Jetter00ttt 4 , The whole art of Government consists in the art op being honest. Jefferson. VOL. 2. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., "WEDNESDAY, MAY 12; 1841. No IML. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THEODORE SCHOCH. J. JJliUO. 1 VO (JO LI ill a lvi uuiwivi, a. hu uuuui and a quarter, half yearly, ami if not paid before the end of me year, two uo'iars-iuiu u imn. :iu ictKnc uwn papers by a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie- tur, will ue cnargcu - j v...., No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except ff tlm l rf iJlA PVllini"- K? Advertisements not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) will be inserted three weeksfor one dollar . twenty-five cents for even7 subsequent insertion ; larger ones in proportion. A l;u I A ifrsniit will ho mnrln irt olltr nilvnrlienr IC7A11 letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid JOB PRINXI1V&. Having a general assortment of large elegant plain andorna mental iype, we are prepared to execute every des cription of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Hfotes, Blank Kcccipls, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms. Barker's Pole. " Rove not from pole to pole, but here turn in." The origin of the Barber's Pole is to be traced to the period when the barbers were al so surgeons, under the denomination of Barber Surgeons, or Barber-Chirurgeons, none other in former times being allowed to "let blood." To assist this operation, it being necessary for the patient to grasp a staff, a stick or pole was always kept by the Barber-Surgeon, together with the fillet or bandaging used for tying the patient's arm. When the pole was not in use, the tape was tied to it, that they might be both forthcoming when wanted. On a person com ing to be bled, the tape was disengaged from the pole, and bound round the arm, and the pole was put in the person's hand: after it was done it was again tied on, and in this state th pole and tape were often hung at the door for a sign or notice to passengers that they might there be bled. At length, instead of hanging out the identical pole used in the operation, a pole was painted with stripes round it, in imitation of the real pole and its bandagings, and thus came the sin. Newspapers in Barbers' Shops. " A barbers shop adorn'd weee, With monsters, news, and poverty; Whilst some are shaving, others bleed, And those that wait, the papers read; The master, full of Whig or Tory, Combs out your wig and tells a story!" The custom of having newspapers in a bar ker's shop was introduced about a century back. They were then only a penny apiece, and the barbers introduced them to amus their custom ers while waiting. JJjThe New London Gazette advertises that there are in that city not less than three hundred unmarried ladies, between the ages of sixteen and thirty years, handsome, well educa ted and accomplished. All bachelors who pos sess the proper qualifications to make good hus bands, and discrimination justly to appreciate beauty combined with all the virtues which adorn the mind and render life pleasant, and society agreeable, are invited to visit New Lon lon and 'pop the question.' 'Is nobody coming to marry me, is nobody coming to woo.' N. 1 . Times and Star. "Talking of law," says Eompey, "makes me tink of what de mortal Cato, who lib more dan a tousand year ago, say; him say, De law is like a groun glass window dat give light nougii to light us poor errin mortals in de dark passages of dis life; but it would puszle de debil himself to see troo it." A wife packed up. In the corres pondence from Algiers of the Toulon naise, the following singular story is related: During the Marshal's last expedition, one of our chasseurs found, near the tents of a tribe we were ravaging-, a sack of considerable magni tude. Without seeking to know its contents, he fastened it on the crup per of his horse. Ere long, to his utter astonishment, he heard a human voice issue from his burthen, and dis mounted to solve the mystery. On opening the sack, he discovered a beautiful female, between 16 and 17 years of ae, and a valise containing about 10,000 francs. It appears that tiie young woman was the wife of an Arab, who had thus packed her up with his money as his two greatest valuables, but in his terror had aban doned them both. The soldier placed his living prize on one of the ammu nition wagons, and divided the money with comrades..',, tl, . From the National Intelligencer. Wotitia of General Utarrisoja while in Washington. His Religious Character. The next morninsr after the Inauguration (the 5th of March) Gen. Harrison walked down the avenue and pur chased a Quarto Bible and Book of Common Prayer, which he carried home with him, and directed the servant to place in his bed-room, where I saw them on the night of his death thereby indicating that he had chosen the Holy Book for the rule ot his laith and guide of his life in the execution of the important trust com mitted to his charge. The Bible he was seen reading early every morning and late every evening. In his first letter to Mrs. Harrison after his Inauguration, he states that after he had re turned from the Capitol to the President's Man sion, and as soon as he could command any time, he retired to liis room and fell upon his knees before his Maker, thanking him for all his mercies, and supplicating his gracious gui dance in the faithful discharge cf the duties of his high station to his country and his God. On Sunday morning, the 7th, Benjamin Har rison, Esq. of Virginia, at the request of the President, called at my house, desiring to know whether h could be accommodated with a pew for himself and family for that day, and ex pressing a wish to obtain the one recently oc cupied by Mrs. Madison which the owner ac corded to him. In the public worship of the church he conformed to all her rituals in the auditable responses of the service, and with that humility so expressive of devout feelings and humble devotion, bowed himself on his knees before the Majesty of Heaven, and sup plicated that mercy of which as a sinner, how ever highly exalted his station, he stood so much in need. Thus following the example of the pious rulers of Israel. The 'following day he purchased the pew, and regularly attended the service of the church every Sunday morning until prevented by his last fatal sickness. His regard,for the Sabbath was such, thatj of late years, he always avoided travelling on that holy day, unless from absolute necessity; and during the short period ho occupied the President's Mansion, carefully avoided all com pany on that day, and dined at an early hour, that he might attend public worship in the af ternoon with, his family, some of whom be longed to the communion of the Presbyterian Church. His high estimation for the "people of God" was most nobly shown in kindness to his Min isters. On a recent occasion, he said to a brother clergyman of mine, with whom he had been for some time acquainted, whom ill health prevented from the performance of his clerical duties, and on whom he had within a few weeks conferred a vacant clerkship until his health would enable him to resume the duties of his ministerial office: "I see no company on Sun day, and dine in a plain way; but I shall be al ways happy to see you at my table, for I love to have the Clergy with me on Sunday." In this connexion it may be proper to state that, at his own hospitable mansion at North Bend, when the infirm health of Mrs. Harrison would not allow her to attend public worship elsewhere, Gen. H. would often obtain the ser vice of a clergyman for the day, and renumer ate him liberally. It has also been stated to me by a member of the family that some years since, he accidentally became acquainted with a young Minister of the Methodist Church in indigent circumstances, whose native talents and powers of mind promised extensire useful ness if properly cultivated. Gen. H. kindly invited nim to become a member of his family, and offered him the use of his library until well prepared for the exercise of his ministry. This young clergyman is now a distinguished and successful laborer in the vineyard of .our Lord. Of late years, notwithstanding his having erected, mostly at his own expense, a church in his immediate vicinity, yet riot being able to support a clergyman for the regular services of the church, he was in the habit of leaving home on Saturday afternoon for the sole purpose of attending the church m Cincinnati, of which the Rev. J. T. Brooke is Rector, twice or thrice a day. He also frequently attended a stated weekly lecture. From the day of his Inauguration, it was his invariable practice to rise with the dawn of day, and after reading the Scripture, to walk for ex ercise. His Death. On Thursday, the 25th of March, in a short interview with him, he com plained of being quite unwell; and this indis position continued to increase until the expo sure of his person in the morning walk of Sa turday brought on a severe chill and fever. Its I am .authorized from unquestionable authority to say, that the closing part of his Inaugural Ad dress, especially that part in which ne so reverent ly expresses his regard lor the Christian Religion, was penned by him in the room in which he wast born, and where ho had often kneeled beside his pious mother, who earnestly implored the rich blessing of Heaven on his future life. --' - , W,H. violent and exciting character seemed, in the opinion of his physicians, to forbid the usual religious services in his sick room. On Saturday evening, the 3d instant; about nine o'clock, on approaching his sick bed, his strength appeared to be rapidly failing, and as little or no hope could be entertained of his recovery, a few of his friends united with me at his bedside in that "commendatory prayer for a sick person at the point of departure" to another world, set forth in the service of the church, to which he appeared to listen with si lent attention and approbation. About 30 min utes before one o'clock, by the watch held in my hand, on the morning of the 4th of April, he gently breathed his departing spirit into the hands of his God and Saviour, and sunk to rest without the movement of a muscle of his coun tenance, a struggle or a groan. It has come to my knowledge that, for some years past, his mind has been deeply im pressed with the important concerns of eternity and that he had frequently expressed his con fident faith and hopes in the Gospel of the Son of God, and had been for some time desirous of uniting hiniself in communion Avith the church, and intended doing so as soon as the recent'political excitement should have passed away, whether it terminated favorably to his elevation to the Presidential office or otherwise. This holy purpose, it is understood, had he sur vived, was intended to be consummated on Eas ter Sunday. May God in mercy to the nation, overrule and sanctify this painful dispensation of his pr6vidence to the welfare and prosperity of his church, the cause of true piety, and the estab lishment of his kingdom among men! WM. HAWLEY. Rector of St. John's Church. Judge Hall in his life of our late lamented President says, that when in command of the North Western army he was making active preparations for a descent upon Canada. " The 9th of September has been appointed by the President at the request of Congress, as a day of humiliation and prayer; and little as religion is usually respected in armies, this day was ob served with decorum by all, and employed by many in exorcises of sincere devotion." What influence this day of rest and devotion had in promoting the victory gained, a few days after over Proctor and his Indian allies, might afford subject of curious speculation. At all hazards this impressive duty was not neglected, either by Washington or Harrison, and after its per formance the inscrutable result was committed to the hands of God. Phil. Amer. Woman. Perhaps a more just and beautiful compliment was never paid to woman than the following from Judge Story: "To the honor, to the eternal honor of the sex, be it said, that in the path of duty no sacrifice is with them impossible, but to shrink from what love, honor, innocence and religion require. The voice of pleasure or of power may pass by unheeded; but the voice of affliction never. Tho chamber of the sick, the pillow of the dying, the vigils of the dead, the altars of religion, never missed the presence or the sympathies of woman. Timid though she be, and so delicate that the winds of heaven may not too roughly visit her on such occasions she loses all sense of dan ger, and assumes a preternatural courage which knows riot and fears not consequences. Then she displays the undaunted spirit which neither courts difficulties, nor evades them that resig nation which neither utters murmurs nor regret; and that patience in suffering which seems vic torious even over death itself. An Idea from Streeter. Pa, what am a board? 'A board my son, is a long, wide, thin piece of wood, sawed from a log.' ' O, 3es, well; and am our alder men sawed out of log?' Why, hem, no child, they grow like I do.' ' Well, now pa, here's a board of aldermen in the paper, so I guess they is made of logs, too; cause, the paper knows.' Implements of War. A new bayonet has been introduced into the English army. It is de scribed as a formidable sort of wea pon, about two aiid a half feet in length, and one and a half inches broad, with proportionate thickness. Une edge cuts like a sword, which would make an usdv wound, calcula ted to settle the army Surgeons. A new detonating musket has also been experimented on, which was found to fire 160 rounds of ball cartridge in an inconceivable short space, of time, without a single failure. Kates of Interest. We find the following table of the rates of interest and the penalty of usury in several of our exchanges, without knowing whose labor m composing should receive credit: Maine, 6 per cent forfeit of the debt or claim. New Hampshire; 6 per cent forfeit of three times the amount unlawfully taken. Vermont, 6 per cent recovery in action with costs. Massachusetts, 6 per cent forfeit of three fold the usury. Rhode Island, 6 per cent forfeit of the mo ney and interest on the debt. Connecticut, 6 per cent forfeit of the whole debt. New York, G per cent forfeit of the whole debt. New Jersey, 6 per cent forfeit of thetwhole debt. Pennsylvania, 6 per cent forfeit of the whole debt. Delaware, 6 per cent forfeit of the whole debt. Maryland, 6 per cent on tobacco contract 8 per cent. Usurious contracts void. Virginia, 6 per cent forfeit double the'iisury taken. North Carolina, 6 per cent. Contracts for usury void forfeit double the usury. South Carolina, 7 per cent. Forfeit of inter est and premium taken, with costs to debtor. Georgia, 8 per cent forfeit of ihreetimes the usury and contract void. Alabama, 8 per cent forfeit of interest and usury. Mississippi. 8 per cent by contract as high as 10 usury recoverable in action of debt. Louisiana, 5 percent bank interesi 6 con ventional as high as 10 beyond contract void. Tennessee, 6 per cent usurious contracts void. Kentucky, 6 per cent usury may be recov ered with cost. Ohio, 6 per cent usurious contracts void. Indiana, 6 per cent on written agreement may go so high as 10 penalty of usury, a fine of double the excess. Illinois, 6 psr cent three fold amount of the whole interests. Missouri, 6 per cent by agreement, as high as 10 if beyond, forfeit of the whole interest due, and of the usury due. Michigan, 7 per cent forfeit of the usury taken and one fourth the debt. Arkansas, 6 per cent by agreement, any rate not higher than 10. Amount of usury re coverable, but contracts void. Florida, 8 per cent forfeit of interest and excess' in case of usury. Wisconsin 7 per cent by agreement not over 12 forfeit treble the excess. On debts and judgements in favor of the Uni ted States, interest is computed at 6 per cent a year. Thus, there is not a single State or Territory where an enlightened system prevails upon the subject of interests, for all laws limiting the price of money ought to be repealed. File your Newspapers. Always preserve your newspapers. Often times you will have occasion to refer to something you have read, and if the papers are carefully filed away, you will know where to go and find it again. And years hence when your children become men and wo men a volume of newspapers which was taken in the family in the days of their childhood, will be a valuable and almost a sacred book to them. A newspaper gives the 'passing tidings of the tunes;' but the fashion of things changes greatly in the course of years, and as a thing of correct history, be traying the spirit, as well as recording the events of former periods, a file of old newspapers will be founa peculi arly interesting. To preserve papers well, have two large paste board covers, each as large as the page of the newspaper, and attach these together at the back. Within these covers keep the unfold ed newspaper as soon as you and the family have done reading it, and place it away on some safe shelf or drawer. This will keep the numbers clean, and prevent their being worn of! at the corners, or lost by being scattered about the house. Maine Cultivator. All men have their frailties; whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will nevor find what he seeks; we love ourselves with all our faults, and wo ought to love ourJfriend in like. manner, ' Jflp Hfot to be Beat. The following stump speech is ta ken from the Tennessee Whig, pub lished at Jonesborough, and is about as racy a specimen of the highly con centrated style of stump speaking ' fashionable in the Southwest as we have seen in a twelvemonth. Pic. Feller-Citizens: I did'nt come here to make a speecli at this time, but only jist to extinguish myself a& a candidatft. Gentlemen, pleasefe) understand that I am the candidate of the floating district, and I only want to make a few remarks at this time. A good many of you, gentle men, has never seen me'before, and I merely want to state my views of the question to be agitated. Gentlemen j I was born in the county of Sullivan, and fotched up in Knox, without pa rentage, and if it had'nt been for the goodness of God and several other gentlemen, who tuck me when I was an orphan boy at twenty-one years of age and gin me an education, I might have been as ignorant as the common people, or you, gentlemen. Gentlemen, my father was a patri arch of the revolution, and I am a pa triarch. Gentlemen, my father stain ed the walls of America with hisbkyod, and when General Jackson killed the Indians at New Orleans, I waded up to my knees in mudi Gentlemen, I am opposed to nullification. Gentle men, I would rather be a gally-pot slave than a nullifier. Gentlemen, 1 aint got time to give you my views now, and I will call on you in a few days; but, gentlemen; I hope to bfcl delivered out of the hands of the bmlt rushes. ' G entlemen, it will be surmised that I should revulge my views of State policy. I go against the whole alle gation of publican provements, inclo sing this Cincinnati Tennessee Charleston road of rails. General Jackson says the scheme wont do, and it looks reasonable. Gentlemen, three or four monstrous parties1 are now forming in our country, federal ists, nullifiers, republicans, and dem ocrats. Federalists are so called from one Frederick, King of all the Kus sias, and are in favor of burning Hue lights on the sea coast, instid of the common whale iles and they- go for holding all conventions at Hartford. Nullifiers are opposed to the sove reigntys of the old thirteen states, and go in for a distressing insurrection in the South. Republicans are for put ting down the doctrine of instructions, and inserping the ballot-boxes. Dem ocrats are opposed to calling Mr. Van Buren home from Bogota in England, and of the real Jackson grit, and go., the whole hog for silver and gold. Gentlemen, this is my doctrines and here is an English half dollar I have just drawed from my pocket'on which is described my motto, in one of the dead languages, and the motto of every true grit American, 'Eplurisy Newmen!' and which being inter preted means a plurality of new men for office! Gentlemen, I acknowledge my indulgence to you, tor your kind obligations to me on this eventful pe riod. Gentlemen, cross over the way with me, and we will get the wprjji of he; half dollar, in something tha will review our acquaintance. " Mv gun went off last nijrht," said Tim Trt lately,-, to an old acquaintance. "Were, you alarmed?" asked ho. "No, but much injurml replied Trap. "AM how did it go off, at he& cock?" "No," said Trap, "it went, off at haj past eleven, in company with a tarnation scoun drel, who. begged for suppsr, and anight'slodg-i ing." Light H'EADi.vq-A-treatise on feathers--Picayune. , k : rl
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