The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson.
VOL 7.
STRO UDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1846.
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Unseen Spirits.
BV N. P. WILLIS.
The shadows lay along the street;
'Tuas near the twilight tide,
And hlowly there a lady fair
Was walking in her pride
Alone wilked she, yet viewlessly
Walked spirits at her side.
Peace charmed the sireet beneath her feet,
And honor charmed ihe air,
And ail astir looked kind on her,
And called het good as fair
For all God ever gave to her
She kept with chary care.
She kept with care her beauties rare,
From lovers warm and true,
For her heart was cold to ail but sold,
And ihe rich came not lo woo.
Ah, honored well are charms to sell,
When priests the selling do!
Now, walking there was one more fair
A blight girl, lily-pale,
And she had unseen company
To make iho spirit quail---'Twixt
want and scorn she walked forlorn,
And nothing could avail.
No mercy now can clear her brow
For 'this world's peace to pray
For as love's wild prayer dissolved in air,
Her woman's heart gave way ;
And the sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven,
By man is cursed aiway.
A Brilliant Bridal.
A London correspondent of the Boston Trav
eller says, that great preparaiions have been
made in Russia for ihe fonhcoming nuptials of
the Duchess Olga, daughter of the Emperor,
and the Hereditary Prince of Wirtemberg
This ceremony will surpass in magnificence
any thing of ihe kind ihai has taken place in
Europe in modern times. The Duchess Olga
is represented as a very beautiful woman, and 4 music. Wc listened and the school was appa
surpassed in-personal appearance by none of Scully in full song. Wo could catch a few
the Princesses of Europe. A series of grand j words. Apparently the burden of the hymn
fetes will be given, and continued for three was, " Shall meet to part no more." And as
days. The Empress of Russia will be present; the singers reached this "refrain," there was a
and join the throng of crowned heads. These peculiar distinctness in their utterance. As-
feies will take place at the Emperor's summer
palace and garden at PiMcrhoff, on ihe borders
of the gulf, and two hnurV drive from St. Pe
tersburgh. They will be the most brilliant and
expensive ever got up in Europe. The artists
of every nation have a long time been employed
to contribute their handicraft or talents to ren
der every thing unequalled in modern times.
It js supposed that amongst the entertainments
there will be a gratia review of fifiy thousand
meu. Every iflgiment of cavaliy will have a
different colored horse, and every horse in each
regiment 'even to a spoi, will be alike. Such j
a military die-play, it is said, cannot be equalled j
in
the
world.
Two Yankees took Iodims for about ten
day., at a tavern in Lancaster county, and fared
mp.uously drinking two or three bot.les of
wine daily. The last day a dispute arose about
the fpeed of their horses; ihry at laft agreed to
enter on the "profitable contest." The land-!
lord wsi appointed judge, each being the rider
of his own hore. When ihcy were mounted,
the judge, like ihosc at ihe Olympic games,
gave ihe words one, two, three and "go.'' Off
thry went, and have, never been teen orjieard
oi since, leaving trie-landlord fully compensated
rv hstinj had the lionor to be their judge.
The TLast Parting.
BY JOSEPH It. CHANDLER.
wii me nine cross-cut, called I'ear sireel,
running down from Third lo Dock street, ihere
is a larse lugubrious bnilrlinn. which in thn
course of the last twenty years, lias been used
i C... .. I . it r.
J O "A-.!
mi aimusi cverv conceivnmn nm-nnsn. mm n
every conceivable purpose
turner's shop to a meeting house, and even a
Jewish synagogue.
The character of the building is not inaptly
set forth by a scriptural quotation, which our
Hebrew brethren placed on the outer wall,
while they were tenants and worshippers with
in :
" How dreadful is this place."
The rear of ihis ancient building extends to
wards our establishment, and its back windows
are within a few feet of the windows of our
san ci u m.
I Last Autumn, the Directors of the Public
! Schools hired the lower part of the building for
a Primary School, and placed within its walls
a host of little children. With their windows
j and ours closed, we could hear their noise, the
! tumult of a hundred tiny voices; and we thought
'there was weight in the monition of a friend
' .1.... ii . : -i t.i i.- r. i. i
nidi i.cai ..pring we miuuiu uc nue.y aimoyeu
with
tiieir ciauer, wnen me wmuows oi com
i buildings, and ihe throats of ihe youngsters
; should be wide open."
; Late in the spring the windows were opened,
' and occasionally, the multitudinous voices of
! this host reached across the short distance.
1 They were singing their morning hymn, or
closing the day with their evening song. But
neither martins or vespers disturbed us; our pen
Iid easily over the paper, and our thoughts
i moved as regularly in the small noise of these
songsters, as if " silence and night, twin sis
ters," had sat at our elbows, with finger on lip,
gazing into that distance which suggests no
1 .1 r., it...n1.i ."ho, ti '
uju3rtim usiva ua.c .ui uu iuuuSm "
: :
inspires
Occasionally we would pause in our busi-
i ness. as the anthem rose, anu leel our
heart
rise with gratitude to Him that had perfected
! praise from such mouths.
! We rarely saw the little folks. A high brick
wall cut off all sight from our lower windows, :
and there was much harmony in the singing
that we never learned to dis.inguish one voice
from another. It was a perfect whole, made,
perhaps from the perfection ot parts, but more :
likely from the skilful combination of Utile voi
ces.
It was rare indeed that we could understand
a word of the hymn which the little choristers
gavo forth. Their low. delicate utterance was
breathed out so gently that we could only guess
at the music.
A short lime since wc were struck with
sounds from the room at an unusual hour for
cending towards the composing room of the of
fice, we cast our eye out of the window of the
stairway, and saw a single scholar leaning from
the back window of the school room, lis.ening
to, but not joining in, the music of her males.
She was a thin, pale girl, with cleanly, plain
habilaments. She could scarcely be more than
ten years of age; and her eyes wonderfully ex
pressive; and as the scholars reached the cho-
rm t)f their song, wo thought her upturned eye
denoted a peculiar depth of thought; its black
'contraMed strongly with the paleness of her
cheek, and its inactivity seemed scarcely in
harmony with her frail, bony form. When the
little baud had concluded their anihem by the
double repeat of the words, We meet to part
no more," one of them came to the window,
and calling the child by her name, intimated
ihat fhe was needed at the other end of the
room. "Elizabeth" (that was ihe name used)
turned aay with a severe coughing ?pell, and
we prosecuted our errand upwards
Tho next
morning we missed our musical neighbors.
There was no hum of studies, no loud utterance
of lessons by classes, that look with them our
hear.; all was still and quiet. And the song
wo had lifiened to with so much delight, was.
the little ones' valedictory for ihe season. The
holiday had commenced, so pleasant to them.
so necessaty to their faithful teachers, and we
felt a loss fell that a part of the incitement to
devotion, if not to composition, had ceased. We
felt for a moment as if we had parted from those
whom we should not mcet again and it may
be so. Their little throats may swell with the
sound of thanksgiving and devotion in iheir
wonted place, while the ear that was delighted
at the performance shall be closed and dull.
The event is one in the order of nature. The
old die and the young come up to fill their place.
It was only on Monday afternoon, that, driv
ing down towards ihe Neck, we met a funeral.
It was of liitle ceremony a small cortege, and
no carriages. They were conveying to the
grave a child, and judging from the number of
young females, the deceased was a girl. The
procession turned inio a burying ground, and as
tho occasion might be made one of profit to
our little ones, we slopped the carriage, and
followed the train to the resting place designa
ted by a heap of fresh earth.
When the company was gathered into a cir
cle around
the coffin, we placed our charge
upon a newly sodded hillock, and leaning for
rest over the head-s.oue, we awaited .he sim-
nje ceremonies
When ihe narrow colfin had
been lowered into the grave, the attending cler
gyman (such we supposed the speaker to have
been) addtessed .he audience upon the mu.abil-!
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uy oi uuman anatrs, anu tne uncertainty oi mat
life so precious in our eyes. And ho closed by
I n 1f.n rmnnnl in lliA ntms In Inv llipcn
things to heart, that they mighi number their
uncertain days, and apply their hearts to wis-t
, dom; that they should cherish grief at the loss
of a fripnd. that it mav wpnn them nvv.iv frnm
- la
earthly affection; for it was the order of a just
n -i .t... , .
jrruviueuce, mat lover anu ineuu suouiu ue
put from us, and acquaintance into darkness."
lie paused and (he circle of little ones, that
. . . . . .
8t00tt on the edge or the grave, broke forth inloi
I. . .. . ... I
aawgaMiWvawtvftsttiaitix'j
sweetly amid ihe evidence j
us, and there was some-,
a hymn. It sounded
of mortality around
, r :it.. :.. U : '.. IM. .l.l
ujuig uui uiimuiiiitu in ue aauiiuiij. i lie uei-
icate tunes of the young voices lost their wiry
sound by multiplication and union, and iho song
seemed lo ascend unwards from the onnn orave.
i i i a
'fliey ceased for a moment, and then with uni-
tej voices, strengthened as if by newness of
hope, they closed ihe service and the hymn
.jth j,e emphatic asseition of ihe chorus, that,
,t,ev anj ,jejr iuje rrientl bejow woM S00IJ .
" Meet to part no more." uas been toiloweu by persons curious lo ascer-
And so we supposed, tyx we could not learn j ,a' where he feeds, but by some singular pro-;
the name. Death, who had set his mark upon ! cess contrives to defeat their purpose, by dis
"Elizabeth," had gathered her to his garner. appearing the moment their eye 'is turned to!
And a nlace is vacant in the author's heart, and ' aiy other object if but for one moment. '
one voice has ceased from the school choir,;
and been added to that company who "meet toj
part no more.
A Tender Wife. Dr. Mounscy, of Chel
sea College, was apt lo quarrel with his wife.
Returning home from Fulham, he was overta
ken by a terrible storm ; a return hear30 was
going up to Chelsea. "Any port in a storm.'
The doctor crept in wi.h pall and plumes for
his companions. The hearse slopped at his
door; his lady looked out: "Who have you
got there, coachman V "The doctor, madam."
" Well, I thank Heaven for giving me resigna
tion ! so the poor man's gone to his long home
at last?" " Tfiank you, my love!" said tho
doctor, getting out of tho hearse, " for your k ind
regard for my safety. '
Fou the Heaves or Broken Winded
Horses. Whoever is so unfoitunaie as to
have a heavy or broken winded horse, and de
sires to euro or make him better, should no.
suffer him to drink for tome time any other
drink than weak lime water. Tho horse will
soon relish this, and it seldom fails to produce
a radical cure.
I will slate another way for those who may
prefer it. Take from one to two table spoon
fuls of ground plaster of Paris, and stir the same
into his mosses three times a day. At first, if
at hand, bran for two or three days then bran
and oats for two or three days more, and then
clear oats for a few days wi.h ground plaster,
as above directed, in each of the messes.
Pruiric Farmer.
The Louisiana Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
have forbidden its members to act in any way
in a duel, under penalty of expuUion.
JLife.
We are born, we laugh, we weep,
We love, we droop, we die !
Ah ! wherefore do we laugh or weep.?
Why do we live, or die ?
Who knows that secret deep ? -
Alas, not I ! ., . .
Why doih the violet spring
Unseen by human eye 1
Why do the radiant seasons bring
Sweet thoughts that quickly fly?
Why do our fond hearts cling
To things that die X
v .
We toil through pain and wrong ;
Wo fighl and fly ;
We love, we lose and ihen, ere long,
Stone-dead we lie.
Oh, life ! is all ihy song
" Endure and dio ?"
" Death of the Old II r own Dos."
Under this head all the Cincinnati papors
Saturday have editorial notices of tho deaih
! a remarkable dog ol thai ciiy, well known to
h" "oldest inhabitant." The Herald says that
tot twenty years past hft has resided there and
, 1,as signalized himsell by attending with great
sobriety, all grand processions. He was buried j eI10"3 lo a l"no, out wj.iu.ut 8,c
wiih due honors in the yard belonging to tl,e I ces., and after his strengih was nearly e.vhaust-
Gazette building, and it is in contemplation, we
'l - nrn t rn, p o ,.mnnm.., I l l.Io mnnmrv iTr
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j Cist. in his Advertiser, has the following notice
n Illin I
V of the greatest curiosit.es of Cincinnati
. is Lear, the old brown dog, who may be seen
Lear, the old brown dog, who may be seen 1
almost any hour of the day in .he purlieus of!
i city post office, and as he has not and prob-;
j at
' the
ably never had any owner, may be numbered
U. o of it.. fMmilinr, ftfii,,! ..hhluU,.,,.
as one of ihe familiars of that establishment.
Amidst the various succession of postmasters
during the whole incumbencies of Burke, i
i 'V ..1 1 .1 : 1 . 11 . n
r j
dYntial changes of Monroe, Adams, Jackson,
Van Buren, Harrison. Tyler and PoJk, he siill ,
layior, anu orawioru amiust an tne rresi-
i-.-ii-ii v i
' hrilfK- bis nnsf TTnw far linl- Ytn mill. ftri
j-"--- ""-' - ;
! appearance the oldest inhabitant cannot tell,'
j faul 1 can several who have known and re-s
collect him lor twenly years and more. Dtt-
-
"nS l'3 period he was never known to follow
any individual eveti when tempted by caresses
or lue ev f food; in fact he has never been
known to receive food from any person; ihvari-
ably lefusmg it when oflered at his post. He
I" eac successive removal of ihe post office;
"e has always geno along, as if considering,
himself a part of the establishment. In the last
case following the first dray load of moveables, i
and remaining at the new office ever since.
Ho attends all firemen's parades, military
processions, political mass meetings, and every
j funeral of note in the city. At the funeral pa
geant, last year, in memory of General Jackson,
he crawled under the hearse and kepi under it
te whole route nearly two miles although
considerably exhausted by the effort, the day
being uncommonly sultry and close.
Duringjhe whole courso of his long life, he
has never been known to have been meddled
with by other dogs, or to have taken any notice
of his species, nor to have received any ill
usage from any individual, man or boy, by
whom he is extensively known and regarded as
a privileged character. Hundreds having bus
iness at the post office, who would unhesitating
ly kick any oilier dog out of the road, step
aside carefully however great the throng, ra
thei than tread on or insult tho noble bruto.
He may be seen occasionally sunning himself
at the door of iho Trust or Franklin Bank, or
the Bank Exchange, but is never guilty of ly
ing at the door of a private residence. My
friend Rabbi Jonas, who believes in ihe trans
migration of souls, suggests that the spirit which
animates Lear, was once that of a public offi
cer and an individual of the most arisiocraiic
bearing. Apart from iho usual instinc.s and re
markable sagacity of dogs there is much that is
mysteriously unaccountable in the history and
habits of Lear, a part only of which aro here
staled;
The Qoni crop in. Illinois never gave promise
of a belter yield.
A Mas: suspended lr his TliMiutt.
The New York Gazette and Times has thn
j following thrilling account of a man lienor s'n3.
' ponded by his thumb ':
A Mr. Gray of Providence while emuiied ju
painting the Congregational meeting hmir of
Kingston, ascended ihe steeple to take nVf U5U
vane for gilding. The ladder's rear lied iIik Voni
of tiie iron spire on which the vane turue,! j
to 15 feet above. Mr. Gray ascended the iron
spire by grasping with his hands and twisting
hit legs round tho bar of iron, which did nut
exceed two and a half inches in di.nneter, re
lying upon the ball, halfway up the npire, to
Vest his feet on, and from which position he
could lake the vane dfl with, his tight hand.
While he was in the very act, ihe ball on which
his feet rested gave way and run down th
"spire. At this moment, Mr. Gray was raising
the vane over the end of the spire as he did
so, the spiro growing smaller, made a cOltveni-
ol j el Plat'B for 1,is lliumu 10 keep the balance in
of!li,H gudgeon bore, when the ball gave 'way un-
. ,cc u,,u "c 0,",,v- 1 "v B
J bacK Willi Ms thumb in the gudgeon bore, hold
j " "" hla fel hree four feet .buvu
" v w""s - !';" " """5 "
; etJ he lled for helP; fs "w J-pen,l,I
i UpOU tne SirCngltl OI IMS lctl ItHtlU. i lift COtl-
nut'i
I -"
aferhalion of the beholders was great some
running one way and some the other to obtain
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' "ua,luu' W"UB ",,iCi3 lu,,,uu ttWBJ unwiunig
5,luauu"' wmic ,,,B" lu",GU av7a
10 wilnesa llie "taslrophe they apprehended m
a few n- Mr. J. II. Cierke, one of tho
j ca10 ijnmedia.ely up .he spire, and
placing his shoulder under the feel Of the sus-
I l,emled man- at 6,,ce relieved hil!l-
The scene
was terrible to behold.
A Tolnntecr.
Our friend, Cap't. Church, of the Bulletin, on
liis late trip up from New Orleans, brought
with him a number of officers just from the ar
my. They were full of anecdote, of course,
and tiie following little illustration of character
is interesting; as well'as amnsju":
Among the volunteers was a "gentleman's
son" a full pmate, who, heartily sick of rainy
weatlier, mud, and no shelter, first went to his
captain wi.h his complaints, but meeting with
, no particular sympathy, resolved to have a talk
with General Taylor himself.
Arrived at the commander's quarters, tha
General was pointed out to him, but ho waa
rather incredulous. " That old Gen. Taylor ?
Nonsense." Satisfied, however, that such was
even the case, he marched up, rather patron.2-
jngly, opened his business.
i f3en. Taylor, I believe
" Yes, sir."
u Well, General, I'm dev'lish glad to sea you
---am indeed.".
at
The General returned the civility.
" General, you'll excuse me, but since I've
been here I've been doing all 1 could for you
have, indeed ; but the fact is, the accommoda
j uons aro vory bad are, indeod ; mud, sir ! ac
tually mud! 'bleeged to lie down in ii, actual
ly ; and llie fact is, General, I'm a gentleman's
son, and not used to it !"
The General, no doubt deeply impressed
with the fact of having a gentleman's son in his
army, expressed his regret thai such annoyan
ces should over exist, under any circumstances,
in a civilized army.
" Well but General, what am I to do!"
" Why, really, I don't know, unless you take
my place."
" Well, now, that's civil ! '.is indeed. Of
course don't mean to turn you out, but a few
hours' sleep -a cot or a bunk or anyib'.ng-
would be so refreshing! Your plac'j where
is it, General ?"
" Oh, just drop down any wb-ore about here,
any place aboul the camp w'.Vl arjswer."
Tho look which the "guniloAan's.son" gave
the General was rathe: pecoliar.
" Well, no wonder ih;sy call you Rough and
Ready !"' said he ; ?,nd, amid the smiles of all
but " Rough and Heady" himself, the " gentle
man's son" returned to take his chance of .he
weaiher. St. iouiV Reveille.
A good work is an easy obligation : but not
to speak ill, requires only our silence, which
costs us nothing.