4 ',&hu 11 ffinhlt rrtrit The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. r- IS is a ss ar IB id I' ll id ie at as F. in to. he ed id nt nd ;ir r- ii; at ci be ci it. of ay C5 of rs. '10 id at r eV k, it VOL 6. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SCEIOCII & SPESlf XG. TERMS Two ilollars per annum In atlvaiir.fT'.v ,in tnd a quarter, half yearly and if not paid before the end' of tic year, i " wiu.i! .uiu .i nan. i no.e who receive their pipers ov a " "" unvere employed uy the nronrie- r-, will be charged 3.1-2 ct. per year, extra. No papers dtsoont.n;tol until all arrearages are paid, except IC7Advertise.nents not execedin;; one square (sixteen lines) xill be inserted three weeks for one dollar: twenty-five cents r every suoeqiiem ms-emon : larger ones m proportion. A iitieml iiiscouiu win no mime 10 yearly auvcrtisers 1E7AI1 letters addresseil to the Editors must be post paid. To all Concerned. We would call the attention of some of our subscribers, and especially certain Post Mas icrs.toihe folio wing reasonable, and well set lied rules of Law in relation to publishers, to the patrons of newspapers. THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not gie express no nce to the contrary, are considere'd as wishing to continue iheir subscriptions. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of iheir papers, the publishers may . continue to send i lie in till all arrearages are p;iid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take iheir papers from the offices to which they are Iirecieil, they are held responsible till they hare seiiled (heir bill, and ordered .'heir papers discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places with out informing the publishers, and their paper is tent to the former direction, they are held re sponsible. 5. The cour's hare decided that refusing to lake a newspaper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is "pri ma facta" evidence of intentional fraud. From the New York Tribune. fflTcmory of the Departed. 0, cherish them, the sainted ones, Who have walked beside us here, With iheir high brow of faith and hope, And their heart of holy fear, The hopeful, though the suffering, That through shadow and through death, Have kept undimm'd their human trust And the love that beat beneath. 0, cherish them, the beautiful, Who have meekly laid them down, Life's blossoms in their folded hands, From its shadow and its frown From its blood sweat and agony, From its fever, and unrest, And its strong thirst for purer love, v. For the free life of the blest J- And c herish, 0 ! O, cherish them, The true and faithful-hearted. Til? loveliest, the holiest, JW' Of till the dear departed The loving that through years of wrong' Have still sought us but 10 bless, With iheir pure smile of sympathy, ; i And of touching tenderness. The departed ! the departed ! 0, far more than ever strong, . n The ties that link us unto those r Who so live iniprayer and song.?' t -r A subtler, nearer sympathy, ,-f . a' , To our longing hearis unite -That world of glorious mystery Wiih its children of the light, ---vj 0, shadows, solemn shadows, each , , With your browa of angel calm, ? And your eyes of tearless beamy, And your voice like sweetest psalm On our hearts all pale with sorrow, Kindly doth your memory lie, Gleams of comfort, bprn of anguish Hopes of promise born to die. , Deerfield, Sept. 23 1845, E..A.S. Fishing. After two hours patient'waitiiig, Tom says to Jim, "I've got a bite !" 'Ah! is ii a trout, Tom I"' "No." "What is it ?"1 "It ' a mu&queto !" It is said that a French surgeon recenthrre placed ihe corner of ihe eyes of aiyoung.girl. Minded by the small pox, with those of a yjwng 'E, and that the patient can distinguish day fomi night. Urge Sheet of Paper. Mr. AL Hudson, Hartford, has manufactured a single sheet of Hper for ihe Hariford and Danbury Rail Road tympany, fur which' he received $25; It is to 'e Used iu drawing a profile of the road. It . a feet in length and 3 yards,, wide. A ladv looking at the review, was asked if he was partial io military 'training': to which, 'ta rejjj.ed, she like J 'exceedingly the officers ttluie. :? STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1845. The Oliinesc Empire. We find in ihe Newburyport Herald of Mon day last a sketch of Mr. Cushing's Lecture, on Friday evening, before the Lyceum of that place. Mr. C. has a much better opinion of ihe in telligence and capacity of the Chinese than those who have had no opportuniiy of inter course with that people have been wont lo en tertain. A large class of the people are learned; as a nation they are ingenious beyond others, the whole counlrv is like a hn.hivp I.n-.m. ing has the first place in public estimation, and books are as numctous as in Europe. A cata-. loguc which Mr. C. had in his possession of a single library, occupies ten volumes. Public measures are debated by ihe populace as much as in ihe United States, and public opinion has as much influence in China on the government as with us. The fatal error of the Chinese has been in giving loo epicurean a character io their habils of government. One illustration of this cited was the fact that at the clo:e of all loiters to one another, the written salutation is "1 wish you tranquility and promotion." They lack only military skill and disci. no to make thorn a powerful nation, capable of repelling invasion or overrunning contiguous countries; for no men aie braver, or die more fearlessly in the ranks. China does not need any foreign trade. Within her own territory she produces every thing requisite for the wants of her population. Newspapers as well as books abound ai.d cir culate freely among the Chinese, and the Pekin Gazette, particularly, penetrates to every part of the Empire. The'' annually publish a Red Book, similar to our Blue Book, giving the names and emoluments of all public officers. In regard to the population of China, Mr. Cushing seems to be of opinion that the Chi nese census does not overrate ihe number, and that the three hundred and fifty millions which they claim, is not far from the number. In the Southern part of the country two crops a year are produced, and the poorer classes subsist on a little rice, and the Mesh of dogs, cats, rats, &c. To the cities and towns ihere are no carriage-ways, the streets are only narrow foot paths, and no horse or other beasta of burthen are kept to require large ranges of pasturage. The population is crowded into the narrowest ir i I ..f . C ..- I umus, oy a long si.tucsaxuii in ayes ui jicato . and industry. The compensation asked by the servants which Mr. C, in his character of American Ambassador, employed, was unly Jive , dollars a month, and out of ihis they found their own food and clothing. The Chinese have long been acquainted wiih all the improvements in the arts, upon which Europeans pride themselves as the inventors, with the exception only of ihe steam engine. Machinery has not been introduced among them The wrong impressions which have obtained in regard to the Chinese character, have been caused by the always difficult and often erro neous translations from a primitive language, which frequently make what in the original was rational .and serious, appear iu the transla tion absurd and ludicrous. The WeaSth of a Couatry depends upon its Farmers and USeciianicM. What is wealth ? These things which are convenient and necessary to use, and which ad minister to our wants and comfort. Money a lone cannot, therefore, be considered as wealth, because if the articles or things above men tioned are not to be had, or not in existence, a man would be poor indeed, though he was load ed with gold and' silver. H he w ere hungry, and ihere was no bread to be bought, his gold would be of little service. It is true, mankind by common concent, have agreed that gold and silver should be the signs and evidence of property, or, iu other words, the measure of property; and he who has a cer tain amount of ii, has evidence of so much wealth; he can change, it for ihe very things which do, in fact constitute wealth. Thus a man who has a hundred dollars in his pocket has a ticket, as it were, to eniitle him o enter into the possession of 100 bushels of eorn.-or 100 yards of doth, or 100 acres of wild land ' or a yoke of oxen, or a horse and wagon, !sihe caSe may be.''" Bui if ihwc thing do no. exist, and he needs ihem, his ticket is of no more use than if he had a ticket: to g' 'lt "h" theaire, and it should be burned down before he used it. The elements, therefore, of wealth consist in material productions brought together, changed and modified by ihe hand of man, of the farmer and mechanic. Commerce, though necessary and honorable, is nothing more than the mov ing or changing of these productions from place to place. If we are right in the position we have taken, that wealth consists in natural pro ductious, changed and wrought upon by ihe la bor of man. it follows that ihe nnimirv wbirli possesses the most of the elements or materials 10 work upon a good soil; abundance of water power; forests of limber; quarries of different kind of stone ; mines-, and beds of different kinds of material, &c. must have the most na tural wealth. It ihen requires the hand of industry and skill to put these materials into shape, and to put them together io form real, substantial wealth. This is the duly of the farmer and mechanic. The more industrious and skilful this class is, the more wealth will be accumulated in the country. Do farmers and mechanics consider these ihings rightly ? Are ihey not too apt io think themselves mere plodders and servants in the increase of wealth 1 And, indeed, is there not a false standard of respectability; too much in use in society, and are not the productive classes too apt to measure themselves by it ? This standard appears to be, idleness and a fine coal; and consequently, the more idle a man can be, and finer the dress, the more of a gen tleman. Not so. Respectability should con sist in an improved mind and skilful and indus trious hands. Moral qualifications being equal, he should have the most honor, who, by the combination of the efforts of his mind and phys ical powers, has contributed more largely to the increase of those things which constitute weahh. Intelligencer. JLire Let LiveHelp Live. There are ihree classes of people in this world who may be characterized by the mono syllables above. First, there are those who take for iheir motto live live, regardless of others, live if others die live for one's self, and to one's self. Such persons care for no- body but themselves they think of nobody else. They have got on in the world it may i , i r -.1 1 .t rje, wtinoui mucn atu irom omcrs, ann omers must get on as thy can, or stick by the way, it is ail one to them, it is none of .their busi- ness ; they are not their brother's keeper. These are supremely selfish men. There is another class of men among us whose motto is Live and let live. They are glad to have iheir neighbors live and prosper, but it must be without their help. Their first step and great inquiry is, Who will show us any good 1 How will this affect my interest 1 Shall I gain anything by it 1 If such men can be quite sure ihat any thing that they can do for another, will return ultimately for their own benefi!, they will cheerfully lend a helping hand. And iu some cases they will even help a friend in need, if persuaded that it will in no way op erate to their disadvantage. Otherwise they are as deaf as dead, men io all who approach them. These are simply selfish men. There Is yet a third class of men (ranc avas) whoso motto is Live and help others to live. They are not inattentive io iheir own affairs or iheir own interests;. but they seek not their own exclusively. They are not merely willing to let others live around ihem, but they are willing lo help others to live, and even to subject them selves to inconvenience and trouble in order to do this. And all this ihey will do without first stopping to ask shall 1 gel my reward 1 if 1 lend a dollar, shall I get two in return They are men who act either from the impulse of kind and generous dispositions, or men whose principles of action have been derived from ihe teachings and example of Htm who " went about doing good," who sought not his own but the things which were another's, who was nev er unmindful to do good and communicate as he had oj.j.ortuiiiiy. These are truly benevo lent men. We have now finished our discourse, and leave it to each reader to say, which is the bel ief man,, and to which class he himself belongs. Traveller. Application iiryoiiih makes old agecoiiifortablo Sweet Coasin Polly. BY GILBERT QUILL, ESQ. The day I never can forget, I never can, by golly ! When first 1 kissed the ruby lip, Of sweet, sweet cousin Polly. Her mouth looked like a turtle shell, Filled Up chuck full of honey : Her eye?, their beauty who can tell 1 Did shine like silver money. . I hugged her io my bosom tightj -: Her heart went dibby dabby But oh ! a pen can'i tell my fright, When I heard her cry out " Daddy .'" " Oh ! don't," says I, "good Polly, dear, You're sweet as 'lasses candy, I'll cry and tear my handkerchief Oh, yankee doodle dandy." She turned right round and kissed my cheek, Which ruffled up my collar And told me that she loved me so, ' And that's what made her holler. So ever since we have been one,' In spite of human folly For what's the world to one like ni6f Without sweet cousin Polly. Be Kind to the Fallen. BY ROBERT MORRIS. Wc feel at all times and seasons, the utter weakness of our moral and mental condition. We feel that without certain restraints of so ciety, of training, of example and responsibility, we too should falter and fall. Why not then be generous with regard to the friendless and the poor? Why not embrace readily every op- ! portunity to express sympathy for the sad con dition of the outcast and the erring, especially if they have become so more from the force of circumstances, than from any innate disposition to do wrong. Why not, when we notice an in clination to amend, encourage applaud and sus tain it by every means iu our power ? Why do not some of those, who feci that it is a priv ilege to be able lo go about doing good, occa sionally penetrate into the abodes of poverty---ave. even into the hovels of the dissolute and the base, among the outcasts of society, the tenants of our jails and our almshouses, in the hope of even there finding some who have gone astray against the belter impulses of their na ture, and who would rejoice at the means of escape and of reform. Alas ! for the friendless, the ignorant, and the poor. In many cases, how severe are their privations, how bitter their disappointments, how painful their present and how gloomy their future ! Let any one enter our Halls of Justice, on some day of general sentence, and notice the miserable culprits who are arraigned for petty theft and offences of a similar grade. With no voice to whisper a word of hope, no benevolent spirit to encourage a disposition to amend, no friend or relative to shed a tear of sympathy and anguish the aban doned and the fallen enter their dreary abode, not only embittered against the world, but with out a ray of promise in the future without a sin gle inducement to become belter and purer. And yet some of these may. in their infancy and childhood, have been pressed tenderly to the breast of some devoted mother, while their appearance upon ihe theatre of life may have been hailed wiih affection and pride, by some honest and virtuous father. Misfortune may have followed them early, and Crime won ihem to her dark paths, even beforo they had recog nized the force and beauty of virtue and sound morals. But who will stand by them now ? Who will stretch out Ihe hand of sympathy to the convict? Who will be seen conversing even for a moment with the arraigned, the tried, and the doomed ? Still, " none are all evil." There mny be worth and virtue, ability and en terprise, hidden within the bosom that beats and heaves under those lattered garments ! Philanthropists, why not have a guardian eye, and a Christian heart, for outcasts like these ? Why not look through iheir history, and if pos sible kindle into new light the smouldering em bers of virtue and of feeling ? Know ye noi that joy shall he in heaven over one sinner that repenteih, more than over ninety-nine just persons which need no repentance?" v There is nothing of which a man can live so long unconscious, as the extent and strength of nis prr No. 23. ittilitia Eloquence Who's Afeerd? We are not informed which of our gallant militia officers made the following spirit ed ad dress to his warriors at the last General Re view : "Friends, Countrymen, and Sodgers! "'Tenshun Squad! 'This is a arnat country, and has got a larciug start among the white na tions and Injuns of the airth. What makes it great ? Whar does ihe conglomerated clenieti tums of its greatness cum from ? I answer jist cring your right foot into lino, Sargent Smike I answer tn a voice of hash thunder The Militia! "Stop your darn'd cheering, men; don't applause at my eloquence, for you'll put me out, if you do. Yes ! the Militia. Take that away, and there aim nUihin left. The Militia is the bone and grizzle of the country. It locks, bolts and bars the gates of creation, and slanda sentinel on the tallest ramparts of Na ture's dominions. This Republic would be a miserable consarn, but for the Militia. It keeps the ardent sperrits of military effulgence in a glow of Icelandic ferverosity. I'm attached to it, myself. I think it's rich. The system caiCt be bettered. Folk's call it a farce.' I don't see nothin' lo laff at in it. Its a plaguey solem piece of bizinoss, when you come to hug deowa to the naked reality on't. 'Taint everybody that can put on the regimentalities and look like old Mars, the God of War, with a decided touch of Julius Junius Brutus Ceaze-her thrown in fur effect. No sir-cc There aint a bigger or more important critter afloat than a live militia ossifer, all rigged in the full caiouterments of glory, wiih strips to his breecherloons, epeletts piled up on both shoulders, brass buttons from head tew foot, silver stars shinin' in the tails of his coat, a cap and plume on his head, and a drawd sword in his hand. Sich a site's enuffto make fallen man and woman think bet ter of his specie ! 'Tis indeed ! " I believe ihe 'eluscent delirium of this destined Republic is centered in its militia. It can't stand without it. With it, its proud mot to is, DIVIDED WE STAND, UNITED WE FALL!'" " Stop cheorin' you put mo all out " General Washington belonged lo the mili tia ; so did Sippio Afri-cane-us ; so did Boney pari I so did that old Wizzigoth that ravished all Europe and burnt its fences and its stone walls ; and so also, sodgers, do I. " I believe if all out of doors should bust threw the parafurnailye of the animal economy, and slide down the greased plank of ancestral delinquency ker-slump into tho broad Savan nars of this smilin' land of asses milk and uri tamed honey, that nothin astir could poot 'eniv out but the Militia ! That ar a fact ! Three cheers for the Militia in gineral, and the 9999th Regiment in pertickler. Sodgers! ground arms ! " Who's afraid ? Whar's Mexiko, Kaliforni ko, and Oreegon ? Who's afeered of them ? Sodgers ! Tho mortal 0999th can thrash ihe life out of that are yallar, half Spanish varmint, that Mexico, any mornin' afore breakfast. Our motto is, Liberty and Death, now and forever, one and inseperable. Whooray for Mexas ! Down wiih Texico ! Let's lick her !" The rival Clam Fedlars. " I say, Jim,: what's the matter with your hoss ? He looksa. as if he was lame in four of his legs, he' lifts them all at once." " You had better look to your own cripple of a frame, Joe, or ihe crows will steal it, harness and all, and leave you to haul your clams your self." " You don't say so, do ye ? Now look here, Jim, I advise you to sell out, and take ihe mo ney you get and put some more to it, and buy another. You can get a.prelty good boss now for a dollar." Unnecessary Use of Words. A young gentleman lately said to a little urchin, that was loitering about his premises without invita tion " Young man, clear out, begone, elopes, inarch, disfranchise yourself, evacuate, disperse, disgorge, cut, be off," at which ihe boy, sus pecting his meaning, said "if you don't want me here, why don t von tell. me to lo hump and be done wnn it
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