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The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest J eflerson.
VOL S.
l,ooi at this, xtoHumSius hiei Sicality.
PIANO FORTES
FOR SALE.
A copv of ,ne reporl of ihe Judges of Mu
sical InMrumcms ai the latu exlisbuion of ihe
Frakl Institute, Philadelphia:
THb Committee have awarded C. Meyer with
a premium for the best seven ociave Piano.
The ground of this ducUiuu was the general
excellence of the piano, and e:pecialiy its pow
er, hriiJincy, and delicacy of touch. The
judges (R not give premiums for the beM fin
ished inruments, conceiving the be palpahle
,eis oV piano to be its musical capabilities,
wfi noyts otiginaluy, its mechanical igenulty,
j- thai elegance of finish, which efforts neither
ilio Lction nor the tone, and is only designed to
ploa.-e the eye and not to satisfy iho ear.
Another copy of the report of the judges of
rtiusical instruments :ii the last exhibition a'
Hosior.:-The committee have teJected No. 591
a .scvea octave piano made by C. Meyer, wor
(jlV of special commendaiion.
.No..i91, is a very fine instrument, partieu".
iarlv ciunmendahle for its elastic and ready
much, in repeated trial's by different hands.
The kev never failed of certain repetitions in
ihe shake. The tone throughout was even of
meat beauty and power from the lowest note to
. t . . .i- r. ;. n
u'hesi, anti mc uai"iu was jiuicti j ai
STROUDSBURG3 MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1648.
No. 39.
i.WI'.Ufti m'i"-LI-L 'VAltli MfcggCT
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The North American of Philadelphia, Janu
ary 4, 1848, cojtiains the following notice:
'A Comviimcnl (o a Philadelphia Piano Mann-faclurcr.-'-Out
Boston neighbors know how as
"well as 'we do to appreciate a good thing. The
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanical Asocia
lion, at their hu.t Annual Fair, that of rhe au
nimn of 1S47 awarded to Conrad Meer, the
celebrated Piano Manufacturer of this city, a
diploma and silver medal, for the best seven
octave piano a compliment no other piano
manufacturer of our city has received.
The subscriber keep always on hand a sup
p'y of C. Meyer's Pianos, which, he will dis
no'ie of, either for caalrbr in exchange for sec
ond hand instruments, at manufacturer price.
A. ZUlbCH, Agent for C. M.
En-ton. March 2, lB48.--6;n
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Poeisvassd Poetry.
This is certainly a progressive age. The height
of perfection to which the fine arts are being car
ried at the present day, is alone sufficient to es
tablish the verity of this asseveration. We will
mention one, that of Poetry, for who will pretend
to deny that a new era in this art has dawned upon
the world. The admirers of Pope, Campbell and
Byron, have been suddenly awakened from an
idolitruus trance, by the rich, gushing and ever
varying strains breathed from the Lyres of con
temporary authors. . The productions of the trio
just mentioned, and others who rank equally as
high though at one time considered the very nc
plus ultra of perfection are now being complete
ly cast into the bhade by the sterling effusions of
our own immortal' bards. It would be presump
tion in us to -endeavor to point out the peculiar
merits of these highly gifted writers. We hope,
however, that we will not bb considered sycophan
tic, if we should say that their productions are ra
diant with the beauties of a lofty genius, glowing
with the fires of poetic' imaginary, and rich in
new-born and nlorious mentalities. IHie produc-
" Respect or not, he's nothing but a man,
and as for creeping for him I won't do it "
" Well, lei it pass, "and carry him the turkey,
and if he don't thank you for ir, I will."
Charles shouldered the fowl, and in a short
time was at the house of the minister, who was
seated in the parlor, surrounded by a number
of friends, who had come to pass Thanksgiving
with him. The lad entered without knocking,
and bringing the turkey from his shoulders
heavily upon the lable, said : ,
" Mr. Moody, there's a turkey Uir you ; il
you want it you may have it ; if you -don't I'll
carry it back again."
" I shall be very glad of it said the minister;
" but 1 think you might learn a little manners,
Charles. Can't you do an errand, better 1"
"How would you have me do it!" said
Charles.
" Sit down in my chair," said the parson,
" and I will show you."
Charles"look the chair while, the divine tool?
the turkey and left the-room. lie soon returned
took offhia hat made a very low bow, and
said :
" Mr. Moody, here is is a turkey which my
father sent you, and wishes you to accept il as
a present."
" Charles rote from his seal and look the
fowl, and said to.ihe minister
it is a very line one. and i feel very grate
ful to your father for it. In this and iii other nu
merous instances he has contributed to my hap
piness. If you will just carry it inin the kitch
en and return again, I will send for Mrs. Moody
to give you a half a dollar."
The parson walked out of the room his
friends laughed at the joke, and made up a
purse for the lad, who ever afterward received
a reward lor his services.
TIic First Marriage.
Marriage is of a date prior to, sin itself the
smile thai God let fall on the world's innocence
lingering and playingstill upon its sacred vis
age. The first marriage was celebraied before
God himself, who filfed, in His own person the
office of Guest, Witness and Priest. There
stood the two godlike forms of innocence fresh
in the beauty of their unstained nature. The
hallowed shades of the garden, and the green
carpeted earth,smiled to look on ao divine a
posses all ihe tenacity of caoutchouc, with
greater firmness and resiliency. Something
was wanted thai would combine all 'he valuable
properties of the best tanned leather and yet
flexible as the Indian gum, and trie guttaper
cha appears io supply that desideratum. The
gutta percha is not a substitute for leather,, but
a far better materia), equally flexible, and far
more durable. In ihis way catarrh from wet
feet is more effectually prevented ihan by an
Indian-rubber slipper. A sole of any thickness
may be made to adhere" so closely to the leath
ern ole as to defy any agent but fire for its re
moval and being perfectly and absolutely, im-pervioii.-
to. water, no belter protection can be
needed. In. fad, thereia no purpose which
either leather in any form., or caout houc, is
applicable, that is noi far better consulted 'by
the preference of guua percha, with this aildi
lio.nal advantage, thai many .things can be made
from itfar better answering the intention than
lions of old authors must givs'way to those of the j pair. The crystal waters flowed by, pure and
ui ,t,u;u ;r , nnt mistaken, must , transDarent as ihey. The unblemished flowers
!
By means of the PUCK-: I!K " '"v.' V 7" ' o h;p 'hefi
ET jESCDLAPIUS, Ur. s" n.u ,
r-x ' 1" 1 J I.n r.,-,rinA with fVAr lfl faSH- : IO llieii Jili'
EVERY U.N'E HIS OWN fHY- pousneu iuuuiv, u.u vjuu
if either were employed.
Piping may be made of gutta percha. Its
use for many surgical purposes, is most beauti
ful. Gutta percha may be rolled out thinner
than gold beater's skin to any size. The vari
ous articles of dress, capes, leggings, umbrellas,
and other defences against ram, hat cases.
'drinking cups, backs for hair and clothes brush
es., buckets for fire engines, aie a lew o! its va
rious, application. In the ornamental arts, its
use in bookbinding isbecomming common.
Mouldings of all possible intricacy, from ceiling
mouldings down to thq copy of a coin can be
constructed as truthfully of the gutta percha as
though the copy were madejn Plaster of Pari,
with this difference, that the plaaier will break,
and that nothing but a heavy hammer, or a red-
hot fire can deface the other ; air,, acids, and
the ordinary chemical agencies having no ac
tion upon it. Cricket balls, whips, picture
frames, fancy boxes,, ink-stands, and floor-cloths,
are some of its forms. The quantity imported
into this, country is as yet hardly sufficient !p
meet the demaud fur.its manufucture. Alreadv
the public are becoming familiar with it at
least, in London as forming the additional sole
for shoes that are partly in wear ; but besides
ihis, immense quantities of shoes are now man
ufactured, of which the sole is .entirely and di
rectly constructed of the gutta percha, glued
or stuck on to the insole by a peculiar solution
made for the purpose, aftd that defies any separation.
-. . f I . 1 ? LI- i:. ;.n;-.r. rt
nv 1 .r.vpnippnifi p,o - lnnaDiu liieiurv uiciica. xn
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lion, with upwards of One ! published entitled " Spring," the writer in speak
Hundred Engravings, show-; jnrr 0f the roiurn of the ever-welcome warblers,
ing private diseases in e e- perpetrates the following the melody of which,
ry shape and form, and mal- ig on equaiec hy its loftiness of sentiment:
formations ol tne generative system, uj ...u
YOUNG, M. D
The time has now arrived, thai persons suf
fering from secret disease, need no more be
come the victims of Quackery, asiy ihe prc-
criitiona contained in this book any one may beautiful extract
cure himself, without hindrance to business, ort .iGm am v:le brandy red,'
"Some birds are while, and some are black,
And so am chimbly swall-ors,
And some am red, lilts daddys, barn . j
That cost a hundred dollars." ,
From another on, "Intemperance," we culfa
- - r 1 T
the knowledge of the mo?t intimate menu, ana
with one tenth the usual expense. In addition to
the general routine of private diseases, it fully
explains the cause of Manhood's early decline,
with observations on Marriage besides many
other derangements which it would not be pro
pur 10 enumerate in the public prints.
TTT Persons residing at any distance from
PK.i.iolnlii!! ran have this Book forwarded to.
them through the Post-office, on the receipt of
twenty-five cents, directed to Dr. Wm. Youhv,
152 SPRUCE Street, Philadelphia.
January 27, 1848. 3rn. - '
WATCHES.
A' good assortment of Watches, for sale, ai
redu ced prices, by JOHN H.. M.ELI CK.
Siroudsburg, Jan. 1, 1846.
That makes a-tnari a "lumicks," .
It s,naps his eyes and reels his head, .
And down's his house "ker-flumiclis."
The intiinsic. beauty and worth of the following
lines must be apparent to the most casual observ
er. They are from an unfortunate s'uitor to his
Administrator's Notice.
Notice is hereby given, that letters of Admin
istration, de bonis non, have been granted by the
Register of Monroe county to David Keller,
umTn the Estate of Abraham Shaffer, dee'd, lat j
' .... . J 11 '
of Chesnuthill townsnip, in taiu coumy. mi
persons indebted to said estate are hereby no
tified tl pav the same, and all persons having
claims against said estate are requested to pre
sent the same duly authenticated 10 the fcub
Kcriber at lus residence in Siroudsburg.
DAVID KELLER, AdnCr., de bonis non.
January 17, 1848.-6t. ar- 23
lady-love. For elegance ot diction and narmony
of versification, they stand unrivalled, and must
enlist the kindest sympathies of the reader.
Repulsed; 0 Tcannot bear the thought,
It makes me all forlorn-ee: ,
Remember the candies I have bought,
Tin 0 P II for Caiiforn-ee
But the stanza given below, from' a "miscella
neous poem," for loftiness and purity of sentiment
and perspecuity of style, may be said to be the
brightest jewel in the casket. It hurls 'defiance at
criticism itself and beggars all panegyric.
"The night was dark, the rains fell fast
When Judy lost , her slippers,
The wnds were high the fence fell down
And let in aJl the "cfitturs."
We might go on making extracts ad-infinilum to
prove the merits of contemporary poet3, and to as
sist these who wish to cultivate a taste for the sub
limebut we forbear. We would merely say of
the suitors of those cspricious old maids, the Mu
ses, that it is their "manifest destiny" to be thp
'lights of the nineteenth century to, shine as stars
1 m the "array of intellect." SPOOJNb. Jr.
iucence on the sacred air; answering
ht love. An ariless round of joy
Peom recently Kroma ,he vocal naiurea, was .he hymn--a
spontaneous nuptial narmony, such as a wunu
injune might yield, ere discord was invented. . COIICernjng t,e bridg
Religion blessed her two children thus, and fed : . m -
.1 1 . . l . ...... 1 1 n i. Mfiniii rwtr trrfiTiri rtiii I iv.
UlSlil lOIUl 1I11U I1IC, IU UUgHI Ul-I I1VIIUII.UO
tory. The first religious scene they'knew,. was
their own marriage before the Lord God. They
learned to love him as the interpreter and Sealer
of their love to each other ; and if they had
continued in their uprightness, life would have
been a form of wedded worshtp---a sacred mys
tery of spiritual loneness and communion
. They did not continue. Curiosity triumphed
over innocence. They, tasted sin, and knew it
in ihpir fall. Man i's' changed : woman is
" " ------ -
chaned ; man's heart and woman's are no
)imi ihp. first hearts were. BeatltV is
1 1 ; I. .1' f X .. .. :.. .l..l...l Snrrmir mil ' UlC
tears is ihe world's cup. Sin has swept away
all paradisean matter, and the world is bowed
under it curse. Sull one thing remains as it
was. Go'd mercifully spared one token of ihe
innocent world, and that the dearest, to be a
symbol forever of the primal love. And this is
marriage the religious tate of marriage. This
one flower of paradise is blooming yet in the
garden of sin.".
Thos. A. Boyd.
SOCCESSORS TO
ALEX. READ,
Inporcrs of & Dealers iti '
China, Glass & Queenswarc,
Four doprs below the Merphants' Hotel,
PHILADELPHIA.
January 20, 1848. 6m.
soaps! .
FtnescenJed Soaps for washing and shaving,
also the celebrated shaving cream, for Kale
,rhp.by JOrN H. ME LICK.
.3rftaiburg, January 1, 1415,
1
ThiiHlt Yon, Sir.
MORBIS . OTROLU J. Nt charJe ( so o sajd Deacon A.
worth. " take one of these turkeys and carry u
up to Parson RJoody, for Thanksgiving."
No, father, I don't do that again, 1 tell you."
What do I hear now, Charles ? These
five and iwen'y years 1 have sent the parson a
turkey, and Joe has carried them, and Tom,
'jerry, and you without ever refusing before.
Vhaj is the matter now V
Why, father, he never thanks me for bring
ing it lo him ; besides he took me to tat-k a
'wbiliaVi. because I started out of meeting too
nM.Well, sotyou know it is the custom for
the minister to go out before any of,the cougre
eaiimi starts this is done ,a a .mart ol re
Firsi S'rasssit over the Cataract.
A correspondent of the N. Y; Courier and
Inquirer under date of the 18th inst., thus says
e now constructing over
The vork is beun, and ihe first crossing has
been made! 1 am fortunately enabled to send
to the Courier some thrilling facts connected
with this journey, such as no man in the New
World eer. before made.
44 I raised, (says tho distinguished Engineer,)
mv first little wire cable on Saturday, and an
chored it securely both in Canada and New
York. To-day (March .13.) L tightened ft up,
and suspended below it an iron basket, which
Inn- l natJ caused to be prepared for the purpose,
will 1
;auu which is attached its puilies about me ca-
EHiiaJH on lieL
The means of preserving health are more
plain and simple than those of restoring .it.
Quacks and f-elf-doctors ofien " pour drugs,"
of which ihey know little, into bodies of which
they know less.
Great eaters never live long. A varocious
appetite is a sign of disease, or of a strong ten
dency to disease, and not of' health as is gen
erally supposed. Hitchcock.
A large number perhaps a majority of the
standard works of English literature, were
composed of men whoso circumstances com
pelled them to adopt a very spare diet, and
probably this is one cause of their superiori
iy. 76..
There is nothing more ridiculous than to see
tender, hysterical, and vaporish people, com
plaining, and" yet perpetually cramming, crying
out they are ready to sink in the. ground, and
faint away, and yer gobbling down ih'e, richest,
and strongest food and highest cordials, to op
press and overlay them quite. Dr. Cheyne.
More nourishment and strength are imparled
by six ounce's of well digested food, than by
sixteen imperfectly concocted. Southern Re
Presideait Polk.
Correspondence oj the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington, March 13, 1848.
" Terrible," said Mr. Polk, at the time he put
on the Presidential robes, " terrible shall ne uiy
wrath, if any power of Europe undertakes
system of colonization upon this continent,
while I am at the head of affairs in the United
Slate.-. I renew the doctrine laid down 1V( N
Mr. Monroe, in 1824, and 1 date all Europe ti
attempt to obtain a foothold upon ihib continent!
Let ihe British lion roar let the Frtmch tmli
frog ctoak let the Russian bear growl they
shall not intimidate " Wtle Jimmy Polk." I ant
for the whole-of Oregon, up to the line of 54
40. from which I will never recede !"
These are not, of course, the exact words of
Mr. Polk, but they convey the spirit and sub
stance of what lie boasting!' proclaimed. The
phrasej " little 'Simmy Polk" is hi nwri. Ha
has. ofien used it on the stump in Tennessee.
Now, what has Mr. Polk done, in accordance
with his. boast of what he would do, and what
he would not, permit any European power io
do on this continent? That is the question
what has he done.
Why, the Tiritish lion roared one day, and
the valiant Mr. Polk exclaimed, 41 Oh dori't
I'll yield I'll take the back track--I'll fulfil
Mr. Adams' prediction I'll back out I'll alc
the Senate to give up half oj Oregon, . an d, if it.
consents, I'll gladly take t he 49th line of paral
lel and be content ! but Pll make Mexic6 sujftr
that I will ! I'll have indemnity for the pa;k
arid security for the future ! I'll bargain willi
and restore to power thoGreat Santa AniM.'
and I'll make war on .Mexico and i he li con quer
a peace, which will give me at least half of her
temmry, wnicn win maKe up lor wnai i yieiu
ed to Great Britain in Oregon.
Such, in substance, was Mr. Polk' language
while laking the back track on the Grejgbn ques
tion ! Anu how has he since carried out ifr?
Monroe's doctrine 1 He sent Don Nicholas Pi
'Prist to Mexico, to make a peace, There tho
British Agents, Diplomatists and Bankers toolf.
not only the Mexican Government, but Senor
Don Nicholas into their keeping fixed up a.
Treaty, which they got the Mexican Govern
ment to adopt, which would put money into' the
pockets of the aforesaid British capitalists and.
negotiators to the tune of millions, at ihe ex
pense of deluded and swindled Uncle Sam---and
then sent said Treaty to Mr. PolU, v.ho em-1
braces the British bantling and sends it to our
Senate, with an ardent desire that it may be
ratified ! And fearing the faithful in that body
may go against it, as being too favorable lo the
wants, wishes and interests ot vhe British lu
terferers in the matter, he implores, importunes,
and holds his power over the h.eads of the faith.-
ful aforesaid, to induce them iq support ihe
ijuusu uauwtng. i uey support h, anu u
ratified ! Is there no interference here by a
foreign power ? John Bu'jl gets all he asks in
Oregon, and then out-manages llrother Jonathan,
fools him, diddles him in the settlement of the
Mexican question maUes him pay ihe millions
of claims due our citizens from the Mexican
Government, and fifteen millions' more to Mex
ico for Alto California, which, with the excep
tion of the Bay of San Francisco, is not, worth
a bundle of shucks ! What indemnity for ihaj
past is this 1 What security for the future
What prooj is there that one of the. powers of
i ..' it.!., ISttlu omofiirio T mQcnfl fiVP.T IO
Canada, exchanged salutions with our friends I Europe is not only gaming such a foot-hold a
Gutia Percha and its4 Uses'.
Among the novVlties of the present age is
the guttapercha. It is not less curious in its
physical qualities than valuable because of thr
utes io vdiich it can be readily applied. 1
there and returned again, all in fifteen minutes
The wind was high and ihe weather cold, but
yet the trip was very interesting to me up as
I. was two hundred and forty feel above the
rapid, ''and viewing as I did from the very cen
tre of the river, one of ihe most aublimo pros
pects which nature has prepared on this earth
of ours.
44 Th3 machinery did not work as smoothly
as 1 wished, but in tho course of this woek I
will have it so adjusted that any body may cross
in safety."
The view from the centre of the bridge must
have been glorious,, but whether sufficiently so
to have repaid the adventurous architect for his
perilous journey, I leave the romantic readers
of the Courier to imagine. 1 understand thai
a lady has since ihe above date made the daring
transit. '
1 have watched the progress of xhia great
work anxiously. The engineer is writing his
name in iron letters on the record of useful
men. This is not his only achievement. T.he
bridge constructing at Wheeling, Virginia, of
1000 feet span, is his designing. I shall keep
your readers advised of every important move
ment in the great national work, whose first
usefulness to man (the object of all fight labor)
I chronicle to-day. 1 trusi it may be ages be
fore any one may be able to say, in respect to
this Bridge of the. Cataract 44 The last link la
broken."
Sensible.
A down east editor refuses the offer of on
apothecary, io advertise his drugs and medi
cines and to take ihe pay out of the shop. He
tays, he will take all norts of produce in pay
ment for 'his .paper and advertising, btich as
parsnips, wooden combsold clothe and cold
victuals 'uui he wouV phytic,
it likes in Oregon, on this continent, but is do
ing as it pleases with Mexican affairs, and also
wirli the President of the United States I
ak, what proof is there, that Mr. Polk, like
xParley the Porter" is not doing the very thing
he so vehemently and indignantly denounced,
when he copied and endorsed ihe noted decla
ration, made by President Monroe, in 1821 1
To Cut Glass ivilJi a Piece of IvoJi.
Draw with a pencil on paper any pattern to
which you would have the glass conform; placo
the pattern under ihe glass, holding both togeth
er in the left hand, (for ihe glass must not rest
on any plain surface ; ihen take a common
spike or similar piece of iron, heat the point of
ii to redness, and apply it too the edge of the
glass ; draw the iron slowly forward, and the
edge of the glass will immediately crack ; con
tinue moving the iron slowly over the glass.
tracing the pattern, and the chink in the glass
will follow at the distance of about half an inch,
in every direction according io the motion of
the iron. It may sometimes be found requisite,
however, especially iq forming' corners, io ap
ply a wet finger to the opposite id- of the g'iasi.
Tumblers, and other glasses may e cut or di
vided very fancifully by similar mcaii-t Tho
irort must be reheated as often as the creiMce
in the glass ceases to folio w.Scientift Me
chanic, i
Receipt for makiug New YorJv ITI ilk.
44 Take two pounds ol lime ; two and a quar-'
ter pounds of chalk, one and three quarter
pounds starch, 20 quarts of rain water, and to
every quart of the solution add two tablespoons
ful of the droopihgs from a cow, so as to givo
it the right color. Shake it about ten minutes,
then settle it with a jfi brtckhat ; ihen .Mrain
it through a pair of mdow 8hutii;r---iiiul you
will have ihe pure Orange county milk."
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