, ' - i; wj v-.-, . - : - . ' ' . . . v.-t : - t.: , ' '" " " - - - - -" :: - ' - The whole art of Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. ' ' s'' .'' STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1849.- No. 29. publislicd by Theodore Schocli. .rc --n dollars per annum in advance Tw o dollars rERM,Vr JmH 'vcarly-andif not paid before the ondof a cuartcr, nail i J rroi,P their ' . .oV Two UOJiara iiuu i utu. ...ivv. . M year. 1 "rrier or SJagc drivers employed by the propne- apC. .11 bo charged 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra. '. WS discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except KrSemcnts notTxcceding one square (ml cen lines) l 7-'1 .hmoi-c fm. nnn lnllar. and twenty-five . ) ,! c.rnr subsequent insertion. The charge for one and "t1'1- ' .i m.nwt.tivnnt made to vearlv .O.lS II1U SiUUU. -iV HJtliuu'-"" ,; 'J?"",s;. ... j ij ii.n p.iitor must be nost-naid. Hj A-4 't-tlt;fs auuiraawm ' - I ,T9Ccnnnil assortment of large, elegant, plain and orna lT" 1 i T,-r.n u nn nrniared to execute everv 1 description of WW . . TftT 'arils, Cir"rs, isisi jtaeaas, ituies, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. r:tcd w-th neatness and dcspatch.on reasonable terms AT THE OPFICE OF THE icffci'isoniara Republican. SHERIFF'S SALE. Ev ur'ue of a writ of levari facias issued out t; :c Conn of Common Pleas of Monroe coun , Penti'a, to me directed, I will expose 'o IU sale at the public house of Abraham ;s ! Dmotsbiirg;, on Thursday the 22d day of February i , a 2 o'clock, P. m , the following described ntr'V, io wi'i: All those two ccnain tracts, cccs oi parcels of land si'uate in Smiihfield wii-iliip, in 'lc conn:y of Monroe, aforesaid. ur.ded and described as follows, io wit: One ihem beginning at a stone on the bank of ihe vrr Delaware at I he corner of land of Ed ;rd Lowery, thence by the same north sixiyr .it degrees, wet forty perches to a s'one i y-one degrees, v.ei fonv-iour peich o a s'one, south foity-five dfg.ees, west one nJ cJ and nine perches to a white oak, a mtr of Ulrich Housei's land, ihence nonh i.h! desrees, west one hundred and si-3T ,c;ies to a black o?k, a corner of Aaron De- y a land, thence by the same norh forty-six dies io a whe oak, thence north sxy de- ees. east fify-eight perches to a stone south irdcg'ees, east fourteen perches to a stone the sou h side of Chetry creek, thence souih m y-one degrees and a quarter, east one hun- eil fifiy-four perches and a half to a black nut on the bank of ihe River Delaware, ence down the same River ihe se'eral cour s 'hereof io the besinning. And the o'her ii ng 'he above descubed iraci, beginning an Elm tree, a corner of William Alleles old c s atidmg on the side of ihe said Cherry ftk, and fiom ihence alonjr the south bank he said Crrek the several courses thereof to "inouih of the said Creek io a corner of ihe J William Allen's land, and land of John n:h, and ihence along the said William Al ls land 'o the Elm Mee, afoiesaid, the. place beginning, which said two described tracts e cbMinaied to conlain TWO HUjVDIH&D acres re or less, together with the hereditaments i apperlenances. Tae improvements thereon are a two story Frame DwcIIIeejj House, 18 feet by 22 feet; a Frame Barn 30 by 40 feet wiih'sione st-abling under- ili; a Frame Siablc 14 feel by 16; a Wagon ot.se and an old Frame Dwelling House one i half stories high. 14 feet bv 27 feel. About acres of the above is" tillable JandL j j ? eized and taken in execution as the properly rerdinand Dutot and tene tenants, and to be a by me. PETER KEMMERER, . miff's Office, Stroudsburg. Sheriff. January 25, 1849. J STJBBIFFS SALE. virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued put ae Court of Common Pleas p Monroe coun Penn'a io me directed, I will expose to p'ub aleatthe public house of Jacob Knecht, 'be Borough of Si roudsburg, on Vkrsday the 22d day of Febuary 0 o'clock, a. M. the following described ?erlJ', io wit; A certain messuage, tene niandtiactof land situale in the township 0ss, in the county of Monroe, containing 21 Acres of Land, ' e f less, hmmdprl tiv lirwl nfT):ivifI T-Tolm- '"Henry Chri&tman and others; about one 3ured acres of said land is cleared, hree ' oi ihe same is good meadow, the emain- 13 good Umberlaud. I he tmproyeme te,n are one LOG BARM and W4 flDN attached thereto; one tone MouS.e Mories high, Spring . house and Kiln, and a large Apple Orchard, and nun trees. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe coun iy, Penn'a, to me directed, I will expose to pub lie sale at the public house of Jacob Knecht, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, on Thursday the 22d day of Febuary at 10 o'clock, a. m. the following described property to wit: A cenain Uact or piece of land situate in Coolbaugh township, Monroe county r a., containing about Forty-Eig-lat Acres, be ihe same more or less, about Four acres o which are cleared land, two of which are good meadow; and bounded by lands of Abraham Yet ler and others. The improvements on which are two laog Dwelling Houses, one Stable, and oi.her out buMd-tigs Seized and taken in exetu'ion as the prop erty of Frederick Bush and John Gearhart, and to be sold by me. PETER KEMMERER, ShetirTs Office, Stroudsburg, Sheriff. February 1. 1849. SHERIFFS SALE. By vinue of a writ of fieri facias issued, out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe coun ty, Penn'a, to me directed, 1 will expose to public sale at ihe public house of Jacob Knecht, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, on Thursday the 22d day of Febuary at 10 o'clock, x. at. the following dsscribed properly, to wit: A certa'n tract of land situale in Middle Smithfield township, Monroe coun ty, containing 145 ACRES, more or less, 75 acres of which is cleared land, and fifteen acres of the same meodow, adjoin ing lands of John Hoffman, James Place Jacob Fenickal and others. The imp ovements there on are One Tjog House, One JjOS Barn and an Orchard. Seized and taken in execution as the prop eny of Philip Noach, and to be sold by me. PETER KEMMERER, Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, ) Sheriff. Febuary 1, 1S49. 0; PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Hon. Ltjther Kidd'er3 Presi dent Judge of ihe 21st Judicial district of Penn sylvania, composed of the counties of Schuyl kill, Carbon and Monroe, and Moses W. Cool baugh and John Merwine, Esq's., Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Monroe, and by virtue of their offices, Justices of the Court of Oyer and Terrminer and General Jail delivery, and Court of Gener al quarter Sessions in and for the said county of Monroe, have issued their precept to me commanding that a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Pe'ace and Common Pleas, and General Jail Delivery and Orphans' Coun, for the said County of Monroe, to be holden at Stroudsburg, on Monday, the 26th day of February next, to continue two weeks if necessary. NOTICE Is therefore, hereby given to the Coroner, the Jus'ices of the Peace, and Constables of the said County of Monroej that they be then and there ready wi-h their rolls, records, inqui sitions, examinations and other remembrances to do those things which o their offices are ap pertaining, and also that those who are bound by recognizances to prosecute and give evi dence against ihe prisonois that are or shall be in the jail of said County of Monroe, or a gainst ihe persons who stand charged with the commission of offences, io be then and there to ptosecute or testify as shall be jut. PETER KEMMERER, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, January 25, 1849. ) (God save the Commonwealth ) eizsd and tak fn 111 ftvnrlilinn 9C I Via rrrr. ' 01 Joseph Christman, -and tii Jie sold by me. PETER KEMMERER, Office, Siroudbburo.. i a - .Sheriff ruaty , 1.549. ' REGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given to all legatees and other persons interested in the estaie of the re spective decendents and minors, that the admin istration accounts of the following estates have been filled in the office of the Register of Mon roe county, and will be presenied for confirma tion and allowance to the Orphan's Court, to be held at Stroudsburg, in and for the aforesaid county, on Monday the 26th day of Febuary nex, 10 o'clock a. m. The final account of George Buskirk, sur viving Executor of the last will and testament pf Conrad Fisher, late of Stroud township, der ceased. The first and -final account of' John Huston and Peter Snyder, Execuiors of the last will and testament of Eunice Parjridge, late of Hamilton township, deceased. The account of Jacob H. Borger and .George Nagle, Administrators of the Estaie of Henry ry Borger, lale of Ross township, deceased. . The account of Andrew Storm, Administra tor of the estate of Peter Serfass, late, of Ches. nuihill township, deceased. . 4- .SAMUEL KEEo, Jr., Kegister. Register's Office, Siroudsburgi-): January 25, 1849. J si The California Emigrant;. BY " ONE OF 'EM.'' if. fen 1 Tune " Oh ! Sussannah!" -,,1 come from Salem city, With my wash-bowl-on my knee Vm going to California, The gold dust for to see ; 'r'' It rained all night the day I left, The weather it was dryt The sun so hot I froze to death Oh ! brothers don't you.' cry ! . Chorus Oh! California!- That's the land foi me ! " I'm going to Sacramento, With the wash-bowl' orfmy knee. I jumped aboard the " Liza" ship, And travelled on the sea, And every time I thought of home, I wished it was'nt me ! The vessel reared like any horse That's had of oats a wealth, It found it could'nt throw me so 1 thought I'd throw myself ! " . ' Oh! California"! Sjc., I thought of all the pleasant times' '' s We've had together here, ' Ji ' I tho't I or't. to cry a bit, ' H The pilot bread was in my mouthy 'I' J . iiie goto ausi in my eye, .... And though I'm going far away, , ,y:j Dear brothers, don't you cry ! ,. Oh ! California ! 4-c. T soon shall be in 'Francisco, "' And then I'll look all round, And when I see the gold lumps there, I'll pick them off the ground. I'll scrape the mountains clean my boys, I'll drain the rivers dry, A " pocket full of rocks" bring home, So brothers, don't you cry. - ,; , Oh ! California ! &c. f From the Maine Farmer.. Housing Manure. " " That manure exposed to rains and the scorch ing rays of the sun, must lose a portion of its; en riching qualities, no reflecting mind can doubt. Ashes, exposed to the weather, become leached" after a few soaking rains, and are nearly worth- ess for their alkaline qualities. Although ma nure probably does not waste in the same ratio, yet that it does waste, any person must Be satis fied who has observed the drainings of his manure leaps and yard after a rain, the water being near- y black with the most valuable part leached from the manure. Add to this, the color imparted from the manure heaps to the snow in the Spring, often being stained with1 the drainings ffer a number of rods, and who can doubt but that much of the sol uble part of the manure has escaped. Not long since, in conversation with an observ ing farmer upon this subject, he remarked that manure exposed to the weather and leached by every rain, was not worth more than half what it would have been had it been housed ;. and in con firmation of the correctness of his theory, stated that last Spring he manured a piece of corn in the tiill with the same kind of manure; only a part had been housed, and the other exposed to the weath er, and the difference in the growth was such as to satisfy him that there was double the value in the housed manure that-there was in the other. Admitting this statement to be correct, or even allowing it to be exaggerated one-half, which I do not think is the case, would not farmers soon save enough, by housing their manure heaps, to pay the expenses of a shed for 'the purpose? They would find it. very convenient, when their manure heaps were removed, to shelter cattle, be sides affording an excellent place to haul in loam, muck, &c, to lay through the winter and absorb the liquid parts which would otherwise escape. Try it, brother farmers and see if your farms do not soon give you credit for good economy. A Rat Story The Chicago Democrat tells the following, pre facing it with the remark that the rats of Chicago are " noted for their firmness and daring" : A few days since, a cat belonging to a friend became the parent of an interesting litter of kittens which she was carefully rearing, as all well-behaved "tabbies will. A. few nights' since, however, while exercising the maternal office, 45 puss" was attacked by a regularly-organized band of rats, which, sad to relate, contrived to kill the parent and make a prey of the offspring. . In the morning the cat was found bitten to death by the -side of nine of her assailants, whom .she slew before over powered by superior numbers. This encounter is, we believe, without precedent. fYou want, a flogging that?s just what..you want??' said a parent to;his sbn. 'Vl khow it dad, but I'll try to get along without it," roplieduhe lit- 1c rascal. Romance of tEie Nineteenth Century. BY HORACE GREELEY. We are in no danger of estimating too highly the extraordinary character of the age in which bur lot has been cast, and of the influences by which we are Burrounded. The Present is 'the proper theme of poetry, the fining scene. Who- I tlti'Tl t .1 ever snatt taintiy realize trie migniy events, me sttring impulses, the lofty character of our limes, is in no danger of passing through life grove ling and unobservant as the dull beast that crops the thistles by the way-side. The Past has its lessons, doubtless, and well is it for those who master and heed them ; but were it other wise, the Present has themes enough of enno bling interest to employ all our faculties, to en gross all our thoughts save as they should con template the still grander, vaster Hereafter. Do they talk to us of Grecian or Roman hero ism 1 They say well ; but Genius died not with Greece ;. and Heroism has scarcely a re corded achievement which our own age could not parallel. What momentary deed of reck less valor can compare with the life-long self devotion of the Missionary, in some far cluster of Indian lodges, of Tartar huts, cut off from sympathy, and f;om ear;hly hope 1 How easy, how common, to dare death with Alexander ! How rare to live nobly as Washington, and feel no ambition but that of doing good ! Take the efforts for the elevation of the African race in our day ill-directed as some of them appear and yet Amiquity might well be challenged to produce anything out of the sphere of Sa- .cred Hisiory, half so heroic and divine. Let us then waste little lime in looking back 10 ear lier ages for higher examples, and deeds that stir the blood. Let us not idly imagine that the Old World embosoms scenes and memorials dearer to the lover of Truth, of Fredom and of Man, than those of our own clime. Let us re pel alike the braggart's vain glory and the self disparagement of degeneracy ; yet cherish the faith that nowhere are there purer skies, more inspiring lecollections on magnificent tanu scapes, ihan those in which our own green land rejoices. Those daily acts, those cdmmon impulses, which viewed individually, and with microsco pic or with soulless g"aze, seem insignificant or trifling, op take a different aspect, if regarded in a more calholio spirit. Those myried ham mers, which, impelled by brawny- arms, are ranging out their rude melody, day by day, and contributing to the comfort and sustenance of man those fleets of hardy fishers, now chasing the whale on the other side of the globe to give light to the city mansion and celerity the wheels of the vilage factory those armies of trappers, scattered through the glens of the Rocky Moun tains, each in stealthy solitude pursuing his deadly trade, whence dames of London and belles of Pekin alike shall borrow warmth and comeliness let us contemplate these in their several classes, unmindful of the leagues of wood or plain or water which chance to divide them. Readily enough do we perceive and ac knowledge the grandeur of the army which some chief or despot assembles and draws out to feed his vanity by display or his ambition by rnage ; but ihe larger and nobler armies whose weapons are the mattock and the spade, who overspread the huls and line the values, until beneaih their nigged skill and perserering effort, a highway of Commerce is opened where late the panther leaped, the deer disported is not theirs a nobler spectacle more worthy of the orator's apostrophe, the poet's song ? Let us look boldly, broadly out on Nature's wide domain. Let us nolo the irregular yet persis tent advance of the pioneers of civilization the forest conquerors, before whose lusty strokes and sharp blades the century-crowned wood monarchs, rank after rank, come crashing to the earth. From ages have they kept apart the sunshine, as they shall do no longer. Onward, till onward, pours the army of ax-men, and still before them bow their stubborn foes. But yesierdy, their adyance was checked by the Ohio ; to day, it crossed the Missouri, the Kansas, and is fast on the heels of the flying buffalo. In the eye of a true discernment, what host of Xerxes or Crusar, of Frederick or Na poleon, ever equaled thi3 in majesty, in great ness of conquest, or in true glory ? The Mastery of Man over Nature this is an inspiring truth, which we must not stiller, from its familiarly, to lose its force. But from the might of his intellect, Man has not merely made the elephant his drudge, the lion his di version, the whale his magazine, but even the subtlest and most terrible of he elements is made the submissive instrument of his will. He turns aside or garners up the lightning ; ihe rivers toil in his workshops; the tides of ocean bear his burdens ; the hurricane rages for his use and profit. Fire and water struggle for mastery, that he may be wiaked over hill and valley with ihe celerity of the sunbeam. The stillness of the fomst midnight is broken by the snorting of the Iron Horse, as he drags the long train from lakes 10 ocean wilh a slave's docility a giant's strength. Up the long hill he labors, over the deep glen he skims, the tops' of the tall trees swaying around and below his narrow track. His sharp, quick breathing be speaks his impetuous progress ; a stream of fire reflects its course. Orb dashes the restless, tireless steed, and the morrow's sun shall find him at rest in some far mart of commerce, and the partakers of his wizard journey seauenuffo their vocations of trade or pleasure, unthinking of their night's adventure. What had old Ho mace wherewith to match theevery-day realt lies of the Nineteenth Century. The United Nation. A late visit to that department of the Bureau of Indian Affairs that is under the management of Mr. Henry R-; Schoolcrafi, says the Nation al Intelligencer, has elicited the following facts respecting the Sioux, or Dah-ko-tah, Indians! The territory now claimed by this nation is principally watered by the St. Peter's river, and is about nine hundred miles in length, and from two to five hundred in width. The ori ginal name of the tribe was Dah-ko-tah, ihe in terpretation of which is said to be a confeder acy or a united nation : the name of Sioux, for which there seems to be no acknowledged meaning, having been given to them by the early Jesuit missionaries. The population of this tribe is estimated at about fifteen thou sand, and they ate divided into bands number ing from fifty 10 a thousand souls. Occupying as they do an immense prarie region, they make use of the horse instead of ihe canoe; and ihe wealth of a Sioux chief is universally es timated by the number of his horses. Private rights are respected among them. They com pute time by ihe four seasons, but their month contains only twenty-eight days. They design nate ihe "month of January as the hard moon ; Febuary, the moon in which the racoon runs ; March, the moon of sore eyes ; April, the moon when the geese lay ; May, the moon for plan ting ; June, the moon for sirawberries'and hoe ing corn; July, the midsummer momh ; August, the moon for gathering corn ; September, the moon when they gather wild rice ; Octorber and November, the moon for the running of tho doe ; and December, the moon when the deer .sheds his horns. They are kind to the sick, but take more care of their youth than they do of their old men. They are averse to the cus 10m of bleeding, and seldom draw blood, excep in severe cases of illness. Their medicines are chiefly compased of roots and plants, and ihey never make use of metalic medicines. They are partial to vapor baihs, and resort to them for the cure of many diseases. Their bodily sickness they frequently attribute 10 the displeasure of some animal which they have hunted wilh difficulty and slain. The Sioux Indians consider it lawful to take the life of a fellow-being by way of revenge, but a great crime to take life under any o her circumstan ces. They invariably have a great fear for the; spirits of the dead, who they think have the, power of injuring the living ; and it is thought that (his fear is what prevents them from com mitting murders more frequently than they do. The practice of lying is considered as excee dingly wrong. They believe in a Great Spirit, but have no definite idea of his attributes. Whenever any calamity happens 10 them, they allege that ihe Great Spirit is angry, and so,, when they receive a blessing, ihey acknowl edge it as coming from the same being. They look on the death of a human being as a man ifestation of Divine displeasure. They resort; at times to sacrifices, and cases have been known where Sioux fathers have sacrificed: their children to appease ihe anger of the Great Spirit. They are much afraid of a creature which they look upon as a kind of vamnire, and to sec this creature is a sure sign nf approach ing death. They are exceedingly superstitious in regard to fire, which they consider a gift from the Great Spirit. In former times they obtained it from friction of wood, but at the present lime chiefly Irom t,ne flint. When a bout to partake of a relig;l0US feast, they remove' all the old fire from the lodge, and rekindle it for the purpose of cooking the food, so that ihey may be sure that there will be nothing unclean about the feast. They have no idols or images' which they worship, but are in the habit, of making offerings of tobacco and other articles which they value. They venerate the rattle snake, and seldom or never deprive it of life, excepting when they wish 16 employ its skin and rattles in their incantations. They believe in fairies, which they allege have the power of taking the form of any animals, and of living either on land or in the water ; all iht'tr rivers and lakes are closely associated w ith little pen pie. They look upon thunder as ut inat ing from a large bird. Among their fabled mon sters they acknowledge a huge giani, who. can destroy an Indian by the glance of his eye. When a man dies they place his remainsupo'n a scaffold, which they ornament wuh trophies of war ; and when the flesh has decayed, they bury the bones in the earth, and cover the grave with pickets or a rude house. They do not bury in. a sitting posture, but invariably clothe ihe deceased in his finest robes, covering him with all his favorite orn aments. They express their grief at the loss of a friend by cutting off the hair, going barefooted, dismal shouting, mutiilaiing their bodies, and by making a feast for the dead.
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