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Volume BSI.
BLOOMSBURO, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, WOFEMBBR 16, 1839. Number 39.
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The annexed feeling and beautiful lines
jt arc said to liavo been written by a young
English lady, who had experienced much
affliction. Tliero is a devotcdness, a spirit
of religion running through it, which can
not fail to touch the most obdurate heart.
Hartford Mirror.
Jesus I my cross have taken,
All to leave, and follow thee;
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken
Thou, from hence, my all shall bo !
Perish every fond ambition
All I've sought or hoped, or known;
Yet how rich is my condition
God and heaven arc all my own !
Let tho world despise and lcavo me
They have left my Saviour too :
Human hopes and looks deceive mo.
Ihou art not Iikejhem untrue;
tVnd whilst'Thou sbalrsmile upon raef
uou dl wisdom, love anil might,
Friends may hate, and foes may scorn me
, ' Show Thy face and all is right.
Go. thon earthly fame and treasure
Come disaster, scorn and pain;
In thy service pain is pleasure;
With thy favor loss is gain;
I have called Thee Abba, Father
I have set my heart on Thee;
' Slnrins mnv howl, nnd clouds m:iv trnthnr
I i - j ' o
I All must work for good to me !
I Soul ! then know thy full salvation
Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care;
Joy to find in every station,
Something still to do or bear !
Think what spirit dwells with iheo
Think what heavenly bliss is thine;
'Think that Jesus died to save thee
Child of Heaven, canst thou repine ?
Hasto thee on from gnco to glory,
Armed by faith, and winged by pray'r !
Heaven's eternal day's before thee
God's own hand shall guide thee there;
oon shall closo thy earthly mission,
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days,
Hope shall change to glad fruition
Faith to sight, and pray to praise ?
From tho Tanner's Cabinet.
FRUIT TREES.
Those who love good fruit should annu
ally devote a small portion of their time to
producing and perpetuating tho trees that
produce it. The apathy of many to this
very interesting subject can scarcely be ac-
oounted for on any other principle than that
of excessivo laziness or cxtrcmo stupidity.
"Where tho male portion of a family can't
muster courage or industry enough
to pay reasonable attention to this impor
tant matter, it is hoped tho females will look
to it, and then the trees will soon begin to
blossom and bring forth fruit, for I have sel
dom seen an intelligent, active femalo un
dertake any thing useful, without the fruits
of her labor soon becoming apparent. I
saw the present season a number of nour
ishing young fruit trcos which were engraft
by tho " pood man" of tho farm reflecting
great . redit on her for her industry, pise-
voranco and skill as a cultivator of fruit
trees.
Tho stones of peaches and plumbs, and
the seeds of apples or other fruits should
be planted either in drills or in the places
they are designed permanently to occupy
before thoy become dry; they vegetate bet
ter and more certainly than when kept over
winter to be planted in the spiing. The
right season to plant the stones or seeds is
when the fruit is ripe and it will bo found
they will more certainly vegetate and ac
quire a larger growth the first season.
Plant a few stocks each year, be careful
to engraft ori lioculalo them when of proper
size with tho best varieties, protect them
from the cows and horses till they grow out
of their teach and you will not have to com
plain of a lack of good Fuurr.
USE OF COAL FOR SWINE.
A Western farmer, in a Southern paper,
recommends charcoal in fattening hogs.
After giving his hogs a small quantity dai
ly, say two pieces to each about the size of
a hen's egg, they discontinued rooting were
more quit and appeared to fatten faster.
He omitted the coal a few days, and they
commenced rooting; he gave it again, and
they ceased to root. He supposes that the
coal corrects tho morbid fluid in tho stom
ach, which incites them to root in deep in
search, of fresh earth.
Cunningham, in his " Two Years in
New South Wales," says " I had often
heard it among sailors that pigs would fat
ten on coals, and although I had observed
them very fond of munching up the coals
& cinders that camo in their way,still I con
ceived they might relish them more as a
condiment, or medicine, than a food tlill I
.was assured by 'wealthy friznd of mine,
lon in command.of a ship;-that, ho once
knew of a pig being lost for several weeks
in a vessel ho commanded, and it was at
last found to have tumbled into the coal hole
and there lived all that period without a sin
gle morsel of any thing to feed upon but
coals; on being dragged out it was found as
plumb and fat as if it had been feeding on
the most nulricious food. Another friend
told mo of a similar case, which case came
under his observation, and although these
may be solitary instances, yet they may
serve, at least to show the wonderful facili
ty which the stomachs of certain animals
possess of adapting their digestivo powers
to such an extraordinary species of food,
and extracting any nourishment therefrom.
Cincinnati Chronicle.
HUMOROUS.
Jl mad Preacher. A circuit preacher in
Alabama recently had his dander raised be
cause his employers undertook to lessen his
his salary from $10 to $35 per annum.
" My hearers," said he, if you expect mo
to preach for $35 a ycar.you aro most d ly
mistaken. Before I'll do it, you may go to
the devil your own way. I see you aro all
hell bent !
An Enviable Disease. An Irish peasant
found a neighbor of his one night lying
speechless by the side of the road, and see
ing an acquaintance pass by, addrosscd him
as follows : " Paddy, come hero, sure here's
Miko Murphy in tho ditch, as dead as a
door nail. This quarter of an hour I've
been shaking him and tho devil a foot does
he wag at all."
" Mike Murphy dead I" said the other,
11 oh botheration to ye, I'll engage he's
not dead; suro diu't he could his hig this
morning !" Ori going to him, and finding
him only dead drunk, ho exclaimed, " Ily
St. Patrick, I wish I had only half his dis
ease." My dear Madam' said a doctor to his
patient, I, am truly gratified to see you in
life. At my last visit yesterday, you know
I told you, you had bbt six hours to live.
Yes, Doctor, you did; but I didn't take the
dose you left.'
From the Uoston Wcefcly Magazine.
MOTHER COULTER'S COFFEE
PARTY.
A HISTORICAL REMINISCENCE.
Every body is familiar with tho events
of the Boston Tea-Party. Our hisiorians
have all recorded it, and our orators have
celebrated it, and our poets havo sang its
praises. But there was a counterpart to
this, not quite so momentous in its conse
quences, nor so solemn in its preceedings,
which historians havo omitted to record,
and which orators havo not condescended
to eulogize. The cent to which wo al
lude, happened in the year 1779, and was
stigmatized as Mother Coullci's mob, after
tho name of tho principal heroino in tho
transaction. With more deference to tlie
leader and her followers, however, it might
bo termed, somewhat significantly, mother
Coulter's Coffee-Party. Tho following is
an account of tho events which led to this
memorable incident.
In tho year 1770, during tho distresses
of the American revolution. It was recom
mended by Congress, that the people of the
different States assemble in conventions,
for tho purpose of regulating tho price of
provisions. The object of this recommen
dation of Congress was to prevent all that
monopoly and unjust speculation which are
very likely to happen during a time of fam
ino or scarcity of produce. Similar con
ventions were held in Paris, for the purpose
of establishing what was called a muximum
of prices. Tho fir3t maximum in Franco
was fixed at a convention held on May 4th,
1793, and the second on September 11th,
of tho same year. .The firet regulations.
iiicviKu uiiij turn aim nour, oui-iney were
finally extended to all other articles' of con
sumption, on tho 22d of Febuary, 1791.
This maximum was repealed on tho 24th
of December, 1791, after the complete
downfall of the Jacobins. These facts are
mentioned only to provo that our ancestors
were not behind tho spirit of the age, when
they undertook, in this somewhat anti-republican,
manner, to legislate upon matters
whieh, as modern experience has ascer
tained, are better regulated when they are
left free.
Various conventions wore accordingly as
sembled for thi3 rather high-handed purpose
The first was held at Concord, in this Stale
on the 14th day of July; 1779, for carrying
into effect the measures recommended by
Congress. At their meetings certain arti
cles of merchandize and country produco
were named, and prices affixed to them,
and it was unanimously resolved that these
should be the highest prices for which they
wero to bo sold. Other towns immediately
followed tho example of Concord, and a
dopted, without much alteration, the reso
lutions which were passed in that conven
tion. At a legal meeting of the freeholders and
other inhabitants of tho town of Boston, by
adjournment, at Faneuil Hall, Monday, Au
gust ICth, 1779, the Honorable Samuel
Adams, Esq. moderator, the committee ap,
pointed to fix the prices of sveral articles
mentioned in the resolves of the Concord
convention, made their report. They re
ported that whereas tho goods and wares
imported from Europe, were so various in
their kinds and qualities, as to render it
quilo impracticablo to dctcrmino tho exact
price at which every article ought to be sold
it was icsolvcd that all holders and retailers
of European wares and merchandize should
from that time forward, sell all articles at
twenty per. cent., or one-fifth part less than
tho prices at which the same articles were
sold in the month of July last.
A committee of thirteen was likowiso
appointed, with whom might bo lodged
complaints of all violations and evasions of
tho resolves of tho convention. Tho com
mittoo was empowered and directed to in
quiro into all such complaints, and to pub
lish the names of all those who upon good
and satisfactory evidence, might be convic
ted of violating or evading these resolves, as
enemies to their country, that they might
bo dealt with according to their demerits.
Not only was tho maximum price of provi
sion established by this body, but that of
labor likewise, whieh was the highest cither
to bo demanded or givon. It was voted,
moieovcr, that a violation of these resolves,
in the present situation of public affairs,
was " a crime of tho deepest dye." Any
person or persons who should violate them
in any way, either by buying or selling,
except in those places whose inhabitants
had not yet adopted tho measures, were to
bo exposed to infamy, according to tho u
nanimous resolves of tho convention. The
penalty assigned them was to have their
names published by the committee of thir
teen," in the Boston newspapers, " lhatlho
public, knowing the facts, might abstain
from all trade and conversation with them,
and the people at large inflict upon him
that-punishment luhich such wretches de
serve .'" These are the very words of one
of the resolutions, and are plainly an en
couragement of mobs and Lynch law. A
fino specimen of tho wisdom and modera
tion of our ancestors !
It should, moreover, be deemed infamous
for any one to trade or hold any intercourse
or conversation with such persons. It was
likewise voted that tt was the duty of every
citizen to keep a vigilant eye upon hi3
neighbor, that any infringement of the reso
lutions aforesaid might be prevented. The
committee further reported that the inhabi
tants, in all their perchases of meat, buy
by the pound and not by the quarter, as
the latter mode was an inlet to great eva'
sions, and might elude the salutary purpo
ses in view, Such were tho additional re
solves of tho convention after thev had fiX'
TJipflees'xif all articles ormcrchandizo
and produce. '
It may well be supposed that such laws
met with no verv cordial approbation a-
mong the merchant aud large dealers. A
great deal of violent opposition was made to
them by many individuals in different parts
of the country. Among tho disaffected was
a merchant of tho town of Boston, an exten
sive importer of goods, named Thomas
Boylston. He is said to nave ucen a very
honorable and upright citizen, a warm friend
to the revolution, and a well-wisher to the
political cause of the young republic. But
the proceedings of tho convention affected
hia interest very seriously; he became
greatly exasperated ; immediately shut up
his stores, and declared his intention of
selling nothing at all hereafter, until the
maximum laws wero annulled. Ho was
steady and unalterable in his purpose, and
being one of the most noted merchants in
tho place, his resolution occasioned a great
burst of indignation among the people.
Mr. Boylslon, among other articles, had
considerable quantities of coffee in his store
which was, at that time, in great demand.
The imposibility of obtaining this article by
purchase; no less than tho unpatriotic reso
lutions and obstinacy of the owner, particu
laily excited the indignation of certain wo
men of tho town of Boston. They imine
diately determined to punish the offender,
agreeably to tho implied recommendation
in that clause of ono of the convention re
solves, which says in relation to such per
sons, " that the people at large may indict
upon them that punishment which such
wretches deserve." The most prominent
individual among theso indignant women,
was ono Mother Coulter, who Kept a sai
lor's boarding house. Sho was a woman
of verv masculine habits, and great bodily
strength, and agreed to lead the women, if
they would assomblo and take satisfaction.
She assombled them together, accordingly
and stirred them up to inflict punishment
upon this rebellious merchaut. They re
solved, with her for their leader, to break
open Mi. Boylston's store, and take forcible
posession of tho coffee. " Tho men," ex
claimed Mother Coulter, " havo had their
tea-party, aud now tho women will have
their cofl'ec-party !"
In complianco with Mother Coulter's re
commendation, the women assembled at
ono o'clock at noon-day, at the Faneuil
Hall, where the trucks wero usually drawn
up. Alter receiving their intrnetions from
their leader, they took possession of tho
trucks, with Mother Coulter at their head,
and drove onward to the store of Mr. Thom
as Boyhton. Upon their arrival, they bat
tered open the doors by force, took quiet
possession of tho coffee, and ihcn proceed
ed back to Franouil Hall. At ihe head of
the procession might bo seen Mother Coul
ter, sitting upon a hogshead of coffee on
ono of the trucks, flourishing her wh.p, and
urging them forward to glory and revenge.
Upon their arrival at Faneuil Hall, the con
tents of the bags and hogsheads were taken
out and distributed among tho applauding
multitude.
All this ontragcous transaction having"
been dono in accordance with tho implied
recommendations in tho resolutions of tho
convention, met with but little public dis
approbation. No pubu'c measures wero
used to compensate Mr. Boylston for his
losses; and tho whole circumstances of the
proceedings of the mob and of the conven
tion, may afford aomo evidenco that public
morals have undergone a little improvement
since that time, and that legislators havo
grown somewhat wiser. Mr. Boylston was
highly indignant at this outrage, and resolv
ed forthwith to quitthe'eountry which affor
ded no protection to his property. He look
leave of America very shortly, and depar
ted to England, taking with him his family
and all his personal property. There he
spent the remainder of his days; but con
tinued, notwithstanding, a friend and bene
factor of tho town of Boston, and left it
several largo donations for various charita
bleljurp.oses an( public institutions.
canInfTsagTcity
In Youatt's Humanity to Brutes, is the
following anecdote of a Newfoundland dog:
" A vessel was driven on the beach of
Lydd, in Kent. The surf was rolling furi
ously eight poor fellows wero crying for
help but not a boat could be got off to their
assistance. At length a gentlemen came on
the beach accompanied by his Newfound
land dog. He directed the attention of the
animal to the vessel, and put a short stick
into his mouth. The intelligent and cour
ageous fellow at once understood his mean
ing, and sprang into tho sea, and fought his
his way through the wave3. He could not,
however, get closo enough to tho vessel to
deliver that with which he was charged, but
tho crew joyfully made fast to a rope anoth
er piece of wood, and threw it towards him.
Ho saw tho wholo business in an instant;
ho dropped his own piece, and immediate
seized that which had been cast to him, and
then with a degree of strength and deter
mination almost incredible, he diagged it
through the surf and delivered it to his mas
tor. A line of communication was thus
formed, and every man on board was res
cued from a watery grave."
A little boy, three years of age, was ask
ed who made him ? With his l'ttle hand a
foot from the floor, he artlessly replied
1 God made me a little baby so high, and I
grew the rest.
Tahc care Bachelors. Smokers should
never carry loco-foco matches in 'their vest
pockets. A young fellow recently on a
courting expedition, clasped his 'dearest' so
significantly at parting that he ignited
the matches in his pocket, burning oil' one
of his whiskers, and singed the lady's eye
brows. An odd sort of a genius having slopped in
a mill, was looking with apparent astonish
ment at the movements of the machinery
whem the miller, thinking to quiz him, as
ked him if lie had heard the news ?
Not as I know on' said Jonathan, 'what
is ill'
' Why' said the miller, 'they say tho de-
vil is dead,'
By jings !' he exclaimed 'is he ? who
t:nds the mill J1