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A A.ii letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid, ritfmint will hf mrlp tn vnrlv nrltrnrtienre ilJi VV JiiO JL AI31jlOilMl!ilN 1. Wholesale and Retail :n and sheet ikon WARE MANUFACTORY, U Stroudsburg, Monroe county,!? a. Mie subscriber respectfully informs ihe citi- s of Stroudsburg and the public generally, he has opened a shop on Elizabeth si rest, Irly opposite William Eastburn s store, where intends keeping constantly on hand, and will Inufacture to order, all articles in his line of siness, such as TIN-WARE m all its variety, Slove Pipes and Drums of all sizes, Spouts jor Dwelling Rouses and oilier Buildings. Also, very superior Russian and American Sheet iron, liich he will manufacture into every shape to It purchasers, &c. &c. is the subscriber is a mechanic himself, and sploys none but first-rate workmen, the pub- may rest assured that his work is done, in best and most workmanlike manner; and he spectfully solictits a share of public palron e. Come and see for yourselves, before you pur lase elsewhere. IU PEWTER and LEAD, taken in ex lange for work, and all kinds of REPAIRING i the Copper, Tin, and sheet Iron Business one at the shortest notice. WANDEL BREIMER. I Jlfay 4, 1812. tfk TAILORING. Mrs. SniitU & Miss Siitcs, Respectfully infornl the citizens of Strouds- wirg and vicinity, that they hare commended pc above business in Elizabeth street, ai die iiop formerly occupied by Charles Smith, dee'd, rhere they will be happy to receive orders for ill kinds of work in the Tailoring Line; and vhere they will devote their best efforts to tie accommodation of their patrons. With an experience in the business of no inconsiderable length a determination to adhere strictly to Iheir promises and a resolution never Id make linreasonable charges, they flatter themselves phat they will receive a fair proportion Of the custom of the neighborhood. Country produce of all kinds, taken in pay mient for work. Stroudsburg, April 20, 1842; J 11. JLANIRTG, " " SURGEON DENISf , Eate of Philadelphia, Offers his professional services to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Stroudsburir, and its vicinity He inserts "Stocktons premium Porcelain teeth" upon the most scientific principles. Teeth filed, cleansed oi all tartar, mucus, and other vicous substances, and filled firmly with gold or other metals. The most eScruciating "toothache " when the nerve is exposed, will be completely cured in a few minutes, and the tooth repaired and brought to its former usefulness, bv which the patient is spared the unpleasant, and painful operation of extracting. It is a well established iact, that the retaining of teeth m the mouth, in a carious or de cayed state, as well as the' operation of extracting is very injurious to the constitution. A Dentifrice of superior quality, and lotion, for cleansing teeth, ar.d restoring scorbutica! gums, medicmals for curing mfiamations' of the perms teums, or swollen face, &c. &c. (prepared,) and all the curative operations in Dental Surgery per formed, antrald any ot Ins operations fail, they "will be promptly repaired without any extra com pensatioo. His residence is one door west of Dr. Vail's', and directly opposite the Library The following testimonials are most respectful ly submitted. 'Wc the1 andersigned having received demon strations of the professional skill of Dr. J. W. Lauing, Surgeon Dentist, do most cheerfully re commend him to public attention as a careful and scientific operator. ' J. Hains. M. D. J. M. Cole, M. D. A. Gurard, M. D. fa. Ncal, Surg. Dentist Anthony Uurlon. K. Sutton. E. M. Richardson. C Tharp. E. Tharp. Of Ehjladelphia and Burlington city's. BLANK DEEDS For sale at this office! . STROUDSB URG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY G, 1842. ODES Sung at the Stroudsburg Temperance Celebra tioh of the Anniversary of our National Indepen dence. July 4, 1842. 1st. Tone Missionary Hymn. HOW long shall virtue languish How long shall folly reign ? While many a heart with anguish Is weeping o'er the slain ? Hqv long shall dissipation '. Her deadly waters pour, Throughout thisjavqred nation, Her millions 'to devour ? ""' When shall the veil of blindness Fall from the 'sons of wealth, Restoring human kindness And industry, and health When shall the charms so luring, Of bad example cease ; The ends at once securing, Of industry and peace 1 We hail with joy unceasing The band whose pledge is given Whose numbers are increasing, Amid the smiles of heaven; Their virtues never failing, Shall lead to brighter days, When Temperance prevailing,- Shall fill the earth with praise. 2nd. National" Ode. Tune America. OUR country's banners play, On this her natal day With every breeze ; Her happy millions throng, With joy, and feast and song, And gladness wakes along Her farthest seas : But list, that wo-waked note! Its echoes onward float, Like tempest's sound : Of death despair it tells! It nearer, deeper swells, -As 'twere some demon's yells, In darkness bound. On to the battle field! Grasp virtue's sword and shield ; Contend like men; Quail not when demons shriek: Let terror blanch no cheek ! Bid freedom's watchword speak Prom mount and glen ! Here at her altar swear Your country's ark to tear From despot's hand : Contend like men be brave Your holy birthright save ! Roll back that deadly wave Which sweeps the land ! 3M. Tune Bruce's Address. FRIENDS of freedom ! swell the song ; Young and old, the strain prolong," Make the temp'rance army strong, t And on to victory. Lift your banners, let them wave, Onward march a world to save; Who would fill a drunkard's grave, And bear his infamy? Shrink not when the foe appears ; Spurn the coward's guilty fears; Hear the shrieks, behold the tears Of ruin'd families! Raise the cry in every spot " Touch not Taste not Handle not," Who would be a drunken sot, The worst of miseries ? Give the aching bosom rest; Carry joy to every breast; Make the wretched drunkard blest,- x By living soberly. Raise tfie' glorious watchword high' " Touch not Taste not till ye die " Let the echo reach the sky, And earth keep jubilee. God of mercy hear us plead, For thy help we intercede ! See how many bosoms bleed ! And heal them speedily. ... Hasten, Lord, the happy day, When beneath thy gentle ray, Tump'bance all the world shall sway.' And reign triumphantly. The Village Prize. In one of the loveliest villages in old Virgin ia, there lived in the year 175- an old man whose daughter was declared by universal con sent, to be the loveliest maiden in all the coun try round. 'f he veteran in his youth had been athletic and muscular above all his fellows, and his breast,- where he always wore them, could show the adornment of three medals, received by him for his victories in gymnastic feats when a young man. His daughter was now eighteen, and had been sought in marriage by many suitors. One brought wealth another a fine person--another this, and another that. But they were all rcSus ed by the old man, who became at last a by word for his obstinacy among the young men of the village and neighborhood. At length the nineteenth birth day of Annette, his charming daughter, who was as amiable and modest as she was beautiful, arrived. The morning of that day her father invited all the youth of the country to a haymaking frolic Seventeen handsome and industrious young men assembled. They came not only to make hay, but also love to the fair Annette. In three hours they had filled the father's barns with the newly dried grass, and Annette, by her father's command, had brought the malt liquor of her own brewing, which &he presented to each en amoured swain with her own fair hands. "Now, my boys," said the old keeper of the jewel they all coveted, as leaning on theirpitch forks they assembled round the door in the cool of the evening, "now, my lads, you have nearly all of you made proposals for my Annette. Now, you see, I don't care anything about mo ney or talents, book learning nor soldier learning--! can do as well by my gal as any man in thee ountry. Now you know, or ought to know, when I was a youngster 1 could beat any man in old Virginia in the way of leaping. I got my old woman by ber.ting the smartest man on the ' Eastern shore, and I have took the oath and sworn it that no nian shall have my daugh ter without jumping for her. Yon understand me, boys. There's the green, and here's An nette," he added, taking his daughter who stood timidly behind him, by the hand. "Now, the one thai jumps the furtherest on a dead level shall marry Annette this very night." This unique address was received by the young men with applause. And many a youih as he bounded gaily forward to the arena ol trial, cast a glance of anticipated victory back upon the lovely object of village chivalry. The maidens left the looms and quilling frames the children their noisy sports the slaves their labor, and the old men their armchairs and long pipes, to witness and triumph in the success of the victor. All prophesied and many wished it might be young Carroll. He was the happiest and best humored youth in the village, and all knew that a strong attachment existed between him and the fair Annette. Carroll had won the reputation of being. the "best leaper," and in a country where such athletic achievements were the sine qua nbn of a man's cleverness, this was no ordinary honor. In a contest like the present, he had, therefore, every advantage over his fellow athleta;. The arena allotted for this hymenial contest was a level place in front of the village inn, and near the centre of the grass plat, reserved in the midst of the village denominated "the creen." The verdure was quite worn off at this place by previous exercises of a similar, Kinu, anu a uaru sunncc ui saun, uiuiu ueuun i i i . ..r l uft.: for the purpose to which it was to be used, sup plied its place. The father of this lovely, blushing, and with al happy prize, (for she well knew who would win,) with three other patriarchial villagers, were the judges appointed to decide upon the claims of the several competitors. The last time Carroll tried his skill in this exercise, he "cleared," to use ihe leaper's phraseology, twenty-one feet and one inch. The signal was given, and by lot the young men stepped into the arena. "Edward Grayston, seventeen feet," cried one of the judges. The youth had done his ut most. He was a pale, intellectual student. But what had intellect io do with such an are na! Without a look at the maiden, he left the ground. "Dick Bouldcn, nineteen feet." Dick, with a laugh, turned away and replaced his coat. "Harry Preston, nineteen feet and three in ches." "Well done, Harry Preston," shouted the spectaiors, "you have tried hard for the acres and the homestead " Harry also laughed and declared he only jumped for the fun of the thing. Harry was a ratilc-braincd fellow, but never thought of matrimony. He loved to walk, and talk, and laugh and romp with Annette, but sober marriage never came into his head. He only jumped for ihe fun of iho thing. lie would not have said so, if he were sine of winning. "Charley Simms, fifteen feet and a half." Huzzah for Charley! Charley'll win!" cried the crowd good humorcdly. Charley Simms was one of the cleverest fellows in the world. His mother had advised him to stay at home, and told him if he ever won a wife, she would, fall in love with his good temper rather than his legs. Charley, however, made trial of the latier's capabilities, and lost. Many refused lo enter the list altogether. Others made trial, and only one of the lenpefs yet cleared twenty feet. "Now," cried the villagers, "let's see Henry Carroll. He ought to beat tins;" and every one apeared, as they called to mind the mntual love ot the last competitor and the sweet Annette, as if they heartily wished him success. Henry stepped to his post with a firm tread, flis eye glanced with confidence around upon the face of Annette, as if to catch aid from that spirit and assurance which she met his own, with a proud smile upon his lip he hounded for ward. "Twenty-one feel and a half!" shouted the multitude, repeating the announcement of the Judges. "Twentv-one feet and a half Henry Carroll forever. . Annette and Harry." Hands, caps, and handkerchiefs waved over the; eyes of the delighted Annette which sparkled with jy- When Henry Carroll moved to his station to strive for the prize, a tall, gentlemanly young man in a miliary undress frdck coat, who had rode up to the inn, and joinedjthe spectators un pcrceived whiiu the contest was going on, step ped suddenly forward, and with a knowing eye measured deliberately the space accomplished by the last leaper. He was a stranger in the ullage. His handsome face and easy address attracted-Jhneyes of the village maidens, and his manly and sinewy frame, in which sym metry and strength were happily united, called forth the admiration of the young men. "Mayhap, sir, stranger, you think you can beat that," said one of ihe bystanders, remark ing the manner in which the eye of the strang er scanned the arena. "If you can leap beyond Henry Carroll you'll beat the best man in the colonies." The truth of this observation was assented to by a general murmur. "Is it for mere amusement you are pursuing this paatime?"inquired the youthful stranger, "or is there a prize for the winner?" "Ahnette, the loveliest and wealthiest of our village maidens, is to be the reward of the vic tor," cried one of the judges. "Are the lists open to all?" "All, young sir," replied the father of Annet te, with interest, his youthful ardor rising as he surreyed the proportions of the strait-limbed young stranger. "She is the bride of him who oul-letips young Carroll. If you will try, you are free to do so. But let me tell you, Harry Carroll has no equal in Virginia. Here is my girl, sir look at her and make your trial." The officer glanced upon the trembling mai den about to be offered on the altar of her fath er's unconquerable monomania, with an admir ring eye. The poor girl looked at Harry, who stood neaV, with a troubled brow and angry eye, and then turned upon the new competitor an imploring glance. Placing his coat in the hands of one of the judges he drew a sash he wore beneath it tight er around his waist, and takiris the appointed stand, made apparently without effort the bound that was to decide the happiness or misery of Henry and Annette. "Twenty-two feet and an inch!" shouted the judge. The announcement was reported with surprise by the spectators, who "crowded around the victor filling the air with congratulations, not unmingleu, however, with loud murmurs from those who were nearly interested in the fate of the lovers. The old mart approached, and grasping his hand exiiltingly called him his son, and said he felt prouder of him than if he were a prince. Physical activity and strength were the 6ld leaper's true patent of nobility. llesumjug his coat, the victor sought with his eye the fair prize he 'had, although nameless and unknown, so fairly won. She leaned upon' her father's arm, pale and distressed. Her lover stood aloof, gloomy and mortified, admiring the superiority of the stranger in an exercise in which he prided himself as unrival led, while he hated him for his success. ''An nette, my pretty prize," said the victor, taking her passive hand "I have won you fairly." Annette's cheek turned paler than marble; she trembled like an aspen leaf, and clung closer to her father, while her weeping eye sought the form of her lover. His brow grew dark at the stranger's language. "I have won you. my pretty flower, to make you a bride! tremble not so violently; 1 mean not myself, however proud 1 might be," he ad ded with gallantry, "lo wear so fair a gem next my heart. Perhaps," and he cast his eyes round inquiringly, while the current of life leaped joy fully to her brow, and a murmur of surprise ran through the crowd ''perhaps there is some fa vored youth among the competitors, who has a higher claim to this jewel. Young sir," he continued, turning to the surprised Henry, "roe thinks you were lire victor in the lists before me I strove not for the maiden, though one could not well strive for a fairer but from love of the manly sport in which I saw you engag ed. You arc the victor, and as such, with the permission of this worthy assombly, receive j from my hand the prize you hare so well and so honorably won." 'I he yoUth Sprang forward and grasped his hand with gratitude, and the next moment An nette was weeping Tot joy upon his shoulders. Tim welkin rang with the acctama'foRs of the delighted villagers, and amid ihe temporary ex citement produced by this act, the stranger withdrew from the crowd, mounted his horse and spurred at a brisk trot through1 the village. That night Henry and Annette were marri ed, and the health of the mysterious and noble slrangor was drUnk in overflowing bumpers of rustic beverage. In the process of timo there was born unto the married pair sons and daughters, and Hen ry Carroll had become Colonel Henry Carroll of the revolutionary army. One evening, having just returned home after a hard campaign, ho Was silting with his family on the gallery of his handsoine country house, when an advance courier rode up and announ No: 1Q4 ced the approach of General Washington and suit, informing that he should crave his hospi tality for the m'sty. The necessary directions were given in rtrferencc to the household pre parations; and Colonel Carroll ordered his horse, rode forward to meet and escort to hi house the distinguished, guest whorn he had never yet seen, although serving in the same widely extended army: , That evening at the table, Annette, who' had now become dignified. matronly and still handsorrie' Mrs. Carroll, could not keep her eyes from the face of her illustri: ous visitor. Every moment or two she would steal a glance at his commanding features, ami half doubtingly, half assured, shake her hed. and look again, to' be still more pazzled. -K'e'r absence of mind and ernbarrassrricnt atlengtrfc became evident to'her husband, who' inquired affectionately if she was ill. "I suspect, Colonel," said trie General, who had been some time, ivith a quite meaning smile, observing the lady's curious and puzzled survey of his features "that Mrs. Carroll thinks she recognises in me an oldj acquaint ance.' 'Arid he smiled with a mysterious air? as he gazed upon both alternatively. The Colonel started, and a faiiit memory of the past seemed to" be revived as he gazed, while the lady rose impulsively from her chair and bending eagerly forward over the tea urn, with clasped hands and an eye of intense eagec inquiry fixed full upon him, stood for a morrieiic with her lips parted as if she. would speak. "Pardon me, my dear madam pardon me; Colonel I must put an end to" this scene. I have become, by dint of camp fare and hard usage, tCo unwieldy to leap again twenty-two'1 feet one inch, even for so fair a bride as one I wot of." Tho: recognition, with the surpriso, delight and happiness that followed, are left to the im agination of the" reader. General Washington was indeed the hand some young leaper, whose mysterious appeir arice and disappearance in the native village of the lovers, is still tra'ditionary and whoso claim to a substantial body of bona fide flesh and blood, was stoutly contested by the village story tellers, until the happy denouncement which took place at the hospitable mansion of Col. Carroll. Oolti iu Georgia. "We see in Southern papers notices of the ; ex ceeding richness of the gold mine' recantly dis covered on the land of Hon. John C. Calhoun, in Lumpkin, ccf., Georgia. Three weeks' work, it is stated, by sixteen men, produced 7,816 pennyweights of pure gold worth some thing more than $0,000. It has been visited by a number of scientific gentlemen, who on one occasion descended abdut fifty feet inUHho hill, and dug out a quantity of the vein ore. After pulverizing it, about five quarts yielded two hundred and sixty pennyweights of pure gold, Worth about $200. On another occasion the same quantity yielded three hundred and forty pennyweights; and the. labors of the com pany for a single day yielded 1,463 dwls. worth more than a thousand dollars. The dis covery creates great enthusiasm among the' people of the State, and we share the fears of some discreet Southern papers, that it will prove a fruitful sourfo' of ills unnumbered. We have the authority of all experience for saying that no country which depends, in any consid erable degree, upon gold and silver mines found within its borders for high prosperity, will ever attain it. Mexico, one of the richest countries in the world in mines of the precious metals, is at this day among the poorest in all that makes a nation truly wealthy . Virginia has had so'ine experience in this matter. The natural tenden cy of depending upon the products of these mines for wealth is evil and destructive. It engenders habits of indolenfce, begets false, un founded hopes, implants in the mind an aver sion to that more toilsome arid tardy mode of acquiring riches which must be the great de pendence of the mass, diverts labor, capital and skill from their appropriate arid useful channels and then often burst, like other bubbles, and in volves the thousands who have trusted it in hopeless rUin. Stilt more to bo dreaded is it if successful. The habits of luxury it indices, the contempt into which it sink all maaly vir tues and all common industry, and the rrrad de- re it beefcts in the mrnds of all ot becoming instantly rich are fatal to all high attainments irr worthy objects ot national or personal amoi tion. Long may our arstef State 6f GeoT-ia be delivered from this clinging cutie-'N. Y. Tribune. John, how 1 wish it was as much' the fashion to trade wives as it is to trad horses! Why so, Peter? I'd cheat somebo'dy most shockin badVafbro night. The cdi'tof 6f a Southern paper objects to the substitution of ladies for wins at our public- din ners. He declares as his experience, ihat la dies are not only infinitely more intoxicating than wine, but he has moreover found1 them a thousand fold' dearer.
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