I fit ft ISO tit flit - " .if r 5 - The whole Art ok Government consists in the art or being honest. Jefferson. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1846. No. U. VOL 7. nWMEPTffV1" 1 11 i"M'f iwmt. urn ', y " TERMS Two dollars per annum In advance " w o dollar and a quarter, half yearly and if not p dd before the end ol the vejr. Two dollars and a half. Those who receive their papers or a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie tors ill be charged 37 l-i ct. per year, extra. N.) papers discontinued until all arrearages arc paid,CM.rpi at the option of the Editors. , . , ,.., iCA.lvemse.nents not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) will b inserted three weeks for one dollar: tucnly-fijcccal. for everv subsequent insertion : Iargeroi.es m propottion. A tieeral discount will be made to ycany advertisers lDAll loiters addressed to the Editors must be post paid. ,T055 PRXiXUVCr. Havine a eencral assortment of large, elc;ant, plain and orna- mSt.-i Tmp. ive arii Tirenarcd to execute every mental Type, we are prepared to execute every aesciipuuu vi Cards, Circulars, Kill Heads, Holes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatnessand despatch. on reasonable teims AT THE OFFICE OF THE .Tcffcrsonian Kepiiolican. Til E ISSUE IN OCTOBER NEXT: James 31. Power AND THE Whig Tariff of '42. Win. B. Foster AND THE British Tariff of AG. People of Pennsylvania, here is the issue fairly Mated. The election of J AS. M. POW ER. will be resarded all over the Union as ev idence nit to be. misunderstood, that PENN-;the boat were dispersed about the deck in vari SYLVAlflAis not to be PROSTRATED !Ni0u attitudes, and the skipper was pacing by THE DUST, or her honest voters CHEA'J ED thf wpallipr n-mDWiv rmipilv smnL-ino hU ri- AND HUMBUGGED with impunity while every vott polled for WM. B.FOSTER will be tlcrmed .m expression in favor of Free Trade and the BRITISH TARIFF of 1846. Each JLight has its Shade. With eviry joy we haste to meet, In hopefulness or pride, There crnies with step as sure and fleet, A shailow by its side ; And ever thus that spectre chill With each fair bliss has sped, And when the gladdened pulse should thrill, The itricken heart lies dead. The Post's brow the wreathe entwines Wha. weight falls on the breast ? Upon tie sword where glory shines, The stains of life-blood rest. So, wlere the rosiest sunbeam glows, The'e lies eternal snow And Fame its brightest halo throws, Whsre death ltes cold behnv. The Owin? System. Tortc had borrowed of one of his actors 10. , One day that Foote was receiving a large sum of money, the actor said to him: "Oh, Foote! I lent you 10 ; suppose you return them to me." " My dear fellow," said Foote, "it was 100 you lent me." " No; it was only 10." " I tell you it was 100," maintained Fooie, stamping. " Well, then," retorted the poor actor, " pay 10 now, and I will excuse you the remain-1 der." "No, no, my dear fellow; I prefer owing you tho 100." Preservation of the Tomato. Mr. R. B. Morrell gives us the following: 11 Tlin inmaln which has rump, intfi universal use, and is deemed a luxury by almost everv one, may bo preserved for winter use in eo ,or wtnteruse.n tne U hen r.pe let them be pre- following manner. pared by slewing as for the table, and seasoned : to the liking; put them in small jars, (I quart): with covers. Over the top put a piece of I'm-1 en or coitoti cloth, which will cover, and prens the cover on; then pour into the canty melted,1 mutton tallow, and keep them in a cool nlace . in the cellar until required for u,e. They need .onlv to be warmed to terve them for the table. J use small jars for the reason, that where ex - posed to the air they soon ferment. Very Affectionate. A farmer going to "gH his griM ground" at a mill, borrowed a bag of o:ie of his neighbors. The poor man wa somehow or o:her knocked into the water by the water wheel and the bug went with him. He wait drowned; and when tho melancholly news was brought to his wife, she exclaimed, " 3y gracious 1 what a fuss, there'll be now about that bag .'w The Louisville Journal fay Mr. folk has made the brilliant discovery that the Federal Constitution has got the hydrophobia and h.?l.c frpsh water, A Storm on the Ganawl." It has been ihe fortune of many to travel on a canal, when its calm waters slept in undis turbed tranquility, and the soft breath of the summer air scarcely excited a ripple upon its peaceful bosom. But when old Boreas has awakened from his slumbers, and is stalking furiously over its dangerous depths, lashing its waters to madness, throwing up huge billows ... ... . ... j high upon its banks, and engulphing every thing , m its boiling whirlpools with threatening water ! .spruits and roaring tornadoes ; at such a time j we question whether many have dared the dan j ger and perils of the "Raging CanatcV It was a calm night in June, when it was my foitune to be travelling with a goodly number ! of passengers, upon that staunch and thorough i sea-boat, the "Dolly Maria." Naught was heard to break the silence, save the sleeping , passengers in the cabin, who seemed combined to 'Toll the deep eternal bass of Nature's An them" in one general snore, which shook the boat from stem to stern, and reverberated along the wooded batiks like muttering thunder. ; The gritn sons of Neptune who navigated o ' l j o gar. Suddenly he stopped short in his walk, and his eve rested upon a small black cloud which had appeared in the western horizon, , and was growing larger and blacker every mo , rnent. He gazed but a moment, and then his ; voice rung with clear and startling tones ; "Ev ; ery man to his post !" Aye, aye, growled the i old water-dogs, who were soon ready for the j approaching storm. Shortly it burst upon us in all its violence. "Hard up your helm !" shouted the captain. Aye, aye," growled the old Muskrat in the stern, and she rude the gale nobly ; but sudden ly a heavy sea gave her a " side winder," car rying away the wash dish and ducking the : cook, and the gallant craft began to settle away j i to the leeward. II T T . . . 1 ,n.., .Via tins. H m- !mnl ! a mQin. i liuUI U.I litC IUW IIIIU UUA liuui lUi, uiaill I ' seiiitf pole and square away the wood box !" i 'thundered the captain, whose spirit seemed loi,ur anu L am naPP-y enouS a,reaa w,lH0Ul rie superior to the emergency. i her resurrection. In the name of heaven do The storm was now terrific, the waves run-1 1101 ,make lhe experiment. I will give you fifty i.:t, r. , I Iouis to keep the secret to yourself." In an in ning UiUUlllil2 W.giJ, Ulll.ll lIDIIIg 1U HID j iUmmii (,f ,i,e tow-path ! and it was soon seen ,hal ,he Doljy Maria wa8 no match for 8Uch a tempest, and was gradually drifting before the wjj " Breakers ahead !" shouted the boot-black. " Where away?" " Over the off row lock !" was answered. The decisive moment had now come, and lho ,ain aaw lhat decisive measures alone would avail and lhrough ,he canal horn shout. ed bleersman, take another tack in your un- mentionables. Cook, double reef the stove-pipe' ' and gel up morc steam on ,ho tea.kenle. Cut ,j - Furl lhe m5zzen jib-boom. I Uns"Lj ,he laffrai, and lel ,he boal hook i but the anchor still il man ed, the danger was 'every moment becoming more iminent, the roar of breakers was distinctly heard, and orders . t.'.iru nlvun fh Ifrrtlf ftio otlln . . " Discharge overboard your InKi ffr nutria j throw overboar( . cor x which she boot-jack and cotlee-pot, upon was ery perceptibly lightened, the anchor cr.ught, and a faint gleam of hope broke upon our despairing souls. But soon came the appalling cry, "the best bower has parted, and we are all adrift!" Then j a11 h?Q WaS -0"6' and a w,,d S,U,ek r0SC hlSh 'a,,ove ,he ragi"S lorm' bm a"0n W" heafd ,he lca,m Voice f ,,,e CBPla,n' exhorUl,S us 10 be M". '".gtu Bi oe 3deo. i fence on ihore, a running bow-line was got up- on the cut-water, a double turn was taken upon I ths caboose, the helm jammed "hard a-port," anci lbe Dolly Maria once nwi brought upon ,,he wind and I0(1 out hat gale in safety. A is Unciilightcucd Candidate. , " Feller-citizens," said a candidate for Con grcna. recently, somewhere 'out West' " Fel-ler-cltizens! you're well aware I've no edica tion. I never went to echool in my life but ihree times, and that was to night school. Two night the teacher didn't come, and the tolber tiigljl had no candle" Success of Quackery; Mantaccini, the famous Charlatan of Paris, was a young man of good family, and having in i a few years squandered a large estate, and re duced himself to beggary, ho felt he must exer cise his ingenuity or starve. In this state of mind he cast his eyes around the various de- vices which save from indigence, and are most j favored by fortune. He soon perceived it was Charlatanism, oh which this blind benefactress lavished her favors with most pleasure, and in the greatest abundance. An adroit and loqua cious domestic was the only remaining article of all his former grandeur; ho dressed him up in a gold lace livery, mounted a splendid char iot, and started on a tour under the name, style, and title of the celebrated Dr. Mantaccini, who cures all diseases with a simple touch or sim ple look. Not finding that he obtained as much practice as his daring geniils anticipated, he determined to resort to still higher flights. He left Paris, and modestly announced himself at Lyons, as "the celebrated Dr. Mantaccini, who revives the dead at will." To remove all doubt, he declared that in fifteen days he would go to the common church-yard, and restore to life its , inhabitants, though buried for ten years. This declaration excited a eeneral rumor and mur- 1 mur against the doctor, who, not in the least j disconcerted, applied to the magistracy, and re quested that he might be put under a guard to prevent his escape, until he should perform his undertaking. The proposition inspired the greatest confidence, and the whole city came to consult the clever empiric and purchase his hanme de vii. His consultations were numerous, and he re ceived large sums of money. At length the famous day approached, and the doctor's valet, fearing for his shoulders, began to manifest signs of uneasiness; " You know nothing of mankind," said the quack to his servant, " be quiet." Scarcely had he spoken those words, when the following letter was presented to him from a rich citizen. " Sir, the great operation " r i i which you are to penorm, uas uroiven my real. I aTe a w'e ou"et or 80me l,mc w" was a r. i t i i j. i . ' slant after, two dashing beaux arrived, who, with the mosl earnest application, entreated him not to raise their old father formerly the great est miser in the city, as in such an event, they would be reduced to the mosl deplorable indi- nfinnn Thpv nfTftrprl him n fpo nf s?rtv Intiis ' fa j - - j but tne doctor snook nis Head in doubttul com-. ! P,iancc- Scarcely had they retired, when a !vounS widow on the eve of matrimony, threw herself at the feet of the quack, and with sobs and siShs' implored his mercy. In short, from , raorn ,iU nlght- lhe doc,or received letters, vis-; l. presents, fees, to an excess which absolute-' overwhelmed him. The minds of the citi-. ,!zens were differently and violently agitated, J some by tear, and some by curiosity, so lhat the chief magistrate of the city waited upon the doctor, and said, " Sir, I have not the least doubt from my experience of your rare talents, that you will be able to accomplish the resurrection j of our church-yard the day after to-morrow, ac j cording to your promise-but I pray you to ob - serve that our city is in the utmost uproar and confusion, and to consider the dreadful revolu tion the success of your experiment must pro duce in every family ; I entreat you, therefore, not to attempt it, but to go away, and thus re store tranquility to tho city. In justice, how ever, to your rare and divine talents, I shall give an attestation, in due form, under our seal, that you can revive the dead, and it was our own fault we were not eye-witnesses to your power." This certificate was duly signed and delivered to Dr. Mantaccini, who left Lyons for other cities to work new miracles. In a short time he returned to Paris, loaded with gold, where he laughed at the popular credulity. "I will not kill thee," said a stout quaker whom a highwayman had stopped oji the road, "but I will hold thy head under the water till the breath departs from thy body." If the sun is going down, look up at tho stars; if the earth is dark, keep your eyes on Heaven! With God's presence, and God's promise, a man or child may he cheerful. Farmer, Look to your Interests: j The following letter, which we find in the Philadelphia Chronicle of Wednesday, should be read by every rarmer in the country. U will show them how idle it is to hope for any advantage to them from the opening of the Bri tish ports to their grain and flout. Those who read this plain statement, will riot be caught by the efforts of the Ldcofoco leaders to deceive lltnm .trt llllu rtlinf 'Pllrt IT'rtMr ATinrPT 1 ltll . . ,. . only reliance; and that can only be made good by protecting the manufacturers, miners, me chanics and laborers, who consume the produce. A Protective Tariff must be the Farmers' mot io, if he wants good prices for his graiti: 7th mo. 16, 1846. Dear Friend: Since I dreamed my "political dream" I have endeavored to keep wide awake, that I might observe the sayings and doings of Jas. K. Polk, and the hungry politicians who are feeding, or expect to be led, out of Uncle Sam's corn-house. As farmers earn their bread j by the sweat of their brow, rather than the j sweat of their brains; aj they are the most nu merous class in sbciety, and can elect to the j high offices of the nation, whomsoever the'v t prefer; the tciTy and selfish politician has ever professed to be the especial friend of the far mer. James K. Polk, having lost political cap ical, instead of making it, out of the Oregon question, and having cause to fear losing yet more from the destructive and anti-American policy adopted during the last session of Con- that unless more political capital is manufactur- ed for their nominee for the Presidency (wh'o-j ever he may be, than James K. Polk now pos sesses, the election of '48 will place the said nominee in a situation where he will neither be able to punish his opponents, nor reward his friends. Henco we see a great effort making, by paid politicians, to direct the farmer' atten tion from what has been done against him in Washington, to what has been done, not for him, jn London. And, instead of providing, or even . . sustaining, a market and remunerating prices 1 for him at home, they are telling him to look to England for the rewards of his industry ! That a total repeal of the English corn-laws Would not compensate the American for the loss he will sustain in the home market, from the oper- alionB of Mr. Polk's revenue tariff alone, will j of the Cam this season have exhibited an unu be evident to thee from the following tables: isual number of these cases, occurring princi The following table, from "Parliamentary Re-. l)aIIy in growing willows. At one point on the ports; will show the prices of wheat per bushel j rivi:r ir particular, the process was seen going in tho principal maris of trade on the Continent . on thoroughly. " It was really astonishing," 01 Europe, froni 1S30 to 1843, inclusive: O v to 3 c: 0s it a 1830 1831 1832 1833 $1 1 07 18 93 83 70 60 70 73 94 96 07 23 10 76 93 19 90 70 67 65 79 76 79 15 30 99 11 82 90 $1 1 1 13 15 10 89 66 76 7G 81 20 33 1 1 09 11 78 99 95 07 90 55 50 68 70 99 48 37 48 45 94 76 98 68 71 62 61 77 57 2 844 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 50 G5 79 71 74 66 48 64 , lSl3 Av'age, 91 Here we have lhe prices of wheal at five great maris of the wheat trade, for fourteen years, showing a general average of 88 cents per bushel. The prices at our own aea ports, during the same period, run as follows : In 1830 $1 15 In 1837 SI 83 1831 1 13 1838 1 54 1832 1 15 1839 1 42 1833 1 13 1810 ' 1 10 1834 1 08 1841 1 03 1835 1 10 1843 1 16 1836 1 44 18-13 1 00 The general average of the afoionamed pri ces is SI 25, being 37 cents more than the av erage per bushel at the aforementioned ports in Europe. These show demonstratively thai, in the first cqsi of the grain, we are not able to come into fair competition with our trans-Atlantic wheat growers. And the disadvantage would be still greater for us if the relative dis lances of the great wheat markets from London w ere brought into the account. F.ur instance 1 500 miles frOtn London. 500 " 400 " " ,,. '300 u " 3800 3600 " 3800 4000 Antwerp Odessa Nw York Philadelphia Baltimore These tables are indisputable and self-evident, and demonstrate lb the farmer his home MARKET IS His best MARKET, and i hereon e, should be protected bv a protective lartlt . , V . , Wlipri the commerce- of the country ha passed measurably into the hands tjf foreigner, and the national revenues are inadequate to tho expenses of the government; when thousands of industrious mechanic's are thrown out of em ployment ; and when all kinds of product; aro selling for less than their present prices (results which the Democratic revenue tariff will moi assUiedly produce.) we will be told by thousand toilettes, and as manv oe'ns. that these aro thn Wj.g pa;iic6 Rul ,e, ,h- hnwr Usb of hU ry da-y c0fiimon sen8K an(, wj, j. whal cimlrlbllIes mosl , his interest ; who are his real friend-, and whom he culA to support in all future elcc- itions. The Song Changed. The following verwe is from one of the mw in the Democratic "Valler Kiver," used in tlu State in 1844 : Air " Lucy AVflZ." Oh ' poor Coony Whigs, What makes you look so blue ! "We will have Polk and Dalian, And the TARIFF of ?4 I Since those days things have taken a strange turn with some people-, and the Pennsylvania Democracy now sing the old song somewhat after this fashion : Oh ! poor deluded Locos, Why now in such a fix ! u We've now got Polk and Dallas, And the TARIFF of 46 ! CombnsSion of the Willow Tree. The fact of trees being subject to spontane ; ous combustion is wonderful, though well at- tested, and forms another of those natural phc ; notnena, which only can bo explained by the scientific. We read in a late number of the Cambridge, (Eng.) Advertiser, that the banks hv ilia A fl vrticfr "in trinlf nnnn a finp ivi!. low, in the full vigor of robust vegetable health, pouring forth clouds of smoke from its half burned stem, and doomed speedily to expire itself its own funeral pile. How explain this ! How account for the fact that this tree, yet hale and grcenk covered with a rich mass of foliage j and flourished "like a green bay tree" on the j river bank should suddenly burst forth into ig- ; nition, burn like tinder to its very core, and to- 1 morrow be prostrate? There is no putrescence i .... we think there can be no fermentation in this process. If instances of spontaneous vegeta ble combustion thus frequently happen, why dispute the analogous case of spontaneous ani mal combustion? The tree which we observed last week, as slated above, is now prostrate its very foliage charred, a vegetable ruin as if stripped, shattered, blasted, and half consumed by the elcclric fluid." Paddy's Belief. A genlleman wishing to discover the religion of his Irish guide, inquired: f " Paddy, what's your belief!" to which Jie replied, ' " Wish3, then, your honor, but Pm'bHmy landlady's belief." ' " ' ' "What's that, paddy ?" " ; " Wisha, and I'll tell you, I owe her five and a half year's rent, and she believes that I'll never pay her, and that's my belief too. To Light Matches in damp Weather. It may be useful to our readers to know that matches, when too damp to be used in the or dinary wayr can be readily ignited by rubbing them gently for a few seconds upon a piecorof cork. it :rik No courting whichjs noidgtie .vutjfical- ly can succeed. v- . Dantzic is Hamburg A mirfl:im
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