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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1849.
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AT THE OFFICE Or THE
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.4 Hundred Years ago.
Where are the birds thai sang
A hundred years ago ?
Ti2 flowers that all in beauty sprang
A hundred years ago I
The lips that smiled,
The eyes that wild
In flashes shone
Soft eyes upon
Where, 0 where are lips and eyes,
The maiden's smile, the lover's sighsj
That were so long ago 1
"Who peopled all the city's streets
A hundred years ago ?
Who filled the church with faces meek,
A hundred years, ago ?
The sneering tale
Of sister frail,
The plot that work'd
Another's hurt
Where, 0 where, are plots and sneers, -The
poor man's hopes, the rich man's fears,
That were, so long ago 1
Where arc the graves where dead men slept
A hundred years ago ?
Who, whilst living, oft-times wept,
A hundred years ago 1
By other men
They knew not then
Their lands are tilled,
Their homes are filled :
Yet Nature then was just as gay, -And
bright the sun shone as to-day,
A hundred years ago ?
A I?5 ouster Unveiled.
BY DOUGHLAS JERROLD. '
" Poor thing ! I do feel for her. Though she
! is a person. I never saw, yet hers seems a case of
surh oppression on the one hand, and such pa
tient suffering on the other, that one cannot but'!
" Oh, I dare say you'll see her in the morning,
for she often steals out then, when the wretch, I
suppose, is in bed."
44 But wKat could hare induced a girl to tie her
self to such a man !"
41 Well, I don't know : the old story, I suppose
false appearances ; for no girl in her senses
could have married a man with his habits, if she
had known of them beforehand. There, is some
times a kind of infatuation about about women, I
allow, which seems to blind them to the real char
acter of the man they are in love with ; but in
this case I don't think she could have known how
he conducted himself, or she certainly would have
pauseJ in time. Oh, the wretch, I have no pa
patience with him !"
This little dialogue took place in one of those
neat, bright, clean-windowed, gauzy-curtained
houses, which form so many pretty districts with
in a walking distance of the mighty heart of the
great metropolis, and between two ladies,fthe one
the mistress of the said nice-looking cottage villa,
and the other her guest, a country matron who had
just arrived on a visit to her town friend ; and the
object of the commiseration of both was the oc
cupant of a larger and handsomer villa exactly op
posite, but apparently the abode of great wretch
edness. The following morning Mrs. Braybrooke and
her guest, Mrs. Clayton, were at the window of
"the parlor, which commanded a full view of the
dwelling of the unhappy Mrs. Williams, when the
door quietly opened and was as quietly closed a
gain by the lady herself.
" There she is, poor soul," cried Mrs. Bray
brooke ; 44 only look how carefully and noislessly
she draws the gate after her. She seems always
afraid that the slightest noise she may make even
in the street, may wake the fellow, who is now, I
dare say, sleeping off the effects of last night's
dissipation."
Mrs. Clayton, with all the genial warmth of a
""No, even that comfort is denied he ; she has
no one to cheer her ; her own thought! must be
her. companions at such times. But perhaps it is
a blessing ; for what kind of father cold such a
man make ? Oh, I should like to knejv her ; and
yet I dread any acquaintance with he; husband ;
Braybrooke, you know, wouldn't kibw such a
man
" My dear Mary, you have. made m? quite mel
ancholy : let us go out. You know have much
to see, and many people to call upoh J and .here
we are losing the best part of the day in some
thing not much removed from scandal."
The ladies of course set out, saw all the " loves
of bonnets" in Regent-street ; all that "Sacrifices"
that were being voluntarily offered up in Oxford
street ; bought a great many things for I4 less than
half the original cost ;" made calls ; laughed and
chatted away a pleasant, exciting day for ihe
country lady who, happily for herself, forgot in
the bustle the drooping, crestfallen bird 'who vas
fretting itself away in its pretty cage in Road.
. The next day, a lady, a friend of Mrs.lClayton,
who had been out when shp had left.her;card the
day before, called and after chatting, fpr some
time, turned to Mrs. Braybrooke,-and coraplirne.nt-s
ing her on the situation of the house, " I find," she
said, " you are a near neighbor of a deai friend of
mine, Mrs. Williams."
" Mrs. Williams !" exclaimed both her hearers,
pale with excitement and curiosity; "Mrs. Wil
liams ! Oh how v.ery singular that yiu should
know her, poor miserable creature ! 0)i, do tell
us about" r
44 Poor miserable ! What can, .you mean?
You mistake ; my Mrs. Williams is the happiest
little woman in London !"
44 Oh, it cannot be the same," said Mrs. Bray
brooke, "I mean our opposite neighbor in Haw
thorn Villa ; I thought it could n't be" - .
41 Hawthorn Villa ! the very house. You sure
ly cannot have seen her, or her husband, who"
" Oh the dreadful, wretched, gambling fellow !"
interrupted Mrs. Braybrooke, 4'1 wouldn't know
such a man"
" He !" in her turn interrupted her friend, Mrs.
Eccleshall. 44 He a gambler ! He is the most
exemplary young man in London a pattern of
clock-work from its stop, he figurp began to
draw on a card ; and having finished its draw
ing on the first card, it rested, and then pro
ceeded to draw different subjects on five or six
other cards. The first card exhibited elegant
portraits of tie king and queen, facing each
other ; and ibe figure was observed, to lift its
pencil with the greatest precisio, in the tran
sition from one point to another, wifhout making
the .slighest slur.
One of ihe most celebrated mechanics in re
cent times was M Vancanson, of ihti, Paris
Academy of Sciences. In 1738 this gentleman
exhibiied to the academicians his celebrated
flute-player, which was by far the'most won-
derful and curious machine ever presented lo
the world. It was a figure of a man, the size
of life, who played on the flute sweetly to the
number of twenty tunes. I he astonishing me
chanism of this figure was able to produce all
the motions requesite for'an expert player on
the flute, and which he executed in such a man
ner as to produce music equeal in beamy to
that derived from the exertions of a well-practised
living performer.
Some of Vauconson's other automata were
still more ingenious than his flute-player. His
mechanical performer on the pipe and tabor,
constructed in 1741, was capable of playing
about iwenty airs, consisting ofrminueis, riga
doons, and country dances. His celebrated
duck was capable 01 eating, arinKtng, anu imi
tating exactly the voice of a natural one ; and
what is still more surprsing, the food ii swal
lowed was evacuated in a digested state, or at
least in an altered stale, by means of chemical
solution. The wings, viscera, and bones were
made to resemble ihose of a living duck, and
the actions of eating and drinking showed the
atronoest resemblance, even to the muddling the
water with its bill.
About twenty years after Vaucanson had as
tonished the world with his mechanical inven
tions, Kempelen, a Hungarian gentlemen, pro
duced his automaton chess-player. This ma
chine was considered more wonderful than any
which preceded it, until it was ascertained that
a small living man was concealed in the body
of the figure when all the novelty ceased and
automaton chess players became quite common.
truly womanly heart, looked over, and followed every domestic virtue kind, gentle, amiable, and
with her eyes as far as the street allowed, this
quiet-looking, broken-spirited wife, investing the
whole figure; from the neatly-trimmed straw-bonnet
to the tips of the bright little boots, with a mpst
intense and mysterious sympathy; then fixing her
anxious, interested gaze on the opposite house, she
said : And how do. they live ? How do people
under such circumstances pass the dayj It is a
thing I cannot comprehend ; for were Clayton to
ant in such a way, I am sure I could n't endure it
a week."
" It does seem scarcely intelligible," answered
Terrific Theory.
Ppfessor Silliman mentions the fact, that in
.r.-ig the Artesian wells in Paris, the tempera-
Lre of the earth increased at the rate of one de- Mrs. Braybrooke ; 44 but I'll tell you how they ap-
ce for every fifty feet, towards ihe centre. : pear to do. She gets up and has her breakfast by
Masoning from. causes known to exist, he says : , herself for, without any wish to pry, we can see
-"The whole interior portion of the earth, or, at
eait, a great pait of it, is an ocean of melted rock,
k.lated by violent winds, though I dare not affirm
straight, through iheir house from front to back.
Abuut this time she often comes out, I suppose,
to pay a visit or two in the neighborhood, or per-
t,Js still rendered highly probable by the phe- ' haps to call upon her tradespeople ;' and you will
raiena of volcanoes. The facts connected with , see h'er bv-and-bv return, looking ud, as she aD-
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etuption have been ascertained and placed 1 roaches, at the bedroom window; and if the blind
vondadoubt. How, then, are they to be ac- be drawn up, she rushes in, thinking I dare say,
ounied for? The theory, prevalent some years j to herself: 4 How angry he will be if he comes
down and finds that I am not there to give him
his breakfast !' Sometimes he has his breakfast
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at twelve at one at two ; and I have seen him
sitting down to it when ahe was having her din-
face, that they are caused by the combustion ol
pmense coal beds, is perfectly puerile, and is
fr.uiely abandoned. All the coal in the world
rd not afford fuel enough for a single capital
Eihibition of Vesuvious. We must look higher
Rfl this ; and I have but little doubt that the
Role rests on the action of electric and galvanic
principles, which are constantly in operation in
K earth."
Inability of Ignorance.
How many men, rich in physical energy, stand
folded and idle hands, because they are poor
knowledge ! Tell such a man what he should
' . and he is ready and willing to act. He stands
1 because he cannot see his way. He is un-
rta;n, because lie cannot make out which of two
he should choose. He is negligent, only
F'ficyjse lie is ignorant of what he ought to do, or
it may best be done. Or if, in his physi-
' impatience, such a man rushes forward, he
5 to reach his aim, because he is deficient in
3Qute;ials for successful action. How often
,w'e$ee the energy of one man ill or wrongly
ected because he knows too little of what he
-Jages in, while, under ihe guidance of knowl-
ei every step, impelled by the energy of anoth
''s observed to be a sure stride in advance !
Professor Johnston.
At a weddina helu at Liitlt worth, Leicaster
;e. the. other day, luJ? bridegroom, when
whether he would take so and jo for his
'Wed tvif astonished all jwec&jii saying
,eS if she'll give me 20 " The mc'tey was
''ped up by the biide' brother, and. to cer-
l'i.y proceeded.
ner. , :
'4 And when does he have his dinner?"
44 Oh, his dinner ; I dare say that is a different
sort of thing from hers poor woman ! He dines,
I suppose, at a club, or with his boon companions,
or anywhere, in fact but at home."
44 And when does he come home, then, general
ly ?" .
" At all hours. We hear him open the littlfe
gate with his key at three, four and five in the
morning. Indeed our milkman told Susan that he
has seen hiin sneaking in, pale, haggard arid worn
out with his horrid vigils, at the hour decent peo
ple are seated at breakfast."
44 1 wonder if she waits up for him ?"
44 Oh no ; for we see the light of her solitary
candle.in her room always as we are going to
bed f and you may be sure my heart bleeds for
her poor solitary thing ! I don't know, indeed,
that I was ever sn interested about any stranger
as I am about this young creature."
44 Dear, dear! it is terrible !" sighed the sym
pathizing IVtrs. Clayton. 44 But does any one vis
it them ? Have they friends do you think ?"
44 1 don't' think he can have many friends, the
heartless fellow ; but there are a great many peo
ple calling stylish people, too in carriages; and
there is he, the wretch, often with half-slept look,
smiling and handing the ladies out, as if he were
the most exemplary husband in ihe world."
41 Has she children ? I hope she has, as they
would console her in his long absences."
passionately fond of his young wife !"
44 My dear Mrs. Eccleshall, how can you say all
this of a man whose conduct is the common talk of
the neighborhood ; a man lost to every, sense of
shame I should suppose ; who comes home to his,
dessolate wife at all hours ; whose only ostensible
means of living is gambling, or something equally
disreputable; who" ,
" You have. been most greviously misled," again
interposed Mrs. Eccleshall. 44 Who can have so
grossly slandered my excellent friend Williams ?
He cannot help his late hours, poor fellow. That
may safely be called his misfortune, but not his
fault I" and the good lady warmed as she spoke,
till she had to bntie her bonnet and fan her glow
ing face with her handkerchief.
44 His misfortune?" murmured Mrs. Braybrooke.
" How can that be called his misfortune which a
man can help any day he pleases ?"
44 But he cannot help it, poor soul ! He would
be too happy to spend his evenings at home with
his dear little wife, but you know his business be
gins when other people's is over." I s.
44 Then what, in Heaven's name, is his busi
ness ?"
41 Why, didn't you know ? He's the Eoitor of
a Morning Newspapeh I" Chambers' Journal.
Curious Mechaniscn of Olden Times.
Machines made to stimulate living actions
have been constructed in all ages. Archyias
ofTaremum, an able astronomer and geome
trician, who flourished four hundred years be
fore ihe Christian era, i said to have made a
wooden pigeon that could fly ; and Archime
des seems to have devoted no small portjon of
his time to similar mechanism John MulferV
a German astronomer of the fifteenth century,
constructed a wooden eagle, that flew fjrth
from the city, met the emperor, saluted him,
and returned ; he also made an iron fly, which
flew out of his hand at a feasi, and returned
after sporting about the room. it was said
that these machines were nothing more than
an ingenious application of ihe magnet. Alber
tus Magnus spent thirty years "in making a
speaking figure; Bacon constructed another ;
and Dr. Hoola succeeded in framing a flying
chariot, capable of supporting itself for some
time in the air. Le Droz, a Swiss watchma
maker, also executed very curious pieces of
flypg. mechanism. One was a clock, presen
ted to ihe king of Spain, which had, among
other curiosities, a sheep that imitated the
bleating of a natural one ; and a dog watching
a basket of fruit, which barked and snarled
when any one attempted to lift it; besides a
number of human figures, exhibiting motions
truly surprising. Another automaton of Le
Diox's was a figure of a Man, about the natu
ral size, which held in ihe halid a pencil, and
by touching a spring that released iho internal
Address of the Peace Congress of Eu
s rope and America
In the month' of September last a Congress
was held in the ciiy of Brussels, whose great
object was to promote and secure permanent
peace among the civilized nations of the earth
by finding, .if possible, an efficient substitute
for the. bloody, uncertain and costly arbitra
ment of war. The Congress was composed
of numerous individuals, speaking various lan
guages, living under dierse :forms of govern
ment, and entertaining different political opin
ions and religious convictions, but drawn to
gether by a. common sentiment of humanity, and
an ardont desire to promote ihe welfare of man
kind, by removing ihe causes and incentives to
war. . . , . , ,
The eminent position which you occupy in
the councils of the nations of Europo and Amer
ica, induces the Congress, of which we are the
representatives, to submit to your serious con
siderotion the -great and important question
which formed the subject of (heir anxious de
liberation : and respectfully, yet earnestly to.
invite your attention to the conclusions at which,
they arrived. They will be found embodied in
the following resolutions :
1st. That, in the judgment of this Congress,
an appeal to arms for, ihe purpose of declining
disputes among nations, is a custom condenined
alike by religion, reason, Justice,humanity, and
ihe best interests of the people ; and that there
fore, it considers it to be .ihe duty of ihe civil
ized world lo adopt measures calculated to effect
its entire abolition.
2d. That it is of the. highest, importance to
urge on the several Governments of Europe
arid America, and necessity of introducing a
clause into all international treaties, providing
for the settlement of all disputes by arbitration
in an amiable manner, and according to the
rules of justice and equity ; special arbitrators,
or a supreme international Court, to be inves
ted with power to decide in cases of necessity
as a las tresnrt.
3d- That the speedy convocation of a Con
gress of Nation, composed of duly appointed
representatives, for the purpose of framing a
well digested and authoritative international
Code, is of the greatest importance, inasmuch
as ihe organization of such a body, and ihe
unapimoua adoption of such a Code, would bp
an effectual moans of promoting universal peace.
4ih. That ihis Congress respectfully calls
the attention of civilized Governments to the
necessity of a general and simultaneous disar
maments a means whereby they may greatly
diminish the financial burthens which press
upon them ; remove a fertile cause of irritation
and inquietude ; inspire mutual flfcnfidence ;
and promote ihe intercha'nge of good offices,
which while they advance the interests of each
state in particular contribute largely lo the
maintaiiiancGM of general peace, and io the
lastirig' profperiiy of nations.
These fciib3iiiuies for war adoption by the
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Congress, require no arguments to enforce them
for it is evident that if they be adopted and ap
plied, that terrible scourge of humanity will
cease to afflict and degrade the nations.
Few, if any, of ihe wars which lor centuries
past have desolated the earth can we j.istify on
the ground of equity, utility or necesty ; nor
can any one of them be cited whoso fearful re
sults are not loudly condemned by the.i-oice of
Humanity and religion. The war-:pirits of
past generations has loaded most, if not all
civilized nokuV viih .enormous dt?Ms, para
lyzed their industry, interrupted iheir com- '
merce, retarded ihe progress of science, li'era
ture, and an, and created a spirit of jealousy
and animosity among the nations which long
years of peace have not been able completely
to subdue. ...
Europe at this moment, presents the molan:
choly spectacle of an " armed peace." Her
mighty legions are ready to take the field ; and
it is feared, that under these melancholy cir
cumstances, a world in flames : may God avert
so terrible a catastrophe !
The great questions of Peace and Warfare
confided to ihe hands of those to whom t,he gov
ernment of the naiions has been entrusted.
Their responsibility is as great as their pow
er ; and while the Congress would earnestly
pray that 44 The God of Peace " may deign 'o
preside over their councils, it would iniprovo
them, in the name of ihe dearest iniereMs of
humanity, civilization, and religion, promptly .to
adopt the most effective measures for preven
ting a return of the horrors of war, and (or se
curing to all nations the blessings of a solid
and lasting peace.
t The substitution of arbitration for war would
be an immense step towards ihis object the
principle and the means for giving n effect
might be embodied in special treaties but ihe
progress of sound political opinions leads still
faiher. The convening of a Congress com
posed of the most enlightened and eminent
men of all countries, for the purpose of framing
an international code which shall place ihe re
lations between the different nations on a solid
and intelligent basis ; and the institution of a
High Court of Nations, for the final adjudica
tion of questions in accordance wiih the great
and comprehensive principles of such a codej
would nol only remove the , causes , of war, but
cement a noble and holy alliance between both
government and people.
In anticipation of so great a,result,-it is de
sirable thai ihe necessity of a general and sim:
ujtaneous disarmament should lake place as
such an act would compromise the dignity of
impairing the stiength of governments, would
be the surest guarantee for.the preservation of
general peace; and advancement of public pros
perity. '
The Congress is fully aware that the force
of circumstances, the progress of modern in
dustry and commerce, the greater facility and
frequency of communication between the na
tions, the diffusion of knowledge, and ihe more
elevated sentiments of humanity and religion,
all lend to prevent the recurrence of war ; but
it is nol less assured that it remains with ihe
governments of the civilized world lo put an
end to that fatal and sanguinary custom by
adopting those wise and necessary mbasures
which shall lead to so happy a result.
In submitting to statesmen the recommenda
tions embodied in the resolutions, the Congress
entertains a just, a legitimate confidence that
they will not be disregarded ; and that the gov
ernments of Europe and America animated by
an. ardent and sincere desire to promote the
weffare of the great commonwealth of nations,
will determine, as in the performance of a
sacred duty to give them a practical applica
tion, and thus aid in securing the peace of the
world.
Augustus Visschers, Belgium, President.
William Ewart, England,
Elihu Burritt, U. Stales,
Francisque Bouner, France,
M. Suringer, Holland
'"' Vice Presidents
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cloth wrung out of very warm water, and re
newing it until the pain ceases. The moisture
and heat liquify the blood, and send it back
to the proper channels, which by neglect, or
the use of cold applications, would be coagu
lated, and fixed in green and black blotches,
directly under ihe skin.
Six hudred thousand dollars was ih full v,U
ue of all the California gold received ai ihe.U.
S. Mint, up to Tuesday, 23d insi.
A Copper mine, which is represented as
yielding large quantities of rich ore, has recent
ly been discovered in Perry countyt Ark., a
bout twenty miles from Little Roely
It is announced in the New York Christian
Advocate of ihe Hth insi, that a joim' stock
company of 100 is now; forming in New YuK
to consist of members of tha iMethwdiat Epis
copal Church, to go to, California.
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