V '-lrtiHrfKAtif 0 ofmw xir kw mi t. Y w-. '4 In?.:. . .1: (vtfif.v .'i r- -t ' -n-it J- ;The vhole1 art ok Government consists in The art' of"' being honest. Jefferaba. , i-9r! ;r.r STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1849. No. 41 .1 I I' ' IH.'llll II I I I U I I E l II II 111 m ' - f : ? : published by TlieoaoreiScUoch; ' . 1 . - 1 '". ,rc two dollars per unnum in ndvandc Two dollars 'V two dollars and a half. , Those; jhq receive their :MlcS.r ...rriPfor stace drivers emtil6vcd bv the proprie- K.ijbe charged 37 1 -1 cents per yenii q?tra on of the Editor. ' ' .&omenis not exceeding Oe square (sixteen lines) d'ncerte.l three uceks for orfc dollar, and twenty-hvfe i;VervsubstOuent insertion: Tliecnarge loronem u Ssertions the same., AiberaI(iscouut imulfto yearly irtJclters addressed totthe, Editor rpust.be post-paid,.. , rrneral assortmentpf large, clegant,plain andorna ,n3.inHlTvDC, w'c are prepared to execute every - ' description of , Lrds. Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, ' Slank Receipts , "V , justices. legal and othek. blanks, . 1 , PAMPHLETS, .' . f., printed with neatness and despatch.qn reasonable tc.ims AT THE OFFICE ' OF TjlE. .' Jcffcrstouiau Kepblir.aij.t, , Past Memories. BY J. G. "WHITTIER. .:'. How thrills, brice more, the lengthening 'chain, Of memory al the ihbught of thee! Old hones which long in dust have lain, 0!J dreams come thronging back again, And boyhood lives in me; . t, , I feel its glow upon rny cieek, , , . Us lullness of the heart is mine, As when 1 learned to hear thee speak,. mi: . Or raised my doubtful eyes' to'. thine: ( . l tv St. I hear again thy low replies, ..... I feel thine arm within, myown,. 0 And timidly again uprise,. - ? j mi wTi The fringed lids of hazel eyes. . , w , With soft, brown tresses -overblQwrfj. . . 99 And memories of sweet summer eves,- . 1 Of moonlit wave and willowy way,- Of stars and flowers, and de wy lea ves,- Of smiles and tears more sweet ihaVtney " Ere this thy quiet eye hath smiled,- My picture of thy youth to see', When half a woman. half a child,- Thy very artle'ssness beguiled, ' . And folly's self seemed wise fh:me"f 1 loo can smile, when o'er that hour5: The lights of memory backward stream1, Yet feel the while that manhood's power Is vainer than my boyhood's dream." Years have passed on and-left their tracer. Of graver care and deeper thought' And unto me the calm cold face- ' l 01 Of mankind, and to thee the grace1 :f "r ui wuiiiuii s pensile ucuuiy uiuuj;iu. On life's rough blast, for blame and praise, u The schoolhoy's name has widely flown,; Thine, in the green and quiet ways , Of unobsttysi ve goodness . .known. And wider yet, in thought arid deed, Our still diverging paths incline ; Si mil nine, the Genevan s sternest creed ; . ; hue answers to mv sDirtt s need r The Yorkshire peasant's simple .linear For thee, the priestly me and prayerj . , : , And holy day and solemn psalm;., t; For me, the silent-reverence,, where ' My brethren gatherslowand calm.,', - actc. Yet hath thy spirit left on me , ! An impiess time has not worn but, And something of myselfin thee,f ' J And shaHrw frnm thp nn5t. T SPff - . ...... , , f;vri sniji!. . Lingering e'en thy way about; -..jUfctiiuW Kot lightly can the heart unlearn ... 'f That lesson, of its better hours,; ; j,, Koryet hasTHne's dull jbotstep-wonv i; To comoiDnjJuiitJliat path of powers. Ittore Cttriosities. ' The following are said to bea part of the curi- ities exhibitediin the New Museurri.- v..oi A tooth from the oiouth of the -Mississippi; Part of the tail of a striped pig. - ,. A brick from the .house tbat Jack built. A spoke from the wheel ofjprtune. The pencil with which Britannia ruled the paves. ' ' " ' A portion of the yeast used in aisihg-the wind A dime from the moon when she gave change for the last quarter. A portion of the sugar used in- jhe, sling-with phich David slew Goliah. : i-,..' A sheaf from the shock of, an earthquake. ne sausor belonging to the cup.pf s,prrow. The handle of Jonah's gourd. ' . The ear of the wrong sow, very much' pulle'd piece of the equinoxiai line. The kink in thetail of a whole'hog'. n Smart Weed. 'marf weed made into tea, is said to be a'gooil wmedy for cholic. "When cut1 and 'dried in full i'ootn. it ic o-M .. Uo in 'vn'pnt nWrAnlafiv uuhi ij isi cii v? . i. . . . w ; i 7 IQr bolts in horses, and an excellent, physic like lHli. Abtmi ouo Dound Der week should ho given. ' ' 4 b " The Green-Corn Cercmoiics of the Cherokees. Our main object in the present paper is to re cord a complete account of the ceremonies which were once practiced by the Cherokee Indians, in connexion with their principal agri cultuial pursuit of raising maise or Indian corn. For the gj.eat jnajoriiy of our facts we are in debted to Mr. 'Presion Skerriti, of Tennessee. While this is the case, ho.wever, we beg our reader to understand that we bhall speak of the tribe in question as it existed in the times of old, wheii its members were the sole proprie tors ol the southern Alleghanies. Let us, then, banish from our minds the unhappy relations hich brood over the Cher,okees at the pres eut time, and, by the aid of our fancy, mingle with the nation as it existed when in its pris tine, glory. .The snows of winter have melted from the mountain peaks, the rains arc over and gone, ihe fronts are out of the ground, and the voice ol the lunle is heaid in th land, The,, beau tiful valley to which we have journeyed is en tirely surrounded ;wnh mountains, "about five miled square, w auued by a-charming stream, and inhabited by two thousand aborigines, who are .divided nuo seven clans, and located in seveii villages. The ruling men of the tribe have signified to iheir people that ihe peiiod for plaining corn has arrived, and that they niusi gather themselves together for the pur pose of submiuutg to the. annual ceremonies of purification. For doing 1 his they have a dou ble oVject ; they would, in the first place, ex punge from their bodies every vestige of all the colds und diseases with whic(i they may have been afflicted during the past winter ; and, in th second place, hey would propitiate . the Great Spirit, so as to secure his blessing upon the crops which ihey are about to deposiie in the ground. The moon being now at its full, and a fining location having been selected, the chiefs and magicians congiegate together, and the preliminary measures are thus arranged. A magic circle must be made to keep out all evil spirits and enemies, and the medicine men then proceed to walk in single file, and with measured steps, completely around the spot which they would render sacred, -and which is generally half a mile in diameter, marking their route by plucking a single leaf from every tree or bush which they may happen to pass, all inese leaves being careluliy deposited in a pouch carried for ihe purrioe. In the mean time, the brotherhood of chiefs have not been unemployed, for -while the most, aged individ ual of all has been making a collection of roots, the remainder have built a rude dam, and there by formed a pond or pool of water on the creek w.hich invariably waters the sacred enclosure. The entire population of the valley are now summoned to the outskirts of the sacred enclo sure, and a general invitation extended to all to approach and join ihe chiefs and magicians in the rite they are about in perform ; it being understood, however, that no man, under pen alty af death, shall venture to participate who ha left a single wrong unrevenged or commit-ted-BTiy unmanly deed, and-no woman whg has given btnh to a child since ihe preceding full moon. In the centr.e of ihe sacred ground, and in the vicinity of the pool, a large fire is now made, around which i lie multitude ate con gregaied. The night is clear, and the mOon and stars are flooding the earth with light, An ear'hen not is now placed upon ihe fire, the toots gathered br ihe old chief, numbering sev en varieties, are placed therein, also the leaves plwtked by the magicians, when; the pot is fil led with water by seven virgins, who are prompted ;o ihis honor by the appointment of ibe)8euior chief. After the contents ot the pot havft been thoroughly boiled, and a most. bitter but xhediciual beverage been made, all the per sons present are called upon to take seven sips of the bitter liquid, and then directed to bathe no less ihan seven times in the neighboring ptiol, the waters of which have been rendered sacred by the incantations of the priests. All these things being done, the multjiude assem ble around the fire once more, and, to the mus ic of a strange wild singing, they dance until the break of day. and then disperse to their sev eral homes. The friendship of the Great Spirit has now been secured, and therefore, as op portunity offers, the Indians proceed to loosen heir ground, as best they may, and then plant iheir corn. This Lbor is performed chiefly by the women, and the planted fields are consid ered under iheir especial charge. Though planted in the greatest disorder, they keep their cornfields entirely free of weeds, and the soil immediately around the corn in a loose condi tion. A every lull moon, they are commonly apprehensive that some calamity may befall iheir crop, and, by way of keeping the Great Spirit on their side, the women have a custom ol disrobing themseUes, at the dead hour of night, and of walking entirely around the field of corn. And now that the sunshine and showers of summer are performing their ministry of good in bringing the corn to its wonted perfection, ii may be well to make me reader acquainted wilh the following facts : As the Indians pur ify themselves and perform all their.reiigious rite ooly whoa ike 5?n is !l ils fu,, 80 doj they refrain from plucking a single ear of corn until ihey have partaken of their annual har vest or green-corn feast. This feast occurs oh that night of the full moon nearest to lite peri od when the corn becomes ripe ; and; by n lime-honored law of the nation,- no man, wo man, or child is ever permitted, under penally of death, to pluck a single roastinge'ar. Sii rigidly enforced is this law,.ihat many Chero ke.es are known lo have lost their lives' for. dis obeying it, whije many families have suffered, i lie pangs of hunger for many days, even while their fields were filled with corn, merely be cause the harvest moon had not yet arrived, and ihey had not partaken of their annual feast.' If a full moon should occur only one week al ter the com has become suitable lo pluck, the Indians will not touch a single ear until the next inodn, even if it sbotild then be so hard"aV to require pounding -before being suiable for food. During the ripeningipenod, the .corn fields are watched wiilu most, jealous care, and tha first stock that throws out its. sijken plume is desianated bv a ditiiiitibhina matk. , In.i assigning reasons for this. peculiar care, jhe In dians allege that until the hanest feast, has ta- ..... ken place, the corn is exclusively ihe property of the Great Spirit, and that they are only it's appointed guardians ; and ihey also maintain thai, when the corn is plucked' hefore ihe ap- pointed moon lias arrived, me neio which nas thus been irespasseel upon, is sure to be pros trated by a storm, or be' afflicted by ihe roi; and' i e .i" 'I.! ...... -!'-. .. . i:.' wnereiore it is mat tney are aiwavs greaiiy alarmed when they discoverthnt a cornfield has been touched, as ihey ay, by ihe Evil one. But ihe harvest moon is now near at hand and the chiefs and medicine men have sum moned the people of the several villages to pre- r , I C . . I. pare tnemseiv.es tor tne autumna; lesuvai, Another spot, of ground is selected, and the same sanctifying ceremony is performed that was performed in the previous spring. I he most expert hunter in each village has been commissioned to obtain game, and while he is engaged in the hum, the people of his village are securing the blessing of the Great Spirit by drinking, with many mystic ceremonies, ihe liquid made from seven of the most bitter roots lo be found among the mountains. Of all the game which may be obtained by. the hunters, not a single animal is to be served up at the feast whose bones have been broken or mutila ted; nor shall a rejected animal be brought within ihe magic circle, but shall be given to thoseof the tribe who, by some misdeed have rendered themselves unworthy lo partake of the feast. The hunters are always compelled to return from the chase at the sunset hour, and long be fore they come jn sight of iheir village, they invariably give a .shrill whistle, as a signal of good luck, whereupon the villagers make ready to receive him with a, wild song of welcome and rejoicing. The pall ofnlgnt Has once more settled upon ihe earth, the moon is In its glory, the watch fire has been lighted wiiliin the magic circle, and the inhabitants of the: valley, are. agaip as sembled together in onegreat multitude From all the cornfields in the valley, the magicians have collected the marked ears.of corn, a.nd de posited ihem in the kettles with the various kinds of game which may have been slaugh tered, from the bear, ihe deer, and ihe turkey to the possum, the squirrel and ihe quail. The entire night is devoted to eating', and the feast comes not to an end until all the food has been dispatched, when, in answer to an -appropriate i r I 1 r . t 1 u : u signal irom tne medicine men, uie uuues which have been stripped of their flesh, are collected together and pounded lo a kind of powder, and scattered through the air. The seven days fol lowing this feast, are devoted to dancing and carousing, and at the termination of ihis period the inhabiiants of the valley retire to their var ious villages, and proceed to .gather in theii crops of the sweet maize Or Indian corn. Curiosities of the Earth. At the ciiy of Modeno, in Italy, and about four miles a round it, whenever it is dug, whenever the workmen arrive at the distance of sixty-three feet, ihey come to bed of chalk, which they bore with an auger five feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit, before the auger is re moved, and upon its extraction, "the water bursts up through the aperture with groat vio lence, and quickly fills this riew-rnade well, which continues full, and is affected neither by rains nor droughts. But that which is mot remarkable in this operation is ihe layers of earth as we descend. At the depth of fourteen fcjt are found the ruins of an ancient city, paved street, houses, floors, and different pie ces of mosaic. Under this is found, a soft oozy earih made up of vegetables, and at twenty-six feel deep,, large itrees emire, sjich,as walnut trec with the walnuts still sticking(.oii ihe stems, and their leaves, .and branches of trees. as before, and ihus alternately chalk and valuable, earths ;tp depth of the sixty-three feet. A Wretch. Considerable excitement lias been created among the Philadelphians, at the supposed murder of a woman by her husband, John Freerl ley, a German by strangulation.- The dniails nrp. nnt in n'h rer.ountmff. as the v fihbw'a degree depravity which are less likely to be: imitated, the less familiar they are made to tne nu one-mum. " , Chauge of Fortune. 'A PLAIN-STATEMENT OF FACTS. Some sixty-five or seventy years ago, a vessel from Boston arrived at one of tliewharves irTLon don. Amofig ihe'Tiarids on board, was one 'by the name of Tudor., a. steady, respectable, -arid well looking young man who acted, in the capacity of both cooper and sailor, Very, early one morning and before., any hand tharTudor had come upon deck, a young, beautiful andtolorably well dressed female came gripping down the-street to the ves sel, and inquired ,q" Tudor, for the Captain, r She was told ithatlhe had'not yet rose,? but she insisted upon seeing him vyithout delay,. and with Tudot's permission, proceeded to his berth, and arousing hirn addressed him with, " Good morning, Captain,il have called to see if you will marry me." " Marry you " replied the astonished captain, believing her to be of a .suspicious character, "leave my vessel instantly,' if you know what is for your interest." She next went to the mate's, berth and asked him if he would marry her, and, receiving, an answer similar to the captain's, she went upon deck, xvhere Tudor was engaged in some busines3'and put the same question to him. With all my heart," answered Tudor, in a half serious and " half jocular manner. " Then"," sahLshe, " come along with me." Tudor sleft his work and followed her, with mo lives-'which he afterwards declared he could never satisfactorily account for even to himself. By the-time' they had reached the principal streets of the city many of ihe shops had been opened. The lady entered a barber's, followed' by' Tudor, beckoned him to-beseated,-and ordered the knight of the raior to take off his beard and hair, both of which operations he unquestionably greatly stood in need of.' She footed the bill, and they left the shop, but soon entered a hat store. She request ed thai the best lot of beavers' in the store might be placed upon the counter, and then told Tudor to select such a one as suited him. He "soon did this, the price waVpafd by the'Jady ! Tudor threw aVide'lus old Tarpaulin, and left the store with his companion, in a beaver that would not have dis graced his, Majesty the King himself. .. The nextj visit was to the shoe store, where Tiidbr was riot long in selecting a pair of boots, nor the lady in paying for them. Tudor by this lime was puzzled to .divine the object the lady had in view, and it must be ac knowledged he was apprehensive all was not right. But fully avyare that he had committed ho crime to make him dread the face of any mortal, wishing to see-the end of the farce which he con sidered then, fairly commenced, he was determined to press forwardj prepared for the worst, trusting every thing to his guide and companion. He so licited from the lady an explanation of her de signs, but she told hmV to be silent and ask no questions,, and, immediately led the way into a clothing store, wilh Tudor at her side. Here" Tu dor was told to select the best suit of clothes in the store that fitted hirri, with corresponding ar ticles of clothing; and the sailor in his doublet, tar-bedaubed pantaloons arid checquered shirt, was in a few minutes metamorphosed into as fine a gentleman, as" far as appearance was concerned, as had walked the streets of that great metropolis for many a day? The bill at this place, as well as at the others, was paid' by the lady. 1 Tudor's amazement was" now complete. He neither knew what to say or think. '. Who the lady was, what her intentions were, he could not even surmise. He again asked for an explanation fn sisted upon one ; but the only answer he received W?s. Follow me and be not alarmed all will be explained hereafter to your entire satisfaction." One thing Tudor was obliged to acknowledge the lady, thus far, had done by him as well as he could, have wished ; he therefore resolved to ask no more questions, and to comply with all her requests and, demands. Presently she conducted him into a magistrate's office, and politely request-: ed thejninister of the law to unite her and com panion in the bands of matrimony. This was something of a damper to Tudor, but nevertheless he silently yielded, the ceremony was soon com menced, and in a few seconds the couple were pronounced man and loie Without uttering a word, or even exchanging a kiss Tudor and his wife now left the magistrate, but not however, until she had given him a guinea for his services. " 1 he couple passed through the streets in silenceTudbf hardly knowing what he was doing, or what he had done, certainly ig norant of where he was going or what awaited him ; and the thoughts that occupied his wife's mind, the reader will soon be able to judge for himselY. Turning the corner of the street, Tudor beheld a few rods distant from him, a splendid dwelling, towards which the wife seemed to direct her steps as well as his .own,- and into the front door of which they soon entered.. The room5 into which Tudor was usheied by his wife, was fur nished in a style of the' greatest magnificence. She sat him Tn a chair, telling him to make Him self coplented for a minute or two, a4nd "'then passed' into another fo'om. ' 1 J' The first one here to address her, was her 'un- cle who, on seeing her enter the room, jumped" in astonishment from his chairt and calling' her'rjy name, demanded how she had escaped from' her room, and where Ihe had been. Her only" an swer was, "You 'fiend in liumari shape, 1 allow you jusf one hour to remove your effects from this bou'sS. The actual possession of my property you lonff deprived me of arid vainly thought you had made arrangements by which you 'could have deprived .me -of ft through life ! but 1 ha've frustrated ' you, in your wicked designs I am now mistress of m'yownrhouse, for I was this moment married;" and my husband is now in the front room." ' 4 I must now leave the newly married couple for a short time, for the purpose of reverting to the1 previous history of M rs. Tudor. She was the only child of a wealthy gentleman, whom I shall des ignate as Mr.. A., not . recollecting his actual name and for the same reason, I shall give his daughter the; name of Eliza. He had spared neither time nor expense in the education of his daug'rter, she being the only object of his care and regard, hit wife having died when she was quite young, and" before his death, which took, place when she: was:. 14 or 15 years of age, he liad the satisfaction! -of witnessing her one of the most accomplished .and.' beautiful young ladies of London. ; ". A short time previous to his death, an arrange ment was entered into between Mr. A. and" a broth-7 er of his, by which his brother was lo have pos session of his dwelling house, his servants, horses, carnages, and such other, property ,as had not been deposited ih banks for , the benefit of his daughrer,' . . i a f i : . 'u' ' . t ' r I iu me iiuic ui uc i marriage, wueu urn jubsessiuu of them was. to be given up to her husband... It. was the condition of the agreement that in the case Eliza died without marrying, the property was. to go to her uncle Snd his family Immediately after the death of Mr. A., his broth er removed into his dwelling ;xEliza boarded in his family tt and everything went on Tery agreea bly for some months, when Eliza discovered in her uncle and his family, the manifestations that she--should never friarfy rlhe reason for which) from what has already been said," must be obviou' to every reader. Unluckily for Eliza, she did not discover the diabolical plot in season to frustrate it in its bud. It was nothing less than this : to shut her up in one of the centre rooms in the third story of the house ; to prevent her leaving it by keeping the doors and windows thoroughly bolted and refuse her associates, by telling ihem, . wheri ihey called, that she was efiher at school or w'as at some of the shops oh business," or had taken a; ride in the country for her health, and to see sUme of her relations, of by telling them something else equally destitute of truth. Eliza generally received lief meals through a small door, in ihe evening, from ihe hands of her unfeeling aunt," to whom her cries for liberation from the lonely and dismal prfson house, were no more effectual than they would have been hadj they been directed to the idle winds'. Three years was the unfortunate girl thus sR'ut out from all cornmuhication with the world, when one morning her scanty breakfast was carne!d' to her by an old female servant of her father, clliza once more discovering the face of her oI( friend and servant, Juan, burst into tears, and attempted several times to speak,' but wasi Unable to. Ju;if well understood the meaning of these incoherent sobbfhgs:, and said,' herself utiable to speaff ffmn emotion, " Hush, hush, Eliza, mistress, speak not ; 1 understand all. Your ty rant aunt" was- ta ken suddenly ill last night, and the doctor says it is' doubtful whether she long survives. I willTsee vou again at noon and at evening. Some of your, old servant's have long' been planning means for' your escape, and are now in hopes of effecting it-" and without waiting for Eliza's thanks and blesC sings, tripped' down stairs. Eliza althbugh unable for some time lo' partake of hr simple repast, did so at last with a : better relish than she had ever khdwabe'fdre. Her old servants were still about the, Iiouse anil' were bent upon her rescue! Most welcome, soul-inspiring intelligence.! "What!" sk'id' she' to" herself, is it possible . that I am to be delivered fiom this vii.e place of conrinement Is it possible that there lives one who seeks my lfberaiion and happiness I Is jt possible "that all connected with the establishment my own establishment do not possess hearts of adamant! God speed thee, Juant andjtthy, asso,. ciates, in tfiy work of love aml.mercy". It is unnecessary to detail all the minutia of the 8chemefor Eliza's escape, and ihe several inter, views, held between her and Juan for the ihree days she supplied Jiliza with her meals. Suffice it to say, that on the 'evening of the fourth day afTer the above interview, Eliza: 'was furnished wiuVan instrument to unbar her window, and was promised
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