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The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson.
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STliOUDSBURG,,MONIlOE COUNTY, PA., TkURSDAY JULY 27, 1848.
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KcpuWicau.
The ory of the Arii&au
A LAY OF THE DAY.
Up and down up and down !
I have wand red through the town ;
Through the street, the field, the lane,
I have sought for work rft vain
1 have sought from morning's light
Till the stars shone forth at night,
Sad returning, 1 have said;. ? f ,
"Woulcfto God that I were dead I"
Give me loilgive'me toil .
To weave the wool or till the soil ;
Giveme leave to earn ray biead,
I care not how, by spade or thread.
Give me work, 't is all I ask ;
No matter what may be my task ;'
No matter what the labor set,
1 have health and strength ,a3 yet. .f
To and fro fo and fro '
Still with weary limbs I go.
One by one my hopes depart,
Not a joy lives in my heart,
While I struggle through each day,
Thersls no star to cheer my way ;
While I wrestle with my chain,
Madness hovers round my brain.
God ! can it be that mortal Man j
Shall-mar Thy great and mighty plan 1
Thou hast sent, with bounteous hand
Enough for all throughout the land ;
Thou hast filled the earth .with food,
Then pronounced thy work was "good."
Thou who reignst supreme on high,
All unheeded shall we cry I
No ; a sound is on the breeze,
And the words I hear are these, :
"Give us labor give us bread I1
And the fearful cry has sped- .
Over far-off lands awiy, J
Lightning up a brighter day ; ; :
For a nation's voice hath said.
"Who bears the yoke shall have the bread ltr
. Anecdote.
The foflowing circumstance happened-in one
of the towns of Arkansas. A man Had been
drinking until a late hour at night before-he
Marled for home. Honest folks had Bern long
in bed, and the houses were all hut. up and
dark The liquor he had taken was too much
for him ; he did not know where 10 go- He
t last staggered inlo an empty waon shed,
and fell upon the ground. For a long time he
lay in the unconsciousness of a drunken .-leep.
and would have undoubtly frozen, (for the snow
on the ground showed the night to be very
-cold) had not others less insensible ihan him
self been around him. This shed was. a favor
i'e randezvous for the hogs, which rushed on!
hen ihe new com? arrived, but soon returned
10 ihetr bed. In the ulrt.psi kindnes, and with
llie truest hospitality, they gave their biped
companion the middle of the bed ; some
n either side of htm, and others aci;ng tbc
jmtt of .the quilt. Their warmth prevented lijrp
from being injured by his exposure. Toward
morning he awoke ; finding himself comforta
ble, and in blissful ignorance of his wherea
boots, ho supposed himself enjoying the ac
commodations of a tavern, in company with
other gentlemen. He reached out his hand,
end caichtng hold of the stiff bristles of ahog,
t-KcUuned.'Whyj-mister, when did you shave
latft V
Daniel Webster Wit,
We recollect hearing ihe following anecdote
of the great statesman which is too good u be
Ioki. It runs thus : The dUiinguished Sena
or from Masachusetts was once standing in
company with several Southern gentlemen, in
front of the Capitol at Washington, as a drove of
mules was being driven by, 4 Webster' avs
j.ne of tho Southern gentlemen, Mhe'rV goes
ome of your constituent;" . Yes' in&tanily
ndiuily replied "Mr. "W., they dregouig
'SoutHto teaeh:School;" ':
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III
The Elan YPh4rode the Goat.
BY JOHN W. OLIVER. .
; In a quiet village in the sober state of Cpn
nsciicui, flourishes a flourishing Di vision of the
Sons of Temperance. Much has been, said ar
hou ha mysterious mysteries, and many a quiz
zical sinry has been told in relation to the an
tics Yif a ceriain goat, said to be connected
ihtf'rewjrh.
" It is caid that in this quiet village resides, a
mong others, a Vuto Yankee, of a remarkably
ingenious and curious turn of mind, whom for
his resemblance to jhe Pry family, we shall
name Paul. Now Paul took it into his busy
noddle to '.enter the gates of our Order without
riding. ihe jgnat. He; therefore' looked ,around
among mankind' for a green soti of Temperance
and having fixed his mind upon a victim', he
started in pn'rMjit and . found his man. After
exerci.ntng his pumping ingenuity in a manner
' too tedious to mention he found himself on
the; road home tickled to pieces with the idea
of-being in full postvcssiou of that mysterious
word viiich would unlock the Division dopr and
put hirn in possession of the 'open sesame.'
j in the meantime, Paul s design was commu-
and appropriate arrangements were made for
hi reception.
Meeting night came, and after th'e hrothers
had pretty generally assembled, the, 0. S. heard
a strange noise at the door, like unto the bleat
ings. of a certain animal familiarly called Billy.
The 0. S., true lo his Instructions, opened the
door ajar.
Bah !' said Paul. . i '
' Bar?! Bah"!! Bah'!!!' returned the 0. S.
and open flew the door. - ' .
Paul walked in, looking very knowingly Ihe
while, and took a seat among (he initiated.. The
sham business proceeded fpr a while as though
nothing had happened.'
. 4 Worthy Patriarch,' at length said a member
in a solemn and impressive manner, the person
who hs .entered, having neglected to turn the
,usual somerset and light upon his big toe- it is
evident to my mind that he has not been in
itiaied. I therefore move that we proceed to
put.him through ! ?
4 Second the motion !' shouted a dozen.
441 gueas I'd better retire,' said Paul Rising,
and evidently uneasy 4 1 guesB.there must be
some mistake.' And he 4 went for to go.' But
they wouldn't let him., - "
4 Any one who once gets in here, must go'
through,1 said a blacksmith who stood o'ix feet
without his boots. ' So just'be quiet till we
get'the goat ready. , - .
The door was fastened and all hope of escape
wai cut off. .Paul trembled. j The blacksmith
aforesaid opened a closet, and, pulled out a sack.
Paul turned white.
Prepare the victim J' said the W. P.
Paul sprang to his feet, and begged for mer
cy 4 but no mercy there was known.' He
was hustle'd into a sack iu spite of all the kick
ing resistance he could. make. -The goat hap
pened to.be out of sons that night, and so an
old wheelbarrow wa.v.nubstituted. Paul was
trundled around the room first backwards and
then
forwards over sticks of wood, down
siairs and up stairs. ,
'Bah!' said thejblacksmith, stopping to blow.
-Please let me out,'. pleaded Paul. t
4 CanU yet,' returned the blacksmith. Ain't
reached the falls of Niagara must put you
through the shower bath !' Paul wiped avVay
the perspiration. s ,?
Greak, creak, creak, went the old wheelbar
row round the. room again. At Paul's earnest
roltcitaiiori the shower bafh was omitted. He
declared it would give him a cold.
Having been otherwise- 4 put through,' Paul
was liberated a terrified man- He started for
a lawyer for vengeance. But the lawyer ,told
him he had betie,r say nothing about it and he
finally concluded not to.
It so happened that where Paul worked a
number of girls were employed. One day Paul
mtered the 4 ladies' department.' That, morn
ing an Irish girl had been admitted lo the es
tablishment, and the .mischievous .imps had
wrapped her up in apiece of canvass, and were
wheeling her about ihe floor.
" What are you doing?' asked Paul.
k Biddy's riding the goat,' archly said the
ringleader. Paul bolted.
The ma2 who rode theigoat' is well known.
-I in the villagcapd is often pointed out by the
hoys. We raihcr think the next lime Paul
wants to enter a 4 secret society,' he will go in
the front way.Ar. Y. Organ.
If I want butter only for my own breakfast.
I lay a sheet of blotting paper upotf-a plate, and
pour the cream upon it. In a short time the
milk filters through, and the .butter is formed.
If 1 wish to expedite the operation, 1 turn the
paper over gently bpon the cream, and keep it
in conract for a few' moments, and then press
upon it, and the butter is formed in less than
iwo minutes. If you subml it to severe prs
Mire by a screw press, it becomes as hard as
when frozen.'
co-ii-6 ub!i:aeU on crmied-tii aiks.?
i Rare-Sport.
Truly, there must be fiue.sporting in South
Africa, as well as rare sportsmen, who start
out upon shooting excursions of eleven months,
to the Mountains of the -Moon, or some such
unknow places, among vild elephants, lions
anid hippopotami. Commend' U3 to M. Kuajlyii
Gumming, who has bagged a ship-lull of wild
beasts among ihe resuilie panthers and croc
odiles who'carried off' hu" best dogsas well as
the lion who carried off his44 best wagon dri
ver." 1
Sporting Exploits of the H'ighlandir.'rho
Cape Frontier Tunes, of February 22, thus al
ludes to the sporting exploits of 'Mr. R'uallyn
Cumming, second son of Sir William Gordon
Cumming, Baronet, of, Altyrc, who a few years
since was reckoned thty, foremost spprtsnlan in
the north of Scotland. 44 We have been fa
vored with some interesting intelligence re!a-(
live -lo the late trip into the interior, of ihat
well knoxvn and intrepid Sportsman and travel
ler, Mr. R R. Cumming, formerly of the Gil!
R., who is now on his way from Bloemfoutien
to Colesburg, after an extremely hazardous, and
fatiguing expedition of 'elereu months. Iuihis
journey it is said he has penetrated many hun
dred miles beyond the highest point reached
by any white -man. He shot forty-three ele
phants, three of which only were' females.-
Many of the males carried tusks of enormous
size, measuring seven feet in length and some-'
times weighing 100. lbs. each. Sixty hippo
potami the finest troops to which they belonged
have been singled out for slaughter. Such
the abundance of this game, thai with his rifle
he might have killed two hundred of them.
The rhinocerous, buffalo, cameleopard, e.laud,
gemsbok, roan, antelope, waterbuck, hartebeest,
sasaby, black and blue wildebeest, koodoo, pal
lah, zebra, rietbok, kilspringer, &c, were found
by -him; m such abundance, that he rarely ex
pended' his' ammunition upon them, except
when in want of flesh, or to get their heads as
specimens to 'gracs his collection of sporting
trophies which-js described as bejng- now so
extensive as almost to require a. small ship to
send them home.4. He is said to have discos
ered an antirely 'new soft" bf antelopeunknowh
not only to science' but even to the native tribes
living upon the tropics.' it is a very beautiful
species, and with much time atld difficulty, jhe
procured 22 specimen both male and female.
His losses, having unfdrtun&fely counterbal
anced the excellence of his sport.' He'has lost
all his horses, (15.) all his oxen" (30,)' and all
his' dogs (20,) and his best wagon-driver,. His
horses were killed eilheir1 by lions or Wbrse
sickness, and the fly, called ''txeise. 1 Ail his
oxen were-killed, by this insect!' His dogs
were killed some by the lions, some by the
panther, crocodile, and by different kinds of
game. The wagon-driver was carried off on a
dark and cloudy evening by-a monster lion,
which Mr. Cumming shot next day. - "
' - - Inverness Journal.
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The Indians of rHexico---Thei'r Affec
tion for the Americans.
On the Departure of bur army from Mexico,
the Indians-. who constitute nearly the. w-hole
laboring population exhibited iheirsorrow and
regret in the most striking and affecting man-
.. 1 u J J ' 4-A- "-
relieved these poor and interesting people of I
many oppressions and taxes to wnicn tney
have long tyeen subjected. They are the pro
ducerVaud Industrials of the country, and hith
erto have, contributed, through ihe Alcabala,
and, other taxes to support the extravagant gov
ernment of Mexico. Intercourse with our sol
diers a knowledge of the kindly dispositions,
as well as,of the brave .hearts and strong, arms,
of our countrymen havo inspired tho descen
dants of Montezuma, with a profound respect
arid warm affection for the American people.
There is one. single trait of ,our icbuutrvmen
which has aroused the liveliest admiration of
the poor Indians It is their . behavior,, to fe-
'males.. The lower class of the Mexicans treat
their women harshly. As for the poor Indians,
of boih.sexes, the Mexicans ireat ijiem like
dogs.
When they contrastejl tho kind and polite
consideration of our soldiers towardsAtheir wo
men with the brutal conduct of the Mexicans,
when they saiv an American soldier Jurning
out of the way to let a Mexican woman .pass,
they could scarcely undexs.iand, much lessex
press their gratitude foj uch unexpected kind
ness. As our army passed out of their towns,
crowds of these poor peopfe surrounded our"
troops, and threw bouquets and fruit to t&e.oL
diers. and many of them were most ptuously,
crying out that they had lost their only friends.
Scientific Barkee Trick.
The negroes of the West Indies have a method
of stealing rum, which involves the principles of
pneumatics. They take a bottle filled w.ith wa
ter, and invert it, placing the neck in the bung
hole of the barrel so as to touch tho liquor the
water being the heaviest, sinks into the liquor,
leaving a vacuum in'the bottles, which. is. then fil
led with the liquor forced up by theatmospheric
j pressure, j .
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The follotving descriptive skerch of Gen.
Taylor i by Col. Hurnphrey Marshall, a dem-
pcrat orKeiitucky. - 'We commend i't to the at
ieutiun .of.'all who desires To" know, -from unpre
judiced, testimony, something of the old Gene
ral's character : ,! '
4My se'rvice in .Mexico frequently brought
me near to Gen. Taylort and I was industrious
in my examination of the actual character of
the marl whenever opportunity was presented.
I have no'nionve to deceive you, and you must
take ihe impressions I received, for what they
are worth. If desired lb express in t,he fewest
words what manner of man Gen. Taylor i, I
should say, that in his''manner and appear
once, he is ohe of the commn people of this comt
try. He might be transferred IrbVn his tent at
Monterey lo tilts assembly, and he would not
be remarked among' this crowd of respe ctable
old farmers as a man at all distinguished from
those around hun. Perfectly temperate iu his
habits perfectly plain in his dress entirely
unassuming iu his manners, he. appears lo be
an old genilenian,in tine health, whose tHoughts
ate not turned upon his personal appearance,
and who has no point about him to attract par
ticular attention. In his intercouse with men,
he is free, frank and manly.,. He plays off no
airs' like soine great man whom I have met.---Any
one may approach him as nearly as can be
desired, and the more closely his character it
examiner! the gre'ater beatilies he discloses.
1. He is an' honest man. I d'o not mean by
that merely that he does noi cheat or lie. I
mean that he is a man that never dissembles, j
and who scorns all disguises. He neither acts i
a part"arno(ng his friends 'for effect, nor asumes
to be what he is , not. Whenever he speaks you
hear what he honestjy believes, and, whether
right or wrong, you' feel assurance that he has
expressed his real opinion. His dealings with
men have been of a most varied character, and
1 have never heard his honest name stained by.
the breath of the" slightest reproach. " "' "
'2. He is a man of rare good judgment. By
no means possessed ofahat brilliancy of genius
which attracts by its flashes, yet, like the me
teor, expires' even while you look upon it, by
no means possessing that combination of talent,
which penetrates instaritly the abstrtise'si sub
ject, "and measures its length and breadth as if
by intuition. Gen. Taylor yet has: that order of
intellect, which more slowly but qui teas surely
masters ' all that it 'engages, and examines all
the combinations of which thes subject is sus
ceptible. When he anfiotinces his conclusion,
you feel cofideut that he well understands, the
ground Upon which he plants himself, and yet
rest assured that the conclusion is the deduc
tion of skill and sound sense faithfully applied
to the matter in hand. 'It is this order of mind
which has enabled him, unlike many oilier of
ficers of the army, to attend to the wants of
his' family, by so using the means of his-'dispo-'
sal as-to surround himself, in his old age-, with
a handsome ' private fortune,' and, to be blest
with an almost- perfect constitution. ' 1 would
to-day prefer his advice in any matter' of! pri
vate interest ; would take his opinion as to the
value of an estate, would rather follow hi sug
gestion in a scheme, where property or capita)
was to be embarked ; would pursue more con
fidently his counsel where tho management of
an army was involved, or ihe true honor of my.
' aak lhan ,anv other man I
have i;er known. I regard, his judgment as
being first rate at. .everything, from a horse-trade
up to. a trade in human lite upon the held ol
bait le. , ' ' - . j '
' 3. . He is a- firm- man, and possessed oj great,
energy of character., It were a waste of time
to dwell upon these traits' of his character, for
his milijary career has afforded such? abundant
examples of his exercise of these qualities as
to render them familiar to every -citizenvwho
has ever.heard or read of the man. In his ar-.
my they are daily exhibited, andjstand co n
spicuously displayed in every order which rm
anat,es from his pen., ' " .
. 4. . He is a benevolent man. This .reality
has been, uniformly displayed in.his treatment
of the prisoners who have been placed iu his
povyer,by ihe vicissiiudes of warv No man
wjio had seen him, after ihe bp.r.lo of Buena
Vista,, as he ordered th.o wagons to bringin
ihe Mexican wounded fromtbe battlo field, and
heard him as he ai once cau'ianed his own men
that (he wounded were td oj treated with mer
cy,, could notdoubt ihat n.a was alivoto all ihe
kinder impulses, of ouc t.iature. The indiscre
tions ofyomh he chid nn. with pat.erhal kindness,
yet with the decision which forbids their repe:
mion, and the yo'mg men of His. army feel ihat
it is a. pleasure '.u gather around him ; because
they know.they are as welcome as though, they,
visited the herth-sione of their own home, an'J
they are a ways as freely invited to, partake of
what he las to offer tas if they were under thf
roof of n, father. .His conduct in sparing the
desert-er who. were qaptured at Buena Vista,,
exhihitdd at. the same time in a remakable man
ner it'iS benevolence and his judgmfini. 44Don't
shojt them," aid he, 44 the .worst ijumshmen,i
I ill inflict is to reiufn- he.m 6, i)ie Mes
fiBiy anrty." When Napoleon ;sajd to one of
his bauafions, Inscribe it on tli.eir flag, 4 No
M Oeiieral Taylor. T
longer of ihe. army of Italy " he dsed an rx
pression whicli' was deehed so remarkablo
thai1 history' preserved if for the aJrtraion of
future ages ; yet it. was 'not more forcible -as au
illustration of his power ni touching iho oprm
lit human action thair is that of Geij. Taylor if
(ustaiive of the manner iu which Gen. T.-iylnj?
u wn..v iui me ueiiem 01 III3
army-; 4 v 1 ; .. ' ;?:
5., . 'He is a man ofbuisineSs habits I nev
er hafe known Genera-Taylor to give up a bi
to pleirsure. J have never visiied hrs quarier-.
iviihout'seeing'evidende 'of the indusiry wiih
which he lolled; If ms ' talented adjutant Vat
surrounded by papers, so Was the General.;
and though he ivould salute, a visitor kmdfv.
grace io amtHe;him
self uhtil'ho was air leisure, he would never mT
terrupt ihe duties which his siatirin exiled iu
him to perform. When iljese wore c!;'eil fur
the day, he seemed "to 'enjoy , to a retharkabln
degree the vivacity of young officers, and lobe
glad to mingle in their "society. As a confe?- '
saiionist, 1 do hot ilmk that' Gen. Taylor po-.
s.esses great power. He uses few word", and
expresses himself wiih energy and force,. bus
nut fluently. His language.!"-, select. 1 would
ay, however,:,l"rom my knowledge' of the man,
that he; is entirely rspajile of producing anv,
thing in the shape of an ordet'or letter whic
has over appeared over his i.sianature, audiJiu.
saying so, 1 understand .myself as asserting
that he is master of hs mufhe'tonErue, and ca.j
write about as handsomely, and effectively, a a
he can fight. Such, ihen, ihe picture-jof
the man, not of the general, who won 'trsy, es
teem. I am not in the habit of uluniziut men
land have indulged on this occash because T
desired to describe to you, wnli the 'exactness
oftrutliy those .ajualiiien which, combiued, ur
Gen. Taylor, madd htm'appe.ario nie as a first
rate model oj cn Amsrican "character.. O.tier.
will dwell upon the chivalry he has ,,so oftrtv
displayed, and his grea'ness so cohapicouslV
illustraied upon the field of battle 1 forn&.
my ideas, of the man when he vva free fzih
duty, andoo motive to appear in any other Sight
than suc;h as was; thrown upon hua by uatare,.
education, and principles.
. An tfr!rf PnUtin,.
, -' . ; . . ,rt
vuc uiniio ouuui vyitronua papers tonfaiRS
an address by one Joel Kelly to the. Voter?
of Pendleton District, which fairly 44 .akes tho
rag off ihe-bush" frOm all the other ppcfnmfec
ing; documents of the season. A fie r .derJartmr
that from his boyhood he 4ias 44 b.Xed beiw'eou
the plow-handles, and'lrom ihe'm io fh6 hoe.,"
Jbel proceeds to declare' his pol;,i,calsentme.nr,
and we are happy to say, he b.a a no reservation!
htit evidently 44 makes-a clean breatt- of it."-r
He says that he goes for the French' Revolution'
head'and'eers; and the ent,re abolition ofiarls
tocratic orders in,the world; 44 and .if Louis
Phillippe'," he adds, 44 at. impts hereafter to nde
booted and spuwed ovr r, the commons, 1 go for r
calling him ;to account Of ihe. Tariff Ques
tion he indignantly ile dares ; I do not ynd'er
stand it, and naver Aw any man who did. It .
is apiece of Jurkery.packery from beginning to
end. 1 will pay a, reward'.of five hundred dolv .
lar's.tn any man vPho will fix it so that myself
and the commo,., fuiks cau see through it.".
On t.he everte.Mmg Mexican question, Joel is
eloquent ber,,jnfi parallel, and throwsall the.
other-oratovs, whole furlongs into the sliade.
He goes 'm, for no half-measures no miserable
comprorr.i.ses as our commissioners "have done,
but is fo knocking the whole Mexicau popula
tion, -at once, and without notice or ceremony,
into a cocked .up hai." As Joel i peculiarly
ncn on this branch of politics, we cannot for
D(?f r quoting his views aj length. He, says;
" am for swallowing the 'whole, territory,' and
for purging the land of that mongrtel race, of
half'Spanish, half Indian ; twothirds rascal,
half Jiorse, half alligator, with a sprinkling of the ,
steamboat, and a touch of the snapping turtle,
who have so long infested the country, lording
it over God's heritage, to the disgrace of the
christian religion. And with regard to Santa
Anna, 1 think the mark . of Cain ought to be
stamped on his forehead, and both of his ears
cut-off." . ;.:
In conclusion, he says that he is a ' republi
can of the Durham breed," and will be all i.hing's ,
to all men, oil he shortest notice, 44"wnh divers
other particulars, thrown in as a.spice to diver
sify and give flavour to hi pretensions." W"
think tho good peophvof Pendleton are hound
to give Joel a lift. He is evidt-nily a oquare-,
Taped, flai-foted, straight forward m'
who evidently 'has one qualificanijii very., rani
in these days, viz., a. mind of his own, and, wh
could, not fail, in Congress,, io excoriate lhe;cu
ticlp.of his vernacular in a, way that wqulcoy
er himself and his constituents with lota of glo-
. n r. i v, c...u r i
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A GodD THOUdHT. Says some ope, if your
enemy is forced to have recourse to a tie to
blacken yo'u, consider what a ctimfort it is to -think
of having supported such a character, as
to render it impossible for. malice, io hurl your .
wifhoul ihe aid of falsehood ; a'nr3N!fht jo Uo
gonuine fairnesa of your chartacjjto tjitaryo'ii '
jnthe end. .
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