. ''"itf- - - 1 I m 4? & -&! '5 fueWaMK.' The whole art ok Government consists in the art of urdiNO honest. Jefferson. VOL STROUDSBORG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1844. o. No. 6. TERMS. Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars and a quarter, half yearly and if not p:tid before the end of the year. Two dollars and a half. Those who reecive their papers bv a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie tors, will be charged 7 1- ets. per year, extra. No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the Editors. lIT'Adverlibeinents not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) for erery subsequent insertion : larger ones in proportion. A Jiosr il discount will be made to vearly advertisers lOll letters addressed to the Editors must be post paid. win oe insenea inree iveeKS lor one aonar : iwciuy-iive i:enis JOB PRINTING. Hiving a eeneral assortment of large elegant plain and orna mental Type, we arc prepared' to execute every description of . . . -r-. t -v t Plmli RecrinS- JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER . BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on rc:isonablo t?rms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Fcffcrsoniau ficpuhlicau. The World to Come. J. nOWERING. If all our hopes and all our fears Were prisoned in life's nairow bound If, travellers in this vale of tears, We saw no better world beyond Oh ! what would check the rising sigh ; What earthly thing could pleasure give? Oh ! who would venture, then, to die Oh ! who would venture then to live? "Were life a dark and desert moor; Where mists and clouds eternal spread Their gloomy veil behind before, And tempests thunder overhead ; "Where not a sunbeam breaks the gloom And not a flowret 6miles beneath Who could exist in such a tomb Who dwell in darkness and in death? Yet such were life, without the ray From our divine religion given : 'Tts this that makes the darkness day Tis this that makes our earth a heaven ! Bright is the golden sun above, And beautiful the flowers that bloom . And all is joy and ai is. love, Reflected from the world to come! Tito Egrfilr-fs f3nrt. -r, , , , - , r . i I t u 1 1 ' r i- ul r i Tng, but the mild soft light of a summer s moon r...i jf....L.i....f,t... - ,. , , , I j ! jiovverlitl rays; a calm tranquility reigned J , J , i . " i. . j: ! -around, not a zephyr murmured its ighs to dls-1 , . i r i r .u , , itirb ihe waves ol the Garoone, as they moved www uiuiiur iiui cu mm (tic iuss vm uiu u ii a uiuic i 11I1JU ill? Ilia" lllliLClll uuoiiv . . , ... . - ing battlements stretching their I t; its lowering iinglity heads above the trees that encircled litem, and looking down in sullen grandeur on 'he sparkling waters beneath. " What a lovely night !" exclaimed the lively Julia de Linton, 10 her cousin, as they stood gazing (from a balcony of the casile,) on the jiuet scene before them. 4 ' Pis indeed a lovely night, mournfully re noucea tne otner, pernaps me last we s vej fcer' M Blese me, how sorrowful you have grown f ljtie." interrupted the former, laughing: "now were I in yuur place, 1 should be the happiest of mdnals.'" " Why so!" inquired her companion. " Why no ! ad do you htand there lo ask me such a question j you, whom to-morrow's! mi will see the brjiic of the richest and hand-!, somest uohleiiiHit in all France ' why Sibyl, yini surpriNe me! every one envies the daugh toi of Count iiegeual, vet t-he herself is not happy." " No, no, happiness is fur ever fled from me," subbed ihrt diriK's-ed Sibyl : " would to God O'-uiiu row's sun might light me to the tomb." The tears of ibe alflicied maiden could no lon ger be restrained, but chased one another iu rapid succession down her pallid cliffk. "Sibyl, you are ill," cried ihe tehified Julia, n the sujjportrd her cousin, ' what makes you ihi-N " Dt'rar'ing thoughts," was the hurried re plv : "(mgive mo, dear Julid, for frightening you ; 1 havi- tried o overcome ihis weakness, fun ibe effiri has proved loo much for my Mip'igth ; bow grateful 1 feel towards my father fur jilliiuing me ihi my, last evening of liberty io niv-M-lf; 'iwas kind, though he, alas! has beh.ue-1 cruel tu his cliihl. Oh! my father," t;e tun'tnued, wijtj ff-rveitey, " could you read tit aguuizeil hi art, am tire yon would spare I hi last (atal blow yiiu j.ire about to give it." " Con-in, dear .cuiinsp'ak not so. you dis tress me, what has eau-ed litis violent ebulli tion of your feelings ? lell me.3' "I cannot, my only friend, I cannot tell all, a father's curse would crtwh me," and whe shud fjered as she spoke, u what I shall say w.buld tiiiiwl' on tneir course, nui itie uistant cnime ; " . , jru ruit . i i i i rn- 'vers hut that the J . . . . .... renllTeH anrt I sum II hr lh tirmid fnlhpr ff Ihft ! rl.a....rl,-..J A A. tvlwi !r.i mionoil irt fail in '"" IMU ,l,,lL ,,,c , . . , , . in v inn l niuuiFvu uiciiui u fiiuimiiiii win u vvr snail oive inem r in i nan in iiu: Mieei iu, ofa convent s vesper bell struck beautilullv on , , r,? r . V T. r '. , , "'r', ' T 1 ' , " V 1 and ail the sw ' . - - . - ! hpaiilllnl I Jiiehess.flfi 4Isae. vain mnn ' In- wnh iViiu ormnnr m hi- mn uiniln imictr Hfin-;'",u n" he ear, as s mellowed sounds died in sweet " , ' r" ;" " ,7 ' , " " ,7" " " ' - " -"v V ' " " ! cd by the timely a raJence liirongri tne still air. iot lar Irons 1 ri , . . , r , Ihn ilnetnr savs t ae. rivers siae siooa tne magnincent castic ot - . . , . . . , ' remn II nn itr nnl tt'hnl if It. " h nnfLt lidrl in i mir. ! ' I CHI'1 LCHLlUVJUfll.tUL'J u - i i ui i I iittic j uiii.tiucu uuiuicreu, iiau not my uuguaru ed expressions partly infortned you that the Duke is not the object of my affections ; look not so reproachfully upon me, dear girl, for 1 could not relate my secrets, even to you. The arts by which I have been forced to become the bride of de Alsace, 1 am not free to disclose, as my doing so would throw a stain upon the character of him most near to me ; the other part of my story you shall hear in a few words," The tremulous speaker paused to recover breath, then continued: "Julian Montaldo was the chosen of my heart, he only could have j made me happy he alone could have done so a ne slopped, as if some horrible vision fluted through her brain- -again went on " through the powerful interest of the Duke he was sent on a dangerous embassy, from which he never returned ; I am now to become the wife of his treacherous rival ; think you, after this confession, I am the happiest of mortals ?" the audible sobs of her listener bore evidence to the contrary. "No, no, 'tis impossible," pursued the fair girl, with energy, "you have judged but as the world in general, they pass their opinion without reflecting ; whilst others have thought mc surrounded with everv bles sing, oh ! how ardently have I prayed for death, but Mill he shuns the really wretched to visit the gay and happy ; my heart has ceased to hope, yet Heaven, thy will be done !" at the same time raising her streaming eyes to the glittering sky above, in placid resignation. The hitherto lively Julia could offor no consolation to her bereaved cousin, her sensitive mind was visibly affected at what she had witnessed, and a lung silence ensued. "The night has far advanced, I think you had better leave me Julia," said Sibyl, " and 1 will retire to my chamber, there to seek a litilc composure, before my fate is sealed." " Let me remain with you," entreated her companion, " solitude may be hurtful to you." " Press not such a request, dear cousin, for this night I must be alone." After a few demurs on the part of Julia, it was agreed that the latter should join her cous in in the dressing-room the ensuing morning, ihey rhen separated, each to their respective chambers. A morning of exceeding loveliness succeed- ed the preceding night; the sun shone with re- splendent lustre through the eastern windows j of the castle the neighboring forests rang with ! the happy notes of the feathered inhabitants, j and the merry laughing voices of the country! i swains, hastening to their healthy toil, formed ; a full chord of harmony with the smiling face: of nature. j k . , . . , I "My headstrong girl will no longer cause j , . t i- i me trouble," mined Count Kegenal, exulnngly, ; . , ., . . . , . , . ! as he strolled leiurelv by the river s brink ; . , , . -. 7 , . ,, , . ! " io-day,' he continued, "he shall be exa ted ,r' ... , , ... . t xi I ,1 I , 1 Unow not what it is, he pursued m a mor- . . . , , ' 1 . . , . , , , 'r , .. , ! night sleep refused to visit my pillow ; I can not define the uneasy sensation that possessed me." So speaking, he retraced his ute'ps to the castle, w.here all was hustle and preparation for the approaching ceremony j the haughty no hlcman beheld with triumph the splendor that , was io grace the nuptials of In young and love- iv iidiignier. injne iiau siruch wnen ue was joined by the happy Duke; ten o'clock being j ihe hour appointed lor ihe depariure ol ibe bri-: dal train, the company began io assemble. j . . i i nave nemier hern Lrn Sybyl or Julia this mm, " 1 should think they morning," said the Cou ltiienu io niue inemseives until me last moment j ny not appearing He had scarce finished ihe sentenre, when U I K 1. - I- f. t ..... rl..i . . r. U,MWM,'."UU' -1 areaunii agnation. "In God's name, what is the matter?" in-1 quired the Duke, hastily. "Oh," groaned the trembling Julia, "I fear my cousin i.- ill ; I have been endeavoring to obtain admission to her chamber this last half hour without effect." .I3y a spontaneous movement the whole of the party rushed to the bride's apartment ; no sound from within, answered to their repeated calls. " We must force the door," exclaimed the distracted Couni. Implements were immediately' procured, and ihe .firm oak yielded to their pres.iire. "She pravs," whispered de. Ahnee, as he looked forward and beheld his bride kneeling by her bedside ; " speak to her, dear Count ; should more enter it might frighten her." The Count stepped lowaids his daughter saying: " This is unkind, dear Sibyl ; why so absent, you have terrified us all ?" Si'yl was silent ; the voice of her father fail ed to awaken her from ihe reverie into which she -had fallen ; he advanced nearer, and grasp ed 'her hand in (indefinable fear 'iwas cold cold as niarble-; in ihe act of prayer her pure spirit had left its clay tenement to join him she so fondly loved while living her request had been granted the morrow's ,yn sljope on her Inanimate corpse. Culture o the Cucuns&cr. I will state a fact relative to the planting of cucumbers, which came under my observation, and which is worthy of being known. 1 shall, at least, give a farther trial myself of its reality, though I cannot conceive there is a doubt re- - maining on the subject. Last spring a friend of mine and myself were planting cucumbers at the same time. I was planting mine, as is usual in gardens, by mixing a small portion of stable manure with the earth, and raising the hill an inch or two above the surface ef the ground. Observing it, he jocosely remarked, " Let me show you how to raise cucumbers. Never having much luck in raising them, 1 cheerfully aerreed with his proposition, lie commenced by making holes in the earth, at the distance intended for the hills, that would hold about a peek he then filled them 'with dry leached ashes, covering the ashes with a small quantity of earth. The seeds were then planted on a level with the surface of the "round. I was willing to .seo the experiment a . i tried, but had no expectation of any thing but a loss ol seed, lahor, anil sou. mu imagine my astonishment, (notwithstanding a drier sea - 3 ,' v j . - , son never was known, and almost a universal failure of all garden vegetables,) when I beheld the vines remarkably thrifty, and as hue a crop of cucumbers as any one need wish to raise ; and thev continued to bear for a very long time unusua llv so, in fact. I will not philosophize or moralize on this subject, but say to all, try it and instead of throwing your ashes in a useless heap, to stumble over near your door, put them to their proper use, and reap your rich reward.--- Ohio Farmer. iujuiar Cause of Death. A few days since, in Pottsville, the wife of Dr Rraiiiner bnviiifT left hfir infant child, about six months old, asleep in her chamber, went below to attend to her domestic duties. Upon -.ell . I- - .1. returning, sne lotinu a large cai lying upon uie:c""5" -w . r.u.... - b infaut's breast, with its head near the child's - " . . mouth, as if in the act of sucking its breath. Upon examination, the child was discovered to be dead, having met its death in this most ex traordinary and distressing manner. A Straue Street Walker. The New Orleans Picayune, of the lSth ult says: About 3 o'clock, yesterday morning, an alligator, some rive feet long, was noosed and captured in St. Charles street, nearly opposite the theatre, and within a square of the St. Charles Hotel. His alligatorship was proba biv wending his wav from .he dry swamps , river, m search of water, when'he was seen secured. Although out of his element, he the , and was getunr over ins gr , xr , id rale. We do not ci ' , . any such wayfarers m.r 3 , , round at a tolerably ran- care about meciing with our walks, and if we do, ;r 7... ,i taucei Soiderisi". A discorery of importance to mechanics who use soft solder is mentioned in the Examiner of Patents. Zinc is dissolved in muraiic acid to saturation ; pulverized sal ammoniac is ad-i ded lo the solution, which, aftwr being boiled for a short time, is decanted and ready for use j n using nils compotinu, 110 Cleaning 01 me me' tal is necessary, however oxidized, and oil, ro sin, and other materials are dispensed with is only necessary to apply, with a piece sponge upon a stick, or feaiher, this solution io! ' th part to be soldered, in place of the material j r i - generally used to prevent oxidation and facili tate the flow of the xolder. Such ts the efnea- ; cy, that if two pieces of bar, possessing consid- ! t 1 r' i . i .it . 1 eraie sunacc, ue wet wim mis solution anci j pre-secl together, upon the application ol the soldering tool the solder will tmmedialelv flow between the plates throughout. To make Water cold for Summer. The following is a simple mode of rendering water almost as cold as ice: Let ihe jar, pitch er, or vessel used for water be surrounded with one or more folds ol coarse cotton, to be con stantly wet. The evaporation of the water' will carry off the heal from the inside and reduce it to a freezing point. In India and other tropic al rpgions whore ice cannot be procured, this is common. Let every mechanic or laborer have at his place of employment tw'o pitchers ihus provided, and with lids or covers; the one to contain'water for drinking, the other for eva poration, and he can always have a supply of cold water in warm weather. Any person can test this by dipping a finger in water, and holding it in the air of a warm day; after do ing this three or four times, he will find his finger uncomfortably cold. A gentleman bachelor, getting tired of ma king proposition? to.'lhn Jadles, observes almost in despair, 'The girls have a spite at me, I think. I've been turned off nine limes by the jades; five young girls, three widows, and one old maid. 'I'he First 3?oSli 6ii. Tune" Old Dan Tucker.1 Ah, Matty Van's a used up man, And Lewis Cass he cannot pass, And as for our old friend Tccumsch, He's lost amidst the ' Rumpsey Dumpsey." " Hurrah, Hurrah, the Nation's risin' For Harry Clay and Frelinghuysen." There's Stewart he can't run at all, And Buck' kept quiet in his stall, The Loco's are uncertain folk, They've kuuck'd all down, and set up ,Polk. " Hurrah, Hurrah, &c." You'd better keep your Polk away, Or we will cover him o'er with Clay, The coons will never stop or baulk, But eat up berries, Polk and stalk. " Hurrah, Hurrah, etc." ! And Wright was right at anv rate, jTu n a hook wnh such a baiti ' . n , . For vice with such a man as rolk, , Silas thought loo great a joke Hurrah, Hurrah, &c. i The deed is done did you not hear, : The diseord ringing in your ear, The discord ringing in your ear, They could not give you men more callous, Than James K. Polk and George M. Dallas. "Hurrah, Hurrah, &c " The Cut Worm. I see in the October No" of the Cultivator a writer says, that a "burdock leaf wound round ' the siem of a cabbage will prerent the cut-worm from destroying the plant." But the wrjter I seems to mtnii every larmer is nm -unim-ie I .i,..li i r Vii v o iVifil nlnti! nn hlJ orillllld- ITf 1 1 .1 I - " 1 I Where burdock cannot be obtained, perhaps a hickory leaf can, and that I think will answer every purpose. I have seen a hickory leal re peatedly used, and never knew it fail to pre serve The plant. If the leaf is put on narrow, and the plant set low, the worm will sometimes crawl up and cut ofi' the plant above the leaf; but it is not common. JACOB HITCHCOCK. Small Pox. Dr. Cox, through the medium of the Cincin- nati Gazette, calls the attention of the ' P 'he small pox, and state fctof an extensive experience whtc the attention of the medical slates,' as the hich he has i 1 au ( 1 1,55 -reaimem i T 1 C " . - . . ,i !.. .'l . ...... T i .nrllll Anilinn 11 '": " J -r - it hs usually taken io run us course m mci u- enti eruptive, suppurative, and desquamative fo- suppura'.ion may be arrested, elling of the extremities prevent- pplicatiou of chloride of lime. hat by following the proposed dy, the pitting and scarring of a great ina- ny preiiy faces may he prevented many valti- j able lives saved and this disease, so generally I dreaded, rnndored as harmless as any of the simple epidemic diseases of the country. A Good Answer j A young gendeman, says the Petersburg In- telliger, who does not lire a thousand miles from our ollice, was in the act of popping xthe Question to a voting lady the other day, when It just at the "witching time" her father entered oft the room, and inquired what they were about 1 i ..- ... "0 !" promptly replied the lair one, Mr. was just explaining the question of anne annexation to me, and nc is lor immeciaie uiur.Aiuwn. ' Well," said Papa, "if you can agree on a trea ty, I'll ratify it." W'e speak for a bid. Information Wanted. The Boston Post is anxious to ascertain how long a cat can chase her tail without becoming dizzy and tumbling over ? ... I- 7 , ..I n " The Nashua Telegraph states that no less than five ministers reside in one street in that village, "within n stones throw of each other." We hope they don't measure distance by actu ally throwing stones at each other. A " mysterious lady," who tells what is said without heating it. and what one has without seeing it, together with a dog that plays at cards, and a bird that imitates sleep and death, and hops from hand to hand through the audi ence, are exhibiting in St. Louis. ghoesnahiun; by Machinery. The Journal de Paris says, that an operative in the Rue des Vielles Andriellos, has invented a machine to make shoes, by means of which any person possessing sufficient strength to turn a wheel, can in ihe course of a day furnish fifty pairs of excellent shoes of every size. A young lady in Allegheny city, Pa. is ma king a quill to consist of 17,600 pieces. To put it together, eight million .stitches are required- The White Slave' SJaiaUer. If there is an honest man who ever really be- lieved the lie thai Mr. Clay once declared ihuif 4 if you do not allow us Black Slaves, w? hum" have White ones,' &c. &c. we entreat bun uy just read the following correspondence. We" will nut add a word. House of Representatives, May 25, IS14.H,.-; To the Editors of the National Intelligencer: Gentlemen I herewith iranmtt a l-t re written some weeks since by Mr. Clat, (in re ply lo a note which 1 addressed to hltn art Nor folk Virginia,) which I have withheld Iriiiti pub lication, inasmuch a- he was unpriced (i- br; expressed in his letter) thai I overrated ibe im portance of the charge. Withm the' last t:n days I have received several letters a?kug copies of my .-peech in defence of Mr. Clay, particularly upon tins charge: 1 have not yet had l fie leisure lo write out my spetch. nut shall do so at thn first convenient uiutiienl. in the mean Mine you will please publish the .en closed, which is a single link in the chain testimony I have in my possesion to nail this charge to the counter as a base forgery, j JOHN WHITE. To Messrs. Gales &, Seaton. Washington, .May 6, 1844. Mr Dear Sir: I have received your no? bringing io my notice a certificate stibsorttljd by five gentlemen, members of the prent House of Representatives, nil of them my po litical opponents, which you inform me i going the rounds of the Loco Foco papers. The ob ject of that certificate seems to be to verify the correctness of an extract taken from the Na tional Intelligencer of the 1st of July. 1820. In that extract I am stated by a former mem ber of the House of Representatives (I believe not now living) to have remarked, in a debate which occurred a yar before, to the following effect: " If gentlemen will not allow us to have black slaves they must let us have white ones, for we cannot cut our firewood, and black our shoss, and have our wives and daughters work in the kitchen." I think you attach an importance to this mis erable attempt to prejudice me which" it does not merit. Here is an extract from the files of the Intelligencer, under date near twenty-four years ago, not from anv speech of mine, but from a speech of another member of Congress. He does not undertake to give my words, but merely states his impression of the eject of cerr tain words used by me a year before. During the long and arduous discussions of what was called the Missouri question. I was so engrossed wilh the importance of ihe sub ject, and so deeply apprehensive of the awful consequences which it involved, thftt 1 never wrote oul or corrected any speech of mine made during the progress of the debate. On ihe last and most important occasion of the agi tation of that quesiion, I made an elaborate speech of several hours' duration, no part of which, I believe, was ever reported by any of the stenographers, as it certainly nerer was by me. I certainly will not undertake to recite what were the precise words used by me on the oc casion of the numerous speeches, short or long, which 1 made in Congress on the Missouri question ; but this I will undertake to asseri, with the most perfect confidence, that I never used the words, or any words which would bear the import, of the abstract to which 1 have al luded. 1 am confident of it, because I never entertained such a sentiment in my I:fe. I nev er conceived a contingency in which I would favor or countenance reducing white men to slavery. To such an imputation I may oppose tho tenor of a whole life, during which my hum ble exortions have heen constantly directed to tho preservation of liberty at homa and the en couragement of its establishment in foreign countries. If I have not been able to extend these exertions lo the black race held in bon dage in this country, it has been because of considerations and convictions, sincerely and honestly entertained, embracing the peaco anil happiness of both the while and black races, which have been often presented to the public. It is quite possible that, in arguing upon the existence of the institution of Slavery in this country, I may have contended that ibe black race supplied "those domestip offices, which, un der the names of 'help,' 'menial servants,' and domestics,' are to be found in every stale of civilized society, and consequomly relived ilm white race from the performance of thoe ol fices. If I have tver employed such an argu ment, (of which I have no recollection,) it is ap parent how erroneous inferences may have ben drawn from it which it did not authorize. I have no desire lo disparage the industry of the wives of any of the certifiers to the extract, nor to boast of that in my own family ; but I venture lo say that no one of them performs more domestic industry wilh her own hands than my wife does at Ashland. I am, wilh great respect, your friend and ob't. servnnt. H. CLA Hon. John White. Rememh'er, young mnn, that your character ought to shine brighter than your boot.
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