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We have sweet home-made and foreign wines, effervescing, light and dry, and dry and strong wnes: thus those principally to be had in the shops, and usually to be found in private houses, are currant and gooseberry, ginger and Malaga, with many others ; next champagne, sparkling hock, Moselle, etc. The light and dry wines are Moselle, claret, hermitage, and those of Rhenish produce. The dry wines are port, sherry, Marsa la, and Madeira. To pick from the preceeding list those which are most ordinarily drunk, and especially which are in requisition by invalids, the number may be reduced tosheny, port, claret and champagne. The excitement of a glass or two of port or sherry, or their brisker brother champagne, is most exhilerating to a man in health, but to a delicate person, or one just recoving from illness, highly dangerous. Tho pulse will be raised from twenty to fifty beats by an injudicious glass of wine, and there are many people who had for merly been wine-drinkers, one-bottle1 men, say, from thirty, to fifty-years of age and trpvpatrfs, who dare not now touch a glass from its exciting ten dency ; therefore, in all those cases where wine is tecommended to invalids, or where invalids venture to take it, it should be diluted and taken very sparingly. There are a variety of constitu tions, and consequently a variety of effects. Wine, at best is but stimulative, not nutritive. It is apt, besides, to induce acidity of the stomach, to create fever, to disturb the urinary secretion, and to an nov the skin. Its effects, when indulged in to ex cess, are notorious; drunkenness,- nervous ness and italh. The positive mischief of wine to persons ta health is to be found only in its abuse. u We curse not wine ; the vile excess we blame." I do not object to a glass of generous wine, or bottle, if it suits a man ; but who is better after a bottle ! Will not half a pint, or say a pint, pro duce more lasting and comfortable feelings than a SJart! and, if so, why should a man make him self ill? A man need not court misnathropism w may now and then be gay, and a little moder ate ercess is justifiable occasionally. I am so partial to wine, that I would lake my quantum every day of my life if it agreed with e, but it suits me better to do without it. 1 aroid it not from niggardliness, but because I feel dearer, lighter; mouth and throat feel pleasanter; j because I experience less fulness, less want of a continued aid to keep up the pleasurable feelings wh;ch one or two glasses produce ; for in a drink- ttg bout, .the difficulty is to leave off the succeed '3g glass is necessary to keep up the excitement tfthe last, to avert the dulness that invariably follows the decline of the hilarity. Wine also cnsiipates it interrupts digestion if taken at raeal time, or else hurries- it, when the food is driven through the body but half dissolved. It is better suited for the active thsn sedentary, and J-'e bustling than indolent man. To the delicous 'ess of the draught the smack of uhe tongue l!e esquisiteness of the swallow, or ikivor, if it Nase better, for inelegant as these expressions ,nay be, their truth cannot be denied, I bow at- lent-.vely ; but still I do not take wine, or very the ease with which these changes can be ef fected , and the good which surely follows their The Rescue. It WRS in IhP. mnnlh rF T7hriiarw 1 1 mniuohnifiMf T 5 J 1 i I . . . ' 'r uuurebsmg oyspeptic ana bright moonlight night, and intensely cold that highly nervous invalids. iko Knl. h-;.. t j ..i i... ..:-i.. u. TJ 7.. ? -t-- - I T J J - jjiuwy, rum, xvmsKey, Hollands, and gin, and anchors inside of the hook t net r mixtures. To denounce all these as poison- We had a hard time of it, beating about for ous ts excessively arrogant and dogmatic, yet eleven days off this coast', with cutting North many well-disposed persons have done so. I easlers blowing, and snow and sleet failing for have in some of mv earlier nnhlirntinns AvoA lne mosl 01 ll,al ne. Forward, the vessel I . , . . 1 V . . the samp mvsplf nn.i nithni, 1 was micKiy roaieu wiui ice, and it was Hard npr pneo nHUr MB1 ff.,. J u lml""B 1ICI,1S UIO IIiK'K UUUSall me oco.cnance .ho habit of using them, LvoldLr, "L 1"""': wf not discard them in a case of necessity; nor would at Jenoth we made ih non. ll hA.l. wnm I forbid the seasonable glass of grog to the fatigued down and exhausted, we could not have held and industrious lellow-adventurer in this hive of out two days longer without relief. incessant, work, or exclude its influence from the "A bitter cold night, Mr. Larkin," I said to social table. Intemperance no one can rp.rom. mv mate, as I tarried for a moment on deck to mend, but the good things of this world and those . finish my cigar 1 rr a . . which are included in the present category are not 1 ne worly down-easter buttoned his coat designed for mischief. If man convert them into such, he has only himself to blame. The question at issue is as to their wholesomeness. They should be viewed as cordials, and taken for the same intentions as wine. For medicinal purpo ses they are incontestably useful, but they are more tightly around him, looking up to the mourn and felt of his red nose before he re 'Its a whistler, captain, as we used to say on the Kennebec. Nothing lives comfortable out of blankets in such a night as thif." "iho tide is running out awifi and strong ; quite out of character as comforters for the de- it will bo well to keep a sharp Idok-oui for the pressed man- iheir continued imbibition, night floating ice, Mr. Larkin. after night, either diluted or commingled together, "Ay, ay, sir," responded the mate, and I is bad is hurtful is dangerous. The morning went below dram is most mischievous, and, persisted in. Two hours afterwards, 1 was aroused from productive of diseases of the liver, kidneys, and absorbent and secretive system at large ; spirits should only be taken on certain occasions, to counteract specific conditions ; as for instance, colds, fatigue, great depression, and other tempo rary disturbances. Employed medicinally, they ; sound sleep, by the vigilant officer. "Excuse me for disturbing you captain," said he, as he detected an expression of vexation on my face ; "but 1 wish you would turn out and come on deck as soon as possible." "Why what's the matter, Mr. Larkin 1" "Why, sir, 1 have' been watching a cake of form powerful adjuncts, at the command of the ice that awept by at a little distance, a moment physician. Spirits are the preservers of manV ago; I saw something black upon it something medicinal preparation, especially tinctures, which that I thought moved. The moon's under are usually prescribed as addenda to infusions cloud, and I could not see distinctly ; but f do and decoctions, when ordered for the sick: and if oeiteve meres a child lioaling out to sea, in admissable to the stomach in that form there is no lhis feezing night, on lhat cake of ice.- We were on dock before either spoke anoth er word. 1 he mate oointed out. with no little reason why the more agreeable cordials, added to warm water, instead of herbal or vegetable boil ings, for the like purpose, should be excluded. Chinese Rain-Tllaking. In 1835, the prefect of Canton, on occasion of a distressing drought of eight months, issued the following invitation, which would have better be fitted a chieftain of the Sechuanas : " Pwan, act difficulty, the cake of ice floating offio leeward, and Us white glittering surface was broken by a black spot more I could not make out. "Get me the glass, Mr. Larkirf the moon will be out of that cloud in a moment, and ihen we can see distinctly." I kept my ej'e on the receding mass of ice, while the moon was slowly working its way ing pre leci oi jvwangecnau, issues mis summons, through a heavy bank of clouds. The mate Since for a long time there has been no rain, and stood by with a glass. When the full light the prospects of drought continue, and supplica- fell at last upon the water, with a brilliancy on- tions are unanswered, my heart is scorched with Iy known in our northern latitudes, 1 put the grief. In the whole province of Kwantung, are glass to my eye. One glance was enough. no extraordinary persons who can force the dra- "Forward, there!" I shouted at the top of gon to send us rain? Be it known to you, all ye mv volcet and wiln owe bound I reached the soldiers and people, that if there be any one, "i' bega" C'6ar aW3y lhe whether of this or any other province, priest or 8 i j y t i c r, , , ; . , Mr. Laikm had received the glass from my such like, who can by any craft or arts bringdown hadf t0 lake a ,ook for hirnself.S 7 abundance of rain, I respectfully request him to My Go(1 , he said jn a whlsperf a8 he 8et ascend the alter of the dragon, and sincerely and to work to aid me in getting out the boat reverently pray. And after the rain has fallen, I "my God, there are two children on1 that cake will liberally reward him with money and tablets of ice !" to make known his merits." This invitation called To men answeied mv hail, and walked lazilv e forth a Budhist priest as a " rain maker," and the a'l Li an incredible short space of tune we prefect erected an alter for him before his own Punched the cutter, into which Mr. Larkin and office, upon which the man. armed with cymbal myselfjuinped, followed by two men, who took itud wand, for three days vainly repeated his in- " , s' 1 .r,&Seu ine "er. a" no a,e "i oe- . . r - L ii side me in the stern sheets, cantations from morning to night, exposed bare- iKT i A -r t- h i j . ,u i . .u u . r u , JJo you see that cake of ice with something headed to the hot sun. the butt of the leering crowd, uti, i ;. i i u t i . i - , . . . . black upon it, lads " I cried ; "put me along Hie unsuccessful efforts of the priest did not ren- side of latj aud r gIve you a bl0I,e of ru " der the calamity less grievous, and their necessi- each, to-night, aud a month's extra wages when ties led the people to resort to every expedient to you are paid off." force their gods to send rain. The authorities for- The men bent to their oars,, bul.their strokes bade the slaughter of animals, or in other words were uneven and feeble. They were used up a fast was proclaimed to keep out the hot winds by ,ne hard duty of the preceding fortnight, led off me in great drops, and I was enveloped in steam generating from my own body. 'Are we almost to it, M Larkin V 1 gasped out. "Almost, captain don't .give up ; for the love of our dear little one's at home don't give up, captain !" The oars flashed as the blades turned up to the moonlight. The men who plied them were fathers, and had fathers hearts ; the strength which nerved them at that moment was more than human. Suddenly Mr. Larkin' stopped pulling and" my heart for a rno'ment almost ceased beating; ? for the terrible thought that he had given out crossed my mind. But I was quickly reasur etl by his yotce. "Gently, captain', gently a stroke or two more there, that will do" and the next moment the boat's side came in cbri lact with something, and Latkin sprang from the boat with his heavy feet upon the ice. 1 star ted up, and calling upon the men to make fast the hoat to the ice, followed. We ran to the dark spot in the centre of the mass, and found two little boys y lhe head of the smaller nestling in the bosom of the larger. Both were fast asleep ! The lethargy, which would have been fatal but for the timely res cue had overcome them. Mr. Larkin grasped one of the lads, cut off his shoes, tore off his jacket ; and then loosing his own garments to the skin, placed the chilled surface in Contact with his own warm body, carefully wrapped over him his great coat, which he procured from the boat. 1 did the same with the other child ; and we then returned to the boat, and the men, partially recovered, pulled slowly back. The children, as we learned when we sub sequently had the delight of restoring them" to their parents, were playing on the ice, and had ventured on the cake, which had jamped into the bend of the river, ten miles above N. York. A movement of the tide set the ice in motion, and the little fellows were borne away on that cold night, and would inevitably nave.perished, but for Mr. Larkin's espying them as the ice ft was sweeping out to sea. How do you feel ?" I said to lhe mate, the morning after this adventure. "A Itttle stiff in the arms, captain," the noble fellow replied,1 while big tears of greatful-hap'- piness gushed from his eyes '"'A little stiff in the arms, captain, but very easy here," and he laid his hand on his manly heart. My quaint, brave down-easter ! He who lashes the seas into fury, and jets loose the tempest, will care for thee I 1 he storm may Froirithe Victoria (Texas) Advocate' A Wild Woman. We know not but our reputation for frefacfty may suffer by the following statement, but we liave been laying -off for the last two years to? give it, we think there fs house waiting any longer. It will require some credulity to hev lieve the story ; but we can assure the reader that what we shall state could be established by the testimony of some of the oldest and mot respectable citizens of our neighbonn Coumy oi JacUson.' For the last ten years there"has lived and -inhabited the thickest of the Navidad botto'nnrs in Jackson County, an animal urrive'rsal'ly be lieved to be a woman ; and though diligent! search has frequently been made, not a living soul has ever been able to see it ; though on one occasion, several years ago, a party driving cows through the bottoms, came so close upon" its camp or den, as to compel it to drop a kind of a basket or trunk, which on examination wav found to be a perfect curiosity, containing a mosl astonishing variety of little trinkets, such as pins, needles, knives, brashes, and sereral articles, whose uses $ere originally unknown, and all of the most ingenious and exquisite workmanship, and also it small pocket Bible, with "New York" written in it in a beaorifuY hand writing, together with two guni, one of which it hatl stocked having stolen- an old gun-barrel from the settlements. The principal reason for believing' ft to be a" woman, arises from its track, which has often been seen, and which resembles that of a small and delicate female. It frequently visits the neighboring houses at night for the purpose of picking up such articles as it can lay its hands on clothing particularly, of which it is sup posed from the quantity missing from lime to" time, it has enough to set .up a respectable mil linary shop and clothing store. About a year' ago, it went to the house of Samuel A-. Rogers, when he was absent, opened his medicine chest, took a portion of all the medicines in it, carefully putting back the stoppers, and com mitting no other damage beside that of taking several articles of clothing, which after going" to the edge of the bottom, it appears to have sorted out, and left such articles hanging upon' a stick it did not seem to require. It also came to Mr. Rogera's place recently and broaghfr back a' wooden bow taken about' a year since and a trace chain that had been missing for" eight years. They are but a tithe of the many' eccentricities of the man, woman1 or animal but ihey serve as a specimen. So sure aTe the people on the Nevfdad th'aT rage without, but in thy bosom peace and sun- l ls 3 wild human being, that we' uhderaianiJ shine will always abide. lat forty cows and calves have bee'n offered5; to any one who would capture it. It is sup"- posed by some that there' was once a man and: How true! th ta. The following is published as a specimen of Western eloquence and jurisprudence. Here, woman, but the man had died. tare'.v, and then only with great caro and watch- 'o.ness do not need it, nor do I feel the want of ' and I would advise my patients to be as cau tJ0Us as I have become. 1 consider, although I rer took wine to excess, nor have ever been ,ul a temperate many that I have added ten years comfort and longevity to my existence, merely l(V abandoning ,it as a general practice ; and if, in llle course of conversation with any of mv future l'auents or correspondents I, may be drawn into a confession of many other things seemingly harra because every boby adopts them, that I have' t'ren up, which I formerly took, and the relfnquish ",ent of 1,10 many customsT formerly practiced. 1 iave no doubt I 8haflmike,mahVyo6eiyiesVfrbm ofthercity, the southern gate was shut, and all classes flocked to the temples. It was estimated that on one day 20,000 persons went to a celebra ted shrine ofthegoddess of Mercy, among whom were the governor and prefect and their suites, who all left there sedans' and walked with the multi tude. The governor, as a last expedient the day rain came, intimated his intention of liberating all prisoners- not charged with capital offences. As soon as the rain fell, the people presented thank-offejrings, and the southern gate of the city- was opened, accompanied by an old ceremony of burning the tail off a live sow, while the animal was held in a basket. Sometimes devoteos- be come irritated against their gods, and resort to summary means to force them to hear their peti- tiofls. It is said that the Governor having gone repeatedly in a time of drought to the temple of the god of rain, Canton, dressed in his burdensome robes, through the heat of the tropical sun, on one of his visits said, "The god supposes I am lying when I -beseech his aid for how can he know, seated in ids cool niche in the temple, that the ground, is parched and the sky hot?" Where upon he ordered his attendants to put a rope around his neck and haul his godship out of doors, that hei might see and feel the state of the weather for him- g&lf -after-Jjitf HiXcelleney had pecome cooled in the temple, the idol was reinstated in its shrine, and the good effects of his treatment considered to be fully proved by the. copious ?nower wutcn soon after fell. and though they did their best, the boat made little more way than the tide. This was a long chase and Mr. Larkin, who was suffering as he wavv how Jiule we gained, cried out "Pull lads I'll double tho captain's prize ; two bottles of rum, and two month's pay. full, lads ! lor the love of God, pull !" A convulsive effort of tho oars told how wil ling the men were to obey, but the strength of the strong man was gone. One of the poor lellows washed ua twice in recovering his oar, and then gave out ; lhe oilier was nearly as far gone. ivJr. Larkin sprang forward and seized the deserted oar. "Lay down in the bottom of the boat," said ho to the man ; "and captain, take the other oar ; we must row for ourselves." 1 took tho second man's place ; Larkin had stripped to his Guernsey shin ; as ho pulled the bow, I vaiied the signal stroke. It came gently, but firm, and the next moment wo were pulling a long, steady stroke, gradually iucreas ihg in rapidity until the wood seemed to smoke in the our-locks. We kept time each by a long deep breathing of the other. Such a pull ! We bent forward until our faces almost touched our knees, and then throwing all our atrengih into the backward movement, until every inch of the space covered by the sweep had been gained.- At every stroko lhe boat shot ahead like an arrow discharged fron a bow. Thus we worked at the oars for fifteen . minutes ii -eeuied to mo as many hours. The sweat rol- in the East, the gentlemen of the green bag offer judges pretty much the same fhcehse, but never openly present lhe whiskey : "Judge, said tne counsel lor the delendant, " your time I know is precious, as must be the case with so able and valued a member of society. This case is perfectly clear, and 1 know your learn ng and lucid intelligence have pierced through t at the first glance. For me to argue would be not only u waste of time but an insult to vour penetration.- iVluch might be said, bu nothing is needed. Before any other Judgo I would lay down the rales of law ;but here I know they have been deeply studied and wisely understood. I look- around me and behold an humble house of logs, yet see before me lhe spirit of truth, the unpurchased distributor of law, and the old tenement rises before my mental vision proud and beautiful as a majestic temple to justice. Judge, I have a bottle of prime old Monongahela in my pocket ; for the respect I bear your character, allow me to make you a present of it." "Verdict for the defen dant," said the Judge. The avoricions propensity of some few of the city clergy--wo are happy to say the feel ing does not extend lo the country is very happily hit off by the following anecdote which last week fell under our notice, and which is said to have occurrod as related not long since at a Convention of Clergymen, where it was proposed by one of the members, after ihey had dinod, that each should entertain (he com pany with some interesting remarks. Among the rest, one drew up his fancy, and related a dream. In his dream he went to heavert, and he described the golden streets, river of life, &c. As ho' concluded, one of the divines, who was somewhat noted for his penurious and money-saving habits, stepped up to the narra tor, and jocosely inquired "Well. did yousee anything of me in your dream ?" "Yes, I did." "Indeed! what was I doing"? "You were on your knees." "Praying, was I ?" "No scra ping up the gold !" conjecture is, we cannoi saf ; but there ca'tV hardly be a doubt but a wild man or woman has inhabited the Navidad Mustang, bottom's near" Texana, for many years. It cannot be a" negro male or female, because lhe irack foY- bids the conclusion-. We are inclined to think it a- Mexican woman. ' Tne Horse's Ere. I will now inform you bow for certain, you? may know whether a horse has a strong ah rl good eye, or a week eye, and likely to go blfndl: People in general turn a horse's head to a bright light to examine his eyes. Yotr can know very little by this method, what sort of an eye" the horse has, unless it be a very defective one'. You must examine the eye first, when the horse" stands with his head to the manger. Look' carefully at the pupil of the eye, in the horse ; it is of an oblong form, carry the size of tho pupil in your mind, then turn the horse about, bring him to a bright light, and if, in the bright light the pupil of the eye contracts, and appears much smaller than it was in the darker light, then you may be sure the horse has a' strong good eye ? but provided the pupil remains near ly the same size as it appeared in the darker light, the horse has a weak eye, therefore' hare nothing to do wiih him Old Almanac Blessed is the horso whose owner fs poor, or he cannoi afford to buy a whip. Blessed is the man who has no.' money, a he is hot obliged to mend the holes iiv fiia pockets. Blessed is the woman whose htrsband has a wooden leg, as she will have' but ono stocking to knit. Modest. My dear, don't sa tale, say nar- ra'ive,' natd a modest lady to.her little son who yas relating- a very interesting 'tale,' he had jost read in the Register. While lhe Iittlo fel- luw wan thinking of his mistake, the old house dog walked jn shaking hii tail and looking quite, familiar at the boy,, when he exclaimed ; Ja, make Sancho unit shaking his narative. An Extraordinar y Ch urn . L.nigha We' hirigs sometimes happen in Brun.-wn-k'. The paienlhurn " iqst now is all ih rage. The" othe'r Jay, a certain Esouire.- who' hhalf be" , , nameless, was showing the gaping crowd of natives the great-wonders of his butter-making machine. While grinding out the butter and sundry long yams, like lhe auctioneer, alterna ting the labor', with various explanations; a mischievous wag slipped a dab of soap slily in to the milk. Soon the agitated mass conV menced frothing, and filled ttie churn to over flowing, but no butinr. "You see,' said the ever ready expounder-of mysteries, as he paused to catch breath, "wheth er butler comes or not, it makes ihrett ii.mc as much buittrmilk as any other churn !'" 1 aft' in
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