. . i;--.r v-psi4 " 1 UP It I --. j- - tm.lJU.imJ J-lli Jl jm-UJU.UU!mLg Luuxa' muni 1 1 iiim The whole art of Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. VOL 7. STRO'UDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1847. No.,. 48, 1 r TERMS Two dollars per annum in, advance Two dollars and a quarter, half yearly and if not paid before the end of iae year, Two dollars and a half. Those who receive their paoers by a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie tors, will bo charged 37 1-s cents, per year, extra. No papers discontinued until all arrearages arc paid, except at the option of the Editor. 1C7 Advertisements not exceeding one square (sirtecn lines) will be lasertcJ three weeks for one dollar,- twenty-five cents f r every subsequent insertion : larger ones in propoifion. A liberal discount will be made to yearly .advertisers. lEUt letters addressed to the Editor must be post-paid. JOB PRINTING. Having a general assortment of largo, elegant, plain and orna mental rype, we are prepared to execute every description of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, AT THE OFFICE OF THE .ef fersoniaii Republican. From the New-Yorker. Growing Old. BY THE PRIVATE SCHOLAR. Older, older, older growing ! Never-ceasing onward flowing To ihe mist where wrecks are sttewing Life's great sea: Where the sun is dimly beaming ; Where Earth's visions lose their seeming; Where the dream of Youth that followed, By the murky tide is swallowed . Mournfully. ' . - i. On this dark and sluggish ocean. Dead, yet trembling with emotion, Dies the din of Life's commotion . : - Evermore. Not a sound moves through the glooming, Where dim shadows vast are looming, Save anon some frail bark's bustle, As the waves, with faintest rustle, Close it o'er. Here fond Youth, with heart despairing, Sees unearthly spectres staring, From the hollow eye-pits glaring Desolate ; And to fears his thoughts awaken," And his spirit goes forsaken, As he feels the power that ever Bears him on the unyielding river To his fate. Bright and gay the rill goes leaping, Through tile sunny meadows creeping, Where the nodding flowers aie peeping O'er its breast ; Onward ever onward flowing; Calmer, deeper, wider growing, Till the river bears the billow Sweeping by the mourning willow,.,. Ne'er at rest. All the hopes, the joys, fruition, Of fond Man, his strength, ambition, Are but as the vapory vision, . 'Known awhile ; Then to unknown cares are hurried, In the misty Ocean buried. Thus ends all his hopeful dreaming, Which to him is given, seeming -To beguile. h : We are daily growing older, "' Weaker, sadder, paler, colder; Soon these perfect limbs will moulder - 'Neath the soil. Chilly thoughts will gather o'er us, ? . Viewing our cold form befoie us, So unlike it, once so sprightly ! ' Let it rest; 't is, though unsightly,' Freed from toil. Oh why should it ever grieve us That the grave will soon receive us I Will it not for aye relieve us ' From our ToeV? v " If the Poor we 've ne'er fdrs'a ken,15 ': And to Truth men did awaken;; '. Like the weary bark at even, L-j' We shall find a quiet haren, . . t Of repose. . . ., j Tit for Tat. A dashing fellow, wlu seemed to think that he manifested his superiority by the disdain he xhibited for any thing like courtesy to the humble classes of society, was driving his gig one rainy day, when he came to a loll bar, and asked what was to pay. Eightpence, if you please," said the civil gate keeper. Instead of handing the money to him, our grandee carelessly threw a shilling on the wet and muddy ground. ' There, take your change out of tlfai." The keeper stooped for the silver, and placing the copper exactly on the same spot, walked coolly intoliia cottage. " Mr. Snooks, do you .believe thatGen. Tay lor will run for the Presidency V Yea, atr-ee! He wonxjun forany thing What a Pair of Aiidirous Cot. hy'peter piper, JR. Peter, said my uncle, knocking the ashes from his pipe and laying it on the corner of the mantle piece, and then fixing his eyes on the andirons, Peter those andirons cost me one thousand dollars ! Dear me ! exclaimed my aunt., , ' ' Oh, Father! cried the gitls.' ; i r Impossible ! said 1. True, every word true. One thousand dol lars, did I say? yes, two thousand ; full two thousand dollars. Well well said my aunt, folding up her knil ling for the night. I should like to know what vou are talking about. My uncle bent forwatd and planted his hands firmly on his parted knees, and with a deliber ate air which ahoved,that he had no. doubt of being able to prove his assertion, he began. Well you see, a good many years ago, we had a pair of common old andirons. Your cou sin Letty says one day, Father don't you think those old andirons are getting too. shabby 1 ;Shabby or not, 1 thought they would hold the vond up as nicely as if they were made of gold. So I paid no attention to Letty. I was afraid she was growing proud. Soon after that, Peter, continued my uncle, turning to me, your aunt took it up. There it goes, interrupted my aunt, you can't get along without dragging me in. Your aunt took it up, Peter, and she said our neighbors could afford brass andirons, and were no better ofTthen we were. And she said Let ty and her sister Jane were just old enough to see company, and the stingy looking old andi rons might hurt their market. I knew that wo men will have their own way, and there was no use in objecting and so I got the andirons. The price of them was four dollars and a half. Ah ! that's more like it, cried my ,aunt. I ' thought you said two thousand dollars ? My dear, 1 wish you would not interrupt me. Four dollars and a half. Well the first night afier we got them, as we all sat by the warm fire, talking over the matter, Letty called my attention to the hearth, the stones of which were cracked and uneven. The hearth was j entirely out of keeping with new andirons, and 1 thought I might as well have it replaced first as lust. The next day a mason was sent for to examine it. He carne in my absence aiid when I returned home, your aunt and cousins all be-&et- me at once, to have a marble slab, and they put their heads together. La flle ! exclaimed mv aunt" there was no putting heads together about it. The Jiearth was a' old worn out thing, not fit for a pig pen. They put their Ifeads together, Peter as I was saying, and continued until 1 got a marble hearth which cost tne twenty dollars. Yes, twenty dollars at least. Then I thought I was done with expenses, but I thought wrong. Pretty soon I began to hear sly hints thrown out about the brick work around the fireplace not corresponding wuh the hearth. I stood out for a mouth or two against your aunt and tHe girls ; but they at length got ihe better of We, and 1 was forced to have marble instead of brick. " And then the old wooden mantlepiece was so out of character that it was necessary to have a marble one. The cost of all this was nearly one hundred dollars. And now that the spirit of improvement had got a start, there was no stopping place. The new marble mantle put to shame the old white washed walls, and they must be papered. The wood work had to be painted of course, and to prepare it for paint, sundry, repairs were necessary. While this was going on your aunt and the girls ap peared 19 be quite satisfied, and when it was done, they had no idea the old' parlor could be made to look so spruce. But there was only a abort respite. The old rag carpet began to raise a dual and I found there would be no peace. Now my dear ! said the old lady with a pleas ent. smile, asccnipanied with a partial elevation of the head. Now father ! exclaimpd the girls. Till I got a new carpet. That again shamed the old furniture, and it had to be turned out, and replaced with new. Now Peter, count up. my lad twenty dollars for the hearth, and one 'hundred fdr'tho mantle piece, and thirty" for re- jpatr. ' What- does that make ? One hundred and fifty, uncle. Well, fifty for paper and paint. Two hundred. Then fifty for a carpet,'.. and one hundred at least for furniture. Three hundred and fifty. Ahem ! There's that clock', too.and the blind fifty .more. Four hundred dollars, exactly. My aunt and cousins winked at each oilier, and looked steadily into my uncle's face, as if to say, you hae not made out your case after all. Now continued my uncle, so much for this one room. No sooner was the room finished, than complaints came from all quarters, about the dining room and entry. 'Long before this 1 had surrendered at discretion and handed in my submission. The dining room, cost two hun dred dollars, and the entry two hundred more. What does that count? Eight hundred, uncle. Then the chambers at least four hundred more to make them rhyme with the down stairs. Twelve hundred. ' The outside of the house had to be repaired and painted of course. Add ,two hundred for that. " ' Fourteen hundred. Then there must be a piazza in front'. That cost two hundred. Sixteen hundred. Here aunt began to yawn, Letty to poke the fire and twirl over the leaves of a book. A new carriage came next, Peter. That cost two hundred dollars. Eighteen hundred. There was a lawn to be laid out,! and neatly fenced ; a servant to be. hired ; . partiestb be gixen occasionally; bonnets anddresscs at double the former cos', and a hundred other lit tle expenses in keeping with the new order of things. And all this grew out of those very andirons. Yes, Peter, I was entirely within bounds when" 1 said two thousand dollars. The opposition was silenced. My aunt im mediately rose, and guessed it was bed time. I was left alone with my uncle, who was not inclined to drop the subject. He was a per severing man, and never gave up what he under took, till he had done the woik thoroughly. So he brought out his hooks and accounts, and set about making an exact estimate of the expenses He kept me up till after midnight before he got through. His conclusion was that the pair of andirons had cost him twenty four HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS (Tucei'taciity of the Iaw. The following admirable Law Case is taken, as legal readers will readily believe, from the 1 American Reports :'. The uncertainty of the law is capitally illus trated by the Pittsburg American, in a story which we have not seen beaten for many long days : It is ho unusual thing to see then in this country rise to eminence at the bar, and in the state, by their own unaided energies, and the natural-vigor of their minds. Of this kind was Judge S , of Maryland. He had come to the bar late in life, avoiding or overstepping the dull technical formalities which surrounded the usual approaches to the practice. Having reached the profits and advantages of his pro fession without them, he fell or affected for them indifference or contempt, and the old 1 Martinets' of ihe law were often made to stare at the liberties ho would take, with what they deemed indispensible and necessary forms and rules of the practice. To S the form was nothing, so that he could seize the right. A notorious offender, who had long escaped the meshes of the law, by means of flaws and holes in indictments, was to be tried before him. General Mason was his standing counsel ; and ihe fellow's fortune, and the ingenuity and tact of his counsel, were considered as good as law proof. Judge S. was well satisfied that the fellow deserved punishment, and was deter mined that he should receive it, maugre the tal ents of Mason, or any legal difficulty that might interpose. The prosecution went on, and the counsel made a very clear case. The offence was proved point blank, and Mason began to think his client rather cornered, when the prosecuting attorney, to ' make assurance doubly sure,' cal led one more witness, a very respectable man in the county. He confirmed all that had been proved by former witnesses, as to the offence, and with this additional important fact that the offence was committed in Pennsylvania, and not in Maryland, it being in one of the bor der counties. Apparently the Court paid no attention to this part of the testimony, 'the criminal's counsel then remarked that he sup posed that he need call no witnesses, as the fact so well ascertained, at once put an end to the prosecution. Not at all not at all ? go on,' said the Court. ' Your honor will nor attempt to try an offence committed in another slate !' ' 1 tell you 1 will, sir, and show you good reason for it : The offence has been clearly proved, and deserves punishment ; we have got him here, and can punish him. In Pennsyl vania they cannot catch him, and the law is not to be baulked by such technicalities.' The counsel here remarked, that he could convince ihe Court of its error, if he had time to look up authorities he had not the books with him, but could procure them in half an hour. Oh, I will give you as much time as yoii want,' replied the Judge. 4 Take half a day, if you choose.' , . So soon as Mason had left the Court, in search of those unanswerable authorities, the judge turned and remarked to the Jury, that they had heard the testimony, and could no doubt make their verdict, and he would take care b'f Tom Mason. The Court sentenced him to receive fifty lashes on the bare back, and ordered the Sheriff to execute the sentence forthwith. His couusel returned with tho least possible loss of time, and without noticing the absence of his client, commenced quoting his authori ties and arguing therefrom the Court taking notes, and.listening very attentively all the time. Mason, at la's!, missed his client,' and inquired where he was. 4 Never mind never mind go on, Mr. Ma son,' said the Judge. But Mason had become alarmed refused to go orij until satisfied of the whereabouts of his client. 4 Well, Mr. Mason,' said the Judge 4 if you will step to yonder window 3-011 can see him.' Mason proceeded in the direction indicated (by the, Judge's gesture, and had no sooner looked out, than ho turned to the Court with the exclamation , 4 Why, sir, they are flogging him !' , 4 That makes no difference,' replied the im .periurable Judge 4 proceed to your argument.' 4 What good will my argument do ? the man is already sentenced and punished ! I have nothing to gain by convincing the Court 1' 4 Oh, yes ; 1 will grant you,' said the Judge, 4 A NEW TRIAL 5' TIbc Cause. asad Coiisequesscc.. The reader may remember that, some months ago, the Massachusetts Peace Society offered a handsome reward for the best essay on the origin and result of the Mexican war. We give below the only one we have met with as having been written for the prize. To our thinking, no belter or more conclusive on both points could have been drawn tip, and we are obliged to the witty author for the permission ha has given us to publish it, in advance of the judge's decision on the essay entitled to the prize. Editors N. Y. Express. AN ESSAY UPON THE WAR WITH MEXICO, ITS ORIGIN AND ITS RESULTS; 'Carefully considered and Methodically Digested. By an Odd Sort of Fclloiv. CHAPTER I On the Origin of the War.' i, 1. Texas. . i ' , CHAPTER II. . ." On the Result of the War. . & I. Taxes. 5 FINIS. Mem. A reward of $500 having been offer ed by the Peace Society for the best Essay upon the subject, the author confidently reckons and calculates upon receiving the same speedily, as he has particular occasion for that precise sum just at present, From the North American. The Pioneer Stale. . Tho statistical accounts of our State, am! City, which aro usually presented at ihe com. mencement of each year by the press, ofteir bring forth old and almost forgotten fuels. V. observe in the last number of the 4' Commercial List" an enumeration of the claims which Penn sylvania has upon the consideration of her nis ler Stales, and the history of pioneer operations which are to give character and wealth to our nation. The List says, that thus considered, Pennsylvania, and the city of Philadelphia in particular, is entitled to no secondary place. While all due honor is cheerfully accorded to the City of Boston, for the liberality and suc cessful enterprise ot her citizens, justice to Philadelphia demands that there shOtild be, iir the comparison, a more distinct remembrancer of what .ho has done, than appears generally to prevail. The great fact that in all works of Internal improvements, Pennsylvania has been the pio neer, is one which eminently deserves the con sideration of the country. If a wider range of details were taken, it would be interesting to dwell on these facts, viz: that ihe Quadrant was here invented by Godfrey that here Frank lin taught men how to control the lightuiiuM of Heaven that On ihe Delaware, at Philadelphia, John Filch first proved ihe power of his rud steamboat, and that it was Fulton, a native of Peun-ylvania, who immortalized his name, by maturing that wonderful invention that the first Locomotive was set in motion near the corner of Ninth and Market streets, by its in ventor Oliver jSvans, who, w.iih ihe foresight so often noticed as a characteristic of great dis coveries, declared that the time would comer when one would 44 breakfast in New York, dino at Philadelphia, and supfcu-Balttmure." Here also was situated the first Bank established in the country, and the first Insurance office. -Here was organized the first Sabbath School, an honor, surely to be appreciated throughout the length and breadth of our Union. Philadel phia first showed what might be done in sup plying cities with water, by her astonishing Fair Mount Water Works. In her Eastern Penitentiary, she furnishes a model for Institu tions of that class, which has beqn extensively approved and imitated, both in ihis country and in Europe. The first public Hospital in the United States was the Pennsylvania Hospital. The first institution for the blind, was that es tablished in this City. Here too, before the Revolution, the great discovery which hagivei us the Magnetic Telegraph, led Franklin to give signals by electricity across the Schuylkill. In such a review, it might be addedj that the merchants of Philadelphia, at an early period, had the patriotism, and the liberality, W build a frigate, and presented to the Uuite'd Stales Government, the only instance of fhe kind on record; and the State of Pennsylvania erected a house in Philadelphia, and offered it as a pre sent to Washington. Here also, a stand was taken against ihe exactions of Great Britain, in advance of Boston herself. The first nppvsiiifni to the landing of Tea was made at a public meeting held in Philadelphia, some weeks be fore the celebrated Tea party executed its work in Boston. Last though not least, should be mentioned the fact known throughout, the civilized world, that from Philadelphia came forth the Declara. lion of Independence. But the part which Pennsylvania has takerr in tho great works of internal improvement ev idently needs to be belter understood. Aft bor ough investigation of this subject would cause surprise in many quarters, and placer the char acter of our City and Commonwealth in a mosl honorable position. It is to be remembered that the surface of this State presents an obstacle to internal im provements greater than is found in any other. Vast ranges of Mountains are to be scaled, .be cause there are no gorges through which roads can pass. Rapid and turbulent streams wliich are frequently swollen by the rains. au4 snows of the mountains, often carry destruction in their course. Yet the mountains have been scaled by our turnpike roads, and substantial" and cosi ly bridges have been thrown over the thousand streams. In the extent and cost of her turn pikes, Pennsylvania has long been in advance m
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