1, iR 0111 an The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. VOL 6. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SLiiwujj ct SlJEItIIG. TERMS-Tw o dollars per annum In aUvance-Two dollars and a quarter, half yearly-and if not paid before the end of tic year, Two dollars and a half. Tl,oge who receive thcr ,apert bvaramer or stage drivers employed by the proprie tor?, will be charged 37 1-2 cts. per year, extra. i'rol,nc No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the Editors. p iD-.Uvertisemeiits not excccdingonc square (sixteen line) will be inserted three weeks for one dollar: twenty-five cents for crery subsequent insertion: larger ones in proportion. A liberal discount will be made to yearly advertisers 1E7AU letters addressed to the Editors must be post paid. To all Concerned. We would call ihe aiieniion of some of our subscribers, and especially certain Post Mas- ters, to tne lonowing reasonable, and well set tled rules of Law in relation to publishers, to die patrons of newspapers. THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not ghe express no tice to ihe contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscriptions. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their papers, the publishers may continue lo send them till all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the offices to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they hue settled their bill, and ordered :heir papers discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places with out informing the publishers, and their paper is seal to the former direction, ihey are held re sponsible. 5. The cour's have 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. SALT has been distributed over the earth with a capricious hand. In Catalonia, Spain, there is a mountain of rock salt, rising to an el evaiion of 6G3 feel above the level of the sur rounding aoil, wiih a circumference of about 16,000 feet ! In Asiracan there is said lo be two whole mountains composed entirely of salt. There is a sail track in Missouri, along the -Misjouri river, 80 miles long and 45 wide ! In Virginia, immense under ground masses lie deposited, which, with that out cropping in hills, would supply the world for many ages. In New-York Slate, the innumerable depos itee of immense salt beds, from which are an nually manufactured millions of bushels of sail, rhow that sufficient salt exists in this Slate to furnish the world. Hut, on the other hand, it is so scarce in the interior of Hindustan, as to fetch 62 cents a pound, nd in the west of Thibet and Abyssinia it is so valuable as to pass for money. Asafcedila. This plant is a production of the eastern part of Persia. Its stem is from one to two and a half feet in height; the leaves resemble those of the Indjan beet-root, and when ripe produce a cauliflower-like head, of a light straw color. The milky juice extracted near the root con geals into the well known gum, of which each plain yields about a pound; but the plants them selves, especially when young, are prized as a high delicacy by the natives, who stew or roast the stem, and boil or fry the head and leaves with clarified butler. In this way its smell is even Bironger and more rank than when in the form of a drug, and none but those accustomed it) it can endure its offensive effluvia. TONIC The following is the tonic used rv Reformed Drunkards, to restore the vigor of ibe siomach: Take of gentian root, half an ounce; valerian root, one drachm; best rhubarb rootjiwo drachms; orange peel, three drachms; cardamon seeds, half an ounce; cinnamon bark, me drachm. Having bruised all the above to gether in a mortar (the druggist will do it if feqnesied) pour upon it one and a half pinis of Ming water: cover it close. When cold, strain, bottle, and cork up securely. Keep it in a cool dark place. Two table spoonfuls may be taken an hour before meals, and half that quaniity whenever the patient feels that distressing sick ness and prostraiion so generally present for imie Mine after alcoholic stimulants have been abandoned. This remedy has been successful ly used, also, in case of dyspepsia and lorpidi l.v of the stomach. A Coriositv. A pair of calf-boots were re cently found in the stomach of a very "Id whale! opposed to have been left behind by Jonah. The Picayune tells of a man who lold so ffnked a siory at the Police Office, that it lurtied his tongue into a corkscrew. STROUDSB URG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, The Books of the Old Testament, ill thpfr nr der, disiitigti,shed by small capitals, with a giance at iheir principal topics, may be fixed in me memory by means of the following lines: In Genesis, mark the beginning: In Exodus, see Israel sinning; Leviticus and Numbers show The laws Jehovah spake below. In Deuteronomy, behold Those laws a second time enrolled : And here the Pentateuch of Moses , With iis great author's history closes. Now Joshua takes the Promised Land; Three hundred years the Judges stand ; Ruth among ihe sheaves is seen " Praising God with her sweet mien ;" In Samuel's bookre pictured all The fortunes of himself and Saul ; Of Kings succeeds a numerous race, Whose deeds through Chronicles , we trace; Then Ezra doth God's standard wave, And Nehemiah, patriots brave, Who raise ihe second lemple fair, And Salem's holy walls repair. The last page this of Judah's story I ill Bethlehem's Star displays its glory. Yet interposed, as episodes, Are hymns, and prophecies, and odes : First Esther's royal name is found For beauty and for worth renowned ; Job lifts an ancient scroll sublime, Unkt. own its author, source or time : To reach the high strains of the Psalter, An angel on his wings might falter ; A treasure 'tis of prayers and praises, Winding through all music's mazes : And next like jewels set in gold. Or strings of pearls in caskets old. King Solomon's three books behold : First Proverbs, then Ecclesiastes ; The Soxo, or Canticles, the last is ; A mystic theme or eastern story, Of Christ's fair church, an allegory. Four prophets greater, twelve the less, The dictates of their God express. Isaiah's lips were touched with fire ; Grief-strung was Jeremiah's lyre ; In Lamentations, low and tender, He mourns o'er Zion's ruined splendor ; In Babylon, Ezekiel saw Visions that filled his soul with awe : And Daniel's pen records so plain The glories of Messiah's reign, Egypt's and Syria's kings, that we Write from his book their history. Ere Israel went to Babylon, Hosea's long career was run ; Joel breathed forth his soul of flame ; Amos from the sheep-fold came ; 'Gainst Edom and all Zion's foes The voice of Obadiah rose ; And Jonah's faithful lines record, The story of his whale and gourd ; Nor at much later periods come The. prophets Micah and Nahum; While from sublime Habakkuk flowed His burdens and his lofty ode ; And Zephaniah's voice of terror Proclaimed that wrath should light on error. But when the captive Jeivs, restored, Rebuilt ihe temple of their Lord, Then Haggai, Zechariah, came, And Malachi, whose honored name Brought op of ancient saints the column, And sealed the great prophetic volume. F. M. C. Two boys in Tennessee went out one sun shiny Sunday morning, afier Vimmons. When they got to ihe (gk. Bill got hold of a very green 'siinmon, which pricked up bis mouth so fast as to make a noise like whistling. Says Dick, with a solemn countenance, ' I'll tell your mammy sir, you whistled Sunday.' Bill replies bursting with indignation, 'whuhled the devil ! I'm pithened.' Successful Measure. "Well, Squire," said a constituent to a representative, " why didn't you get our petition through the Legisla ture this winter?" "I did get it through, my dear nr, without any difficulty." " Ah indeed I djdn't pee any account of ii in the newspa pers." "To be sure not I carried it through both Houses in my pocket, and made no noise about it." A Lady's Visit to the Printers. So j'ou ait there all day and cut out pieces from the newspapers ; I think I should like that, it is so much like patch work. Yes, madam, we excissorize some, though we are obliged to weave considerable cloth our selves. Suppose you occupy our chair, and givo the public your ideas of editing a paper. Me ! goodness ! I would'nt sit down here and write where every body is wiiting alone for the world ; writing makes a person so cross. Be sides, your table is all ink, it would soil my dress ; why don't you have a nice mahogany table, and while curtains at the windows? What makes you hang up these dusty old pa pers round the room? If I was obliged lo stay here, the floor should be washed and a carpet laid down ; it must be dreadful to live so. Oh ! those are our files ; we could'nt dispense with them very well ; and as for a carpet, we fear it would frighten away our customers. Dear me: the gentlemen are so careless about every thing nice, that I don't think they are comfortable, unless they can have their rooms all littered up. Did you write all those sheets to-day ? Certainly, and we are not through yet. Why it lakes me a whole day lo compose and copy a letter. 1 hope you don't scrawl and blot so when you write to the ladies ? We never have that pleasure, madam. No and you don't write for them either, or you would not print such dry sniff as you do. Don't put any thing more about Oregon and Congress in the paper, will you ? it's so dull. But what are those men doing in the other room with the sleeves rolled up, and making motions as if they were going to fight somebody ? Those arc our compositors setting type ; you see ihey all have a stick in one hand, and they place the types in it with the other. I don't see any sticks, unless you call those little square pieces of iron so ; what curious names you have. I always thought a stick was to walk with. Well, ours make the words walk ; ihose lit tle boxes, that we call cases, contain the letters: and the printers pul them together into words and sentences by the aid of that little piece of iron ihai you speak of. Well, I declare ! Doctors and lawyers I knew had cat.es, but I never knew that printers had before. Certainly, madam; they sometimes are foul cases and hard cases, too ; but what can be ex pected of those who lead ihe lives of devils? Why! do they? I'm sorry to hear it. Do tell me what that man is filling that trough with water for. He's a-going to wet paper, you know Oh, yes ! 1 thought you always sprinkled your papers and ironed them, lo make them look so smooth ; and I suppose this great gal lows looking machine is your mangle. Thai's the press, madam, and this handle here is the Archiinedian lever, which moves the world. Just notice its power ; you perceive that it's a broken lever Why in the world, then, don't you have it mended ? The men are always so slack ; but what are those things that resemble lung pic lure frames ? Tho.-e are what we term galleys. You have galleys, hey? I didn't know that the printers were so much like the Row-mans .before. Look yonder what's that boy doing ? Oh, he's distributing a handful of pie. Well, I shouldn't think a handful of pie would be much among so many. What are you a-going to do with tle slips of printed paper? These are proofs, and we are obliged lo read ihem; won't you sit down and help us? No, indeed ! I can't bear to read any kind of proof, unless someiimes in trials for breach of promise. I don't believe the ladies would make very good primers. Pardtin us, madam, but we think ihey would; their slender fingers would be the very things for handling Small Caps, Nonpareil, Diamond and Minion; they might do well even with Long Primer. Pwhaw! don't mention it; I never could abide the name of ihe long primer since ma used to make me learn the catechism out of it. Good ness gracious ! if I haven't spoiled my gloves by touching some of your old types! What a FEBRUARY 12, 1846. dreadful thing it would be to get your ink on a lady's hand! Good morning. New Haven Courier. Origin, cf Morinouism. The Albany Evening Journal gives the fol lowing account of Joe Smith's early operations: " Joe Smith," previous to his becoming a Prophet, was a " Loafer." He resided near the village of Palmyra, spent most of his time in bar-rooms, and seemed only anxious to live along " from hand to mouth," without work. He was remarkable for nothing in particular, but indolence, and scheming, on a small scale. In 1824-'5, he went vagabondishing off into Western Pennsylvania, where, nobody knows how, he got possession of the manuscript of a half-deranged clergyman, with which he return ed to Palmyra, where he pretended that he was directed, in a dream, to repair to a particular spot in the woods, and possess himself of an oracular "slate," or, as he called it, a "Golden Bible." From this inspired "slate," which he used to place in his hat, he first read to the 'ga ping few' new and strange revelations ; and finally he produced the " Book of Mormon," as the creed and faith for a People of whom he was designed by Providence to be the Prophet and Ruler. The " Book of Mormon," is a copy of the manuscript which Smith obtained near Pittsburg. A wealthy Farmer, by the name of Harris, was his first believing convert Harris mort gaged his Farm to raise the money required for the temporal support of the Prophet, and the printing of ihe " Book of Mormon." The Prophet and his Convert, (Smith and Harris,) came lo Rochester and offered us the honor of being their Printer. We were in like manner, a year afterwards asked to print " Morgan's Revelations of free Masonry." But as we were only in ihe newspaper line, vre contented our self wiih reading a chapter of what seemed such wretched and incoherent stupidity, that we wondered how 'Joe' had contrived to make the first fool with it. But he went on making not only fools, but knaves, in America and Eu rope, for more than twenty years, and until his career was abruptly cut short by men who be came themselves violators of the laws they were called to vindicate. 'What makes yon look so angry ?' said Bob to Tom, the other day. Angry ! Wouldn't you look angry if a man were to spit in your face ?' Certainly. Did any person do so to you?' Yes.' 'Of course you knocked him down ?' 'No I didn't, but 1 looked devilish hard at him.' Way of the World. Under this head the Portland Tribune holds forth in the following pungent style : ' He's only a mechanic; no matter if he has broken his leg.' True: but a mechanic has some feeling. . TT f ! .- T 1 I J . -1 1 1, lin.. i . ne s a uiriy irisn ooy uon i aiuu mo uui- ses drive over him, if he doesn't get out of the way.' But that Irish boy has parents, it may be, who love him as tenderly as you do your own children. 'Push him aside what business has a nig ger on the walk ?' Stop: that black man can think and feel. His heart may be as tender as yours. Turn her out of doors she's a miserable old hag.' Do you know that ? Perhaps she's honest ly poor. ' Box his ears he s only pa's apprentice. But he's no less entitled to kindness. Give her the mouldy bread she's only a kitchen girl.' Still she can relish good food as well as you. Thai's right run him again ; nobody cares for him; he has no friends.' So much the more reason why you should befriend him. The world, the selfish and unfeeling world, who can hut detest it ? We have no love for our fellow-creatures in distress no sympathy for the poor and unfortunate no bowels of com passion for the sad and dejected. We crush the poor cheat the ignorant, and ridicule those who have not been formed as ourselves. NaT 30. Use and abuse of Litsic and Plaster. The prejudice against the use of lime and plaster has been overcome with difficulty, not withstanding the sinking effects of their euily application. The objection to those m neral measures, that they would stimulate ihe noil to a fruitfulness that would soon exhaust n, is not altogether unfounded, provided care is not ta ken to keep up a supply of other minerals, which are indispensable elements in the vege table kingdom. Lime and Plaster do not enter into the composition of plants, but they have aug agency in evolving other mineral elements, an well as securing to the soil the anal constitu ents, carbonic acid and ammonia. Quick lime, however, we should remark, expels ammonia, and should not therefore, be mixed with barn manure, either in the heap or in the soil. Wheat crops have been frequently injured in consequence of the dissipation of ainniuuia by the mixture of quick lime with manure. Plas ter has the opposite effect. Most of ihe plas ter used on our farms would be first well em ployed as an agent in fixing the fertilizing gases in the manure. 1 have known rich loams soils containing an abundance of soluble vege table mailer much injured by the application of fresh lime. But the fertility of fresh lands, or soils which from any cause .contain a larg amount of partially decomposed vegetable, and animal matter, would be increased and pre served by the use of plaster. It facilitates de composition, and at the same time fixes tlm ammonia in the soil. To escape any injury from ihe use of lime as a manure, aud to insure its best effects, the sa fest general rule is to spread it on grass lands and leave it a considerable length of time ex posed to the atmosphere. The soil in ibis sec tion is evidently exhausted, to a great degreo of some elements requisite to a luxuriant growth of clover. It flourished some years since much better than it does now, notwithstanding our superior care in cultivating and manuring thn soil. Lime and plaster we are in the habit of supplying. The heavy crops which follow th application of those manures, have exhausted the soil to a very great extent, of other indis pensable inorganic constituents. As an evi dence of this fact, we have seen clover which had been sown on oats, after corn which had been ashed in the hill, flourishing on the hills, from the effect of the ashes, whilst between the hills, the land was entirely bare. The combus tion of vegetables dissipates all their organic constituents; but ashea containing all the inor ganic elements which have entered into their growth; hence the striking effect of its applica tion to some soils, are very deficient in some of those elements. Clover meliorates and sup plies the soil with a large amount of vegetable matter, hence it is a cheap and an efficient fer tilizer, when there is a deficiency of potash, lime, sulphuric and phosphoric acid, it must, in the long run, if removed from the soil, have an impoverishing tendency. J. Dungan's Address, before the Buck's Co. Pa., Agricultural Society. A Dangerous Plow. The N. E. Farmer says : We find the fol lowing in one of our exchanges, and frankly confess that we more than doubt the truth of the statement : v "A farmer near Lowell, to save expensefun dertook to make a Plow wiih hjs own hands It looked so ugly when fiuished, that he deemed it prudent to chain it to an apple-tree; but ' it got loose during the night, and killed two of his calves." An honest Hibernian once wanted a friend to discount a note. ' If I advance this,' said the lender, 'will you pay your note punctually I' I will on me honor,' replied the other ; ' the. expense of the Protest and all .'' Two travellers having been robbed in a wood, and tied to trees at some distance from each other, one of them in despair exclaimed, 'Oh, I'm undone.' 'Are you ? said the other, 'then I wish you'd come and undo me.' A farmer, who all along supposed he was a citizen of Canada, but who was turned over w Vermont by the lato running of the boundary line, declared himself highly satisfied with the change, because Canada was always a sickly place.
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