anton iUlll ll I IJ 1 1 II 1' The whole art of Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. VOL S. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1848. No. 40. Published by Theodore Schoch. TFRMS Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars .,,,1 o'uarter, half yearlyand if not paid before the end of .V.Vvn: r Two dollars and a half. Tlios-e who recent- wiuir lumen! by a earner or stage drivers employed by tlie proprie tor will be charged 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra. N, papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except it ihe option ol me fcuuor. ir? vdvvrtisemcnLs not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) wililie inertekUiree weeks for one dollar, and twenty-live rV.Vts for every Wbscqucnt insertion. The charge for one and Since insertion the same. A liberal discount made to yearly aA1in'cttcrs addressed to the Editor must be post-paid .YOB lKIIVXliTG. Ha vine a general assortment of large, elegant, plain and oma "menlal Type, we are prepared to execute every description of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, AT THE OFFICE OF THE .Tc f f er s o n i a u Be p u b 1 i ca 11 . Mountain Streams. AS ASPIRATION FROM TOWN. By Charles Machay. What time the fern puis forth its rings What time the early throstle sings, 1 love to fly the murky town, And tread the moorlands, bare and brown ; From greenest level of the glens To barest summit of the Bens, To trace the torrents where they flow", Serene or brawling, fierce or slow ; To linger pleased, and loiter long, A silent listener to their song. Farewell, ye streets ! Again I '11 sit On crags to watch the shadows flit ; To list the buzzing of the bee, Or branches waving like a sea ; To hear far off the cuckoo's note', Or lark's clear carol high afloat-, And find a joy in every sound-, Of air, the water, or the ground ; Of fancies lull, though fixing nought, And thinking heedless of my thought. Farwell ! and in the teeth of care I '11 breathe the buxom mountain air; Peed vision upon dyes and hues That from the hill-top interfuse, White rocks, and lichens born of spray, Dark heather tufts, and mosses gray, Green grass, blue skv, and boulders brown"; With amber waters glistening down, And early flowers, blue, white and pink, That fringe with beauty all the brink. Farewell, ye streets ! Beneath an arch! Of drooping birch or feathery lacrh, Or mountain ash, that o'er it bends, I '11 watch some streamlet as it wends ; Some brook whose tune its course betrays, Whose verdure dogs its hidden ways Verdure of trees and bloom of flowers, And music fresher than the showers, Soft-dripping where the tendrils twine ; And all its beauty shall be mine. Ay, mine, to bring me joy and health, And endless store of mental wealth Wealth ever given to hearts that warm To lovliness of sound or form, And that can 'see in Nature's face A hope, a beauty, and a giace That in the city or the woods, . In thoroughfares or solitudes, Can live their life at Nature's call, Despising nothing, loving all. Sweet streams, that over summits leap, Or fair in rock-hewn basins sleep ; 'That foaming burst in bright cascades, Or toy with cowslips in the shades ; 'That shout till earth and sky grow mute, Qr tinkle lowly"as;alute ; "That sing a song of lusty joy, Qr murmur like a love-lorn boy ; 'That creep or fall, that flow or run Jl doat upon you every one. many a day of calm delight, A.nd hour of pleasure slol'n from night ; For morning freshness, joy of noon, A"nd beauty rising with the moon ; For health, encrimsoner of cheeks, And wisdom gained on mountain peaks ; For inward light from Nature VUH And vision gilded by the sun ; For fancies fair apd waking dreams I love ye all, ye mountain streams. In one of our courts, recently an individual suired in a quakerish garb was called to the Maud. The Judge taking him for a member of the Society of Friends, thus addressed bun ? 4 Will you swear or affirm !' ' Don't care a drr-n which, sir P There are now forty-five hundred mile, of rail road in operation iq 'the U. States. Tho first road conducted was in 1S27, at Qujucy, Mass. The Flesh Brush. Horse-hair gloves, soft andhard brushes, to rub the body with, or friction or shampoo ning of the same, with the uncovered hand; are severally re commended by medical men. I am a believer in the usefulness of each variety ; but I give: prefer ence to the latter, the use of the hand ; and I ad vise its application, local and general. Friction of the abdomen, in cases of torpid liv er, distented bowels, or a morbidly irritable stom ach, is of great service. It will not, however, suf fice merely to rub the hand over the belly a half a dozen times The bowels, liver and stomach, should be regularly kneaded, for at least fifteen or twenty minutes every day ; the easiest times cer tainly are, before rising and on going to bed ; but the best time is between meals, when the food is all but digested. In young and delicate persons, friction of the en tire body is highly serviceable ; and it is no bad additional morning and evening amusement for an adult to use the 44 hair brush" or the 44 flesh brush" or the hand, which is the best, over legs, arms, and entire body. The advantages of this process, are, that it can be done without assistance ; but with elderly and infirm people, a rubber is indispensa ble. The result will be, that all the digestive or gans will be excited into action. Where exercise is forbidden, by involuntary confinement or other causes, the shampooning supplies its place ; but it must be continued (it will not hurt) all the year routid ; and it should form a species of gymnastics, night and morning, from five to ten minutes more or less each time. The stomach receives thereby a glow that diffuses itself over the entire abdomen; and I have known cases of constipation most agree ably relieved by the same. The use of dumb-bells is salutary, as indeed are all gymnastic recreations, lifting light weights, suspending the body by the hands, swinging, skip ping, etc., etc. Battledobr and shuttlecock is an excellent game for grown-up people. Get into an unlumbered room, or a court yard, and alone, of with a play-mate1, determine 'to number a thousand jerks of the featfcsrsd cork. Nevermind the seem ing puertility of playing 44 with trifles light-as air." You will get into a wholesome glow, and derive much amusement at the fun of it. " Let those laugh who win." Cricket is a splendid game ; tiowls an amusing one ; billiards, if played only for friendly contention, are mentally recreative J and physically useful. In.short,, whether you be j man or woman, boy or maiden,, young or old, j move about and take.exercis'e in the best way you I can, and as much 44 unhoused" as possible.. Ex- ercise is positively a virtue ; and " virtue is,'" as the schoolboy's copy has it, 44 its own reward." Land in Arkansas. The State Auditor of Arkansas offers to make donations of land in that State to actual settlers or to sell tracts of 160 acres each, for about fif teen dollars. It is estimated that at the present time, Ar kansas holds half a million acres of land, sub ject, to be disposed of as .staled above. These lands are situated in almost every portion of the Siate, embracing river bottoms, prairie, plain, and upland of every grade, so that pur chasers or donees can make such locations as their interest or fancy may prompt them to se lect. Doubtless, many of those persons who are unacquainted with the history of these lands, j may ue surprised that such a vast amount of territory should be permitted to fall into the hands of ihe State authorities ; and they may perhaps argue, that the moat of it is utterly unfit for cultivation, else it would never have been permitted to go out of the posession of its original owners. In this conclusion they would fail inio a grievous error. The mass of these lauds are commonly known as "military boun ties," and entries made by non-resident specu lators, in companies, or by individuals, for ag riculture, mining", and manufacturing purposes ; arid the whole taken together, may be consid ered as valuable, as the same amount of land would be, were it selected in a single body in any portion of the State north of the Arkan sas tlfdt. Many of the owners of these lands were capi talists residing in portions of the Union too remote for them to feel any great interest in so amall an investment so far off, and who have concluded that it was not a very promising spec ulation to pay taxes on their investments, un til the time should arrive when the General and State governments would cease to be iheir compel! ors in the land market of this State. Many others of the owner have died, and their heirs acting doubtless on the old maxim, that 44a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," have been so busily engaged in attending to matters at home, that "a few tracts of land in this "neck of the woods" have been entirely overlooked. Most of the mining and manufacturing joint stock companies formed by the capitalists of the ea-t and south, which were in lull blast (on paper,) in our State a few years since, have blown up, and all traces of their exisience lost forever, except their forfeited charters in the list of private acts, and their forfeited lands ill the Us o the Audjiyd Science and JLafoor. There are many' who suppose that scientific acquirements and a laborious occupation, are incompatible things; There never was a great er mistake. If there is asingle fact more strong than another to strengthen our proposition, it i.s that 'of our great New England Blacksmith, Elihu Burritt, charming and rivitting the atten tion of wondering listeners in the vast metropo lis'of thel British' empire.' Workingmeri, just reflect for a' moment, .upon the career of our blacksmith hero. A short time ago we beheld hirn, the son of a widow; labouring at his anvil for his daily bread. Now we behold -himja ri ding before princes, the noblest prince ofWem all a prince of good works, of noble thoughts, and a prince in eloquence and knowledge. How did Elihu attain to his present eminence "I By the employment of his spare moments from hard labor in acquiring useful knowledge There are many mechanics and laboring m'en who may not have the advantages of Eiihu Burritt, and many more have not his capacity, but there is not a single individual who makes the best use of all his privileges, a fact which loo many have to regret when the circumstan ces of age or worldly cares place such oppor tunities forever out of their reach. We bpeak now to young ariisans and mechanics. We would sir.cerly call your attention to the ac quirement of what is useful when you are young. Remember that knowledge is never a burden to carry along with you wherever you go, but is rather a letter of introduction to the society of the sensible and the truly respectable in every land, while it is in 'a thousand ways ser viceable in the pursuits ol life, rarquharson, who purchased Fontonwell Abbey, was indebt ed for his wealth to but a very slight knovledge of chemistry, acquired independent of his pro fession. Ignorance on the other hand, is con tinually placing barriers in the pathway of man's advancement. , We do not mean by ''knowl edge" that it should be acquired for the purpose of making money.. .Such an idea is degradatory to the character of man. Workingmeri, for we are now speaking to you, should acquire use ful, knowledge for the very pleasure tha is in herent in ,the acquirement of it, and for the object of being better men and better citizens. There, is no way by which ihe working people will ever be elevated to a, higher position m M 1 It ..I 1 society, than toy souna Knowledge ".Knowl edge is power." When men intelligently un derstand themselves their own rights and the equal rights of others then they will exert an influence at once healthy and beneficial both for their own benefit and the benefit of society. This kind of spirit is now being developed, and these opinions are now being extended among the working classes throughout many parts of the world. With a cajm and solid- judgment they p.erceive that virtue, common sense, cor rect infomation, and calm aud liberal views are the only true guides for the elevation of any class of men, and certainly these views and these acquirements are nut incompatible with Labor. Scientific American. Proportion off Itlilk to Sutter. Sometimes it is desirable to know the pro portion between the quantity of inilk and the butter produced from it ; for the question is sometimes presented to farmers,, whether it is better to sell milk or make butler. Yet no definite rule,ctin be given, as milk varies in richness and its butter qualities, not only from the gelieial breed of animals, but from individ uals of the same breed, and also from tho food. The difference is sometimes one-half. The Alderney cows give very fich milk, seven quarts of which will often, if not generally, produce a pound of butler ; while the milk of some cows is so poor that it takes nineteen or twenty quarts of milk for a. pound of butter. The famous cow,' Blossoms, that gave so large a quantity of milk, did not yield a. large amount of butter, as it took nineteen quarts for a pound. On an average it probably takes about twelve quarts of milk for a pound of butter. Mr, J. Leathe, of Woburn, who has some excellent cows that give rich milk, lately made an experiment, while his cows were still fed partially on hay. He measured but thirty quarts of milk, which produced seven and a half pounds of cream, (three quarts in measure,) and three pounds three ounces of good yellow butter. As to weight, we have various estimates as the proportion of butter to milk. In all exper iments of the ltind, the milk should be weighed as well as the butter. Measures such as used for milk differ greatly ; so much that it seems that very little reliance can be placed upon iheim From statistics now before us showing the amount of butter produced, and the quantity of milk in weight and measure, in one case it is stated that sixteen and a quarter quarts of milk weighed forty two pounds, which is two pounds nine ounces to the quart. In another case, ii is stated that a cow gave twenty-six quarts of milk per day, which -weighed forty-seveu pounds. Here is less than two pounds to the quart. Here is but a spiciinen of the great variation in the measures of milk, and it shows thejimporlance of weighing, instead of measur ing milk, in making experiments, Boston Cul tivator, Infidelity. Sketch - of the argument of David Paul Brown upon the question 44 Can the dying declarations of an iuiidel (alleged to have been murdered) be received in evidence. This is a great question for this world and the next. Since the time of Pontius Pilate, few questions of greater importance have presented themselves to: a judicial ' tribunal, lis conse quences should be well considered in its deci sioni' An infidel--one ivho denies the existence of a God, and a future state of rewards and pun ishment cannot be sworn. That is established doctrine. Aii oath, in such circumstances, would be solemn mockery ! An oath, or appeal to God, is the only ue that a human tribunal can have upon1 the-truth of a witness. ,4 Truth, the whole truth, and nothing but that truth so help me God," is the obligation assumed by the witness. But it has no power no binding influence, where the existence of a' God and fu ture rewards and punishments are denied. If then, this man, if living, could not be sworn, can his dying declarations be evidence ? They are even more objectionable and more danger pus than his testimony. They are ex-parte, they are surrounded by'none of the safe-guards of cross-examination they are to received by us by transmission through, others; and, super added to all these objections, the decea?ed was an avowed and unqualified' infidel. Why is an oath binding ? From its appeal to God;? Why are dying declarations admissible 1 From an approach to God and his judgement, from the almost immediate approah to that 44 mighty One, that inhabits e'.ernity," and of whom the sacred Bible is the earthly emblem. It is therefore ob viously necessary, to competency, that God ! lolus page alter page oi me woik wnicn n and judgement should be present in the mind hopes will give food ; fame he looks not for, t of the dying man. . 'he young wife at his side, and the little babies Suppose the dying declaration of a defendant, lhat cluster at his knee, would it be received to affect the reversal of an If is finished, with despairing violence, shouts .mninftnr ? Whr nt? 1?m,.phc nut UtlUlllUUl -L t W 1 1 KIT UUti . iw competent tobe sworn. Suppose the deceased were infamous from crime, or pecuniarily in terested. His declarations could not be heard. For legal purposes infidelity is ihe same. An infidel is not competent as a President of the United States as a judge, as counsel, as a ju ryman, as a tipstaff, as any officer of ihe Gen eral or State Government that requires an oath for the life of an oath is fear of hell and rev erence, for heaven. This doctrine, is said by the opposite coun sel to be a novelty and it is further said that its noveltv is an argument against it. The nov- eltvoflhe doctrine consists in the anomalous character of the crime to which seems to flour- Finished ! ejaculates the weepins woman, ish most in the present century. But we are j dropping tears over the tomb. NouICs Messen lold that the effect of the doctrine will be big- er. otry and delusion, What bigotry is that, that stands bv the Holv Bible 1 Who is deluded thai relies upon the justice of the Omnipotent ! Let me tell you, that the effect of the opposite doctrine will be impiety corruption aud per dition. A man who lives as a beast anil dies as a beast, must, according to his own standard, be considered as a beast, and for judicial purposes, he should enjoy no greater privilege. The rihts of the defendent and the sacred charac ter of justice demand it the lofty and immuta ble principles of. our. Religion forbid that it should be otherwise. The decision of this day will startle thous ands from their impious and perilous slum bers. Do I ask you to work iniquity to any man 7 I ask you to do justice to the Great Source of all justice. 1 beg you not to pdrmit an oppor tunity for so much, good, to pass unimproved. The faie of the defendant is nothing but these principles are vital to us all. Remember. I allow for all differences in creeds or modes of worship, but 1 make no al lowance for that man who bodily confronts his God and his cloven foot upon the Book of Eter nal 'Life! Death to Hawks. Erect a pole twelve or fifteen feet high, in a place where the hawks cannot find any other prominent thing lo light upon, and to the upper end secure a fox trap or large rat trap set, and you 'have a very sure but simple instrument lot destroying hawks, as, for want of something to alight upon, they will seek tho polo with the trap, anil will be caught. The pole must so far incline from perpendicular that the trap will re main set until sprung by (bjH bird. When one hawk is taken, tie it on the ground near the pole and soon its male will be in the trap. By pursuing this course tho hawks will be des troyed aud the chickens preserved. If my fel low farmers, for whose benefit (as the season of hawks is approaching) I have 'dropped these hints, see fit to follow my recommenda tion, I am certain that beneficial results will follow. Printers in tho United States by in serting litis will circulate a valuable piece uf information, for, bo assured, it is no fiction. Waldo County, Me. S. WEBB. Something New. A Norman gentleman has invented snuff-box in the shape of a pistol, which, by the help of a spring, fires the snulT up the nose without' the trgubU of snuffing. Finished. A'AVOUD I.N GENERAL USE AND OF VERY SIG NIFICANT import. A young girl who hits passed three years in a boarding school, gath ered a supercfiial knowledge of her own lan guage and the French ; acquired a profound knowledge of the art of dancing, with a fash ionable knowledge of music, is said to be fin ished : that is ready for a husband.. A student who has passed four years in a college, learned to rob hen roosts, drink ruin, smoke cigars, play at games of ch.ince, ami spend the liberal allowances of a kind parent in every species of unworthy excess, make a common place speech, receives his diploma, and is finished: that is ready for the devil; The prodigal who wastes at the gaming labia and in the haunts of debauchery, a splendid patrimony, and then blows out his brains tn a fit of despair, is said by those who tempted him to his ruin, to be finished. It is finished exclaims the man of fashion, as he surveys the completion of all essentials of a splendid entertainment, which he is aoui j .ojve five hundred men and women, who, fir i ... . ......... Irom indulging a Inendly leeling lor their host, will laugh at him in iheir leevos, as they sip his. costly wines, impudently criticise hi per son and air, while they are wasting and devour ing his -substance. It is finished, as the poor widow whispers, while her sunken eyes dilate, arid light up with a mournful joy, as she folds tho garments, th making of which will give to hers&lf aud father less ones, the coarse and scanty loaf for anoth er day's subsistence. I,t is finished, the needy, pale and emiciated author murmurs, as with trembling fingers ho i ihe tiomeless wanderer, as uie sleet Helenas i - ' on his unprotected head, 'and ihe icy blasts con geal the current of life, and he lays htm down, uncared for by his brother man. It is finished, gasps out the man of blond and violence, as he lays his head on the scaffold, and pays to the society he has warred upon, ihe lorteit of his crimes. Finished! is the journey of life ; what joys are expressed in this one word, what doubts made certain, what hopes realized, what fore bodings confirmed. Finished, say the fond parents, as the reali zation of all their prayers sleeps sweetly in tho ' cradle they are bending over Talent always wortBi a Price. No men are more justly entitled to fair pri ces, than truely qualified and competent teach ers. And this, not barely because of the value of what they give in return, but because of the great outlay of time and money necessary to prepare for their profession. Some teachers; have spent a dozen years in preparation, and have laid out manythousand dollars : a capital of time and money sufficient to have made them rich in merchandise, or any mechanical art. Fewpersons can estimate the value of things, where results are produced with ease, and in a moment. They must see the labor performed. Most can readily believe that a railroad, a ca nal, or a ship, is worth all the money asked for it ; but they cannot understand why a painting or a statue, should be held at many thousand dollars. Nor can they but be amozed that Pag anini should expect twenty guineas for a single 44 tune" performed on the violin ! A plain, but frank-hearted and sensible farmer, once called at the office 'of a celebrated Chief Justice in the South, and asked him a very important question, that could be answered in an instant, categorically yes or no. 44 No," was prompt ly returned. The farmer was well satisfied. The decision was worth to him many thou sand dollars. And now the client about toj-e-tire, asked the lawyer the chare for ihe mfor inriiion. 44 Ten dollars," replied he. " Ten dollars !" ejaculated ihe astonished farmer; 41 ten dollars for saying, no !" 44 Do you see these rows of books, my friend?" rejoined tho Chief Justice ; 44 1 have spent many years in reading them, and studying their contents, to answer No." 44 Right ! right !" responded the honest farmer; 44 right ! I cheerfully pay the len dol lars." 2?. It. Hall's 44 Teaching" a Science:' Cheap Plaster for Coarse Finish. Take one part clay, three, part uf rn er sand, mix with a portion of the and when ud mj'Ii cient quantityof hair thoroughly mix the whole mass until of a proper consistency aud use as lime mortar. The above makes a good hard wall nearly or quite as serviceable as lime for inid finish. The above has been tried in this vicinity and endured for years. P. E. STOW, Braceville, Trumbull Co., O. : An uncouth Mexican Idol presented 'y a IJ, S. officer to the city of New Orleans, has au tracted some attention in that cny.
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