!MMMaBMMWMMWMWIULOiiJai MMiLi.i.ijjtMiaiiii 'itumixcmita mi i !' nm iif 'rrtjivi u iihim y i iiimiim i tinirwTOiyflBjr ww mini hiwiMwwii yamuuLmsaiaai&iBMXirj$Bt Richard Nugent, Editor The whole art or Government consists nr the art of being uojisst- Jefferson. and PscbiKIser. VOL. I. STROUDSBURGy MONROE COUNTY, PA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 140 No 33. i JEFFERSON IAN REPUBLICAN. TERMS. Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars and a quarter, half yearlv, and if not paid before the end of the rear, Two uouars ana a nan. most! wno receive their pa pers oy a earner or siage unvers cmpioyeu Dy me proprietor, will be charccd 37 1-2 els. per year, extra. No papers discontinued until all arrearages arc paid, except at tne option 01 me iiunor. lDAdvertisements not exceeding one scmare (sixteen lines) will be inserted three weeks for one dollar : twenty-five cents for every suoscQuent insertion ; larger ones in proportion. A liberal discount will be made Jo yearly advertisers. HZ?AU letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid. JOB PRINTING. Having a general assortment of large elegant plain and orna mental Type, we are prepared to execute every des cription of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms. DELAWARE ACADE3I1T. Tho Trustees of this Institution, have the pleasure of announcing to the public, and par ticularly to the friends of education, that they have engaged Ira B. Newman", as Superinten dent and Principal of their Academy. The Trustees invite the attention of parents and guardians, wbo have children to send from home, to this Institution. They are fitting up the building in the first style, and its location from its retired nature is peculiarly favorable for a boarding school. It commands a beauti ful view of the Delaware river, near which it is situated, and the surrounding scenery such as the lover of nature will admire it is easily accessible the Easton and Milford Stages pass it daily, and only 8 miles distant from the latter place, and a more salubrious section of coun try can nowhere be found. No fears need be entertained that pupils will contract pernicious habits, or be seduced into vicious company it is removed from all places of resort and those inducements to neglect their studies that are furnished in large towns and villages. Board can be obtained very low and near the Academy. Mr. Daniel W. Dingman, jr. will take several boarders, his house is very conve nient, and students will there be under the im mediate care of the Principal, whose reputa tion, deportment and guardianship over his pU- jnls, a.iuru cive oesi, security for their proper conduct, that the Trustees can give or parents and guardians demand. The course of instruction will be thorough adapted to the age of the pupil and the time he designs to spend in'literary pursuits. Young men may qualify themselves for entering upon the study of the learned professions or for an advanced stand at ooiiege lor mercantile pur suits, for teaching or the business of common life, useful will be preferred to ornamental stud ies, nevertheless so much of the latter attended to as the advanced stages of the pupil's educa tion will admit. The male and female depart mentiivill be under the immediate superintend denceofthe Principal, aided by a competent male or female Assistant. Lessons in music will be given to young ladies on the Piano Forte at the boarding house of the principal, by an experienced and accomplished' Instructress. Summer Session commences May 4tli. EXPENSES. Board for Young Gentleman or Ladies with the Principal, per week, SI 50 Pupils from 10 to 15 years of age from SI to SI 25 Tuition for the Classics, Belles-Lettres, French 1 &c. per quarter, 2 00 Extra for music, per quarter, 5 00 N. B. A particular course of study will be j marked out for those who wish to qualify them selves for Common School Teachers with ref erence to that object ; application made for teachers to the trustees or principal will meet invnediute attention, Lectures orv the various subjects of study will be delivered by able speakers, through the course of year. ' By ordorofthe Board, DANIEL W. DINGMAN. Pres't Dingman's Ferry, Pike co., Pa., May 2 1840 NOTICE. The Book of Subscription to the Stock of the Upper Lehigh Navigation Company, will be re opened itStoddartsvjlle, on Wednesday, thel-5th day of July ensuing, when subscriptions will be received for the balance of stock which remains "vet open. VJ the same limr and place the Stock holders will elect a board of Directors. Charles Trump, John S. Comfort, Henry W. Drinker William P. Clark, Commissioners Tune 16, 1540. N. B. Proposals will be received atStoddarfs Tilie.on Thursday the ldtu day of July ensuing, for doing the work either wholly; or in jobs, requi red by building a lock and inclined plane' with the necessary grading, fixtures and machinery foi passing rafts, descending the Lehigh over the Falls t Stoddartsville. It is expected that the work will be commenced as soon as practicable and b? j 1 ... ;. J . 3. , ' The Grave of tlie Indian Claicf. DV J. G. PERCIVAL. They laid the corpse of the wild and brave On the sweet fresh earth; of the new made grave, On the gentle hill, where wild weeds waved, And flowers and grass were flourishing. They laid within the peaceful bed, Close by the Indian chieftain's head, His bow and arrows; and they said, That he had found new hunting grounds. Where bounteous Nature only tills The willing soil, and o'er whose hills, And down beside the shady rills, The hero roams eternally. And these fair isles to the westward lie, Benaath a golden sun-set sky, Where youth and beauty never die And song and dance move endlessly. They told of the feats of his dog and gun, They told of the deeds his arm had done, They ung of battles lost and won, And so they paid his eulogy. And o'er his arms, and o'er his bones, They raised a simple pile of stones; Which, hallowed by their tears and moani; Was all the Indian's monument. And since the chieftain here has slept, Full many a winter's winds have swept, And many an age has softly crept Over his humble sepulchre. BCTOBE SUX-KISE I2f THE VALE OF CHJUJOCNY IN SWITZERLAND, Br COLERIDGH. Betides the rivers, Arve and Arveiron, wlrich hare their sources in the foot of Mount Blanc, five conspicuous torrents rush down its sides; and with in a few paces of the Glaciers or ice-fields, the "Gentiana Major" grows in immense numbers, with its "flowers of loveliest blue." Hast thou a charm tostay the Morning Star In his steep course! so long he seems to pause On thy bald awful head, O, tovran Blanc! The Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful Form! Bizcst from forth thy silent sba of Pined, How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark substantial, black" An ebon mass: msthinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent mount! I gaz'd upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Did'st vanish from my thought: entrane'din prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet, like some sweet beguiling melody, So sweet, we know not we are listening to it, Thou, the meanwlme.was blending with my thought, Yea, with my life and life's own secret joy: Till the dilating soul, enrapt, transfused, Into the mighty vis'on passing there As in her natural form, swell'd vast to Heaveh! Awake, my soul! not only passive praiso Thou owest! not alone these swelling tears, Mute thanks and silent ecstacy! awake, Yoice of sweet song! awake, my heart, awake! Green vales and icy cliffs, all join my hymn. Thou first and chief, sole sovran of the vale! O struggling with the darkness all the night, And visited all night by troops of stars, Or when they climb the sky or when they sink: Companion of the morning-star at dawn, Thjself earth's hosv stah, and of the dawn Co-herald! wake, 0 wake, and utter praise! V ho sank thy sunless pillars deep in earth? vno mi d tny countenance with rosy light! Who made thee parent of perpetual streams? And you, ye five wild torrents fiercely giad! Who called you forth from night and utter death, From dark and icy caverns call'd you forth, Down tbose precipitous, black, jagged rocks Forever shattered and the same forever? Who gave you, your invulnerable life, Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy. Unceasing thunder and eternal foam? And who commanded (and the silence came,) Here let the billows stiffen, and have rest? Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full Moon? whn U ti.. - - - " -.-w IJUIl Cloath you with rainbows? who, with living flowers Ui loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God! let the torrents, like a shout of nations Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God! God! singye meadow-streams with gladsome voice! Ye Pine-groves, wiihyoursoft and soul-like sounds! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow. And in their perilous fall shall thundeivGoDl Ye livery flowers that skirt th' eternal Yrost! J Ye wild goats-Bporiiijg round the, Eagle's nest! ' Yc Eagles, play-mates of the mountain storm! Ye lightnings, the dread arrows of the Clouds! Ye signs and wonders of tho element! Utter forth God, and filifije 'hills with praise! Oncemore,hoarmount!Yttthysky-pointingpeak8, Oft from whose feet the tnralanche, unheard, Shoots downward, glittering thro' the pure serene, Into the depth of clouds tht yeil thy breast Thou too again, stupendous mountain! thou That as I raise my head, awhile bow'd low In adoration, upwards fror'i:base ' Slow travelling with dim eyes suffused withrtcarsj Solemnly seemest, like a vapoury cloud, To rise before me rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of incense, from the earth! Thou kingly spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from earth to heaven, Great Ilierarch! tell thou ifs silent sky, And tell the stars, and tell yon rising sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. Frontier Sketches. (concluded.) In the latter part of March, at the opening of the campaign of 1782, we were ordered by congress to our re spective stations. I marched Robin son's company to Northumberland, where Mr. Thomas Chambers joined us, who had been recently commis sioned as an ensign- of our company. "We halted at Northumberland two' or three days for our men to wash and rest; from thence Ensign Chambers and myself were ordered to Muncy, Samuel Wallis's plantation, there to make a stand and rebuild Fort Mun cy, which had been destroyed by the enemy. We reached that station and built a small block-house for the storage of our provisions ; about the 10th or 11th of April, Capt. Robm son came on with Esquire Culbert- and a Mr. Bantiey;' 1 was ordered to select twenty or twenty-five men with these gentlemen, and to proceed up the west branch to the Big Island, and thence up the Bald Eagle CreeA;, to the place where a Mr. Culbertson had been killed. On the 15th of April, at night, we reached the place, and encamped for the night; on the morn ing of the 16th we were attacked by eighty-live Indians. It -was a hard- fought battle ; Esquire Culbertson and two others made their escape; I think we had nine killed, and the rest of us made prisoners. We -were all stripped of our clothing except ing our pantaloons. When they took off my shirt they discovered my com mission; our commissions Were writ ten on parchment, and carried in" a silk case hung with a ribbon in our bosom; several got hold of it, and one fellow cut the ribbon with his knife, and succeeded in obtaining it They took us a little distance from the battle-ground, made the prisoners sit down in a small ring, the Indians forming another around us m close order, each with his rifle and toma hawk in his hand. They brought up five Indians we had killed, and laid them within their circle. Each one reflected for himself; our time Would probably be short, and respecting myself, looking back to the year '80 and the party I had killed, If I was discovered to be the person my case would be a hard one. Their proph et or chief warrior made a speech; as was informod alterwards by the British lieutenant who belonged to the party, he was consulting the Great Spirit what to do. with the prisoners, whether' to kill us on the spot or spare our lives: he came to the conclusion tt!iat there had been blood enough shed, and as to the men they had lost, it was the fate of war, and we must be taken and adopted into the' families of those whom we had lulled ;. we were then divided amongst them ac cording to the number of fires; packs were prepared for us, and thev re- turned across the river at the Big Isl and in bark canoes; 4hey then made their way across ..hills, and came to Pine Creek, above the first forks, which they followed up to the third fprk, and took the . most northerly branch to the head , of it, and thence to the waters of the Genesee river. After two. days travel down the Gene Seeriver, we came to a plac?., called the Pigeon Woods, whera a great number of Indian families, old and young, had come to catch young pi geons; there we met a party of about forty warriors, on their way to the frontier settlements ; they encamped some little distance apart, the warri ors of the two parties holding a coun cil at our camp. I soon perceived that I was the subject of their conver sation; I was seized and dragged to the other camp, where the warriors were sitting on one side of a large fire; I was seated alone on the opposite side Every eye was fixed upon me; I per ceived they were gathering around m great numbers ; m a short time 1 perceived a man pressing through the crowd; he came to me and sat down; I saw he was a white man painted in Indian dress. He examined me on the situation of the frontiers, the strength of our forts, the range of our scouts, &c. After he got through, he observed that there was only one besides himself there that knew me. "Do you know me, sir ?" said I. "I do; you are the man that killed the Indians. I thought of the fire and the stake; he observed that he was a prisoner and a friend; that his name was Jones, nd he had been taken. prisoner iii the spring' oi '81, with Capt. John Boyde, in Bedford coun ty; that he would not expose me, and if I could pass through undiscovered and be delivered up to the British, I would be safe ; if not, I would have to die at the sta&e. The next morn ing they moved down the river.; two days after they came to the' Caneadia village, the first on the Genesee river, where we were prepared to run the Indian eantlet: the warriors don't whip it is the young Indians and squaws. They meet you in sight of their council-house, where they se lect the prisoners from, the ranks of the warriors, bring them m front, and when ready the word jo'ggo is given; the prisoners start, the whippers fol low after, and if they outrun you, you will be severely whipped. I was placed in front of my men; the word being given, we started. Being then young and full of nerve, I led the way; two young squaws came running up to join the whipping party, and when they saw us start, they halted a;nd stood shoulder to stoulder with their whips ; when- I came near them bounded and ricked them over ; we all came down together ; there was considerable kicking amongst us, so much so that they showed their un der dress, which appeared to be of a beautiful yellow colour; I had not time to help them up. It was truly diverting to the warriors; they yelled ana snouted till they made the air ring. They halted at that village for one 2ay, and thence went to Fort Niagara, where I was delivered up to the British. I was adopted, according to the Indian custom, mto Col. But- er's family, then the conimandirifj officer of the British and Indians at that place. I was to supply the loss of his son, Capt. Butler, who was killed late in the fall of 1781 by the Americans. In honour to mo as his adopted son, I was confined in a pri vate room, and not put under a British guard. My troubles soon began; the Indinns were. informed br the tories ' that &ne'w me that I had been a; pris oner before, and had billed' my cap tors; they were outrageous, and went to Butler and demanded me, and as I was told, offered to brin? in fourteen prisoners in my place. Butler sent an officer to examine me on the sub ject; he came and informed me their Indians had laid heavy accusations against ine; they were informed thai; I had been a prisoner before, ancT Ailled the part)r, and that they had de manded me to be given up fcd them, and that his colonel Wished to Know the fact. I observed, " Sir, it is a se rious que stion to answer; I will never deny the truth; I have been a prisoner before, and killed the party, and re turned to the service of my country; hut, sir, I considei myself to be a prisoner of ?ar to the" British, and 1 presume you will have more hon our than to deliver me up to the savages. I know what my fate will be ; ami please to in form your colonel tliat we have it, iii our power to retaliate." He left me in a short lime, and returned and stated that he was authorised to say to me that there was no alternative for to save my life but to abandon the rebel cause and join the British standard; that I should take the same rank in the British service as I did in the rebel service. 1 replied, " No, sir, no; give me the stake, the tomahawk, or the knife, before a British commisio'n: liberty or death is our motto;" he then left me. Some time after a lady came to my room, with whom 1 had beeri well acquainted before the revolution; we had been school-mates; she was then married to a British officer, a captain of the qneen's rangers; he came with her. She had been to Col. Bnt ler, and she was authorised to make me thn same offer as the officer had done ; I thanked her for the trouble she had taken for my safely, but cotild'not accept of the offer; she observed how much more honourable would it be to be an officer in the British service. I observed that I could not dispose of myself in iliat way; 1 belonged to the Congress of ihe U. STinte and that I would abide the consequences; she lft me, and it was the last I heard of it. A guard was set at the door of my apartment. In about four days after I was sent down Lake Ontario k) a place called Carlton Wdriti; from thence down the St. Lawrence to Montreal, where I was placed in prison, and found forty or fifty of our American officers, and where wo had the honour to look through ths iron grates. The fourih of July was drawing near; teir of us combined to celebrate the political birth-day of our country; we found ways and means to have some brandy conveyed in to us unknown to the British guard, and we. had a high day, after making a compromise with the guard. It waa highly ofl'ensive to the British officers, and wo ten were taken out and sent to Quebec, thence down the St. Lawrence, and put on the Isle of Orleans, where we remained till the last of Sep1 tember; a British fleet sailed about that time and bound for New York; we were put on board of that fleet; when we came to N. York ther& was no exchange for us. Gen. Carhdn then' commanded the British army at New York; he paroled ns to return home. In the month of March, 1783, 1 was exchan ged, and had orders to take up arms again. I joined my company in March at Northumber land; about that time Capt. Kobmson received orders- to march his company to Wyoming, to keep garrison at Wilkesbarre fort. He sent myself and Ensign Chambors with the compa ny to that station, where we lay till November. 1783. Our armv was then discharged, and our company likewise: poor and penhyless, we retired to the shades of a private life. Irish "Wit. A genuine " son" of the sod" came into our office the other day, and asked the rates of advertising for a siluation. The prico we told him would be one dollar for throe insertions, and one dollar and seventy five ccs. for six. " A dollar," said he, scratching his pate, " for the first thrae times, and thrao quar ters for the last thrae ; well, thin, my darlin, faith an we'll haxe it in the last thrao." Lon don Sun. A Counsel sometimes meets with his mnica in' the witness box. "Could you ee a Ifoh through a wall?" asked Mr. Freeman, when cross examining a Kcrrvntan at the Liim r:t Assizes. 1 cuuld if it was made ifcUt.' ..v the roady reply. Cork p&ptr. Prying into Other Folks BusixcJ - " What are you doing there ?" inquired te& of Tom, as ho caught Mm peeping (brough keyhole. " What's that in you V said Tom." " I don't like to see e person prying iutt- dthe: folk's business." Windows. There are 300 windows at Ma: blehoad,' Mass;; in a populatiin of- 5,575... f
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