sU-i SES.cuotce4 ta- pojitic, literature, gricultitrc, 5ricncc, illoavlitj), anb General intelligence. 1' - .Hlf H 1 . ill k .!'t" i led b STROUDSBURG'MONEOE COUNTY; PA. APRIIrSyiS'SS. v " 1 , IV 1 1 f If 4 I. " 1, . PiiblisWdbV Theodore ScfibcliV T,l51lS -T.v - loliars prr :uinuin in advance Two dollr,R au I a'n'i trier, half vcarlv ;iml 1 1 not paid uei.Kotuc cn l uUhc vear i wouollars anil a hall. . . . -.. - : r iixpors iisoniitiuccuiniiiaii.irrc.iragesarcpaiu ID? A Ivcrlisemcsiis not cxccedinc: one square (ten , lTjies)Av1ll be inserted three weeks or one dollar, ami wenty-nreticntsforevcrvsubsequcnLinscrlion. ..Thei cli.ii-Rcor one and three insertions the same. A lib- "eri! discount mfulc'ri) yearlv adverliscrs. ' ic?.Aiuetters.iddi2sscdioti..cEditor.iistbepost, fd-' cxv.cniiai. Lint ituion oi u c tuiior. " " . JOB P R I N T I IV G . 9 Vniring a general assortment of large, elegant, plain audoruamenlal Type, we nrr prepared in exceuieevcryue.se! lpiionoi inr 1$, Circulars, Nil 1 (lends, Notes Illank Rcceip 'Ua caught a tliieH' cried Deacon Naf Jnslis.TJcnl anxl otl.er Uhnks, I'amphlcts.&o n. . .av:n Inst ni-onorftr nc printed villi neatness and dcspalrn, on reasona ble terms, , ' AT THE OFrJCE OF b THE JKF.FIi K h Q IV J A IV- A -1 1 Papc-r SS;5-icr, ' AND ; J'HOUSE AiD SICK PAS?iTER. ' 'Shop in Auracher's bitildinr, on ISliz- abeth street. Stroudsburj, i'a., where: 'may be had at all times sSash. Doors Blinds & . Shutters, which will be sold at the lowest rates. ! Call and examine before purchasin-r ' ilscwh ere. The 'Smiths of Snsitiiviiic; AND Til Kill ADVENTUPvES WITH A EOBBEE. BY PAU L CUEYTON. The Smiths of Smithvtlle had for Jonjr time been very much annoyed by' -i. . j ..l... c i,n-ii in . lilt) Ullll Ctliil.iUUa V4 J"""- " " viduai, whoso confused ideas concerning ! the rights of property, led to the frequent, r f i. ) l. i abstraction of divers roods and chattel.- from thp. nrctaises oi the said otu iiliis. in 1 ! a furtive and mysterious manner. xas ; J ... - F , nf whn.it, and of oats vanished from the i nr.njirr. norl; from the cellar, and corn i from the crib, in one night. Afheepjiug gravity. 'The joke is safe, and I'd that had just been slaughtered, coolly '. dvie you to hurry home and let Increase trotted away, and on another occasion, ' out. several gallons of syrup evaporated in a! The elder Smith turned on his heel night-time. Milkiu-r stools wont off on land vanished, feeling very weak proba ihcir throe legs and one morning jtr. bly the effect of the excitement he had Smith's best axe was found to have "cut, itick." Lo chains became rattlesnake?,1 and crept off; iron wedges made splits in the Smith property; boots walked away; and (he jack rode off on the saic -horse Vain were all the efforts of the elder. and younger Smith, to discover the mys- .nearly deaf, he closed his teeth angrily, tery of these disappearance, and to out- sat down on a bag of meal, to await trap the offender. De.-pairing to bring j c Tesult. v nim to justiic, the Smiths found they! Increase had not been long in the could do nothing more than to take mens- j dark dungeon before he heard a noise in urcs to insure the safety of their proper-; the barn- Supposing it was the old man tj. Accordingly they luilt a ik:w gran-! who, having discovered his error, was ary, with strong walls, a narrow grated j coming to liberate him, his anger evapo wiudow, and a heavy oaken door, to j rated, and he could not help but laugh at which was attached a formidable pad-i the ludicrous mistake, loek. This prison-like portion of the! Dut there was a mystery about the barn was built sufficiently large to allow! sounds be heard, which caused the young the Smiths to lock up with the grain a!er Smith to doubt whether they were great deal of portable property, t-ueh as; made by his father after all. He listen Vas most likely to tempt the cupidity of'ed. The key turned cautiously in. the Ibieves. 4 look. Slowly and stealthily the door o- After the granary was Gniahtd, amonth!pned, while Increase scarcely breathed, "passed, during which time the depreda-j Somebody entered noiselessly, touched dons of the robber or robber? were con- j young Smith's ehoulder as he passed, fened to the orchard aud hen roo.-t; when, 'and began to explore the further part of late one Sunday evening, the elder Smitln as he was titling tipped against the kitch n wall, smoking hia pipe preparatory to retirlug, bethought bim that he hud mm A a m nejj- lected to lock tho granary before leaving; the barn. Ibis was by no means a sin 'gular circumstance considering that the granary was usually locked by tho youn ger Smith who had that night "gone a courting' It was a moonlight evening, and Mr. Smith, on approaching the barn, was con- 1 II i .IT ' 1 siuer.ajDiy starueu at seeing the door ajar. Certain of huing shut the door an hour hVcviouslv. Mr. Smith thought of robbers. ! II is suspicion was confirmed, wheu, on a nearer approach,' he plainly heard a move;- uieut in the bam. Too cautious to cn- danger his life by boldly attacking theU'" aud that increase rpbber, Mr. Smith, with considerable tre-1 pidation, resolved to watch his move ments, and discover who he was. Looking through a crack in the east Bide of the barn, he saw a dim, ghost-like figure glide across tho floor toward the granary. A happy thought entered ,Mr. Smith's brain! Stealing into tho barn, he crept silently aJonjj by the mow, until near the granary, when slap! he shuti i?o sound answered, the door, adjusted the padlock, turned the' 'Are you asleep?' Cotne don't gd to key, and was off for his life! playing any tricks on me-r-it was . all a It is impossible to say what made Mr. mistake, for I really took you to be a Smith tremble so. It might have been ; rh ' the emot.hcr.e.d cry of alarm that issued Mr. Smith's voice was stopped by a vi froni the granary walls and rang fully on ! olent blow on the mouth. Mr. Smith in his eaVs a cry well calculated to awaken an instant, was tumbled down amidst a superstitious fear. But Mr. Smith never ' wilderness of barrels, bags, rakes and owned that he was frightened; although, shovels. Mr. Smith was considerably on reaching the kitchen ho was as white stunned by the blow and the fall; and as a ghost, or as ghosts are supposed to. he, MVhafs the matter now?' cried Mrs,. -Smith. 'I've caught the rebbcr?' ejaculated Meanwhile Iacrease was raising forces Saaith in a breath. to assist in taking the thief out of the 'He's looked up in the granary give granary in safety. Having first told his &a .cay boots!' , story to Mrs. Smith, who was execeding- 'Whywby what aro you going to ly astonished, bo hastened to inform Joe do!' Ferris, a stout fellow, who lived in tho 'Get help! he's a desperate follow, and j woods near by, and who had complain it will be dangerous to meddle with him od of losing quite as much property as 11 .alone.'" ! the Smiths. Mrs. F. put her head out It is impossible to describo the excite-'of the window, and wished to know what ment of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, on that me- Increase wanted. The young man aaked aiorablo occasion. Tho latter took it u- for Joe. After some hesitation, the wo fou herself to load the old musket, while man replied that her husband had tne her husband went for the neighbors. headache, and could not get up. jT t ; ir. biiiitn exchanged his blippers tor his boots, and ran firtst to Deacou Naflles' i . t ... cj n niKn "VM-M l II V-i l UU 1,1V l V J LI 1 J 14 b.ll yoUHccr OUilth Who W3S courting Naf- . " ... . "CS daughter. lie Was surprised to SCO tl,A hnti-i nil d-irk as if Nifflons linrl nil UC. u0,U' e an aJrK' s 11 ainc-CS Uaa ail retired to rest, atid biOWD Out the Candle, rt i -i j i r i ,i 11(5 knocked, however, furtouBlj as the occasion required. After some delay, T)r!lfrm M'ifflna rnmo ilnwn in n5rrlif..'rlr.tlipj 1 stared at Smith in, astonishment, and de - - to uanded his business at that time of night. 'Caught the thief locked up in the granary wLere's Increase?' ' well as his neighbor, was iutercstcd in the j intelligence 'good enough keep him itill morning!' JlTwont do! repljed Mr. Smith in au excited manner. 'He's a desperate fel low break out I must rouse the neigh bors whore's my son Increase!' 'Oh, Sally is sick, to-nightso In crease courted her only about an hour, and went home.' 'Went home!' 'Yes,' said the Deacon, "half an hour ajo. J he elder bmith clapped his hand to Ms forehead, as if he had 'been struck, ; cither by an idea, or some weighty sub- tance. j 'Gracious!' he exclaimed. What!' asked the Deacon. I believe,' said the elder Smith, ' have locked up ; -Who!' : 'Increase' '1 bet you have.' cried tnc deacon, -x . -w- . t t iT iicard inn tav ne naa not 10 carry iuu ii buggy-cushions in the granary before he went to bed.' 'l.nnt nnro rhi.Tifrorl fhn nldnr .Smith. O bee of vou never to mention thit i r i Ttn i il. .! i . j !f il!. 1 1.1 1 Jii, l ii Keep inc pecrui; uiiurruuieu the deacon, trying to preserve a bee becom- 1 undergone. I Let us now look in upon the younger Smith, who was actually shut in the gran ary. It is impossible to describe his rage on Coding himself thus entrapped. After shouting until he was hoarse and the dungeon. Increaso dropped on his hands of the and knees, and, taking advantage noise made by the robber, crept ' out. Then to shut the door and lock, it, was the work of a moment. Somebody was locked up. Listening a moment, and hearing no sound, Increase became firmly convinced that ne had committed no error, hut caught a real thief, and he went immedi ately for assistance. Shortly aft.T, and very muoh ashamed of his mistake, the elder Smith sneaked 'into the barn and approached the grana- ry. It is necessary in this place to ob- serve that t uc eider amith locked . . . ft . . - . . . up his to the .ion with the key that beloniied iiranary and which he had earried with that increase locked up the a false key, which the latter thief with had brought with him, and carelessly , Jlcft in the lock, on entering the granary, 0 and which the younger omith had carried away. And now the elder Smith made haste to open the door. 'Increase!' he called, putting his head into the granary. when Mr. Smith got upon his feet again, the door was closed and locked. Mr. Smith was a prisoner. I leave the read er to imagine his feelings. I M, 'It's very important,' said Increase. 'I've caught the thief, and locked hitn up in the granary.' 'Oh have you!: said Mr. Ferris, in a feeble voice. 'How 'fortunate! 'But as my husband has the headache, I think you had better keep the man till morn ing.' No wo'll have him to night!', cried Increase. And away- ho ran. " Nowj if the younger Smith thoughtbe was regaling Mrs. Ferris with glad ti dings, he was considerably in error. The reader may guess the cause of her agita tion, when I inform him that there was no Joe Ferris sick with the headache in the house. But Mrs. F. was a woman of energy and decision. Sho caught up a hammer, threw a shawl over her head, and left the house. Sho was in Mr. Smith's bam, with her hand on the granary doorJ 'Joseph!' she whispered. No reply. 'Joseph it is me are you here?' she a'dded, knocking on the door. 'Let me out,' said the voice within. Without auy further delay, Mw. Fer ris, havitiff thrown the barn-door wide o- pen, bo that she could sec to perform her operations, commenced hammering the padlock in a most destructive inanuer. 'Now, Mr. Smith, who was within, was exceedingly astonished at what he heard. He certainly wished to be let out, but he had no desire to have the padlock smash ed without first trjing other means. Something like the truth, however, flash ed upon his mind, when he reflected that the person who was breaking the lock had called him Joseph, aud that the voice was niarvelously like a woman's. With great anxiety of mind he waitexl for the door to open. At length the lock was torn away, and Mrs. Ferris whimpered 'Come quick, Joseph! There's no time to lose. They'll bo here in a min ute?' She caught somebody by the arm, and both stopped, looking each other in the face. - Mrs. Ferris screamed, and turnod paler than the moonlight, and dropped her ham mer. Mr. Smith was scarcely less aston ished ; but, recovering himself, he said, rather coolly, considering the occasion 'You arc out late, to night, Mrs. Fer ris. Allow me to see you home.' She could not refuse his arm; and -when she saw that ho was conducting her to his house, instead of her own, she had not the power to say a word, or make the least resistance. The good ladv's fcclinrs. on beinir urougut oeiore iurs. oniuu, can ue more easily imagined than described. In her fear and confusion, she confessed some startling truths, and with tears, and on her knees, begged her 'kind, dear friends to be merciful, and not to expose her.J Mrs. Smith recovered from her amaze ment, and exclaimed, I never! I never! l Lit. .r Tr. . c i- ' 1 1 never." and Mr. Smith,.who was not the . least excited of the three, indulged in some equally sensible lcmarks. Meanwhile, Mr. Joe Ferris, who was the man who haJ taken the younger ( Smith's place in the granary, and given it up in turn to the elder Smith, went home by a circuitous route, wondering by waat strange aceidr-ut lu lmnnnm.d 'tn not caught, and congratulating himself on his escape. He had reached his door, when, hearing his name called by somebody in the road, he turned, and saw three men goincr by 'Jo e Ferris, is that you?' cried the voice of the younger Smith. 'Come on, if you are ready. I've got Bill Hodges and Mr. Blake, and I think we'll be enough for one thief; but the more the merrier, so come on. I knew you would go in for the fun, in spito of your headache.' Joe was quite as much in the. dark now, as when he was locked up in the granary; but, concludiag, it would be best to put a bold face on the matter, and accompany Increase, he declared himself read v. nnd iumned over tho fonnn . i i i" vmwwb At first he was afraid of committing him-; self, but tho conversation by the way showing him as he thought, how the ground lay, he laughed heartly at the queer lauuuer ,u wmcii ine tUiet was ; cauguc, anu votuntcercu to De the urst to enter the granary where he waa confined, at the same time chuckling ioyously at ; " the anticipation of the younger Smith's dismay, on finding, instead of a thief, his1 own tatber under lock and keyl, With great glee, the men prooeeded at once to the granary, where Increase proposed leaving his companions, to go into the house for a lantern, and to see if his father had returned; upon which Joe Ferris laughed all to himself and ! advised the younger Smith to be sure and bring the old man, if ho was to be found. Hallo !' cried Bill Hodges; "the gran ary door is open 1 the thief has broke out!' Increase camo back, filled with .con sternation. Joe Ferris was not less sur prised. The strange events of the nigh't; were involved in a deeper mystery than ever, when the elder Smith, having heard the approach of Increase and his com panions, made his appearance with a light. 'Hallo, neighbor ' cried Joe Ferris, 'what is all this about? Increase has been telling us about thioyes.' declare, father,' said the younger ( Smith, 'after you shut me, up I sliut up a real thief, and left him in my place.' u f I know: vour mother has told me: replied the elder Smith. 'And when f came to let you. out ' 'Oh ! I see it all ! "roaned Increase.--'He got away !' 'Yes, and shut me up.' '"'.'' 'And how did you get out?' : "Why,, the thief's wife had-the kind ness to. come and break the lock..' ,, , So saying, the elder Smith held the lanter up to the face of Ferris, who turn ed ghastly White, and trembled as if ho had been in ain ague fit. Tho who.le affair was now explained, to the astonishment of everbody in gen eral, aud Joe in particular, who was too much astonished to make any resistance, while increase and his companions were .tying his bands behind bim. Ferris was acoommodated with lodg ings in Mr. Smith's house that night; and, fT f Ii ii tfll Tt t r r ( n tr a r- - n si l Itn if in tho following been instituted and all kind nf cooda found-on Joe's premises, ho and his wife ' t were both committed to jail to await their trial. What their sentence was, when convic ted of the crime charged against them, I have quite' forgotten ; but it is certain that the good peoplo of Smithville were troubled no moro with the mysterious dis appearance of their goods and uchattels, and that the Smiths remember, with pe culiar satisfaction, the manifold mistakes committed on tho night of their adven tures with the robbers. Tho Sacramento Age relates the follow ing amusing incident of Goat vs. China man : "We witnessed an encounter between a Chinaman and a goat yesterday, which was probably moro amusing to us than to tho Celestial. The Chinaman residing near the north bank, of the slough had placed a lot of fish on a drying platform, made ot twiprxs, as is usual with that race, and had arranged them with great care. A large he-goat, in his perambulations, wandered around in that direction, and thinking he had found a good place to sun himself jumped upon the wicker plat form, which, yielded at once beneath its burden, and fell partially to the ground. The Chinaman came out of his little hut greatly enraged, and swearing some Ce lestial oaths, picked up a club, which he threw at the animal, striking him on his horns, which made him reel as he enter ed, the neighboring bushes. John went to work picking up his fish, muttering to himself, when the goat, observing his stooping posture, came out, unbserved, and, standing on his hind legs, made sundry comical gyrations, and suddenly w.ith-cstraordinary impetus, rushed upon the Chinaman, striking him in the most available point, and sending him down a precipice about ten feet high, in the de scent of which ho turned two or three somersets lighting on his head on soil which had fortunately been moistened by the rain. The goat at once beat a retreat, which was creditable to his' discretion, and the Chinaman returned to his work, exclaiming with indignation, 'He goatee no good.' " Hard Times in Illinois. The following is an extract of a letter from a farmer in Jay county. 111., to the American Industrial Association : "Peoplo hero cannot pay their debts, things are so low ; wheat 45 to 50 cents per bushel; butter 8 cents per pound, eggs 5sccntspor dozen, and other things in proportion. We would like to havo a good girl to help in house work, but to raise tho amount of traveling expenses is out of my power. I have over SiOOO due, and cannot command Si 8 over and abovo t current cxyenses; but if you are disposed to !send me a eirl, I will see that vou cet the money as soon as 1 oan command it.'-' 1 A Lawyer Answered. 'What did bo say? Come, give us his very words none of your inferences, sir!' 'I don't lik to answer that question.' Ho! ho' &o you aro afraid to answer that- ho' So you aro afraid to answer that question, arc you. I knew I should drive ; you into a close corner. Come, out with ; 'i" and none of your shrinking here! I ; iuwi uc i-uai-u. i mr.uiBui.ii appeal to tuo wun iu cumum you ior contempt.' wen, sir, wnat language did i Its nA7' HV h n I n.Iswl i 1 ,J half 1 II II 1 1 1 t l. r w a oonar ana uc said ne cpuuin t or , had rohbed him of every cent of his : jou j money, and if he couldn t get out of your -!.. : ," l-i-ii S i , dutches very soon, his children would 'starve.' I starve. President Harrison a Teacher. President llarrisson taught, for se'ver- al years, in au humble Sabbath School on the banks of tho Ohio, The Sabbath be- fore ho left home for Washington, to as- ' p sumo tho duties of Chief Magistrate of the naf ion, he met his Bible class us .ususf- And his last counsel on the subject to his gardner, at Washington, it may bJ hoped will never bo forgotten by the nation. (When advised to keep a dog to protect his fruit, he replied,, rather a Sunday School. Teacher to take care of the boys.' ; Biddy was bad with the colic. She was sure sho was going to die, and that sho was. . Various remedies were sugges- ted to her, and among them castor oil, which sho was asked if she would take. "Indade," said she, "I would take ?ny- j thing to make mo well, if I know it would j kill mo." THE LECOMPTOK" CONSTITUTION. .Gov. talker to .the Democracy of, 3ew . Jersey. . iloiJOKEN, N. J. March, '27.r;lS53. Gentlemen : I regret that it. is not n niy power td accept your kind invita tion to address tho Democracy of Susex County, New-Jersey, at th meeting call ed for Tuesday next, to expretoj.tbcir op- , position to the Lecompton Constitution. ! That is an appropriate name for that in strument, for it is uot tho Constitution of 1 the State of Kansas. The Constitution of a State is their first great fundament , al law their Magna Cliarta not cm- bodying however, rights, as mere privi leges granted by royal power, cither to loyal or robellious subject.4, but as the J free will of the people themselves. By i that people it must be fairly and freely t made, aud by them presented for the ac "irau buu ii ' ' c j ii i. .i.-.i will of the people or Kansas, it is not ' lT onsmution, under whatever spc- f Klnlto f ni'irt a ap fruHn nnt ilnKinn cious iorms, or iraoutcnt devices, or transparent forgeries, it may be forced upon them. The Lecompton fiction is uot a State Constitution, for that can on ly be fairly and freely made by the peo ple of a State; but it is a wretched coun terfeit, sought to be forced by violence, frauds and forgeries, under the pretend- ed forms of law upon a protecting people. ! Aud when did not usurpation, fraud and forgery invest themselves with the sem- , bianco of legal forms and powers ? j When the British Parliament adopted the obnoxious tea tax and stamp duties, it was done under all the forms of Jaw. It passed the British Parliament ; it re- . ceived tho royal siguet; assenting or ex.- ! pectant place-men, timid or corrupt, gave it their wretched sanction. Nay, more; the royal George (like his Stuart predor ' cessor, James the 1st,) denounced our ancestors, who opposed thecc laws, as rebels and traitors; but we, the people, who have simply protested against tho adoption of such laws, are visited with similar threats and condemnation. Reb els against what? Traitors to whom? Is it to our country which we love, to the Federal Constitution we revere, to the Union we would perpetuate, to State and popular sovereignty we would fortify and uphold,, or is it to our insolent servants, now by our votes exercising a little brief authority, and denouncing the people,, their masters, with treason and rebellion? When the usurpations preceding tho Revolution occurred, under the forms of law; the people, asserting their majesty, rose in opposition. First, they petitioned; next they protested, then they denounced: and last they fought for tho great princi ple of self-government. Among the rest, the people of New Jerscp then rose to the rescue of their threatened liberty. They conquered, even by bullets, where' wo may now succeed by ballots only. New Jersey in that day was not only then the head-quarters of Washington the strat egical lino of military operations but also the victorious battle-field of tho Rev olution. From the glorious hills of old Morris, first touched by the suulight of liberty ere it reached the plains below, from the bloody ground of Monmouth to the deceive triumphs of Trenton and Princeton, the people of New Jersey rose in defense of their rights and liberties. After a long night of gloom and dark ness, victory perched at length upon our standard. Marathon witnessed the birth of Grecian libertyT, but Trenton aud Princeton not only beheld the dawn of our freedom, but it is hoped also, unlike Marathon, will never witness our decline But we are, now in tho midst of tho bat tle; the bu;ile notes arc hounding to the advance of the approaching columns; the principles of our Revolutionary Fathc.rs are now endangered; the right of self government is again invaded, and the people of New Jersey are called oneo more to the rescuo. Talk to us not now of any of the Democracy which admits not in form only, but in reality, the pow er of the people. Talk to us not now of State rights, if, under fraud aud. forjje v?rs r.vnvfd null Ostablishnd. .under forms fiMn howuvrr sneeious. tho noonle of a gtBt0 do.lot( 5n faet mako thcir Oonslitlftion. Talk tons not of popular aovcri!jg,ity if the people iu fact do no establish a thci,. own domestic iust' t-na ,ns M,ny criminals have escape-' "un- r the forms of law; but a Jrt" 8n n u r r m miserable n I II I f umn, UUL Uliuillllll. I"' ;bbl worb th(J ot Pie Poulrc ,V..t . .. ....f .t nf n tnvnirn 0. . ,. . ,lP,Lion nf Imr nl. 1 State upou the great ocsiion oi,,ner au- . ,iKloulino lb (jp0. Ou such occa-j ' i i . ' sions, alloctuifr tlu sacred and sovereign riht of the people of a State upon the ' z'l . I - il. . great questij0 01 uer admission into inu Union. (" suc" an occasion, affecting the sacred nnd sovereign rights) of tho people of a State, the great question it : do they resent thcir own Constitution, framed by themselves, and ask, under its provisions to be admitted into the Union ? If uot, there is an end of tho question; and if, undersuchi-ircumstanccs, Congrcfs should force the people of a State into the Uuion against their will, our Government would have become a consolidated despotism, the liberties of the people would have vanished, and State rights havo sunk, as undiscoverable spots upon the orb of a resistless central power. If this can now happen under the pretext that (wrong and uniust as it nraybe) the people may hcrc- after strike off the chains of a usurping minorily.that although Congress may now subvert the will of the people, that they may hereafter redress their grievances, with or without' revolution vihat then I Shall we s-trikc down the great principle f State and popular sovereignty in tho miscallud compulsory admission of a State under the apology that the people may hereafter overthrow the usurpation, which ' Congress-would have forced upon them 7 Shall we drag Kansas from the camp and prison-hou-o of Lccosopton, as a dhaifle"d and collared convict into tho Union, in the hope that she will hereafter strke off her shackles, ii.se from her abject degra dation, and from a subject become a sov ereign State at omo future period? If this can now be donr-; if frauds, and for geries, and usurpation, can now be in dorsed aud sanctiohfri; if a uiserablc and di.-graced minority can be clothed byCongress with the panoply of Statasov ercignty; if the felon fox can be covered with the Lion's skin: if Kansas can be (1 V.TfT(Tfrl flirnnrili flu. .Irnntj nf W - ;li f n r- do . wv.-.vo ,.ukUb- ton like a captive in an imperial Koman a captive in an imperial ovation, in the hopt that the degraded victim will hereafter put on the cap of a I freedman, and rct-uuio her liberty: if. all j this can le done by the President and Congress, aud approved by the people , then what is the fate of Ransas-to ;day i may become that of New Jer-cy or any ! other State to-morrow. As. well might , the empiric seek our approval for thc5ad . ministration of poison to his patient, ori ' the suggestion that such" patient might thereafter prc.-crile for h:me!f some an 1 tidotc or the burglar excuse the expul j sion of the rightful owner from his man , .-ion, under the pretext that he might, per haps, hereafter resume Lis lawful pocses sion, as a-k that the pri' ciple of self-government should now be subverted in Kan sas, in the belief that its people at somo & A future period might, perhaps, be able to redress the wrongs now done them, and recover their lonir lest rights and libcr ties. Establish now the precedent, by drag ging Kansas into the Union against tho will of her people, and under this fatal example I fear the whole fabric of popu lar liberty will tumble iuto ruins. Con gress and the President will have offered the most tcmptiug rewards, in all the fu- ture, for tho perpetration of fraud, per jury, and forgery, and for the overthrow of the will of the people. Our moral re trogression and political decadence will have commenced, aud these glorious States may soou become broken columns, with their ruined fragments scattered o ver the opening graves of the liberties of" our country and of the world. May the sovereign State of New Jersey, and espe cially the indoccitable Democracy of tho ylorious old County of Susses in this hour of peril, stand by the rights and lib erties of the people, and teach our politi cal Canutes and their councilors that thev ' must chauge their position, or the advan cing surges of popular indignatiou will roll over and overwhelm them. I Iipcurriug with unalloyed delight to the many pleasant "Summers passed by me amid the lofty hills and lovely val leys of old Sussex, New Jersey, sailing upon her limpid lakes, admiring her splen did and romantic scenery, elevated arid invigorated by her pure and elastic at ' mosphcre, wandering along the banks and rapids of the Delaware, which separated her from my' own native Pennsylvania, fl have thought that here, amid your ; mountain borne-, Liberty might find her" last entrenchment, and that some of your i plains and passes might become as dis t tinguished in defense of popolar sover I cignty as the classic fields of Grecian or j Roman history, or the uorc recent strug gles of the heroic Swiss. May you nev er have cause to encounter such fearful sacrifices: but if the trial must come, matr TOUfuiiv realize mv hi-host anticinatation of tho cour.,20 3U(i patriotisia of the peo- pic of Susses, New Jersey. Alosf respectfully your fellow-citizen. R. J. Walker. CSTA prisons la?t week escaped frbra the' Tunkhanccfc Jail, leaving 'the 'fa llowing intonating letter addressed to the : Sheriff: i T u v1-n a N no c k Jail, March 8th, '58. I 51 05i? Noble Hcatred Sheriff: j With a reluctance I s?m about leaving this God forsakeu hole under your charge, I am almost sorry to leave a family in m this way, that has used me as well as all j q oircUIStaCC3 ahe lseil, nhhongh as innocent as ever a ' . . s alters ca- man t ,. f I t r. r.-.f Ifl slia11 was oi crime. x uo not hkb liars and f xt .1-1 shall never stay an where where I know tlieJ . J tha; maU( are trying to injure me, and beside I have j;ot up a patent right that will e mo a tortue, so l snail get patented ; immediately and then travel for Canada, I heard that Queen ictoria is soou to be in Canada, and I want to secure all England, that is to unlock, pass out, and lockup, and go where you please. The inventor is myself, and calculate to draw a pension for life. C. F. HARDER Up and down o'er hills and mcadt, Riding, walkiug, quick or slow, i Wherever my fancy leads me,. 0'cr.this bright world I'll go , Yes, yes, yes, O'cthis bright world I'll go 10W P. S. If any of you ever get wifhinjten miles of mo staytall night. ... Your affectionate Prisoner . 3o very kind" your sister. . Jftsy.ou haven't got anysistor of yournown, - be kind to somebody else's.
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