, - ' -.;.- mm i wit Tit The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. 4 r f f r iramrt nil mat urn if iry nKy i Am jp au jm. m m mnwjmimy i r. . r . , - :sr-.w " '. "VOL 7. ij.jj.uuir TERMS Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars and a quarter, half yearly-and if not paid .before .the end or the vear. Two dollars and a half. Those who rcceire their papers by a carrier dr stage dHvters employed by the proprie tors, will be charged 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra. . No papers discontinued until all arrearages arc paid, except at the option of the Editor. v,n. ID Advertisements not exceeding one square (sir teen lines; will be inserted three weeks for one dollar: twenty-five cents for every subsequent insertion : larger ones in proportion. A liberal discount will be made to yearly advertisers. ID All letters addressed to the Editor must be post-paid. JOB PJRtfiWIiVa. Havins.a ireneral assortment of large, elegant, plain and orna mental Type, ve arc prepared to execute every description-of 'Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, BTotes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jcffcrsoniati Republican. From the New York Tribune. To the )LaIbrcr for IIujsia?x2it3 BY MISS ALICE CAI1EV. Sharpen the axe, thou man of iron nerve, And from thy steady purpose never swerve, But lay it at the roots of that cursed trco, The growth of centuries, whose fruit is pride ' Darkly its shadow fell where Jesus died, And the red bosom of old Bigotry, Forgetful of our common brotherhood To the deep shame of Christianity, Hath nursed its poison roota with innocent blood ! Deal death-blows to Oppression! Hazo the wall That keeps the Poor irom Opulence apart Batter the corner-slone out, through its fall Jar to the palace-chambers, and the heart Of queenly beauty scoff at the bold deed 'T will let the common sunshine and the air Come to the hut and hovel; and thy meed Shall be a tribute of true tears and prayer ! Wrench out the hammer from the grasping hand Of the loathed trafficker in flesh and blood, And. let the bondman free and upright stand, Just as God made him, who pronounced him good1. Loosen his cramping chain and let him go Back to the "nurse of lions," and there grow To a more perfect stature. Who dare find Or fix a limit to the'immortal Mind ! Be faithful to Conviction ! Never pause In a feigned reveience for unrighteous laws; But tear the drapery of Custom back, And let the hideous gibbet and the rack Show us their bloody heads; and let us see The blaze of the grim scaffold. That were light Whereby the hand of honest Industry Might cut the hangman's cords and knot them tight To traces for the oxen ! On the page Of the World's history a new era date ! l?nnt nnt thf lhnrns. but for the trarden wait t Till the young children of another age, When rich and deep the ripened harvest stands, shall bind the golden sheaves with their white I hands. A nfl find hut flowers amone them, l nese snail De Ly laurels,-Laborer for Humanity! The Human Body. Placing agreeableness-of aspect entirely out ! r . ! iUava m nnfiiriuf niirnnca an. ' " ! i nn.;Mn in viom iVirmtnVl thi intpall. , Hill lilt) IHCLUllUlSIU Ul UUI uuuiuai u.riw L . i i . A. hAr ma. ilia uinni , Durst we make a singtaraovernent, or stir e .t-- i .u:t. : ;r t n n i mm inn 1 1 1 ;i i-kv 1 1 1 1 1 1 wi! writ: 1 1 f . 11 w & our blood circulating, the tendons pulling, I r lungs blowing, the humors filtrating, and all incomprehensible assemblage of fibres, A U nil TTI I1U "VT V I ITH-W I'll! I num. Ill t 111. VV 1111. 11 pnous I kin, the creator has not omitted to vary its i: .i. i i skin is most beautiful on the, face, because jace is expuoeu iu uuci,u(uii , u is &uiiei re least iiaoie iu iiij"iy,ui uaimtisi ur urm- T . . 1 I I ... . t linttl. I : . " . 1. ..1 ,. .a r. n lexiure wuuro u ib unov itauic iu ue Mil III1I1TI llfl I I 1 I .Zkiuil III l.llll . . ri : . i : . ,-i ice in the manner in .-which it ceases at Aft 1 A - . .... - mm m w u iiiiiiv n i i 1 ti ii n iiii . t 11 u.j siceiv ana nrpf.mn ii;a corer w c i i t . O XJVMl Cr V JKiTI. 13 licit? 3U ucucu u J 1 ' I - - n wn ii in i inn i;in r o c r o r i rt a unnprs ' r'0.VN(,Jwr mmrw ri : xjocause sometnin iiari or-lonrv . a. m TI . f A "O ' - w 1 1. I t I " I 11 si or nit iiimDiv.iOQ ectx wine iv wowisn- I a. ? I I . .Ir? . t.. rasp or seize upon .mx.ai,fs merelore su- . NT I t f e the ektn on such rJaces. , , - V STRO UDSBURG, xMONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1847. The same forethought is visible in the cov ering of our heads. What could have been a more beautiful or appropriate substance where with to cover the heau1 and preserve the hard bony ahull from injury, than the hair a sub stance at once light, warm and graceful 1 There are three obvious divisions of human life a period of youtb,includfng the period before the ago of thirty; of maturity, from thir ty to fifty ; and of old age, commencing about the period of fifty lo sixty. David speaks of the age of man, being in his time, only three score years and ten, or in rare cases four score years, which may be reckoned the average lim it of human existence. Afier the period of fifiy or sixty years, vary ing of course in different constitu'ions, the marks of old age begin to make their appear ance the skin becomes more lean and shrivel led ; the hair changes to a gray color, or bald ness occurs ; ihe teeih drop out, and, in con sequence of this, the lower parts of the- face, about the mouth and jaws, incline inwards ; ihe muscular motions of ihe body become less free and elastic this is especially seen in walking, old people generally treading upon the whole base of tho feet, and hence have a shuffling gait ; the blood circulates slowly, the animal heat is diminished, the pulse occasion ally intermits, and the whole energies of the animal frame become lessened : the eyesight begins to fail, and dullness gradually comes o ver all the senses, the memory undergoes a re markable change while recent even's pass through the mind and make no impression, oc currences of early life continually suggest themselves, and are minutely called to remem brance. Although usually seventy years is the ex treme period of human life, yet a small portion of those born ever roach even this ; a few rare instances occur where one hundred years or upwards are obtained. The famous Parr lived to the age of one hundred and-fifiy uine years, he married at the age of one hundred and twen ty, and when one hundred and thirty, was able to thrash, and do all descriptipn of farmers' work. He was at last brought from the pure air and the homely diet of the country, into the family of tho Earl of Arundel, in London,! where he drank wine and lived luxuriously. The sudden change of diet and circumstances, however, proved quickly fatal to him. Henry Jenkins, another poor man, lived to the aston ishing age of one hundred and sixty-nine years, and retained his faculties entire. Some time' ago, a statement appeared of the ages of the re ttidani pensioners of Greenwich Hospital, which contained at the time two thousand four hundred and ten inmates. Of this number, ninety-six had attained to or passed the age of eighty ; one. only was above one hundred fif- teen were ninety or more; and eighty were alnriltf ?in1 iinivn tA a A limi t fort tr.t tun rf fltn i w w this number both parents had been aged. Lon-J gevily has in a great number of cases been; louna 10 oe nereunary. iigniy oi tne nineiy- six had been married; seventy-nine were in t I r n the habit of using tobacco in some form or oih er, and forty eight had drunk freely ; twenty were entirely without leeih; fifty-two had bad, and fourteen good teeih. But tho oldest man in the house, who was one hundred and two, had four new front teeth withiu the five preceding years. The sight was impaired in about jone half, and hearing only in .about the fifth part of the number. Old people are, gen erally inclined for much exercise, nor is it suit ed to their stiff joints and impaired vigor ; for the same reason they cannot endure much cold. Cheerful company, especially the company of the young, is peculiarly grateful to old people. Innocent amusements and recreations aro also of great consequence, and the mind should bo exercised in some useful or amusing pursuit. Cities, or at all events constant and agreeable society, are favorable to old age. Jn lonely, secluded country places, he mind sinks pre maturely into a total gloom and blank, for warn of sufficient stimulus and variety to kep up ihe rigor and play of Ideas. Few deaths occur from what is commonly called old ajo, or gradifal apu simultaneous-decay of all ihe fqne tions. IT may be said to happen when'. ihe powers gradually decay, first of the voluntary muscles, then of the vi!ajvmuscles, and lastly, :of the heart itself, so that in advanced ne, lif' ?9 ceases through mere weakness rather than through the oppression of any disease. The heart becomes unable to propel the blood to the extreme parts of the body ; the pulse and heat desert the feet and hands yet the blood contin ues to be sent from tho heart to those arteries nearest to it and to be carried back from them. Most commonly, however, some one part gives way, and disease gradually coming on, cuts off tho lingering flame of existence. Thus the body after having grown tip lo maturity, and flourish in its prime, sinks to the earth, and moulders into the elements of which its several patts are composed. In the very lowest orders of animal life the mouth and stomach are one continuous tube, or all stomach, as it may be called, and so simple in construction that the animal may be turned inside out without detriment to it; that which was external being now internal, and perform ing with equal facility, all the functions of tho stomach. Namvoo She Mormon City, as it now is. We condense the following description from an article relative to a visit to Nauvoo, by Charles Lauman : The Mormon city occupies an elevated posi tion, and as approached from the south, appears capable of containing a hundred thousand souls. But its gloomy streets bring a most melancholy disappointment. Where lately resided no less lhan twenty five thousand people, there were I ha lUnn i K-t liirn Itfirwlrnrl nut iu us mute .uau -uuu. , - and those in mind, body, and purse, seemed to be perfectly wrecked. In a walk of about ten minutes, I counted several hundred chimneys, which were all that at least that number of families had left behind them, as memorials of their folly and the wick- edness of their persecutors. When this ciiyjfien( j,y 8ieamboats and vessels, not carrying was in its glory, every dwelling was surround ed with a garden ; so that the corporation lim its were uncommonly extensive ; but now all tne ience3 are in ruin, auu am rmeiy uuwuou streets actually rank with vegetation. Of the houses left standing, not more than I- . j . i- i . i . ... ,t i one out of ten is occupied, excepting by the: Postmasters are not allowed any compensa spider and the toad. Hardly a window retain- il0n for ;j,e delivery of these documents, but ed a whole Pane of glass, and the doors were j lne am0unt received from the boxes is for the broken, and open and hingeless. j benefit of the postmaster to the extent of $2,- In the centre of the scene of ruin stands ilic , Q00, and beyond this it must be appropriated Tempie of Nauvoo, which is unquestionably 1 10 ,ne spp0rl 0f the office. The New York one of the finest buildings in this country. It is built of limestone, quarried within the limits 0f the city, in the bed of a dry stream, and the architect named Weeks, and every individual who labored upon the building were Mormons. It is one hundred and twenty eight feet wide, and from the ground to the-oxireme summit ii measures two hundred and ninetv-two feet. It is principally after the Roman styio of achitec ture, somewhat mixed with the Grecian and t1. Ti hn tVtit-iiAA 13 si mnn . ft (he base of which is carved a new moon, in verted, while the capitol of each is formed f an uncouth head, supported by two nanus now - ; ing a trqtnpet. Directly under the tower in i .... front, is this inscription : " The House of the Lord. Built by the Church of Jesus Christ's of Latter Day Saints, commenced April Gib, 1841. Ilolincss lo the Lord. In the basement room, which is paved with brick, and converges to the centre, is a baptis mal font, supported by twelve oxen, as large as life, the whdle executed in solid stone. Two stairways lead into it from opposite directions, while on either side are two rooms for the re cording clerks, and all around no less lhan twelve preparation rooms besides. On the first floor arelhree pulpits, and a place for the choir, and on either side, eight Roman win dows. Over ihe prophets pulpit or throne, is this inscription ; "The Lord has beheld our sacri fices ; come afier us." Between the first and second floors, are two long rooms, appropriated lo the pajriarchs, which aro lighted by eight circular windows, each. Tho room j)n the sec ond floor, in every particular is, precisely like ihat of the first. Around 'tho" Hall- of a spacious aitic fare' twelve small rooms, with each a circular wiri: dow and Jiniassive lock onjlic! door. At ;ihe two corners of .the. edifice aro two winding stairways, which meet at the base of the tower, and lead to the summit, while the roof of the main building is arranged for a place of prome nade ; and the walls of the noble edifice yary from four to six feet in thickness. Estimating the manual labor at the usual prices of the day, it is said that ihe cost of this temple was about $800,000. Tho owners now offer to sell it for $200,000, but it will be a long time, I fancy before a purchaser will be found. I was left alone in the belfry of the Temple. Then it was that I had an opportu- niy to muse upon the superb panorama that met my gaze upon every side. 1 was in a tru ly splendid temple that temple in the centre of a desolate city and the city in the centre of an apparently boundless wilderness. To ihe east lay, in perfect beauty the grand prairie of Illinois, reaching to the watery of Michigan; to the north and south faded away the winding Mississippi ; and on the west, far as the eye could reach, tvas spread out a perfect sea bf forest-land, entering which I could distinguish a caravan of exiled Morntons, On their line of march for Oregon and California. Amendments to the Post Olficcl-aws. The following is a summary of the amend ments to the General Post Office Laws, passed at the close of the lato session of Cdrigrcss. The franking privilege is restored to all Post masters, whose compensation the past ;year ji not exceed $200, and $200,000 aro j appropriated to pay the postages of the two !i - rot C 1. ! Ai . vwl t ( nouhes oi congress, i u iruuuu.g - lnc recess as well as ,to the terms of Congress. iviau uontraciors auu earners are aumunzcu n t -i - . . i . .v. L-, 10 carry newspapers out of the mail for circu- lation or for sale. So that all restriction upon the circulation of newspapers out of tho mail are taken away. Upon letters and packages ine mail, two cents will be charged under reg ulations to be described by the Postmaster Gen- , eraj All books and printed matter ordered by Congress are to be regarded as public docu ments, and as such may be franked. and Washington post offices are made excep tions to this law. The Postmaster is authorized to esiabhsh branch post offices in any city where the con venience of ihe inhabitants may make it desi rable, and that without any increase of ihe . presenl rates 0f postage. He is also author- ized to sell stamps to the deputy postmasters, and which are by them to be furnished to ihose wishing to purchase. Postages remain as they were. It is made illegal to deposite two letters in the same envelope or package directed to dif- f Terent persons. The penally is $10, one half ; ,0 ,j,e jrormer. There is, however, a proviso thai the law shall not apply lo packages sent to foreign countries. ' Newspapers not sent from the office of pub lication; are to be charged with three cents pos tage. So also all hand bills and circulars. The post routes are extended to Oregon and to Mexico, with return mails. Duiingthe war and for three months after, tho officers and sol diers of the army aro to receive their letters and nowspapcrs free of postage. The post route bill contains a section which enables the Postmaster General lo appoint a postmaster at Astoria, and such other points on the Pacific wiihin the U. S. territory as tho public interests demand. N. Y. Globe. In giving Geography lessons, a school-master down east asked a boy. "What stato dp you live in V ' To which the boy brawled through hia nose in reply . " A stato,.qf six and Misery!" " I say, Pete, does you know how dey keep oysters from smdllin' in de Hottest of do wed der?" " - - "I doosn't tink .LdoosVSam hotf'd dey do Why, foy;fu. .cut,dar-noses off, and deiV day can't smell J.ujfin..; O.yah !, yah ! .yahj! what an tmpenuu.lranluu ujggf ty"J?' i No: W: mm iiii.j 4mJJgW Tlie mother's Fa it Si. The difference between anciont -and modern times is ivpified in nothing more significantly than in the feelings manifested then and mw at the birth of a child. We know ihai?eveii now such an event is hailed with joy by tliusU more particularly interested;1 with perhOpatlh exception in the case bf the very poor ; but there is not that overflowing sense of happino upon such occasions, which, we see displayed again and again in the earlier pages of the Bi ble. In the patriarchal ages; barrenness Iva looked upon as a curse ; and even the glory"" ;if the maiden was counted shame, in comparison with that of the mother. There is a-hinsular illusiiraiiorof this in the melancholy words of the daughter of Jephthah, when she learned! her father's fatal row, too well knbwn, perhaps-, to need repeating. It is probable that, as ilio world has grown older and population bocomo dense, the means of Hving are more difficult to be prdcurcd lhan in those early ages ; and there fore, perhaps, the natural joy of ihe parents is 111 a. uvgitt oauucilVU tJJ ma UlUUglll (Mill HMJ i3 a hard struggle at tho best ; and the remem brance of what they themselves have passed through hangs like an anchor upon ihe.ir jiy, and will not let it rise, with ihe lhankfolne'i of the patriarchal era, to the great Giver in heaven. That such should bo ihe case and thousands, especially of the poor, will confess it to be so argues that ourpre&cut civilization is defective somewhere; for, surely, if things j were as they should be, the birth of a child, lhal mo3l valuabie gifl of Qod, would be an oc I r i, A ,uan. ;v; n ? - - But the abovo thoughts were suggested by the following homely but touching verses, from the -pen of tho gifted editor uf tho Boston Chronoiype : Cried a pale one, Give rh& joy, I have borne a cherub bov. 1 ... Borne a boy 1 The world is full. Crammed its game of push and' pull ; . You have given that cherub life For a gauntlet race of strife. 'I If his heart be large and lender, Sadly will his means be slender ; Everlasting duns will push him, Poverty will cramp and crush him. If his heart be small and stony It will canker with his monev, Rust will gnaw it through and. through Care will vex it black and blue ; J . I. ,U .1.1 I 1 .1 .IIU HSU kVIUILU, Uil, UdjlC33 IllUlliei, In his wealth will starve and smothenbidh . Cried the mother, God is living, Blest the boon is, of His giving ; ; .t I will trust Him that the boy, . , Living-, shall be full of joy. Truth and justice, self-denial- Shall nreDare him for the trial Into which he must be hurled, Of a scoffing, brutal world. Watch will I his opening soul, Kindling with the living coal ; Love to God, and love to man, Working out his Maker's plan. Who shall say this boy of mine Shall not as an angel shine, Winning to the heavenly stale. Hearts now filled with strife arjllat Calling down that better day, . ' When tho good shall boarihcL8wa And the brutal slink away ! - . Ceased she and her deep blue eye' Flashed the glories of the sky: ' From her faith not to be driven, With a love to angels given, , -Kissed she then that gift of Hoaven." , U. S. Sqtttrdqygljl0. A Capital Toasl. At a late festival of the citizens oLSv. Jjuui. among the regular toasts dnmfc on the ocfasion-: " Our Army the Volunteers and RcguUrs With Shields for defence ; kButhr for supplies; a Pilloux for repose, and a Marshall for parade; may they not lack Wool for comfort, Worth m battle, or a Garland for victory ; never crying Quit-man lo tha foe, but laying their Ttciggs on ihe enemy's, back, nay promptly-tjteir Scott, or ,A2.ra.s,lHe Taylor al ways, k nV ws. how .? !f the jdock of the tongue be not set Jy thu gtvon on the lorn oi reoruary, mc ninjio.-e of celebrating the landing of 'Lac', cite jiTul h founding of that city, we fiiiiV fhe tifflow in. S
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