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Having a general assortment of large elegant plain and orna mental Type, we are prepared to execute every description of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Rotes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS PAMPHLETS, &c Triated with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jcffcrsoniau ISepnbHcair. The Tu ilisbt ISotir. With twilight comes the hour to rove, When spring hath clothed the carih in bloom, And from each lawn and blossomed grove The balmy breezes waft perfume. 0 then, beneath the deepening gloom Of pendent boughs, how sweet lo stray, While doves their nightly 'plaints resumek And sigh and muse tho hours away! Hail io that hour! for, 0, how blest This care-worn bosom oft hath been, When o'er it stole the halcyon rest That broods and breathes in such a scene ! 'Twas ihen with deepest power, I ween, My purer ihoughis renewed their sway, Till far from fancy's sky serene, Each worldly cloud had passed away. Hail to that hour! for with it still Return those dreams of youthful bliss, That tuned my soul to rapture's thrill, Ere aught in life was judged amiss: Mild twilight hour! huw soft the kiss Thy breath of balm vouchsafes my brow ! 0, fleet not past or leave me this, The holy calm that soothes me now ! Important to Landlords. Since the commencement of the present ses- Mini of the Legislature, as we learn from the ' - - 1 - I Harmburir papers, numberless petitions have been presented, praying for "the repeal of the law of 1705, as it is called, which prohibits the selling of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath, and subjecting persons found drinking in tav erns on that day to a fine, which reverts lo the u-e of the guardians of the poor. The law ha remained unknown, or at least obsolete for many years, and has therefore remained unno ticed. Recently, however, the advocates of Temperance in Philadelphia have waked upon the subject, and have appointed Committees who make it their business to visit the different punlic houses in that city on the Sabbath, and i e port all offenders. In consequence, numbers, both sellers and drinkers, have been fined. The petitions in the Senate were referred to the Committee on Vice and Immorality, who.bwou.v nesii, in pieces varying Jrom the. size ol reported on the 21st ult. on the subject, through ihtsir chairman, Mr. Craig, of Wellington Co The Committee lake strong ground against the repeal of the law, and urge its enforcement in all cases. On the question of sustaining the views of the report, the vole stood yeas 27, nav.f 0. The usual number of copies were en dured to be printed, and the above vote attached, to show the sense of the Senate on the Tem perance question. Scene in Hie Mississippi Legislature. A liter from Jackson, tn the Vicksburg Whig, dated February Sih, fays: At about 1 1 o'clock. the cry tif fire was raised in the street and a member of the House rushed into the aisle, and in a stammering voice said, "Mr. Speaker, I move that the House lake a recess of fifteen minutes, sir, for the capital is on fire." Here was a general rush for the door, and every body want tumbling for the street. At about the same instant, a member of the Senate announced to the President, "The capital is on fire," lo which the President replied "The h 1 it is" and lefi his heat with the speed of a greyhound. I Iflirve it wa nothing more than the soot burn- jug m one of ihe chimneys. More ISEoucy Coming. Bv the terms of ihe convention which Peru just ratified, for the adjustment of claims of the U. Slates, Peru is to pay three hundred thous and dollars to the United Stales, to be paid at Luna, in ten equal annual instalments, commen cing Jan. 1, 1844. The editor of th N. Y. Sunday Mercury hau! introduced u new way of opening oysters. They say by hprinkling a handful nfMiufF oyer H i!h of them, in , a lew moments-they will 5k)ee,B jeineIves-out of theirhe'lU,7 STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1844. " Gregory XIII., upon finding that by the in troduction of the Bissextile days a difference of ten days had arisen between the Calendar and the actual time, caused them lo be abated in the yeaj 1582, by having the 2 1th of March called the 21st, thereby making it for that year to consist of twenty-one days only." The Gregorian Calendar was immediately adopted, in papal countries ; but the change did not,takc place inGreat Britain and America, until tho 1st of January 1752; and in Septem ber following, the days were adjusted by cal ling the 3rd the 13th of the month, and contin uing iho rest in order. Lord Chesterfield's successful attempt in in troduce the reformed Calendar into Great Brit ain, is thus described by himself, and gives us an insight into the KLOQUSXCE fOR POPULAR ASSEMBLIES. After stating why he had determined to at tempt the reformation of the Calendar, he pro ceeds: " I consulted the best lawyers, and the most skillful astronomers, and we cooked up a bill for that purpose. But then my difficulty began: 1 was to bring in this bill, which was necessarily composed of luw jargon and astro nomical calculations, lo both which I am an ut ter stranger. However, it was absolutely ne cessary to make the House of Lords think that 1 knew something of the matter; and also to make them believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part I could just as soon have talked Cel tic or Sclavonian to them as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well, so 1 resolved to do belter than speak to the pur pose, and to please instead of informing them. 1 gave them, therefore, only an historical ac count of Calendars, from the Egyptian down to the Gregorian, amusing them now and then with little episodes ; but I was particularly at tentive to the choice of my words, to the har mony and roundness of my periods, to my elo cution, to my action. This succeeded, and ev er will succeed ; they thought I informed, be cause I pleased them, and many of them said I had made the whole very clear to them, when in fact I had not even attempted U. Lord Mac clesfield, who had the greatest share in form ing the bill, and who is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers in Europe, spoke afterwards with infinite knowledge, and all the clearness that so intricate a matter would admit ol ; but us his words, his periods, and his utterance were not near so cood as mine, the r .... preicrence was unanimously, tnougn most un jus,'' ?ive" to me- T1,is w ever be the case; every numerous assembly is a mob, let the in dividuals who compose it be what they will. Mere reason and good sense is never to be talked lo a mob : iheir passions, their senti ments, their tenses, and their seeming inter ests, are alone to be applied to. Understand ing they havo collectively none; but they have ears and eyes, which must be flattered -and se duced ; and this can only be done by eloquence, tuneful periods, graceful action, and all the va rious arts of oratory." Another Shower of FiesSa and BScod. An extraordinary sensation, says the N. Y. Sun, was created in Jersey City, a few days since, by the fail of a substance resembling a uline lo a twenty-hre cent piece. J he ru mor, of the mysterious shower soon spread a round the city, and people gathered from all quarters to examine ihe substance. The Mil leriles, were particularly interested in the matter and contended that it was one of the very last "Signs of the Times," urging all to look for ihe immediate dissolution of old mother Earth. Ii appears that the shower fell upon a small space, probably not over cght hundred feet .square; and the fial.es resembled pieces of bloody flesh more closely than any thing to which we can compare them. Wherever ihe flakes fell on linen, the "blood" gradually spread over the cloth, leaving a thick, fleshy substance in the centre of the stain, which gave oui an offensive felid smell. The clothes-lines within the bounds of the shower were almost all well stocked with newly washed garments, at.d the flakes fell so thick that even the smallest gar ments were siained, all having to be re-washed immediately. It is our opinion that an aqueous meteor did all the mischief. A Patent Shoemaker. A French paper says, that "a workman of the Rue Violies-aud-neiies, who for some time has attended the public lectures on mechanics, has invented a machine, by which a man can make 40 or 50 pairs of shoes a day. Wheal in lew JE hi gland. The six New England Stales, with, an area of 61,307 square miles, and a population of 2, 254.622 inhabitants, produced in 1840, only 2, 014,120 bushels of Wheal; while Michigan, or rather the scarcely settled Southern portion of it, with a population of 2i2,2G7,) raised from an area of about 15,000 tquare mires, 2,157,108 bushels, or more than. al the New ' England sSutesUogethvr, I. luiui. ... - - An Adventure A young acquaintance of ours in-Georgia met with an adventure a few years since at which we enjoyed a hearty laugh. He had formed an acquaintance with a lovely girl who was in iho up country on a visit to some relations, and after two or three interviews lost his wils and fell in love. From the rospnetful treatment he received, he was induced to believe that his passion was reciprocated. In every thing else but courtship Major E. was qttito proficient. We can bear testimony that ho is a most invct erato wag. One beautiful evening after devot ing unusual time to his toilette, he sallied forth to meet iho fair one, with heart almost leaping out of its reding place. When within a few hundred yards of the house, in the beautiful grove that skirts Esq. s farm, ho alighted from his steed, and after tethering him secure ly, braced himself against a sturdy oak to com pose his mind. This being his first essay in earnest courting, he thought it would be service able to try his powers alone before he ventured in tho presence of the lady.- Thinking himself alone, he was quite bold and fluent of speech. Stepping a few paces forward he made a very graceful bow then with one of his sweetest smiles addressing his " lady-love," and her fair cousin, he enquired after their healths. Then answering the question as elTemitiately as he could, he launched out quite gracefully into conversation on general topics speaking for himself and for the ladies too. Feelmg quite at home, he became prclty familiar laughed heartily complimented and flattered the la dies, and in true courtier style advanced from step to step, until in imagination, he had the hand of his beloved bestowing upon it rap turous kisse3 ! Just then he was startled by a suppressed tittering, and almost instantly a loud laugh followed, in a few steps of him. The truth flashed upon his mind that ho was over heard, and that too by females ! His first im pulse was to mount his horse and fly from the spot, uui ms resolutions was cnangeu oy me sudden appearance from behind a tree of the very two young ladies about whom ho had been soliloquising. Somewhat confused, but wilh ihe familiarity which characterizes southern ladies, they rallied the Major for having his " green room" recitals in so public a place acknowledged that they wore strolling about in the grove, and were all the while in listening distance. The Major was badly plagued, and the ladies for a few minutes had the lauah on their own side. But with a degree of prosence of mind which few gentlemen could summon, under such circumstances, he declared that he saw them hide, and feeling just then in the hu mor, he determined to make a declaration of love to Miss , believing that she would not venture to leave her covert, before lo got through. That all the pretty things he had said, was merely to prepare her mind for the avowal ; and that if kite had Jiave remained concealed fie minutes longer, she would have heard the denouement. Now come the ladies' time to be serious. Taking advantage of the excitement, and the slarl he had made, he clasp ed those jewelled lingers, which he had so re cently kissed in imagination, and pressing them lo his lips, soon brought those sweet tears of dolight which the)' say, most young ladies do permit to flow, as a favorable response lo dec larations of love. The scene was soon over tho vows passed, and in a few weeks Maj. E. led to tho altar the accomplished Miss . Up to the time we la.t saw the Major, him and his lady were more than happy, but he had never hinted io her or any one else the ruse played upon her and her fair cousin. lictercstittg to Old People. We find in an old paper ihe following method recommending to aged people, as a means of enabling them to preserre iheir eye-sight, or to recover it after it has failed: "Every morning, when washing yourself, dip your face into the water, open your eyes and keep them under the water as long as you can hold your brealh. This strengthens the eves and cleanses them from the rheum which deadens the sight and considerably affects the ball. A gentleman in Maryland, by the name of James Calder, after using spectacles for twenty-live years, followed this plan, and at the age of seventy, recovered his sight so aa to t-ee without them. Dipping the head into cold water every morning, both winter and summer, is a preservative against the head and ear ache; and will materially assist the other operation, in its effoci upon the eyes." United States Revenue. It i estimated that during the month of Febru ary, there has been received M the different pons of the United Slates, over five millions of dollars; being a rlear ittrome of at least three milions bcj'ond the current expenses of the Government. V A EiOMSCYliy. Died on the 11th till., at tho residence his son, in North Woodberry township, lied ford, county, Perm , Henry Ktfer, a Revolution ary, soldier of 177G. who had attained tho as tonishing, ae of one hundred and len. years and six months ! . From the N. Y. Tribune Eeaary C!ay. BY MRS. J. W. .MERCER. He stands erect! a Nation's pride, With banner waving far and wide, Whose folds unfurl in every breeze, And records boar o'er mount and scaa, Of ono who, in his native land, Gleams brightest midst its patriot band. Who, in his Country's glorious cause, ; Defended oft her sacred laws, . t And stood unscathed amid the fire , Of Party strife, of Patty ire, Firm as ihe never-yielding rock, 'Neath tempest storm, or earthquake's shock. Whose genius oft ihe breast inspires Wilh glowing, patriotic fires ! Whose voice is as the lightning sent, So brightly, purely eloquent ; Which from its course is never driven, Though sweeping earth and brushing heaven He stands erect! the brave, the free, The Champion blest of Liberty. Should threatening clouds our skv o'orcast, Still will the brave one stem the blast ; Still onward press without delay, And win the goal shall Henry Clay. Still onward press ! Our native land Shall flourish 'neath his mighty hand, And signal blessings, broad and wide, Shall crown our shores on every side ; And every breeze shall waft on high That name which adverse storms defy. On! onward still! From age to age Shall brightly gleam, on History's page, That name which gilds our glorious West, And fills with pride each patriot's breast, Which swells upon the rushing gale, And far o'er storms and tides prevail. Star of the West ! Columbia's pride ! Thy name is echoed far and wide, And every hill and every stream Beneath the day-god's slorious beam' Still wafts on high and far away '' The undying name of Henry Clay ! Towanda, Pa. Green Peas iu Winter. The editor of the "xMaine Cultivator" says he saw not long since, "green peas as succulent lo all appearance as ihoy were when plucked from the vine some five or six months before." The mode of preparing them, is to pick when of the proper size for eating, shell, and careful ly dry on cloths in the shade. All ihe care ne cessary, is to prevent their moulding; this done they will be fine and sweet. Beans may be preserved in the same way, and with perfect success. If in audition, a slock of green corn is secured at the proper time, as it may easily be, by scalding on the cob when fit for roasting or boiling, and then cutting or shelling the corn from the cob, and carefully drying in the sun, green peas, or beans, or our favorite succatosh, may be had the whole year, those who havo never tried it, may be assured lhat a dish of the latter, in January or March is a luxury. Whig and Democratic Principles. Robert Y. Conrad, at present a State Sena tor in the Legislature of Virginia, having deter mined to retire from that body, announces, in a circular addressed to his constituents, that he will not be a candidate for re-election. In his address, Mr. Conrad asks some pertinent ques tions questions, we opine, somewhat difficult lo answer. He says " Wherein does a single Whig measure con flict with Democracy? Is it democratic tu throw ourselves at tho feel of ihe merch.vnls and manufacturers of England and Francp, tho coiton growers of Carolina, or the importers of New York, and say to them, do with us as you will? Is it democratic to deny tD our own representatives iu Congress the power to regu late the currency and commarco, without which the several States will have less intercourse with each other than with foreign countries ? Is it democratic to Uiave ih.e public lands a sub ject fur political bribo'ry and rapine, whilst the Stales to whom ihry belong need them, to save us all from repudiation, to educate the rising generation, ar(U make us good roads and canals? Is it democratic to sustain and foster the over grown r.ower of our Federal Executive? Or is it uemocratic to refuse to men of small capi tal the right of uniting their means, lhat they tliay engage in enterprises which, without this privilege, would be monopolized by the men ut great wealth ? "What are the ways of Providence?" said a Sunday School teacher to an. urchin in his class "Railroad to Boston and steamboat to N. York." This was mixed theology and geogra phy with a legeance No. 47. Hiliisag, Sailing, andSarrelius Extract of a letter dated January 5, 1844, from a gentleman residing in Clinton, Indiana, a village of about 300 inhabitants, situated on the Wabah river: "I have just visited orm of our large slaughtering establishments, and will give you some account of the way they do things, and it is every way the most horrid butchery one can imagine. The drove of hog?, may be "200, are driven into a pen 10 ft. nmari-, and so crowded that there is no dodging; au-1 the murderer walks in wnlxJuSjaxe, one or ti blows ol which generally quiets them, without a groan. The knife follows, the blood ilies.aud the batch is tumbled into the scalding trouji where ihey uro scraped in aboin no time. Hav ing been rinsed, they are passed .iway and mis pended ready for the. cleaver, who, with on gash lays them entirely open from ihe tail Ui the jaw, and two more cuts, (all as (puck as flash) completely relieve the poor hug fr every vestige ol offal, and tho woik is dpm; One man wiil do tliu last part of the biKiinv--at the rate of five or six to the minute. ' TnV whole lime from ihe knocking down to thefrti ishing, for a batch of ten, is about fifteen min utes, or a minute and a half to ihe ho. TWu establishment can kill 500 per day of twei hours. They generally woik about eight hour, and kill from 250 to 2S0, with about 15 or lo hands employed, besides steam and burse pw er for pumping. About 900 barrels ol pwfc. will leave this place this spring, about 3 Ut to the barrel. Much more than i; c usual qi:uir tity has been bought, and there is much yri to. come in. Price now about from 31,S'uS2. The operation of packing pork is quite as expe ditious; but a minute or two, say three, niter venes between the "whole hog," and tho t:utt up, separating, sailing, and barrelling, ready for shipping. Some days, our streets are com pletely blocked up with pork teama. Nothing is seen in all directions, but pig's feet and no ses erect in ihe air. Here you see, tho Yankee Pedlar in his glo ry one came along to-day trading brass clocks for horses, cowskins, or any wav. It's no uncommon thing here for hogs to grow so fat that they can't see out of their eyes. C. M. has a large lot that have not seen for six weeks, and they are to be killed and hauled to town, because they cannot see to walk. This is more the county for corn and hogs than wheat. Illinois and Wisconsin are (he best for the latter. Price of potatoes 20 cents, corn 15, oats 12" 1-2, wheat 50, flax seed 62 1-2, pork 52,00, beef 11-2 cent per lb., beeswax 20. venison hams 30 per pair, chickens 50 per dozen, eggv 4 per dozen, wood $1,00 per cord, bituminous, coal $1,50 per ton, delivered." A Curious Card. Tho following was found posted up in conspicou places, by a friend, travelling through tho Slaio of Ohio, a vear or two ago. It is worth preserving: "Time is Money. Isaac J. Keely, Philan thropist, Boot, Shoe and Hat Merchant, late Clockologist and Dial Regulator to Her Majes ty, Queen Victoria, and now Ciock-Master Gen eral, to his Excellency MarUn Van Buren, the successor of the Hero of New Orleans," &c. A great woman not imperious, a fair woman not vain, a woman of common talents not jealous, an accomplished wom-an who scorns to shine are four wonders just great enough to be divided among the four quarters of the globe. A great Fourier Convention is to be held in the city of Nevy York, on the 4th,5th, and Gth of April next, for the. purpose "of forming an Uniled Statoa. Society, for the propagation of the principle of association and utility," and for the celebration on the 6th, of the birth day of Fourier. Magnetism and Surgery. The editor of tho Bangor (Maine) Courier gives an acount of the amputation of a leg with out pain, the patieni.being thrown into ihe mag netic slumber. The operation was performed by Dr. Rich, upon a man named Luther Carey, whose leg had been deformed from infancy, and had given him much pain and inconvenience. He was quite unconscious that the operation was going on; and during its progress con versed upon indifferent topics. After it was over, and ho awoko, he stated lhat the onlv sensation he had experienced was like tht of some one pricking the bottom of hit foot. There is no reason to doubl the truth of this statement, as it i gravely put forth, and a great number of newspapers havo copied it. If it he true, it de serves the timeliest and most careful considera tion of the many surgeons and scientific men, who doubt the efficacy of magnetism in this ap plication. K'lhe most fearful operations of sur gery can be performed without any pain, almost without inconvenience tu the patient, many a pang will be saved to humanity. An agent that has such wonderful power over the huin;inlainef as this has, if this statement and others of ihe same nature be true, should at once attract tho careful and unprejudiced study of the natural j philojopher and practical phyjiciarf. Mi'' s:'r4 r
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