f1- OemtK-1 -. vu - - ,s .. - - - t - . II I,: It llv II 11 II II II II II -mw lE&F mum?:- imm iw, . b bu, ly saflBr The whole.; art of Government consists:,jn. the art of being honest. Jeffersort , ....... : i ' j M 11 : if. J- r '.I VI VOL 9. STRQUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY; DECEMBER 28. 1848: 'ill No. .2a "published by TJieodorc Schor.li. mil US-Two dollars per aixnum m nivanc a I .vlniner half yearly and if not paid b ad .SJ'ffi dollars and a half. Those 1 er annum irt ad vanccTwo dollars I before the enclof aim .1 s"'-- .iniiars ancl a half. 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The world we neither buy nor sell' , I'm master of all outward things;' Within my soul I talie my seat, And Nature comes in perfumed robes And lays her treasures' at my feet. All things I have within mvself; Suns set and suns within me rise; 1 live within bright palace walls, Arched o'er by lovely jeweUd aliies; I rome and go, a wandering bee That roams each flowery-scented field; And treasures" tip the golden fruits My daily thoughts and pastimes yield. 1 look at thingsnct as'lhej seem; . In all 1 see the Father's face; . i -All Nature is a partofllihij The bending sky is His embrace'. His breath enTbalms,thedewy flowers',' He makethe sun his trrawph-caY,': His voice T ha"r in every freeze, , .-. , His smiles I see In every star ;' Ile builds his altars every where,- " On every heart His dews distill; His Heaven is with the pure in heart, lis temple-gates5" the humah'wlll! '' ' Plurn away from' beaten paths . Where trade and politics deceive, And love to roam each wood and glen, - And feel my ireast wkh rapture hsave. The world wants not-lhat -which I have, But still J love the Inner Life,' ; And nought can tempt my heart aVay To mingle with its scenes of strife; ; For deep within I have a've'hi More rich than gold that veins the earfh; And deep "within are loving thoughts That give to joy and trusf their birih: That Inner world, 0 be it mine, . , And mine to tread each sacred hall . . To enter in its silent courts, ,' v . . And know the perfect Soul of All.-. . Who is my Neihlor.T a Thv neiphbor it is he whom thou -. ' -Hast power to aid and bless, ' , Whose aching heait or; burning brow".". "s Thy soothing hand may press. , ,"v Thy neighbor-tis the fainting pdor,- 4 Whose eye with want h dim,- ; Whom hunger sends from door to door?r: Go thou and succor him. ; Thy neighbor--,tis the weary man, Whose years are at their bri'rn? . ' But low with sickness, cares nd painv Go thou and comfort "him. - : Thy neighbor cis the heart bereTt &Ar :0f every earthly gem ' , "Widow and orphan, helplessieft- Gohau and heUer them.- ' ! ' Wherelejc Ihou mee.t'st hurnatorH,: Less favored than thy pwnt . j; ;.i?" Remember, 'iis thy neighbor wormil Thy -brother or thy son, - Darkles. Our readers have all heard ( of the ng Island Darkies. A jollier set of higgfirs rm they are do' hot jshow their iyory or. swing iv" ""- nev nwp irtn a (rrenLORai or rnmtr. igmalttv about iiip ' .lb. " , " artily at anecdoteVcDncfirninff :lhem A few years ago, at a negro campmeeting held nusmng, me eolered preacher in Jiis jdis- ur&e, said, "I tell yoh tny blubbed breddejiii dat aebbel is a big hog, anyone ob dese' days' he'll ne along jiere and root you all out." An old gro in one of the anxfous pews, hearing this iumseit Jrom the sjaw. andv Haspingts exclaimed in IheVgVnyf f 'his fer,-" Ring ifn Lord! T?infri,;.M ''.. o.. j'. " f I - 6-" fold in California. For momhs past accounts have been re ceivcd from California of the discovery of enor- iiniua iiuaimiies oi goio among me sanus of. trie nvar Sacramento and its tributaries. ' The. amount of the minera'l said to have been found, baffled belief, and very Iillle. credit was be stowed upon the represeniaiioni Bui, it nov appear-, from authentic and oftfial sources, ihat the accounts were luerallydfrrect. The Sacramenio has its source in thejrange of mountains knowntas the Sietra NevarTa of Galifornia'. in about latitude fory-three, north, and flows on, in a direptionTnearly parallel with tha rnnge, and likewise with the coast of the Pacific, tiTI .it almost totfehes the thirty-eighth parallel, when it suddenly turns westward, an4 falli into the liay of San Francisco. Between the Sacremento and the coast runs another chain of mountains, the whole length of tbe stream. From these mountains, on either side, issue a great number of tributary streams, along the margins of which, as well as of the princi pal, river, abundanceof golden .sands, of great x-alde, are deposited. A yankee built a Baw-mell on live Sacramen to, and, when it was put in action, he perceived that in the eddies below the bulkier and com mon particles of sand where swept away, while what remained was of an unusual appearance. Upon such examination as. he was ablo to give it, he became satihfied that it. was the most precious metal ; and, subsequently, he had portions of it subjected to such scientific tests as fully confirmed his conjectures. ..The troops of the United Stales, stationed in California, have generally deserted, and gone to searching for gold. Crews of ves'sels arri ving on the coast, are seized the mania, and abscond for.the gold regions. Farms and vil lages a're deserted of their occupants, who have gone to acquire wealth along the waters courses. , Expedition's are fitting put in Mis souri and other western states for the same destination. From New York to Boston ves sels have, already sailed, containing parties lured by the hopes of unbounded fortune to be picked from the sands of the Sacramento ; and I more vessels will sail from tlie same ports, i with o'her companies, as soon as necessary' : t -i ' t ! pieparauons can uo maue. , The administration at Wellington has or dered an additional force to California, which sailed last week, for the purpose of preserving order among the gold hunters mid guarding tlie rights of the government from violation. Perhaps gold hunting in California may prove a more profitable employment than the like occupation has been elsewhere; but, we confess, we are sceptical on the point. Uni versal history, so far, testifies that to get a dol lar's worth of gold a hundred cents worth of la bor must be expended, or so very : nearly-as to make gold finding aless profitable business than digging coal or burning lime-stone. It may be that "nature is now about to " astonish : the na-tie-,M by disclosing gold in such vast quantities as try make it cheap as lead or iron, But, we must see the event realized before we believe jt. 1 hat an unusual amount of gold has been discovered fn California, is unquestionable; and thai some comfortable fortunes will be made in gathering it, is highly probably j "but the multi tude of adventurers bwarming thither will soon overdo the business. The tradors, who'furntsh the gold hunters with Mipplies, realize much greater profits than the hunters themselves. Allowing not more than half its'rhtrinsic value for the gold dust, ihey make enormous gains rn the purchase of it. And, after receiving the dust at such re- aureri rates, tney extort irom me nuntcrs hliy dollars for a barrehofflour, fourteen dollars for a shovel, and in like proportion for all other articles. So that the strong probability is the hunters will remain poor, while the speculators amass wealth. Honesdale Democrat. 3 ' "Description of Ifie Gold. Region. Cojrespondence of the Califormari. . New-Hklvetia, June 30, 1848. I have just returned to Fort Sacramento, horn the gold region, whence 1 writ this ; and in compliance with my promise on leaving the sea-coast, I send you such items as I have gathered. Our trip after leaiing your city by way of rueblo ban Jise arm Sand Joaquin River, we found veiy agreeable, passing pver a lovely country, with us valleys and hlTIscpvered with the richest verdure, intertwined with flowers oi every hue. The country from the San Joaquin River 'id this place is rich beyond comparison, and will admit of a dense pupulation. We found the fort a miniature of M-anchester, a young Lowell. The blacksmith's hainjner, the tinner, the carpenter, and the weaver's shut tle plying by the"jngenu1(y of Indians, at which place theie are several hundred in the empfoy of Cap'l. f. A."Sutter. I was mucri' pleased wjih a walk in the large and beautiful garden at tached to the fort. It contains about eight or ten acres, laid out with great taste, under th supervision ofayaung, Swiss. Among, the, ruii trees l 4i0J.ic.ed .the almond,, fig, oluc, near., apple aud.peac.h., The grape, vines are iu the highest ktate-'oficulti vatioir, and for vegetable ; 'j'3 1 would refer you lo a' seedman's ;calalogue. About three miles from tho-fori," jhe east bank of the Sacramento,,,, thejown i of Sutlers yille is laid out. The location is -ope of'the best in thecounlr, situaiein the largest and most fertile district in California, and being the depot for the extensive gold, silver, plaitna, quicksilver andiron mines. A Hotel is now building for the accommodation of the travel ling public, who are now obliged to impfcse oh the kind hospitalities ofCapt. Sutter A party of mien who have been 6xploring-a rout to cross the bierra Nevada mounianifi have juet-remrned. I and .report ihat they have found a good Wagon road on the. declivity .rifjge betvveeti the Atuer can fork and the WcCossamy rivers, the dis tance being much less than by theold route. This road will pass through the gold district, and enter ihe valley neaHhe American fork. A ferry is to be established a! . Suttersville, on the Sacramento, , and, the road across the tularie improved soon, which will 'shorten ,ih distance from this place to "Sonoma and your city about 60 miles.'- - After leaving i he Tort we passed up on the south bank of the American fork", about twelve miles. This is a beauufui river, about three fathoms deep, the water being very cold and clear ; and after leaving the river we passed through a country, rolling and timbered with oak. We soon commenced asceridihg the hills at the base of tfie great Sierra Nevada, which are, thickly set with dak and pine timber, and soon arrived, at a small, rivulef. One of our party dipped up a cup TiiIT of sand" from the bed of the creek, washed it, and found five pieces of gold. This was our first attempt at gold dig- ging. About. dark wo arrived at the sawrtmll of Capt Sutter, having rode over gold, silver, platina and iron mines, some twenty or thirty miles. The past three days I have, spent in exploring the mountains in this district, and conversing with many men who have be'en af work here for some weeks past. Should I at tempt to relate, to you all that I have seen, and have been told, concerning the extersf and" pro ductions of the mines, I, am fearful your readers would think me exaggerating too much; there fore, I will keep within bounds. X could fill your columns about the mines, here, far excel- lingthe Arabian Nights, aiid alllrue, to the? letter. , As near as I can ascertain, there are now about 2,000 persons engaged,, and the. roads lea dins to the mines are thronged with people and wagons. The implements used-are. shot; els, picks, tin pans, wooden bowls ati'd' .intHan baskets. ' From one to nine ounces of pure virgin gold per day is gathered Jy every man who' performs the requisite labor. The moun tains have been explored for about for.ty miles, and gold has been found in great abundance in almost every part of them. A gentleman in formed me that he. had spent some time in ex ploring the country, and that' he had dug Jifty two holes with his butcher's knife in different places, and found gold in .e"fery:pne.. Several extensive silver mines .have been discovered, byt very jttt.e attention in. paiil to them now. Immense beds pfjron oro, of su perior quality, yielding from 85 to 90 per cent, have, also been, found near the American Fork A grist mill is to be atiached lo the;saw mill for the purpose of convenience" ;of families and, others settling at the mines. The water power oi the American k ork is equal to any upQc.uhja continent, and in a few years large iron fqun- dries, splitting and lias! mills will be erected. i ne granite oi tne mountains is .s.upe.rior to the celebrated Qttincy. A quarry' of beautiful marble has been discovered near the McCos samy River, specimens of whibh. you, will see in a few years in the front of the Custom House, Merchants Exchange, City Hall, and other ed ifices in your flourishing city. P. S. "The cry is, aiill they cpme," Two. men have just arrived for provisions from the Adjuba River, who stale that they havji worked five days, and gathered $950 in gold the lar.-. gest piece weighing nearly ope ounce. They report the quantity on that river to be immense, and in muchjarger pieces than that, taken in other parts. The. Journrl of Commerce pub.lif-hed a spir ited letter from California, .dated Monterey, Aug. 29. We copy a few curious particulars : At preserrt the people arertirinitig over jho j coumry ana picKing it out ot'the earth here and there, just as a thousand hogs, let lose in aiorest, would root up ground nuts:: Some et eight or teq ounces .a day.-andne least 'acitye one or two. They make tjie most who. employ, the wild Indians to hunyli for them. There ik one man svlio has.aixiy Indian in his em- ploy ; his profits are a dollar a minnte. ' wild Indians know nothing" of its value, ine and wonder what the pale faces iyarit to db with il they will giVef an ounce of if Tor the saine weight of coined sijvef, or a thimbleful of glass beads, or a glass of grog. And white men them-; selves often give an ounce of' it, wHi.ch.i-s wonh at Jur mint $18 or more, for a bottle of bratidy, uonie oi souo powuers, or a plug.pl ronaccp. As to the quaniity which the diggers gut, take few -facts as evidence. 1 know Heven men who 'worked seven weeks and two days, Sufir- days cxcepted--ou Feather Riier ; ihey'crri-' ployed on an average fifty Indians and got out in these seven wteeKsatid ivvo daa,275 pounds ,af pure. gold 1 Jomw i he men and have seen the goIdi;and. know what they state tqjbe a.act "so stick a-pin in there. I know ten oiher men who worked ten days in company, em ployed no india'ns, and averaged Jn, these ten days $l,5p0 each ; so stick another pin there. i niiuw ajiuuiu: man wuu guiuui ui a uumiu hi a rock, not larger tlian a wash bowl,2 1-2 potfnds (ft gold in fifteen minutes so suck anoth er pin therte L Not one of these statements would 1 believe, did I not kndiv. the men per sonally, and knpw them to be plain, matter of ifjci,.Hieii7 men wno open a. vein oi guiu jusi as coolly, as you would a potato, hill. 'Rouic lo liae Cali'f ornYa'' CJoId. We copy (he following interesting' article in relation to the' different routes by which Cal ifornia pi ay Be reached from the Philadelphia Daily Sun : From presenj in.dica'lionsnobless than twen ty, housand persons in N. York' city alone are. preparing for the gold region. The same ex citement pievails.in' every city arid lown in the Union. , , . . There are at pr.eaenT ili'fee modes of reach ing California, the passage, routtd Cape H.Orn, the Panama passage and the. Overland or San ta Fe route.. A Texas route is being explored, but its praciicabiluy is -not yet known. The passage around Cape Horn requires six months in sailing vessels, andva vessel must be a good sialoMo tnaiie the trip in that time. The ex pense ,.of passage will4 average $200. The Panama passage by steamer, providing tHer is no delay, will require three months, arid the price of passage will average. $.250. This pas sage h made by steatne to,.Ghagre.s,- by oanoe 40 miles up the Chugres, river, and twenty miles with mules to Panarna", antJ' from Pananjig to San Francisco by steamer or sailing vessej, as the chance may be. A" steamer wtas fitted out in New-York, and .sailed for Qhagres on the lGih instant, to navigate (hephagr.es rivers in connection with, the mail steamers,, reducing the time. of passage across the Isthmus to leas than.a.ilay. s . . A .. i is,, not uncommon, to be oblfged to wail a month pi. Panama for a passage up the west coast, so that this. delay 4may. be; looked for. The overland route. via St. Louis, Indepen.;. dence, jand Santa Fe, may be made by those who are aqlo to bear the rough and tumble of ...:u i . i . i . - who. woous travel in tnree monms, at an ex ptjuso ranging .i.rpm ituu to. zzvv. J stout, hearty-man with his rifle, ammunnion, b'uek skin.suii of cloths, and a. mule, will require lu tle else after he leaves ; Indepencence. He cati eveii go without a mule. This route can only be traveled in' the sp'ringand suTnimer with .mues and .wagons. A party leaving Indepen dence in March miglit ferfch ilie gold regions some time, in July. If families are going", ihe best method is to orgaYtise a caravan, 'wiili wagons and mules. ' From March to Septem ber the mules can subsist op prairie grass. The individual expense, of a" caravan of 100,orJ more persons, would be Irom S50 to S1U0'. A person, may takey advantage of a caravan, and these are constantly starting in the right season Irom the frontier and hire a seat in an emigrant wagon, though persons able, to bear fatigue cati foot the whole rout more rapidly. The' vjes'tern hunter and trapper carries noih- tng .but his buckskin dress, rifle, and ammnrii- iiort j he kills game for a livelihood. 'I ho who intend going by ihe Panama or Santa Fe iuuio w,i).tt oaggage,,, snouiu secure u ia par eels weighing 'not .nfore ihari T50 pounds each for male transporiarro'n. Larger pa.clifagea especially in crossing the I'sthtnus an canoes and with mulen, cannot , be transposed, to ad vantage. The Panama route, js the sliortes and ploasaniest, though (he overland route may be made from Independence in about the same time".' Those who, col with. goodsC esoecially neavy merchandise, For the purpose of lr,ade win proDadly hud (Jape. Horn the cheapest, not the quickest passage to California. ' . , . - . Ail1 old bachelor in Cario, Illinois'', oeing waited on by the Tin Pan melodists,' through a mistaken idea that his wedding had come, off that jiight feeling for the disappointment of thecrowd, and determined thaUhoy should not go home altogelh er ungratjfied, called on his intended, got her con sent by his eloquence to aq immediate uhion,It6ok her to the Squire s 'Office, obtained a'certTficafe; got married, and relumed home amid-mfi coiigrat- ulations of the harmonists- all. in an hour'.' , Where's your telcgraps now ? Absence ofMirgl. It is saidJhat the foreman of a grand "jury at, b. Louis, yho d.azzled by the beautjf of a Lady, vyho appeared aa a witness, be came a little confused, andafter adniinistejing the pafh as usual, instead ,o Crj'fsd ting tfio book drew up his fare in the; most fascinating ma.nnpr. and said "NoW'ki&s rh'e, ma'am. He never discov ered his error till' the Hiiiole jury burst out j'rito a roar of laughter! ' ' ;, Beauty eventuallyleseris its pqssessolbtt vir tue and talents, accompany us to the grave. Chinese Etiquette; ' The Chinese are so. punctilious.that their code 0iu.eftte ouiv"es the most ceremonious courts in, Europe. As soon as a guest alights from his sedrfn chairhe is met by the host, who'bows his head, bends his body arid his knees, jbJns both hands in front, and with them knocks ,hisrchest. When he wishes to be very polite, he takes his guest's'hand with his and knocks it upon his chest. Thiols, their mode, of shaking Hands. Now follows a! pif-. lite contest, as to precedence, which, after various, knockings, bowings, and genuflections, terminates by the host and guest entering the house together.! At the sitting apartment another ceremony tafcajv place, equally protracted and irksome. The point to be dete.;miped is where each shall sit, and who. shal". be. sealed first. Etiq'uette extends,even to a decision on the size of a chair, by which invaria bly the rank.pr importance -of a guest is deter mined. The host now motions to a large chair,, and. attempts to taketa smalleone himshif. Good, breeding compete the guest, in turn, to refuse this compliment ; and after,. a, wearying conlest..of po.- liteness, the point is amicably adjusted to the satr isfaction of the belligerent., either by both parties, sjting ,d.ow;n simultaneously on the same bench,. or upon two chairs of equal dimensions. Th, p. fatigue, of this courtesy may be easily conceived, asthe same routine is performed on the arrival of eaoff guest. A3 soon asjhe guests are assembled, teK i, handed round jn covered cups, which Kre placed i'rr silver, stand.3 Jn,thej form ;0f a . boat.- . These are fluted and. beautifully chased. .The tups on the occalsion to which I refer were of that antique porcelain so exceedingly valued, which is' as thin'as paper, pure white, perfectly transparent,, and is ornamented with obscure figures', whose d"ark outlines are only perceptible, when. the vessel is filled with tea. The mode of making tea .in' China is similar to that in which coffee is made in Turkey. The tea js put intoa cuprJboilig water poured over itrjand instantly covered, to prevent the escape of the.aroma, with a lid. which, js used,. as ai-sPi0n 10 slP tne tea- Tney never usp sugar, or milk with tea in Chmz. Dublin University Magazine. , JJr. Richarfdson, of Hallowell, Maine, addresses tneediior ol the iJoston. .Medical and Surgical" Journal tKf fnNfwxjrnrr nr.ta . - ' Ha-6eowell, Nov, l. I84'a Dear Sir: Permit rrie to' make the inquiry. thro' you whether it is possible for a reptile to five lif the human stomach, anHj'fb, how long. ..pould it npt only live but grow to some size .there? - The reasons for. making this inquiry are thefolr . lowing : Mrs. W., who has usually enjoyed ex-. cellent health, has, during the summer past, been . tiriable to attend to her ordinary business' ,4. Her.i appetite has been capricious.. She has complained." of a disagreeable sensation at the pi t.ofhs stomach, . amounting to, pain, and frequently, attended withV nausea T'ie?B symptoms increased in severity . uritfj,, about a fortnight , since, she ejected. a live snake from her'stomach. It . was seven inches' in. , lengthy and, of the common green species. . It Ii ved5 two. days in a bottle, of water, and then died, f haye it noy in spirits. Mrs. W. thinks she rer, members having, svyaj16wed aofrie object in a glass., of spring water which she , . drank, irt the darkjrf, j- -May or "June bhe has now recovered her usual Jr health. ;: ' Yours, &c. . m. c. righa-rbson;1 mT At a missionary meeting among .jh'a slaves Jin the West .Indies these three resolutions were ag'feetLto,: , ,. ' ; " l.Vo will give sorhethfnff." SjvY-e" Will give as God has enabled us'." " 3i We will all give.w'iilingiy." ..,1 . v . As soon , as, the meeting waty.oveYtt leading 1 slave took his seat at. a table, with pen and. ink5, to put, down what each came jto give. Many cam forward and put down,; some more and some less.' Among those that came was a rich old., slave ,al most as rich as all. tlie .others put tojjethpr. yho threw clown on the table a small, silver coin. " Take dat back, again," said thg slave w.ho re- cpived the money ; " dat maybe according to the first resolution, but not accqrjing to ths second..". The rich old man accordingly tpak it up, and hob bled back to his seat in greaf. rage. )ne after another came forward,; all givjng'rh"6retlian him self, he was ashatped, arid, again threw, a 'pfee'e of gold on! the table, saying-rr'4 par, , take dat' It was a yaluable piece - of money, but it wif give.ii so illtemperedly that the slave answefeli again" No 'dat won't do yet,, ' Ttmay'Be 'codtn' to de firsTand second resolulip'ris but npt accor ding to the last ;" and IieVasobligetLto. take up ne coin again, btill angry at hims.alf aftf al the rest, he sata long UnOi till nearly all were gtfhe, according to alNe resolutions." arid thpn cariio'to the table.ahd with a.shrife oV lifsfar.e very willingly gave a' lnre'stlmfcKe ' treasurer. " Bery welf;" sDidtlielave.' 'dnfam1' - ,k 4 ft
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