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Subscribers who do not ghe express no tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing io continue their subscriptions. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their papers, the publishers may continue to send them till all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the offices to whtch they are directed, they are held responsible till they hare settled their 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 courts haro decided that refusing to take a newspaper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is "pri ma facie" evidence of intentional fraud. From the Knickerbocker for November. The Old Earth. "Thoeaith gives signs of ape, disease and fickleness. It yields its increase grudgingly, and demands an exhorbitam fee beforehand, in iml ami sweat from the husbandman. It has ill turns, or paroxisms, when it rouses the ocean imo a tempest, and makes sport of navies, strew ing the shore with the wrecks and carcases of turn, it rocks a continent or sinks an island ; shaking massive cities into countless fragments, snd burying its wretched inhabitants in indis criminate ruin ; anon It writhes and groans in mortal agony, and finds relief only by disgorg ing its fiery bowels, burying cities and villages in burning graves. The earth is old and feeble, and must needs groan on, until it renews its prime." Miseries and Liabilities of the Present Life, Old Mother Eajith is wan and pale,. Her face 5s wrinkled .sore ; Her locks are blanched, her heart is cold, Her garments stiff with gore ; With furrowed brow and dim sad eyes, With trembling .steps and slow, She marks the course that first she trod, Six thousand years ago! The Earth is old, the Earth is cold, She shivers and complains ;' How many Winters fierce and chill, Have racked her limbs with pains ! Drear tempests, lightning, flood and flame Have scarred ber visage so, That scarce we deem she shone so fair, . Six thousand years ago ! Yet comely was the youthful Earth, And Itghtly tripped along To music from a starry choir, Whose sweet celestial song Through Nature's temple echoed wild, And soft as streamlets' flow, While sister spheres rejoiced with her, Six thousand years ago ! And many happy children there Upon her breast reclined, The young Earth .smiled wjtb aspect fair. The heavens were bright and kind ; The azure cope above her head In love seemed pending low ; 0 happy was the youthful Earth. Six thousand years ago i Alas! those children of the earth With hate began to burn, And Murder stained ber beauteous rober And bade the young Earth mourn. And" ages, heavy ages, still Have bowed1' with gathering wo ' The form of ber whose life was4 joy, Six thousand years ago ! Old Earth! drear. Earth ! thy tender heart Bewails thy chosen ones ; , , nou look'st upon the myriad graves , Thai hide their gathered bones ;, . - For them, by day and night, ,lhy .tears . TilE WHOLE ART " .'ft- av.u . , 1 STROUDSB ORG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, Unceasingly must flow ; Death chilled the fountain-head of life Six thousand vears aco ! Old Earth ! old Earth ! above thy head, The heavens are dark and chill, The sun looks coldly on thee now, The stars shino pale and still ; No more the heavenly symphonies Through listening ether flow," Which swelled upon creation's ear, Six thousand years' ago ! Weep not in bitter grief, O earth ! W ecp not in hopelessness ! From out the heavens a 'still small voico' Whispers returning peace. Thy tears re precious in the sight Of One who marks their flow, Who purposes of mercy formed, Six thousand years ago ! Thy days of grief are numbered all, Their sum will soon be told ; The joy of youth, ihe smile of God, . Shall bless thee as of old ; Shall shod a purer, holier light - Upon thy peaceful brow, Than beamed upon thy morning hour Six thousand years agol Thy chosen ones shall live again, A countless, tearless throng, To wake creation's voice anew, . And swell the choral song. . Go, Earth ! go vvipe thy falling tears, Forgel thy heavy wo ; Hope died not wiih thy first-born ..pons, . Six thousand years ago ! , ... 5iUtsmstown, (Massachusetts ) Iferoisni. "Greatness is only greatness in itself; It rests not on externals, nor its worth : Derives from gorgeous pomp, or glittering pelf, Or chance of arms, or accident of birth ; It lays iis deep foundations in the soul, And rears a tower of virtue to the skies, Around whose pinnacle majestic roll The clouds of glory, starred with angel eyes. What constitutes a hero I If ihe-woid is on Iy applicable to those who lead men to butcher their fellow creatures, it is a word not to be held in much estimation; but true heroism has its j Mountains; cnu was lounu suttictent lor the origin in greatness of mind, ihe whole' circle of 1 8,,s,er,ance of ,hdr m,rses etn in ,he dead of virtues is open to its career. The luagnani- winter even in the months of December, Jan mous endurance of unexpected advers'nv, tho uary and February ; in the deep gorges and on sacrifice of self-interest and advancements, or even of personal comfort, for the good of others, and above all the mastery of ihe passions andjblow ,he sm,w froni Borae exposed point, or the appetites where they need control-inTall ,ue sun had melled in ,he cove or ,heir own these ways a man may show himself a hero j IarSe fie-"' h,,i,., of colssal pines and cedars, though he has never taken the life of a fellow j had ,,:el,cd a circle "in ihe deep snow about the creature; or frit disposeuSto do so. As far a3 j C2mP- mere animal courage is concerned, pirates and The Rocky 'Mountains, whose very name in- highwaymen may dit-pn'e the palm with Alex andor or Charles the Twelfth. But there are circumstance?, under which , it'll"! 11 llm onnnimritr r-ift ai.il c 91m Inn lllclllpr Mlll 1 nrtfilar ortnollbtlno if lilfl hern Tf.is lhrll bin! IIUOII 11 ..." .v - - - - llflIt l valor has a nobler source than personal ambi-i,he "ul,h " ,hu '"'j) a,f ' f bo"0'n . a more exposed situation astride of the ham tioh ; it is inspired by the good or his country, r1 carM. a"d, Prks; W,,h IakeS mock nettings, the better to observe the ma- the .error and chaiuUment of the wicked, hefa"d ,,Pri,, Pr,Tf ,Ka"'n? B'K 6UrPanS j noeuverjng of his antagonist. The Cyane was is the hope and admiration of the good. Jus- lhe "S0M P"'- of the A pme regions lhe firsl t0 3trike l0 Brother Jonalhannol au tice puts her sword in his hand, and virtue Sf - j he Groat Salt Lake one of aI thng whh British vessels during thal clothes hiro in her panoply t .. . - . . r . .n. . I til man. i ii iiir. weak he is a protector. Terrible jii battle, he is mild and unassuming in the hour of victory. The champion and avenger of his country, he disdains to become her oppressor. No less than a good citizen than ah able general, he yields to the laws the same obedience he ex acts from his soldiers. By his wisdom as su perior to bis passions, as to his eriemie.s by his courage, he is neither intoxicated by he most brilliant success, nor confounded by the most disastrous, reverses. The rights of his coun try secured, her liberty established,. her honor vindicated,, his object is accomplished ; he ihrows his.. sword away, and turns in serene dignity from jhe .field, though fame and ambi tion call after htm and point ..the way to fresh victory! - But was there ever such, a. bero, ! Yes ibere was one ; and who was that one? Huh listen ; the universe replies with one voice George Washington ! his said.ihat whelms ariill 'found in-Salem. , They trouble tbe joung-mcoi OK GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING Frcemciit's Expedition. The last number of the Democratic Review contains a deeply interesting account of the ex peditions of the brave, chivalrous, and enterpri sing Capt. Freemont'a expedition to the Ore gon Territory and Rocky Mountains. The first object was a militarybtie, hm other objects have been by no means neglected. The ob servations upon the peculiarities of the country, the botanical and geological descriptions, ren der -the work of Capt. Freemont one of the most desirable and interesting books of the present day. What were before looked upon as utter impossibilities, have been accomplish ed by the'uupreieiidtng courage of this intrepid voyager. We learn that the distance from the frontier of the state or Missouri to the tide water of Or egon Territory, is but about a thousand miles ; that (he mountains are passed without the least difficulty; that iho whole way, even now while in a stale of nature is practicable fur carriages and artillery: that there is an abundance of nu tritious grass to furnish food for cattle and hor ses and that a company of twenty-five men with a howitzer, may move in any direction in perfect safety in spite of the hostility of any tribe. The work is eo minute and particular in its details, so carefully and faithfully illustrated by maps and drawings, that an army would need no oiher guide in marching through the country. The Democratic Review says : From all the facts which fell under the ob servation of the explorer, be deduces the con clusion thai Oregon is ihe most impregnable country in the world. In traversing the region frim i! Ilrltrl ti tllu Prti.l'W Xfntintilno in ilimi I ,J ' ; dance ul the most nutritious grass is found at ! . . ; almost all seasons of the year, supersediup;, en-1 r t - tirely the .necessity of iransporttug feed for the ' . . 1 .1 ,u"lU4UW ,u Vtt,u, may us m IVKB wn an expea.iion ;c Freemom (a, ,he allendant upon After passing the mountains, the produce is'eri,ibo his) wou,d,hrink from lhi hke equally prolific and nu'n.ious, though a differ- pubHc db , . lhal he M nU fc ent species, called Bunch grass, to which per-' , ft. , . . . , . . ,. 1 t f d h j act of his own to give notoriety by giving his tains t e property o secon growl , springing Iiame ,0 tnQ aj,n0st fabulous region he has dis- up vigorously in autumn after the failure of the , . , , f . , , ' . J covered ; that however, only furnishes an addt- spring shuoi. It seems io be universal on the! , , t , r O i unrlnl roatnn irhu ht nnmo nhnv. oil n hari j " -"I- -"-, - ,8r"s on the ea.ifrn slope of the Rocky 100 ,ol,y PeahS 01 iae swrra aaa, snowy mountain of California,) when the wind had duces ideas of impassability, are shown to be not the formidable barriers supposed. Capt. F. crossed them at " four different places, 111- tJ ' " xl j 1 1 ucvtuii auu juiuuaiauic. at c " ' niiun ii iu iiuic uu ii uAkciicili jidaua, n 111111 ; me wonuers oi nature, ana pernaps without a - rival in the world, (being a sniurated solution .t IJ it . . , , - of salt, of a hundred miles diameter, for the first time revealed to our view, by one who has surveyed its shores and navigated its waters. The Bear river valley, with its rich bottoms and hot-8pring!i,'8oda fountains, volcanic crater, and saline efflorescences, and four thousand five hundred feet above-the level of the sea, is for tile fir-a time described. .' The same of the Si erra Nevada, of the rivers Sacremento and San Joaquin, which coiiMtmte tho waturs of the Bay of San Francisco, and ihe saioo of the Great Desert, and its Arab inhabitants, which lies somh of the latitude of that bay, and ex tends many degrees east toward the Ilocky Mountains. None: of these objects have here jofore been described by any traveller." The Beiieveutura river, which has a place on so many maps, and whose course is traced from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, is 'declared to have no existence hut in, imagina tion of writer ant! map makers. Of the geo 'graphical'discoyeries and descripuons, the mo striking' is thai of-jlfo -Great Basin of vast inte- HONEST. Jefferson., NOVEMBER 20, 1845. rior plain, which lies between the Sierra Ne vada and, the Rocky Mountains east and west, and. between tho Blue mountains and the Wah satch on the. south, and embracing an area of five or six. hundred miles in diameter. The el evation of the Sierra Nevada,, being more lofty than the Rocky Mountains, accounts for the formation of this Great Basin, as Captain Free mont calls it, and of which he is the first to an nounce 'its existence to the world. A basin which may hold such a kingdom as France, and which has for its rim a circle of mountains whose summits penetrate the regions of eternal snow, certainly a new and grand object to be revealed to our contemplation ; and its non-discovery heretofore, can only be attributed to its position in that part of Spanish America, (the California) from which Spanish jealousy ex cluded every foreign eye. Lis existence is now established. Captain Freeoiont was in and around it ; eight months getting around it ; and never out of sight of snow-capped mountains.; its own elevation being upwards of four thous and feel above the sua. His description of it will be read wiih profound interest ; and Free mont's Basin is assuredly the name which jus. tice and propriety would bestow upon it. There are other portions of this condensed narrative which deserve notice, boih on account of the country of which they treat, and the nov elties which the expedition exposed to view, but which we must pass for the present this having already overleaped its allotted length. Freemont's Basin must assuredly be the name given to this one of the most wonderful discov- i eries ever made by man. It is to be sure a tri- fling compliment to one who has already acom- ,; . t . , , ... pushed so much by his indomitable perseve- ... . , .... ranee, nevertheless we trust that name will be . r .u li- given it, as a small token of the public appro- "baiion. Well do we know that the modesty of 8hould lie seIected. Freemont's Basin, then ' . fa hencefonh and forever Anecdote o Old Ironsides. The most brilliant naval action of the last war undoubtedly was thai of the old American frigate Constitution, 44, commanded by Com modore Stewart, when she captured the two British corvettes, Cyane and Levant, of greatly superior force, each of them being equal to the old fashioned 33 gut) frigates. The handling of the American frigate waar throughout scien tific and unexceptionable. By no maneuvering could either of the British vessels obtain a po sition to rake the Constitution. Shift their grounds as they would, Old Ironsides was be tween them, blazing away upon both vessels at the same time. During the whole action, Stew art, instead of mounting thehorse-block, sat in Tli Cm T.i.uflnr.,ii nanm ?n aci, m i " . -- v.. . wu..v ... ..i.w the Commodore to announce the fact, " The starboard ship has struck, sir," said tho officer. I know it, sir," replied the Commodore, the bailie is just half won." " Shall I order the band to strike up Yankee Doodle, sir V inquir ed the lieutenant. Here lhe Commodore took a huge pinch of snuff and then answered quick ly, " Had we not belter whip the other first, sir n Ay, ay, sir, replied the lieutenant, taking the hint, and went to his quariers. In a few minutes afterwards tho Levant lowered the cross of Old England to the stars and stripes, and the battle was ended. Tho lieutenant feel ing somewhat rebuked at his premature exulta tion upon the surrender of the, firsl vessel, was rather shy of approaching his commander again; but Stewart, beckoning to him, said with a smile "Don't you think the band had Better strike up Yankee Boodle now, sir ?" In an in stant that spirji-siirring strain was floating in the breeze, played as no other lhan. a Yankee band can play it, and the gallant crew shouted forth their cheers of victory, as no other than a Yankee crew can shout. - No. 25. Sons of the Sordid Sweetheart. I loved thee for thy memory, For wealth they said was thine ; But finding thou hast none, I Thy heart and hand resign. - Think not I wish to pafn thee, Deem not I use thee ill ; I like thee but maintain thee I neither can nor will. I thought thee quite a treasure " A BONA. FIDE SUm, And dreampt of joy and pleasure " That never were to come ; The house the hounds the horses Thy fortune would allow ; The wines the dozen courses .' That dream ia over now ! Not for thy charms 1 wooed thee. Though, thoo wast passing fair ; Not for thy mind I sued thee, Though stored with talents rare ; Thine income 'twas that caught me-; For that I held thee dear ; I trusted thoud'si have brought me Five thousand pounds a year. . That hoper alas ! is blighted, Thereon I will not dwell : I should have been delighted To wed thee but, farewell ! My feelings let mo smother, Hard though the struggle be. And try and find another Rich as I fancied thee. Po.VCIt. A Portrait of the Assistant Editor. It chanced, during the late Summer, that a country Editor fell ill of a fever. The facr was announced to his readers, along with the no tice to the effect, thai during his indisposition the editorial management would be confided to an assistant. Well, it turned out that the as sistant contrived to please the readers of the journal better lhan the chief himself, and they demanded his name. The convalescent editor informed them it would be impossible for him to divulge the name of bis aid-de-camp, but that he would, in the next number of the " Squat ter's Thunderbolt and Settler's Family Guide," present his patrons with a correct portrait of the assistant. Expectation balanced itself on tiptoe for a week, and when the anxiously Iooked-for guide appeared at last, lo! and be hold ! at the head of the editorial column ap peared a full length engraving of a portly pair of scissors. Underneath were printed, in sta ring capitals" Korrekt Pourlrait ov the 'S: tant Editurfrom Life." Poetry. Verily, this is an age of poetry. No one, now-a-days, thinks of expressing his thoughts in prose. It is altogether too cold and sober! The life and fire are wanted. A thorough go ing teetotaller, just pledged though black as two o'clock at night thus expresses himself on the subject of rum-selling: I'd sooner black my visage o'er And put de shine on boots and shoes, Than stand within the grog-shop door, And rinse the glasses drunkards use. Congressional Anecdote. During Mr. Jefferson's administration, syrup was provided in the Capitol for the refreshment of the mem bers of Congress. This was furnished and charged under the head of stationary. The National Intelligencer tells us, that a member who did not like the beverage, jocosely remark ed that he should be very glad if the ofiisers of the house would provide a little whiskey for those who preferred it, and charge-tt tcuthe ac count of fuel. 1 x -'T :v Wearing a Noise. Thomas, there, isi,jop much bustle here.' Where, PaJ' .. ... 'Ci , , J mean there is too, much, noise you must stop it- ' , f Is noise a bustle, Pa t' Yei, child;' Golly gracjous then sister Sally does wear the biggest noise you ever saw, Pa!' - ' Here, you young, rascal, walk up aftdfc. ac count for yourself rwhere have you beelnr After the gfrls, father 1 Don't you know belter than that T Di'd you ever know-me to do" so when lwas'a boy ? f i
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