' 5 . -T - -'W g " W Hill MiMuj,, IMII.J , i mm,, - - III' ---. .. : " 1 1 : : r . i f i . rj :: -Ul. "r C c The whole art ok Goveunsient consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. VOL 6. FEINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SCIIOCU & SPJEUIIVG. TERMS Two dollars per annum in avarice Two dollars nn.l a quarter, half yearly and if notpnid before the end of the rear, Two dollars and a half. Those who receive their papers by a crnwjr stage drivers empkrrcd by the proprie tors, will be charged 37 1-2 cts. per year, extra. No papers diicoutlnucd until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the Editors. 1 ID" Advertisements not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) will be inserted three weeks for one dollar: twenty-live cents for every subsequent insertion : larger ones ia proportion. A Jiocral discount will be made to yearly advertisers IEtaii icuers aaavct.veu 10 me isuitors must be post paid. To all Concerned. We would cail the attention of some of our subscribers, and especially certain Post Mas ters, to the following reasonable, and well set tled rules of Law in relation to publishers, to ihe patrons of newspapers. THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not gje express no tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to 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 io which.they are directed, they are held responsible till they have settled their bill, and ordered :heir papers discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places with out informing the publishers, and their piper is eut to the former direction, they are held re sponsible. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to take a newspaper or periodical from the office, tir removing and leaving it uncalled for, is "pri ma facie" evidence of intentional fraud. I tore the tadiest Every One. BV JAMES ST1LLMA.V. I love the ladies, every one The laughing ripe brunutte Those dark-eyed daughters of the sun, With tresses black as jet. What raptures in their glances glow, Rich tints their cheeks disclose, And in the little dimples there, Young smiling Loves repose. I love the ladies, every one The blonde so soft and fair With looks so mild and languishing, And bright and golden hair; How lovely are their sylph-like forms, Their alabaster hue, ' And their blushes far more beautiful Than rose buds bathed in dew. 1 love the ladies, every one , E'en those whoe graceless forms Are rugged as the oak that's borne A hundred winter's storms The young, the old, the stout, the ihin, The short as well as tall, Widows and wives, matrons and maids, O, yen, I love them all. 1 love the ladies, every one None but a wretch would flout 'em This world would be a lonely place If we were left without 'em ; But lighted by a woman's smile, Away its gloom is driven, And the most humble home appears Almost a little heaven. 1 love the ladies, every one They're angels all, God bless "em! And what can greater pleasure give, Than to comfort and caress 'em? I call myself a temperance man, So I'll drink their health in water Here's to the mothers, one and all, And every mother's daughter. Good Advice. We have a piece of sensible advice to give. Take heed to it, one and all. It has doubtless been rung in your ears a thousand times, but you are as careless as ever. O that we could pound it into your hearts. It is this: Shut the door ! A great deal of cold flies in when you open and close a door itiBiantly; but when you stop io talk with the latch in your hand, the inmates are half frozen. Remember this, e. who are wrapt up in warm garments, and aain stop on a doorstop to tell a long never ale, preach a sermon, or bid a score of good- byes. An Editor out west ha married a girl named Church. Ho says he has enjoyed more hap piness since he jointd the Church, than ever he knew in all his life before. Some old Genius says ihat the 'oldest inhab- ; :.. uu....,t S C. is ahull (roe. He ban been there from time immemorial, and mill 'leads hia tnle clear' without spectacles. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, The Wild Cattle of Texas. The Houston Telegraph publishes the fol lowing interesting account of the Wild Cattle of that state : 'J he sealers who have recently opened farms near the sources of the San Gabriel and Brus hy, find the country well stocked with a sin gular breed of wild cattle. Large droves of these cattle are found not only on the San Ga briel, Leona, and other tiibutaries of Little Riv er, but also on the San Saba, the Llano, and many tributaries of the Upper Colorado, far above the settlements. They differ in form, color and habits front all the varieties of domes tic cattle in Texas. They are invariably of a dark brown color, wiih a slight linge of dusky yellow on the lip of the nose and ihe belly. Their horns are remarkably large, and stand oui straight from ihe head. Although these cattle are generally much larger than the do mestic cattle, they are more fleet and nimble, and when pursued, ofien outstrip horses that easily outrun 'he buffalo ; they seldom veniure far out into the prairies, but are generally found in or netiV: the forests that skirt, the streams in lhat section. Their meat is of an excellent fla vor, and is preferred by the settlers to the meat of the domestic cattle. It is said that their fat is so hard and compact that it will not melt in the honest days of Summer; and the candles formed with it are far superior to those that are formed wiih the (allow of other cattlo. Some persons have supposed that it is possi ble these cattle are a distinct race, indigenous to America; and the immense skeletons of the fossil ox, with straight horns, lhat are often found in ihe beds of the Brazos and Colorado, would seem to strengthen this opinion. But as these cattle are now found only in the vicinity of the old Missions, it is much more probable that they are the descendants of the cattle in troduced by the early Spanish adventurers, li is said that a species of wild cattle, differing from all the domestic breeds of the Eastern coniinein, is found in the Sandwich Inlands; bui it is well ascertained that l his breed is derived from the domestic cattle that were lefi on ihose Islands by Vancouver. J hese cattle are so wild lhat they can only be caught alive by en-1 trapping them in disguised pits. The. celebra- ted botanist, Douglass, while on a lour in one j of those Islands, fell into one of these pits, and was gored to death by a wild bull, who had been thus entrapped. Several attempts have been made by the setttlers on the San Gabriel to domesticate the wild cattle in that section, hut thev have thus far been unsuccessful. As! they are far superior to the domestic cattle of j ihe country, not only in size, strength and agil- j iiy, but also in ihe flavor of their meat and den sity of their fat, they might, if once domestica ted, become a valuable acquisition to the agri culture of the country. Western Oratory. Feller Hossa and Citizens. Hurrah ! there's a prospectus of war. Skunk Holler is in arms and on its feet, and the earthquake shout bustin' from 20,000,000 of greased lungs, is reverbera- ted over all this tall land. Mean, sneakm , toad hoppin, snake crawlin', sword-scarred-on, bouse-seiiiii'-on fire, barbarous, Crockett-killin' Mexico has dared to show her cat-teeth to the j heaverous, lighiuiu' dufyin' and death swallow-! ' Uncle Sam. Shouts. Meihinks, and oh houses, 1 spy the spirits of '76, or soineihing like that number, godnesses of liberty, soarin' on its turkey's wings around ! ' Whar V says one, looking up. You ign'ant bus, I'm speak ing- in a figger. i seethem ilappin' iheir shi niu' pinions and pipiu' the afl'eciin' war-cry of Yankee Doodle ! Crowd, 4 Yankee Doodle ! Cock adoodle doo !' Bring out ihe Long Tom of Bunker Hill, and the thousand pounder of New Orleans. Let them roar nil they crack the welkin', set the clouds on lite, and knock the Poles over. The wrath-swung cleiver of Uncle Sam shall split the numbskull of Sandy Hannah in a handy maimer, and Skunk Holler will bung up the day-lights of his c ountry. Lei us dig a hole with the pick axe of vengeance, scram the Mexicats into it, and sink em into Chany ! ' Whar is the skunk that don't ecky them sentiments ? He aim no whar nor never was ! The country's safe. ! h's great, but it' I'll i I: f a horn or two "from saie : - natut's fountain. "Doing a Landlord." In the course of our journey from the East ward, we chanced to be witness to the follow ing specimen of nonchalance which wo set down as one of the coolest pieces of genteel swindling we have ever seen. A biped of the genus " sucker" had been tar rying for several days in one of the crack Ho tels in York Stale, and his only reply to the third weekly bill presented by his obsequious and obliging host was that he " lacked the need ful." Ho had been lavish in his style of living, and his bill for wines, cigars, and accompani menis, was by no means an inconsiderable fea ture in ihe account. The young gentleman was in his room wiih a trio of boon companions, and ringing the bell, be ordered a champaign and " fixings" for four. The servant returned from below with the information lhat the landlord declined io enlarge his indebtedness accompanied with a hint lhat the old account should now be adjusted. He immediately wailed upon ihe landlord remon strated with him touching the mortification at tendant upon being thus shown up before his friends the wine was up the party frolicked and finally separated, and the next morning af ter breakfast the following " scene" occurred. " Mr. ," said ihe landlord, " I must now insist upon ihe immediate adjustment of your account." ' Can't meet it, sir', lo-day, really !" " And why not, sir?" " Haven't the tin by me, sir." " And you probably wont have ?" " Probably not, sir, at present." " When do you propose to settle?" " Couldn't say sir, pon my honor." " Have you the slightest idea of paying it ai all ?" " 1 confess, sir, ihe prospect is exceedingly dubious !" " Your luggage" " Is in my room, sir." " 1 shall detain your trunks iheh." " Do if you please, sir," " The largest.j' " Is filled with wood, sir." " With wood?" ' " The best of eastern wood." " And the other" " Contains the same anicle, b'jth sawed and split." " And your wardrobe" " Is on my back, sir." " Upon my word you take it coolly." " 1 always do, landlord. The world owes me a living and I must have it." " You are a scamp, sir." " 1 know it. You, sir, are a gentleman, and I am aware" Our host slopped him, bit his lips, but a mo ment afterwards, turned to the bar, and placed a bottle of wine upon the side-iable near by Having filled a brace of glasses, he handed one of them to the sticker, and ihe liquor disappear ed. Me then presented him a vase filled wiih " regalias." "Take another," said the landlord in the po litest possible manner, " take a half a dozen sir, there, that will do. The world may owe you a living, perhaps it does. I think you will agree with nui, however, that I have paid my share nf the account. I have in my days seen a good deal of impudence, and my calling has brought me in contact with a variety of rascality, but must say, without intending, however, to be too personal in (his mailer, that without exception, you are the coolest specimen of a genuine scamp. that it has ever been my luck to meet with. John !" A bully servant answered this summons. " John, remove ibis fellow into ihe street and if you value your situation, see lhat he doesn't return !" The hint was enough our customer did not wail for farther demonsiiation ; but immediately decamped, to " do" some other host while his gentlemanly landlord proceeded to examine those trunks the contents of which as it turned out, had been faithfully described!" We don't believe it. It is said that in Cincinnati, the shopkeepers keep their shutiers . losed during the day, :ind burn lard oil, it be- n! so much hcapur than daylight! FEBRUARY 19, 1846. Yankee Doodle. j A late number of the Knickerbocker contains some amusing adventures of Yankee Doodle. The following is a pretty fair illustration of the adventurous and wandering character of the hardy sons of New England. Speaking of the wonderful ubiquity of the true Yankee, the wri ter says : " It is harder than a Chinese puzzle to put your finger on a hit of territory, disputed or un disputed, where the Yankee Doodle is not. If you go to Land's End, he is there ; to Mount Ararat, he is there; to Chimborazo, Hymalaya, the Mountain of the Moon, or the Pyramid of Cheops, he is there ; any wher.e, in fine, where an ark, a dove, a camel, a snake can arrive, by their several faculties; bartering, and scratch ing his name on trees, stones, and African slaves. He knows ihe whole map of the an cient dominions of Prester John, and every nook and corner of Mozambique, and he is hand-in-glove with all the savages in the world. He has heen.io Ichaboe until he has scraped it perfectly clean ; and if your English trader has discovered a new bank of Guano, and is getting ready to fire a gun or two and take possession of it in the name of her Majesty, imagine his concernment to discover a dozen of these fel lows twenty feel deep in a Guano cavern, scooping it out with their fingers, and a Bangor schooner bouncing up and down in a little cove like a duck among bulrushes. Now if you walk on the sea shore at Bildaraxa, you will find that you are nut the first there, perhaps to your great sorrow ; as Capt. Jix swore violent ly, when in walking through the streets of Sun down, at the very limits of the dominions of Prince Pompadello in Africa, he heard a sharp whistler going through the tune of " Yankee Doodle," with an easy execution, and a devilish unconcern, which threw him at once into a coast fever. And just so it was with the poor soul who discovered Bimpaz, and was just un corking a bottle of Madeira in commemoration of ihe event, when he saw a Yankee on a hill side,, administering the cold water pledge to three natives. Recognition Tlie Kid become a Goat. " How d'ye do, Mr. Jones how d'ye do ?" said a young swell recently, in front of the Pic ayune office, with more beard than brains, to an old glossy-faced gentleman, who stood behind a pair of gold-mounted specs, and whose loco motion was assisted by a gold-headed bamboo cane. " Excuse me, my good sir excuse me," said the old gentleman, in a falsetto voice " but you have an advantage of me." " My name is Kid, sir Kid," said whisker ando. "You remember I homas Kid lorn my, you used io call him don't you V " Bless my soul, yes, and so I do," said the old man " I remember little Tommy Kid, sure enouph : and how do vou do now, Mr. Goat ?" O ' J "Kid, sir, Kid, not Goal," said Thomas, pee vishly. " Ah, true, you were a kid then, Tommy," said the old gentleman, " but I perceive, by the quantity of hair on your chin, that you have since become a goat .'" Tommy stroked his beard with his fingers, and went off without bidding Mr. Jones " good bye." Valuable Animal. A trusty house dog is someiimes a valuable friend. We have an in stance before us. A Mr. Beits, in Sandersford, Mass., having gone out on an evening visit, di rected ihe oldest boy, about ten years old, to place wood under the stove to be in readiness for the morning fire. This the boy did, and ihen went to bed with the oilier children up stairs. Soon afier the fire communicated with the wood, and a faithful spaniel seeing it, went in ibft mom where the bovs were, three times, barking and howling, before he succeeded in alarming them. The smoke convinced them that the house was on fire, and on going down, found the dog scattering the brands with his teeth and paws in every direction. Ani'ivTir.p nv ADVERTISING. A UdV in Providence, R. I., having ordered an advertise meut of" money lost" in one of the papers, re turned home and found U in he drawer of her woik-iablc. No 37. Sociality. Let us never think a day's study done, unless we have added to our knowledge from reading, something more from society and conversation. Our nature is social, and much seclusion lioiu the world is unhealthy for mind and heart. A famous scholar recommends a companion even in study, that each may assist the other with his peculiar gifts or attainments, and because of the stimulus which mind receives from mind when brought into contact. We know, by ex perience, lhat to talk over a subject with a sen sible friend is a sure way, not only to acquuo ideas from him, but io call them up from our own resources. The impulse follows us back to our desks, and we set ourselves again ! work, as cheerfully as we would to pleasant food after a long walk in an agreeable country. But we should not confine ourselves to literary associates. The conversation of intelligent wo men, if you can find any not too much afraid of being thought "blue stockings" io lalk, is emi nently instructive. They have a delicncy oC tact, a truth of feeling, and a direct philosophy of their own, past our finding out, which ih most profound thinker may listen io and learn. The natural outworking of a little child's mind is an excellent metaphysical study. So, often, are the rough-hewn ideas of uneducated people. From the most ignorant you may exiract some thing. Their crude reasonings, unsophistica ted emotions, and even their prejudices and su perstitious, will not seldom supply a link want ing from your own chain, or if they do no more, should make us thankful for being better taught. G. W. Bethune. Knowledge and Observation. The Maine Farmer relates an instance show ing the value of knowledge snd observation. A young man from Boston, who had employed his leisure hours in studying geology and chemis try, was travelling through the stale, soliciting subscriptions for a newspaper, and passing thru' the town of Newton, he saw a pile of bricks, which, from their peculiar color, attracted his attention. He examined one of them enquired from whence the clay was taken of which they were made learnt the fact found out the ex tent of the clay bed came to the conclusion, that it was a mine of wealth proposed to pur chase the farm finally succeeded in effecting; a purchase, at fifteen hundrsd dollars had tho writings made went to Boston, and there aoht two acres of the farm which contained this " Metalic Lustre" for four thousand dollars ! An Irishman, recommending a cow, said she would give milk, year after year, without hav ing calves, because it run in the breed, as she came from a cow that never had a calf. Waste not thy Grief. I saw a pale mourner bending over the tomb, and his tears fell fast and often. As he raised his humble eyes to Heaven, he cried: My brother ! oh, my brother !' A sage passed that way and said, 'For whom dost thou mourn V 4 Ono,' replied he, 'whom I did not suflicietii- ly love whilst living, but whose inestimable worth 1 now feel.' ' What would'sl thou do if ho were restored to thee ?' a The mourner replied, 'that he would , never offend him by an unkind word, but would tak every occasion to show him friendship if hu could but come back to his fond embrace.' Then waste not thy time in useless grief,' said the sage, 'but if thou hast Inends go and cherish the living, remembering that they will soon be dead also.' What a lesson may be learned from this. The following notice wo copy from the last number of the Morri3town (N. J ) Jorseyman. I. O. of L. The " Independent Order of Loafers" will hold their meetings hereafter on every stormy evening at the Ten Pin Alley, instead of the lower piazza of the New Jersey Hotel. Should any Member be compelled to do any thing dur ing the course of the day towards sustaining him self or family, his excuse will be deemed suf ficient for non-attendance until evening, if he will pledge bis honor that he did not labor with suflicient zeal to start perspiration. By order of the RajuK j QUILr, Scn'k.
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