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VOL. 4.
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a. a
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March 22", 1S4X
FEMALE SEMINARY.
The Autumn Term of this Institution com
menced on the seventh day .of Norember, under
the superintendance of Miss A:. M. Stokes,
and is now open for the reception of pupils.
The branches taught in this' Seminary are
Reading, Writing, Geography, Grammar, Rhet
oric, Composition, History, Natural Philosophy,
Chemistry, Botany, Logic, Mathematics, Draw
ing and Painting, the Greek, Latin, German
Languages, Sec.
The Seminary being endowed By the Stae,
instruction is afforded at two dollars per quar
ter, inclusive of all the above branches.
Board can be obtained in respectable fami
lies on reasonable terms.
The Trustees with full confidence commend
the St rqjidsburg Female Seminary to the pat
ronage of tile public.
JOHN HUSTON, President .
of the Board of Trustees.
December 14, l842.--if.
BAR IRON,
DOUBLE AND SINGLE REFINEDj
Bar Iron, ar,oacn& Wagon Axics
CROW BAR, SLLD,P AND PEotioH JtOULDS,
Axle and Gun Barrel Iron,
And a general assortment of
WAGON TYKE & SQUAKE IRON,
constantly on hand and will bo sold on the most
feasonnble terms, by
MORRIS EVANS.'
Analomink Iron Works, April 6, J 842.
Vloeks
Jf4-
Brass 30 hour Clocks,
Wood 30 do do'
For sale cheap, by
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C.AtDEWlTT
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Milford, Dec. 8, 1842.
BLANK- MOiRTSS&fis
. For saiet; this- offitefev".'
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IRON AND BRASS
' FOUNDRY. '
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especially, that they have taken that conven
ient
Foundry and Machine Shop,
adjoining Jacob Singmaster's Tannery, and
would be thankful for any patronage extended
towards them, and respectfully announce that
hey are prepared to execute all orders in their
line of business in the best manner and with
lespatch. They will manufacture
MILL GEARING
"or Flour and other Mills, together with Cast
ings of every description turned and fitted up
n the best possible manner. -We feel confi
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which we may be entrusted in a workman-like
manner. Particular care will be taken to em
ploy none, but good workmen in the different
departments of the establishment, and no pains
will be spared by the proprietor to give gen-
eral satisfaction to those who may favor them
with orders for work.
BRASS CASTINGS,
such as Spindle Steps, Shaft and Gudgeon
Boxes, &c. will be made to order. Old Cop
per and Brass taken in exchange at the highest
price. Patterns made to order.
TIi resiling machines & Morse Powers
of the most approved construction, will be fur
nished to order at the shortest notice.
Wrought Iron Mill Work
will be done on the most reasonable terms, and
II kinds of smith work.
The best kind of Sled Shoes and polished
Wagon Boxes will always be kept on hand.
Ploughs of the most approved plan will be
ept on hand, and an excellent assortment of
'lough Castings which ihey offer for sale to
'lough makers.
HAY DEN & SCHLAUGH.
April 26, 1843.
EST P 2 9 2H ,
A Peiition for Dischare,and Certificate un
der the Bankrupt Law, has been filed by
Abraham MarMi, Weaver, Monroe,
And Friday the 28th day of July next, at
11 o'clock, a. m. is appointed for the hearing
thereof, before the said Court, silting in Bank
ruptcy, at the District Court Room, in the City
of Philadelphia, when and where the Creditors
of the said Petitioners, who have proved their
Debts, and all other persons in interest, may
appear and show cause, if any they have, why
such Discharge and Certificate should not be
granted.
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Clerk of the District Court.
PhiIadeIphia,,May 3, 1813. lOt.
WOOL CARDING.
The Carding Machines at Biddis' Mill, hav
ing been thoroughly repaired, and put in com
plete order, will be in operation this season,
under the superintendence of Mr. BUCKLEY,
a first rate workman. All persons having
Wool to .Card, can have it done at. the shortest
notice and on reasonable lerms. The subscii
bers respectfully solicit a share of public pat
ronage, and pledge themselres to us'e every
exertion toghe satisfaction.
BJDDJS"5f BUCKLEY.
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wise, are hereby requested to make immediate
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nership with Mr. Kollocf;, a set of nexb books,
for ihe firm, hare been opened, and it is there
fore necessary that the old books should be set
tied up. His pecuniary concerns also import
lively require him to call upon all who are in
arrears to make immediate settlement
THEODORE SCllOCII.
QHEAP FOR CASH.
-Calfskins, JCips, and Upper
; Leather.
For sale at the POCONO TANNERY.
,itJ;ruarytl,sl843.
' IS. L AWING, 4
SURGEON DENTIST,
Ifas removed two doors east of the Republican
Printing Office and directly opposite the Law
.Office of William Davis, Esq. where ho will be
pleascd'io see all who may favor hinVw'iihlheir
patronage.
! May 24, 184'J.tf
The Bees of St. Simon's.
For several years the bees haye deposited their
honey in the tower of the church on Saint Simon's
Island, off the coast of Georgia The Rector.
Rev. Mr. Walker, has regularly sold the honey
and sent the proceeds to the Missionary J? unds
There lies, far in the bosom of the seas,
An island fair ;
All summer long the patient, little bees
Are busy here.
The honey which they gather in their round,
Buzzing from flower to flower,
They hoard it in , a quaint bee-hive they've found
In the old church-tower.
Their store is taken every year, nor do
The bees complain ;
They know that God will send, next Spring, a new
Supply again.
The produce of their careful gatherings goes
To men in lands abroad,
Who preach 'glad tidings of great joy' to those
Who know not God:- -
Like Jonathan, when fainting he did roam
The hungry waste,
How was he quickened when an honey-comb
He did but taste !
So to those weary laborers on lone shores,
This humble hive supplies
The luscious droppings of its annual stores
' To light their eyes.
Poor Christian ! e'en in such small folk as these,
A lesson see :
Doth God take such good care for tiny bees,
Yet none for thee 1 -
Then say not, Little-faith, thou hast no power
To gather honey too ;
And round thee bloom the flowers, and every flower
Is ruled with dew.
Savamiah, Jan. 22, 1843. J: H. II.
Temperance Tea-Party iu Dcacou
Wile's distillery:
Correspondence of the New York Tribune.
Boston, April 6, 1843.
I take the pen to sketch, though in a faint
and inadequate manner, one of the stiblimest
moral scenes of which I have been an eye
witness ; a scene, the report of which ought to
fill the laud with iov and thanksgiving, and
which cannot fail to send a thrill of pleasure
h rough the hearts of all who are interested in
the wonderful and almost miraculous progress
of the heaven-descended cause ol Temper
ance. Every body has heard of " Deacon Giles's
Distillery," immortalized by the Rev. George
B. Cheever's Dream several years ago ; for
which service that gentleman was first flogged
in the streets of Salem, at the instigation, as
was supposed, of the Deacon himself, and
then tried and convicted of a libel and impris
oned in the county jail. These events will
cause Salem to be remembered, long after the
witchcraft of the olden time shall have been
forgotten. Will you believe me when I tell
you, that 1 last evening attended a Temperance
Tea-Party in the " same old" Distillery which
was the scene of Oheever s Dream, and under
the identical roof where the Deacon carried on
(he almost infernal business of manufacturing
New England Rum, and, as if to " mingle
fiendish deeds with blessedness," sold Bibles
to those whom love of the liquor or of the pro
fits to be made from its sale, brought to the
doors of his establishment? Incredible as the
statement may. aeem, both you and your read
ers may rely upon its truth, l es, it is verily
so. The old fortress of Bacchus, which,' ac
cording to the Dream aforesaid, was once the
scene of infernal revelry and fiendish mirth,
and where not human hands alone, but agents
f .1 - 1111 i
irom tno spirit-woxux, lauoreu anu loneu to
swell the fearful tido of intemperance, is res
cued from the enemy, and its walls, even now
redolent of the still, echoed last night with the
triumphant shunts ol nearly 2,000 people, as
sembled under the banners of the Washinsto-
niaiis, and reverberated the enchanting strains
of music from lips touched with the inspiration
ol tho scene.
But 1 must iry to get down from my stilts,
and tell your readers the plain story, leaving
them to supply all embellishment (if such a
tale can be emuelli&hed) by the aid of their im
aginations. The famous old Distillery, then,
be it known, has recently been purchased by
Jajies N. Buffum, of Lynn, who intends to
use? it hereafter as a Steam Sawing and Planing
.lanufaclory. Being a whole-souled temper
ance man, and thinking that the dingy old edi
fice needed a dedication, he invited the Wash
ingtouiaus of Salem to pciform that service by
holding withiti its wall a Tea-Partv. They
joyfully embraced the fare opportunity thus
afforded to present to their fellow-citizens,
under the most impressive ciredmstances, and
amidst the most stirring associations, the claims
of the temperance cause upon their warmest
.sympathies and most efficient support. The
walls of the old building were nearly white
Vabhed within, and decorated, in a very taste-
'f'ul mahher,rvith flags, banners,'1 and appropriate
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mottoes. On ono sido a temporary gallery
was erected for speakers, musicians, officers,
and invited guests. The tables were laid on
three sides of the building, (which is 100 feet
long by 70 wide, and loaded, with goodthings,
provided by the ladies of the Washingtonian
Society. The price of tickets was 25 cents.
The doors were thrown open at 7 o'clock, and
such a rush 1 have rarely witnessed. The
people poured in, not from Salem alone, but
from the neighboring towns, until every inch of
space was occupied ; all, except those on the
platform, being compelled to stand wedged to
gether in a compact mass, like so many bale of
goods.
Wm. Roberts, a reformed, drunkard, and
President ef the Salem Washingtonian Socieiy,
presided.
Oliver Parso.vs, Esq. offered the following
resolution which was adopted :
"Resolved, That the time, the place, tho cir
cumstances, of our present meeting call for a
devout and grateful acknowledgment, of the
wisdom and mercy of God."
An earnest and appropriate praer was then
offered by the Rev. Mr. Carlton, seaman's
preacher at Salem. !
1 hen followed speeches from Messrs. John
son, Grant, Cole and Dennison, of Boston,
and the Hon. Stephen C. Phillips and Ed
ward Hodges, Esq., interspersed with excel
lent music by ihe Salem Band, the Washing
tonian Choir, the Hutchinson Family from
New Hampahire, and Miss Knight of Boston.
understand that sereral gentlemen invited
Mr. Cheever to bo present on the occasion,
and the report that he would be one of the
speakers, contributed doubtless to swell .the
numbers who attended. It was a misfortune
that he was absent ; not that the occasion
needed any addition to iis means of excitement,
but" because his peculiar connrction with the
history of that renowned Distillery would have
made his presence an erent of thrilling interest.
It was also reported that Mr. Ham, the man
who flogged Mr. Cheever, would attend and
make a speech. This also proved to be a
mistake r but I am happy to be informed, that
Mr. Ham, now a resident oi Maine, is a good
Washingtonian ; and if so, he is of course
ashamed of having assaulted a clergyman for.
dreaming against intemperance. Dea. Giles
nmself, also, I am told, is now a temperance
man. nether he was present on the occasion
know not. Cheever, Deacon Giles (Sione)
and Ham, ought all to have been there to shake
hands and rejoice together over the auspicious
event which brought the excited multitude to
gether. What a scene tha.t would liaye been !
I shall not attempt to report the speeches.
Phe reader may transport himself, in imagina-.
tion, within the rum-steamed walls of that old
Distillery, and then imagine how he would
eel, how he would speak, and what he would
say, in such a position ; ana tnus obtain as
good an idea of what was said, as I could give
by a meagre report of the language uttered by
the speakers. 1 have never witnessed a mpre
intensely interesting or exciting scene. The
assembly was in excellent spirits, and manifes
ted their enthusiasm by shouts which made the
walls of the old building tremble !
The musical part of tha entertainment was
above all praise, and delighted every body,. The
Hutchinson Family, and Miss Knight, all sang
with great effect.
The assembly did not disperse till pastil
o'clock. Yours truly, Revilo.
ITIesicaii Trickery.
Than chevaliers d'industris of Mexico there,
are perhaps none more expert in the wide
world, none more original in their tricks to
raise tho wind. In tho course of a recent in
teresting lecture at Baltimore, delivered by
Brantz. Mayer, Esq., lalo pfa Secretary of
Legation at Mexico, he related the following'
anecdote. A more ingenious chain of trickery
was, never devised and more successfully car
ried out. Wo give it in Mr. M's own words :
A worthy Judge of one of the Mexican
courts, ono morningentering the edifice to take
his seal on the bench, was about to refer to his
gold watch, when ho discovered that it was not
in his pocket. ;
" Ah !, as usual," ho remarked aloud to a
friend, " I have left my watch under my pil
low," and proceeded forthwith to the discharge
of tho duties of the day ; these concluded, he
returned home to dinner, which heing also de
spatched he thought of his watch, and directed
his wife to send for it.
" Send for it," said she, with no little sur--priije,
why, have you irqt got it, my dear V
,l No, my dear, indeed I have not."
" Well, that is exceedingly strange, I sent it
to you three hours ago."
" Sent it to me, and by whom !"
" Why, about an hour after you were gone
this morning, a genteel dressed man came to
tho house, accompanied by a boy bearing a
splendid turkey, which ho said you had bought
of an Indian on your way to Court, and had
requested him to seo delivered at the house,
with a request that I should hav6 it picked and
put awriy to cool, as -you-intended-to invite
your brother judges home with you tosdhincr
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to-morrow ; he then added that you had left
your watch under your pillow, and had'desired
him lo obtain it from me, for the purpose of
carrying it to you." ,.
Of course the vexation and annoyance of
the worthy judge will be easily understood ; it
was, however, soothed by an hour's nflRciiou
upon the rascal's ingenuity, and his cogitation,
had also led him to improve iho fellow's hint,
and invite his brother of. tho bench on tha
following day. Accordingly, the, next, murpui
he ordered the turkey to be cooked for dinner,
and on tho adjournment of the court, hiiiu
related to his associate judges the cosily ujclc
of the preceding day, returned home, in com
pany with them to enjoy the turkey, which had
oeen. so oeany oougnt. .
:J3ut what was his surprise to find dinner
prepared and no turkey to grace the board.
, " Where is the turkey, my dear V he quietly
inquired of his worthy .lady.
, "The turkey," she exclaimed, "what haven't
you seen it. at court V. .
At court, my dear why what should the
turkey be doing at court,?"
" la it possible,,, she exclaimed, " thai I
have again been duped by a villain !"
" How, now V said the judge.
, Why,, after you were gone a couple of
hours this morning, ;a pale-faced young man,
with a shabby genteel dress, came to the door,
and stated.. that he was a clerk of ihe court,
congratulated mo on the. .recovery of your gold
watch, and added that the thief who so villain
ously duped your honor had been arretted, and
was now in court undergoing an examination ;
that jhe chain of . evidence, was complete
against him, with the exception of tho actual
presence of the turkey, which he had been
despatched to bring into court and 1 gave-ii
to hirri."
' Well, my dear, you are certainly as great
a goose as that was a turkey," politely observed
the judge, almost mad with chagrin and disap
pointment. The admirable character of the trick, how
ever, still sufficed lo calm the-irritated feeling"
of the- judicial dignity, and he enfnyed his
dinner, interrupted occasionally only by a
hearty laugh,, although the turkey had been
picked to grace another board.
Mesmerism and Nsggrerism.
We are rejoiced (says the N. O. Picayune)
to be able, to give at last the true elucidation
of Mesmerism.
" Hello, nigger !" suddenly exclaimed Sam
Jonsing, calling after another dark gentleman
who was turning a distant corner.
. "Hello you!" shouted Pete Gumbo in re
ply. " Wa, how is you, Sam V said Pete, when
the.. two met and shook hands.
. " I'se all right," said Sam. " Look heah,
Pete, you's heard ob dis Mesermerism?"
" Well I has, Sam," and Pete immediately
looked wise.
Wa well, wat'a it all about 1"
Sam," said Pete, very seriously, " we
must all be cautious in 'proaching de confused
sciences. Mesermerism is a science as yet in
de infant stage of conalvalescence. Now
now s'pose 1 put you to sleep an you tell me
whaf a box ob specie is hid in the ground !"
" Wall."
' Dat's Mesermerism !" ,
".Dai's It?"
" Dat's Mesermerism!" .. tj f ,
" Wal, Pete," said Sam, " s'ppW Iseen a
box ob gold in de ground an' don'&tell you a
single word ooui u i
"Wal."
Know wat dat is ?" '
No."
" Dai'a Niggcrism !"
Yankee Tailor.
Dan ?(Iarble tells a story about a Yankee
tailor dunning a man for the amount of his
bill. The man said ho " was very sorry, In
deed that he could not pay it. ' Well" said
the tailor, " 1 took you for a man that would be
sorry, but. if youire sorrier than I am I'll quit."
" Dpnt lean on me for support," said a rich
rascal to a poor relative.
" It would be a lean support if I didE" was
the poor fellow's reply.
Absence of 3Iind. "
The wife of a celebrated roper, intending to
take up a coal of fire to light a. caudle, caught
her husband's red nose between the tongs, and
Ldid not perceivo her mistake until she began
to blow.
A short time since, near Le Roy, McLean
county, Illinois, a woman had six children at a
birth, weighing 16 lbs. 3 oz. Tho fact is ob
tained from tha most respectable authority,
O.Veto!
The cause of the present hard times is ow
ing to the fact that one third of this nation
have lived in idleness, on the labor of'ihe other
two-thirds, by moans of creditfor -thertast 2Q
years. t ;'
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