1H IH 11 'Vlr' in? The whole 'art ok Government consists In the art of being honest. JefTersok YOL 5. STROUDSBKRGi MONROE COUNTY, PA., TH URS DAY, x MAY 30, 1844. N .4 swam mum taLJU.i3firMayi uan xzjj .and a quarter, half yearly and if nut paid before the end of Xiie year. Tuo dollars mid a half. Those who icceive their jiapers by a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie tors, wjti be charged 7 1- ots. per year, extra. . No pipers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the onUfwi of the Editors. nAdverU-sements not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) will be inserted three weeks for one dollar : twenty-five cents lor erervsubsequent insertion : larger ones in proportion. A i.oenl discount will be made to vcarly advertisers lDAll 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 description 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 .Tcffersoniau Republican. Time Still Jlores Oil. BY VAKK BENJAMIN. Time still movp.s on, wiih noiseless pace, And we are loiterers by the way, Few win and many lose the race, For which ihey struggle day by day ; And even when ihe gaol is gained, How seldom worth i he toil it seems How lightly valued when obtained, The prize that flattering Hope esteems! Su bmissive to the winds of chance, We toss on Life's inconstant sea; This billow may our bark advance, And that may leave it on the lee ; This coast, which rises fair to view, May thick be set with rocky mail, And that which beetles o'er the blue, Be safest for the shattered sail. The cloud that, like a little hand, Slow linger when the morning shines, Expands its volume o'er the land, Dark as the forest-sea of pines, While ;hat which cast a vapory screen, Before the azure realm of day, Rolls upward from the lowland scene, And from the mountain tops away. Oh ! fond deceit ! to think the flight Of time will lead to pleasures strange, And ever bring some new defight To minds that strive and sigh for change, Within ourselves the secret lies, Let seasons vary as they will ; Our hearts would murmur, though our skies, Were bright as those of Edon still. Facetious Epitaph. A few years ago, two individuals were riding from York tu London to attend a meeting of the club to which they belonged. While on the road they were thrown from the vehicle, and both were killed. A friend of ours, trav filing through England, not long since, read on the tomb-stone which was erected over their bodies the following lines : Stranger! beneath this very stone, Two comely men are laid, Who started one day for the Club, And finished with the Spade. Another. The following may be seen in ail English grave yard: Here fast asleep, full six feet deep, And seventy summers ripe, " George Thomas lies, in hopes to Hie, And smoktf another pipe. All Operation oa Fowl. A if day sint a very valuable hen of the 4rkn2 species, belonging t L- F- Allen, Eq , uf Bjack Hock, began to tlrou'n, and gave symp Mms of being seriou'sby iudisposej. Thin be observed by an old lady near by, she ex amined br, and sox;n became convinced the hen had taken some substance into her $ rop, which was much distended, which defied the powers of the organs of digestion. As the only way of affording relief, an incision was Wade to the br-at, the rrop taken out, and on i i.p'yiiig jt of it contents, a piece of India1 rub wa found at the lower part, whicli liad aused all the mi.sthiefC This- was removed1 the crop placed back- again, and the incision -p.d up, and when i'ht hrn was again- let down in ihe yard, she immediately 'pitched bat tle wjih dud flogged' two oher foVls, and we are informed b a gen'lematr, who saw hfer a day or two afir wards, that she was doing well. Buffalo Gazette. Pnifesxiir Litsbeg, in hi " Familiar Letters on Cueuiisiry," observes. "'flip quantity of toap consumed by a nation would be no inac curate measure whtreby to estimate its wealth 5M civilization." We now e.e the philosophy of h$ Question ; " Haw are you. off for soap t" Ifapoledii's Charger. The ftoyal Amphitheatre, London, has re cently been the place of exhibition of the favor ite horse of Napoleoil, called by his master " Superb" novv thirty-eight years old and a beautiful animal. We find the history of the creature given as follows in an English jour nal i This noble animal was captured by Gen eral OrlofF, in 181 3j in the disastrous retreat from Moscow. He was a great favorite with the Emperor, and the companion of many of his most successful campaigns. He remained in the possession of Orloff, at St. Petersburgh, till 1834, when he was presented to the father of iM. Tourniare (now here) then Director of the Imperial Circus, and much esteemed for his professional abilities; as well as respected for his devotion to the memory of the late Emper or. Orloff, in presenting him, liberally said, " Jaques Tourniaire, you were greatly attached to the late Emperor of France, and your attach ment honors you. You are known to ba a friend to horses ; and,- s'atisfied of the care he will receive at your hands, to you I confide this, my greatest favorite. Superb is too slight for my use 1 have grown too heavy for him. To sell him to a strange master is a fale 1 can not think of subjecting him to. To you, there fore, I entrust him; and, as you loved him to whom he first belonged, you will, 1 am sure cherish Superb for the memory of the owner, as well as for his own sake. I his trust was discharged with exemplary devotion by the el der Tourniaire, who, on hts death, in IS39, left him to his present owner, Mons. Tourniaire, whose tenderness towards him is best evidenced by his advanced age. Superb is a while, or rather very light nrey. Arabian, and is sixteen hands hi"h. He is now incapable of much cx-1 ertion, and little is assigned him in the place now being performed; but a is interesting to see him introduced on the stage with one who is the very resemblance of his once imperial but long deceased master; and affecting to wit ness him his ear still quick to the martial tone of the war horn join riderless, in the mimic procession of that extraordinary man, with whom ho was a great favorite. The Bible. The following is an account of the number of books, chapters, verses, words and letters contained in the Old and New lestaments. The calculator is said to have spent three years of his life in forming this table : OLD TESTAMENT. Number of books, 39 , " chapters, 929 " verses, 23,214 words, ' 592,439 " letters, 2,728,100 The middle book is Proverbs. The middle chapter is Job, xxix. The middle verse would be 11 Chronicles, xx, 17, if there were a verse more, and verse 18. if there were a verse less. The word and occurs 35,543 times. The word Jehovah occurs 6.655. The shortest verse is I Chronicles, i, 25. The 21si verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra, contains all the letters of the alphabet. The 1 9th of the II Kings, and the 37th chap ter of Isaiah, are alike. KKW TESTAMENT Number of books, ' chapters,. " verses, " words, " letters, 27 260 7,059 181.258 838,380 Tho middle book is 11 ThessaioniarS. ' The middle chapter is Roman xnt if there were a chapter more, and xiv if there were a chapter less. The middle verse is Acts xvi'r, 17, The shortest verse is John xi, 35. OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. iNumber of books. G6 f chapters, 1,189 ' V- rerses, 31,173 words, 773,697 ' letters, 3,5GG,4S0 luteresting of n Lost Child. 'We larn that a little boy, the child of Wash ington Hurt, near the Broad-ford, in Smythe count V, Vra'.t aged two years last February, wandered' from homer m the 27ih of last month, nnd1 was not fitmd for five days. Diligent search was mitde by large numbers of people, Kumeijmes reachin, e learn, uar 200. The child was at length found in the head' of a. hoi low, rtnmin from Walker's' Mountain, and about one mile from" home. It had sought a Kheltcr undtr- the side of a log-, where, from ap pearances, it must have been ihe whole time H had a-bed' ol leaves-; near it wan h spring from the log to the spring a paih was beaten, where it had gone for water, which was the on ly substance this child could have hid in all this1 time. The cbhl knew ji s parents and ex hibited nrjrgns of fear, and we learn is doing well. How strangely has this child been pre served and kept in life ? But for the supply f water it must have perished. Wythcville 72c publkan of the 8th inst. A Perilous Balloon Ascent. Mr. John Wise, the celebrated aeronaut, made an ascent with his balloon Vesperus, on Satur day jhe 4th itist., from Hollidaysburgh, Pa , which proved one of the most dangerous and unfortunate he has yet experienced. In his letter he says : The balloon took a northerly direction, and was ascending rapidly until I reached an alti tude of about 4000 feet, where it encountered a violent gale from the west, swinging to and fro, and cracking the network at every surge. My heart at once began to sicken at the idea of fal ling away from the balloon at that height, with nothing to protect me but the car and the net work ; and the sensations and scene were ren dered still more gloomy by the lowering ap pearance of the Heavens in every direction, as around and beneath the clouds appeared to be discharging torrents ol rain and wind. 1 could also see the valleys west of the Alleghany mountains; where the sun was shedding down its beams of light and life. At this crisis ah expedient flashed across my mind. The valve rope would at least bear a hundred pounds, and i he top of the balloon be ing equally strong, 1 threw ihe groatest part of the weight of my body upon it. This necos sarily opened the valve to its full extent, and must soon bring tliu machine lb the ground. But the velocity of tho wind, (being at the rate of about 50 miles per hour,) carried me 1C miles before 1 reached lerra firma. 1 threw out my anchor, which grappled in a fence and capsized it, and after bounding over the field it catighl again in a fence and broke the rail. This con cussion was so violent, and I finding myself dri ving into a rugged pieie of timber land, 1 made an aitempt to jump ovorboard into u ploughed field ; but the balloon rose with a violent surge, and 1 was caught in the hitch of tho ropes bv one leg; fortunately, I grasped the drag rope in an inverted position, thinking I would bang on to that, if myeg should be released. Having lost considerable ballast in the con cussion, the balloon in a few moments dashed me into the top of a high tree in a piece of woodland; my leg still fast to the rigging of the car. Hero 1 look a hitch to the limb of a tree, and even succeeded in tying a firm knot. 1 now made a desperate effort to release my foot from the car, which was tossing about inthe tree top, and the squalls against the balloon would draw the tree over, making me fearful thai the top would be broken off. By a vio lent kick 1 succeeded in releasing my fool; with the loss of my boot, from the car. A single rope still held it fast to the tree, and after I got a foothold on the tree I secured the valve cord in my hand; the squalls, however, became stronger, until it broke the rope by which I had lashed it to the tree top, with a terrible crash, and jerked the valve rope thro' my left hand, burning the skin to a crisp. The balloon in a few moments dashed out of sight, the car keeping it in tolerable trim." The balloon and car descended tho same evening, on the premises of a clergyman in the interior of New York State ! Singular ai:d Melancholy IJexUh. A respectable citizen of Mohawk,- Milcreek township, Ohio.; named Medciras,- came to his death a few days &incef in a" moot singular man ner. The Cincinnati Message says, one day last week he was engaged in writing a letter, and accidentally pricked his finger under the nail with a aieel pen. He paid no attention to the wound at the time ; but in a few days after wards the finger began to inflame and swell, and spreading to the arm, he suffered the most excruciating pains. Physicians were called, but could not afford him relief, and on Monday, he was seized with lock-jaw, with which terri ble disease he died. We remember adds the same paper, to have seen soma months ago, in an Eastern paper, an uriicle warning the pub lic against the use of a certain quality of blue writing ink, which was said to be impregnated with a poison almost as fatal as that of a rattle snake. Goxild this gentleman's death hare been caused by inuoculation into his system of such Ink? Sore Throat in Swine'. Turn animals so affected, into an open pas lure where there is fresh feed and ground to root, li ia a disease resulting from confine ment. Pounded charcoal mixed with food, where pature cannot be had, or room for ex ercise, is one of ihe. bsr preventives of dis ease in swme. We were once present a the dissection of a hog which died of rhis disease The glands of the throat were distended, olid there were also in several places along tbu wind-pipe, spots of a livid hue, covered with a bloody mucus; the tongue likewise Appeared also affected, and was swollen to tv: 'tee us natural size. The animal had been kept in a confined situation, and whol ly deprived of exercise and access to the rrouncl. We believe the sore throat is not common among hogs, in this climate, and nevr.r perhaps where ilnine prime requeues are at tended to exercise adnptedness of food. Maine Cultivator. TTIr. CSay's Xctter. Below will be found a latter frdiri Mr. Clay indicating the cotirse w'hichj having accepted the Whjg nomination for the office of President of the United States, he fuels bound l() pursue, of abstaining from the acceptance of all invita tions to attend polical assemblies. This deter mination on his pait will, we are satisfied, he approved by all his friends who duly consider the circumstances in which lie is now placed. To the Editors of the National Intelligencer ! Washington, May 3, 1844 Gentlemen : Prior to the commencement, and during the progress of the journey; which I have recently made to some of ihe Southern States, I received numerous invitations to visit my fellow eilizens at various points of the Uni on. I was compelled to decline accepting the greater number of them and; in most instances, transmitted answers accordingly ; but as I may have omitted to reply to some of theni; and as others addressed to me may not have reached me, to all such I request to be allowed; through the .National Intelligencer, io communicate a general and respectful answer, and to stdte the ground on which I shall feel constrained to place any similar iilvitaiions with which 1 may be in future honored. These popular demonstrations of friendship, attachment, and confidence iowards me are highly gratifying to my feelings, and are enti tled to an expression of my profound and grate ful acknowledgments. If it were suitable and proper, in my judgment to mp.et assemblages of my fellow-citizens on theso occasions, 1 would embrace the opportunity with pleasure; and should exchange friendly salutations with them with a warmth and enthusiasm, on my pari, not exceeded by their own. But an event of im portance took place on the first insUhl ill Bal timore. A Convention of Delegates from, the Whig party, coming fro'm all parts of the Uni ted Stales, acting in conformity with the well ascertained wishes and sentiments of the Whigs of the United States, has formally announced my name as a candidate for the office of Pres ident of the United States, aitd from a 'high sense of duty, I have accepted the nomination. It has been, moreover, ratified by another Con vention, composed of Delegates from every part of the United States ; who assembled on the 2d instant in Baltimore; Beirig thus placed, with my own consent, in1 ihe Altitude of a candidate for that high office, I feel myself bound to re spect and perform all the duties and obligations which appertain to me in that character. The election of a Chief Magistrate of a free, great; and enlightened nation, is one of the gra vost and most momentous functions which the People can exercise. It is emphatically, and ought to be exclusively, their own business. Upon the wisdom of iheir choice depends the preservation and soundness of free institutions; and the welfare and prosperity of tlie'maelves. In making it, they should bo free, impartial, and wholly unbiassed by the conduct of a can didate himself. Not only, in my opinion, is it his duty to abstain from all selicitation, direct or indirect, of their suffrages, but he should avoid being voluntarily placed in situations to seek, or in which he might be supposed to seek, to influence their judgment. Entertaning these views of what becomes a candidate for the exalted office of President (it the United Slates, 1 shall act in strict coiiform iiy with them. Hereafter, and until the pend ing Presidential election is decided, I cannot accept or attend any public meeting of my fellow-citizens, assembled in reference to that ob ject, to which i have been or shall be invited. It is my wish and intention, when 1 leave this city, to return home as quietly and quickly a possible, and,-employing myself in my private business and affairs,-there to await the decision of the Presidential election, acqu?escing in. it, whatever it may be,- with' the most perfect sub mission. I hope those who have honored me, with in vitations to which 1 have not yet replied, and those, who may have intended n the honor of transmitting others, will accept, without disap probation, this exposition of the motives by which I am governed. 1 am, gentlemen, your friend and obedient servant, 11. CLAY. We find the following in Prentice's Louis ville Journal" The Locofoco party now seems loo Weak to stand. Will somebody be so good as to hold it up long enough for us io knock it down ?" Thirteen Bays under Ground. A letter from Palermo, contains the follow ing account of an event which occurred in the recent earthquake at Cahanissetta, in Sicily. In one of tle sulphuric mines of the Princ de Trebbia, in the province of Caltanisselt, four men were buried by its falling in upon them. The. Prince immediately employed men to re lease them, but their labor was continued for 13 days before the sufferers could be reached. Three of them were found dead; but the fourth, named Giacomo Paterna, was still alite," Some wag savs, that Texas is "the land of the free, and the home o! the knave." From the Intelligencer. Oh ! how the locos do lampoon, " The Whigs that hail that same old coon;" That whipp'd ihe fo.t m forty, sore, 7$ Aiid will again iii forty-four ; " They cati't remember now poor .-oU, The epoch of their hick'ry poles. And how since then, in glory's log, "?f They madly worshipped ihe whole hig ! ', Log cabins and hard cider too; Have had their day it is mot true-; ' .i Bill were they worse than Jacksiin pule Adorn'd with broms and porter buwls I ' And if the Whigs did cut a shine, And of a coon have made a si"n, 1 think the emblem now will suit; As well as did the grunting brute---Hereafter then, let loco saints Of symbols make no inorb compUint; -.t Till from Ohm's ballot box, The' drive their hog, we'll, drive th-'irjfot SWIFT. A few vcars aj;o, the lord foco iieket of Ohio wa headed by the picture of a hog, and was voted by that party. The Last. The case of a woman who on her way to be hanged, borrowed a parasol n, protect her complexion; is quoted as the last case of female vanity. The leaves of the Rhubarb plant contain quantities of oxalic acid, and are puiMtnous: The family of Mr. Havens, of New Bedford, was poisoned by eating ilium boiled a greens', a short time since. It is feared that two of hi.1 children will die. Halifax lUackercl. Several sros frauds have been discovered in mackerel imported from Halifax and the neigh borhood. A few mackerel are put at each: head of the barrel, and ihe rest is stones and sea-weed. The mackerel have the inspector's name where they we're packed, and whether th'e frabd was perpetrated at the time of pack ing, dr afterwards, is not known. Times ol Tallin? food. Nature has fixed no particular hours for eat ing. When the mode of life is uniform, ii3 of great importance to adopt fixed hours; -wheiy it is irregular, We ought to be guided by thoj real warns of the system as dictated bv appe (ite. A strong laboring rndit, engaged in hard work,, will require food ofieiter and in larger quanti ties than an indolent or sedentary man. As a general rule, about five hours should? elapse between one meal and another longer if (he niode of life be indolent, shorter if it bo very active. When dirtfter is delayed seven or eight hour. after breakfast, some slight refreshment should1 be taken between. Young persons, when growing fast, require more food and at shorter intervals, than those do who have attained maturity. Children under seven years of age, usually need food nearly every three hours; a piece.of bread will be a wholesome lunch, and a child seldom cats breads to excess. 4 During. the first months of infancy there can be no set times of giving nourishment. Th best rule is to satisfy the real wants of the child, but never tempt it to take food to still its crying from pain when it is not hungry. Those persons who eat a laic supper should not lake breakfast till ono or two, hours afier rising. Those who dine late, and eat nothing afterwards, require breakfast soon after rising. Persons. of a delicate constitution should nv er exercise much before breakfast. If exposure of any kind is to be incurred in the morning, breakfast should always be taken previously. The system h more susceptibl of infection and of the influence of cold, miasma fcc. in the morning before eating, than at any oiher time. Those who walk early will find great benefit from taking a cracker or some little nourish ment before going out. Never go into a room of a morning, where person is sick with a lever, before yon have t;i ken nourishment of some kind & cup of cofTe at least. In setting out early to travel, a light break fast before starting should always be taken ; it is a great protection against cold, faligue and exhaustion. In boarding schools for the young and grow ing, early breakfast is an indispensable condi tion to health. Children should not be kepi without food in the morning nil they arc faint and weary. Never eat a hearty supper just before retir ing to rest. It is injurious to eat when greatly heated or fatigued, It would very much conduce to the health of laboring men if they could rest fifteen or twentv minuiea before dinnei.
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