The whole aiit ok Government consists in the art of heing honest. Jefferson.
VOL. 4.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1843.
No. 35
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JURY LIST.
List of Grand Jurors, drawn to serve at Decem
ber Term, 18-13.
1 Henry Miller. Stroud
2 Christopher Felkcr, Hamilton
a Thomas Miller, do
4 Joseph Titus, Pocono ,
5 Joseph Fenner. Smithfield
0 Samuel Myers, Pocono
7 George Umphred, Hamilton
8 Peter Woodling, Pocono
9 John D. Frailey, do ' .
10 John Frable, Hoss
11 Michael Mackes, Hamilton "
12 Daniel Heller, do
13 Elias Dietrich, Middle Smithfield
14 John F. Williams, Hamilton
15 Jervis Gordon, Stroud
16 Morris Evans, do
17 Peter Snyder, Hamilton
18 Enoch Iiuskirk, Hoss
19 Michael Ahemos, do a- .
20 Abraham Edinger, Hamilton .' "
121 William Rafierty, Stroud " T" -
22 Henry Drake, do
23 Felix Weiss, Chcsnuthill
24 James Palmer, Stroud
4? '
PETIT JURORS.
1 Isaac Belong, Stroud
2 John V. Bush, Smithfield
3 Washington Overfield, Middle Smithfield
4 Benjamin Carchner, Rosa
5 David Edinger, Pocono
; Adam Moser, Middle Smithfield !
7 George Miller, Hamilton
8 Edward Brown, Stroud
9 Valentine Werkhiser, Smithfield
30 Adam Welfell. Middle Smithfield
1 1 John Keller, Hamilton
32 Jacob Altemos. Chesnuthill
33 Peter Storm, Price
14 James Hallet, Stroud
15 Daniel Kreidier, Pocono
16 Henrv Weiss, Chcsnuthill
17 Jacob Miller, Middle Smithfield
18 Joseph Houser. sen. Smithfield
19 John Turn, Middle Smithfield
20 Leonard Bartron, Smithfield
21 Joseph Ileoktnan, Pocono
j2 John J. Price, Price
23 Richard Vanvliet, Stroud
4 Divid Hanna, Middle Smithfield
2a Anthony Vaneita. do
26 Meichinr Kintz, Hamilton
27 William Edmunds, Chesnuthill
23 John Place, Middle Sinitlifield
2 Charles Lander, Smithfield
50 Adam Angelmoyer, Pocono
51 Peter Angelmoyer, Price
3-2 Peter Yeisley, Smithfield
S3 John Overpeck, Hamilton
34 Chancey Dimmick, Middle Smithfield
35 Peter Jones, Ross
John Kresge, Chesnuthill.
SHERIFFS SALE.
By virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas,
in me directed, will be exposed to public sale
n the 1 1th day of December 1843, at the Court
Hhj :u Milford, at two o'clock p. m. the fol
lowing described property' to wit:
A cortain tract of unseated land situate in
the township of Lehman, County of Pike, and
Siate of Pennsylvania, originally surveyed in
the warrantee name of John Miller, and nunf
hcred upon the Commissioners books of said
Cuun'y 192, containing
402 ACRES and 72 Perches,
mnre or less.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
rtv of William B. Slawson, and will be sold
In "me i 'he highest and best bidder for cash
'M ' JAMES WATSON, Sheriff.
Sheriff's office, Milford,
November 21, 1843.
3t.
dissolution of partnership.
The partnership heretofore existing between
the suberifoers, as Millers, doing businoss uri
dtr the firm nf Phillips & Hollinshead, was on
h fir-t day of October last dissolved by mu
x, consent.
MOSES PHILLIPS,
JAMES I10LL1NSHEAD.
f?irninJsliurgh. Nov. 8. 1843.
BLANK DEEDS
Fur sale g.t this office-.
"Bird off my HScart:"
Bird of my heart come sing to me
The dear old tunes of early hours.
And, as thou sing'st, I'll weave for thee
A nest of summer's sweetest flowers :
There shalt thou sleep, if on my breast
Thou find'st a less congenial rest.
There shalt thou sleep, if by my side,
Thy beauteous plumes thou wilt not hide !-
Bird of my heart in distant climes
I've strayd since last thy notes I heard,
And, after Vesper's solemn chimes,
I've listened to the evening bird ;
That songstress strange, who only sings
When night unfolds her sable wings
But ah ! than thine a fainter tale,
Was warbled by the nightingale !
Bird of my heart thylightcst tone
Lulls all my senses to repose;
So sings the Eastern charmer lone.
So droops to sleep the captive, ro.se !
Come, sing and to my soul entice
A pictuied dream of paradise ;'
For in that dream I shall not sec
An Houri, angel, saint like thee!
Bird of my heart come sing to me
The song it thrills my heart to hear,
And as thou sing'st, I'll fancy thee
The spirit of some starry sphere ;
For Music, poets call divine
And once she made her secret thine,
And, touching her melodious shell,
Hung on thy lips her magic spell !
What Is Giory, What ia Fame ?
UY WILLIAM MOTHERWELL.
What is alcrv I What is Fame?
The echo of a long lost name:
A breath, an idle hour's brief talk ;
Tne shadow of an arrant nought;
A flower that blossoms for a day,
Dying next morrow !
A stream that hurries on its way,
Singing of sorrow ;
The last drop of a bootless shower,
Shed on a sere and leafless bow.er ;
A rose, stuck in a dead man's breast
This is the World's fame at the best !
What is Fame I and whit is glory !
A dream a jester's lying story,
To tickle fools withal, or be
A theme for second infancy ;
A joke scrawled on an epitaph;
A grin at Death's own ghastly laugh ;
A visioning that tempts the eye, -But
mocks the touch nonentity ;
A rainbow, substanceless as bright,
Flitting for ever
O'er hill top to more distant height,
Nearing us never ;
A bubble blown by fond conceit,
In very sooth itself to cheat;
The watch-fire of a phrenzied brain ;
A fortune that too lose were gain ;
A word of praise, perchance of blame ;
The wreck of a time bandied name-
Ay, this is Glory ! this is Fame !
There is a hoy in Now Orleans so lazy that
he writes Andrew Jackson llius fcrew Jnksii.
Thai's equal " the way the fellow spelt
Psalm Books. It was thus Sam Bux. Low
ell Cour.
. . .
lint it is not equal to sue way a young man
spelt junas. a was . uius rnmunz. itw
Bedford Bulletin.
And that is not more outlandish than in spell
the word lisic a la Walker pirhi-ick. Forum.
Nor are chher so remarkable a the school
boy's orthography, by which he cornrhed to
spell coffee, without using a -single letter prop
erly belonging to the word, thus Kaughphy,
and Isaac ihu Eyesaehe. Sat. Courier.
None of them were equal to a hoy we know
of, who is so lazy that he spells mtilij with
three letters, thus nit. Hunterdon Gazette.
Strasiije Enh:tltai5ts.
The editor nf the St. Augustine News was
shown a few days since, a centipede, about an.
inch and a Sialf in length, ejected under the in
fluence of ai emetic, from ilie iomueh of a lad
in that city; at ihe time of its being thrown off
it was dead. A hnrtiime after, a t.econd cen
tipede, three iiu-hos in length, alivu and kick
ing, was thrown up. It is a question of btmie
uiceness to determine thrt mod of emry. age
and duration of thee poisonous insects in I lie
human stomach; and how far the solvent pow
ers of the gtairio juico, in this instance, failed,
in its action oivthe living animal as well as in
fltience op the dead one.
A chap recently arrived at New Orleans from
Paris with his hair .-o long thai he waH obliged
to go to a rope walk every morning to' have his
head "hackeieil." It id altio stated that the
'essel he .sailed in uas three days out before
theJast Jock of it was Velearpd at the custom
house
BY REQUEST.
From the Cincinnati Weekly Chronicle.
Friezadfi' Epistle on iavcrr
We insert below the Epistle of the Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends on Shivery. We
lake this occasion to say, that this document,
more than any other we have seen, expresses
what, in our opinion, is the correct course of
Christians, in reference to the subject of sla
very. It points out the mild, and peaceful
manner, in which that bodv has borne its testi
monv against the evils of slaverv.
A few mouths since, a small body of Friends
separated from the Society, that they might lake
other, and more zealous measures on that sub
ject. They were, however, very few in num
ber. The great body of Friends remain united
in their old organization. This matter is al
luded to in the address.
Address
Of the Society of Friends of Indiana Yearly
Meeting, to the Christian Professors in the
United States, and to the Cuhens generally,
on the subject oj Slavery.
It is with feelings of religious concern for
the advancement of the kingdom of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ, and for the welfare
of our beloved country, that we believe our
selves called upon lo nddre.s you on the sub
ject of lavery ; a subject which essentially in
volves the peace and happiness of the citizens
of these United States, and which claims" their
most serious consideration, and their prompt
and persevering cxeitions for its termination.
We believo there are many ii all the Chris
tian denominations, who, with ourselves, de
plore the existence of this system of iniquity
and oppression, and who long for its extinction.
For the encouragement and strength of such,
we would stale, that about eighty years ago, a
weighty concern came upon tho Society of
Friends respecting ihe slave-trade, and the par
ticipation of their members in the practice of
holding in bondage their fellow-men of ihe Af
rican race. Under ihu conviction that our Al
mighty Creator made of one blood, all the na
tions of men to dwell on all tho face of the
earth, and thai the enjoyment of life, liberty;
and happiness, is ihe natural inherit right of all,
they became convinced, through ihe influence
of the Iloiy Spirit on their hearts, that consis
tently with the spirit and precepts of our Holy
Redeemer, which leach us lo do lo others all
things whatsoever we would they should do to
us, no man possesses the right to hold his fellow-man
in unconditional bondage.
When this righteous concern to abolish
slave-holding amongst themselves first arose,
many obstacles to its prosecution presented,
and continued for several years to impede its
progress; bui keeping to the ground of religious
duly, and submitting the cause to i heir Lord
and Master, to whom they looked for wisdom
and direction, and who alone could soften ihe
hearts of those who persisted in asserting ihe
right to retain their slaves, a number of enlight
ened and devoted men l.iboured faithfully with
these, to convince them of the injustice of the
practice. Notwithstanding the various discour
agements with which they had to contend, the
way was finally opened through His blessing,
who laid this duly upon then:, for the entire ex
tinction of slavery within the limits of our reli
gious Society; and having cleared itself of sla
very, it was prepared io raise an availing testi
mony against slave-holding among oihers.
After liberating their slaves, Friends pro
ceeded to remunerate those who had served
their masters, at an age entitling them lo ihe
proceeds of their .Krvjces, making such com
pensation in very many instances for their la
bour as justice dictated. They also extended
a parental care over them, providing schools
for their literary insiruciion, 1'rcquenily holding
religious meetings with ilium, and nnnisipring
to the wants of ihe aged and indigent. When
ihe work of emancipation was thus generally
effected, they adopted tides in their d:sciplirie
against
buying, selling holding and hiring
slaves ; and ihe lew members who stood out in
opposition lo the decisions ol iho body, were,
alter being laboured wiih to recover them from
their error, disowned, and the Society has ev
er since, continued to deny church membership
to those who violate the discipline in lii-so re
spect?. Having liberated their slaves. .Friends then
felt religiously engaged, from time io tunc,, un
der ihe constraining powers of Divine love, lo
urge upon their fellow-citizens, both privately
and publicly, ihe obligation ihey were under to
accord io the enslaved African and his descen
dants, the inalienable right to freedom. Me
inotials, pennons, and addresses were frequent
ly presented lo Congress, io various Legisla
Iire bodies in the slave slates, and lo ihe. public
generally, for ilie purpose of promoting ibis de
sirable object. While their language wuh plain
and unequivocal, these documents were idways
respeciful and pacific in their character. Ex
pressions calculated to exasperate ihe slave
holder, or to excite io violence and insurrection
on the pari of the -lave as ihey would bo re
pugnant to the benign spirit of the gospel, mid
milnaie agiinst ihe. object in view, were care
fol'v avoided. To convince, ihe master of the
inj-iitice of 'ilie system, and the degradation and
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SUll&Ullg w.v... ...... w. - I
thus induce him voluntarily to break the yoke,
and lei the oppressed go free, was the design,!
c nil rl n IT ,1Mlt(MI II IIIIHCIPM fill aUIC, tlllV. I
and in many cases ttie elteci, oi ineir muuiua.
By iheir judicious proceedings, the way was
open in the minds of the slave-holders to hear
ihe pleadings of Friends, on behalf of the poor
negro ; and had ihis temperate and Christian
spirit been kept to by all those who have Step
ped forth professedly to advocate his rights,
we apprehend ihe cause of freedom would have
made far grealer progress than it has there
would be less sensuiveiifsss on this subject in
the mind of the master than now exists, and
consequently a fairer prospect that this oppro
brium of life Christian name, would soon be
banished from our favored land.
While we have been endeavoring to advance
our testimony against slavery, in our own peace
able way, and as we were favoured with the
leadings of the Spirit of Truth, we have been
accused of apathy, and negligence, and even of
giving countenance to the system itself, be
cause we could not consistently wiih our own
convictions of duly, unite with some measures
which' others thought proper to adopt. But
how much better would it be, if those who pro
fess to be opposed lo slavery, were to bring
their lesiimouy to bear upon the system itself,
rather than waste their strength and influence
by publishing criminations against oihers. And
though some who have seceded from this Year
ly Meeting, and assumed the designation of
Anti-Slavery Friends, as if they were the chief
defenders ol" the rights of the coloured man,
have joined in with those unfounded accusa
tions, for whose proceedings and publications
we are no lunger responsible, yet our abhor
rence of the system of slavery, with all its
dreadful consequences, remains undiminished;
and we not only continue, as the way opens, io
lift up our voice for the dumb, but rejoice in
the efforts which our brethren of other religious
persuasions are making in ihe same cause, un
der ihe influence of the same Christian spirit.
Il is this spirit that can soften the hard heart,
break every yoke, proclaim liberty to the cap
live, and set the oppressed free; and we would
invite the members of the different religious so
cieties, to endeavour, under Us blessed influ
ence, to eradicate slavery from their respective
churches. Let those who. see ihe magnitude
of the evil, and whose hands are clear of it,
labour steadfastly and faithfully with their mem
bers who have slaves, lo dissuade thorn from
the practice. And may we not hope, thai their
patient labours in gospel love, would bo great
ly instrumental, if nut completely successful, in
bringing about the peaceful termination of this
enormous evil in'our favoured country. Were
all the professors of the Christian religion ill
ihese United Stales clear of holding iheir fellow-men
in bondage; the system being practi
cally condemned by the religious part of ihe
community, we apprehend would soon fall io
the ground. Thai ii is the will of the Great
Head of the Church, that all those who name
the name of Christ should depart from iniquity,
and wash iheir hands m intiocency respecting
this evil, we-can have no doubt. Christ loved
the church, and gave himself for it, that he
might present it to himself a glorious church,
not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;
but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Is not slavery at thi.s day of light and knowl
edge, a dark spot and blemish in the visible
church, which must contribute to lay waste its
character as the church of Christ, and io retard
the spreading of Ills kingdom in the earth?
Have we not reason to believe that this sys
tem of inquiiy, upheld by many who call them
selves Christians, and some of them standing
in the character of ministers of the gospel of
peace and salvation, is banging over us as a
dark cloud, and is one of the great causes ol
the difficulties to which the country is subject
ed' Can we expect the smiles of Divine Prov
idence to be continued upon us and upon our
couniry, unless we break off our sins by right
eousness, and our iniquities by showing mercy
io the poor despised slave? it appears to us,
that under the blessing of our Heavenly Father,
ihe peaceful abolition of slavery by ihe slave
states, very much depends upon the exertions
and influence of those who act on Christian
principio. with steady and unyielding firmness,
lor its removal. There is, therefore, wo believe,
great responsibiihy resting upon professing
Christians in relation to this deeply affecting
subject, and we desire thai our brethren may
not slumber at iheir pnst-j whila the enemy is
within iheir borders, but relying for wisdom and
strength upon ihe Head of the church, labour
in the ability which he would grant, to put away
this sin from amongu them. Thus ihe)' would
not only receive ihe reward ol" peace in their
own bosoms, but be ihe happy instruments of
roleasing their brethren from tha crime and the
curse of slavery, purifying the church from this
defilement, and exalting the standard of univer
sal righteousness m the earth.
In that love which breathes glory lo God in
the highest, peace on earth, and good wilfio
men, we would also commend to ihe serious re
flection of the .slave-holders lha accummulalcd
guilt of oppression, and iheir fearful responsi
bility in'subjijctiiig to. the debasing consequen
Ices of, ihis system, Jitiman beings possessing as
d or lo-l.
iliv'-, - -
for whom Christ died, not that they should be.
plunged in pollution, but that ihey should bo
redeemed froui all iniquity, and erve hurt to
newness of life. Deeply impressed wiih the
inestimable value of human souls, our account
ability io our Creator for the deeds done in ih
body, ihe shortness of time, and the awfulnes
of eternity that all earthly things pa.-s aw:ty
as the morning cloiid or the early dew. ;md iIim'
all the wealth and honours of the world are
ly as vanny and vexation of spirit we
wiin (loetueoHcern ana inicrnM, on mm niMi
! of our feliownie?r who still adhere to thV?v
tem and praclice of slavery, with earned d
sires that ihey may lake the subject mure ulosr
ly into consideration; and may ilie Lord "run
to them the light of His Holy Spun to see th r
fearluiness of their standing, and MreugMi i.
perform his whole will corncerning them.
In thus addressing our 1'ellow-piuze.iis on hi -momentous
subject, we mist we sdiuU mil
suspected of party or political m -iixe-, for
lhouh our religious Society in tts ofiicial .
paciiy, takes no part in the polnie-il opera tan
going on in the roiintry, we fe- a deep :oid
lively interest in ihe welfare of the. nauon. I
is only as the people comply with ihe Dt'inff
requisition to do justly, love mercy, and walk
humbly with God, that we can reasonably hup,
for the Divine UlesMtig in preserving us in bar
mony, peace, and prosperity. O.ir religious
Society cannot give countenance n measures
of confusion and violence to attain any object
whatever, lor our testimony against war i
equally decisive as that against slavery; and as
we cailhol resort to force or resis'anoe to ihe
law of ihe land to obtain or defend our own
most valued rights, so neither can we do it for
those of others: we believe that it is our reli
gious duty io live in active or passive subordin
ation to the government placed over us.
In conclusion; we fervently desire that all
those who are implicated in ihe system of slave
holding; may stand open to the convictions of
the Spirit of Truth in their own hearts, which
during ihe day of mercy, pleads with all, to
nave them from iheir sins that by obeying it
dictates ihey may faithfully do iheir duty in
setting iheir slaves free from bondage. Were
this mass of corruption and iniquity removed
from our beloved country, it would be the open
ing of a new and joyful day in which the an
cient prediciion Would be in measure realized;
" t hen shall thy righteousness go forth wuh
brightness; and ihy salvation as a lamp that
burnetii." May all those who love ihe Lord
Jesus Christ, and desire ihe exaltation of Ills
name, and dominion over all, be united in the
spirit of prayer to the God and father of our
sure mercies, that Me will continue his forbear
ance and long-suffering towards our guilty land,
and through the workings of His mighty pow
er, change the heart of the slave-holder, and
give deliverance to His oppressed and trodden
down children) who are groaning under bondage-Signed
by direction, and on behalf of Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends, held at White Wa
ter, in Wayne county, Indiana, by adjournments
from tho 2Sth day of Ninth month, to the 3d
day of Tenth month, inclusive, 1843.
ELIJAH COFFIN, Clerk.
low kind of Wheal.
The Norwalk (0.) Experiment, says : Wz
have at our office a specimen of grain called
South American wheat, raised in this country,
and which is said to yield from eighty to one
hundred bushels to ihe acre. The head resem
bles very much, in size and appearance, the
fruit of the sumac, and the borry seems io be
almost entire farine, with a very Utile hull or
bran. Il may be planted in drills or sowed
broadcast the former method, however, is tho'i
to He" preferable and is said to require far less
labor, if drilled, than common com, and yield
ing double the quantity per acre, and we should
judge it to be as nutritious food for man or beast
as any grain we raise.
The last Miller story.
The following anecdote from the last Knicker
bocker will do to read immediately after dinner!
A matter-of-fact old gentleman in New-Knglnnd,
whose wife was a thorough-going " Destruction
ist,,,Jwas awakened out of his sleep by his " pos
sessed" rib, one cold and stormy March night, with
" Husband ! did you hear that noise! It's Gabriel
a-eomin! It's the sound of his chariot wheels f"
" Oh, psha ! you old fool! replied the gude man:
u do you s'pose Gabriel is such an ass as to com
on toheels in such good sleighing as this' I tell
you it's the wind; turn over and go to sleep 1'
We believe she did.
It's a Fity. A most distressing paragraph,
to the effect that Jacksontown, in Huntingdon
county, in this Stale, was totally destroyed by
fire, except one stable, is going the rounds of
the press. It is almost a pity to spoil m inter
esting a piece of news, by siaiing. that said
town, consisted only of one tavern and stable
aforesaid !
JJj,,'Doyou understand me now?"' thun
dered out one of our city pedagogues to an ur
chin,. at whose head'he threw an inksiand. .' f,
have, got an takling of what you mean," replied
the boy.. " "l '
ilw.nivi.lvpc; lmmiirtril souls Io le savt
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