rm . iwr -. . . r j ? - huh -i i - . TllE WHO&E ART OK (xOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING HONEST. Jefferson. VOL. 8. STROUDSBURG, M0NR(5fe COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JUYL"6, 1848.. No. 51.... I iiMisIied by Theodore Schoeli. TERMS Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars .inl a quarter, half yearlyand if not paid before the end Of the year, Two dollars and a hall". Those who receive their papers bv a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie tor, will "he changed 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra. No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of:the Editor. . . rC7"Ad vertif ements not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) will be inserted three weeks for one dollar, and twenty-fiVe cents for every subsequent insertion. The charge for one and thrceimsertions the same. A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers. IEAVU letters addressed to the Editor must be post-paid. JOB PRINTING. marine a general assortment of large, elegant, plain and orna menliiiType, wc are prepared to execute every description of , v arils, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, J&lank Receipts JUS'CiGBS, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, fee.1 Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, AT T2IE OFFICE OF THE JeffersKinian Kcpublicaw. From the Harrisburg Bomb-Shell. Old Zack upon the Track. We're got Odd Zack upon the track, He'll soon pvr. Li wis on his back. In Mexico he wipped a nation November next he'll thrash creation. Get out of the way for Rough and Ready, The country needs an arm that's steady. Oh, Lewis Cass, he went to France, King Phillipe stowed him how to dance, Jle dressed him up iri clothes so fine, Then let him come witn him to dine. Get out of the way, poor Cass unsteady, Thought People were too Rough and Ready . Cass forthwith set at work to make Americans all a Court dress take : To cost a hundred dollars or more And would'nt introduce the Poor ! Get out of the way, the toiling masses Hate Court dress and Courtier Casses ! Courtlv manners, Courtly dress. Perfumed locks, and Kings caress, These are decent, says" our Cass, Taylor is too Rough to pass. , , s Get out of the way, for the people steady Like to vole for Rough and Ready. . Though Rough, he has an honest heart, From virtue's path hell ne?er depart ; But always bravest of the brave He's just the man the People crave, (t Get out of the way, for Rough and Ready Is just the man to keep things steady. At Washington, in March, next spring, For President Taylor shouts will ring While Cass en-caved up on the lakes Hears now a Taylor's Court dress takes ! Get out of the way, for Z&ch'ariah, He's the White House purifier ! No te. The last chorus may be substituted for every verse, perhaps, with advantage. " ' The Uiil&iudcst Cut of AH. A jeweller of the city, who shall be nameless, Tvas lately applied to by a nice looking man, toj jnake a gold ring for him, having' in it a blade, very delicate and keen, concealed except on a narrow scrutiny, and opening with a spring. The' bargtn was made to furnish it for thirty dollars, j ,noun,ed, and grieved, and still hoped on, tho' On the appointed day,, the purchaser appeared, J moniha .and years passed away without impart paid the stipulated price, which was fobbed very j ing the slightest clue to the most singular aryl complacentlv. and with an air of high satisfaction.' Unloitunate fate of her husband. Her three ch'il- ,put it on his finger. The jeweller, of course very jinnoceunly, asked what he wanted to do vyith -such an article, to which the reply was, to cut open pockets with. "Ah,r .replied the jeweller, doubtless in .arriae ment 'how can you do such things with such-an instrument' and not be detected The performer replied that his art consisted in 'diverging the attention of peopte from everything .that.lppked like a .design upon them that he rub bed bis fqrehead adjusted his hat, &c, and that discovery ,camejtoo late. He then bade him good morning, and went his way. Shortly after, the jeweller, as he walked round the counter, was ac costd by the clek. "Why, what is the matter with your pant&lpons 1 How came you to tear them soV "Nothing that jl knowx)f," was the answer. "Where V "Wh7just ltfok r WhenMo I hts pOcket was found to ,be piit by'l tne aruai, -wuu nis -new osirumeni, ana rns pocketbo61c, gone, .witfi not only the thirty dollars . just paid. b'ut foair hundred, .besides, Verdict qf the public . ,Ser,yed him" fight. Dysentery and BofVfl pamplaint. Those" 'having this co;hpJ.aini will fjnd.an almost un failing rnmedy by procuring a small .piece ,of 'thy root of genuine Turkey Rhubarb, and chtw ing apiece about the size afacherrv piuince or twice through the day. If a genuine arlicje procured the wndy -'fjg' fver atage thtf disease rnajf be From the Ladies' Dollar Newspaper. , Tlie L,eg of 1H11U011, t OR T&E CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF A MAN WHO 1 went to market. By Falconbridge. . I am going-oblate to you the remarkable advenmres o(a very remarkable man, who went lo market lo get a leg of mutton, for hisvSun- day's dinner. I have heard or read somewhere or other, almost similar stories ; wheiher they were real or imaginary, I am totally unable lo say; but 1 can vouch for the authenticity of my story, for I know the hero weJI. In the year 18J2, it wjII be,. recollected, that we had some military disputes with old .Eng land, and which elicited some "pretty tall fight3, by land and sea, and "the land we live in" was considerably excited upon the subject and patriotiMTi rose to many degrees above blood heat. Philadelphia, about that time, liko all other cities, 1 nuppose, was the scene of much drum-beating, marching and counter marching, and volunteering of the patriotic people. The President sent forth his proclamation, the Gov fcrnors of the respective Slates reiterated them, and a large portion of our brave republicans were soon in or marching to the battle field. There lived and wrought at his trade carpen tering in the city.of Philadelphia, about thai lime, a very tall,lim man named Houp ; Peter Houp, that was his name. Ho was a very ateady, upright and honest man, married, had a small, comfortable family, and to all intents and purposes seemed settled down for life.' How deceptive, how unstable, how uncertain is man, to say nothing of the frail portion of creation woman. Peter Houp, one fair morning took his basket on his arm, and off he went to get a leg of mutton, and the trimmings, for his next SundayV dinner. Beyond that subject of re search, Peter never dreamed of extending his travels for that day certain. A leg of mutton is not an indifferent article, well cooked, a mat ter somewhat difficult, too, to amateur cooks ; and as good legs of mutton as can be found on this side of the big pond, are to be purchased almost any Saturday morning in ihe Pennsyl vania majei wagons, ybich congregate along Second Street j Ibri mile qr .tvyo in a string. Pe'er could, have secured his leg, and: brought it home in, an hour or.iwo,at leasts But houis parsed, nnni came, and night followed it, and in the course. of time, the morrow, the joyous Sunday, for which the leg of, mutton was to have been .bought and prepared, and offered up, a saennce to tne nousenold gods, and grateful appetites but neither 'leg of mutton nor man Peter, husband and father Hbtip, dark- etied the dbju of the carpenter's humble domicil, thai day, the next, or the next. I cannot, of course, realize half the agony, or torjures of suMpeuse.that must have preyed upon the. wife's heart and brains, that must have haunted her fevemh dreams at night, and her aching mind by day-. Vvhen grim death strikes a blow, when ever so near and dear a friend, or relation is levelled, cold, breathless, dead we see, we know, there is an end ! Grief has its, season, the bitterest of woe then calms, subsides, ceas es ; but ihe lost ! which hbpe prevents mourn ing as dead, and whoi-e deathlike absen.ee. al most precludes ihe idea that they live engen ders in the soul, of true affection a gloomy, tor luring, despairing sorrow more agonizing than the sung actuaf death leaves behind, i have endeavored i.o depict hat must have been, what was ihe feelinss of Peter Houd's wife. She df. 1 w boy8 and a ir,i grew "PJ ten eleven. twelve years past, and no tidings of the lost man reached his family : but they still lived yy i h a kjfid of despairing hope, thai the husband and father would yet come home. And so he did. . Le.t us, see what became of Peter Houp, the carpenter. As he strolled along with his basket on his arm, on ihe eventful morning he sought the leg of mutton, he, met a platoon of men dressod up in uniform, muskets on their shoul ders, colors flying, drums beating, and a mob of hur-rqh-ers following and shouting for the pqlunteers f Yes, it was a company of volun teers, jusi about shipping ofTfor the South, to join the ,4old Zack; of that .day, old Hickory, Gen. Jackson ! Peter Houp saw in the ranks of the volunteers several of his old chums he .-poke io them, walked along wiih the men of Mar3 got inspired patriotic drunk 1 Two days after that eventful Saturday, on which the quite honest and industrious carpenter left his wife and children full of hope and happiness, he found himself in blue breeches, rpundabqu) a'nd,hlaqk cap, on board a brig-T-bound for New Orleans ! a volunteer for ibe war ! It was too late to repejit then : the brig was ploughing her way tltrpugh the foamingbillbws, arid in a;fe.w week's she arrived at Mobile, as she could .nol reach New Orleans,,-the British under Gen. Pagjfenham being off the-.Palize, So the Vol unteers were landed.at Mobjje, and hurried oyer land to the devoted .Cjescent city. Peter Houp jwas not only a good man, Jliable, as all men .are to make a. false tepj pn.ee in f but a ;bravc orie. Having- onV ffnd.r made a step so Irard to retrace, Peter's cool reason' got bothered ; he poured the spirits down to keep his spirits up, as the saying goes, and aban doned himself To fate. Caring neither for life or death, he was found behind the cotton bags, which ho had assisted in getting down from the city to the battle ground,, -piled up, and'now ready to defend while life lasted Peter'fought well, being a man not unlike the brave old Hick ory himself: tall, firm, end resolute-looking, he attracted Gen. Jackson's ' .attention duriog the battle ; 'and afier it, was personally complimen ted for his skill and courage by the victorious commander-in-chief. livery 'body knows the history of the battle of New Orleans ; 1 need not repeal it. After the victory, the soldiers were allowed- considerable license ; and ihey made New Orleans the scene of revel and -dis-sipation, as all cities are likely to. represent when near, a victorious anny." Pejer Houp 'was on a regular bender," a '5 big tear," a long V 8pree,,lfand for 'one so unlike any thing of the kind, he went it witha 'perfect looseneas ! ; A rich citizen's house was robbed burgla riously entered and robbed-; andt Peter Houp, the staid, plain, Philadelphia carpenter, ;who would not have bartered his honest reputation for all the ingots of the Incas, while in his so ber senses, was arrested as one of the burg lars, and the imputation, false or true,' cau.4ed. him to spend seven years in a penitentiary ! O, what an awful probation of sorrow and men tal agony were those seven long years ! But they past over, and Peter Houp again was 'free, not a worse man, foriunately, but a much wiser one ! He had not seen or heard a breath of those so long dearly cherished, and cruelly de serted, his famly, for eight years, and his heart yearned towards them so strongly, that penni less, pale and care-worn as be was, he would have started immediaily for home, but being a good carpenter, and wages high, he concluded to go to work, while he patiently awaited a re ply of his abandoned family to. his long and pa tiently written letter. Weeks, months, and a year past, and no reply came, though another letter was despatched, for fear of the miscar riage of the first ; (and both letters did miscar ry, as the wife nerer received .ihern ) Peter gave himself.up as a lost man,, his family dead or scattered, and nothing but death could end his entailed wretchedness. .But still, as fortune would have it, he never again sought refuge from his sorrows in the poisoned chalice, the rum glass J not he. Peter toiled, saved his money, and at.the end of four years v found himself in the. possession of a v ery; snug sum ,of hard cashf ' and a fu,y and faithfully es.ab lished good name. But all of this lime he had not heard a syllable of his home ;,and all of a sudden, one gne day in early 'spring, he, took passage in a ship, arrived at Philadelphia, and in a few rods from the warf upon which he landed, he met an old neighbor. The aston ishment of the latter seemed wondrous; he burst out . . r ... , " My Gnd ! is this Peter Houp, come from his -grave I" ,' No," said Peter, in a slow, dry way, " I'm from New Orleans !" Peter, soon learned that his wife and chil dren yet lived in the same place, and had long mourned him as forever gone ! Peter Houp felt anything, but merry, but he" determined to have his jojie. and merry meeting. In an hour or two, Peter Houp, the long wanderer, stood in his own,door. ' N - Well, Nancy, here is the leg qf mutton " and a fine one too he had. The most excellent woman, his wife, was alone. She was of quaker origin ;. sober .and stoical as her husband, she regarded him wjM fully as he stood in the door for long time : at lasi she spoke-- , " . i ! " Well, Peter, thee's been gone foi it a long timeP1 . , . The next moment found them locked in each others arms ; overtasked nature could stand it no more they, cried as children. The carpenter has, held offices of public trust since, and lives yet, I believe, an pld and high ly respected citizen of " Brotherly Love." 1 1 . l l , Naturalizatiori.i Congress has just passed, by a unanimous vote in each House, a bill so .amending our Naturalization Laws, that any Jmmigra'nt who has had a residence for five years in this coun try, and over two years past, declared his pur pose io become a citizen, shall, henceforth be entitled to naturalization, although he may meantime have been once or many times out of the country. By the law, as it hat hiiherio Moo.d, no man could be legally naturalized who had not been in the counfry for the preceding five years without interruption, so that a trip to Montreal or even crossing to Table Rock . ai Njagary Falls., vitiated the whoje previous res idence, and rendered a, five.years' farther pro bation necessary; and still the appjfcani.iiiust be careful qqt io go out. of ihe country until the five years have expired. , r - T - :r 'fir ' . A father exhorting hi spn in early rising. rqla'ed a sipy of a., person yf-ho, early one leplied he'voutli' "byl ibje , perburi v hq Jos't ii rose earlier' . "'f' ' ' "4V A. ' A Word or two Aborit Bathingr Bathing has its seaMMis and limes ; but tB are always more or less present as a meant of health. A warm bath ought lo be laken once a week, at least once a fortnight, by eveiy adult An the universe, winter, spring, summer, and autumn. In the cold moitths:ii renovates and stimulates the - dormant circulation. In the lemperaturc it equalizes the same, cleanses ihe skin, diffus.es a delightful glow over the whole body, and keeps ii in' health. In th'e summer months it refreshes and exhilarates ; it at the same tune clears the skin of its impurities, and carries off the superfliiousheat of ihe body, by accelerating perspiration. As a jocal palliative to congestion or paui; to a cold, or a Motich of the rheumatics;' ii has no equal as a comforter after fatigue, it is invaluable as an apendate to a man's pleasure, incomparable. But all the eulogy in the world cannot express the feelings which experiment alone commands ; therefore-, if ihe reader be an invalid and attach any faith io my counsel, lei him take a-warm bath at the intervals recommended, (if means and conve nience are at hand.) -and select the lime he will he least hurried in the process for the in dulgence, and prove it. -Perhaps morning is the most convenient time ; but it is as efficient in the evening of the day. The idea of taking cold 'is out of ihe question1.' 'A vapor-baih is one of'the greatest conceivable-luxuries.- It clears ihe body of every im purity unloads the lungs, rendering the breath ing free and delightful-rernoves all possible aches and pains, detaches blothes, scurf, and other disfigurations, and leaves ihe skin as' soft as velvet. ' Besides all these qualifications, it is mosi -exhilarative, healthful and agreeable. It makes the elder feel young, and used at in tervals, decidely promote longevity. A vapor bathiought to be taken once every two orihree weeks, throughout a whole life. The next question is as to the expendiency of cold bathing. ;It certainly is most exhilira tive, healthful and -agreeable. A sea-dip 'has had iis votaries since ihe. existence of Neptune; and its- friends and admirers are ever on iho increase ; it is a most strengthening and vigor ous recreatjon. : Isfever, my. friend, be you young or old, Eve or Adam, so. long-as pru dence', affliction, pr-knewo causes,, do Pot pro hibit, (for ihere are prohibitions of course, which common- sense will tell,) nevernegleci the op poritiniiy of a 'rush' in and out of ihe 'briny el ement.' I am not advisingyou to b& amphibi ous, and dabble and paddle half yotir time away, bui merely take-an immersion for one or a cou ple of minutes out, and dress. A sea bath may be taken daily, and almost of any season, if weather ; permit ; but it is unadvisable, and also lo little use, to1. nmke a toil of pleasure, and hence judge from your .own feelings and convenience.- -Sea-bathing is extremely whole some, and vpr.y strengthening. A cold plunge bath a swim in the river (swimming is a fine exercise as well as a most usefu acquirement, and should always be learnt i . .. J N , . , .. , , as ear y as possib e) -a douche a 'sitz,' and .uxJ,u n iAiuiL. Un ,,k - a shower bath are all admirable' helps to the recovery and preservation df health, and the attainment of nervous tone and power. A shower bath should be an object of toiler try in every bed-chamber ; in which case, ihe morning 'deluge1 should . never be omitted. Habit will so accustom one rto its use, ihat the wintry winds wilj but add to its enjoyment and absolute utility,, if it can Mpborne. It is out of'the question during 'a coluv and less sal utary when the stomach is out of order. Hazlit's advice to hisSon. Bo not begin to quarrel with the world too soon.; forbad as it may be, ii is the best we have to live in here If railing .would have made it better, it would have been reformed .long ago ; but as this is not lo be hoped for at-present, the best way lo slide-through itis.as contentedly and innocent ly as we may. The -worst fault it has is want of charity ; and calling knave or fool ajl every turn will not cure this failing. Consider as a mailer of vanity, that if there were noi so many knaves anrl fouls as we find, the wise and hon est would hot be ihostt rare and shining char-j actors thai they are allowed to her, and, as a matter of philosophy- ihat if the world be really incorrigible in( this respeclU is a reflection 1 1) make one sad', and not angry. We may J.ar,gh or weep alihe madness of mankind, we Viave no rfghl to. vilify thern fo; our own ske or theirs. Misanthrpphy js'not the di?gu 0f the mmd at. human nature, ( but with itsjf ; it. is, laying its own exaggerated vices as ,fnul blots at the dooj of others ! Do Hot, however, mistake what tjthave here said. I would not have you, when . you gro w up, adppj ihe low and sordid fashion of pp.'ilialing existing abuse, of putting" the. best fac'o upon the, worst, thing 1 only pieap that indiscriminate, unqualified sajire, qau-. do little good ; and those. ,who in dulge in .the most revoliing3speculatio,ns .of hu man naltire, do not themselves, always, set the fairest examples, or strive to jprevent its lowest degradatifiii. 4 "Yon want a floeing,jhai.'8 what you wani," 'said a parent to his unruly sori." ul know ii,fdad, hut I will try to get along without it" r replied tne iDeendent youngajer. Mysterious Providences. BV DR. W. A. ALCOTT- ? ' In a lown df this Commonwealth, containing some two thousand' or more inhabitants, thd number of deaths of children, under live year , of age, during the year 1847, was no less than thirty-one. This was regarded by evury body as a most mysterious -providence: Even thi minister at the desk exhorted )tis hearers and the people 10 behold in n ihe immediate hand of God.' 1 . These-mysterious providences ;ihin imme diate hand of God are not confined to occa sions ; they are every day occurrences, in another of our Massachusetts villager alter tho death, in rapid, succession, of a great number of little children, and a general outcry, it was discovered thai , a collection of putrid matter had found its way to eery pump, where the children had sickened and died. The "My stery" was now dispelled. Neither preacher nor people had a remaining doubt. In general, however, it is not so. We have not be,en accustomed to trace the relation be iween the effect and its cause. And, conse quently, when a person dies, and the caue ii not obvious, we refer it-to a wyslerions" provi dence ; or; as some express it, to ihe immediate hand qf God.: . t A young1 medicah gentleman .died, a short time since, of erysipelas. ' His death was Mid den; and to mosi persons, even his phvictan;j, unexpected. There was a universal cry raised, not only by the mass of the community, but by physiciahs themselves, of mysterious 1 provi deuce. , The mass do noi reason, and are there fore superstitious ; the physicians, rn 'mauyr msiaces,'.coiuot themselves reason far enoughj to find out the cause, or.have nol the ncesHaiy time or- at leasi think they haver .not and (oo proud to confess their own ignorance, the?' join in the general cry, and arraign at ihe aaai bar the great and a'U-wise Creatnr. la this 'wisdoms? "h iruo, humil'ty t It true Christianity ? So If for one, have-noS, learned Christ. I believe ii the 'Teiatwm! pfc cause and. effect and that diseases, offevjiryf kind and grade, are the result bf hu'jjaa rraW gres'sioh. Boston Prisoner1 sFrien. e M j- s-r j ' Animalcules i Walter. ' It appears to be a very prevalent opinion, that the water of our wells, fountains, and riv ers contains animalcules: Last Sabbath I heard one of our most celebrated di.vines say in the course, of his afternoon sermon, ihatevery dp of" water contained living being?. A few mopths since I heaTd ano iher divine state; m the course of a Sermon thai myriad, of living beings swarmed in every drop uf dew. Wheii we put a lass of cold water to the lips ihe idea is not.very pleasaijt, especially to the nerv ous that we 'are about ',o swallow a host of living beings Jn ihe form of. hydras and serpents all 1! II J : : r- ... tcKtng anu squirmi.ng. aucn howible apnre- honclniiii Vlils.rcij- r. . ..T, n n C - J77 , , . J , sum. water as is generally used for dnnhn" and . ,tmnnM i . - - 1d , cuhnary purposes dues not contain animalcules. .. The above, says the Boston Transcript, is handed us by a gentleman, who has made many, experiments wiih microscopes to lest his as sertions., artd who is ready to vindicate themi practically to the scientific world A parly of young menwere dining at, a pub-: lie house,-and among sundry dishes served up for the occasion; was a chicken roasted. One of ihe gentlemen present, made an ineffectual attempt to carve ii, v4en he stopped suddenly,' and called for the landlord who was in another part of iheTroonu "Landlord " said he, "you might have made a great deal more money with this chicken before me, than serving it up in this way.' "Hovy yo? " askel the landlord, staring. ''Why, in taking ji arountJ the country to exhibit " Uy "Exhibit a chicken ! Who would give anything vj see a chicken ?" said mine host, getting a little riled. "Why everybody w,ould have p.a'id to have seen this one, for you might have informed them, 1 have nodoubt with iruthy that '.his is the same rooster thai crowefi wheii Pei.er denied his master !" t 1 1. -t . Cement for Chimneys. The following communication, which we fin'3 iri the True 3un, ia of interest to builders. Gentlemen: Public attention of late has been very much directed, to the fact qf the rapid destruc tion of the cement in ordinary use for the con structon of chimneys. lIy attention was lately called to the subject by a Mr, Wright, who was about to rebuild the chim neys of qur Naval Asylum, they having been inse cure, thb cement having been eaten" out. The element of destruction in this case, is sul phurbia acid, generated by the combustion of iUS sulphur contained in. tho Arthracit.e coal. . The-fcernent now; in use is a hydrate of lime, arid is converted into a soluble sali by combining with that acid. Plaster of Paris is a sulphate of lime,' and is not - attacked by that acid consequently, we have in it a cement suitable for constructing that pjft of me cnimiiey wmun ia rcmuie ituui uiu. Yours, respt'y,' G. B'ught BacwNls, ! i it. ! il I 3 1 i
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