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The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson.
VOL 5.
' STROTJDSB URG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 18.44.
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AT THE OFFICE OF THE
Jeffcrsouian Republican.
Tito Game of Polk.
Toxe Dandy Jim of Caroline.
Oli ! the little Fox was made a fool
He was "killed off" by the "two-third rule,"
And Cass was seni, with frogs lo croak
They were not the men for playing poke.
Oho! Oho! they're bound to choke,
For they must wear a sapling yoke;
Ha, ha, ha the coons all grin,
And the way we'll poke them is a sin.
Old Ironsides ne'er whipped before,
Was by land-lubbers run on shore;
And old Tecumseh, with a heart of oak,
Had not the hands for playing poke.
j Oho! Oho! &c.
I The Cofitiestoga of the Federal clan
'WlroM put wages down lo a shilling a man;
And democrats would bleed and smoke,
Was not expert at playing poke.
Oho! Oho! &c.
The Ex-Governor of the Empire State,
Where the Fox had been, came much too late;
Not cabbages, could their love invoke;
He was not the man for playing poke.
Oho! Oho! &c.
They used up John, the Nullifier,
They left him sticking in ihe mire ;
1-1 n Stale Rights notions raised a smoke,
But he could'nt plav the game of poke.
Oho! Oho! &c.
New Hampshire's 'Bury would not thrive
He was not the man for the mongrel hire;
Although hitched in the loco yoke,
'.He wnuld'nt do for playing poke.
Oho! Oho! &c.
rIln Accldency. last and least,
'Was neither jfcA nor yet a bfast;
Though he for Texas loud did croak,
He wasn't the man for playing poke.
tOho! Oho! &c.
" 0, what a row !" cried old Blue light.
We'll see if we can't make it wright,
And giill them with a little poke."
Ohol Oho! &c.
Now an-rtld friend to the Bank and Biddle,
'To Polk-iaiplaying "second fiddle;"
The locos. would our Tariff cloak,
But ihe -coon are up to playing poke.
Oho! 'Oho!' locos must choke, &c.
We'll -go to woVk and win the day,
For the hcnsfear our Harry Clay;
The Ifocsey coons are lively folk
They "catWhe heat" at playing polk.
Oho'! (Olio! ihe locos must choke, &c.
J. L. jr.
Giants.
The most ancient and respectable of all hi
'torifls, the Holy Bihle, establishes to us dis
tinctly sevpral race of giants, as the Rephaims,
ihe Anakims, the Enim, ihe Zonzoniin, &c.
The Anakims. or descendants, of Anak, were
'hp inhabitants of the promised Land, lo which
iMn-s would lead' Jews. It was those
Anaktmi, who bring seen hy ihe spje sent by
'he Hebrew neutral, w tr reported lo be men
of 'hat siz that the Hebrews ivitb but as grass
1 "ppers to them. The giant Og, king of Ba
shan, ovrroine by Mows, was of that race,
whose headstrad of bra. measured fifteen fpel
d a half, and the Rabbin sustain that that
vaM noi even his bed, bul only hi?, cradle when
a rhdd
When Joshua entered ihe land of Canaan, he
dpiraied the descendants of Anak, who inhab
"'1 the rjtieH f Hebron, Dabir. and Anab, and
"ly spared ihose of Gaza, Gath and Azoih,
where, for many ages. , ihe lorr.bs of these gi
ants were been ; and Jusephus informs us that,
in his time, their bones of a monstrous and in
credible size were yet shewn.
The Rephaims descended from Rapha, and
continued below the time of David; Goliath of
Gath, who was slain by that king of ihe Isra
elites, was ten feet seven inches high, and was
one of the last branches of that family; and the
Scripture hath mentioned four others, one of
w.hich was brother to Goliah, and was slain, by
David and his soldiers.
Profane historians havo not been less fruitful
on this suhjeci. They gave seven feet of
height to Hercules their first hero, which is
nothing surprising, as thai is the smallest of the
gigantic
size; and, in our days, we nave seen
men
eight feel high. The emperor Maximin
is reported to have been of that size.
The body of Orestes, according to ihe Greeks,
was eleven feet and a half; The giant Galbara,
brought from Arabia to Rome, under Claudius
Caisar, was near ten feet; and the bones of Se
condilla and Pusio, keepers of the gardens of
Sallusl, were but six inches shorter.
Funnam, a Scotsman, who lived in the lime
of Eugene the second, king of Scotland, meas
ured eleven feel and a half; and Jacob le Matre,
in his Voyage lo the Straus of Magellan, re
ports, that ihe 17th of December, 1615, they
lound at Port Desire several graves covered
with stones; and, having the curiosity to move
ihe stones, they discovered several human skel
etons of ten and eleven feel long.
The Chevalier Scory, in his Voyago to the
Peak of Teneriffe, relates that they luund, in
one of the sepulchral caverns of that mountain,
the head of a Gaunche, which had eighty leeih,
and that the body (which was in ihe burial
place of the kings of Guimar, and of whose
race it was said to be) was not less than fifteen
feet high.
The giant Ferragus, slain by Orlando, neph
ew to Charlemagne, was eighteen feel high.
Rioland, a celebrated Anatomist, who wro'e
in the year 1614, says, that some years before
there was to be seen, in the suburbs of St. Gcr
maine at Paris, near St. Peier's Chapel, the
tomb of the giant Isoret, who was iweniy feet
high.
In the City of Rouen, in 1509, some per
sons employed in digging hi the ditches near
the Jacobins, found a Atone tomb, which con
tained a skeleton whose skull held a bushel of
corn, and whose shinbone reached up to the
girdle of the tallest man there, il being about
four feel long, and consequently the body must
have been seventeen or eighteen leet high.
Upon the tomb was a plate of copper, whereon
was engraved, "In this tomb lies the noble and
At, Vnll
and his bones." Platerus, a famous physician, I
and who certainly kn,ew human bones from!
others, declares, that ho saw at Lucerne, ihe
true
human bones of a subject, which must
have been at least nineteen feel high.
Valence in Dauphine, boasts of possessing
the bones of the giant Bucart, lyrani of the Vi-! " , , ,uur,am ""'emcni re.urueu m;wijole Slale by )is professional fame, and his is certain." The universal shouts of his coun
varias who was slam by an arrow, by ihe ; L.ngla'V bm. he egmism and satiety which af- , aervjces in ,ht; Legisature ,iiere is no office, lrymen have already proclaimed in lones of
Count d Cabillon, his vassal. Tho Domini-' mc'ed h,,n .d!d "ol. )erm.U ,he enjoyments ol al lll0 dia10!,a of either the people, or the Le- thunder, his innocence and his vindication, and
dans had a prt of the shin-bone, with the ar -
r .i. I lire msie mi an aim aiiiiirfi y mu uy ue cinuuoil
iiculatinu of the knee, and his figure painted m .... J , J " ,
c, -i , v. ,i. ..u; i rouihill Abbey. J his work was pressed with
Fresco, with an inscription, shewing, iiiai this I ,, , . , . , i
giant was twenty iwo feel and a half high, and ; " ,h.e Zf la. uniiunted means could corn
eal hi. bones were found in 17U5, near .he ! ma,,d- Gangs of many hundred workmen were
i.,-L.-r.i,- ,l!,; i...u r;vr ,i,0 f, ! tsmployed upon it night and day lor months,
of ihe mountain of Crussol, upon which (tradi
tion savsl the giant dwelt. 1 nis river over-
(IllWt IKI
its baiiKs, discovered a
very long and!
wide brick tomb, in which were these bones.,
and an arrow, wnicn tlley supposed to oe tlie
same which slew him.
t i " -1 l-i.i
Oriental Anecdote.
A certain
man went to a Dervish, and pro-
posed three questions: First " Why do they
say God is omnipotent ? 1 do not bee him 111
any place; show me where he i-. Second
Why is man punished for crimes, since what
ever he does proceeds from God 1 Man has
y - f f I , I
no iree win, lor lie can noi uo any ining con -
trarv to 1 He will ol bod ; and 11 ne Had power,!
. Ill t'l't IL
ne wouiu uo every ining lor nis own gooa. r , :.. .: 1 .1 1
. ... A 1 u o . 1 11 "Pen '"r inspection, and the place was
i hird How can God punish Satan 111 bell fire,! no . 1
, . r 1 i- u . 1 , 11 r'"r sale- Descriptive volumes were
s I vo hb is iiiiuicu ui inik ciciiiciii, mill woai
7
impression can
fire make on itself J he Der -
vish took up a large clod of earlh and struck )
him on the head with it. The man went iu !
1 e 1 1
tne uazy ana saia :
" I proposed three questions to such a Derv
ish, who flung a clod ol earlh at my head, which
made my head ache."
Tho Cazy, having sent for the Dervish, alli
ed " Why did you throw a clod of earth at his
head, instead of answering his questions?"
The Dervish replied
"The clod of earth was an answer lo his
speech. He says he has a pain in his head;
let him show me where 11 js, and I will make
God visible 10 him. And why does Im exhibit
h complaint against me ? whatever L did was
(he act of God, and I did noi strike him with
out the will of God: what power do I possess?
And as he is compounded of earth, how can he
suffer from ihat element V
The man was confounded, and the Cazv
highly pleased wjih ihe Dervish's answer.
THc Late William Bcckford.
We find ihe following very interesiing.sketch
of Mr. Beckford, author of ' Vathek,' &c. in
the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of Tuesday
evening. It is ihe production of a polished and
eloquent pen:
Among ihe items of English news brought
by the Caledonia was the announcement of the
death of Mr. Beckford, auihor'of 1 Caliph Va
thek.' The richest gilts of fortune and talent
were lavished upon him in the most prodigal
profusion, as if to show, thai even these, desi
rable and almost enviable as many will deem
them, are insufficient alone lo make the pos
sessor happy. His life, though not eventful,
was a strange one. On attaining his majorily
nearly seventy years ago, he came into the en
joyment of a colossal fortune, his yearly income
being, about half a million of dollars. His con
nections and associates were among ihe noblest
of his land. His person was good, and his tal
ents, which were of the fir.-t order, were culii
vaied lo ihe highest degree. His laste was
exquisite, he was devoid of ambition, and as he
had almost unlimited means of indulging every
fancy that whim or caprice could dictate, life
seemed to promise but one uhtroubled scene of
happiness; but we believe few men except
those suffering from actual penury ever experi
enced less.
The curse of saiieiy was upon him in his
i i i t
early vears, ami never ueserleu nun to tlie close.
of his long life. Jn his comparative youth he
wrote and published ' Caliph Vathek.1 It was
wriiicn in ihe purest French, and gave evidence
of powers that, if cultivated and exercised,
might have won for ihe author a place
among
the most distinguished writers of an
age
re
nowned for its intellectual achievements. But,
like Solomon of old, Mr. Beckford seemed to
think all was vanity, and apparently disdaining
a distinction he hud shown he could so easily
win, suffered his pen to lie idleor more lhan a
quarter of a century: Some twelve or fourteen
years ago he published his journal of travels in
Portugal, Spain and Italy, made nearly fifty
years before when the ancitn regime was as yel
undisturbed by the rude shock of the French
Revolution, when noble, priest and king fell as
if they were noi made of I ho same clay with
the common people. Mr. Beckford travelled
en prince. His wealth and aristocratic associ
ations gave him the entree to the highest and
most exclusive circles, and his journal and de
scriptions of ihe world as t was before the in
fluence of revolutionary ideas had been felt,
constitute one of ihe inosi striking books of trav-
e 0 our '
1' as while on this tour he visited Cintra in
Prl gaI. and was s" ,m,cl pleased with lis
oeauiy mat ne nuiii a magnificent residence
mere to wnicn uvron maKes allusion m Liiuae
Harold. Tired at last of living in solitary gran-
' """.' .X1 c" dl "' y g -
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and at last me stalely pile was completed, a
miracle of architectural beatuv. The spacious
i.i -i f i
, ,,jr wn"V" l" 11 . V1" a
i .i :.. : u:i . ..i i
ciili.i.icw uy a ii:"ii tiuu tlllSB Willi 11)1 UIUUIII
a ntgn and close
ihe impertinent intrusion of eyes and feel and
here, surrounded by all ihe luxuries that inex
haustible weahh, directed by the most refined
and delicate taste, could command, Mr. Beck
ford for many years led a solitary, indolent
and unhappy life.
None save a choice select few, were admit
ted to his luxuriant reiirement, and many sto
ries, we have not now itme lo relate, are told
of ihe adventures of those whose curiosity in
duced them to scale ihe walls which shut out
tjJtJ worjj
At last thu gorgeous magnificence
i
lifting nllrlfll. rilll&ifl 'PIia no t d u .i.ai... I ti a-- ... r
.r..v.w .ft...,, . . v. r u iyU . Vr v Itll.rn .1
offered
written
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' Pllrlrrtllnrr If lri nnnnfu iif rttiltr if l vir1.rwl
f r r? 1. : -.l i .1
uui ui UiUiiiic unu niiiunuH, vie wnn eacn oiuer
in theii account of its wonders, and thousands
from the most remote parts of Europe, and even
from this country, went to England 10 scan wiih
eager, curious eye, a place of which ihey had
heard so much. It was bought, we believe, for
something like iwo millions of dollars by a Mr.
Farquhar, a Scotchman who had gone 10 In-
lia a poor boy and reitlrued loaded with wealth
and a burned up liver
Mr. Beckford then went to Bath, where,
faithful to his principle of seclusion, he look
two houses on opposite sides of a street, which
he connecied by a curved arch or bridge like
the Uialto over the Grand Canal of Venice, he
occupying one ol ihe houses fitted up in a style
of gorgeous luxury, and his servants the oihet.
Thus he lived and died in his 84th year, un
happy with all his wealih and lalenis, for he
had uo steady defined purpose in life, anjd w'ilh
all his luxury knew noi ih luxury of doing
good. There is a moral in ihe history of such
a man that j$ wor'h knowing.
Ilcnry Clay and his Rcvilcrs.
We extract the following skeich from
Lexington Observer. Its truth and force
the
will
be felt by every Whig, and must be acknowl
edged by every political opponent whose opin
ions are not warped by party prejudices. The
most vindictive assaults have been made upon
Mr. Clay's private character, and this trium
phant refutation, coming from his immediate
neighbors, is but the expression of ihe general
feeling, which men ol all parties entertain to
wards him at home, where he is known. But
to the extract, which will speak for itself. The
Observer says :
"There is no example, in the records of de
traction and calumny, of such persevering, ran
corous and malignant attacks, as those which
have been constantly directed towards Air.
Clay, during the last twenty years. They
arose out of ihe fact thai he did not deem it his
duty, acting either upon his own judgment, or
in conformity with ihe wishes of his constitu
ents, whom he represented in the House of
Representatives, to cast a vote for Gen. Jack
son as President of the United Stales. His
assailants, including me ueuerai nimseti, seem
.i : u ,l.u -L.ri.wr il,:
resolve
U III IJCiaisi ill iiiccto oiioma, iunw
Cienerars hie. iNor are they confined in Ills j
public characler and conduct ; but, with a fiend- .
ish spirit, watching and pursuing him, wherev
er he goes, in retirement and in private and so
cial intercourse, his unguarded expressions, his
habils, and all his movements are seized for
purposes of misrepresentation and malevolent
abuse. It is not now our intention lo deal with
ihe revived calumnv of bargain. &c. so often
denied, disproved and triumphantly refuted.
- J o -
We would as soon handle a putrid
carcass.
During the canvass in Tennessee,
last year,
Mr. Polk, on several occasions, attempied lo-tweenthe Kev. Messrs. Uampbell and Kice,
use that stale charge; but it was met, and re- j Mr. Clay, by common consent, was selected it,
pelled with such indignant spirit, by his able,! preside at the public meeting. He has conirib
eloquent and intrepid competitor (Guv. Jones) , uted with as much liberality as he could, uuh
that he was entirely silenced, and we hardly j building, we believe, of every church or housiv
imagine will ever again attempt lo propagate j of divine worship, ihat has been erected during;
such a calumny, in ihe gailaut and patriotic J his abode in or near Lexington, of which them
Slate of Tennessee. i have been many. He has always held a pw
But our present object relates to Mr. Clay's j in the Episcopal church in this city, of which
private conduct and character, so indecently at- j his lady is a communicant, and he generally at
tempted by his enemies to be exposed to the tends divine service on ihe Sabbath, when hc
gaze of the world. Being his neighbor, having j home. No man in the community display
known him all our Jives, and having received j more public spirit, or is more ready lo second
from those who are older than we are, full in-: and succor all objects of public improvement
formation about him, prior to ihe commence-; and enterprise. As a farmer, he is conspicuous
ment of our knowledge of him, we can speak: in all the departments of his vocation, but es'
ofhim, as wijnesses" who know, and believe pecially in the improvement of the breeds of all
the truth of that to which they testify. Forty-; domestic animals. Nor is there anyone whos
one years ago, Mr. Clay, without his kuowl-, heart is more afflicted by case of affliction or
edge, was brought "forward by his friends, and i misfortune, or whose purse is more opeii lo re
elected to the General Assembly of Kentucky. lieve thu distressed.
From that day to this, there is no office of trust J Such is the individuaj upon whose head bii
or honor, wiihiu ihe gift of the people of Lex-1 leri malignant, and vindictive enemies are con
ington or Faye'ie County, that they would not I stantly pouring out torrents of vile abuse and
have readily bestowed on him, if he desired it.j calumnv! But lo use his own omphalic lan-
l And after he became known, as he did to me
gislaiure of Kentucky, which he might have
sought, that would not have been reauny con -
ferred on him. He never lost a popular elec -
lion when he was a candidate. The attach -
meniofihe people of-keniueky lo Mr. Ola v,
has not been one ol cold, personal respect, or
mere admiration of his talents ; but it has been
' . . . ... .
wurm. constant and ent hUbtaslic. i ney naie
j borne towards him the affection ol a Iriend and
brother and father.
There is not a more moral and enlightened
community in the world, to the extent of ihe
population, ihau ihat of ihe city of Lexington
and Fayeiio county. Is il possible lo believe
that Mr. Clay, if he were the immoral, disso
lute and debauched characler which his bitter
and malignant enemies represent him, could
have lived in the midst of such a community,
for nearly fifty years, and enjoyed throughout
that whole time, in an unexampled degree, its
constant friendship and confidence ? This con
fidence has been displayed in every variety of
form No man has ever been more attentive
and puhciual1 in his private engagements than
Mr. Clay. He has buffered sometimes, as
others have suffered, by responsibilities for his
friends. He is not rich, his public service has
prevented his becoming wealthy ; but no man
could ever reproach him for violation of any
pecuniary obligation or promise. Accordingly
his'credlt has always stood, as it yelsiands, at
1 ho highest point of elevation. And by ihe
way, we may remark, ihat millions of dollars
passed through his hands, as Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and as Secretary of
State, and ihe tongue of malice has never dared
to charge him with the misapplication of a sin
gle dollar. On one occasion, after settling his
a'ceount, as Speaker, at ihe Treasury, which he
invariably did upon ihe lerminaiion of every
session, it appeared ihat there stood 10 his cred
it m. iho bank, where he transacted his busi
ness, a sum of fifty thousand dollars. He sta
led to the Secretary of the Treasury that there
must be some mistake, but. he was confidently
assuredMhat there wa none. He said that he
was equally confident that he had no such
amount of money and requested a further and
more careful examination, upon which the fact
was discovered that ihe Treasury had ueulecX-
ed to charge him with a warrant of fifty ihnuV-
and dollars.- How admirably does i his honora
ble and upright course rouirasl with ihe peci:-,
lation, frauds, and delinquency winch bavu
characterized the conduct of so many puldic .
servanls during the last fifteen years! Per
haps, no man ever lived, who has been so of
ten appointed an Executor of deceased per.iont,
as Mr. Clay has been, and ihat by person-, to
various conditions of life : and such has been
the confidence reposed in his judgment, homo,
probity and capacity for business, thai ihn.-ii"-taiors
who appointed bun, alinosi always dis
pensed with ihe surely which, without such
dispensation,, the law exacts
He. has been charged with being addicted Jo
gambling, and foul and opproprious 'epuhcis
have been applied to him. Mr. Clay at no pe
riod of his life, ever so far forgot the respect
due to himself, as to associate with profession
al gamblers or aiiend their public utiles. ; For
upwards of thirty years he has played at ii
game of hazard whatever. When fatigued and
oppressed by care and buiiueas. if he has.soiighr.
,
any recreation, U Has tieeu at ciiess, or wnisi,
which, of late vears, he more rarulv than
evnr
...
UlUUI"i;s 111. lir iiui iu.-iiih;ii a liri iitij
a period oi up
wards of thirty-five years at Ashland, and wo
have il from the most undoubted sources, thni i
game of cards was never played, and a pack of
cards was never m his house, with his knowl
edge. -He
has the highest repocl and greatest de
ference for religion, and its ministers ; and wo
believe that there is not a clergyman whi
. knows him, that does not cherish towards Itmi
'cordial esteem and regard.
On (he meuiorablii
' occasion last fall,
of the
great discussion be-
guage, truth is omnipotent, and public justice-
; jf it sha please God to spare his valuable l.le,
, a glorious triumph awaits mm in floveinnei
J ext, as honorable to their hearts as it is justly
1 merited by long, faithful, and signal services to
' ms country.
From the Morris-Town Jerseymun, June 26.
The following was received last week, but
mislaid, and not discovered until 100 late forlhe
paper. In addition, we will mention that Maj.
Ukach is now making a casual exploration of
the route, and from what wo learn, no difficul
ty is apprehended between this and the Dela
ware at the Water Gap. The Legislature of
Pennsylvania has charteerd a company to con
struct a Rail Road from the Water Gap to-ihe
immense Coal beds in the Northern part of iho
stale, which are now of bul little value, and by
an extension of a few miles il can be connect
ed with the Erie Road, which will reduce the
distance eighty Jour miles to New York, there
by avoiding the dangers of .the viater season
which must arise from transhipment of freight
and passengers at the present terminus on the
North River. We cannot doubt that the New
Yorkers will look into this, as it is a matter of
vast importance lo them to have their coal
brought 10 their door in a cheap and expeditious
manner, as also diverting the trade to them di
rect from. Lake Erie instead of by the iWer ami
canaL
A meeting was held last week at Jaco?
Hard's, at Dover., of ihe Commissioner of th
Morris, Sussex and Warren Rail Road, prepar
atory m opening the honks of subscription-n
the slock of this compauy. We understand
that it is in contemplation 10 make this road an
extension or continuation of ihe Morris and Es
sex Rail Road, It is a fact well known that
long Rail Roads pay better than shorl ones, ami
those persons who have investigated ihe manor
assert with much confidence, that ihis contem
plated Road will, if finished to ihe Delaware
River, become a good and productive invest
ment. The Commissioners meet again iha
25th inst. and the probability is, ihat Hooks
wjll shortly be opened for subscription (or iti
stock,