4 i tat- The whole art op Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. VOL 9. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA,, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1849. No. 43. 313 v 'Mr. sm i i iih HIMT published by Theodore- Schocls. TERMS Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars .nd a quarter, half yearlyand if not paid before the endof the vear, Two dollars and a half. Those who receive their naners by a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie tor will be charged 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra. No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except ...he option of the Editor. . iT-7'Adrertisemcnts not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) u'lilbo inserted three weeks for one dollar, and twenty-five rwits for ercrv subsequent insertion. The charge for one and three insertions the same. A liberal discount made to yearly a nyAUleiters addressed to the Editor must be post-paid. JOB PRINTING. Haringageneral assortmcntof large, elegant, plain andorna- description of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER E5LAIVKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch ,on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jeffersonian Republican. To (tie Friends of Peace in America. Dear Friends, We have just relumed, after three weeks' sojourn in Paris, whither we were deputed lo go by the London Committee, in order to make the needful preliminary inquiries and pre parations for the Peace Congress, intended to be held in that city in the month of August. We were met there by an earnest and zealous fellow laborer, M. Visschers, President of the last Con gress at Brussels, who came as the representative of the Belgian Committee, and who rendered us the most valuable aid in our mission, as did your estimable countryman Mr. George Summer. We were welcomed on our arrival with the most earn est cordiality by M. Bouveti who procured for us an immediate introduction to M. Lamertine. We felt, from the first moment, when it was proposed to hold the Congress at Paris, that in no way could our object be so effectually subserved, as by en listing the sympathies and gaining the countenance ant co-operation of this illustrious roan, always known as an ardent friend of Peace, and lately raised to an elevation so conspicuous and honora ble in the presence of all Europe. M, de Lamer tine received us with great kindness and courtesy, and when our project was explained to him, as sured us, in the roost emphatic language, of his deep interest in our cause, and of his willingness to aid us to the utmost of his power in accomplish ing our object, and authorized us to inform our friends in England and America that he was pre pared to co-operate with other gentlemen in Paris T making suitable preparations for the Congress, and in giving a warm welcome to those delegates from various countries who would visit France on that occasion ; adding that if it were deemed desirable, he would go in person to Havre, to re ceive the Americen deputation on their arrival, and to conduct them to Paris. Having thus succeeded in securing the sympa thy and sanction of this great man 16 our enterprize, we then sought access to many celebrated men, . members of the National Assembly, eminent wri ters and philanthropists, known to be favorable to our principles, by all of whom the proposal was re ceived with great interest & encouragement. And we have now the satisfaction to announce thai fhe following gentlemen have distinctly given their ad sion to the movement, and signified their willing ness h unite in a Committee of organization to prepare for the Congress, in conjunction with M. Lamartine: M. Horace Say, Councillor of State ; F. Bastiat, M. Wolowski, M. F. Bouvet, members of the National Assembly ; Emfle de Girardin, Editor of "La Presse M. Duveyzier, Editor of " Xe Credit-" M Guillaumin, editor of " Le Journal des Economistes M. Joseph Gar ner, editor of" L'Annuaire de V Economic Politi que Marquis de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, President of " La Sociele de la Morale Chretien Viscoute de Melun, a distinguished philan jlliropist Chevalier, and M. Renzi. Sucii are ihC' men' ear rIens' wno are Pre" parta lo welcome us t0 lhe soil of France and t0 unite in the advocacy .of our &reat Pnples. The question which now ar;,OU80r Ieiurns t0 us ,s Will the friends of Peace on bolides of the At lantic worthily sustain the AssMr that is to bo convened and constituted under "ch illustrious Auspices ? Shall we have a delegation of earnest men, powerful in character and number sucn as lhe greatness of the occasion will demand", and of U'hSnti C- : :.: .u- Unna mahtiSrud tO w: 1,1 '" ic" .w. , wauuaie ior me purpose, we uae .jusucu oa pectation For England we can answer with confidence. Many .hundreds of ljer wises and tast, headed by such men as Richard. C.o.bden, William Ewart, Charles Hindfy, Joseph, &mrge, are prepared to testify to their French neighbors depth and sincerity of their convictions on the luestion of eace, by gathering around the fm6st Eminent of their fellow' citizens on that memorable occasion. And will America prove Unequal to the demand made on her'enterprisc and humanity believe not. Ify'facM'n coiindclion witl? the coming Congress excited so deep and general an interest in France, as the assurance we ventured to give, that many of the friends of Peace from the United States might be expected to visit the French Capital, and bear part in the deliberations of bur Congress. Now, just in proportion to the feelings of kindly interest and pleasure which this an nouncement has inspired in France, will be the severity of their disappointment, and our mortifi cation, should our promise on your behalf fail. Have we presumed too much, dear friends, on the energy of American character, on the spirit and ferver of American philanthropy, on the zeal and devotion of American Christianity, in giv ing such an assurance ? Standing foremost, as you do among the nations of the world, for hardy activity, for bold and adventurous enterprize, shall it be said that the cause of universal peace and humanity is too feeble to inspire the national ge nius 1 But we will appeal to higher motives than national pride. We call up beore your mind the image of bleeding humanity, of fettered civiliza tion, of outraged and insulted Christianity, stand ing on the shores of Europe in supplicating atti tude, and with appealing voice entreating you to come over. We beseech you, dear friends, to hear and obey this appeal, by sending forth a good ly company of your most eminent citizens, who by their wisdom and eloquence shall worthily sus tain tho reputation of your country in this great assembly, which promises to be more than any other of modern times, a full representation of the progressive intelligence, philanthropy, and moral power of the civilized world. We are, dear friends, yours, truly, HENRY RICHARD ELIHU BURRIT, Secretaries of the London Peace Crongress Committee. Popular Co-Operation is Necessary to Success of Schools. Every intelligent and practical friend of educa tion, must have perceived the great importance of an active popular co-operation with every plan undertaken for its improvement. Happy, is the community which has a good teacher, a well pro vided and well conducted school, but doubly hap py one which has, at the same time, a spirit of co operation among the people, and family habits of such a nature as to favor the plans of the instruc tor, and to aid in their accomplishment. Many parents there are, who go so far as to see that their children learn the lessons assigned for them to study at home, but who seem to content themselves with this, when they should go farther. How small a proportion, even of thi3 class, have established such an intellectual system in their family arrangements, that the child may be said to be ever at school ? There are families in which this desirable state of things exist, in a- consider able degree ; and with some care and labor, it might be enjoyed in many others. Such things greatly depend on habit. The-conversation at table and at the fireside is of greater importance than many imagine. : so are the books and newspapers read and thrown among the young. The father at his work bench or be hind the counter, while hoeing his corn, or pursu ing any other of our social forms of useful labor, may be?" communicating to his sons and other com panions, lessons on an endless variety of useful topics;- while the mother may ordinarily find' still more frequent opportune occasions to pursue a similar course with her daughters.- Domestic education is of such extreme impor tance, that it can hardly be too carefully attended to. Let us consider for a moment the amount of time Jo be disposed of by a child or youth in the intervals of school hours, and compare it with that occupied in school. We may set the latter at thir ty hours a week during eleven' months in a year, as the highest rate ; that is, 1,560 hours, or the amount of 65 days and nights. Where the school is kept eight months, the child spends, at the ut most, 990 hours in school, or 41 days and nights. Now if the child had but 12 waking hours in the day, and should never be detained from school a single day in eleven months, he would have more j time out of it than in it. But, taking things as they are, we may safely set down the time spent in school, at not more than one third or one quar ter of that spent out of it. If then the parents can do anything effectively in favor of the education of their children while in their company, they can ,have a great deaI of lme t0 do iL A nd here we may stop a moment to advert to the dai?Rer we arealways in, of feeling as if there was a kitnl f magic in a school to render it necessari ly pnore favorable to improvement than any other place. Alas, how far is this from tho fact ! In a great riiany instances, the child is there exposed to physical trials-and moral difficulties most un favorable to the moral improvement: We should bear in mind, therefore, that while we have our children around us we commonly have them in a purer atmosphere, more comfortable positions, and iri a state of greater freedom to listen to instruc tions, and to ask for explanations than the vast majority of children customarily enjoy in their schools. If, therefore, we have the sagacity to select appropriate subjects, and to propose them in the best manner, what an important institution for their education do we preside over while we sit at our own fireside and tables, and pursue many of the daily employments of life ! The House Hit a Biff Chimney. About a year ago the proceedings of the Wash ington Monument Society , at Washington, received a sudden impetus. Among other measures adopt ed to procure sufficient funds for the completion of the edifice, was that of appointing an agent in each Congressional district throughout the United States, who were furnished with lithographs of the future monument, which were presented to each gentleman as chose. to subscribe. One of these gentlemen called one day at the house of a very wealthy farmer in the upper end of Dauphin coun ty, Pa. The whole family were soon assembled to look at the beautiful pictures. In the mean time the agent exerted all his eloquence to induce the steady old German to " plank his tin." He portrayed the services of Washington to his coun try ; he dwelt in glowing terms upon the gratitude we should feel for him. Suddenly the farmer broke silence : u What is all dis for?" The agent began again. " You know who Washington was!" " Yes, he was the first President ; he licked the British didn't he 1" " 3Tes, that's the man ; and this monument is to be erected as a fitting testimonial of the eternal gratitude of his countrymen, &c." The anticipated subscriber studied the plate attentively. " Well," said he, " I won't pay anything tow ard it; I don't see no use to build a house mit sich big chimney." The agent immediately dispersed.' Rhubarb Plant. The fourteenth number of Braithwaite's .Re trospect for Practical Medicine and Surgery, contains an anicie on mis suoject wnicn is cal culated to alarm those who indulge in the pies and tarts made of this palatable plant. It seems that it furnishes the material of one of the most painful and dangerous diseases to which the human system is subject. The substance of the article is briefly this. The young stalks of rhubarb contain oxalic acid, and hard water contains lime ; and con sequently those who eat articles of food made of the plant, and drink such water, are intro ducing into their systems the constituent ingre dients of the mulberry calculus which is an oxalate of lime and if they are dispoptic, and unable to digest the acid, " are very likely in deed to incur the pain and the exceeding peril of a venal concretion ot that kind.' lhe oxa late was found in three out of four after eaiing the rhubarb. This, it must be admitted, is rather. start ling. The mulperry calculus is the most pain ful form of the concretion of the kidneys and bladder. The rhubarb plant has come into extensive use, and is generally considered s very wholesome article of diet. If the danger in using it is as great as is represented m the Retrospect, it should be universally known. Indeed there would seem to be reason to infer that the danger is not confined to those who use limestone water, for the acid will probably combine with other bases as well as with lime. The presence of oxalic acid- in the plant, per ceptible to the tasie, would lead one to con clude a priori, that the ascribed effect would result from' its use, whenever it is not decom posed by the stomach, which seems to be the case in- the greater proportion of instances ; and the experiments hate little room to' doubt its agency in the productions of oxalate gravel in the urine. The Solar System. During a recent lecture before the Whitting ton Club of London, delivered by the learned anof eminent Professor Nichol, of Glasgow Uni versity, he used the following extraordinary language relative to the destruction of tho solar system :' " The planets are retained in their orbits be cause two opposite forces exactly balance each other. But modern astronomy has proved that there is a power at work destroying their bal ance. From observations made on the retar ded return of Eucke's comet, and its gradual approximation to the sun, we learn the exis tence of a fluid, an ether, which, however sub tile, tends lo diminish the centrifugal force, and add to the attraction of the sun. However slowly it may approach, we may yet contem plate the day when this present system shall pass away ; not, however, into a vast ruin, but in its own beautiful and majestic o?der, j'ual like a flower which, having adorned the earth, lets drop its leaves when its work is done, and falls back upon Us rnoihers bosom. How Sam Brown came to be called the JDoctor BY NED. A good nalufed, generous-hearted fellow was Sam Brown, a great favorite with the girls, and ganeraily liked by bis acquaintances ; diffident and bashful in his manner; he moreover, had a way of getting into any quantity of scrapes, and commuting innumerable blunders. The facility with Which he involved himself in a difficulty, was only equalled by the awkward ness with which he extricated himself. Sam is not a professional man far from it ; yet ho is ivell known as "the doctor. The manner in which be attained that honorable prefix to to his name, is a matter well worth relation. Some time ago, Sam was elected a consta ble of a township, somewhere in Missouri, and it appeared that his evil genius followed him wherever he went. He never did any thing right but by mistake, and then, in attempting to rectity ine misiaKe, ne always got wrong again. Sitting, one afternoon, in his little ten by twelve office, intently engaged in speculating upon tho probable rum and eventful destruction of the country provided Gen. Taylor was elected, (Sam was a democrat) he was startled by the abrupt entrance of Mr. Dentinue, one of the three lawyers who enjoyed the extensive and lucrative practice of the village of M. " Got a writ for you, Sam," said Mr. D. in a very business like and therefore unusual tone and manner, " must be served right off, not a moment to be lost. It's on Will Smith, and he, you know, has gone east, so you will have to leave a copy with his wife ; don't make any mistake Sam. With these remarks, the pro fessional gentleman bustled out of the office, and hurried along the street as if he had two or three judges and any quantity of clients waiting on his movements. In a few moments Sam issued from his den and after a short walk, arrived at the door of Mr. William Smith's dwelling. In answer to his official knock, a remarkably red-headed young lady, with one eye that looked up the Street, and the other that looked down, asked him to walk in. " Is Mrs. Smith at home 1" asked Sam, as he sat down on the edge of a chair. " Certain, sir, I'll tell her you've come," and away went this specimen, of" lovely woma'ft." " Tell her I've come," mentally ejaculated Sa'm j " I wonder how she found out who 1 am. She's another Venus di Medici, She's seen me before, certain, but I never saw her, and what's more " What the more was remains a mystery, for the door opened, and Sam was asked to "walk up sfarrs." " But can't Mrs. Smith come down !" asked Sam, " 1 only want to see her a minute." ' Come down' said the Ynus, in aston ishment, " why Missis couldn't think of it." " Well,, your Missis is confounded stiff, I'm thinking," muttered Sam, as he arose from his seat and followed the servant up Starrs. " This way, sir," said the servant, as Sam stopped at a door at the head of the stairs u that's the simn room, sleeping chamber." sir : this is' Missis' " The d 1 it is " muttered Sam. " I won der if I'd better go in I'll bet I'll git in a cfape as usual." No time was left for deliberation, for the door was" already opened, and in a moment he was in the room, arid the door quickly closed. The chamber was quite dark, the blinds be ing closed and the curtains drawn. " Mrs. Smith is not here," he said, as he strove to distinguish objects in the partial ob scurity. " Oh,-yes ! she's in bed, you know." Sam didn't know any thing about it. She ain't sick, is she he asked. " Oh yes ! You don't think," asked the girl in a half hesitating, half confidential tone, u as how there's much danger, Doctor, do you 1 Missis thinks n 'taint twins this time !" Had a thunder bolt fallen at his feet, Sam could not have been- more astonished, as the light suddenly broke upoirhim. " Some confounded mistake I ain't a doc tor .'" he stammered as he retreated backwards. Stumbling over a chair he finally gained the door and rushed down stairs, overturning in his course a worthy deciple of Galen, who had just arrived. " Hello ! why whara the matter, Sam V cried the man of physic, as he gathered him self slowly up, at the foot of the stairs. " I'll be hanged if I know,7' was the reply, "how should I I ain't a doctor !" The girls look slyly at each other, and smile j demurely, whenever bam s name is mentioned with' the title of doctor prefixed. St. Xcuif ,ne same agQ- But lhe older one, by some - .it i.. .... Reveille. A Nice Husband. Ah ! John, you won't have me much longer. I shall never leave this bed alive." 11 Please theeself, Betty, and thee'H please me, returned John, wiih great equanimity. " I have been a good wife to you, John," persisted the dying woman. " Middhn,' Betty, middlin'," responded the matter-of-fact husband. Death of Colonel Henry Clay. But most sad, and yet most glorious o'f ail, it was to see the death of the second Henry Clay ! You should have seen him, with hi a back against yonder rock, his sword grasped firmly, as the consciousness that he bore a name that must not die in-gloriously, seemed lo fill his every vein and dart a deadly fire frorii liia eyes ! At that moment he looked like lhe old Man. For his brow, high and retreating, with the blood-clotted hair waving back from its outline, was swollen in every vein as though his &uul shone from it, ere she fled forever. L'ips aet, brows knit, hand firm a circle of his men fighting round him he dashed into the Mexi cans, until, his sword was wet, his arm weary with blood. At last, with his thigh splinted by a ball, ha gathered his proud form to its full hcihi and fell. His face ashy with mteiise agony, he bade his comrads to leave him there to die. That ravine, should be the bed of his glory. But gathering round him, a guard of breasts and steel while two of their number bore him tenderly along those rifen of Kentucky fought round their fallen hero, and as, retreating step by step, they launched their swords and bayo nets into the faeu9 of the foe, they ariid with every blow Henry Clay !" It was wonderful to see how that name nerved their arms, and called a smile to the face of the dying hero. How it would have made the heart of the old man of Ashland throb, to have heard his name, yelling as a battle cry, down the shadows 6'f that lonely pass 1 Along the ravine, and up the narrow path ! The herb bleeds as they bear him on, and tracks the way with his blood. Fas' tor and thicker the Mexicans swarm they see the circle a round the fallen man, even see his pale face, uplifted as a smile crosses its fading lineaments, and like a pack. of wolves scenting the frozen traveller at dead of night; they come howling up the rocks,- and charge the devoted band with one dense mass of bayonets. Up and on The light shines yonder, on (he topmost rock of the ravine. It is the set ting sun. bid Taylor's eye is upon that rock, and there we will fight our way, and die iu the old man's sight I It was a murderous' way, that path up the steep, bank of the ravine ! Littered with dead slippery with blood, it grew blacker every mo ment with swarming Mexicans, and the defen ders of the wounded hero fell one by one, into the chams yawning all around. At last they reach the light, the swords and bayonets glitter in'sight of the contending ar mies, and the bloody contest roars towards the topmost rock Then it was, that gathering up his dying frame armed with supernatural vigor young Clay started from the arms of bis supporters, and stood with outstreched hands, in the light of the setting sun. It was a glorious sight which he saw there, srnrd the rolling battle clouds ; Santa Anna's formidable array hurled back in to the ravine and george by Taylor's little band ! But a more glorious thing it was to sea that dying man, standing for the last time, in the light of that srrri, which never shall rise for him again I Leave me !" he shrieked as he fell back off the-sod " I must die, and I will die here ! Peril your lives no longer for me ! Go ! There is work for you yonder !" The Mexicans crowding on, hungry for slaughter, left no lime for thought. Even as he spoke, their bayonets, glistening by hun dreds, were leveled at the throats of the devo ted band. By the mere force of their over whelming numbers, they crushed them back from the side of the dying Clay. One only lingered a brave man who bail known the chivalric soldier, and loved h;,rn long ; be stood there, and, "covered a? he wa3 with blood, beared these last words ; " Tell mti father how I died, and give him these pistols ,'" juilting his ashy face into light, he turned his eye upon his comrade's face placed the pistols in his hand fell, back to his death. That comrade, with the pistols in his grasp fought his way alone to the topmost rock of the path, and only once looked back. He saw a quivering form, canopied by bayonets he saw those outstreched hands grapling with points of steel he saw a pale face lifted Dnce in the light, and then darkness rushed upon the lif of the young Henry CLav, To, oUchinq Expression. A certain ladv ad. Iwo children, girls, both young and nearly whim or accident posssessed all tho mother' affections ; there was none for the younger, nothing but harshness. Very lately the moth er fell sick, and was. confined to her bed. While lying there the heard gentle steps ap proaching it. 11 Is that you my child ?" said the sick woman. " No, mamma," naively and soAly said.iha resigned one, "it is only me." " Most parents and all mothers will understand this simple answtr,
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