I . dm H 11 ': ' j ' r T- , s5r w nB fli ! ii II II ii ii II i n a m m m m m m m mm m m m m mm - 11 iP ft 1 A li'l ft I., LJI i I. L P 1.1. L . 1 I II', i - ;v,M The whole art of Government consists in the art op being honest. Jefferson. VOL. 10, Published, by Theodore Schoch. TERMSTvyp dollars per annum in advance Tw o dollars and a quarter, J;alfyearlyand if not paid before the end of tne year, Two dollars ind a' hair. Those who receive their papers 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 atthe option of the Editor.. IE7 Advertisements not exceeding one square (sixteen linefe) will be inserted three weeks for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for every subsequent insertion. The charge for oncahd three insertions the same. A. liboral discount made to yearly advertisets. IC?AU letters addressed to the Editor must be post-paid. job printing. Having a general assortment of large, elegant, plain and orna menial Type, we arc prepared to execute every description of Cards, Circulars, Bill 15 e das, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with nearness and despatch, on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jeffersoiiian Republican. The Mo ruins Yisit. BY 0. "W. HOLMES. A sick man's chamber, though it often boast The gratefal presence of a literal toast, Can hardly claim amidst its various wealth Tho right, unchallenged, to propose a health ; Yet though its tenant is denied the feast, Friendship must launch his sentiment at least, As prisoned damsels, locked from lovers' lips, Toss them a kiss from off their fingers' tips. The Morning Visit not till sickness falls In the charmed circle of your own safe walls ; Till fever's throb, and pain's relentless rack, Stretch you, all helpless, on your aching back ; Not till you play the patient in your turn, The morning visit's mystery shall you learn. 'Tis a small matter in your neighbor's case, To charge your fee for showing him your face ; You skip up stairs, inquire, inspect and touch, Prescribe, take leave, and off to twenty such. But when, at length, by fate's transferred degree, The visiter becomes the visiiee, O then, inded, it pulls another string, Your ox is gored, and that's a different thing ! Your friend is sick ; phlegmatic as a Turk. You write your recipe and let it work ; Ivot yours to stand the shiver and the frown, And sometimes worse, with which your draught goes down ; Calm as a clock -your knowing hand directs, Rhei, Jalape, ana grana sex, Or traces on some tender missive's back SCRUPDLOS DUOS PULTERIS IPECAC ; And leaves your patient to bis qualms and gripes, Cool as a sportsman banging at his snipes. But change the time, the person, and the place, And be yourself the " interesting case," You'll gain some knowledge which it's well to learn, In future practice it may serve your turn. Leeches, for instance, pleasing creatures quite, Try them, and, bless you, don't you find they bite ? You raise a blister for the smallest cause, But be yourself the great sublime it draws, And trust my statement, you will not deny, The worst of draughtsmen is your Spanish Fly ! It's mighty easy, ordering when you please, Infusia Seence, capiat uncias tres ; It's mighty different when you quackle down Your own three ounces of the liquid brown. PiLULA, pulvis pleasant words enough, When other jaws receive the shocking stuff; But oh, what flattery can disguise the groan That meets the gulp which sends it through your own ! Be gentle, then, though Art's unsparing rules Give you the handling of her sharpest tools ; Use them not rashly sickness is enough Be always " ready," but be never " rough." Of all the ills that suffering man endures, The largest fraction liberal Nature cures ; Of those remaining, 'tis the smallest part Yields to the efforts of judicious Art ; But simple kindness kneeling by the bed, To shift the pillow for the sick man's head, Give the fresh draught to .cool the lips that-burn, Fan the hot brow, the weary frame to turn ; KiNDNESsuntutored by our grave M. D.'s, But nature's graduate,-whom she schools to please, Wins back more sufferers with her voice and smile, Than all the trumpery in the druggist's pile. Once more, be siuiETcoming up the stair, Don't be a plantigrade, a human bear, But stealing softly on the silant toe, Reach the sick chamber ere you're heard below. Whatever xhanges there may greet your eyes, Let not your looks proclaim the Ipast surprise ; It's not your -business by your face to show All that your patient does not wish to know ; Jtfay,;Hse your optics with considerate care, And don't abuse your privilege to stare. But ifyour eyes may probe1 him overmuch, Beware still further how you rudely touch ; Don't clutch his corpus in your icy fi,stj But warm your fingers ere you take the w.rist ; If the poor victim needs must be percussed, Don'tPmake an anvil of his aching bust ; (Doctors exjst within a hundred miles, Whoiihutap a tbpra as they'd hammer piles.) If you must listen to his doubtful chest, Catch the essentials and ignore the rest Spare him ; the sufferer wants of you and art . A track to -.steer , by, not .a .finished chart; So .of your .questions don't immercy try e To pump'lyour patient absolutely dry f BTROPDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, L850. And last, not least, in each perplexing case, Learn the sweet magic of a cheerful face ; Not always smiling, but at least serene, When grief and anguish cloud the anxious scene. Each look, each movement, every word and tone. fciiouid tell your patient you are all his own ; Not the mere artist, purchased to attend, But the warm, ready, self-forgetting friend, Whose genial visit in itself combines The best of cordials, tonics, anodynes. Such is the Visit, that from day to day Sheds o'er my chamber its benignant ray. 1 give his health, who never cared to claim. Her babbling homage from the tongue of Fame ! Unmoved by praise, he stands by all confest, The truest, noblest, wisest, kindest, best ! Boston, May 30, 1849. The way to get on in tnc World. To Young Men. A Working Man has lately published his own biography one of the most in teresting volumes that has appeared in the course of the present century. Would that it were in the hands of every one ! It would do you more real good than three-fourths of what is taught in Ox ford in the course of seven years. The working Man is one of the most able and eloquent writers of his time. What a lesson his life presents to young men ! You may have his secret of success for a thing of naught. It follows : " It may to some appear like vanity in me to write what I now do, but I should not eive mv life truly if I omitted it. When filling a cart of manure at the farm dunghill, I never stopped work because my side of the cart might be heaped up oeiore tne otner side, at which was another man ; I pushed over what I had heaped up to help him, as doubtless he did to help me, when 1 was last and he was first. When I have filled my column or columns of a newspaper, or sheet of a maga zine, with'the literature of which I was to be paid, 1 have never stopped if the subject required more elucidation, or the paper or magazine more matter, because there was no contract for more payment, or no likelihood of their being more. When I have lived in a barrack-room, I have stopped my own work, and have taken a baby from a soldier's wife when she had to work, and nursed it, oi have gone for water for her, or have cleaned another man's accoutrements, though it was no part of my duty to do so. When 1 have been engaged in po litical literature, and traveling for a newspaper, 1 have not hesitated to travel many miles out of my road to ascertain a local fact, or to pursue a sub ject to its minutest particulars, if it appeared that the public were unacquainted with the facts of the subject; and this at times when I had work to do which was more pleasant and profitable. When I have needed employment, I have accepted it at whatever wages 1 could obtain at plow, in farm drain, in stone quarry, at breaking stones for roads, at wood-cutting, in a saw-pit, as a civilian, or as a soldier. 1 have, in London, cleaned out a sta ble, and groomed a cabman's horse for a sixpence, and then been thankful to the cabman for the six pence. 1 have subsequently tried literature, and have done as much writing for ten shillings as I have readily obtained been sought after and of fered ten guineas for. But had I not been con tent to begin at the beginning, and accepted shil lings, I would not have risen to guineas. I have lost nothing by working. Whether at laboring or literary work, with a spade or with a pen, I have been my own helper. Are you prepared to imitate 1 Humi lity is al ways the attendant of sense folly alone is proud! In a poor young man, whatever his better quali ties, pride will generally prove the grand preser vative of his poverty. Mark that ! That prince of preachers, George Whitefield, addressing the youth of his Tabernacle congregation, was wont to say, " Beware of being Golden Apprentices, Silver Journeymen, and Copper Masters .'" O ! it is sickening to see a lad wasting the means at his disposal, on canes, snuff boxes, scent bot tles, and other trifles, which ought to be devoutly consecrated to the acquisition of knowledge, and the improvement of his understanding. The only cure for pride is sense ; and the only path to pro motion is condescension. What multitudes have been ruined in their prospects by the pride of their hearts 1 On the contrary, what numbers an imated by a spirit compounded of humility and benevolence, in shops, manufactories, ships, and camps, from being the servants of all, have be come the masters of all ! Away then, young men, and avay forever, with selfish foppery, with empty pride, idle habits, and expensive associations. "Stoop and conquer!" Sink in spirit, and rise to opulence !" " Be faith ful over a few things, and be made rdler over many." (.London) Christian's Penny Magazine, v A Touching Incident. The New York Tribune records the following beautiful incident connected with the attentions to the Hungarian refugees . " On Monday morning, three Germans, evident ly workingmen, went to the Astor House and asked to see the Hungarians. They were imme diately introduced, and remained some time in conversation with Gov. Ujhazy and family. Fi nally two of them withdrew and left the third, who. continued to talk, but seemed to have something to say which he could not get out. At last, ad dressing Mile. Clara, the daughter of Mr. Ujhazy, he said that as exiles who were remote from coun try and friends and whose property had been con- fispated in consequence of their devotion to free dom and people's rights, they must be in an em barrassed condition. Then drawing from his pock et.a bank note he said " Fraulein, this is but lit tle, for I am a poor man and have only what I earn, but I couJd not refrain from giving the Jribute of my mite to you. Receive this, I beg you, as the heart-offering of a workman to the defenders of iberty." , , Mile. Ujhazy, who had not expected anything .of jliis kind, and was rather embarrassed, replied in a tone of emotion, that she was deeply grateful (or such kindness, but that they were not in a con dition to ask it, when her father said Take it, my daughter, and feel thyself and us all more honored than if a monarch had bestowed millions upon thee !" at the same time vyarrnly pressing the jiajid jO.Cthe .noble -laborer, , avnJ ' assuring hi m - thai.; lhayv could, ney.er ;jbrget him. f SSe- leave oi3;,rear . ers o imagine the scene." Stricture of the (Esophagus. One of the most extraordinary cases of stric ture of the oesophagus, known to us, now exists in a shoemaker, of Boston, who actually keeps himself alive by the habitual practice of an oper ation that no surgeon in New England would dare perform in the rough manner pursued by this unfortunate sufferer. He is a small man, rising of 70 years of age. For many years he had ex treme difficulty in swallowing food. Deglutition finally became so painful that ho took advice at the Mass. Gen. Hospital, and, according to his own representation, an instrument was intro duced down his throat. The relief was not entire ly satisfactory ; but discovering that the principle was right, since there was evidently a narrowing in the canal, the idea was conceived of practising upon himself. At the extremity of a rattan, per haps a yard in length, and a quarter of an inch in diameter, he wound a mass of hemp, which was confined by twine. A rough mass, six inches lonjx on the stick, and an inch thick at the lower extremity, was thus, made. Having oiled it, the old man fearlessly forced it down through the oesophagus, fairly into the stomach. This he is obliged to do frequently, otherwise the strictures for there ore two, one just at the top of the sternum and the other a little above the cardiac orifice become so closed that fluids cannot pass at all. Sometimes after swal lowing a draught of water, it is stopped at the lower constriction. To relieve himself, under such a dilemma, he thrusts down a long feather, which produces nausea, and by the sympathy of the gastric apparatus vomition is induced, and the confined fluid, according to his account forced back. Sometimes food is checked in its descent, at the same point, and ejected by mechanical as sistance. On Tuesday, of last week, after giving us a minute history of his condition, the narrator oiled the monstrous brobang, forced it down into the stomach, and brought it back, dripping with gas tric juice. Not long since, the lower stricture ut terly refused to allow the great swab to pass. Recollecting that tobacco was a relaxer, while the rattan was protruding above his teeth he camly lighted a pipe, and by taking a few whiffs had the satisfaction of relaxing the muscular grip, and down the mass went, passing the rebellious point into the great membranous receptacle below. On one occasion the brobang was coated over with ground mustard, and thrust through the strictures, on the supposition that they required stimulating. A more singular case, one more formidable in character, and managed in the rude fearless man ner here described, cannot be found, it is believed, in the annals of surgery. Under any plan of treat ment but his own, this man often millions would have been dead, years ago, a victim to an incura ble malady. With the course he is habitually pur suing, life may be protracted till he is unable to repeat the operation, and then he may die of star vation. Boston Medical Journal. What I have Noticed. I have noticed that all men speak well of all men's virtues when they are dead : and-that tomb etones are marked with epitaphs of " good and virtuous." Is there any particular cemetery where the bad men are buried I have noticed that the prayer of every selfish man is "forgive us our dehts," but makes every body pay who owes him to the uttermost farthing. I have noticed that Death is a merciful Judge, though not impartial. Every man owes a debt Death summons the debtor, and he lays downs his dust in the currency of mortality. I have noticed that he who thinks every man a rogue is certain to see one when he shaves him self, and he ought, in mercy to his neignjrs, sur render the rascal to justice. I have noticed that money is the fool's wisdom, the knave s reputation, the wise man s jewel, the rich man's trouble, the poor man's ambition, and the idol of all. I have noticed that whatever is, is right with few exceptions the left eye, the left leg, and the left side of a plum pudding. I have noticed that merit is always measured in the world by its success. 1 have noticed that in order to be a reasonable creature, is necessary at times to be downright mad. I have noticed that as we are always wishing instead of working for fortunes, we are disappoint ed, and call Dame Fortune "blind," but it is the very best evidence that the old lady has most cap ital eyesight, and is no ''granny" with spectacles. I have noticed that purses will hold pennies as well as pounds. I have noticed that tombstones say " Here he lies," which no doubt is often the truth, and if men could see the epitaphs their friends sometimes write, they would surely believe they had got in to the wrong grave. N. Y Spirit of the Times. Sex of Eggs. A correspondent of the Agricultural Gazette says. " I am induced to tell you that, without preten ding to any knowledge of abstruse mysteries, I have learned to discover which eggs will produce pullets, and have pursued the practice through this season with uniform success. It consists simply in this, to avoid setting the long shaped egsi which always produce cocks, choosing the round and plumper ones. Generallay, too, I have found that the very largest egg produce male birds. I select, therefore, the most promising round shaped eggs, without taking the very largest. It is certainly an important matter to succeedjn this department having myself often had the mortifica-r tjon to have a whole brood of cocks, or nearly so, the avoidance of this is convenience is truly a de sideratum." . . QLet y'oupgpeqp?l temper rwill gain,eminore esteem and bjppingss than ihe.geniu.indta)cnts, .oX aH,badeg.,ihaj.. ever ex'i.sled, MR. MEREDITH'S REPORT. Adequate Protection to Honie Indus trySpecific Duties and Stability in Legislation. The first annual report of Mr. Meredith, the Secretary of the Treasury, is a document of marked ability and most decided interest. The slyle is clear and vigorous, the suggestions bold and manly, and the tone earnest and con vincing. We refer to the whole of it with sin cere pleasure, and especially to that portion of it, in which the question of Home Industry is so fully discussed. The views harmonize with those of every liberal-minded Pennsylvanian, and cannot but be read with satisfaction. Mr. Meredith say3 distinctly that lo pro vide for the paymentoul of ihe revenue of ihe instalment which will be due to Mexico in the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1852, lo secure the raising of a fund for the gradual exiingujsh ment of our heavy public debi, and to place the revenue on a sure basis of sufficiency for all the expenditures of the Government, it will bo necessary to adopt measures for increasing the revenue; and ihe most available means to that end are to be found in raising the duties on imr ports. In proposing some alteraiions in the existing Tariff, with a view as well to the ne cessary augmentation of the revenue as to the encouragement of industry t Mr. Meredith pre; senis his views distinctly, in ihe hope that a course may be adopted by the wisdom and pa triotism of Congress which may tend to har monize discordant feelings and promote the general prosperity. He entertains no doubt of the rightful power of Congress to regulate com merce and levy imposts and duties, with the purpose of encouraging our own industry; and he says, that as every producer in one branch of useful industry is also a consumer of the products of others, and as his ability lo con sume depends upon the profits of his production, it follows that to give prosperity lo one branch of industry is lo increase thai of the rest. Within each branch of industry there will be individual rivalry, but among the several branch es of useful industry there must always exist an unbroken harmony of interest. No country , he continues, can attain a due strength or pros perity that does not by its own labor carry its own productions as nearly as possible to the point necessary to fit them for ultimate con sumption. To export its raw material and re import the articles manufactured from it, or to neglect its own raw material and import tho ar ticles manufactured from that of another coun try, i3 to pretermit the means which nature has provided for its advancement. He illus trates this position, by siaiing that during tho fiscal year ending June 30th, 1849, we export ed raw cotton to the value of about sixiy-six millions of dollars. If that cotton had been spun and woven at home, (supposing its value to be increased fourfold by manufacture,) it would have produced a value of about one hun dred and nineiy-eight millions in addition. What would have been the effect of the in creased production on the property of the coun try ? He exemplifies the matter still further, and in a manner at once forcible and beautiful. The manufacture of cotton cloth, he says, s begun with the planting of the cotton it is earned to a certain point by the planter, and then taken up and perfected by the spinner and weaver. The planter and manufacturer are not engaged in different branches of industry, but in the same the one commences ttia pro cess which the other completes. Cotton seed of insignificant value being by regular stages of labor developed and brought to tho form of cot ton cloth, has acquired a value of about two hundred and sixty-four millions. The seed, he continues, bears to the cotton the same relation which the cotton bears lo cloth. If we, now export cotton ot tne value oi about sixty-six millions, the same cotton, when converted into cloth, would make an export of some two hun dred and sixty-four millions, or some two hun dred and forty-five millions, after deducting the fifteen or twenty millions which would be re quired for our own consumption, (in addition to the portion of our present manufactures con sumed at home,) and our imports would be thereby in like manner increased. England, at this moment, derives a large portion of her power from spinning and weaving our cotton When we shall spin and weave it ourselves, make our own iron, and manufacture our other staples, we &hall have transferred to this coun try the great centres of wealth, commerce, civ ilization, and political, as wejl as moral and in tellectual power. Our capacity to manufacture is next discussed, and all the important points are touched upon. The circumstances favorable to production in this country, are stated to be; 1st. Facility in procuring raw materials. 2d. Abundance of fuel. 3d. Abundance of food and other arti cles necessary for the sustenance and housing of ihe laborer. 4th. The superior efficiency of the laborers jn comparison with those of other countries. The circumstances supposed lo be unfavorable to our production may be thus classed 1st. Want of capital. 2d. Dearness of our labor as compared with thai of other countries. 3d, Insecurity by exposure to the influence of violent and excessive fluctuations of price in foreign markets, and lo undue foreign com petition. Mr. Mereduh thinks that we have abundant capital among ourselves, for any purpose to which it can be profitably applied. He says ihat the amount of capital required for a large production is not enormous. The whole capi al, for instance, employed in ihe establishment and support, of iron works in JDnglantj and Wales in ,1847, has beep estimated ai less than one hundred millions of dollars; theuannual prpduclion then being about orto 'fijilliopttwo hundred ihouaand tops; , Ho";adjmi3jhat lh, differ eh ce"XH?P. No. si: price of labor here and in Great Britain is great, and expresses a hope that it will never be diminished by a reduction of wages here. The difference has been estimated at an aver age of thirty-three per cent., and in porne branches, such as the manufacture of iron, it is much greater. This difference is in partconv pensated by the disadvantages under which the foreign manufacturer is placed by the ne. cessity in some branches of procuring his raw material from a great distance, or transporting a heavy article of production, such as iron, to. a distant market. In addition, ha i pressed by a heavy burthen of taxation.- The greater effi ciency of our labor is to some extent an addi tional compensatory element. This includes the greater capacity for acquiring skill, the nu perior general intelligence, tho higher inven tive faculty, the greater moral and physical energy, both of action and endurance, which our people possess in comparison with the for eign laborer. Better fed, clothed, housed, and educated conscious of the ability to lay up some capital annually from his savings en couraged to invest that capital in ihe enterprise in which his labor is engaged enjoying prac tically greater civil and political liberty, look" ing forward to an indefinite future in which, through his own good conduct and example, he may expect each successive generation of his descendants, lo be better circumstanced than its predecessors, it cannot be doubted that these advantages will add greatly to the efficiency of the American laborer. Still, ihe Secretary admits and urges the necessity of further pro tection, and he therefore proposes that the du ties on the staple commodities, (whether raw material or manulactured articles,) in which foreign nations compete with our own produce tions, be raised to a point at which they will afford substantial and sufficient encouragement to our domestic industry, provide for the ne cessary increase and duo security of the reven ue, and insure the permanence and stability of the system. All, he continues, that is wanting, is a general determination that industry shall be encouraged and supported in tho home produc tion and manufacture of iron, wool, cotton, su gar, and our other staples, and that ihe legiw lation necessary to sustain n shall be firmly adopted and persevered in. The rates of duly, he thinks, are too low, es pecially on articles similar to our own staples. He proposes, moreover, a return to the system of specific duiie.s on articles on which they can be conveniently laid; and he argues the point with great force and ingenuity. By ihe pres ent system, he says, the revenue not only suf fers, but a certain sum i, in effect, annually distributed by the public among dishonest im. porters, as a premium for their dishonesty; and that fair American importers may be gradually driven out of tho business, and their place sup plied by unknown and unscrupulous foreign adventurers. These are the chief points of that portion of the report which alludes to the tariff. They cover the whole ground, are de cided and liberal without being ultra. In brief, Mr. Meredith recemmends 1. Adequate protection lo home industry -by increased duties on certain articles. 2. A return to specific duties tp a very great extent. 3. Permanency and stability in legislation. These are indeed the great essentials. The report throughout is, we repeat, clear, compre hensive and able. Chloroform in Operations.. The benefit and safely of Chloroform in ur gical operations is doubted and contradicted, indeed totally despised by many Surgeons and the patient has to endure ihe sufferings pa tiently. Dr. Gideon A. Jaski of Monroe coun ty who has had an extensive experience in tho use of chloroform and ether in operations on adults and every one of them successful,- con vinced himself on the 13th and 14'h of Novem ber in two cases he operated upon, of-the safe administration thereof 10 Iinle children. The first of said operations was the exclusion of a congenial tumor on the Tendo Achilles mesa? uring eight inches in circumference, in a little girl two years and fire months old. The little patient was rendered perfectly insensible and ihe operation performed without causing hereto give even the slightest motion to the limb, and after the dressing was completed she opened her eyes and looked around as though in as tonishment at what had passed. Doctor Kaski does not hesitate in any case where the constitution is sound to resort to the uso of anaethesia, preferring in adults, Prof. W. Atlee a combination of one part of chloro-f form to two of eiher, with a view of compris ing their opposite effects of sedation and stim ulation. To young children such as the above mentioned have been, be gives the preference to the chloroform alone from the fact that chil dren are ignorant of the way of inhaling it and are consequently influenced sooner by chloro form from us acting quicker and requiring Jow r inspirations. suasion Argus. - A bill has been introduced into the legisla ture of South Carolina, imposing a finenf $1000 and twelve months' imprisonment, upon any Postmasier who shall knowingly deliverto any person any written or primed paper orpic lure, drawing or engraving, calculated to dts turb the peace of iha people in rejauon td-rjbj? slare population ihereof. - The Tribune says ihat the siory of one of tha city papers, that arrangements had Heeh'Mjf pro greas, or completed, for a ferry acroattih'e Nonh River at Piermont in order to connefct ihe Hudson fliverand Erie Railroads soas'to supercede the boats upf the latter. eompaWv'l(u8J rumor and nothing more. There have beerj such suggestions, but no arranaoinent iof, ,th fund has been agreed upon. You're j)ot Agassi,?, and he.y np.t..&ysh , il ...
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