JCffct001tt V s 0 i i The whole art of Government, consists in the art of. being, honest. Jefferson. VOL 6. n r. - STKOUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY PA., THURSDAY MARCH 26 1846. . -SW lOAll IcUcrs addressed to Ihe Editors must be post paid. From the Pittsburg Iron City. The Devil in the Market Hoaise. We have heard of Dr. Faustus, and of oiher gentlemen w ho have by some means or other intimate black," PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SCHOCII & SPJGItlNG J TGRMS Two dollars per annum In aflvancc-Twrninit an I a quarter, half yearly and if not paid before he end of ne year, 1 wo miliars ana a nan. rnose who receive their ianers by a carrier or statre drivers emnliiwd hv thr nmnrw. fjrs. will be charced 37 1-2 ets. nir vnnr .Tr No papers discontinued unuL all arrearages aro paid, except acquired the reputation of havino- an at the option of the Editors. I . ir7.Vdvertisements not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) ; acquaintance with "the gentleman in hreyery subsequent insertion: larger ones in proportion. A but after the performances which look place in zbp .nue w yeany advertisers . ,k t:..i at... t, .. uc i iiisuui" luariiei on r noay anu l uesuay evenings last, we camo to the conclusion thai the "Fakir of Ava" was a touch ahead of'bolh the "Devil and Dr. Faustus." On Friday evening, we visited the Market to lay in, as usual, our stock of " provender," as Dugnld Dalgeity says. While looking around at the piles of good things with which our friends from the country delight to supply us smoke-dried citizens, provided we have .the cash to pay ihem, our aiiention was excited by an unusual movement to and from a particular point. Expecting to pick up a subject for a paragraph, we, as a faithful chronicler of events hastened to the spot, and inquired .of a friend the cause of all this commotion, lie replied hat he believed " the Devil musi be in that box of eggs," pointing to a large box which stood close by, " for," says he, "a gentleman was ijust making some inquiries as to their sound- ! To all Concerned. We would call the attention of some of ouf subscribers, and especially certain Post Mas ters, to the following reasonable, and well set- ;.J rules of Law in relation to publishers, to iie patrons of newspapers. THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not gio 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 to send ihem till all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take tihcir papers from the offices to which thev are lltrecied, they are held responsible till they ru e settled their bill, and ordered their papers discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places with )Ut informing the publishers, and their paper is ent to the former direction, they are held re- tepottsime a. ine courts nave ueciueu uiai reiusmg w uess, wnen oi a sudilen tne eggs seemed en- ake a newspaper or periodical from the office, . (lued wilh jife and commenced chiming like a mi i I ir removing and leaving it uncalled for, is ma facie" evidence of intentional fraud. Hfever Despair. Traveller, on the thorny path, Wearied with a thourand cares, Burdened with a thousand wars, Heavenward lift thy hopes and prayers; Shrink not in the hour of trial; Bide thy time in earnest faith; . Bear thee up without despairing; ' Live as that one lived, who saiih, After winter cometh summer; " After night returns the day; Afier tempests, calms, returning, Fling the threatening clouds away. Mourning one, with moistened eye, Writhing under fancied loss, Think of Christ's afflictions here; Keep thine eye upon the cross. Stand thou firm without dejection; "Stand thou steady at God's will: And whatever comes upon thee," Bear it firm, remembering still .XV After winter cometh summer: After night returns the day; After tempests, calms, returning,' Fling the threatening clouds away. Christian, who aTl bowed down, By the burden of ihy woes; Yet, firm-hearted, keepgood courage,-. Though surrounded by -thy foes. - - 1 . Bear affliction for His glory; : Bear with patience, sorrows' sting: ftever shrinking, never failing, Ever yet remembering. After winter comes the summer; After night returns the day; 'After tempests, calms, returning, .Fling the threatening clouds away. .Strange Visitors. The good.people of the county of York were ciuowti into a perfect nine days wonderment .ate on Tuesday last, by ascertaining that some durty or thirty-five whales had taken refuge from the lowering or impending gale of the sea jti the less troublous waters of the York. Hav ing baiiaied their curiosity to the full, by a thor ough examination of these leviathans of the deep, they bethought ihem of the utility and value of those unexpected guests, and were, ac cordingly, at the last advices, making prepara tions to extract the oil which was thus to sud- llinilc nit nri!rtla fLml I V . nM C n 1 1 . t.l iiiviuouuu 1.1 at.u tiimi, do II i ui iiciuic; chickens were struggling out of them, ihe eggs j commenced capering and dancing about in the strangest manner. This has caused ihe owner i a fright, as well as the bystanders, all of whom !aro wondering at the cause of the strange phe- amends to the poor woman for this accident, the Fakir purchased a quarter's worth of the apples, and opening ihe first one with his knife, out dropped a gold piece! A second apple produced another gold piece; a third, the same! "These are really golden pippins, old lady," said ihe Fakir; how much for the loi V " 1 sells no more," replied she of ihe pippins, at the same time snatching up the basket, and making off in the wake of the calf's head. Shortly after, the pippin lady was observed bus ily engaged in cutting open tho remainder of her stock. Things by this time had got a little quiet. In about fifteen minutes we observed the Fakir talking with one of our efficient po lice officers, Mr. Turner; and expecting some more sport, we drew near. In this we were disappointed ; but as Mr Turner left him, we observed the Fakir's eye attentively fixed on a large cabbage. lie walked up to the'old Dufch- Change ia the Mormon irdpheM It seems, from recent developements in the Morhion country, that the mantle of Joe Smith; the first and the Simon Pure Mormon prophet, has descended, by general consent, upon James J. Strang, a lawyer of great wealth and consid- a WW 9 T eraule repute in Hie W est, ms residence is at Voree, in Wisconsin, where ihe Saints were flocking in great numbers. Strang's followers i intend, il ls said, to separate themselves from j the corrupt twelve who intend going to Califor- j nia, the power of tho new prophet has been generally acknowledged by all others. The wife and son of the deceased prophet, Smith, have declared Strang to be tho Lord's anoint ed; and Smith himself, it is said in a letter da ted June 18, 1844, dated Nauvoo, recognized Strang as his successor. Strang now announ- ces himself as the Prophet of the Most High i God, and is ready ho says, to act as his Mouth- j piece. He gives the Saints a Revelation pa-1 him by the ' Nursery Lyricm Every State should have its poet, and why" not its nursery! The Albany Citizen lake&ttipj the office : '" Where is the baby! Bess w heari Where is utilizer's darling boy ? Does it hold iis little hands apart. The dearest, bessen toy ? And so it does; and will its little chin; Grow just as fat as butter ! And will it poke its little fingors in.. iJt. .4 i- j nomenon. 1 On inquiring after the person who had priced j the eggs, a stout gentleman in a cloih cloak was pointed out, in whom we at once recog , nized the " Genuine Fakir." There he stood, ! looking as unconcerned as you please : but we man' who was attending the basket, and ad dressed him with, "How do you sell cabbage per, which was communicated to by the dozen, my old' friend ?" j Angel of the Lord. j " That size fifty cent?, 'cause got hard heart : Voree will become another Nauvoo, we fear, i this size thirty cents, 'cause soft heart." " Why do you make ihe differenced" " Thai good for croul, and got hard heart." " Let me see," said the Fakir, taking up ihe large cabbage. After examining it very atten tively, he said, " You allow your chickens to run amongst, your cabbages I" " No," said the Dutchman. " Yes," said ihe Fakir, " and I can prove it. 1 hear a nest of chickens in the cabbage now," and an audible chirruping was easily distin guished. . j The followers of Strang Bay not, however, and j ! start with the understanding that there are io be no spiritual wjves. As these imposters j must be tolerated so far as they obey the laws, ( we hope they will not be molested. Persecu- j lion will increase their numbers, but an intelli- gent public opinion will, in time, expose their j deception, and put an end to their folly. Eve. News. 1 Its tunnin little mouth and inuiter. Nice wicey words. Just hko little yaller birds 1 r And so it will; and so it may, - No matter what its pappy, mammy sy'f And does it wink its little eycse.s, .. When il3 mad and up and crises? , .jff And does it squall like chick-a-dees At every thing it sees? Wt-11 ii does ! Why not I pray ? Ain't it muzzer's darling every day 1 Oh! what's the matter! oh my! oh niy 'X,gfr What makes my sweetest chicken ky? Oh nasty-, uggy pin, to prick it 1 It's darlin muzzer's darlin cricket I There ! there ! shu's thrown it in The fire ; ihe kuol, wicked pin'. There ! hush my honey ; go to spep, Rocked in e dadle of the deep ! Keep your distance. The Pledge and Standard relates the following incident ta'f a Give me your knife, said the. Fakir ; and; , ' - I It A nl.n ..iIa. Via.-. Intnl.. n i n a . I fits. Wsiac. n. kiotci aanui lias iuicij juiiicu iiic uu.u openingjhe cabbage put popped a good sized hen and several chickens, apparently a week old. " Mem Got!" exclaimed ihe Dutchman "Vat 'observed a smile playing about the corners of.istkt?" hiaraouth, and a look of devilment in his eye, which told us to look out for sport. We were not mistaken. He walked up very sedately 10 an Irish woman, the possessor of a basket of plucked poultry, and took up a large turkey, (it very old gobbler, by-the-by ) j " Good woman," said he, very demurely, "as I am no great judge of poultry, tell mo is this i a young turkey." The woman eyed him for a moment, as if to ascertain if he was quizzing her. " Yes, sir, it's a yearling," she said, at the same time, turning her head to answer another t customer. I " It's very heavy," continued the Fakir ; ' " pray what's the price of it ?" "One dollarj" replied the lady of the poultry. " I'm afraid Wn too heavy io be young,' says the Fakir. j "Pon my conscience," says she, " it's only a year and a quarter old. If ye're a judge the! cratur will speak for itself." At the instant she pronounced these words, the turkey raised its head, somewhat after the fashion of a snake, and with open mouth, said, or seemed to say, " you lie you jade, I'm five years old and past!" To this all the poultry in the basket responded by an unusual cackling, crowing, and gobbling. The poultry woman turned up her eyes clasped her hands over her head, ,aud ejacula ting "Holy Mother!" bolted up Diamond alley as if the gentleman with the cloven fool was af ter her, never stopping to look behind until she was fairly in Wood street. The Fakir walked on, and stopped to make room for a countryman who was in the. act of cutting off a calf's head. " B-a-a," went ihe head. " Oh," says ihe countryman, looking over his shoulder, thinking that some one had We can easily account for the imitations pro duced by the calf's head, the eggs and ihe tur key. The gold pieces in the apples were of course placed there by an ingenious sleight of of Temperance in Philadelphia, after running a course of dissipation by which his means were pretty much exhausted. Ai ihe time of signing tho pledge he was indebted to the runiseller one shilling. A few days ago he went to pay off the score, but being determined not to enter the house in which he had been robbed, he got a long pole, attached the piece of money on Ihe i end of it. and standing at the outside of the A Hit at the Times. At this particular time, (says ihe Washington correspondent of the New York Mirror,) when ! a change in the Cabinet is daily expected, ench I member thereof is narrowly watched by ihn newsmongers, and all ins movements lanuiuiiv chronicled. The following is ihe last import ant bulletin : " IIichlv Important. This morning Mr; Buchanan was closeted with the President for mora than five minutes. It is certain that mat ters of the gravest character were under con sideration, for Mr. B. was heard distinctly to sneeze ihiee times in succession, and it is sup posed on the highest authority that Mr. Polk took a pinch and a. half of snuff. The greatest consternation prevailed at the White House, hand. he 1-f.kir ner nrmed stmt ar exnert- , " r. .nnftlifiil rn tha ficlnnlonaM niiKIlnon tinrll . f ai i , II . I 1.1. - f L T . . j uum, iculucu ii c ciiu..iuv.u iiuuiK.au, u.iu j a.J(j jjje rjiacK cook rouea up me wnuos ui ms . i i. : . i- i . ri... l .1. litems uimiig ins puuuc lectures, u.u uuw me i hen got into the cabbage, is a conundrum to us. : We" are rather of opinion that our eyes deceiv ed us, and that they were not there at all, but : must have been stowed away in the folds of the Fakir's ample cloak, until he saw fit to release them, apparently from tho Dutchman's cabbage. The Fakir is about to visit the various cities down the river, and wo advise ihe market peo pie to be on ihe look out for him, for if he docs not make their turkeys speak, they will find by attending his lectures that he can do other things equally as wonderful. marched off with a jolly heart." SjtJcntions of marriage. The papers in Massachusetts publish lists of; l,me; "Intentions of Marriage. There is a law in that state requiring persons who are about to enter into the marriage contract, to publish their names and intentions, before the ceremony can ! be performed. Would it not be well to add to this law, that those wishing to get married, must, after publish ing their intentions, get the consent of all their relatives, and then have the ceremony per- ' evos in such a manner that the old Dutch clock went into fits, and struck an hour before the The Secretary of W ar was seen by credible witnesses to go into a storo and buy a box of percussion caps. These and other symp toms of war have caused stocks and stockings to rise above zero. The Secretary of the Na vv, too, was seen to devour prodigious pieces cold turkey, and an express extraordinary was dispatched to a drug store for a box of Brand reih's Pills. Nous verrons. Tltero ia irxne. thing in ihe wind. More anon." i formed in the Market-house. i New-Jersey Mirror. Law Anecdote. . 3B You have all heard of Counseller Higgins. J WiIliain Pcnn's Deed from the In He was exceedingly adroit in defending a pris- f dians in 1685. oner, and would sometimes almost laugh down This Indenture witnesseth That We, an indictment for a small offence. A fellow Packenah, Jerckhan, Sikals, Part QucsoU, Jer que Smith) being on trial for stealing a turkey, j vs Essepenauk, Felktroy, Ilekellappao Econus the counsellor endeavored to give a good hu mored turn to the affair. Why, gentlemen of the jury,' said he, 'this is really a small affair, I wonder any one would bring such an affair into Court, if we are going on at this rate, wo ahall have business enough on our hands. Why, I recollect when 1 was in College that nothing was more common than to go out a foraging. We did not get tho poultry too often in ihe same place, and there was no harm done, ho, fauli found !' Notwithstanding this appeal the jury convicted ihe prisoner. After the Court rose, one of the jury, a plain old farmer, meeting the counsellor, complimented his in- 1 tierily and unexpectedly cast on their shores Thirty-two of these little monsters, varying m , A( momenl ,he pakir addressed length from 15 to 20 feet were cast on lhe j .. What will you lake for that veal's head?" hore of Mr. It. 1L Farenhall, and three. on t!,c!..3.a.a! B-a-a! Help ! help!" cried the head, thoro of Mr. Win. Petit. These, gnntlenien, j A hog,g carcase hanging close by, gave one of e learn, reside about one mile from Vorktown. thosc alQ gruta acCompanied by a squeal on Norfolk Beacon, 10A- ' j G sharp, so long and so piercing, that we can ATraiT ' or,lv c0'Pare il 10 ,be 8,earo whis,le of a loco The New Haven Renter, .mvcs mi account mof.ve ! Tho countryman dropped his knife kee notion, in the liape oi b uu wi. . -- made tracks as last as ms legs coutu ".i ....... tin nnsrt a. basket full of golden genuity in the defence, 'and now, Squire,' said i .,;.bin him. TTr was evidcn.lv surprised. I he, fixing a knowing look upon him. I should UCb.i MlvnniR ....... - - j ( ... t t I 11 , . .M i i.: ...;.t. ilike to ask vou a question, which road do A. ! mnmp.nt me raKir auuresstiu mm .. ol the latest Yankee notion, in patent fcnrini: Gh hook. By a vry delicate, Itit iii.'oiiiouf machinery, a coon asU .fob i-j u-nipts to nibble ihe bait on the book, a secpnd Look comes down anU'catchcs -hiiu it; the back Mit, hvad. and lit is a ";nm; tucker."' soon ninnms, which, by the way, were the pockets of some dozen urchins, who ...,.t; slmnt. in eaer waning. iu e hid watting. in were mako you take ingoing home, ihe upper or the lower V 'The lower, answered the counsellor. 'Well, then, it's no matter, I only wanted io observe, that if you were going .my way, I would just jog on before and lock up ihe hen house. The New York Telegraph says that Mr. Bogenders of that city, has beeu enabled after years of patient investigation, to make iron an swer the purposes of burr mill stones, in grind ing grain ; 'and thai ho has now in successful operatibV'machincs furnished 'wilh new iron gitnders. Maehloha Metthconga, Wissa Powey, Indian Kings, Sachemakers, right owners of all lands, from Quing, Quingus, called Duck Creek, unto Upland, called Chester Creek, all along by the west side of Delaware Hiver, and so between the said creeks backwards as far as a man can ride in iwo days with a horse, for and in con sideration of these following goods to us in hand paid, and secured to be paid, by William Penn, Proprietary and Governor of the Pro vince of Pennsylvania and territories thereof, viz: 20 guns, 20 fathoms matchcoat, 20 fathoms stron" waier,20 blankets, 20 kettles, 20 pounds of powder, 100 bars of lead, 40 tomahawks, Justices of the Peace. The following bill, having passed both hou- ses of the Legislature, has been signed by the Governor, and is now a law : An Act, relating to Justices of the Peace. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commpn wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it hereby enacted by ihe authority of the same, That in all cases of the creation of any uew township, borough or ward, in any city or coun ty of this- commonwealth, the commissions of Justices of the Peace and Aldermen within tho respective territories out of which such town ship, borough or ward, has been, or ilty ue created, shall continue for the proper township, borough or ward, in which such justices or al dermen may respectively reside for the balance of the official term, and any deficiency in the proper number of aldermen or justices of tho .1 " .1 ...Ml.n;MM tC ahUa. r T iili neace wnnin me lenmuioa u. c.n.c. cu. 100 knives, 40 pairs of stockings, 1 barrel ol , -Hviaions. according to the number allowed. beer, 20 pounds of red lead, 100 fathoms ofj fa township .borough and ward, hv. lie act wampum, 30 glass hollies, 30 pewter spoons, 105 awl blades, 300 lobacco pipes, 100 hands of lobacco, 20 tobacco tongs, 20 sleeis, duu flints, 30 pairs of scissors, 30 combs, 60 look ing glasses, 200 needles, 1 skipple of salt, 30 pounds of sugar, 5 gallons of molasses, 20 lo bacco boxes, 100 jewsharps, 20 hoes, 30 gimb- lets, 30 wooden screw boxes, 100 strings of beads Do hereby acknowledge, &e. Given under our hands, &c. ai New Castler2d day of ihe eighth month, 1685. The above is a true copy taken from the ori ginal, by Ephraim Morton, formerly a clerk in ihe laiid ofiipe. of the twenty-first day of June, one thousand oight hundred and ihiriyMiine, shall ba supplied at ihe next succeeding elections for- constable. in the said townships, boroughs and- warda.. A ConfesJB A young convert in the eouniry, recently got up and was making a confession 8omewhat.a ter this norl, viz : '1 hate been very wicked. Indeed I have; 1 have cheaied many per?rins, very many; but f will restore four fold,' when he was interrupted by an old lady thin, 'Well: I think before you confess much, you'd butter, marry Nancy Stobbins, ao you ngreodMoT m il :
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