth, to see any difference in the posi
tion of the North star, than in t'uo-c parts
where the curvature greater. So a de
cree of Latitude near the pole, if deter-1
mined by the portion of the North-star, i
would be found by actual measurement,
to be longer than one similary determin
ed at the" Equator. It was to ascertain
whether the fact was o that the tyro sci
entific expeditious were sent out.
The party ;vhioh was sent to the North
ern region-, travelled over snow and ice,
stump and morasses, to the Artie circle,
and fixed their station at Tornea in Lap
land. The frozen' surface of the river
afforded them a convenient level for fix
ing what is called by surveyors, the base
line. The cold was so intense that tbe
class froze to the mouth, when they drank, j
end the metallic measuring rod to the
- cj
hand . In spite however of perils and
discomforts they persevered in their task
nni brought back careful measurements
of Latitude 08 North, to be compared
with those made by the other party at
the. Equator, whose movements we pro
pose more particularly to follow.
Before we take loave of the northern
Commissioners however, we will mention
another method they took of demonstra
ting the same fact. If the Earth be de
pressed at the poles, it must follow that
bodies will weigh heavier there, both be
cause they arc nearer the centre of the
earth, and because they are acted upon
by the attraction of a larger mass of mut
tcr. Bat how could they test this fact
when all weights would be increased a
iike the pound of feathers and the
pound of lead! So they devised the spi
ral -pring balance, determining weight by
the degree to which a substance would
stretch a spiral spring ; and by that meth
od found that a lump of lead that weigh
ed a pound in Paris, weighed somewhat
more than a pound in Latitude GG N.
The Commissioners who were sent to
the Equatorial regions were Messers. Bou
gucr, La Condamine and Godin, the last
ofiwhom was accompanied by his wife.
Two Spanish officers, Messrs. Juan and
DcUlloa joined the commission. . The
parity arrived at Quito in Juue 1736, a
bout two hundred ye ars after Gonzalo
Birarro started from tho same place in
his search for Eldorado. In the iriterra
the country had become nominally Chris
tian. The city was the seat of a Bisho
pric, an Audience Koyal and other courts
injustice, contained many churches and
convents and two colleges. But the pop
ulation was almost entirely composed o
Indians, who lived in a manner but very
little ditterent from their ancestors at the
time of the conquest. Cuenca was the
place next in importance to the capital
and there or in its neighborhood the chief
labors of the commission were transacted.
They were conducted under difficulties a
great as those of their colleagues in the
frozen regious of the North, lut of a dif
ferent sort. The inhabitants of the coun
try were jealous of the French commis
sioners and supposed them to be either
heretics or sorcerers, and to have come
in searcu or gold mines. Jiiven persons
connected with the administration em
ployed themselves in stirring up the mind
of the people, till at last, in a riotous as
semblage at a bull-fight, the surgeon of
the trench Commissioners was killed.
After tedious and troublesome legal pro
ceedings, the perpetrators were let off with
a nominal punishment. Notwitnstanding
very difficult, the Commissioners com
pleted their work in a satisfactory man
ner, spending in all eight years in the
tak, including the voyages out and home.
Ihc Commissioners who had mado the
Northern measurements reported the
length of the degree at GG N. Latitude to
e 57.422 toiscs, Messrs Bouguer and
La Condamine, the Equatorial degree
50.753 toi.-:es, showing a difference of
GfiO toiscs, or 43SU 3-4 fret.
The differece as corrected by later measurement-!,
is stated by recent authorities
at 3G62 English feet ; by which amount
the Northern degree exceeds the Southern.
His fcientiiic labors having been fin-
of returning home by way of the Amazon
river, though difficulties attended the
project which wc who live in a land of
mighty rivers transversed by steamboats,
can hardly imagine. The only means of
navigating the upper waters of the river
was by rafts or eanoes, the latter capable
of containing but one or two persons De
cides a crew of seven or eight boatmen.
The only persons who were in tbe habit
of passing up and down the river were
Je-uit missionaries, who made their peri
odical visits to their stations along its
banks. A 3'oung Spanish gentleman, Don
Pedro Maldonado, who at first eagerly
caught at the idea of accompanying the
French philosopher on his homeward route,
by way of the river, was almost discour
sed by the dissuasives urged by his fam
ily and friends, and seemed inclined to
withdraw from the enterprise; so dan
gerous was the uutried route esteemed.
It wa- however at length resolved that,
they should hazard the adventure, and a
place of rendezvous was appointed at a
village on the river. On the 4th of July
1743. La Condamine commenced hi- de
scent of oue of the streams, which flow
into the great river of the Amazons.
The stream was too precipitous in its de
scent to be navigated by boats of any j
kind, and the only method used wa- by
rafts. These are made of a light kind ol
wood or rather cane, similar to the bam
boo, the single pieces of which are fasten
ed together by ru-hes in such a manner
that the the- yield to every shock of ?rod-t-rate
violence and consequently are not
subject to be scparted even by the strong
est. On such a conveyance the French
philosopher glided down the stream of the
Chuehunga, occasionally stopping on it
banks, for a da' or two at a time, to al
low the waters to abate and admit of pass
ing a dangerous rapid more safety, and
sometimes getting fast-on the shallows,
and requiring to be drawn off by ropes by
the Indian boatmen. It was not till the
'Kill. C T..l. f!nt Un nrlrfnA 4-U n
main
river at Laguna, wher he found his friend
Maldoudo, who had been waiting for hi m
On the 23J of July, 1743, they era
barked in two canoes of 42 and 44 feet
lon. each formed out of one sin 'le trunk
of a tree, and each provided with a crew
ofe'uht rowers. They continued their
course, night and day, in hopes to reach,
before their departure, the brigantines ol
the missionaries, in which they used to
send, once a year, to Para, the cacao
which they collected in their missions,
and for which they got in return supplies
of European articles of necessity.
On the 25th of July La Coud amine
and his companion passed the village of
a tribe of Indians lately brought -uuder
subjection, and in all the wildness of .lav
age life; on the 27th they reached anoth
er more advanced in civillization, yet not
i so far as to have abandoned their savage
practices of artificially flattening their
heads and elongating their ears. The
1st August they landed at a missionaay
station, where they found numerous Indi
ans assembled ; and some tribes so en
tirely barbarous as to be destitute of
clothing, .for either sex. "There are in
the interior,'' the narration goes on to say,
"some tribes which devour the prisoners
taken in war, but there are none such on
the banks of the river."
After leaving this station they sailed
day and uight, equal to seven or eight
days, journey, without seeing any habita
tion. On the 5th August, they arrived
at the first of the Portugues missionary
statious, where they procured larger and
more commodious boats than those in
which they had advanced hitherto. Here
they began to see the first signs of the
benefits of accss to European sources, of
supply, by means of the vessel vrhich went
every year from Para to Lisbon. They
tarried six days at tho last of the mission
ary statious, and again made a change ot
boats and of Indian crews. On the 28th
August, being yet six hundred miles from
thusca they perceived the ebb, and flow
of the tide.
On the 19th September, they arrived
at Para, which La Condamine describes
as a trreat and beautifu city, built ot
3 - - - L T '
stone and enjoying a commerce with Lis
bon, which made it flourishing and in
creasing. He observes "It is perhaps
tho only European settlement where siU
ver docs not pass for money ; the whole
currency being Cocoa- lie adtt3 in. a
note" "Specie currency has been since
introduced."
- The Portuguese authorities received
the philosophers with all civilities and
hospitalities due to persons honored with
the special protection and countenance of
two great nations, France and bpain.
cannon were fired and the soldiers of the
garrison with the Governor of the prov
ince at their head, turned out to receive
them. The Governor had received orders
from the home government to pay all
their expenses and to furnish them every
thing requisite for their comfort and as
sistance in their researches. Jja uon-
damine remained three months nt Para,
and then, declining the urgent request of
the Governor to embark in a Portuguese
vessel for home by way of Lisbon, he em
barked in a boat, rowed by 22 Indians,
under the command of a Portuguese of
ficer to coast along the shores of the con
tinent to the French colony of Cayenne.
The city of Para, from whence he em
barked, is not situated upon the Amazon
river, but upon what is called the river
of Para, which branches off from the
Amazon, near its mouth and discharges
itself into the sea at a distance of more
than 100 miles east of the Amazon. The
intervening land is an island called Joau
es, along the coast of which La Condam
ine and his party steered till thoy came
to the place where the Amazon river dis
charges into the sea that vast bulk of wa
ters which has been swelled by the
contributions of numerous tributaries,
throughout a course of more than 4000
miles in length. It here meets the cur
rent which runs along the north-eastern
coast of Brazil and gives rise to that phe
nomenon which is called by the Indians
Pororoca. The river and the current
having both great rapidity, and meeting
nearly at right angles, come into contact
with great violence, and raise a mountain
of water to the height of ISO feet. The
shock is so dreadful that it makes all the
neighboring islands tremble, and fisher
men and navigators Uy irom it in the
utmost terror. I he river and the ocean
appear to contend for the empire of the
.1
waves. J5ut tuey seem to come to a com
promise, for the sea-current continues its
way along the coast of Guiana to the isl
and of Trinidad, vrhile the current of the
river is still observable in the ocean at a
distance of 500 miles from the shore.
La Condamine passed this place of
meeting in safety by waiting for a favor
able course of tides, crossing the Amazon
at its mouth, steering north; and after
many delays caused by the timidity and
had seamanship of his Indian crew, arriv
ed at last safe at Cayenne, the 26th Feb
ruary, 1744, having been almost two
months on his passage from Para, a dis
tance which he avers a French officer and
crew, two years after him, accomplished
in six days. La Condamine yvas receiv
ed with ail posible di.-tinction at Cayen
ne, in due time, found passage home to
France, yvhere he arrived 25th February,
1745.
New Wholesale and Retail
WO'S & lilQSJOR STORE.
Slrosidftbiarg, Pa.
Tim undersigned would inform Land
lords and the public cenerallv. that
in continues the above business in Strouds
burg. in the store house formerly occupied
ly John 11. Melickasa Jewelry Store, and
has on hand a large stock of
WSftES AMD L!Q150F?S
of all kinds and of the best quality, direct from
the Custom House, which he is prepared
to sell to Landlords and otherson the most rea
sonable terms. Our stock consists of French
Brandy, dark and pale. A'so, Peach, Black
berry, Cinnamon and Cherry Brandy; Hol
land Gin, N. E. Rum; Irish, Jtye and Apple
Whiskey; Lisbon, Claret, Port, Sweet Alala
ra, Currant and Champagne Wine, &c. &c.
Also, on hand a large stock of Bitters of all
kinds.
Demijohns, from to 5 gallons; bottles, and
irenerally any thing that can be asked for in
our line.
Landlords will find it greatly to their ad
vantage to d'-ai with inc. I have no hired
agents to sell and distribute liquors lor meat
iire.it expense, which most he paid for by the
consumer. Those dealing with me I intend
shall he satisfied with the article they get, as
well as the price, and whenever they are not,
I will be pleased to have them return the
liquor, and make the fact known, for I in
end .to make it a permanent business, and
can only do so by dealing honorably. All
orders sent me, by stage drivers or others, will
ne promptly attended to, the same as though
the person was present dealing for h impel f.
July 8, 1852. P. S. POSTENS.
FURNITURE WARER00MS.
Stuiluy, Sayru & Co.
Respectfully inform the citi
zens of Stroudaburg and vi
cinity, that they have taken
the shop lately occupied by S. A - Rennet, on
Walnut street, opposite the Washington Ho
tel, in the Borough of Slroudsburg, where
they are manufacturing Furniture of every
description.
Those in want of FURNITURE are invi
ted to call at their stand. They have always
on hand a large, well made, and fashionable
assortment of furniture. They are provided
with all the new and improved machinery of
the day, and having skillful workmen, are
enabled to .sell good and hmdeome furniture
as cheap as can he sold anywhere. The fol
lowing articles can be examined at their Ware
Rooms, viz:
Sideboards, Secretaries, Wardrobes, Bureau
of various patterns, Cupboards of differ
ent kinds, Card, Centre. Side, Breakfast
and Dining Tables, Bedsteads of different
styles and patterns, Washstands, Tu)ist,
Small and Lage Etagere, What-Nots.
Music Stands, Tea Tables. Fancy Work
Tables, Refreshment Tables, Btashas and
a general assortment of Cottage Furniture
on hand and made to order.
CHAIRS! CHAIRS I
Mahogany Rocking Chairs of various styles,
Purior Chairs of every description and pat
tern ; Boston Rocking Chairs, Maple Wind
sor and every other article of chairs.
Turning of every kind done ot the shortest
notice. Work always warranted.
Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for
Furniture, and cash not refused.
N. B. Coffins made to order at short no
tice. A Hearse in readiness to attend FV
nerals, at all times.
November 16, 1S5J. 6m.
w
WILBOE'S COMPOUND OF
PUEE COD LIVES
OIL AND LIME.
A Care for Consumption, Scrofula, Coughs,
Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Spitting of
Blood, and all complaints of the
Lungs.
The Proprietor has succeeded (from direc
tions of Professor Stone) in combinitiff the
Oil and Lime so perfectly, that the taste of
the Oil, which is naucseous to persons gen
erally, is entirely overcome, and it can be ta
ken by the most delicate females with pleas
ure. And as regards the benefit ot this ar
ticle over the pure oil, the following case, by
Prof. Stone, is sufficient to convince the most
skeptical. The young lady wa8 24 years of
a"e.
"Her disease was one of unmixed pllthisip,
which had been expected to terminate in the
course of a few months, fatally. The upper
part of both her lungs was filled with tuber
cles ; and in some places were beginning to
"Olten, J he case was evidently a bad one.
I'he treatment of cod liver oil was at first
used, but without marked improvement. The
phosphate of lime wns then administered with
the oil, and the result, as in the case of many
others, was soon apparent. The patient was
rapidly getting well."
Caution. On account of the great repu
tation of tin's Compound for all Lung Com
plaints, the subscriber would caution the af
flicted against using any except that manu
factured by him, us he has the only recipt in
the United States for combining the Pure
Oil with Lime in a proper manner. There
fore, as you value your health, purchase none
except th;it ui;inul';iclurei by
ALEX R B. WILBOR, Chemist.
166 Court street, Boston.
Sold in Philadelphia bv T. W. Dyott &
Son's, and Druggints generally.
For sale m Stroudsburg, by Dr. v. Ho!-
linshcad.
November 9, 165 1. ly.
In the matter of the account of Solomon
UrALTEtt, Administrator of the Estate of Bar
net Waller, late of Middle Smithfield town
ship, Monroe count, deceased.
The undersigned, auditor, appointed by the
Orphans' Court of said County of Monroe, to
examine and if occasion require re-settle said
account and distribute the remaining assets
amongsst the creditors entitled thereto, will
uttend to the duties of his appointment on
Friday, the 8th day of December next, at 10
o'clock A. M. at the house of Jacob Knecht,
in l he Borough of Stroudsburg, when and
where all persons having claims are required
to present the same before him, or be debarred
from corning in for a share of such assets.
FRANKLIN STARBIRD,
November 9, 1854. Auditor.
The Bucks County Intelligencer.
Published weekly at Doylestown, by
John S. J3rown, at 82 per aunum in ad
vance, in addition to all the local and
general news of the day, talcs, essays, ag
ricultural reading, &e., will commence on
the U 1 st instant, the publication of an o
riginal History of Bucks County, com
piled from authentic documents and oth
er sources, beginuing with the earliest
settlements, and embracing every thing
of importance to the close of the eigh
teenth century. It will contain the names
of more than four hundred of the earliest
settlers; much interesting matter relating
to the Indians; events of the Pievolution
occurring in the country; and all the lo
cal and general history of. the country,
and cannot fail to be a work of deep in
terest. Its publication will occupy about
six months; aud as the copy-right is se
cured, it cannot be obtained in any. other
way except by subscribing to the Intel
ligencer. Orders sent by mail, post
paid, accompanied by the cash, will be
attended to, if addressed to
JOHN S. BROWN, Doylestotcm.
October 26, 1854.
CAUTION!
The undersigned hereby forbids all per
sons not to fi'h in any of the creeks or
hunt on any grounds belonging to him.
Those persons who an in the habit, ot fir
ing off guns in the neighborhood of In
dwelling on the Sabbath day, are request
ed to desist, or they will be proceeded a
gainst as the law directs.
JOHN PALMER.
Stroud tsp., Oct. 24, 185 1.
1J
The partnership in the Mercantile business,
between James II. Stroud and ClinrlesR. An
dre, as the firm of Stroud & Andre, is thiV
day dissolved.
JAMES II. STROUD,
CHARLES R. ANDRE.
Stroudsburg, Sept. 15, 1854.
N. B. The subscriber would hereby in
form his old cubtomers and the public in gen
eral that he continues the Mercantile- busi
ness at the old stand, on the corner, opposite
the American Hotel, aud in addition to his
former stock has just received and ia now
opening a choice lot of
Fall atscS WiHScr Good,
selected from the City markets, among which
may be found a varied assortment of Ladies
dress goods, to wit: Fancy plaid and stripe,
Detunes and Cashmeres; Galla plaids, French
Merinos, wool Delanes, Alpacas and Coburge,
dress trimming, assorted ; under sleeves and
chemizettes; Jaconet and Swiss edging; black
and fancy cassimercs; sattinets from 37A up;
Kent ucks, fancy plaids for Boys wear; red,
white and yellow flannels of every grade;
Welch do.; Shaker do.; pluinnnd figured do.:
nil cloth for tables, stair and carpets do.; and
u full assortment of Yankee notions ; lining
and dress silks.
Crockery ware, tin ware, and a full assort
ment of hardware, carpenters tools, &c. glass
and nans; also a line lot ol cheap SSeZfTift
, . . ., . . fnsiii&n?iT4
hams and shoulders: fresh limejEEffia
coarse and linn salt, fish &c. A large lot o!
ifeLMens' heavy hoots aud brogans, water
proof calf do.; hoys, youths and childre.ns; la
dies kip, calf, enameled and kid boons; bus
kins nnd gaiters; misses and childrens do.;
ladies and misses gums; mens and boys do.;
in fact every thing comprising n full country
nseortment, all of which will he sold cheap
for cash or produce. Call and see for your
selves. C. R, ANDRE.
;Stroudaburg,..pttf&er 5, 1854.
Friendly to all Nations
WAR OR NO WAR.
NEW HAT AND CAP STORE.
The undersigned beg leave to inform
the citizens of Stroudburg, and the pub
lic generally, that they have taken the
room lately occupied by John W. Eux
ton, as a Hat & Cap Store on Elizabeth
street, a few doors below the Drug Store
of Dr. F. Holliushead, and have filled it
with
HATS & CAPS,
of every variety and style, and
are prepared to sell the same
on terms that defy competition.
Persons in want of ILit3 or Caps would
do well to call and examine our stock be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
The public are informed that they still
continue the Boot aad Shoe business, at
the old stand, in all its various branches,
and are fully prepared to nccommodate
all who may feel disposed to give them a
call. . R. SKELTON & SONS.
April 20, 1854.
PR. J, lu&NTK, DENTIST.
lias permanently located him
self in Stroudsburg, and moved
-- his office next door to Dr. S.
Walton, and nearly opposite S. Melick's Jew
elry store, where he is fully prepared totrea
the natural teeth, and also to insert incorruptt
ible artificial teeth on pivot and plate, in the
latest and most improved manner. Most per
sons know the danger nnd folly of trusting
their work to the ignorant as well as the
traveling dentist. It matters not how much
experience a person may have, he is liable to
have some failures out ot a number of cases.
and if the dentist lives at a distance, it is fre
quently put off until it is too late to save the
tooth or teeth as it may be, otherwise the in-
oonvenience and trouble ol going so far.
Hence the necessity of obtaining the services
cf a det nlisnear home. All work warranted.
About which so much has been said and
published, is amonp us. N ho has not heard
of the Mexican Muslims Liniment Many
millions ol bottles have been sold and used
to cure Rheumatism, Ulcers. Sores, Bruises.
Sprains. Ring-worm, Felons, Sail Rheum.
Piles, Sore Nipplps, and Caked Breast-,
Cancers. Itch, Corns on the Toes, Sore
Eyes, Eat -ache, Pimples. Swol'en Joint-
or Limbs, Cuts. Scalds, or Scald Head.
Numb Palsey Bunions or Frosted Feel.
Warts or any other complaint that can in
reached by an external remedy. And it ha?
always has been succressfiil. It is equally
good in healing W ounds, Scratches, Saddh
or Harness Galds, or any Sprain, Soreness
or Stiffness. And it is warranted to cure
Spavin, Ring-bone, Sphnt or Poll evil, on
Horse3.
ID3 The Liniment is put up in three sizes.
and retails at '25 els. 50 cts., and $1.00.
The large bottles contain much more Lini
meat in proportion to the prices, and theic
fore cheapest.
To County I?IorcIiawts.
Eery store should be supplied with th'iE
valuable Liniment, as it pavs a good profit
and sells rapidly. G. W. WESTBROOK.
(Successor to A. G. Hragg &. Co ,) Origin
ator and sole Proprietor.
Principal Offices. 301 Broadway, New
York, and corner 3d and Market Streets
St. Loois. Missouri.
Sold by every dealer in drugs and medi
cine throughout the United States, Canadas.
Wrst tndi. s. and Bermuda Islands.
fj7"For sale in Stroudsburg by S. Siokes
and Miller & Fowler; William Hayrieiger
Williamsburg, A. Shearer, Richmond. North
ampton county ; H Peters & Co. Marshall
Creek, Monioe county.
June2'J, IS54 ly.
MONROE COUNTY
!3n!ual Fire Endurance Comp'y
rsnhe rate of Insurance is one dollar on
-a- the thousand dollars insured, after
which payment no subsequent tax will
be levied, except to cover actual loss or
damage by fire, that may fall upon mem
bers of the compam.
The nett profits arising from interest
or otherwise, will be ascertained yearly,
for which each member in proportion to
his, her, or their deposit, will have a
credit in the company. Each insurer in
or with the said company will be a mem
ber thereof during the term of his or her
policy. The principle of Mutual Insur
ance has been thoroughly tested lias
been tried by the unerring test of experi
ence, and has proved successful and be
come very popular. It affords the great
est security against loss or damage by
fire, on the most advantageous and rea
sonable terms
Applications for Insurance to bo made
in person, or by letters addressed to
JAMES II. WALTON, Sec'y.
MANAGERS .
Richard S. Staples, Silas L. Drake,
M. II. Dreher, Win. S. White,
Jacob Stouffer, John Edinger,
James II. Walton, Joseph Kerr,
Jacob Shoemaker, John N. Stokes,
Robert" Boys, John Rorn,
George TI. Miller.
R. S. STAPLES, President.
J. II. Walton, Treasurer.
Stroudsburg, Nov. 0, 185-L
SPUING MATTRESSES.
The undersigned has taken the agency for
the sule of Wright's Celebrated Patent Spring
Mattresses, (for which the proprietor received
the first Silver Med il, awarded by the Frank
lin Institute, in 1858,) to which he invites-
tho attention of the citizens of Stroudrurg
and vicinity. A sample can be seen at the
house of the subsenber at any time. Price
SWiJ in the City.
C. R. ANDRE, Agent.
Stroudsburg, Nov. 2', 1H51.
LOST.
On Thursday last, on the public road, be
ween Bushkill nnd MilforJ, a Portmonie
containing Nine dollars in bank bills. One
five dollar bill on the Eiston Btnk, one two
dollar and two ones on the Belvidere Btnk.
Tho finder will be liberally rewarded by re
turning the 6ame to the undersigned.
WILLIAM PEARCB,
Stronlhorj, Oat. 31, 195 i.
PEKllAHI OBTBONEIJ
The Mcw-Yorfc Mercantile Gnido
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I 50
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May 25, lS51 2m
Wool Carding and Cloth Dressings
The subscriber would respectfully inform
the public thut he has en turned and improved
ihe old stand at Bushkill, Pike county. Pa.,
uhere he will attend without deluy to all or
ders from his customers.
Country Curding and Cloth dressing,
promptly attended to. Also, Manufacturing
Cloths, of ail descriptions whirh may be
wanted; Bror.dclnths, (double width.) Cassi
ineres. Satinets, Shawls, Coverlets, BUnkets,
(douide width;) Flannels, &c, furnished to
order.
Wool Carded for 4 cents per pound cash,
and if it is charged 5 cents will be exacted.
Priri' for .llaiiHi;u't;ii-it3, are:
Broadcloths (double width,) Indigo blue, per
yj.rd SI 5
In vis. green, hotth' green, and blue
ohtck, per yard 1 17
Browns, blacks aud snuffs, per yard 1 00
S itinels, (mixtures, ami Tweeds, per yd. 40
umiiKets, uiouiiie wium,; "2
Flannel, white,
Oj".jiiu Cloib.
men's wear.
Indigo blue, per yd
Invisible and bottle green, do
Blue idack, do
Snuffs, browns, blacks, and drabs do
Ful I in?, shearing and pressing do
Cents.
3t3
81
25
20
1-.4
U
Falling aud pressing
Scouring and napping.
women's wear.
Indigo blue
Madder und scarlet red
Greens, all shades
Blacks and browns
Yarn Indigo blue
Madder and scarlet
Greens, nil shades
do
do
do
do
do
do
per lb.
do
do
13
20
15
12
18
Wool left at Pmclmt's, Laforge's or
D(? Witt's Store,, at Cornelia's Tavern, or at
DeWitt's Mill, MilforJ, Pa,; t Diugnmn'a
Store, Dmgman'a Choice; O. Dimmick's Mut
ta moras. Pike county ; at Stokes &. Staples'
Store. Stroudsburg ; at Lauder or Peters'
.ittore, Cniigs Meadows, Monroe Co. Pit., nt
Stokes it Dreher s store, bmithht'.ld, and at
Stokes' Mill, near Stroudsnurg, will be tako
aw.iy ami returned every two weeks. Broad
cloths, C isiiineres, &c. kept on hand and ex
changed for Wool.
MATTHEW PROCTOR.
Miy 25, 1351. ?
3a I, WJk&SNOKf-
ATTUIINBY A T h A W .
Has removed his office to his dweHng
house, first door below the offico of the;
" Jefferdouian OiHcc," and tlireotly oppo
site S. J. Hollinshead's hotol, KHzabeth
street.
Stroudsburg, Dec, 10, 1950.