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The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson.
VOL 6.
STKOUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1845.
No. 17.
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Love's Victim.
Oh list to me, Lizzy,
You sweet lump of candy !
Love makes me feel dizzy,
Like sugar and brandy ;
My vision is reeling
Mv brains are all burning
And the sweet cream of feeling
Is curdled by churning ;
For my heart 'neaih my jacket
Is up and down jumping,
And keeps up a racket
While its thumping and thumping :
O.show me one smile 'tis my last supplication!
1 crave nothing further 'twill be my salvation!
Oh, Lizzy, I'm worsted
I feel its all over :
I'm done up and bur&ted
A broken down lover!
The joys of my bosom
Have cut stick and vanish'd';
1 knowM I should lose 'em
When my true love hanish'd,
The world has grown dreary,
In its sackcloth of sorrow ;
Of life 1 am weary
And I wish that to-morrow
Would dawn on my grave, in that peace giving
valley,
"Where I'd care not for you, nor for Susan, nor
Sally !
1 know 'tis a sin too ' .
But I'm bent on the notion,
I'll throw myself into
The deep, briny ocean,
Where mud-eels and cat-fish
On my body shall riot,
And flounders and flat fish
Select me for diet ;
There soundly I'll slumber
(Beneath the rough billow,
And crabs without number
.Shall crawl o'er my pillow.
Hut my spirit shall wander through gay coral
bowers
And frisk with the mermaids
powers. -it shall by the
The editor of the U. S. Gazelle, in alluding
to the advantages which Boston has derived
from the numerous Railroads of which that city
is now the terminus, remarks as follows :
" Boston is full full of houses, full of peo
ple, full of business, full of noise, full of activi
'' New York is nothing to her. Will Bos
""i increase ? If a man now says, 'go to, Jet
build a dwelling,' H is not the cellar digger,
lie mason, and the carpenter that he must ap
peal to he must make his ground before he
t!ii build hin house. Do not smile I tell you
'hat Mnce I first knew Boston, it has increased
"a geographical literally us earthly) limits more
''ail thirty per cent."
Toast drank at Erie, Pennsylvania, last 4h
of July . i. Our noble selvu As smiline an na-
'ute aiuuud us, but not so green."
FOR THE JE1TERSOXIAN REPUBLICAN.
Messrs. Editors: I send you the following
letter for publication in the Jeffersonian Repub
lican. Should any of your readers know the
name of the Bee-hunter therein mentioned, they
will gratify your correspondent by making it
known through your columns. A person living
near the Pond recently informed rne that he
saw the sepulchre (or pile of sumes) a few
years since, and that it is about 100 yards from
the shore of what is called the Cat-fish Pond.
This Pond is some distance above the Lake
usually visited by our citizens, which latter is
known by the name of the Sun-fish Pond.
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Eastox, 1 5th November, 1811.
.Mr. John Heckkwelder,
My Dear Sir: In many things, but particu
larly in that respecting Indian customs, and an
tiquities, you are my oracle, to which your
goodness has given mo permission to approach,
and hear the sublime responses.
1 have again a question to propose for your
solution or conjecture. To obtain thi, I deem
it necessary to give you a kind of historical in-
troductiou to the questions I am about to pro-
pose.
A few weeks ago a man went to the top of
the Blue Mountain, about 4 or 5 miles north
east of the Delaware Water Gap, to hunt bees.
In his excursions, he came to a known Lake
or Pond of water, nearly on the very summit of
the Mountain, near the edge of which he be
held, on a precipice, a parcel of Mooes appa-! 11 was " lUo 01 P,emDer. ' nat OSIIy ej us , approach him slowly. We had
rently collected and piled up by the hands of F,)rl IItM,"r' was aUat:ked l' ,hti Indians, led j m aJvancei far before he moved' away, and
man.' The Bee-hunter's curiosity w as excited, ! " h lhe "t,tori,,s Simon Girty. The Indians ; cjrcjng roun(lf approached on the other side.
and he began to separate lhe loose siones, when ! uure Ual,",a",d at ah,,,)l five n"idred warriors, j jt was a beautiful creature, a sorrel, with jet
he beheld the skeleton of a man, (or woman,) j Tllc forl (-0I,,a,,"'d al fifsl bul forty-two fighting black mane and tail. As he moved, we could
which frightened him so much that he fled from ,,,e"' of lho8e ,wey-'liree were killed in ihVsee the muscles quiver in his glossy limbs, and
the place, and gave a relation of his adventures ' corn-fidd ,,d,nv the 1,in. l'fnre ,he at,a ! when, half playfully and half in fright, he toss
to his neighbours, many of whom agreed ioilheforl- The siege of iho fort was suslaincd . ej Howing-mane in the air, and flourihed
bear him company. Thus re-inforccd, the dis- j b-v lese nineteen ""til "e next morning . his long silky tail, our admiration knew no
coverer, on the Sunday foHowin
, ascended the
Mountain, and reached his formerly discovered ,
KMtitr-liro (fur in-li il liimuil ..! l In. Ttio I
men then went to work and removed all the!
smaller lot.se s'ones. They then observed a!
layer of long flat stones, part of which they ;
so removed. They then began to make their
observations on the object before thnm. The 1
stones ihey had removed, they found to havo
been placed on a large rock, which had been
rent apart for a considerable lenlh. and wide?UIo,,s' ' n"m nave K,IL'U n,,n 5 om
enouh conveniently to nlace the body of a man. '
In this opening between the perpendicular
sides, they found the bones or skeleton of a
human body. At the head and feet w ere placed
flat stones perpendicularly, just wide enough to
close the space between the two sides of the
rock. On the top were also placed flat siones,
reaching from side tu side of the space where
the skeleton lay, thereby leaving a vacant space
between the coveting stones and the bones.
On the top, over these covering flat tones, and
at the ends of the head and feet stones, were
placed the piles of the smaller ones.
With the bones were found a small brass
kettle, some beads, some circular bones or Ivo
ry of the size of a dollar in thickness and diam
eter, through which aie pierced two holes
through the diameter. Also a parcel of the
same kind of bones or ivory shaped like pipe
stems, about 4 1-2 inches long, with a tabular
opening lengthways through ihein, but do not
appear to have been used for smoking, from
the color of the bone.
The brass kettle was claimed by the Bee
hunter, and disco erer of the grave ; the mhor
trinkets fell into the hands of a friend, who has
since forwarded them to me, and have ihem
ready to shew you whenever 1 shall have the
pleasure of seting you here.
Nearly right down the Mountain fiom the
grave, on the flats or low lands, there was a
large Indian burying ground.
Now after these historical parts of the facts
as related lo me, I come to the propositions of
those, to me mysterious questions, hoping you j
will have the goodness to impart your opinion ,
thereon to me.
Could the place have been the special choice
of the Indian,? Here w as a. lake with plenty
of fish, abundance of good large huriloberries,
excellent hunting ground, &"o.
Can it be presumed that he was a noted
jChi-f, oi Warrior, to whom such a diatinguiah-
ed respect was paid, to deposit so much nearer
to Heaven and the Great Spirit?
Was it common to deposit great men in vaults,
as this has been?
Where could the brass kettle have been got,
that was with him, unless we presume he was
buried in modern times ; at least after the set
tlement of Menahachianienk by the Hollanders?
The other trinkets (which 1 have got) do not
look like European manufacture. What was
eruse? Why were they put in the grave
wT,u ,l,e corPse
If they were Indian manufacture, where did
luey Proc,ire ,l,e implements, with which they
1 1 l.i i i . i l.ii
. ooreu me uoies turougu ine oones or ivory .'
Any other remarks that may occur to you,
that may enlighten my ignorant mind, shall be
thankfully received.
1 am, my dear sir,
Your very affectionate
(But I fear you will say troublesome) friend
JOHN ARNDT.
Revolutionary Incident.
McCOLLOCH'S LEAP.
The ground where Major Samuel M'Culloch
I. l.l .1 it l
l00K me real IeaP 10 avo,u DeIgnia(ie Plott
er ty tile inuians, is nut a lew rods Irom Wheel-
ing, and yet such is the negligence of those
w ho inhabit the scenes of great exploits, thai
we venture the remark that not one dozen men
have thought of Major McCoIloch, or been upon
the table land from which ihat leap was taken,
during the last year.
a"oul 'Sn, wuen laJor McOollocIi brought
'riy mutinied men from Short Creek to their
rtllel.
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1 He gate ol Hie lort was thrown open and
Collnou':. men. though closely beset by the
J"d'afN entered the fort in safety. McCoIloch,
,lke a br;u'e ofikt!r' was ,he ,Jsl ma"' a,,d lie
waa cul ufF fr,mi h,s me" :,,,d near,y surround -
d by the Indians. He wheeled and galloped
awards the hill, beset the "h"'" way by In -
w,aned lo ,ake mm al,ve ,llal ,hey ,n,ght wreak
their vengeance more satisfactorily upon one of
the bravest and most successful Indian fighters
on lhe frontier. He presumed he could ride
along the ridge, and thus make his way again
to Short Creek, but on arriving at the top he
was headed by a hundred savages; on the west
they were gathering thick and fast up the hill,
among the trees anil bushes, while the main
body were following in his path.
He was hemmed in on all sides but the east,
where the precipice was almost perpendicular,
and the bed of the creek lay like a gulf near
200 feel beneath him. This too, would have
been protected by the camions savages, but the
jutting crags of limestone and slale, forbade his
cliutiung or descending it even on foot, and they
did not for a moment suppose, thnt the fearless
horseman or high-mettled steed could survive
j the leap if mud. But with the major it was
but a chance of deaths, and a narrow chance of
life. He chose like a brave man. Suitinc him-
self bark in his saddle, and his feel firmly in
the stirrups, with Ins rifle in his left hand, and
his reins adjusted in the right, he. cast a look
of defiance at lhe approaching savages, and
pressing his spurs imo his horse's flank, urged
him over the clifl. In an instant of time, the
Indian saw their mortal foe, whose daring act
they had looked on with horror and astonish
meni merging from the valley, of the creek be
low, still safely seated. on his noble steed, and
shouting defiance to his pursuers.
There never waf, we venture to say, in civ
ilized or savage warfare, a more desperate or
daring act than this leap of McCoIloch. We
hiV(j ookeJ a( ClViera, pulia,n ceebrated
raas-ground, and we would very much prefer
his lasle in the .selection of a route for a morn
ing ride ; at least consuliiui; our ease and con
venience. Wheding Timts.
Men are lhe work of God--Gjentlemen ate
'he woik of iaiors, barbers, and buotblauks,
The Wild Iloi-se of Texas.
We rode through beds of sunflowers miles in
extent, their dark seedy centres and radiatin"
yellow leaves following the sun through the
day from east to west, and drooping when the
shadows fell over them. These were some
times beautifully varied, with a delicate flower,
of an azure tint, yielding no perfume, but loan
ing a pleasant contrast to the bright yellow of
the sunflower. About half past ten, we dis
cerned a creature in motion at an immense dis
tance, and instantly started in pursuit. Fifteen
minutes' riding brought us near enough to dis
cover, by its fleelness, that it could not be a
buffalo, yet it was too large for an antelope or
a deer. On we went and soon distinguished
the erect head, the flowing mane, and the beau
tiful proportions of the wild horse of the prairie.
He saw us, and sped away with an arrowy
fleetness till he gained a distant eminence,
when he turned to gaze at us, and suffered us
to approach within four hundred yards, when
he bounded away again in another direction
with a graceful velocity delightful to behold.
We paused, for to pursue him wiih a view to
capture was entirely out of the question. When
he discovered we were not following him he
also paused, and now seemed to be inspired
with curiosity equal to our own; for, after ma
king a slight turn, he came nearer, until we
could distinguish the inquiring expression of
his deal, bright eye and the quick curl of his
inflated nostrils. We had no hopes of catch-
i ing. and did not wish to kill him ; but our curi
; bi
unds, and we longed, hopelessly, vexatiously
. illge(j I0 p03seas him. We might have shot
I K I III whprfl Wfi stllflfl hill i:ul vv hirnri wlarvini,
, we could scarcely have done il. He was free,
and we loved him for the very possession of
. thai ,!,erly we longed to take from him, but we
j "'ould not kill him. We fired a rifle over his
j head. He heard the shot and the whiz of the
' ball, and away he went, disappearing in the
1 next hollow, showing himself again as ho cross.
je.l the distant riuges, still seeming smaller, un
til he faded away to a speck on the fair hori
zon's verge. Kennedy's Texas.
Postponing a Duel.
The New Haven Herald says that a corres
pondence is now going on between two gentle
men of Boston, which began ten years ago with
a challenge. Mr. A., a bachelor, challenged
Mr. B., a married man with one child, who re
plied that the conditions were not equal, that
he must necessarily put more at risk with his
life than the other; and he declined. A year
afterwards he received another challenge from
Mr. A', who statetl that he too now had a wife
and a child, and he supposed, therefore, the ob
jection of Mr. B. was no longer valid. Mr. B.
replied that he had now two children, conse
quently the inequality still subsided. The next
year Mr. A renewed his challenge, having now
two children also, but his adversary had three.
This matter, when last heard from, was still
going on, the numbers being six to seven, and
the challenge yearly renewed.
A Good One.
A correspondent of the New York Spirit of
the Times, relates the following :
" Some years since, a North Carolina Law
yer, yet living, undertook to convince a Meth
odist preacher of some celebrity, that his man
ner of preaching, in threatening his auditors
with damnation, was injudicious ; and that ar
guments and exhortations of a milder character,
would be more successful. After listening pa
tiently, the preacher replied "My friend, you
are mistaken. Sin is like a terrapin you may
exhort, admonish, even kick him, and he will
not move; but merely draws his head within
his shell, and your labor is lost but place a
coal of fire on his back, and he travels. Hell
fire is the article."
It has been proposed to form a new State
wet of Arkansas, lo embrace the Creek, Choc
taw and Cherokee Indian tribes.
Certainly a Predteaiuent.
A few nights since, a tall, eccentric person
age was observed, by the tenants of the cabin
of one of the Albany boats, to perform sundry
strange evolutions, garnished by a variety of
hops, skips, and jumps, which betokened any
thing but a sane mind in the performer. The
movements of this personage betrayed trouble
and pain, and they were at lust so perfectly dis
tressing to the beholders that a cousidiatinti was
held, and a committee of three appointed to in
quire into lhe case of the stranger's unaccount
able movements. With due caution the deputies
approached their man, while the others gath
ered around within ear-shot to witness what
ever "tale" might be "unfolded." The commit
tee stated their reasons for troubling htm with
what might be deemed impertinent interrogato
ries, and concluded their remarks by request
ing to know the reason of his apparent peipiex
iiy, and whether or nut they could render hiui
any aid.
" Wall," said the stranger, who was a Yan
kee and who spoke in the most solemn -accent,
while his face exhibited a deal of pent up sor
row, "Wall, I don't know but you might help a
fellow a little. I'm in a heap of pain bother
ed like sixty ! I'm in a predicament."
The ears of the entire party were distended
and mouths perceptibly parted to wonder width.
" In a predicament said one of the trio, "pray
what is it? We feel desirous of alleviating any
misfortune, that may have befallen you."
" That's clever," said the Yankee. " Well,
may bo none of you was ever kicked by a boss."
All admitted that they had escaped such a
calamity.
" Nor bii by a spider !"
No one plead guilty.
" Nor chased by a rattlesnake V
No unanimously.
" Nor been caught in a thunder shower with
!a gal, and felt meaner 'an thunder?"
Not a man in the assembly had experienced
that mishap.
" Wall, my predicament is worse, I calcu
late, than any of them "
" Do tell us what it is," was the earnest re
quest of a very respectable clergyman.
" Wall, gents, I raythcr gueas I will. The
sole of my right fool itches like sin, and I cant
get off my boot to scratch it !"
The cabin was cleared in about the space of
a minute. ,
How many of us are occasionally caught in
public with an itching sole, and cannot "get at
it to scratch."
Duelling Answer lo a Challenge.
The eccentric H. H. Breckenridge, one of
the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania, when a young man was challenged lo
fight a duel by an English officer, whom he an
swered as follows :
" I have objections to this duel matter lhe
one is leal I should hurt you, and the other is
lest you should hurl me. 1 do not see any good
it would be to put a ball through your body.
I could mako no use of you when dead for any
culinary purpose, as 1 would a rabbit or a tur
key I am no cannibal to feed on the flesh of
men. Why then shoot down a human creature,
of whom I could make no use ? A buffalo
would make belter meat. For though your
flesh might be delicate and lender, yet it wanis
the firmness and constancy which lake and re
tain salt. At any rate it would not do for a long
sea voyage.
" You might make a good barbacue, it is lrua
being of the nature of a racoon or opossum; but
people are not in the habit of barbacuing any
thing that is human. And as to your hide, it
is not worth taking off, being little belter than
a two year old colt. So much for you. A
for myself, I do nut like to stand in the way
of anything that is hurtful. I am under the im
pression ihat you might hit me. This being
the case, I think it inost advisable to stay at a
distance. If you meant to try our pistols, lake
some object, a tree, or a barn door about icy di
mensions. If you hit ihat, send me word, arid
I shall acknowledge that if I had been m the
same place you might have hit me."
The following capital toast was given at a late
dinner of lhe Hasty Pudding Club in Boston:
"Our corn-fed boys and corn-fed girls ;:he
right material to form a. corn.-fudcra.tiun ,"
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