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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
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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.