The whole art ov Government consists in the art ofe being honest. Jefferson. VOL. 4. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1843. No. 15. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SCHOCII & KOIjLOCK. TERMS. Two dollars ner annum in adrancc Two dollar) and a quarter, half yearly, and if not paid before the end of the year. Two dollars and a half. Those '.vho receive their V . ' - - - 1 J I al papers uv a earner or siagc urivers einpioyeu vy me propne tors, will be charired 37 12 ets. ner vcar. extra. No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at tne option ottne tailors. ID Advertisements not exceeding one square (sixteen lincss will be inserted three weeks for one dollar: twenty-five cents lor every suosequeni msemon larger ones in proportion, liberal discount will be made to yearly advertisers. 10All letters addressed to the Editors must be post paid. JOB PRINTING. Having a general assortment of large elegant plain and orna mental Type, we are prepared to execute every des cription of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank. Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE .Tcffcrsouia.il Republican. POETRY. The following room appeared first in a paper called the States Rights Republican, published in Richmond, Va. No recent American Poem has received more universal and merited praise, and we subscribe to the opinion expressed by a contempo rary, " that it is the heart's own language, clothed in the soft drapery of love and truth." Mr. Gardner, the author, recently met an un timely death at Norfolk, Va.. by the discharge of a pistol, whether accidental or by design is unknown. He was engaged in a personal altercation with a Mr. Cook, with whom he had some previous mis understanding, when Cook was seen to raise his walking cane- Gardner stepped back, and drew from his pocket a revolving pistol; upon which Cook dropped his cane, and seized the pistol. A deadly struggle ensued, during which Cook suc ceeded in wrenching the pistol from Gardner, and it was discharged, the ball entering the heart of the latter, who instantly expired. Cook was unharm ed. Whether the discharge of the pistol was in tentional or not, is known only to Cook, who im mediately surrendered himself to justice. Gard ner was about 30 years of age. The melancholy death of the writer, and be reavement of her to whom it was addressed, give the Poem an additional and painful interest,. TO MY WIFE. Written in absence., on the Anniversary of our Marriage. BY MELZAR GARDNER. Thou who didst teach my youthful muse to sing, Strung her new harp, and claimed her earliest strain : Hover thou near me on thy spirit winff, And 1 will wake its melody again ! Surely to thee its sweetest strains belong Thy love thy truth thy constancy my song. E'en from the dawning of ray spirit's life, No soul Kath breathed its sympathy for me ; No kindly word had cheered me in the strife ; And I was like a gnarled and blighted tree; Which, planted fifm'ly on the storm god's path, Scorns all his fury, and defies his wrath ! The world had never loved me. I a child Cast on its bosom, found that bosom cold; It spbrned me, when I thought it would have smi led, And when I offered love it asked for gold; And showed me Love, an article of trade, And truth and friendship waiting to be paid ! I loathed it then j and each day nerved my soul, As with a year of strength, its hate to brave ; I never bowed rhe to its base control ; ' And thus my heart became a living grave' Of strong1 affections. Thou did'st set them free, And all its treasured' Wealth belongs to thee i It is all thine I Oh, would thafn were rn'ore And better worth the s'acrifice it cost! Kind friends thy pleasant home and all the store Of love thy life had gathered hese thou lost Each would have shared; and each have claimed a' part Now, tliott nasi love for love, and heart for heart A wanrdferer then poor, friendless and alone No house no lands no hoarded wealth were' mine; Thou wert my all, and thou wert all my own ; Ah, I was rich to win a heart like thine ! Love that wealth buys with' poverty will fail, But truth like thine is never kept for sale ! M I've given up all I loved'for thee alone !" Thpoo? were thy words, which' memory aye will kee5 J When thou wjth. mc did'st br&Ve the cold world's frown; , , And cin, my bosom' sobbed thyself to sleep ! Pest pledge of earnest Ibvd', thy young heart'sfears;: ,nd sweetest proof of love, those bridal tears?! j Well might thou doubt my poor world-beaten oarque, To bear my fortunes o'er life's stormy sea! The tempest then was howling fierce and dark, And it3 wild wrath was terrible to thee ; And but one light shone in the murky sky 'Twas Love's bright star ! our hope our destiny That sad unbidden fear 'tis-past 'tis.past ! And though there ling'reth still that threatening cloud, No shadows on our spirits can it cast, " Nor there that light, 'tis powerless to shroud, Beams clearer purer still, as years depart The bright continuing sunshine of the heart ! Star of our wedded life ! thy brightening ray, Hath never faded from the upper sky ! My spirits darkness thou hast turned to day. And thy soft beams now light that tearful eye, For this, I thank thee Father ! who to me Didst give that light it borroweth from thee ! Nine circling seasons now their course have run, Since my world-frozen heart thy love did warm; Since when I told thee it was all thine own Home for life's sunshine-shelter from its storm Thou, gentle one, didst nestle by my side, And to that hcarul clasped thee, as niy bride ! It doth not seem so long yet Time hath fled, For there are sweet and ever blooming flowers, Our daughters come to tell us years have sped, Their age, Love's only record of the hours ! And since I left thee, yet another one Waiteth his sire's first kiss ; Tw thine, my son ! am alone and far from them and thee Yet have I swift-winged Thought ! and to thy home, When evening shadows fall, I haste to See The smile of joy that waiteth till I come, Leaving behind all thoughts that give us pain, To clasp my loved ones to my heart again ! od keep them ever ! and if memory's page, When I am gone, should hear my humble name, Or with the record of the passing age Ce linked one act of mine, deserving fame ;. Long as that fame one heart is treasured in, Be thine the praise, thy love inspired to win ! God keep thee, ever dearest ! May no cloud Of Sorrow cast its shadow on thy brow ; Or if come, still beaming through its shroud, May Love and Hope shine beautiful as now ; Till, when the lie that joins our hearts is riven, t blendeth with the better light of Heaven ! Bid You Ever." Did you ever see a newspaper correspon dent who did not write to the editor of a "high ly interesting" paper 1 Did you ever see a man who challenged another to mortal combat who did not sub scribe himself "your his verv obedient ser vant ?" Did you ever see a candidate for office who in the course of his canvas could detect any personal deformity in the voters' children or who saw any thing else than " interesting ba ble" in his trarels ? Did you ever see an editor whose opposing political contemporary did not publish a " con temptible sheet 2" Did you ever see a retail dealer who did not sell his goods " fifty per cent, cheaper than any other house in the town ;" or a man dis posing of his stock who was not " selling off at first cost ?" Did you ever see a vender of patent medi cines who was not patronized by the Presi dent and several distinguished members of Congress V Did you ever see a pretender, whatever might be Kis peculiar calling, who was not willing to submit his claims to' a discerning public ? Did you ever see a steamboat blow up for which blame could attach to' the captain' of engineer ? Uid you ever see a lawyer address any other than a "highly intelligent and respecta ble jury V Did you ever see a voter who had not unde niable claims on the Government for office ? Did you ever see a man removed from of fice who was not " proscribed for his indepen dence and persecuted for his politics V Did you ever1 see a player who had not Just fulfilled a ''brilliant engagement" some where ; or a debutante who did not make a " decided hiti" Did you ever sec a speech reported by its author which was not filled with parenihetical " bursts of applause," " hear, hear," arid' " tre mendous cheering V Did you' ever see any man who would' not when he" could, come the "giraffe" over the public. Pic. To' remove Flics from a Roem. Take half a teaspoon-full of black pepper in powder, one teaspoon full of brown1 sugar, and one table spoon full of cream ; rnfx them well together, ami place it in a plate .where the flies are troublesome, , Patent Love Letter. MY. Mannar, a temperance Lecturer travel ling in Pennsylvania, in writing to the Wil tningtbn Standard, gives the following anec dote : I will here stale a little incident in which 1 was a party concerned. It will set forth one of the many influences of the temperance pledge. A young man who was paying his addresses to a young lady, stepped up to her on sabbath day, as was usual on such occa sions, though he had never appeared before in her presence in the condition he then was dnink. It is said by some' that love is blind ; but u is not so bund in these temperance times as some folks think, or at least in the present case. The young lady avoided walking with him by making a retreat in a friend's house. He came home to the house where I stopped, procured a sheet ol paper, pen and ink, but was too drunk to write for himself, and therefore so licited tho inmates of the house to write for him to his sweet-heart, but ihey all declined. 1 oilered my services, and thev were accented. I wrote him a patent love letter, which read as follows : We whoso names are hereunto an nexed, do pledge ourselves that wo will not use intoxicating liquors as a beverage or traffic in ii, and will use all our influence to persuade others to do the same.' His name was duly subscribed, and the letter forthwith despatched to Ins lady love. He adheied, and it had the desired effect. Thi3 all transpired about five weeks sinco ; and on last Mondav night I was present at their wedding, and a cold water one it was. If any of our young men gel into the same scrape, recommend to them the patent love letter.' The Ruling Passion. An old woman named Alice Cook died lately at Pennance Vean, Gwithian, aged seventy one. Her habils were most eccentric and pe nurious. Her appearance exhibited poverty and wretchedness in the extreme, such as would excite pity in any breast. She lived by lerself until within a few days of her death. On her decease, a large sum of money was bund secreted in an old chest, with notes of hand for large amounts, which she had lent at nterest. She had bequeathed the whole of her property to her grandson, now about six years old,. , Shetwas tho owner of a small es tate, the rent of which was 25 a year. Be sides the money, there were found in the louse a largo stock of clothes, six bladders of snuff, with two large pots of butter, and two pots of poik, which had been salted before ler husband died, six years ago, and had thus ong been carefully preserved to spoil. The cause ol ner deatn was cnaracteristic. A short time since she promised a boy a. penny or allowing her to ride from Guithian to Cop per-house, a distance of more than a mile, and approaching the end of her journey, she tried o slip out of the hind part of the cart unper- ceived to evade payment of the penny. In the attempt she fell, and received a hurt, which proved fatal. Eng. paper. We can't believe ii. A western paper relates that a man has just returned to Louisville, after an absence of twenty years from his familj Hi wife, in his absence, supposing him dead, married a second and third lime, and became a widow. The long-lost husband has wooed her again, and they are to be married once more. In his absence he was captured off Cuba, and for many years was a prisoner in Spain. He es caped and joined the army of Bolivar in South America, and fought in many battles. He found his old wife somewhat changed in every thing except her heart. A Courtly Retort. A certain lawyer, in one of the Western States, had a dog that was a great favorite, and was in the habit of attending Court with him. One day the dog took it into his head to ascend the bench, and annoy tho Judge very much by running between his legs. The Judge in a great rage, gave him a violent kick that sent hTm yelping across the court house. The law yer, much incensed at the unceremonious manner in which his favorite was treated, call ed to him, ' Pomp, come here. There,' said he, take that,' giving him another kick, 4 did I not fell you to keep out of bad company.' Ularriage Notices. A Western paper gives the following notico: All notices of marriages where no bridecake is sent, will be set up irr small type, and poked into come outlandish corner of the paper. Where a handsome niece of cake is sent, it will be placed conspicuously in large letters ; but whan gloves, or other brido favors are add ed, a piece of illustrative poetry will bo given in addition. When, however', the Editor at tends tho ceremony in propria persona; and kisses the bride, it will have a special notice very large TYPE, and the most appropriate Lpoetry that can bo begged, borrowed, stolen, or coined from the brain editorial. Prayer is the language of the souj, June Howard. i Miss Jane Howard was the daugh ter of a very wealthy merchant resi ding in the city of Baltimore. .Her personal appearance was truly prepo- sessinsr ; but the graces of her mind, polished as it was by a superior edu cation, and tile benevolence of her naturally warm and virtuous heart, rendered her an object of universal esteem and admiration, among all with Whom she was acquainted. At a very early age she embraced the christian religion, and much of her time was spent in promoting religious and benevolent objects. Ih the fall of 1828, Jane with her elder.brother, embarked on board a packet, for Charleston, for the purpose of visiting their friends. Th.e captain of the packet was about twenty-five years of age. His person was comely and his manners agreeable, with the excep tion of one fault, too common among s'ailors, he was profane. The mod esty of Jane's appearance "attracted his attention: he gained an introduc tion to her by means of her brother, and w:as . still more charmed by the sweetness of her conversation than he had been by the graces of her person. It was not long, however, before an oath escaped his lips, which shocked the delicate sensibility of Jane. She politely requested that he would desist from such language while she was on board ; to which he immediately assented with a deep blush oi chagrin. JJurinp; tne .re- mainder of the voyage the captain's attention to Jane was rather increas ed than diniinished. He spent mucli of his time in her company, but. not another oath was he heard to utter until they arrived .at Charleston. They were now about to part; but Jane, feeling no small interest in the welfare of one, .whose unremitted attentions more than indicated his solicitude for her own, ventured to ask if he would ffrant her one re- quest. The captain, with all the en thusiasm of an infatuated lover, re plied that whatever 'request she was pleased to make,, if possibly, within his power, it certainly should be gran ted. " Then;:said she, "accept this Bible, and my request is that you will read a portion of it every day." He felt surprised, but considering that he . mm "1 f 1 . 1 had given his promise, he relt Him self bound to fulfil it. In the fall of 1833, Jane went to spend the winter with her uncle who resided at New Orleans. The first Sabbath after she arrived there, she accompanied her uncle, ;and his family to church, and heard a sermon of uncommon interest, delivered with eloquence and religious pathos. The minister was evidently a man of superior talents; his voice deep toned and agreeable. His figures were applicable, though high wrought and beautiful. He possessed, in fine, the fare fac ulty of chaining an audience in al most breathless silence from the com mencement to the close of his dis course. But Jane, whose tender heart was so exquisitely susceptible upon the subject of religion, entered so deeply into the spirit of the ser mon that she entirely forgot for a time the distance which separated her from her friends, and all the cir cumstances by which she was sur rounded, with the exception of the rolling sentences as they flowed from the lips of the speaker. 'The meeting closed ; and while Jane and her friends were waiting in their pew for the aisle to be cleared, the preacher came down from, the pulpit advanced towards her and ad dressed Jane as follows : "If I mistake not, I am addressing Miss Howard." A confused succession of ideas flitted for an instant across the mind of Jane but recollecting herself, she politely replied : " This" .is my name sir, but I do not recollect to have had the pleasura of seeing you before." "'Perhaps you recollect having sailed from Baltimore to Charleston about five years ago in the Packet Thomas Jefferson, and of having giv en a Bible to the Captain." "I do," she replied, "I recollect it well, and if T mistake, not, I recognize the Captain in the person before me ! But can it be possible?' " It is. possible, he replied, it is so Ianithe man! and I. shall ever feel the .deepest gratitude to you, Miss Howard,, for the interest you felt in my welfare. That Bible and the reading of it has made me what I am 7) I will not attempt to describe the feelings producedby this unexpected meeting. , .bumce , to say, that tne minister was invited home with them and during the winter his visits were neither few rior far between, m the spring he married Miss Jane; and they. are How on a missionary tour among the dark and benighted sons of India,, where the blessings of Heaven is attending their labors in a wonderful manner, and many souls brought to a saving knowledge of the truth through their instrumentality. i The trde gentleman is the. man, who treats all men well, and who does his duty, according to the best lights he can find to guide him such a man la a gentleman arid a good man. : An empty coxcomb boasting of a renowned ancestry is no better than a potato blossom all that is good pertaining to him being underground. A Smart Old Ulan. It is stated in the Zion's Herald, that "William Emerson, of Maiden, now in his eighty fourth year, made during the past year with his hands, eight hundred and ninetij pairs of mien's shoes. . Richard P. Robeson who was some years ago accused and tried for the murder of Helen Jewett, is said to be now a member of the firm of Wallace, Blake & Co., merchants, doing business about five miles from Houston, in Texas. j The Millerites of Boston have split in two, and the seceders from the grand tabernacle have got one of their own. The Secretary of the Tieasury has advertised for a loan of seven millions of dollars at five or four per cent. IVol Bad. The St. Louis Evening Gazette- says : "A rote was recently taken on board a steamer running between Vicksbtirg and Memphis, with the following result: Clay, 75; Johnson, 9; Calhoun, 8; Van Buren, 4; Tyler 1. Upon analysing the material, it was found that th Clay men were bankitcs ; the Johnxon men, soldiers ; tho jalhoun men, planters; the Van Buren. men, office-seekers; and Tyler now, an' office-holder. It has been ascertained that T. Downing, late sheriff of Washington county, Miss., has been murdered in a house of ilF-fame in New Orleans, where he spent t) night. Ho had on his person at the time about $3000. Tho. parties hare been arrested. Cooke has been acquitted of the murder of Melzar Gardner at Norfolk, Yav . :
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