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Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonabletcrms ' AT THE OFFICE OF THE i JTeffersouiau Republican. Youth and Age. I often ihink each loitering form Thai limps along in life's decline, Once bore a heart as young, as'warm, As full of idle thoughts as mine ! nAnd each has had his dream of joy, ? llts own unequalled pure romance; 'Commenceing when the blushing boy First thrills at lovely woman's glance. And each could tell his tale of yonth, Would think iis scenesof love evince More passion, more unearthly truth, Than any tale before or since. Yes ! they could tell of tender lays At midnight penned in classic shades, Of days more bright than modern days, And maids more fair than modern maids. Of whispers in a willing ear, Of kisses on a blushing cheek ; Each kiss, each whisper, far too dear 'Our modern lips to give or speak ; 'Of passions too untimely crossed, Of passions slighted or belrayed And kindred spirits early lost, And buds that blossom but to fade. Of beaming eyes, and tresses gay, Elastic form and noble brow, ; And charms that have all passed away, And left them what we see them now! And is it thus is human love ' So very light and frail a thing ? And must .youth's brightest visions move Forever on timers restless wing ? Must all the eyes that still are bright, And all the lips that talk of bliss, And all the forms so fair to sight, - Hereafter only come to this ? Then what are earth's best visions worth, If we at length must lose them thus 1 If all we value most on earth Ere long must fade away from us ? &. Lines" by the editor of the Freeport, 111., paper: - Come back, ye siners, mean and greedy . Rich or ragged, lean or fat Gome pay the sums you owe us speedy For the " Prairie Democrat.''' Don't be lurking round the bushes ; Perhaps you'll find a teemp cravat! ' We know that conscience often pushes Those who cheat the " Democrat !" " Haxs, what's the matter !" I "Mine Cot, the sorrel wagon has run away! mil de green horse, jind proke the axleiree of de brick house, what stood by de cornor lamp post acros de way from tie apple ttees run Yaupey and slop de telegraph, mine Cot, what heebies. Eloquence. A Lawyer in one of our courts commenced a defence as follows : " May it please your honor, the deluge has passed over the earth the ark has rested npon the mountain, and the rainbow of justice shines as beautifully on my colored client as it does upon any in the court, including the jury." Hints to Beaux. To please the old folks while your court ihe daughter, agree with the father in politics, and keep the mother in snuff. To please the broth er, lend him your gun and buy him a dog. To please the sister, buy ber a dress. To please your dulcinea, keep her in jewelry, and call her an angel.' To please yourself, be a fool. A'drunken lawyer on going mio church, was observed by the minister who addressed him thus : ' I will bear witness against you at the day of judgment.' The lawyer, shaking his head with drunken gravity, he replied : ' I have practiced twety-five years at the bar, and always found that J he greatest rascal is the first to turn Slate's evidence.' A Correspondent, a wag in his way, says that when a young man, he occupied a cham ber separated from thai of a married couple by a'thin partition. One cold night he heard the rough voice of the husband grumble out : " Take away your nnofs.' To which the wifo replied in a very queru lous tone : "?t Ah ! you did not speak so when we were first marriedthen you use to say to me, Hake away -your litilo hootsy, footsy, tootsy.' " f ? ; . - Toicure deafness, ,tella,man.youwanUo pay a debt you have long owed him. Adventures of Lewis Wetzel. Among the heroes of border warfare, Lewis Wetzel holds no inferior station. Inured to hard ships while yet in boyhood, and familiar with all the varieties of forest adventure, from that of hunt ing the beaver and bear, to that of the wily Indian, he became one of the most celebrated marksmen of the" day. His form was erect, and of that height best adapted to activity beifg very mus cular and possessed of great bodily strength. From constant exercise he could without fatigue bear prolonged and violent exertion, especially that of running and walking; and he had, by prac tice acquired the art of loading his rifle when run ning at full speed through the forest, and wheel ing on the instant, he could discharge it with un ering aim, at the distance of eighty or one hun dred yards, into a mark not larger than a dollar. This art he has been known to practice more than once upon his savage foes with fatal success. A marksman of superior skill was in those days estimated by the other borderers much in the same way that a knight templar, or a knight of the cross, who. excelled in the tournament or the charge, was valued by his cotemporaries in the days of chiv alry. Challenges of skill often took place, and marksmen who lived at the distance of fifty miles or more from each other, frequently met by ap pointment to try the accuracy of their aim on, bets of considerable amount. Wetzel's fame had spread far and wide, as the most expert and uner ring shot of the day. It chanced that a young man, a few years younger than himself, who lived on Dankard's Creek, a tributary of the Mononga hela river, which waters one of the earliest settle ments of that region, heard of his fame, and as he was also an expert woodsman, and a first shot, the best in his settlement, he became very desirous of an opportunity for a trail of his skill. So great was his desire that he one day shouldered his ri fle, and whistling his faithful dog to his side, start ed for the neighborhood of Wetzel, who at that time lived on Wheeling creek. When about half-way on his journey, a fine buck sprang up just before him. He leveled his gun with his usual precision, but the deer, though badly wounded, did not fall dead m his tracks. His faithful dog soon seized him, and brought him to the ground, but while in the act of doing this another dog sprang from the forest upon the same deer, and his master making his appearance at the same time from behind a tree, with a loud voice claimed the property, because he had been wound ed by his shot, and seized by his dog. It so hap pened that they both fired at once at this deer a thing which may very easily happen where two active men are hunting upon the same ground al though one may fire at the distance of fifty yards, and the other at one hundred. The doss felt the same spirit of rivalry, and quitting the dear which i was already dead, fell to worrying and tearing ' each other. In separating the dogs, the strange hunter happened to strike that of the young man. The old adage, "Strike my dog, strike me," arose in full force, and without further ceremony, ex cept a few hearty curses, he fell upon the hunter and huried him to ihe ground. This was no soon er done than he found himself turned, and under his stionger and more powerlul antagonist. Discovering he was no match at this play, the young man appealed to trial by rifles, saying it was too much like dogs for men and hunters to fight in this way. The stranger assented to the trial, but told his antagonist thaf before he put it fairly to the test, he had better witness what he I was able to do with the rifle saying he was as much superior, he thought, with that weapen ,as he was in bodily strength. He bade him place a mark the size of a shilling on the side of a huge popular that stood beside lhem,Trpm which he would start wjth his. rifle unloaded, and running a hundred yard3 at full speed, he would load it as he ran, and wheeling Tvould discharge it instantly into the centre of the mark. The feat was no sooner pro posed than performed ; the ball entered the cen tre of the diminutive target. Astonished at his activity and skill, his antagonist instantly inquir ed his name. " Lewis Wetzel, at your service," answered the stranger. The young man seized him by the hand, with all the ardor of youthful ad miration, and at once acknowledged his own infe riority. So charmed was he wilh Wetzel's frank ness, skill and fine personal appearance, that he insisted upon his returning with him to the settle ment on Dankard's creek, that he might exhibit his talents to his own family, and to the hardy back woodsmen, his neighbors. Nothing loth to such an exhibition, and pleased with the energy f his new acquaintance, Wetzel consented to accompany him, shortenning the way with their mutual tales of hunting excursions, and hazardous contests wilh the common enimies of their country. Among other things. Wetzel sta ted his manner of distinguishing the footsteps of a white man from those of an Indian, although cov ered with moccasins, and intermixed with the tracks of savages. He had acquired this tact from closely examining the manner of placing the feet; the Indian stepping with his feet in parallel lines, and first bringing the toe to the ground, while the white man almost invariably places his at an an gle with the line of march. An opportunity they little expected soon gave room to put his skill to the trial. On reaching the young man's home, which they did that day, they found the dwelling a smoking ruin, and all the family lying murdered and scalped except a young woman who had been brought up in the family, and to whom the young man was ardently attached. She had been taken away alive, as was ascertained by examining the trail of the savages. Wetzel discovered that the par.ty consisted .of three Indiana and a renegade white man, afacl nut uncommon in those early- days, when for crime or the love of revenge, the white outlaw fled to the savages, and was adopt ed on trial, into their tribe. As it was past the middle of the day, the near est assistance still at some considerable distance, and as there were only fout to contend with, they decided on instant pursuit. As the deed had very recently been done they hoped to overtake them in their camp that night and perhaps before they could cross the Ohio river, to which the Indians always retreated after a successful incursion, con sidering themselves in a manner safe when they had crossed to its right bank, at that time occupied wholly by the Indian tribes. Ardent and unwearied was the pursuit by the youthful huntsmen ; the one excited to recover his lost mistress, the other to assist his new friend, and to take revenge for the slaughter of his coun trymen slaughter and revenge being the daily bussiness of the borderer at this portentous peri od. Wetzel followed the trial with the unerring sagacity of the bloodhound ; and just at dusk tra ced the fugitive to a noted war path, nearly oppo site the mouth of the Captina creek, emptying in to the Ohio, which much to their disappointment, they found the Indians had crossed by forming a raft of logs and brush,- their usual manner .when at a distance from their villages. By examining carefully the appearance of the opposite shore, they soon discovered the fire of an Indian camp in a hollow way, a few rods from the river. Lest the noise of constructing a raft should alarm the Indians, and give notice of the pursuit, the two hardy adventurers determined to swim the stream a few rods below. This they easily ac complished, being both of them excellent swim mers; fastening their clothes and amunition in a bundle on the top of their heads, with their rifles resting on their left hip, they reached the opposite shore in safety. After carefully examining their arms, and putting every article of attack or de fence in its proper place, they crawled to a posi tion which gave them a fair view of their enemies, who thinking themselves safe from pursuit, were carelessly roposing around the fire, thoughtles of the fate that awaited them. They instantly dis covered the young woman; apparently unhurt, but making much moaning and lamentation, while the white man was trying to pacify and console her with the promise of kind usage, and an adoption with the tribe. The young man, hardly able to restrain his rage, was for firing and rushing in stantly upon them. Wetzel, more cautious, told him to wait till daylight, when they could make the attack with a better chance of success, and of also killing the whole party; but if they attacked in the dark a part would certainly escape. As soon as daylight dawned, the Indians arose and prepared to depart. The young man select- ing the white renegade, and Wetzel the Indian, they both fired at the same time, each killing his man. The young man rushing forward knife in hand, to relieve the young woman. While Wet zel reloaded his gun and pushed forward in pur suit of the two surviving Indians, who had taken to the wood, until they could ascertain the number of their enemies. Wetzel, as soon as he saw that he was discovered, discharged his rifle at random in order to draw them from their covert. Hearing the report, and finding themselves unhurt, the In dians rushed upon him before he could again re load. This was as he wished. Taking to his heels Wetzel loaded as he ran, and suddenly wheeling about discharged his rifle through the body of his nearest, but unsuspecting enemy. The remaining Indian, seeing the fate of his companion, and that his enemy's rifle was unload ed, rushed forward with all his energy, the pros pect of prompt revenge being fairly before him. Wetzel led him on, dodging from tree to tree, un til his riflle was again ready when suddenly turn ing he shot his remaining enemy who fell dead at his feet. After taking their scalps, Wetzel and his friend, with their rescued captive, returned in safe ty to the settlement. Like honest Joshua Fleeheart, after the peace of 1795, Wetzel pushed for the frontiers of the Mississippi, where he could trap the beaver, and hunt the buffalo and the deer, and occasionally shoot an Indian, the object of his mortal haired.- He finally died, as he had lived, a free man of tho forest. The Real Thing! We have heard that a musical amateur, being present in a room where Jenny Lind was the u mark of all observers," saw a fly alight upon her cheek. Jenny brushed it off. The gen tleman a eye followed the fly till he saw it a light on a window ; there he captured it; and pouring from his snuff-box its contents, ho put the fly therein, raised the box to his lips, and then reverently placed it in his bosom ! The buzz of that fly was sweeter than a flageolet. Mutual Information. "I say, Bill 'ave you seen Wot-d'ye-call-um V 4 Do you mean Wots-'is-name V 'O no not Mm that ''ere t'other.' 'Oh, ah ! I seed him fasi enough.' A Soul above Stealing. When young Billy Bottom lost one of his fingers a few evenings ago, " Old Saratoga" overhoard a conversa tiou between him and Skeesicks, in reference 10 the loss. " LJUly, how did you lose your finger V, " Easy enough," said Billy. ' suppose so ; but how 1" " I guets you'd ha losi yourn ef u had been whar mine was. - Thai don't answer my question." " Wall, e you must know." said Billy, " I had to cut i off, or else steal the" trap.1 A true picture pf.(cspair is, a. pig trying IP reach through a jiolo in .ih.e ,feiice tp get a )p itafoo that lies a fc: inches Jwyond. ita i "Bath. From Scott's Weekly Paper. A Singular Coincidence. ! In the year 1810; a family resided on Mud-! dy Creek, in G. county, Va. A member or that amuy vvmiam was 10 years of age. He was shrewd, sensible lad, well educa ted, and of known probity in his countrv. He dreamed one night ihai he was in a retired part, of the settlement, in a deep forest, and that at a. certain point, he saw a sudden open ing of the eanh, and an entrance into a large and deep cavern, which gradually decBended into the earth to a greal distance. That he de scended along an opening and saw many marks of the cave having been explored and occupied by men ; and that heaps of riches lay piled a- ong in his route gold and silver, plate and bars, of the precious metal in abundance. He requently put forth his hand to the gold ; but was as often deterred from taking any, bv the appearencc of a demon in frightful form, which menaced him.. After exploring all parts of this wonderful cavern, he emerged forth. Again he had the precise same dream, and thus he dreamed for six months, nearly every night. At ength he dreamed that he determined to take some of the gold, and lhai the Demon-darted at him, and that he threw a gold dish so dex terously at the monster's head, (which resem bled a lion s head,) that he cut it off, and that the monster rolled in agony for a short time, and then became transformed into a robber cap lain, armed with all the panoply of his profes sion a century ago, and thai he said that he had guarded those treasures for ages, and was now released from the cavern, and thai the youth should be the possessor of all the vast stores in the cave. The youth stood motionless, and the robber captain dtew from his cloak a gold whistle and sounded it loudly, when suddenly there stood before them twenty armed robbers in regular costume, who enquired of their lead er his will concerning them. He told them that the condition of their long confinement was now fulfilled, that their riches should descend io the youth then before them, that their bodies, which had long since mouldered to dust, would wait for them to rise again. To all this they gave assent, and then they loott tne lorm oi beautiful infants with golden wings, and the cavern seemed to open upwards, and they as cended to the firmament above. The youth swooned awayt and when he came to himself he came forth. of the cave and returned to his bed, and lo, il was a dream ! On awa king in the morning, he told his dreams io his rfarcnts and broihers, but they laughed at him. He remained in deep thought for same time, frequently telling his dreams to the family. He ofien pressed his brother to accompany mm to his treasure cave, but they would not con sent. Finally he took up a lantern and a spade, and set out alone to explore the forset in which his cavo was to be situated. Every thing a- round seemed to hirn io familiar that he con cluded he would know the spot. In two hours he arrived at the very point where his cave was ; but no cave seemed to be there ! He stamped upon the ground, and could hear a hollow sound beneath, lie then began to dig down, and after removing two feet of eanh, his spade struck upon a smooth rock; and on clear ing off the dirt from its surface, he perceived ihe rock to be about 2-1-2 by 4 feet surface, about four inches thick ; and on raising it, there was the entrance into the cave ! He struck fire, took his lantern, and began to descend into the cavern, when he heard a voic pronouncing his name, and bidding him to persevere and ex plore that recess, and lake possession of its un told wealth. Upon this his courage faild, and he fainted away. On coming to himself his light was extinguished, and he groped his way out in darkness and horror of mind. He re turned the rock to its place, covered up the hole, and left the forest speedily. He had a severe spell of sickness, and on his recovery, his father sent him to a great distance to reside. He nver returned again, and the entrance to that cave is yei unknown to the people there. Forty years have gone by and that strange af fair is almost forgotten. Jacksonville, III. D. C. Cure for Glanders. In answer to one of your subscribers, inquiring what will cure " Nasal Gleet," or discharge from the nose of horses, I would say, that I have cured many with ihe following simple compound, and two cases that were called glanders confirmed, viz: Take one teaspoonful of common rosin, one tablespoonful of copperas, two tablespoonfuls of salt, and four spoonfuls of dry ashes; pulverize the rosin and copperas, and mix the whole, and give it in bran or shorts, or oats, dry, and in four weeks' lime, by giving ihe same quantity twice a week, I cured the two cases of glanders. I have used the same in cases of cold or catarrh, and three or four doses have pefformed a cure. I have also used it for horse-distemper, wilh successs. Qf YV. Dollar Newspaper. The following is the estimate of real and personal estate subject to taxation in San Francis co Real estate Personal $15,590,304 5,791.085 Total $21,387,389 The value of property owned by the city of San Francisco is $870,000. The estimated expenses for 1850 are $1,294,000. " What dreadful profigality some people manifest, " remarked Mrs. Partington, after a call unon a neighbor, ''Theje's Mrs. Mayweed couldn't be satUfied with old bibler, that's been a handloom in ihe family from ihe time immem orablc; she must go and gel one with the apoth cary in it. If people are going to read sich kind of bibles, religion will gel lo bo a moro drug. Atidtho.piou8 old lady sought the closet to o- pun.4i.ur lie art in j?rayt?t ,j , . - . Rev. TIios. P. Hunt. A writer in Holden's Magazine eives an . interesiing sketch of this gentleman's life. from which we extract ihe following anecdote: Once he $ent forward a norice to a place where he was not personslly known, thai he T would lecture on a particular evening. On arriv ing he put up at a tavern. Al the supper table he asked the landlord u if there was anything new going on at which a stranger would be amused.' " No, nothing in particular," was ihe reply, u unless it be a rascally temperance lecturer, named Hunt, is to hold forth on that subject to night." Ah, you intend to go of course don't you, landlord ? You are the very one to expose' ihe falsehood of Hum's statements." " I am no public speaker ; but if I was, noth ing would be easier than to refute him." " Well, then, come along, and lei us hear , what he has to say. If you don'i feel able to give Hunt a tug, I'll try him myself! 1 shall like the fun of such an entertainment for the' evening I" The landlord had concoived a great admira tion .for the guest's tongue, and readily em braced the proposition to go to the temperance meeting with his champion. The lemperanco men were in great trepida tion at the non-appearence of Mr. Hunt, no one suspecting ihe diminutive stranger in ihe least. At last ihe president of the society arose and apologizing for the disappointment, made a speech, the edge of which was no doubt a lit tle sharpened from the known presence of the landlord. After this he gave out an invitation to any one in the house to advocate or oppose, temperance. " Now is your time," said the landlord, giv ing his hump-backed friend a jog, give it to them roundly !" Forthwith he arose, and every body looked at him with surprise and painful expectations. He said in the blandest tones, that his friend the landlord had invited him over to hear Hunt, and had expressed a desire that he should say a word or two on ihe question. He hoped the audience would indulge him, although a stran ger, and introduced by a liquor seller. The very way in which he pronounced the word " liquor-seller," a very favorite phrase with him, made both the landlord and all the rest start as if a red hot bolt had dropt among them. This was settled however, by his quiet way of setting forth the advantage a rum-dealer confers on the community. , The calm was a very delusive one for our poor landlord, as his advocate's tones deepened into sharpest irony, and set forth a multitude of horrid facts issueing from the bar-room. The effect was increased by his peculiar into nations in repeating the word " liquor-seller," in which he seems to concentrate more con tempt and horror than any man living. All this time he was ostensibly pleading the land lord's cause, but in a very amusing way, since every one present was convulsed with merri ment. Scenes from his own bar-room were repeated by his advocate in such a way as to . present him in a most unaimable light. Long before his speech was finished, people began to surmise that the landlord's lawyer must be their expected lecturer. As for the tavernkeeper, he left the house in a great hur ry when the meeting was over, and next morn ing when Mr. Hunt went for his horse, he found htm in the road and ihe landlord holding him. " You o'd sinner," said he, " take your horse. I won't charge you anything. Only don't come back again, and I'll forgive you.' A Roman Catliolic Colony in Ar kansas. English papers state that the Right Rev. Dr. Burns, Roman Catholic Bishop of Arkansas, is at present in Dublin, and that he will be accompani ed back to his diocese immediately by a clergyman, and upwards ofsix hundred substantial farmers from one district, in the county of Wexford. A large number of ladies of the " Sisters of Mercy" have also signified their intention to accompany him. The site of the new colony is between Little Rock and Van Buren, and the Bishop describes the land as abounding wilh fruit and corn. A Discovery. According to the Evening Post the Rev. Isaiah Harrington, of Poughlceepsie, N. Y. says that he has discovered a process of detecting and curing disease by mere manipulations. His theory is, that every organ of the human body is magnetical ly connected with the spinal marrow, where each has its pole. A properly sensitive person, by pas sing the hand over ihe vertebrae, can in this way. tell whether there is any irregular action in any organ, and by other passes of the hands, rectify the disturbances. The Post says it has seen Mr. Harrington's skill tested in one case with remark able success on his part. He is about to visit the city to explain the nature of his new theories. A young man on being requested to dance. a Scotch reel, with a couple of old looking4madstl objected on the grouud, that " pickles drd hot a gree with him." ' ' The young man that picked the lock that be longed to the elephant's trunk, has been sentenr ced to three month's hard labor on the canal. Water is very nourishing. All you have tOido is to put it in a pot over the fire, drop in a .beef! bone, rice, a few potatoes, and a little salt. A mong hungry people, this is called the water cure. Importance of a Boundary line. An old lady ... who did not know whether her plantation was in Virginia or North Carolina, found when the line was run, that she was a resident of the former. 'Well,' said she, I am glad I don't live in North Carolina ; It was always such a sickly State." The Eastern papers have a marvellous story, a-v bout a cat-Jish in the Ohio river swallowing a lit! tie negrQTliere is a slight mistake about the mailer.''! It W3S the negro that swallowed Ihe uau fish '7 ' ' -H
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