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The whole art of Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson!" ''' '
VOL 8.
STRO UDSBURGj MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1847;
No. 5
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The following lines from the Louisville Journal
me above all praise. They are surpassingly
beautiful :
The spring of life is past,
With its budding hopes and fears,
And the autumn time is coming
With its weight of weary years-p , ,
Our joyousness is fading, , . - -
Our hearts are dimmed with care
And youth's fresh dreams of gladness,
All perish darkly there":' '. ' '
"While bliss was blooming near us"
In the heart's first burst of spring,-
While many hopes could cheer us
Life seemed a glorious thing ! '
Like the foam upon a river,
When the breeze goes rippling o'er,-
Tltese hopes have fled forever,, .
- To come to us no more. -. .
'Tis sad yet sweet to listen
To the soft wind's gentle swell, s
And think we hear the music
Our childhood knew so well ;
To gaze out on the even. . '
And the boundless fields of air,
And feel again our boyhood's wish,- -
To roam, like angels, there.
There are many dreams of gladness
That cling around the past
And from that tomb of feeling,
Old thoughts come thronging fast ;
The forms we loved so dearly,
In the happy days now gone,
The beautiful and lovely j '
So fair to look upon"; -
Those bright and gentle maidens' !
"Who seemed so formed for bliss',
Too glorious and too heavenly,
For such a world as this ; ' i
Whose soft dark eyes seemed swimming
In a sea of liquid light,
And whose locks of gold were streaming
O'er brows so sunny bright.
'Whose smiles were like fhe sunshine j 3,
In the spring time of the year ,;
Like the changeful gleams of April, ,
They followed every tear;
They have passed like hope away . .
All their loveliness has fled .
Oh many a heart is mourning,
That ihey are with the dead.
Like the brightest buds of summer ' ''
They have fallen from the stem-'y, v,. - .
Yet oh it is a lovely deaths rt .; .
To fade from earth like-them. '
And yet the thought is saddening,
To muse on such as they1 ;
And feel that all the beautiful
Are passing fast away ; .
That the. fair ones whom we love, : .
Like the tendrils of a vine , -Grow
closely to each loving heart,
Then perish on their shrine ! .
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And we can but think of these,-
In the soft and gentle spring,
When the trees are waving o'er us,
And flowers are blossoming; '
For we know that winter's coming,
With his cold and stormy sky,
And the-glorious beauty round vus,
. Is bud'ding but to die,!
A Good Otic
Two gTavo members of the Bar encountered
a dead pig on the side-walk,- and sopn after met
the Coroner; whereupon one of them remarked
io him that his services were required to.sU up
on the body. 44 Do you make ih.e,!suggestijHi,'';
nmuired the Coroner, "that you may pocket
ih
iurvman's fee.?" 41 Oh, no," interposed
he third party. 44 IL could not -serre, for the
. . . , ,. . m-".',! . j yji r
Jaw precludes tne relatives nj uie axczasfia irom
P,m.ng upon the jury.";'""
Another JLetler from ITEaj. Downing.
From tlie National Intelligencer.
Downingvittc. away down East,
in the Stale of Maine, July (5, 1847.
Mr. Gales & Seatoi : My Dear Old Friends :
My letter lo you on board the steamboat oh
Long Lland Sound was cut off so short by the
bell's ringing for us to get ready to go ashore,
that I didn't get half through tellin'ybu the talk
I had with the President that day ; and we've
had so much talk since, and seen so much on
the journey, that I shaut be able to tell you one
hall nor a quarter on't in a letter. It would
take a whole book lo give you a good notion of
the whole story. But the President - will be
back to Washington before you can get this let
ter, for he started to go back last Saturday ; so
you carl get the whole account of the journey
from him. He'll be delighted to sel down and
tell you all about it ; for he's been amazingly
pleased with the whole journey, from top to
bottom. He's been on his high-hecl'd boots
all the way. Instead of growin more stoopin
by bowin so much, it seems as if he stood
straighter than ever. He told the Governor,
in his speech at Augusla, Saturday, "It sel
dom happens lhat the course of any man's life
is niark'd by so distinguished a reception as
has been accorded to me to-day." Well, so it
has been all the way along ; hurrahing, and
complimenting, and filing, and speeches, and
dinner?, and suppers, and shaking hands. On
board iho steamboat from Portland to Augusta
we oi a little breathing liiriej aud liad a good
long, talk.
Says the President 10 me;: Now, Major,
says he, I want you to be candid. No oho is.
a irue friend lo one in a high station unless he
will be candid and speak ihe iruih. And now,
Major, I don't want you to flatter me ; I want
you to be candid, and tell me jest what you
think. You went along with President Jack
son when he made his tower down Easi, and
had a chance to see the whole operation ; and
now I want you to tell me candidly, if you think
the people was any more fond of him than they
are of me.
Well, now CLMonel, says I,, not wishing to
hurt your feelins at alh, but, seein you've asked
my candid, opinion, 1 wont deny but what the
people are rery fond of y ou; amazinly fond,.per
haps as fond as they can be. But, after all, these
times aint exactly equal to old Hickory's times.
But what do )rou mean'? says he:
Well, says I, the people all seem to be aina
zin fond, but some how it seems to have a sort
of mother-in-law show about it ; it don't seem to
be so real hearty as, they showed to old Hickory.
Well now,- Major, says he, and he reddbned
a little when he said this says he, that only j
shows how strong vour nreiudices sel in favor t
shows how strong your prejudices
of the old Gineiral. But I thought you was a
man of a stronger mind and sounder judgment.
I can't agree with you against the evidence of
m)r own senses. Did you notice all the way
a'lonji how thick the crowds flock'd rouud me
to shake hands with me ?
Yes, says I ; but they didn't go it with such
a rush.as they did when my old friend the Gin
erai come this way. They jammed around
him so they had to climb over each other's heads
to" get at him. And 1 had to take hold some
times by the hour together and help him shake
hands with 'em, or he never would havo got
through, with one-half of 'em.
Well thenj says he, did you mind how loud
fhey cheered and hurrahed wherever we come
along 1
sYes, Colonel, says 1, I hea'rd all that ; but,
my gracious ! wherever old Hickory made his
appearance,4he crowd roared right out like thun
der. Well, Major, says he, they couldn't beat them
cheers that ihe Deinocarts and Capt. Ryndera
give rne at Tammany Hall, I know ; thunder
itself couldn't beat that. It's no use Major, for
vou to argue the pint: ; no President ever re
ceived such marks of honor from the people, I
arrf.sure of that : 1 mean the whole people,
Federalists, as well as Democrats ; ihat is, if
there is any such people as Federalists now
days, and Mr. Riichie says there is. Only think,
the old Federal state of Massachusetts did the
business up as handsome and seemed-to be as
fondpf me as Governor Hill's tate ; I couldn't
see any difference. You must confess, Major,
that even your old friend Hickory didn't receive
so much honor in Massachusetts aa I' have.
Well now, says 1, Colonel, I don't want to
hurt your feelins, but you are jest as much mis
takin as you was when you sent old Rough and
Ready into Mexico. Have you forgot how
they look the old Gineral into Cambridge Col
'lege and made a Doctor of him I
Who cares for that ? says the Colonel ; says
he, turning up his nose, didn't the, Democrats
and Capt. Rynders take me into Tammany Hall
and make a Tammany of me ? No, no, Major
Downing, it's- no use for y-ou to argue tho pint
aoainsi'my popularity ; for I've gOl eyes aud I
can see:- and I tell you, and I want you to mark
my words, I tell you, I'm more popular with the
. . .1 II Tt- I .11
whole people Minn ever oiu nicKory was in an
his life. He vof' popular with the Dem
ocratic par'', but I am fully persuaded he !iHln't
such a hold upon the aflections bf ihe whole
people as I have.
Here the President got up and walked about
the floor, and seemed in a deep study for as
much as five minutes. At last says he : Major,
I miased a figer in my speech there at Balti
more 'toiher day. I see it now, 'and I don't
know exactly how- to gel over it.
How so ? says I.
Why, says he, I ought not to have said, right
up and down, pint blank, that 1 should retirr
when this term was up. I should only have
talked about my desire to retire to private life.
I was too hasty, and committed myself 100 soon.
There never was a better chance for any body
to be elected than there is for me now, if 1
hadn't made that unfortunate remark. Jackson
stood twice, and Jefferson stood twice, and 1
suppose it is really my duty to serve my coun
try as long as they did. but if I should under
take to run agin, I tpose they would be throw
ing that Baltimore speech in hly teeth.
Well now, says i, Colonel, can't you see
your way out of that 1 You wasn't born down
East as fur as I was. It's ho great job to get
over that trouble.
At that the President brightened lip a good
deal ; and says he, Well, Major, I'll tell yon
what 'tis, if you'll get me over thai difficulty
handsomely, when we come io Have another
shuffle for the officesj you may choose arty card
in the pack, and you shall have it.
Well, says I, Colonel, about lhat remark of
yourn at Baltimore, that you should give up
when this ierm is out, all you've got to do is to
get Mr. Riichie to lake it back in the Union ;
let him declare lhat it was only a son of spec
ulation, hastily thrown out, without much con
sideration, and that, so far as he understands,
neither the President nor any of his Cabinet
entertains any such views. Then you can gei
along jest as smooth and as safe as if nothing
hafl happened. .
Fact, that's it, says the Colonel, snapping
his fingers ; strange 1 didn't think of that afore.
Major, you do beat all. for working out of diffi
culties ! I believe I'll make up my mind to go
ahead another term ; I don't see any thing in
the way. I'll, tell ye how I think of Working it.
I've been "reading over this letter of Taylor's lo
the Cincinnati Signal. He's an old head, but
ho ain't agoing to come another Bona Vista
blunder over me. If I don't take. the wind out
of his sails hefore long, I'll engage to make
him King of Mexico. And I'll try Him on. his
own tack loo. I'll come out and declare that I
won't be ihe candidate of no party neither ; and
throw myself upon the people.' I'm convinced,
from what le seen on this journey, that, the
Whigs will go lor me-altnost to a man. Van
Buren and Wright, who say I'm not tho man
for the Northern Democrats, may go lo grass.
j af) for the psopiej tile hole people, and noih
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Itl UUl IUU JGWJlb
Well,- says 1, Colons, that's tlie road ; and 1
wish Vou a pleasant add prosperous journey .
We had some more talk about the war belore.
we reached Augusta, but J. haven't got time to
explain to you the President's views about it in
this letter. He says he means to Keep a tigtii
rein over Taylor, and not let him do much, and
when ho does do any thing, make him report it
io the Government through Scoh. I asked him
if he wasn't afraid of making too tall a man out
of Scott by placing him on Taylor's shoulders,
and he said no, he should look out lor that, and
if he see any danger of it he should make Scotl
report id the Government through M. Trist.
After we visited Augusla, and Malm well, and
Gardiner, I tried to get the President to go qui
to Dowhingville, but ho said he didn't think h
would do for him to stop any longer this tiirte.
though there was no place in the. country that
he was more anxious to sei$, and he promised,
the first leisure time he could get, to make a
flying visit there. I asked him if he didn't
think it would do for me to go1 out and stop a
day or two, as I hadn't seen1 uncle Joshua or
or aunt Keziah or any of 'em there for a long
time. Ho said, certainly by all means,-and he
would hurry back to Washigton and look round
two or three days and see What was best to be
done about this Mexican war business, which,
according to the letter I brought from Gineral
Scott, seemed to be getting into something of
a snarl. 'He said he would have things all cut
and dried by the time 1 got back along io Wash
ington, so that we could make up our minds at
once what is best to be done.
Your old friend,
Major Jack DowwrN'cr
Before any man sets out .to invent perp2t.ua!
motion we recommend hjs practicing the trick
of getting into a basket aud lifting,, himself up
by the handles. When he succeeds ?.l that he
can go ahead with perpetual motion wiih some
prospect of success.
Tlie uses off Etlter.
The editor of i;e Boston Chronolype .has
had several of his teeth extrac ted whjle tinder
ihe influenc'o of other. Hois now convinced
thai then) i3 n0 humbug in this pani-proventer.
lie suggest that people in debt might avoid
the pain of being dunned by lumping a vial of
ether in their vest pockets and inhaling a little
wien thpy see a creditor approaching:
TCIagiielica.1 ESperiisieistS.
The natural' magnet, or loadstone, is found
in the earth, generally in iron mines, in a hard
and brittle state, and . for the most, part, more
vigorous ih proponion.io the degree ol'hardness.
Artificial magnets, which must be made bf har
der or highiy tempered steel, are now generally
used in" preference tO the namral magnet'; not
only, as they may be procured with greaierease;
but because they are far superior to the natural
magnet in strength, communicate ihe magnetic
virtue more powerfully, aud may be varried in
i heir form more easily. In making artificial
maonet?. care should be taken to apply the north
pole of the natural magnet or magnets to that
extremity of the steel which is required to be
made the south pole, and to apply the south
pole of thb magnet .to the opposite extremity of
the piece of steel. Very powerful magnets
may be formed by first constructing several
weak magnets, and then joining tlfem together
to form a compound one.
The north or south poles of two magnets re
pel each bther.; but the norlli pole of one at
tracts the south pole' bf an 6ther. The attrac
tion between ihe magnet and iron is mutual,
for the iron attracts the rhaghei as much' as Uie
magner attracts the iron ; since if they be plac
ed on pieces of wood, so as to float upon the
surface of the water, it will be found that the
iron advances towards the magnet as well as
the magnet towards the iron ; or, if the iron be
kept steady; then the nfagnet will move towards
it.
Magnetic attraction will not be destroyed by
interposing obstacles between itie magnet and
the iron. If you lay a small needle on a piece
of paper, and put almagnet under the "paper,
tne needle may oe rnoveu uuguwtuua am up
wards ; and with a piece of glass or bdard the
effect will be the same: This property of the
magnet has afforded the means of several
amusing deceptions. A small figure bf a mail
has been made io spelPa person's name. The
hand, in which was a piece of iron; rested on
a board, under which a person, concealed from
view, with a powerful magnet, contrived to car
ry it from letier lo letter, until, the word was
made up. If the figure of a fish, with a small
magnet concealed in its mouth, be thrown into
the water, and a bailed hook be suspended Hear
it, the magnet andiron by mu'ual a'traciion will
bring the fish to the bait. '
If you lay afheet of paper, covered wiih iron
filings upon a table, with-a small magnet among
them, and ihen shake the table a lilile, at the
two ends of the poles, the particle of iron will
form themselves into lines, a little sideways,
which bend, rind then form complete arch3.
reaching from some point in the northern -half
of the magnet to some oilier point in tne souin
ernhalf. If you shake some iron filings through
a gauze sieve upon a paper that covers a bar
maon.i ihp.v w be arranged in beautiful
o
, j a
curves
Soft iron is attracted by tho magnet more for
cibly than steel, but- it is not capable of pre
serving tho riiagnetic property so long. 'J he
gradual addition of weight to a magnet kep't in
its proper situation, increases the magnetic pow
er, but heat weakens it. Bars of iron that have
stood long in a perpendicular situation, are gen
erally found to be inagneiical ; this circum
stance, together with the phenomena of the
compass and the dipping needle, leaves no 'room
to doubt but that the cause exisis within the
earth'.
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We clip. the ifollowing Toasts from tho Phil
adelphia Chronicle. It asserts that they were
prepared for a public dinner, but is uncertain
whether they were offered :
By a Volunteer. The " Molasses General,"
who swcet5ned the waters of the Rio Grande,
when made Into tea for the soldiers under his
command, at ah' advance of five hundred' per
cent, on the raw material. Tune" Down
among the lasses oh !"
Bii a Guest. The valiiani fccntleman wlio
kept at a convenient distSnco from the forts of
Uerro Lfordo, hclieving mat tustaiice lenua
enchantment t6 the view."
By Dr. Softsoap. Pleniy of" tin," the com
modity most useful in ihe preparation" of a pub
lic dinner, and the ingredients wherewith to
make Soft-sawUcr. Air" That's the. way the
money goos."
By Capt. QuickmtiicL Copper balls Ha'm
les in a general Way, especially wheinh'eir cf-
icuia are iicwku ;u a uokiiiik.
By Corporal Puci. The distinguished Gen
eral, who, like Falstaff, thinks thit " 'discretion
is the better pari of valor," and " runs w'ay,
that ho may live to fight another day." Tune
" Home Sweet Home."
7?, ;? man with the Militafv walk. Brick-
bats vs. the sandy plains ,of Mexico, for upon
ihe former you can ir.ead with a firm step, and
show a bold front, while t.he, latter is apt to r un
troin unuer ins itjei.
1 By Cul. Drinkwine. The noble and useful
general offic er whom'ihe Coinniarider-in-Chief
-put home because ho'wanted the situation filled
by a sol'dip who' will lead iuil follow His com
Extraordiisary ia&latad .Cilj'.
The New Orleans National, in its skfich of
Col. Doniphan's late remarkablu expedition,
gives the following: About the time Col. Don
iphan made his treaty with the Navajo aulix i
sion of his command was entirely tho of pro
siohs, and ihe Navajos nupplied lis wanis wHi
liberality. A portion of the coinniund;retunn-d
to Cuvano, Major Gilpin's command, togmhur
with Col. Doniphan, went to the city of tho
Sumai Indians, living on the Rio Wcow, w'.iielt
is supposed to be a branch of the fjila, iu';ole it
treaty of peace, between the Suih.ii and
j(is, and then returned to tho P ' 'J 11
These Surriais, unlike the iNavajos, live in a
. . . .1 V. ,t : l i ' ' i 1 f,
cny containing probably o,uuu lnnauuanis, wno
support themselves entirely by awrictiltufe!
Tliis city is one of the moat extraordinary iii rliM
world. It is divided into four solid fqu:ir.;
having- but two streets crossing lis centre at
right angles. All the buildings are two stories
high, composed of sunburnt brick. The 'fir.-t
story presents a solid wall to the Street, and h
so constructed that each house joins, until -one-
fourth of the city may be said to be m build
in . The second stories ri$e from, thi-i mil
solid structure, so as to designate qach .houxe,
leaving room to walk upon the roof of ihe firft
story between each building. The inhabitant
of Sumai enter the second story of their build
ings by. ladders, which they draw up at night
as a defence against any enemy that may bo
prowling about. In this city was. seen sotn
Albino Indians, who have no doubt given, rise
to the story that there is living in the . Rocky
Mountains a tribe of white aboriius. Th"
discovery of this city of the Sumai will afford
the most curious speculations. among thtuwbi
have so long searched in waiif for-.a.ci.y.ofnh
Indians who possed the manners nod haty.yt
the Aztecs. No doubt we have here a raty..
living as did that people when Cortez AVercil
Mexico. It is a remarkable fact that the Sil
maiaris have, since the Spaniards left ihecoun
try, refused to have any intercourse wiih; ilt.
modern, Mexicans, looking upon them. as. an in
ferior people. They have aUo driven front
among ihem the priest and other dignVrartiM
who formerly had power over litem, and Fe
hiuned habits and manners of their mvii; ihur
Great Chief or Governor, being the civil and
reTigious head. Tho country around the cU"'
of Sumai is cultivated with' a great deal ofcare,
and-affords food not-only for the inhabitants, but
for large flocks of cattle, and sheep. ' i
&eal. Tdylor's Titles.
The New Orleatis National finds ori exam
ination, that Gen. Taylor has as mariy. titles a-
the Duke of Wellington, and they all deMgnaio
some great event in his historyHr some striking
peculiarity of his mind. They have been' con
ferred by different sovereigns of the 0. SiateV
and foreign potentates at different times, and
when Gen. Taylor is in full dress, with their
ensigriia h'anihg across his bfeasi.it makes liiirf
look like a plain old gentleman of the oldeir
limes, that does the people good to lbok,rai':t; '
Mr. iIarcy calls him 'Major General sTay
lorcommanding.' . ..jy :m:
The People generally 'Old Rough and R6a
3v ' - ,; -,. .:
'the Mexicans 'Don Zachery.'y'
The Teamsters in the Af'mrmy--lTlu;i01l
Man.1 , " : ;
The Merchants and.. Artists, in the Armyf-
'The Old Boss.' , . , !,,.:i::?
Tin Mpyirnn Women 4Mucha Biiena.'
Santa Anna 'Old fool, don't R'ntfw Vfieh ho''
is whipped.' ,
Gen. Scott 'My dear, dear 'General.'- ' '
Mr. Polk '0; breathe "riot his name.' .a,.
The Sovereigiib-Our next President. oj tJCe
United States' ! . '
From the American Agnciuturtst: f
' A Travel ling Cider "stilt. '
As you wish the farmers to send iif their facts,'
1 will give you a now plait Jot making 'cider.
I havei invented a Travelling Cider lAliI and
Press, so constructed that it can be moved about
from one farm to another by two pair of horses,
or of oxen. My neighbors laughed at me w hen
1 told them wtia'fl was about, aud said' Tt would
not do. 1 told them that wis my l?u'ineVs;rY6t
theirs; so When the mill was riin.-h:e,d aud.w-ell
at work, grinding the apples and. pfetrjgho
elder al tho same time, and this loo in a perfect
manner, they came flocking in number 'not a
few; as much pleased as though .1 hadi b'een
grinding wiih ihe," elephant." .
Last fall this mill travelled about from orchard
to orchard, and made 237 barrels bf cider, some
times' making as many as'thifteeh baVrelsa day.
This Bhows, as a certain jumper ia1d, " somo
things can bo done as well as others." ,Xhe
mill and press can be, made in this pjace for
about $20.
.JOHN W
" ,'TJni6n Mills, Erie Co.; Pa-, MarclMs'4-7
1 !
Jnquisitiveness. 'Mother.iwhat, isfdjHus-h?
' A hush, child ? L dpnt knoy,-w,hat?njAfkoH
you ask that question?' ; ' "Cause thoherllay
I asked Jane what made hoY back stick out-?
land she said1 'htfah V '
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