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Having a general assortment of large elegant plain and orna mental Type, we tire prepared to execute every description of Cards Circulars, Bill Heads, Ifc'otcs, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Tnaicd with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jcffcrsouiaii Republican. From Godev's Lady's Book for February. The Evening Skies. BY MRS. AMELIA B. WELBY. Soft skies ! amid your halls to-night How brightly beams each starry sphere.! Beneath your softly mellowed light The loveliest scenes grow lovelier ! Haw high, how great, the glorious Power, That bade these silvery dew-drops fall ; That touched with bloom the folded flower, And bent the blue sky over all ! I love to glide in these still hours With heart, and thought, and fancy, When nought but stars, and waves, and flowers, May give me their sweet company ! When far below the waves outspread Ghde softly on with liquid hue ; When winds are low and skies o'erhead Are beaming beautifully blue. Oh, what a heavenly hour is this ! The creen earth seems an Eden-home, And yet I pine, amid my bliss, For purer blisses yet to come ! How can my spirit gaze aloft Upon your deep delicious blue, Ar.d float to those far realms so oft, And never sigh to flutter through ! And yet this spot, so still, so lone, Seems formed to suit my mournful mood The far blue heavens seem all my own, " And all this lovely solitude ! A voice seems whispering on the hill Soft as my own and on the sea A living spirit seems to thrill And throb with mine deliciously ! Yet. though my thoughts from care seem freed, And a soft joy pervades my breast, . . . That makes me almost feel indeed That hearts on earth are sometimes blest! .; Thcre is a spell in those hushed skies A something felt in this lone spot, That makes my very soul arise With longings for it knows not what ! Beneath such skies I sometimes doubt My heait can e'er have dreamed of sin The world seems all so calm without, And all my thoughts so pure within ! Such dreams play o'er my folded lid ! Such heavenly visions greet ray view ! J almost seem to glide amid The angel-bands, an angel too ! A Tailor's Secret. Alphonse Karr, as clever a scribbler as any Trance possesses in these days, relates that he lately sent for a tailor to make him a coat out of a piece of cloth he had purchased. 'Can't do it,' said Snip, after measuring the cloth, ' can't do it; there isn't stuff ertough." Karr then sent for another tailor, who, after carefully measuring the material, undertook to make the coat. In due time the garment was de livered, and Karr stuck himself into it. His first Visit was to the tailor. ' Well, sirrah,' said he, ' behold me in the coat from the very stufl you said was insufficient! You ee that there was stuff enough after all !' 'Very likely,' said Snip, with imperturbable Mng froid ; 4 very likely ; but the son of the tailor who made it, is not so big as mine ' Cujldiiood's Team. The tear down childhood's cheek that flow's la like the dew drop on the rose ; When next the summec breeze comes ly And waves the bush the flower is dry. A genius who long had been illof phthisic; Being dunri'd by his doctor for visits and physic, Heplied he would pay for the physic with pleasure, But the visits he euess'd he'd return at his leisure. b m There are nine thousand three hundred and sev ei'y eight miles ol Railroads in the United States. Suooks and Ventriloquism. The following amusing sketch was furnished by a correspondent to the editor of the Delaware Ga zette : Sometime since while on a visit to the interior of Pennsylvania, in my professional capacity; about 4 o'clock the stage in which I was esconced, drove into a small village as business was to de tain me for a couple of days I was thinking how to improve the monotony of my leisure hours, when my attention was arrested by some very large handbills, one setting forth the merits of Ventrilo quism by Mr. T. V. Skelline, whom I ascertained had acquired considerable celebrity in that science; the other was on a lecture on the subject .of Ani mal Magnetism, by Mr. M. About the exhibition hour, I visited the exhibi tion room of Mr. Skelline, but no company having arrived, we adjourned to the room of his more suc cessful rival for stray change and public fame. Upon entering the room wo found it literally crowded with all ages, sexes, sizes and charac ters ; on a platform erected for the occasion, Mr. Snooks was addressing the audience, expatiating on the science of Mesmerism. After he had concluded a committee was ap pointed, among whom was the Rev. Mr. A , pastor of the village church, and Dr. G . My companion remarked to me that he was determined to expose the humbug or test its claims as a sci ence accordingly things being arraigned, a lady was placed in the operating chair on the platform. After requesting silence, Mr. Snooks fixed his eyes, gazing intently upon the subject reminding us of the serpent charming Eve, our old lady mo ther, and then commenced his manipulations by moving his hand up and down her face. He was pretty soon interrupted by the snarling and bark ing of two dogs; Mr. Snooks arose and expostula ted with them for the delinquents had not paid their admission fee, a negro was ordered to expel them. Cuffee, coining forward exclaimed, 44 Whar is um ?" at the same time flourishing a large broom stick, he said, 44 Just leff me ober dar, I'll cotch 'em-, and fotch 'em out do high grass," but no four legged quadrupeds of nature being found, order was arrain rpstnrprl. and Mr. Snnnks t-rnr nn mn- O ' 1 - " - j vmg his arm. My companion remarked, 44 1 hxed them a little." ,. , - , ! to.proceed immediately from the Rev. gentleman, ooon aiterwards OKelline threw ins voice so as , exclaiming, 'go it my boy and don t spare elbow i , ... , , .,, . ,. grease ! thats time o day! All eyes were direct-1 ed towards the Rev. gentleman, particularly Dr. G , who looked daggers at the Rev. ojTender, while the Shepherd cast his eyes around in utter amazement. Significant glances were given by two virgin maidens whose appearance indicated that they had passed the meridian of. their charms, which Skelline observed and immediately cast his voice to them remarking, 44 Bless my soul, it can't be possible I never thought that our Minister drank be'fore " Nor does he," exclaimed the Rev. Mr. A. " Ladies and gentlemen this is utterly inexplica- j ble to me, as I have not said a word ; to be sure I did hear something very near me, but I a?.sure you it was not m-self that used the phrase." Our two virgin ladies now removed some dis tance apart, each one believing the other to be the offender, by breaking the decorum of the audience. At last in spite of all interruption the magnetic sleep was produced Mr. Snooks now addressing ' the audience said : 44 Gentlemen and ladies-, you 'see the effect of Animal Magnetism in the case present no power on earth except my own can arouse her from this deep sleep." A variety of experiments were now tried upon the subject, when suddenly a voice was heard in the midst of the committee, crying Mad dog! Mad dog!! 44 Bow, wow, wow," exclaimed Skelline, trans ferrins his voice immediately under the chair of the magnetized lady. Quick as thought Mr. Snooks and the committee sprang from the stage, and a movement was visible in the magnetized lady of drawing the feet tip to the spokes of the chair. At this moment another tremendous snarling was heard in various directions of the audience, which caused a general rush to the door, in which ono lubberly fellow trod on the toes of the patient, who could not suppress a loud-scream. Cuff was again called to remove the intruders forthwith. 44 Wha i3 you dogs," says Cuff, push ing his broomstick under the stage, u Jus leff me shear you say whar you is, and see if I don't sweet en you." No answer being made to Guff's rea sonable requett, he was foroed to get under the stage, where, by jthrusting and groping his way, putting his stick in every direction, he was again startled by another, snarling and barking at his heels, " Look out da, wha' is you about;" halloed Cuff, making a hearty retreat. At this crisis another voice was heard at the door, crying out, " Ladies and gentlemen, escape if you can, as the rafters beneaih the house arc giving way under the weight of our pss iru! and wc shall soon have the whole timbers down upon us from above." A general rush was now made for the door ; among the first was the magnetized lady, followed by Mr. Snooks, who no doubt had exercised his will toward the lady sufficiently to awaken her. Being jammed out into the midst of the moving crowd, who were crying, halloing and exerting themselves to obtain egress, T lost my companion. Finding all amusements for the evening at an end, I retired to my hotel. I had not been long seated before in rushed our fat, jolly landlord, laughing, until 1 thought his fat sides would burst : 14 Gentlemen," said he, as soon as he could ob tain sufficient command over his risibilities. 14 Who do you think it was that kjeked up that all fired rumpus over yandcrl Why it was that slick little Yantriloqucst ! !" Mr. T. V. Skelline performed in Bridgeton the next evening, and gave some very striking delin eations in character and Ventriloquism and which afforded perfect satisfaction to a large and respect able audience. M. FccnaSu CuriosiSy. A naval officer, who some time ago came to re side in Edenburg, having previously engaged a large mansion on a short lease, despatched his butler to receive his furniture, and have his house put in order. The butler engaged a young woman, residing in the neighborhood, to clean out the rooms and arrange part of ihe furniture, and he assisted her himself to carry up a large chest of rather singular appearance. This gigantic box his master had purchased as a curiosity : but unlike that described in the song of the 4 Mistletoe Bough,' it did not shut but open cned with a spring attached to the lock, which be ing touched, the lid flew open and a tall brawney Highland man, in full costttrne, stood erect and stuck out his right arm in which there was a wooden sword. The gentleman had purchased it as a curious piece of mechanism, and was wont to amuse his children with it. 'That's a heavy chest,' said the woman a.s they j ; placed it on the floor. 4 Yes,' answered the butler, who was a wag of the first water, there's something heavy in it that's certain, but there's something mysterious about it also, for although the kev hangs at the end-of it, . , " .. ,T,., ' . ., r . ,. , , i Did vou ever see the inside of it V replied she cing 4 Never,' said he, ' it's worth as much aa any of our places is worth even to speak about it-' So saying the knight of the cork-screw looked first at the woman, then at the chest, then on the floor, and then retired slowly down the stairs whistling, to work on the ground floor. The girl proceeded to put things tq rights in the room: hut every time she passed the chest she thought it looked more odd. 4 Frailty, thy name is woman.' She lapped on the lid with her knuckles it had a curious hollow sound, very! What oh earth could it contain 1 Well it was none of her busi ness, so she went diligently to work for five min utes, at the end of which time she saw herself, with her arms akimbo gazing on the chest. 4 It can do no harm to look into it,' thought she, so she quietly took the key from the nail and applied it to the lock. Of course she heard footsteps oh the stairs as every one will do when afraid of detection in the commission of some act they wish to keep secret. Again she regained confidence and returned to the cheat, she stooped and turned the key. Up flew the lid, and the wooden High land man kilt, and phillibeg, sprang on his legs with more lhan human agility, and fetched the petrified girl a sharp whack across the shoulders with the flat of his ' A ndrea Ferrara.' A prolong ed shriek ending in a moan of despair, indicated that the poor woman had found relief in a swoon. In the .course of a few moments the girl rose on her elbow, looking wildly around the room, till her eyes caught the Highland man bending over her seeing nothing but destruction awaiting her, two springs brought her to the door, down stairs she went, nor did she slacken her pace till she found herself standing in the house of a lady in the neighborhood. The poor woman did not re cover from her fright for several days. Clairvoyance. M. Raimond, a medical writer, rather celebrated in Paris as a wag, narrates the following incident, on his own very hypochtyphal authority : A friend, puzzled at the apparent accuracy of a somnambulist, asked what his (the interrogator's) father was then doing. In answer, he was told that his father was visible a long way off ; and a number of details were given, exactly specifying how the father was engaged. 44 1 fear you have made a slight anachronism : my father," said the triumphant disbeliever, 44 has beenMead these twenty years." 44 No, sir, no mistake ! You appear to forget," replied the quiet somnambulist, 4" that it takes a wise child u know his own. father!" Irish iTIacIiine Poetry. Jem. Dodge married ould Judy Rouse Och, she was a charming young bride ; With turf he then built a brick house, And the from door was on the back side. The roof it was tiled wid oat straw, The cellar was on ihe first floor, And the chimney in order lo draw, Was built just outside of the door. A beggar was Teddy Malone, Ilis sister was his only brother; He lias nothing at all of his own, Except what belonged to his mother. One night Teddy says to the squire, I'm so cold give me something lo eat, I'm so dhry let mo sit by the fire, And so hungry I must wanrfmy feel. 4 Och ! honey,' one day says Pat Tigg, For he was a scandalous glutton, 4 To-morrow I'll kill my fat pig, For I'm sure he'll make illigaut mutton ; So then ho goes into ihe hovel, And he hangs the pig up by the heel, Cut his throat all so mite with a shovel, Saying, 'fhis is ihe way to dress veal !' One day Paddy Mulligan swore He had scalt all his month to a blister, While at dinner the morning before 4And what was it wid V asked his sister. Says Paddy 'just ihry for to guess' 4 Och, I can't' 4then I'll tell ye, my swale, 0 'Twas nothing at all, more or less, lhan a raw-roasted frozen potatoe.' Oregon. We have intelligence from Oregon, by way of the Sandwich Islands, to the 2d of August. By it we learn thai the people of that territory have formed a government for themselves, and one of a purely republican character. There is an executive committee of three, a legislative coinmitlee of nine, and a supreme judge. The legislature had met and adjourned, after passing a wholesome law, imposing a penalty of SI 00 on any person who should make, sell, or givo away ardent spirits in the territory. Since the arrival in Oregon of the Rev. Mr. Gray, some important changes have been going on in the Methodist mission, of which he is superintendent. The Indian school has been; discontinued, and the building lately occupied by it has been sold to the Methodist Episcopal Church, lately organized for a literary institu tion. The mission has also parted with its mills, herds of catile, and nearly all its proper-tj-, which the settlers bought at good prices: Tho lay missintraries were about to bo dismiss ed, but would remain in the colony as settlers. The colony is in the mosi encouraging condi tion. The crops were giving promises of an abundant harvest. On the 1st of August, a Belgian brig arrived' at Oregon city, having on boartl a number of nuns, and several Roman Catholic Priests, from Antwerp, sent out to Oregon by the Church of Rome. Pennsylvania. IrZiliiia. the Adjutant General's Report presents a favourable picture of ihe miliiia of this Sfate. The number of Major Generals is 17. There are 39 brigades, Brigadier Generals and Brig ade Inspectors; 1G8 regiments, by numbers; M52 militia companies; 223,223 militia; 622 volunteer companies ; 4590 cavalry ; 3591 ar lillery; 14,139 infantry; 12,322 riflemen 258,043, aggregate of brigades; 258,060, ag gregate ol divisions 82 brass six pounders; 6 brass four pounders; 34 iron six pounders ; 75 scis of harness; 19,75 muskets; 16,007 bayo nets; "15,651 cartridge boxes. Using ILignlEsiEtx for lilanurc. Sirange as it may seem electricity has been applied successfully to (ertihze ihe ground. This has been ihe novel idea at tha recent meetings of the British Association. It was first discovered by a lady in Scotland, who ear ned some wires from an Electricity Battery lo her flower ground, and found it vory useful. Since ihai, the experiment has been successful ly tried of collecting the natural electricity, by wires on poles, and conveying it to a limited piece of ground, with a powerful ofleel on ihe vegetation. 4 Measures,' says the Boston Yankee, 'are lo he taken immediately to prevent the Niagara Falls from roaring on the Sabbath.' Value ot Corn tfSeai. H. A. Pins, afier experimenting mure or less, as the spirit of invention moved him, during tho past year, has at length completed a Corn and Cob Grinder, and put it in operation in Win throp village, where he resides. A eftat-tl sometime ago in the Farmer, it is so small anil compact lhat, with the excepiion of the hoppor, you may put the whole of it into your hat. It is a terrible cob eater, though, if it is so small. We have had ears of corn 44 chawed'1 up by it after the rate of a bushel in four minutes, and this too, when it had ground so much that teeth were dull, and the banda too loose to give him "top speed." The corn was green and damp, being a lot of "pig corn," sorted out from the best. Mr. Pittn has it so arranged lhat he can crack up your corn, without ihe cob, io any required fineness, from coarse samp to superfine bannock. B-;t what's the use of grinding up tho cobs ? Why not keep them to kindle your fire with, smoke your bacon, or make manure? Why, let us see whal they are worth for horse or cat tle feed. If we can prove to you that the cob meal is worth as much bushel for bushel, as oats, you will allow it is an objeel to save them. Every body who has fed a horse or an ox much with 44 com nubbins'1 in the fall of the year, has noticed that he will eat the whole,, cob and all, and seem to prefer it to shelled' corn. We once owned a horse that wouldn't eat corn, any way you could fix it, unless ia 'were on the ear, when lie would "munch" t he whole together very greedily. Every one knows, too, thai when we feed an ox or cow ort ihis, a considerable portion of the kernels of the corn pass through whole, undigested, ami of course are the same as bo much corn thrown, away. Now for some proof that the cob of the me'al is equal to the same measure ol oats, we find in ihe New England Farmer the following statements, quoted from the Massachusetts Ag ricultural Repository of 1823. It is a commun ication from Mr. Rice, of Shrewsbury. He is a stock raiser, and a man of great exparience in feeding cattle. He givos an account of uaing cob meal, as feed, as follows : The second year, if 1 mistake not in which I made use of cob meal, I thought I would iry an experiment by feeding one ox with corn and oats ground, the other with corn and cobs, having a yoke of oxen so evenly matched lhat no one who viewed them was satisfied which was the beat. Ac cordingly, I fed as above. The cob is compu ted to make a little more than one third; there fore I mixed tho other with one third oats, aa was my former mode. I gave each ox an equal quantity at a time, except. 'the one which had corn and oats sometimes became dainty and would not eat his allowance, while the other kept an equal course. The allowance of both was a little over three pecks per day. When taken to market and killed, they weighed twenty-eight hundred and a half. The one fed on corn and oats weighed half a hundred the most; while the one fed on corn and cob meal was considered half a dollar per cwt. the best beef. Tho one fed on corn and cob meal had 163 lbs. of tallow the other 162 pounds. From this experiment, it will be seen what the compara tive value of cob meal is. We have been informed by a farmer's wife, that tho meal from the cob ground alone, when sifted fine, will make very good "flap Jacks." Wo have also found by experiment lhat hens are very fond of corn dnd cob meal. Our hens would cat that which Mr. Pitts ground for us, as greedily as they would corn, and this is tho only way we know of to get cobs down a heo. Here, then is a chance for farmers to mako a great saving. If ihe cob meal amounts to one-third of lhat made by corn and cobs ground logeiher, ihon the farmer who raises a htui'lreti bushels of ears of corn and throws away iui cobs, is equally as imprudent and foolish, as htj who raises thirty-three and a third bushels of oats and throws them all aicay, when he has har vested and thrashed. Maine Farmer. 14 Will you lake a. pinch of snufl", Mr Sprig gins 1" No, I iha'rik you : If' my"nlfse had beon intondod for a dust hole, it would have been turned t'other side up." The story lhat ihere ia a chap down east so cross-eyed that he couris two girls at oncej is contradicted by one of the girls. : in 3 i'lJ
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