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nitf, Circulars, Bill Heads, R'otcsj
Bluislt Receipts,
JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER
PAMPHLETS,
&C.
TrintcJ wilh nenlness and despatch, on rcasortablo terras
AT THE OFFICE OF THE
Jfeffcrsoniaii Republican.
FOR THE JEfFERSOXIAN REPUBLICAN.
OIE.
Inscribed to Miss XV-
or Milford.
In lofty style Ichothers praise,
Wilkesbarre village which now lay
On Susquehanna's border
Or Harrisburg where men of wit.,
Our Legislature yearly ait,
To fix laws in good order.
Bo'.wccn iwo rivers we may see,
Pittsburg plac'd in isublimily, r
Or Honc'dale fam'd for glory :;
Or where the honesi quakcr Penn,
Ilis treaty made wilh the Red-men, .
As told in ancient story. .
As Easton in those by -gone days .
For politicians had the praise, J4 ,
So Harrisburg surpasses . .,;JV
All oihnr hamlots, cities, towns,
For coxcombs, simpletons and clowns-,' '
And likewise slvpid asses.
I3ut, neither Harrisburg o fine, !' '
Its Churches, and its railroad line,
lis Statehouse, walks and bridges;
Nor Pittsburg with her ancient fort,. ,
With General Stanwix te escort,
His men o'er vales and bridges.
No none of these I must declare,
With Milford village can compare,
And SauchlVs charming borders
To chant tliem really would demand
A Milton from European land,
And Angels for recorders ! ! !
As Western winds sometimes abstain,
From fetching storms of hail and rain,
And clear the -face of heaven ;
So, let us grasp some cheerful hours,
From, life's too frequent storms and show'rs.t
And hope to be forgiren.
H. C. M.
Poet's garret, Westfall, Dec. 1843.
Gia.nl ami Dwarf Expected.
A giant, nearly as large as Goliath of Galh,
and larger than Bihin, tho Belgian giant, took
passage for Nevr York on the 3d ult. on board
the ship Yorkshire, at Liverpool. His wife,
liv"n accom an J
iing, accompati i .
who is the greatest giantess
les him. On board the same snin is a dwarl.
binaller bv several inches than tho famous Gen
cral Tom Thumb.
Medical. Everv new invention or improrc-1
mem in the science of medicine merits a pas
Mng paragraph. Dr. Junod, of Paris, has in
vented a new method, which he terms Hcmos
pasic, for the treatment of a number of diseases.
This method consists in the employment of a
pneiimaiic apparatus of a peculiar construction,
in which the arm or leg is so placed as te at
tract the blood to the extremities, without di
minishing ihe mass of this liquid.
An Aiieit Wife should Ee naturalized.
It was decided by Judge Kent, in the New
York Circuit Court, on Saturday, that a wife
bom abroad, and not naturalized, cannot inherit
property devised to her by a husband.
Watches. The English, at reduced wages
for labor, will soon work cheaper than they do
at Gfiieva. Workmen in Manchester get up
the enure vrorks of a watch in good style for
eighteen shilling5.
A Grcew Qac.
" Have, vou anVMHlions ?" said a, gentjeman,
.
iemar.kably green
looking
lh other day,. -to a
"No," was, tho r4epjyan(l the.. gentleman
pas fed on 'his .way. ,
id ihest!cker' after scratching
Ills Iih:.1 fur sllllf "lil'llM. ".if :thau tartial fool
didn't mean vng-cnsgl - tr'y-
The French Magazine of Science publishes
tho following description of a gigantic vesssel,
consisting of three iron boats joined together,
intended to compete with the transatlantic boats.
Lieutenant Morison has just published, at Liv
erpool, the plan of an immense packet boat
which he has invented, and to which he has
given the name of Leviathan. This packet
boat of the capacity of 32,480 tons, will be put
in motion by three archimodian screws of 800
horse power each. The deck of the Leviathan
will be 182 yards (metres) long, and 52 wido.
There will be below the deck, 1,000 prirate
cabins; the public saloon will be square, meas
uring S3 yards on each side, and 5 between
tb'o ceiling and the floor. The vessel will bo
able to accommodate 5,650 persons, including
the crew. Tho plan of construction amounts
to 3,758,000 francs; the equipment and ftirni
turo in 1,250,000; total, 5,000,000 francs. It
is estimated that live voyages to America, go
ing and coming, will yield an income of 5,000,
000 francs; of which, afier tho deduction of
1,950,000 francs for expenses, there will re
main 3,250,000 francs is tho annual profit nf
the proprietors. There will be around the deck
a track of 500 yards in length for the purpose
of enabling the passengers to take a ride in a
vehicle or on horseback. There will also be
on the Leviathan i flower and kitchen garden
hot house, &c. occupying a space of 225 yards.
The passage, in the best cabins, including the
fare, will not exceed 400 franca. This im
mense floating machine will have nothing to
fear from the violence of the waves, being by
its own weight secure against the dangers of
the sea. The Leriathan, already propelled by
this machinery of 2,800 horse power, will havoj
the additional assistance of sails, carrying 2,-i
675 square yards of canvass the calculation
is that it will run 20,000 yards (20 kilometres)
an hour, and accomplish the trip, from Liver
pool to New York in ten days. To kill time,
this monster vessel will have a Theatre, capa
ble of accommodating 1,000 peoplo, and will
carry with it a troup of comedians. There
will also be on board an amphitheatre, where
in the sciences will be .taught and new experi
ments tried. There will finally be a bazar on
board, and a newspaper printed daily.
An Sufcrnal ISa.cl5ine HTysJcriotcs
Affair.
The Richmond (Va.) Star of J? rid ay says,
an extraordinary affair occurred in that city the
day previous. A box, about two feel long and
a foot and a half wide, was left at Mr S. S.
Dcnoon's shop, by a drayman, marked "M. A.
Lipscomb, care of S. S. Denoon" and brought
from tho schr. David Rogers, from N. York.
Mr. Denoon not being able to find any such
person as it was directed to, opened the box.
Luckily he d:d so at thj bottom. Had he open
ed it at the top, his life would probably have
paid the forfeit. Upon opening the box, he
found a brace of horseman's pistols, one of
which was loaded heavily with buckshot, and
cocked, and so placed that any person opening
the box at the top would have been likely to re-1
ceive the charge. The triggers of the two were
both secured to a string, and the putols were
covered over by cases, so that a person taking
hold of them would have caused the weapon lojduced into India about 40 years ago, and it is
discharge. For whom this infernal contrivance i there now extensively cultivated. It is said to
was intended is not known
Oil is now made at
t. Louis from corn. It
is said to burn with clear, steady light, in eve
ry respect equal to sperm or lard oil, without
lne mo'ce which usually attends vegeiable oils.
.jj congeal in the coldest weather.
A Preventive' for SisiaJS For
The small pox rages in Frankfort, Ky., and
a resolution to protect ihe members of the Le
gislature from contagion, was offered on the
2?lh. It was thai the doors should lie shut ly
the kerper, and nunc permitted to enter but
those having business. AftT iome constitu
tional objections, and a. suggestion from Mr.
Speed, that the members could protect them
selves by pu'ting a little tar on their noses, the
resolution was adopted.
Ptarjjittw Sick Horses.
C. W. Cooch, of Virginia, writing to the ed
itor of the Southern Planter, says : " The or
dinary means of purging a sick horse, are so
slow in operating, that, in many cases, thy do
no good. 1 send you a very simple receipt
with which some of your readers may not be
acquainted, which I have never known lo fa'.l
1 saw it many years ago in the American war
mer, and have lestcd it.
Take a picce of chalk about the sizo of a
walnut, and reduce it to powder,; ))v.l this into
a quart bottle, pour vinegar ;,r.tu this until the
effervescence prevents y,iur pouring more, and
having the horse resy drench him with- it.
But little-vinegar can bo gotten into the bottle
the firtt time, o that you will have to pour
more into ;tt, and drench a second time. Ordi
nal ily a pjnt will do. In cases where it duet
not, operate in five or ten minutes, persevere in
ihe dose, and in a very sh.jrl lfili the sufi'eHug
UllUJIiU vr.iii uk"'
2T2ao Potato.
Tho Potato was found wild in various parts
of America, by tho first discoverers, and it iB
still ao found. It grows abundantly in -a wild
state, near Valparaiso, and along the coast for
many miles, where its flowers are always a
pure white, instead of being colored like the
cultivated plant. It has been transplanted in
foreign botanical gardens, where tho tubers va
ry but vary little from the common cultivated
plant. The attempts, therefore, to make it ap
pear doubtful as to its origin, or us not indigo-J
nous to this country, render the fact of its be
ing so the more apparent, and the quibblers the
more silly and selfish.
It was brought into use in Great Britain
against the strongest and most ridiculous preju
dices of the aristocracy and professional men.
Many writer. on plants did not even mention
it for more than 100 voars after its introduction,
and not until its merits and cultivation had
forced it upon public attention. It had long
been extensively cultivated in Ireland, and was
well known in Scotland, before it was much
used in England.
It was called, in the records of the voyage to
this country, opeuawk. The Irish gardener of
Sir Walter Raleigh, on finding one potato Of the
maturity of "apples," as the result of planting,
earnestly inquired of Sir Waltcrifthat were!
the fine fruit of Ameriky. PrGtcnding to be
disappointed himself, Sir Walter ordered his
o-anlenrr to rnnt nut :he hp.( f-ntirnlr. in rimmr
e v, ... j .
which, instead of one, he found a buahel of po-
tatoos!
Religious prejudices wore waged against it,
it having been maintained that " potatoes arc
not mentioned in tho bible !" Therefore the
same anathema was pronounced against it as
was pronounced against " spinning wheels" and
"corn farmers." On no subjoei do men appear
so irrational as when arraying ihsir religious
prejudices against science and the gift3 of na
ture. Morn recently jhe priests of the Ionian Isl
ands pronounced the poiato "the forbidden
fruit," and the causo of "the fall of man:"
hence its use must be sacrilegious and wicked
Nur were the French without their prejudices
against its use, they having rejected a gentle
man for cultivating it and alleged that he in
vented it. Popular favor subsequently act in
so strong that Louis XIV and his court wore
the flowur in the button hole of their coats.
During the dearth of. the Revolution, the culti
vation was oficctually established. The peas
ants of Italy were offered a reward before they
could be induced to' cultivate it; but during a
subsequent famine, they refused to receive a
reward for that which had saved their lives.
The potato is now generally cultivated in In
dia, China, and the East. 13 tit it doe not
thrive well in tropical climates, below 3 or
4,000 feel from the level of the sea.
The potato cams into general use on the con
tinent about tho middle of last century v A roy
al edict brought it into general cultivation in
Sweden in 1764. In Switzerland it was in
use in 1720 and was first made into bread in
1730 ; so that in 1760 it constituted the food of
two thirds of the people. In FolanrJ, also, it
has become a chief article of food, 85,703,700
lbs. being raised iher in
was iniro-
be the best gift which the natives over received
from their " European Master.' In Hindostan
it is increasingly cultivated, as there, it is said,
no religious prejudices exist against its intro-
unction, as was the caso with their enlightened
European masters. Bui this plant has forced
itself into universal use by its valuable quali
ties, and is now admitted, evn by British wri
ters, as "necessary to the Englishman's fare,'
and as." the plant, which seems alone to have
been wanted to make the British Isle complete."
A giznee at the products of our country thows
the engrossing importance of this vegetable,
especially since migration has become so great.-
Chaptn's Hand-Book of Plants, yc.
ILooJs. oi:2 for CoHEaterfcits
It is said that there has never been a lime j of i'.J merits. Ho began by detailing tho great
when so many well executed counterfeit bills I ood that had been dono by the bible. God be
worc in circulation as at present. Thomr.-i ing the anthor. And, said he, the Devil, sec-
son's reporter of this week, gives the. subjoined
list :
3's National Bank, city of NfewYork,
5's Yates county Bank, Pfcnn Yan, N. Y.
3's Smyrna Bank, DeKware.
3's Union Bank, D'.ver, N. J.
" i's Canal Bank; Portland, Me.
3's Waldo r.ank, Bellas, Me, '
f's PhcVii.v Batik. New-York.-
10's Ytiked county Bank, Penn Taii, N. Y.
10's Bank of.Mid'dlebmy, Vt.
10's North' Kingston Bank, R. I. - ,
2's Manli of Morris co. Morristown, N. J.
5's Northern Bank, Kentucky".
10's Mechanic's and Traders' Bank, N. Y.'
3's Merchant's Bank, Newburryport, Mass.
10's Bank of Monroe, Rochester, IT. Y.
O S
Highland Bank. Newburgh, N. Y.
ic's Bank. City and county of
Philadelphia.
2's Reltif Noms, Monongohela, Pcnn'a. - ;
O's Merchanis' Bank,. I
Baltimore;
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How universal it is. We never . knew the
man who would say I am contented.' Go
where you will, among the rich or the poor,
the man of competence or the man who earns
his bread by the daily sweat of his brow, you
hear the sound of murmuring and the voice of
complaint. The other day wc stood by a coop
er, who was playing a merry tune with ah adze
round a cask. Ah!' sighed he, 'mine is a
hard lot forever trotting, round like a dog, dri
ving away a hoop.' Heigho ! sighed a black
smith, in one of the hot days., as he wiped the
drops of perpiration from his brow, while his
red hot iron glowed on his anvil, ".his is life
with a vengeance melting and frying one's
self over the fire.' 4 Oh, that I were a carpen
ter!' ejaculated a shoemaker, as he bent over
his lapstone, ' here I am day after day, work
ing my soul away in making souls for others,
cooped up in a little 7 by 9 room.' 1 am sick
of this outdoor work,' exclaims the carpenter,
broiling and sweltering under tha sun or cx
posed to the inclemency of tho weather. If I
vas only a tailor.' 'This is' too bad,' perpetu
ally cries tho tailor, 'to be compelled to sit
perched up here, plying the needle all the
while would that mine was a more active life.'
Last day of grace the banks won't discount
customers won't pay what shall I do V
grumbles the merchant, 'I had rather be a truck
horse, a dog, any tiling!' 'Happy fellows,'
"roans the lawver, as ho scratches his head
over some perplexity case, or pores ovor some
dry rocord, ' happy fellows ! 1 had rather ham
mer stone than cudgel my brain on this tedious,
vexatious question.' And through all the rami
fications of society, all are complaining of their
condition finding fault with iheir particular
calling. 'If I were only this, or that, or the
other I should bu content, is the universal cry,
' any thing but what I am.' So wags the world,
so it has wagged, and io it will wag.
Execsztioii Anecdote.
The following anecdote: which we find in
an Exchange paperis told of ah incorrigible
wag wno Had stationed himsen lor a
special
purposo, amidst a group of females, who attend-
j ed to witness the execution of Horn, at Balti
more :
Drawing near to aruohl mnn vith whom he
had a slight' acquaintance, he fixed his eyes
upon the gallows, and with a ssrnt-abstracted
manner, and due solemnity of feature, remark
ed: ' Well, it seems to me a hard case that a
man should be brought up and hung, for killing
only two women.'
Of course, ever' woman's eye within earshot
of this remark, was directed towards B
who without moving a muscle or withdrawing
his gaze from the object before him, aficr a
short pauso, resumed his soliloquy
' Now, if Horn had killed two or three hun
dred wives, I should think he ought, may bo,
lo go to the penitentiary
Here two or three women sidled away; some
turned partly round toward the speaker; while
one, whose blood was rapidly mounting, braced
herself about six feet distant, square upon hirn.
' But,' he continued, ' this hanging a man for
killing only two women, ought to be looked into
by the legislature' don't you think so, stran
ger?' addressing the old man.
But before the old man could reply, the fe
male last referred to, and whose face had paled
and flushed and paled again, with the effort toj
suppress her wrath enforced 13 a atten
tion, with the exclamation
' Look here, Mister,' -lifting her hand and
shaking a finger at him with threatening ener
gy, ' j'ots had better gel out of this crowd V
Stuffing his hands down in his pocket, and
looking tho woman full in the face, with imper
turbable mock gravity, he coolly remarked
' Well, I think I had ,' and turned awayjMroady
to-burst. -
An oldJmlian having asiendod a Mormon
meeting ar,d heard one of it advocates extol
j Mormoii'um, was requested to give his opinion
ing thisj determined to have a bible of his own
also-; but on examination, ho fell ashamed of
his work, and hid it, in Ontario county, New
York. But Jo Smith dug it uprand published
it as a revelation from God.
On Saturday evening a week, a large crowd
of persons assembled in Uiioa, N. Y. for, the
purpose of inflicting their displeasuro on a col
ored man named Locke, keeping a recess on
trie canal packet wharf, the first irr ihe Ex
change buildings, who had the day before mar
ried a whiio girl. He escaped they, hotly
pursued, and the sovereign people wreaked
their vengeance on the contents of his shop,
its windows, &c.
Wo'ni.. Last week a large lot of Saxony
woo, of first quality, wasspld at Ppughkcepsie,
"iT. ,YJfor 00 cents,per pounilcish It is said
to have boon' the best kale made this season. .
. Fnom theXciviatuwiiJuRZMttgV-.w .;
The follo.wiiig Hong was composed by a.nirm-
ber of the Lewistown Clay Club, and first' ?ntg
at their meming, to respond to the im'nhnti.iri
of Gen. Markle, hold on Saturday tha StliMilt,
Tu.vn Rosin the Bois.. 'J .
Yb Freemen of Mifflin. awaken, -And
rally, tho Locos ttf fight ";
Van Burcn's by many forsakcir
They cannot. on Muly uuit'e.
Sec how, they do faker anil starilbf
They neither can.chant, sij nor jray
Since with ihe-btaye warrior MAjitf,v
The Whigs have the patriot Clav.
When. driven near to desperation,
Old Marki.e the brave, good and trwd
Did mortgage hi3 farm for the nation,
To march with oid Tippecanoe?
Ye freemen must all well remcsnli'rf
The great Mississincwa liht ;
How Markle the eighteenth Dj-cimmIu???
Did put tho-wild Indians to fHahtt
Huzza for " the old Indian killer"' , .
Huzza for "the third Washington'
As call'd by an old Loco sinner,. .A
Who sneer'd at the laurels ho wifnf
They stigmatise Markle "a butcher
And call him an old "granny too,1' -
!Twas just such an old granny and butcher,
They found in old Tippecarfcc,
One term and the Tariff remember,
tr
And if not too tardy and late, -x
.We'll conquer the first of November,, .
And triumph October the eighth. "':
Arouse theti yd singers and readers,
And speakers for Markle and Clayvr
With Clay and old MAitKLE for leaders.
The Whigs will suro carry the. day.
d;
Tariff ESooSs assd Slioes
Imported boots and bootees, remarks the Har
risburg Intelligencer, are subjected to a duty of
SI 25 per pair by the present Tariff, which is
now scarcely sufliciant to support American in
dustry against foreign competition. The Ta
riff now before Congress reported by a Van Bu
rcn Committee, reduces the duty on these ar
ticles fifty per cent.; and if the bill should un
fortunately pass, we would again be inundated
with imported boots and shoes. What say the
American cordwainers to this policy ? Aro
they willing to work for noihinganri find them
selves, in order to gratify Mr. Van Buren's
Southern friends?
rer ffssnc of 3Sc3ief Koics:
ELIJAH DECHERT Esq., President of t lie
Berks county Bank, transmitted a mcmorirtl'to
the Legislature yesterday, giving a full account
of his connection with that institution, and tho
circumstances attending hor over-issue of Re
lief notes. The memorial complains of the re
port recently mado by the committee of tho
House on ihe subject, as unfair and unjust. Mr.
Dechert remonstrates against the passage of tho
law roporied by tho committee, and proposes
that the -LogislaUiro shall mako provision for
the redemption of tho over-issuo by the State,
and offers the obligations of a number of per
sona to the amount of 830,134, as security to
indemnify her against loss. He offers further,
should ihe securities not reach, to give his own
obligation for any balance that may remain af
ter the securities that are available are collect
ed. Tho memorial was read and laid on ihe
tablo. Clay Bugle, 28th ult. 1
The oid Indian Fighter.
A Locofoco inquired the other day, the; rea
son why the Whigs dropped Judge Banks, and
took an " Old Indian Killer" for Govornor?
Having been told that it was for the purpose o.
'killing' off the united forces of tho Kickapco
and Winnebagoes, iho Loco ' toddled.'
Pest Office.
The Post Office Committee in the House of
Representatives have rcportedlhe njliouii;,
rates of postage . -
All under 30 miles,
All undor 100 miles,
5 cents.
10 cents.
15 cents.
25 cent's.
tll under 400 milo3,
ivn uvci tuu nines,
All a rr :v-5w:
Theso ara nearly the samV'ratea'as now; i!,
main difference being that the Federal curren
cy is resorted to. Considerable, reduction. is i
be made on pamphlets, magazines, etc., but tho
committee have not yet decided how much.
Whether this bill will pass or not, we do not
know, but these . rates, though not so low as
many contond. for, will still be one step towards
reform, which, could bo followed up by such
others expeiienco will show maybe introduce I
without .making the post too great a cost . upon
thQ ircaaury. ; , ;u .
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