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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1846.
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The Poetry of She Poor.
BY R. NICOLL.
We are lowly very lowly
Misforume is our crime ;
We liavo been trodden under loot
From all rccotded time.
A yoke upon our neck is laid,
A burden to endure :
its?
To suffer is our legacy
The portion of the poor !
We are lowly very lowly
And scorned from day to day
Yet we have something of our own
Power cannol take away.
Bv tyrants we are loiled to death .
By cold and hunger killed ;
But peace is in our hearts it speaks
Of duties all fulfilled!
We are lowly very lowly
Nor house nor home have we
But there's a heritage for us
While we have eyes to see.
They cannot hide the lovely stars
Words in creation's book
Although ihey hold their fields and lands
Corrupted by our look !
We are lowly very lowly,
And yet the fairest flowers
That by ihe wayside raise their eyes
Thank God, they still are ours ;
Ours is the streamlet's mellow voice,
And ours the common dew,
We still dare gaze on hill and plain,
And field and meadow too!
We are lowly, very Jowly,
But when the cheerful sprimr
Comes forih with flowers upon her feet,
To hear the throstle sing.
Although we dare not seek the shade
Where haunt the forest deer.
The waving leaves we still can 'Bee;'1""
The humming buds can hear.
We are lowly very lowly;
Our hedge-row paths are gone;1
Where woodbines laid their fairy hands
The hawthorn's nest upon.
Yet Blender mercies null are felt,
And heaven doth endure,
And hears ihe prayers that upwards rise
From the afflicted poor!
BV REQUEST. , , ; '
From the New York Observer
The Kli
uted Lily.
BY PROFESSOR
ALDEN OF WILLIAMS COLLF.Gn
What aU this lily?
said Mr. Parkman. as
he slopped by a hly whose white petals were,
withering before they had fairly opened. He ;
was walking in his garden with his daughter
Louisa.
" Well. Sir," said the gardener resting a mo
ment from hie labor, " il lianlhadfa great run of
ill luck. ' In the first place the bulb got a wound ! land.'r
from the spade when it wus transplanted : and . 1 think the idea of unblighted and fadeless
then U wasn't set out as soon after it was la-j flowers is a beautiful one."
ken up ai it should 'have been : the late frost,) "It is so ; but it is a poetical rather than a
too, lhat we had in the iatr part of May nipped (spiritual idea. All moral perfection will be
it a llnle ; so lhat taking all'iogether, it has had found in heaven : every thing necessary to ihe
rather a hard time of it, and it is no wonder coinpleie perfection and the highest happiness
tli3t it don't make a fine bloom. It is badly
flighted, sure enough; but there is many a fair
ihing in this world that is badly blighted.
There is a land, Sir, where there is no blight
nor frotji." .
' Ye, James," replied Mr. Parkman, " and
we musUseejOiiiahaUweihaveiuinterebt ihere.V
riibpeT'lsaid
UdRJa mesflfhole m nly .
the
SaV
viour'hagoVto'-pr Tortus both
there. But dont you think, Sir, there will be
flowers in heaven ?"
Mr. Parkman smiled, and made no immedi
ate reply. James continued : " There will be
music there, and why shouldn't there be flow
ers there ?"
" I am not prepared to say that there will not
be flowers in heaven."
j 1 always love to think there will be flowers
dhere, and flowers which will never fade."
" You could bo happy there, even if that
should not be the case, could you not ?"
" I can be happy in any place in which God
sees fit 10 place me in any place where his
presence is not wanting: but as flowers are
among the finest things which he has made,
and as the blessed Saviour was a great lover of
flowers when he was on the earih, I think, (if
1 lie Lord should see fit,) it would be all the bel
ter if the)' were to bloom in heaven."
" What authority have you for saying that
the Saviour was a lover of flowers?"
" Because it is expressly said so in the good
book ; and if it wasn't, we might know that he
was a great friend to flowers, because he was
so gentle and lovely himself."
- " I don't recollect any passage of Scripture
which expressly affirms that the Saviour was
peculiarly fond of flowers."
Doesn't he say, sir, " consider the lilies of
J the field how ihey grow, ihey toil not neither
jdo the3r spin, yet I say unto you that even Sol-
I omon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these. Wherefore if God so clotho ihe
! field," &c. You see, Sir, that he ascribes the
clothing of ihe flower with beauty to God, and
not 10 nature, as the heathen among us do."
Thinking that he had stood idle long enough, !
i he prepared to resume his work saying as he i
i did so, "Well, whatever may be the case with '
my old friends here," pointing to the lilies and j the beauty of tho morning."
roses and other flowers, " I hope lhat dear ol-l " Yes Sir," said she with a sweet, yet lan
ive plant of yours will be there." I ql sniile, " 1 enjoy every thing."
"That must depend," said Mr Parkman sol- j " You do not suffer much pain then ?"
emnlv. " in one sense, at least, upon herself." I
j When they had passed on so far as to be out j
! of James' hearing, Louisa said 10 her faiher,
do you believe there will be flowers in heav-
, ?
"It is a point, my daughter, in respect tojther's eyes filled with tears, she said, "mother
j which I have neither belief or unbelief,
j Bible is silent respecting it."
The 1
j " But James seems to be certain about it, and
j he is a great reader of the Bible you know."
" In James' case, you have an example of the
I effect of desire, in causing belief without suffi
cient evidence. We believe what we strongly
. desire 10 be true, on very slight evidence.
James is such a lover of flowers, his life, as it
j were, is so bound up in ihem, that he can hard
ly form a conception of a happy placo where
they shall be warning. Hence, he strongly de
sires that the' may be found in paradise, and
j hence believes that they will be found there, on
j very slight evidence ; or rather on none at all." 1
j " I didn't sec as the passage which he quo -
jted, proved that the Saviour was a peculiar ad -
I mirer of flowers."
j " True," said her faiher, " the words
were
spoken by Him to illustrate a point very differ-
ent from the one we were considering, yet I
have no doubt but that the Saviour as a perfect
man, must have had a keen sensibility to the
beauties of nature, and hence must have been
;an admirer of flowers. James is there without
doubt right in his premises, but I do not
that his conclusion follows. It may be,
see
and
' doubtless was a fact that the Saviour loved
these beautiful specimens of his Father's handy
work, but I do noj think that it follows from
this fact that there will be flowers in the better
of the soul will be found there. The great
question is are,we prepared for a residence
there V"
This suggestion awakened thoughts in Lou
isa's mind which were not aliogeilier pleasant.
She was not a chrisiinu : she intended 10 be
come one, but was not ready yet. She was in
terested iri lhe subject of religion, and hived to
hear persons converse upon it, and to converse
upon it herself, provided Us truths were not
thereby brought home too closely to her own
heart. At such times, she was always inclined
to change the conversation, if it could be done
with propriety. It was in part owing to this
that she made the following remark, " Father
as I was looking at the lily, a little while ago,
I was led to think of Ellen Rodgers."
" When did you see her last ?"
il Yesterday."
" EIow did you find her V
" She was much weaker than she was last
Monday. Then she walked from the bed to
her window, and now they have to carry her.
She told tne she had walked across her pleas
ant chamber for the last time."
We had beiier ride over and see her this
morning. Should you like to go?"
" Yes, Sir."
.The carriage was soon ready, and a short
drive brought them to the door of a small, neat j
house, around which everything bespoke econ
omv and comfort
They entered, and ascended 10 the chamber
where they found the invalid silting, supported
by pillows, at the window which commanded
a view of a beautiful meadow, and a small lake
whose surface shone brightly under the beams
of the morning sun. She had seen sixteen
summers, and it was plain that she was never
.,. . i r ...i,:..u i..,.i -l.t, .i
,uec,"BUW"M""41 "au "u'"cu
so much beauty the scene spread out before
" J
i,r Tn r,nlir,'hha,?hflfln rRa.-irflRr1
liful tin I nnntnrnntinn linrl aivnr. fl plparnfifis IO
her complexion, a
bloom to her cheek and a
brilliancy to her eye which increased her beau-
ty.
and told, at the same time, that l was beau
y brightening for the tomb.'
' Good morning, LUen," said Mr. Parkman,
as he entered tho chamber, "you are enjoying
" Scarcely any. I bey nurse me so tenticr-
Jv that I should hardly know I was Sick but for
my failing strength."
" lour strength sensibly declines I
" Yes, I cannot last long." Seeing her mo-
father would like to know lhat Mr. Parkman
here." Her mother retired for a moment.
" Do you ever feel that it is hard to be called
away so young1 from the beautiful world, and
your dear friends."
Not a shade passed over her transparent
countenance as she said, " I cannot say lhat I
do. My life has been a very pleasant one,
through tho mercy of my Heavenly Father ; and addresses her thus : "Behold thou art be- meeting a wall. It was proposed to blow up
and if he sees fit to remove me hence, what j trothed unto me with this ring, according to ihei an old building; a hole had been-dug under 11,.
have I say? I have committed my all 10 him. riie3 0f Moses and Israel." , capable of holding a kilogrammo of gunpowder;.
I feel sad when I ihink of ihe loneliness and j 'pjje raarrjage contract, which is an indispen-, one hundred and twenty grammes of the cotton.
griet ol my parents when 1 am gone, but Uod
can comfort ihem and" will."
Mr. Parkman did not think it best to exhaust
j her sliength by continuing ihe conversation Ion -
' ger.
At her request he offered a prayer, and
I 1 1 U ' HI w.awv.wu .IV I... W II UK II I W V. V I ' U II II I III II
! promises, iviihdrew with his daughter.
The ride home was a silent one. The scene
J which had been witnessed was left to make its
own impression.
The Armistice is to be terminated, and the
War renewed vigorously, by the decision of the
Cabinet at Washington, which was logeiher
nearly all of Monday. A special messenger,
probably Col. Eaton, who brought the Monte
rey despatches, has been sent back wiih orders
to this effect. The armistice was doubtless
conceded by Gen. T. under ihe impression that
the two governments were on the eve of pacif
ication. Lt. Armistead, however, left New
Orleans on the 1st with despatches communi
cating ihe failure of one offer of negotiation, and
he has probably already reached the army.
The Union supposes that the fresh orders to
terminate the armistice and go ahead, will reach
the army in 16 days.
"The Mexicans have been driven from one
of their strongholds," says the Union, "and one
of the keys of Mexico is now in our hauds."
Gen. Taylor's official despatches do our iroops
great honor.
A pear free at New Haven, 200' years old,
has blossomed within a few days past". t
Ceremonies at a Jexvisn Wedding.
A Jewish marriage is an imposing spectacle.
Formerly most of their marriages took place in
ihe synagogue, but latterly they have been more
frequently solemnized in their houses. At the
hour- appointed, the bride and bridegroom are
severally conducted, the bridegroom by main
friends, and the bride by friends of her own
sex, to the place appointed for the celebration
... I
of the ceremony. The company assembled to
i,nM. .h rnremonv. is usually very lar-e.-'of
Sometimes there are as- many friends as from
j '-''-
two to three. hundred.
There must be len men, j
otherwise the marriage would not be valid.-
When the company have all assembled, and I
the priest or reader who officiates on the occa-!
sion, is ready, the bride and bridegroom are Ud
frnm nrtnthfir room into the' olace where the
ceremony is performed, under a velvet canopy, i
which is supported by four poles ; the bride,
being supported oft
the arms of two women,
-
iand the bridegroom on the srms ot two men.
1 1 nese are always inu pdrcuis ui mc .o...i.a.,. .bt.,....b ,..i.... u.u...
!. I T ! 1 .1. 1... ... t 1.. t-kVtI.rw1 if it It f I(vml K, vr!ll i'
about to be marneo,- prov.ueu ue 1";.,
alive and able to be present. ll not, men wie
task is coffined 10 ihe nearest relations. The
bride, on being conducted 10 the place where ! may. in a mouitied sense, oe .u 10 ue .1 mir
the marriage is to be solemnized, is invariably ; den 10 her. To such an extent, indeed ,l?e
veiled, in token of the assumed modesty of her ; Ming carried among the body, thai a husband
character. When they reach the spot, the ' "hosfc wife has been seven years married
bride is placed opposite ihe bridegroom, and lm. w"ut having any children, may put he
. ' nnf .t' ',,,,: n, KnmP nc-rsonser-
the priestnot ihe rabbi, a some persons er-
1. . ),,; r,Iron ohm nr
asbnau-'roneously suppose ,iaving taken a glass 01
y oujjjjuoc; naming - -
his hand, says a brief prayer, of which
! wiftC til
1 1. P.. 1 ! ... C llin InwlltTfr n3BC3(IPtf
(lie IIHIUVVIIIJJ die uo ituunij; iujou.o .
"Blessed art thou, 0 Lord our God, King ot
the universe ! who hath prohibited unto us the yr Beelz, the correspondent of the Arade
bciroihed, hut hath allowed unto us those that my (Jf jeri,Ui wlu, has lately returned from, a
1 are nameu uy 1110 means 01 canopy aim weu -
uinc ring, dicsscu dmuuu, . ..... -
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r 1 1 T -.11 iU.
i ness; the voice of merriment ot the brioegrooms
r, from out their canopies, and yotiihs for their
is j musical feasts. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord! the
ner Ol nis peopje israei y uit; mean ui . wmcn nas oeen demonslrated 10 Ills piesence.
canopy and wedlock. Blessed art ihou, 0 ; profcSsor Schoenbein, of Bale, has discovered
Lord, our Lord; King of the universe ! who has ,jJal By 8UbjCcing colion lo a certairv process,
created joy and gladness; bridegroom and bride; whcn is fitj a 8ecret, he can transform it into
delight and song, pleasure and sympathy. - a diflerent substance, which difl'ers apparency
Speedily, 0 Lord our God, let there be heard, bul sighiy, but which posesses highly inllam
in rhe cities of Judah and in the streets of Je- maDie an(j explosive properties. Any firearm
rtfsalem, the voice of joy and the voice of glad- can be chared wiih this coffon powder quite
rejoicer of the bridegroom" with the bride." ,taDje ,,0W(er js necessary. "I fired," write
After this prayer is said by the priest, the 1 Mr. Beeiz, "at the distance of forty-eight pa
bridegroom and brido severally drink of the ces, with an ordinary musketr loaded wiih ouo
wine laid before them; and the bridegroom goes gramme eight decigrammes of the vegetable pow-
, round the bride three limes, and the bride round
the bridegroom twice. The bridegroom then
takes tho ring and puts it on the brides' finger,
; sable lhjnfT in aj lhe jewj3h marriages, is next
read, in which the bridegroom binds himself to j three pounds ol gunpowder could naruiy nnve
take the bride as his lawful wife, according to ; shaken, was made a complete wreck."
j the law of Moses and Israel, and that he will
maintain, honor, and cherish her. It is farther
distinctly specified that he shall keep her in
decent clothing, 'f he sum ho is to settle on
her in the erent of his dying first is also spR -
i cified. The priest then drinks another glass
of wine, and after a short prayer, the bride and
bridegroom partake of the wine. The empty
glass is then laid upon tho ground, and the
bridegroom siamping upon it, breaks it into pie
ces. The lesson meant 10 be taught the newly-married
parties by ihe breaking of the glass
beneath the bridegroom's feel, is lhat they must
also, sooner or laler, fall beneath the power of
death, and that they ought, consequently, so to
keep the world under their foet as thai, whon
they come to die, they may have no ground for
fear.
This part of the ceremony being over, all
present shout with one voice in Elebrew,
"May it turn out happily," and lhe whole affair
is then ended. The scene is aliogeUicr very
imposing, and the effect is very considerably
heightened by the personal attractions and
handsome dresses of the Jewesses, and the
touching Hebrew melody played during the
greater part of the ceremony by a band special
ly engaged for the purpose. When lhe cere
mony is concluded, ihe evening is spent in re
joicing and fcsiivily.
Before concluding niy .accouiii of thoare-
f monies observed at a Jewish manage, it is
right to remark, that even the nuptials uf'ihe
poorer persons of the Hebrew community kij
solemnized on a scale of great splendor.
deed, it would be difficult for mere speci;.ttr -to
say whether the parties were poor or nr
from the appearance of the assemblage betort
htm; for rich persons often attend ihe wedding
of their poorer brethren, afcd invariably make
point of presenting the bride and bridegroom
1 .. 1 1 -.! ,itil-..i- fn litt.
, wiin some nanus..,,, g.,.-,
money or plate, according 10 the c.rcumstan-
ces of ihe parties. The presents so rec -nii.?
always cover the expenses? in many instants
they considerably exceed ihei'rr. But f'esntv.s
this, there is a benevolent Jewish Society; r.'
tablished for the express purpose of giving small
j marriage portions to
poor Jewish girls. ,'lMin
amount given varies irom tnree umiureu io-iwh
r .1 1 I 1
hundred and fifty dollars.
As intimately connected with ihe marriages
of the Jews, 1 ought here to rernarK Hiat noin-
. . .--lf
, mg can rxceetl tne anxiety 01 tiiarneu jewer
- - T.
; on comempi ; sim eci; hiumicucss muwic..
1 Jewess is so well aware of thf, thai her life
: away by divorce. The circumstance, however,
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of a Jewess being divorced by ber husband on
o
,
j 'his account,- h one of exceedingly rare occur--
i f C II C t) .
important Discovery.
J0riiey in Switzerland and Ha Jy, im rceemiy
. - ,,.. ar, 6ve WIiness ioa urilliam uiscoverv.
uul'ii an eye
... . . . -
, as wej as wi,h common ouupoHder, and' will
; pr0pe
lne Same
ball as from a common gun; to obtntn
same effect, only half as much of the vege-
t der; the ball, which was one of the largest size,.
passed through three planks, each an inch in
thickness, and was divided into three pieces by
powder were placed in ll; the building, whicti
j 'Plle following are said to be lhe principal
advantages of the cotton-powder: 1st, it leaves
hi the fire-arms no residuum; 2d, it lake fire
suddenly and uniformly; 3d, it burns up- entire-
j ly, and consequently makes Utile or no-.-
inoku ;
4th,. its transportation is attended with much
less danger than gunpowder,, as a violent shock
is necessary to make it explode; 5th,it is more
bulky bnt not so heavy as powder; 6th, after
having been moistened it can be dried, and" is
as good as before. Trials have been making',
and are now in progress to test its properties,,
and to ascertain whether it may not take ih
place of gunpowder. Professor Rottger, ot
Frankfort, lately announced to the society of
Naturforschenden, lhat he had succeeded 111
preparing some cotton-powder possessing the
same properties as that prepared by M. Sobb
enbein, v 4
" What is the chief use of bread?"" asked? art
examiner at a school. exhibition. '"The chief
use of bread," answered the urchin interroga
ted, apparently astonishod at the simplicity of
the enquirer, "lhe chief use of bread is lo spread
butter and molasses on it."
Contempt of Court. A justice .of ihc-
peaco in Montreal lately committed a Vermont
lawyer to prison for words spoken 111 debate,
he having called lhe said justice V P.IJiUiigln
Cockalorumvin open court-