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STRODDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1849.
No. 31.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Bv urtue of a writ of levari facias issued out
cfiKc Court of Common Pleas of Monroe coun
ty, Penn'a, 10 me direcied, I will expose lo
pub! c sale at ihe public house of Abraham
G'. in Dutoisburg, on
limrsday the 22d day of February
lovvnslnp, m uie county 01 Monroe, aloresaid,
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JPrame Dwelling House,
1 18 feet by 22 feet; a Frame Barn 30
by 40 feet with stone stabling under-
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a i-iuiiiaiiu jjuiui uiiu ierre tenants, anu to oe
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VETER KEMMERER!.
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January 25, 1849. $
SIIEBIFFS SALE.
By viriue of a writ of fieri facias issued out
r.i
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V lAn..'- a 1Z . I -1I .
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- "iic iinrfiiion ni .irnnnririT nn
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Thursday the 22dday ofFehuary
uuiuck, a. m. tne louowing aescrioea
"'vi wit : a certai,n messuage, tene-
onu uaci oi iaiiu -situaie m uie townsnip
iu3s. in itip. rniirHv il Mniirnfi nnnfuttiiiio
240 Acres of Randl,
' es, oounued by Unds.ol uaviu ileim
xrK Henry Christman and others; about one
uiuu acres nl sairi hinri w r c9riri IhrftP
fBs of the same is good meadow, tjte remain-
13 IMJOn IimnRriatin h imnrAi'omonla
m u VJIIU IV I III I h w t t m
tonc House
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emu a ittisdo ai'uiv vyi.viuaiu. aiiu
"cr 'run trees.
Seized and taken in nxer.nti.in -as ihe nron-
"wovjiu vurisimanj ann n e soiu oy -me.
PETER V V)M IVTE RE R.. : .
'W Office, .SWoudbuVur 6 SfaerilT.
dollars ana a nail. Those who receive uieir
SHERIFF'S SALE;
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued but
of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe coun
ty, Petm'a, 10 me direcied, I will expose lo pub
lic sale at the public house of Jacob Knechi, in
the Borough of Siroudsburg, on v
Thursday the 22d day ofFehuary
at 10 o'clock, a. m. the following described
property to wit: A certain iraci or pieco of land
situate in uoolbaugh township, Monroe county
Pa., containing about
Forty-Eight Acres,
be the same more or less, about Four acres 01
which are cleared land, two of which are pood
meadow; and bounded by lands of Abraham Yei-
ter and others. The improvements on which
are two
IaOQ Dwelling Houses,
one Stable, and oilier out buildings.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
eriy of Frederick Bush and John Gearhart,
and 10 be sold hv me.
PETER KEMMERER,
ShetifTs Office, Siroudsbujg, ) Sheriff.
February 1, 1S49. (
SHERIFFS SALE.
By viriue of a writ of fieri facias issued out
of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe coun
ty, Penn'a, 10 me directed, 1 will expose to
public hale at ihe public house of Jacob Knecht,
in ihe Borough of Stroudsburg, on
Thursday the 22d day of Feb.uary
at lu o clock, a. m. the lollowing dsscribed
property, to wu: A certain tract of land siiuate
in Middle Smithfield township, Monroe coun
ty, containing
145 ACRES,
more or less, 75 acres of which is cleared land,
and fifteen acres of ihe same meadow, adjoin
ing lands of John Hoffman, James Place Jacob
Fenickal and others. The improvements there
on are
One EiOff House, One ILojj Barn
and an Orchard.
Seized and taken in execution as ihe prop
erty of Philip Noach, and to be sold by me.
PETER KEMMERER,
Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, ) Sheriff.
Ft-buary 1, 1S49. $
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the Hon. Luther Kidder, Presi-di-ni
Judge of the 21st Judicial district of Penn-j-ykania,
composed of the counties of "Schuyl
kill, CarLon and Monroe, and Moses W. Cool-
bau h and John Merwtne, E-qV, Associate
Judges nf the Court of Common Pleas of the
count' of Monroe, and by virtue of f heir offices,
JusticHs of the Court of Oyer and Terrminer
i. r .u n ,.r r di r ,u
and General Jail delivery, and Court of Gener
al quarter Sessions in and fur the said county
of Monroe, have issued their precept lo me
commanding that a Court of Quarter Sessions
of the Peace and Common Pleas, and General
Jail Deliver' and Orphans' Court, for the said
County of Monroe, to be holden at Stroudsburg,
on Monday, ihe 26th day of February next, to
ooniinue two weeks if necessary.
NOTICE
la therefore, hereby given to the Coroner,
die Justices of the Peace, and Constables of
ihe said County of Monroe, that ihey be Then
: and there ready with their rolls, records, inqui
sitions, examinations and other remembrances
to do those things which to their offices are ap
periaining, and also lhat those who are bound
by recognizances to prosecute and give evi
dence against the prisonors that are or shall
be in the jail of said County of Monroe, or a-
gainst tlue persons who stand charged with the
commission of ofiences, lo be then and there to
prosecute or testify as shall be juit.
PETER KEMMERER, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, )
Stroudsburg, January 25, 1849.
God save the Commonwealth )
REGISTER'S NOTICE.'
Notice is hereby given to all legatees and
other persons interested in the estate of the re
spective decndents and minors, that ihe admin
istration accounts of the following estates have
been filled in the office of the Register of Mon
roe county, and will be presented for contirma
lion and allowance to the Orphan's Court, to
be held at Stroudsburg, in and for the aforesaid
county, on Monday ihe 26th day of Febuary
next, 10 o'clock a. m.
The final account of George Buskirk, sur
viving Execuior of the last will and testament
of Conrad Fisher, laie of Siroud township, de
ceased.
The first and final account of John Huston
and Peter Snyder, Executors of the last will
and testament of Eunice Partridge, late of
Hamilton lownship, deceased.
The account of Jacob H. Borger and ; George
Nagle, Administrators of the Estate of Henry
ry Borger, late of Ross lownship, deceased.
Tbe account of Andrew Storm, Administra
tor of ihe esiate of Peter Serfass, late 'of Ches
nuthill township, deceased. -
SAMUEL REKS, Jr.,. Kegister
Register'.! Office; Sirbudsburgr
January 25, 184i. i
LINES
BV A DESPAIRING CRIMINAL
condemned for life to the Slate's Prison at Neio
York composed while passing down the N.prth
River.
Adieu, ye green fields, ye soft meadows adieu !
Ye rocks and ye woodlands, I hasten from you ;
No more shall my eyes with your beauties be blest
No more shall ye sooth my sad bosom-to rest.
Yc birds, that so sweetly, on each. verdant spray',: ''
Now twitter.your notes and your sorrows.away,.
Oh ! what would I give in your pleasures to share,
To stiay where I pleas'd, and to breathe the fresh air !
Ye fishes, so nimbly that sport in the stream7, , '
Itcviv'd by the warmth of the sun's cheering beam,
No more shall I witness your skill in the wave," '
Debarr'd from all freedom on this side the grave.
No more shall I taste the pure breezes of mom,
Or view the soft shadows that steal o'er the lawn,
Nor sun, moon, nor stars shall again bless my sight
The gloom of the prison's a cold, cheerless night !
Roll on, noble River, in grandeur and pride ;
Waft the stores of my country on every side ;
Bring a full share of wealth o'er the wide-spreading sea,
Though comfort an hope must be strangers to me.
What is life without liberty? oft have I, said; ,
She sweetens pale poverty's pittance of bread. - .
Oh ! those chains and a prison extort a deep sigh ;
My heart sinks within me, I languish to die.
Farewell ! all my friends, now unwilling to own
That such a vile outcast you ever have known ; r
Oh ! these pangs ; but adieu to my children and wife ;
Oh ! pity and parden a Prisoner for life.
Dan Marble, the comedian, was at Boston the
other day, and while strolling along the wharves
encountered a gaunt-looking figure, whose sun
burnt countenance and parti-colored garments,
originally of the most outlandish fashion, had that
picturesqueness about them derived only from long
exposure to the atmosphere.
Dan, who never permits the lack of an intro
duction to interfere when he desires to form an
acquaintance, hailed the stranger.
' Hallo ! my friend, where are you from !
' Jes' from Caleforny, stranger.'
Ah, indeed ! and you can tell us then whether
it's all true about that gold V somewhat anxiously
interrogated Dan in reply.
4 Trew as you live and a darned sight more
for no man out of Caleforny raaly does live.'
' Then why did you come back V
' Back V why to get my wife and family. Fact
is, stranger, a man there Rets so powerful rich that
he becomes covetous of himself, and ef he aint
very kearful will cut his own throatto rob himself.
The root of all evil, you know there's a leetle too
much of it, and I left for a while partly on that ac
count. 4 Oh, you did eh V
' Yes, and between you and me, that's the only
way a man can die, in that blessed land.'
' Healthy climate, I suppose V
Healthy ! It ain't anything else. Why, stran
ger, you can choose there any climate you like,
hot cr cold, and that without travellin' more than
fifteen minutes. Jest think o' that the next cold
mornin, when you get out o' bed. There's a moun
tain there, the Sawyer Navayday they call it, with
a valley on each side of it, the one hot the tother
cold. Well, git on top of that mountain with a
double-barrelled gun, and you can, without mov-
in kill either summer or winter game, as you
will.'
What ! have you ever tried it V
4 Tried it! often, and should have done pretty
well, but for one thing.'
4 Well, what was that V
4 1 wanted a dog that would stand both climates.
The last dog 1 had froze off his tail while pintin'
on the summer side. He didn't git entirely out of
the winter side, you see.' ,
Marble sloped.
Made a Mistake.
Our friends P. and S. one evening at the house
of an acquaintance, some young ladies, for whom
both gentlemen entertained tender feelings. In a
spirit of frolic one of the young ladies blew out the
lamp, and our two friends, thinking it a favora
ble moment to make known the state of their feel
ings to the fair object of their regard, moved seats
at the same instant, and placed themselves as
they supposed by the lady's side but she had al
so moved, and the gentlemen were in reality seat
ed next to each other. As our friqnds could not
whisper without betraying their,whe?eabouts, they
both gently took, as they thought, the soft, little
hand of the charmer, and whereafter a while they
ventured to give a tender pressure, each was en
raptured to find it returned with an unmistakable
T. 11 I -
squeeze. Jt may weu oe imagined that the mo
ments flew rapidly j in this silent interchange of
mutual affection. But the rest wondering at the un
usual silence of the gentlemen, orie of them noise
lessly slipped out and suddenly returned with a
light there sat our friends P. and S. most loving
ly squeezing each other's hand and supreme de
light beaming ih their eyes. Their consternation
and the ecstacy of the ladies may be imagined,
but not described. Both gentlemen sloped, and
t'. was atterwards.hearri to say, mai.ne inougni an
Gloucester News.
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
; The Public Domain.
From the Repon of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, it apjiears lhat the public
domain comprises, as' nearly 'as rcan be estima
ted from official data, 1,442,217,197 acres. This
much remained the property of the country on
the 30ih of September last, after having dis
posed of 142,026,003 acres. The States in
which portions of this domain lie are, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Misouri, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Michigan, Arkansas, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Florida. The great body of it lies
in the Territories west of the Mississippi River
and east of the Rocky Mountains, and in Ore
gon, New Mexico and Upper California.
1 he quantity remaining undisposed of in the
several States is as follows :
Acres
Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Michigan,
Wisconsin,
Iowa,
Missouri,
Arkansas,
Louisiana,,.
Mississippi,
Alabama,
Florida,
' 875,65
3,572,645
15,693,075
25,097,294
28,863,763
29,868,038
29,766,740
27,669,207
2,678,775'
11,815,040
17,516,346
36,137,137
The surveys have been almost or entirely
completed in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas,
Mississippi, and Alabama ; and ihey are rapid
ly drawing to a close in Michigan, Missouri
and Florida.
There have been brought into market during
the past year, 9,459,741 acres. It is estimated
that about 6,113,4000 acres will be proclaimed
for sale during ihe present year.
In 1847, the quantity of land sold was 2,-
521,305 acres ; and ihe amount of purchase
money was $3,269,404,08. During the first
three quarters of 1848, the quantity sold was
1,448,240 acres, and the purchase money was
$2,030,668. The whole quantity disposed of
during these periods, by sale, and location of
bounty land warrants, was 5,887,550 acres.
The whole number of Mexican war warrants
issued, to Nov. 30, 1848, was 43,174, embra
cing 6,505,960 acres of land. The whole num
ber of regular and valunteers entitled to bounty
lands is aboul 90,000 men. It results, there
fore, lhat 46,826 warrants remain to be issued.
The estimated receipts of cash, on account
of the sales of public lands, for the fiscal year
ending 30th June, 1849, are slated at $2,834,
700 ; and for the fiscal year ending 30th June,
1850,, $2,407,500.
Under the act of July ll, 1846, the whole of
the reserved lands in ihe States of Illinois, Ar
kansas, Wisconsin, and Iowa, supposed lo con
tain mines of 44lead ore," have been offered for
sale at public auction, and but a very small
proportion sold as ,4mineral lands." The poT
u'ons still remaining unsold have become sub
ject to "private entry," at the ordinary minimum
of $1,25 per acre ; and the leasing system has
been entirely abandoned, as unprofitable to ihe
Government, and injurious to the settlement and
improvement of ihe country.
The sales of the mineral lands in the Lake
Superior district, in Michigan, and in the Chip
pewa district in Wisconsin, have fallen far
short of what had been anticipated. There corned and entertained by her and her deceased
have been sold 8,480,88 acres, amounting lo husband. The slimulous of a warm and tenac
$26,242 37. It is recommended that the price ious gratitude was now added to the ordinary
of those lands be reduced to the ordinary mini
mum of $1,25 per acre.
The extension of the pre-emption privilege
is recommended, to all actual settlers on pub
lie lands, whether surveyed or not, to which
the Indian title has been extinguished.
The cession of swamp lands to the States in
which they lie, is. . recomuiended ; also, a, like
cession of all public lands when ihe quantity
remaining in the State does not exceed one
million of acres.
The question of the boundary between Mis
souri arid Iowa is still pending before ihe Su
preme Court ; and in relation to those between
Arkansas and Louisianapand between. Georgia
and Florida, no action has yet been had by
Congress,
KF Two Dutchmen, living opposite each other,
who had for riiany years been in the habit of smok
ing by their door-side in silence, at length broke
forih in the following dialogue :
44 What sort of wedderyou link it will be to-day,
neighbor.?"
TJie pther after two or three hasty puffs, replied
44 Well, I don't know, what sort of wedder yow
link it will be." L t . ; f
The first, somewhat nettled, said--" I tink it
will be wedder as you tink it will be."
The other acquiesced44 We,ll, I tink so too."
KF 44 Mrs. Sprigs, will you be helped to a small
piece of turkey 1"
44 Yes, my dear Mr. Wilkins, I will." '
44 What part wouid you prefer, my dear Mrs.
Sprigs ? "
44 1 will have a couple of wings a couple of the
legs some of the breast the side bone some
filling and a few dumplings; as I feel very unwell
to-day." . - !j
Wilkins fainted !
JLoJly Trees.
In Col. Fremont's iMemoirs of Upper Califnr.
nia, we find some accounts of iho forest trees
of that country, which, if ihe statements were
not vouched for by good authoriiy, we hould
class them with ihe stpiiea of Baton Munchau
sen. The writer'speaks thus of some trees, qlt
the coast mountain between Si. Joseph and
Vera Crtiz:
The mountains were wooded with many va
rieties of trees, and in some parts with heavy
forests. These forests are characterized by a;
cypress laxodium) of extraordinary '.dimension:;
already mentioned among the forest trees of
America, by its superior size and height. A
mOng many which we measured in this pari of
the mountain, nine and ten feet diameter was
frequent, eleven someiimes, but going beyond
eleven only in one single instance, which
reached fourteen feel in diametor. Above 200
feet was a frequent height. In this locality the
bark was very deeply furrowed, and unusally
thick, being fully sixteen inches in sOme of ih
trees. The tree was in bloom, (Febuarv, 1844,)
flourishiiis hear the summit, and the flower
consequently difficult to procure. This is the
staple limber tree of ihe country, being cut irj
to.both boards and shingles, and is ihe princi
ple timber sawed at the mills, li is soft and
easily worked, wearing away too quickly to be
used for floors. It seems to have all the dur
ability which anciently gave the cypress so
much celerity. .Posts which have been ex
posed lo the weaiher three quarters of a century,
(since ihe foundation of ihe missions,) show no
marks of decay in the wood, and are now con
verted into beams and posts for .private dwel
lings. In California this tree is called dalii
Colorado, ll is the king of irees. On the 28th'
of Febuary on the coast near the north wesiertf
point of Monterey Bay, he speaks as folhws
of this same tree. A forest of dalo Colorado,
at the foot of the mountain in this vicinity, is
noted for the great size and height of ihe trees-;
I measured one which was 275 feet in height,
and fifteen feet in diameter, three feet above
the base (45 feet, in circumference) ifiouoh ihj
was distinguished by the greatest girth, other
surrounding trees were but Initio inferior in size
and still taller, that is, of course more than two
hundred and seventy-five feet in height.
Touching Story.
Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Ga., in a recent ad
dress at a meeting in Alexandria, for the ben
efit of the Orphans Asylum, and Free Schools
of that city, related ihe following anecdote:
A poor little boy, in a cold night in June, with'
no homo or roof lo shelter his head, rio' pater
nal or maternal guardian or guide, to protect
and direct him on his way, reached at nightfall
Pthe house of a rich planter, who took him in,
fed, lodgedj and sent him on his way, with hts
blessing. Those kind attentions cheered his
he-art and inspired him with fresh courage, to
battle wiih the obstacle of life. Years rolled
round. Providence led him on ; he had reached
the legal profession ; his host had died, the
cormorants that prey on the substance of a man
had formed a conspiracy to get from the widow
her esiaies. She sent for the nearest counsel
to cornmil her cause lo him, and that counsel
proved lo be ihe orphan boy years before wel-
motives connected with the profession. He uu
dertook her causo with a will not easy to be re
sisted ; he gained it ; the widow's estates were
secured to her in perpetuity ; and Mr. Stephens
added, with an emphasis of emotion that sent
its electric thrill throughout the house, 'that or
phan boy stands before you '"
The verdant Groomsman.
On no occasion do people seem more prone to
commit blunders, and plunge themselves into em
barrassing predicaments, than at weddings. The
following actually occurred in a neighboring town.
In the midst of a crowd of witnesses, the clergy
man had just completed that interesting ceremony
which binds in the silver bonds of wedlock, two
willing hearts, and stretched fourth his hands to
implore the blessings of Heaven on the union;
At this point the groomsman, seeing the open
hands reaqhed out, supposed it was signal for him
to surrender the wedding fee, which was burning
in his pocket. Accordingly, just as the clergy
man closed his eyes in prayer, he felt the pres-;
sure of two half dollars on his open palms. The'
good man hesitated a moment, appalled at the lu-
dicrousness of his situation but at last, coolly de1
posited the money in his pocket, and proceeded
with his devotions. Springfield Repub:
Last Gold Story. A runaway soldier is
said lo have discovered a lump of rock of gold,
that weighed 839 pounds and 11 1-2 ounces ;
he was afarid io leave it, and mouri'ed guard
upon it ; and at ihe last account he had set.
there 67 days, and had offered $2700a for. a
plate of beans and pork, but his offer had always
been indignantly refued, and ihe poor fellow,
only laughed at, for ihe niggardliness nfhii.
offer by parlies going further on wjhera ilia'ar-'
licle was said lo bo more abundant.