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VOL. 4.
STROUDSB URG. MONROE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1843.
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The Winter Flower. j
BY MISS MARGARET COXE,
Author of " Wonders of the Deep," " lnfani
Brother," " The Young Lady's Companion,
&c."
In many parls of our Union a custom pre
vails of ornamenting the Episcopal churches
wilh evergreens al Christinas, which usage has
been derived immediately from our English an
cestors ; some of whom trace the origin of it
to the Jewish church in which similar customs,
al the command of God to Moses, were origi
sally established in the Feast of the Taberna
cles, and were perpetrated after the restoration
of the Hebrews from their long captivity, al
the command of Ariaxerxes, under Nehemiah,
Neh. viii. 1418.
There is a beautiful village church now
standing in New Jerse3 whose charter slill
remains the signature of good Queen Anne, in
which the usage now referred to has obtained
from time immemorial. On each return of the
hallowed season set npart by the Episcopal
church for the celebration of the nativity of the
Lord of Glory, there were those to be found,
whose office has been poetically described by
one of the watchmen on the walls of this par
ticular tower of the city of Zion.
" The thickly woven boughs they wreath
Through every hollowed fane,
A soft reviving odour breathe
Of summer's gentle reign,
And rich the ray of mild green light
Which, like an emerald glow,
Comes struggling through the latticed height
Upon the crowd below."
The hand of improvement has, in modern
day, been laid on that beloved edifice, and its
in crior no longer exhibits the rustic simplicity
which formerly characterised it, both inter
nnllv and externally. Nevertheless, it is still
deeply endeared to the hearts of those who.
Jmviiiw been dedicated to uou at us auar in :n
fa icy, and having continued to worship through
advancing 3'ears within its courts, find their
earliest, purest, and holiest associations con
meted with it, so that among the host of God's
temples throughout the land, none other can be
found, which in their eyes appears so much to
be ihe " sate of Heaven. .
Many years since, a portion of the youthful
members of this rural congregation were en
fju'ed, during the few days preceding Christ
mas, in adorning the windows and tho snowy
'wails of the church with wreaths, composed of
beautiful evergreens brought from the neigh
boring woods. Another group was busily oc
copied in clothing, with a verdant covering,
certain alphabetical devices, designed to form
the same inscription, which the prophet Zecha
riah propheticall)' intimates, is in the glorious
days of the millennium, to be seen on every
part of the temple of God, " Holiness unto the
Lord."
Years of sorrow, and "tide of time," have
rollod away since the period of which! speak;
the venerable shepherd of that little flock, who
watched with gentle and pleasant emotions, the
labors of his young parishioners, now sleeps
by the side)f ihe church he loved in life, and
Many, very many of the lambs of his fold,
whose hearts and hands were at that time
closely intent in adorning the courts of God's,
earthly dwelling place, have, we trust, through
'Mac grave and gate of death, passed to a joy
('.' resurrection," and to a happy and eternal
reiig place in the heavenly temple of God.
Among the evergreens employed in ornamen
ting this villago church, was the Chimaphila
1'mbellata, or Pipsissewa, whose glossy leaves
of dark green formed a beautiful addition to the
wreaths of running and ground pine, of which
ihe festoons were chiefly composed. v
On one occasion, many years subsequent,
while engaged in a botanical excursion with
some endeared young friends, in a far distant
woodland &cene of ihe west, some of the parly
discovered a number of specimens of the Chi-
Tho Rev. Wm. Crpsswell, of Auburn, late of
Christ Church, Boston. " 'x.s '
maphila at a period when, from their being in
bloom they exhibit the greatest beauty We
had long and fruitlessly searched for flowers,
and from that circumstance, ihe sigjit of these
lovely blossoms afibrded, as was natural, un
wonted pleasure. Their waxen petals, and
delicately formed and coloured stamens, com
manded universal admiration, for iheir intrinsic
loveliness, and for the beautiful contrast presen
ted by them to the glossy rice green of ihe
leaves.
The sight of this simple flower had awaken
ed in my own breast, peculiarly lender emo
tions. It came blended with ihe hollowed as
sociations clustered round the duys already al
luded to, and the forms of the loved and depar
ted seemed to hover around, alike indisposing
and unfitting the mind for conversation on ordi
nary topics, llowerer hard and reluctant to
bestow the meed of sympathy, the heart of man
may become in riper years, when exposed to
unfavorable influences, yet it is nevertheless
true, that children, unless it be those whose
natures have been chilled by some blighting
power, are ready lo waken into sympathy with
ihe hearts of those whom they love.
Accordinsly, when I simply mentioned to my
young companions, when, and by whom, I had
formerly seen the Chimaphila twined into
wreaths and why these circumstances had en
deared ihe plant to me, they at once entered
into my feelings, and evinced a chastened tone
of sentiment, and even moved in a more con
siderate and gentle manner than usual: Pre
viously, they had tripped along joyously and
full of life ; now their steps partook insensible
of ihe measured and reverential air, which al
most all beings of earthly mould find stealing
over ihem when they enter a grave-yard, and
feel
"The visible quiet of that holy ground
And breathe its soothing air.'
We walked along in silence for some time,
each occupied with her own thoughts, when
feeling involuntarily self-rcbuked for blighting
ihe cheerfulness of the group around me with
out having improved the lesson to some useful
purpose, I said,
" Let us sit down, mv dear children, on ims
grassy slope and rest ourselves after our walk,
and perhaps I can draw some moral from this
simple flower, whose sight has recalled so viv
idly scenes of by-gone days, and
"Fetched them,
From out the shadows where they lie,
Into the first warmthof their original sunshine.'
" The garlands I have spoken of were em
ployed as emblems of thankfulness and perish
ed. Many of those whose hearts and hands
were busily occupied on the occasion referred
to, have, like the festoons which ihey were
wreathing, passed awav from human sight
Some of iheir precious remains are now repo
sing peacefully in the beautiful churchyard
which surrounds the temple of their infancy ;
a once cherished one has found her last narrow
home in the graveyard of the extreme South,
whose balmy clime she sought, but in vain to
gratify the anxious wishes of those she loved ;
while many of the remainder are still scattered
in the pilgrim journey through the vale of Baca.
But my children,- those departed ones ' died in
faith,' and their happy spirits are now rejoicing
in their Father's house, having been admitted
into some of the many mansion's which our
blessed Lord informed his disciples he was
going to prepare for his faithful people.
" The Scriptures compare the church, which
God has been for ages, and slill is gathering
out of all people and nations, to a fair and beau
tiful temple, rising silently but surely in ihe
world. The verdant festoons added greatly to
the beauty of the edifies which 1 have de
scribed ; so my young" friends, each of us that
overcometh shall we arc assured, be made a
pillar in the temple of our God.' When called
on to resign beloved Christian friends, we
should then, in faith and hope, follow them in
to God's heavenly temple, and behold them,
released from the burden of sin and sorrow
which once, oppressed them, and sometimes, it
may be, obscured their loveliness, and shining
with beautiful lustre in proportion to the de
grees of holiness to which thoy severally at
tained on earlh, for in the resurrection of the
dead one star is to differ from another star in
glory."
The shades of evening having begun to steal
over the landscape, we resumed our walk, but
from that day forth, whenever winter returned,
the Chimaphila was sought, even amidst frost
and snow, with more than wonted interest, and
thenceforth became a cherished flower to ail ihe
party.
Encourage EIoshc ludus'trv
Our friends of tho 'Old North State' go for
encouraging domestic manufactures, as we per
ceive by an advertisement w hich announces to
the ladies the arrival of superior "hickory tooth
brushes twelve inches long, warranted tough and
well seasoned" which by a nice calculation, it
will just take four months lo rub away. Tho
man advertises ; snuff to match the brushes,
always Wh'aiid.-BxOpnper. r
by request i
The Forest.
-See! how the tall trees wave
Their towering limbs on high,
Borne by the breeze of ejve
They seem to touch the sky. , ' ' -
Within a far and deep recess ' -A
little stream glides gently by,
And farther yet's a dark abyss,
Unseen, unsought, by human eye. ,
The birds with sweetest melody
Flying from tree, to tree,.
Teaching their little charge to try
Their limbs, and active be. "
While underneath the brush is seen
The poisonous reptile, coiling lie,
Watching, his head the twigs between,
Something that chances to pass by.
Now he comes from his hiding place,
Disturbed by some noise overhead,
But soon again he is at ease
And moves'on to another bed.
The sun now sits behind the hills,
The birds go to their nests,
And now arc heard the dreadful howls
Of the ferocious wild beasts.
The wolves are running through the wood,
In search of something to destroy
That they may make, of it, their food,
And thus, their hunger satisfy.
O'er many a rock they bound, . "
On many a flower they tread, -Until
their prey they have found,
And upon his flesh they feed.
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The wood is very beautiful
When on a summer's day,
The flowers in their bloom are full
And every thing is bright with joy.
"Do'nt view me with a critic's eye,
But pass my imperfections by."
X.
Carriages iai Persia.
Marriages in Persia, are contracted by the
parents, and the hetroihment takes place at a
very early age. ,i he bridegroom is consequent
ly spared the wooing and winning, since this is
all done for him by parenlal kindness. The
courtship is performed by proxy ; so also is the
marriage ceremony. I was curious to learn
how the contract was entered into since the
groom is never permitted to see his bride until
ihree days after marriage. She is reported to
him by some female negotiator to be " more
blooming than the rose, more odoriferous than
the violet, better formed than Hebe,"at which
description " his heart becomes a coal, and his
liver is dried up.;' He then contracts with her
parents for the dowory which lie is to bestow
on his wife. The contract being settled, a
moolah signs it, and tho ceremony soon after
takes place, each party being within hearing at
the time, but not visible. The service is short
and simple. " I, N., ihe authorised proxy for
'ou, M., do take L , to bo his perpetual wife
for such dowry as you have agreed upon." The
other replies, " I, M., the authorized proxy lor
you, L., do take her for his perpetual wife upon
condition of the dowry agreed upon by both
parties. Some prayers are then read by the
moolah, and he inquires of each of the mvisi
ble persons whether they agree to tho contract
They answer in the affirmative, and ho ihcn
declares them to be man and wife. When tho
ceremony is at an end, iho veil is thrown over
the bride which is brought for her by the
groom, she is furnished with some aromatic
seeds, which she must eat on 'arrival at the
house of her husband, in order to have a sweet
breath in his presence ; a little camphor of
lose water is given her. The bride sets out on
horseback for her new residence, accompanied
by all her relations, who carry with them pres
ents of sweetmeats. She then beginning her
poetic invocation :
" Holy prophet, grant, I pray,
On this happy nuptial day,
That my husband and his mother,
Cousin, sister, uncle, brother,
Sanction, without stint or measure,
Every thing that gives me pleasure."
The feasting then begins, and continues for
three days. With some great men it continues
thirty or forty-days, but with the poorest per
sons never less than three days. Tho grade
of society is much known by the time of keep
ing up the festival. Some extravagant and
reckless persons have even spent their all on
this festive occasion. The occasional disap
pointment in this blindfold bargain reminds ono
of Rachel and Leah. No Persian would mar-
ry
a woman who had been subjected lo the
gaze
ol other men. I know an instance ol a
khan that offered as much as a thousand toma
nus to her father, to be allowed to see his bride
elect, which was refused. It is deemed abso
lute pollution. But under this veiled mystifi
cation, mistakes has sometimes occurred of
marrying the' wrong woman, Three years in
Persia.
A voting lady at school, engaged in iho study
if grammar, was asked if 'kiss " was a com-
tinMi or proper noun.
After some hesitation
-lie replied, li&ibbth common and proper."
Truth arrayed isa Iflerry Guise.
We copy ihe following seasonable article
from a lalo number of the Savannah Rcpubli-
can :
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Where are ihey 1 What has become of the
uvenile race that used to make the welkin ring
wiih the frolicsome laughter, ihe free unrestrain
ed sports, the merry, innocent pastjmes.of hap-
pv booyhood and girlhood What has become
of that beautiful race of fair haired, rosy cheek
ed, healthy, wholesome boys, and the warm
radiant sunshine of girlish faces, with step as
clastic and graceful as that of a wood nymph,
with a laugh sweeter than the music oi singing
birds, with all their naturalness, their unaffected
ease, and the beautiful confidence which is the
iroper heritage of early youth?
Byron might well have sung in his day
" Sweet is the laugh of girls."
It was well then and now in the "green
ancs" of merry England, on the sunny plain of
Franco, along the vine clad hills oS Germany
and elsewhere, these " celestial voices" may be
heard, but not in matter of fact America. No; . should be the wife's care, and her greatest nni
ihey are not here. During the Revolution it j biiion carry her no further than his welfare and
was not thus. ' When children had to choose
a play-ground that was secure from shells and
round shot, it was noi thus. Alas for us ! there
is no babyhood, manhood, womanhood, and
death. These are tho epochs which divide a
life that
" hovers like star
'Twixt night and morn,
Upon the horizon's verge."
Our American boys are not well known boys ;
thoy are htmanculi, as Carlyle would say
miniature men, dressed up en bottcs, with long
tailed coats, or smart frock coats, gloves and
canes, and loo often brave in cisar smoke.
Their hair, it is long and manly, their carriage
moat particular erect, and to stumble against a
curb stone and roll in a Utile clean dirt would
be a calamity. Their faces are grave and
thoughtful with the throes of nascent manhood ;
their address profoundly calculating, and reflec
ting the wisdom of the inciptent man ot the
world, as li they knew sorrow, and had taken
deep, very deep glances into that wonderful
storehouse of mysteries, which the day of
judgment alonewill clear up the human heart.
J he girls ! How many of them are. allowed
lo give forth the impulses of their generous,
sensitive natures ! They too often do not kiss
their manly brothers, much less are they caress
ed by ihem. They are little women, deep in
the mysteries of the toilet, redolent of cosmet
ics, perhaps versed in hemstitching and work
ing lace, their very dolls have had bustles, and
they, poor things, with forms cast in a mould
of God's own workmanship, whose every curve
and every development is beauty and loveliness,
must wear bustles too. Hardly do they darn
their brother's stockings, or hem his handker
chiefs, or delight in the handy-work of making
linens. When half grown, they arc serious
sober women. They dance, and sing, and
smile, and simper methodically. They walk
on stilts, they dance with evident constraint,
and by-and-by we expect that they will not
dance al all. We expect soon to see the little
beings with eyes fixed alone on their neighbors'
deficiencies. Ah! how wrong to check the buoy
ancy, the exhiliration, ihe joyous outbreak of
these young creatures, whether it be in romp
ing, or running or dancing, and whether the
dancing be to the music of their ow n voices, of
the piano, of the violin, or the harp, or the tab
ret, or of a German band, if providentially they
might pick one up for love or money.
This is a demure, hypocritical, humbugging
age.
Tlse ILate Coujjrcsa.
On Friday, the last day of the late session of
Congress, one of the members of tho Mouse
handed an album to Mr. John Quincy Adams,
from a lady, with a request that he would favor
her with his autograph signature, with an ad
ditional lino or iwo of his writing. The head
of the page on which he was requested to place
his name was embellished with an engraved
vignette, representing a. man weeping by ihe
side of a grave-stone. Mr. A. took his pen,
amid the noise and confusion of tho House,
wrote beneath the picture the following :
IMPROMPTU.
Afflicted mourner ! streams thy tear
Because thy country's gallant band,
Columbia's chieftains gathered hero,
No more shall rule thy native land 1
Cease to lament their hapless doom;
Engrave their deeds upon that stone,
Inscribe their glory on the tomb,
And leave them with it all alone !
Ready for Anything.
A tremendous largo Irishman, recently "come
over," advertises for almost any kind of a situ
ation in one of the northern papers. Ho says
that he is willing to handle hogsheads of sugar,
lend upon an elephant in a menagerie, engage
in hauling- up anchors without tho help of a
windlass "and would have no particular objec
tion to go round exhibMit.g himself as a Ken
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tucky giant. ' - '
SELECTED FOR. TUB REPUBLICAN Iii A LAD V.
Family Economy.
There is nothing which goes so far towards
placing young people beyond the reach of pov,r
erty, as economy in ihe management of ihoir
domestic affairs. It is as much .impossible i
get a ship across the Atlantic with half a dozen
butts started, or as many boll holes in her hull,
as to conduct the concern's of a family without
economy. It matters not whether a man fur
nish Utile or much for family; if there is a con
tinual leakage in tiie kitchen or in the parlor,
it runs away, he knows not how; and that de
mon, waste, cries more, like the hhrse-luecjy
daughter, until he that provides, has no moro7
to give. It is the husband's duty to bring imit
tho house, it is the duty of the wife to see that
nothing goes wrongfully"out of it not the lea:
article, however unimportant in itself, for it es
tablishes a precedent; nor under any pretence,
for it opens the door of ruin to stalk in, and ho
seldom leaves an opportunity- unimproved. A
man gets a wife to look after affairs; to assist
him in his journey through life, and not lo dis
sipate his properly. The husband's interest
happiness, together with that of her children.
This should bo hersolc aim, and her theatre of
exploits is in the bosom of her family, where
she may do as much towards making a fortune,
as he possibly can do in the counting room or
workshop. It is not so much ihe money earned
that makes a man wealthy, as it is what is saved
from his earnings. A good and prudent hus--band
'makes a deposiie of the fruits of his labor
with his best friend; and if that friend be not
true to him, what has he to hope? If he darn
not place confidencein the companion of his
bosom, where is he to place it? A wife acts
not for herself only, but she is the agent of ma
ny she loves, and she is bound to act for their
good, and not for her own gratification. Her
husband's good is the end lo which she should
aim his approbation is her reward. Self grat
ification in dress, indulgence in appetite, or
more company that, his purse can entertain, arc
equally pernicious. The first adds vanity to
extravagance; the second fastens a doctor's bill,
to a butcher's account; and the latter brings in
temperance, the worst of all evils, in its train.
JJj3 Abstract of Appropriation's made at"
the last session of Congress for the half
calendaryear ending June 30, 1S43 and' thtj
fiscal year ending June 30, 1844 that is, for
eighteen months.
Civil and diplomatic, 6 months,
ending June 30, 1843, S1,89G,0GS 00
Civil and diplomatic, year, end
ing June, 30, 1844,.
Military establishments,
Fortifications,
Naval establishment,
Indian Department,
Pensions, invalid, revolutionary,
and widows',
Pensions, naval,
3,691,952 00
4,733,130 00
S08,500 00
9,136,784 00
2,104,205 00
1,117,490 00;
46,000 00
532726 00
To give effect to tho treaty with
Great Britain,
Improvement of the .navigation
of the Mississippi, Missouri,
Ohio, and Arkansas rivers,
Construction of harbors on Lake
Michigan,
Payments to Georgia Militia,
To establish telegraphs,
For surey of harbor of Mem
phis, Tenn.,
Private claims, amount not as
certained, but which may be
estimated at about
Various public objects, such as
150,000 00'
S0.000 00
19,400. 00
30,000 00
3,000 ,00
50,0000
extra pay to officers ol the Ex- . . ; , v
ploring Expedition, pay of .
Michigan militia called out to
maintain neutrality on the Ca- ,
nadian frontier and othors . j- .
which are dirocted to be set-
tied, the amount not known, ;
but, when ascertained, to be
paid at the Treasury, estima
ted at, " 100,000 00
$24,499,255 00
In arriving at these sums, fractions of dol
lars were not taken into the additions.
The appropriations for the Post Office De
partment, which are paid exclusively out of ihe
revenues of that Department, and therefore aro
no charge on the Treasury, amount to $4,545,
000. Nat. Intel
A stump orator in the West uses ihe follow
ing appropriate language. " If 1 am elected to
this office, I will represent my constituents as.
tho sea represents the earthv or unrivets human
society, cleanse all its parts and screw them
together again. I will correct all abuses, purgo
out all corruption, and go through ihe enemies
of our party like a rat through' a new cheese.
My chief recommendations are, that at the pub
lic dipnor given to , I ate more than any
two men ar the table at the election 1 pui in
three votes for tho party I've just bought a
new suit of clothes that will do to wear to Con
gress, aijd have got the handsomest ister in
old Iveniuck.