V J15FFE EPIIBLICA fc-c- THE WHOLE ART OF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN TlfE ART OF BEING HONEST.-JEFFERSON. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1353, VOL. 13. '"- .No 39. Published by Theodore Sclioch. TERMS Two dollars per annnnm in advance Two dollars and a quarter, half yearly and if not' paid be fore the end of the year, Two dollars and a half. Those who receive their papers bv a earner or stage drivers employed by the proprietor, will be charged 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra. . . IT7 Advertisements not exceeding one square (six - teen lines) will be inserted three Avecksr for one dol lar, and twenty-five ceius for every subsequent insertion, The Charge for one and three insertions the same. A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers. rr?" All letters adaresscd to tiie-t-tuu. poid. JOB PRINTING. KaTing a general assortment oflarge, elegant, plain Ind ornamental Type, we are prepared to execute every description of WJkW WmWrn, n,,ic nireulars. Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts Justices, Legal and other Blanks. Pamphlets, &c. nrinted with neatness ana acspaicu, ou rcasonaoie terms, AT THE OFFICE OF THE - Jcffcrsoiiian Republican. Counrty Doctors. The- Knickerbocker Magazine has a biography of a County Doctor, from t - i .ii. ii. rn : ::,i- , ... a specimen of the annoyances to which . . r . , i x j xi 'the profession' are subjected in the rural districts: When men are sick, they want to be cured, cost what it may, but when they are on their feet, and at their business again, they do not want to pay, especial- lyifthe bill be a little one. The poor doctor is called from his bed on a stormy night with the stirring summons- 'Doctor -want you to come right straight away off to Banks's. His child's O dead.' 'Then why do you come?' jHe's p'isoned. They give him laud' num for parogoricky.' 'How much have they given him!' 'Don't know. A great deal. Think he won't get over it.' The doctor pushes off through the ! tenaer sympacny lor mm ana nis sorrow storm, meets with divers mishaps by the Jfnl wife, this humiliating condition was way, and at length arrives at the house i of his poisoned patient. . He finds all closed not a light to be seen. 'I knocked at the door, but no answer. I knocked furiouslv, and at last a night- cap appeared from the chamber window, j r.au a woman s there! 'The doctor, to be sure; you sent for him. What the dogs is the matter?' 'Oh, it's no matter, doctor.- Ephraim is better. We got a little sheered kind o'. Gin him-laud'num, and he slop' kind o' sound, but he's woke up now.' 'How much laudanum did he swallow?' 'Only two drop3. 'Taint hurt him none. Wonderful bad storm to-night.' The doctor turns away, buttoning up his overcoat under his throat, to Eeek his home again, and tries to whistle away mortification and anger, when the voice calls 'Doctor, Doctor!' 'What do you want?' 'You won't charge nothin' for this vis it, will you. A New Marriage-Trap. The British government is trying to hire the convicts at Yan Dieman's Land ! to get married by promising them free-and deposited in Poughkeepsie Bank and doin, as a reward for their hardihood in . a telegraphic dispatch sent to that effect, undertaking that hazardous enterprise. j The claimant, in the absence of Bolding's It is said that the old maids and bache"- j counsel, pocketed tho funds, and after lors on the island are embracing this op-! weeks and weeks delay, Bolding return portunity to change their condition, by j ed. marrying handsome young thieves and j But the cream of the story is yet to bo vagabonds of either sex. Some of the cunning rogues, however, will not swallow j nundred dollars bad been from time to the matrimonial hook, even when it is time clapped on, to meet the costs, expen baited with such a sweet morshal as lib-jcs, "Marshal's fees," &c, we have a doc erty. A similar government policy was jnment from Washington that gives us yet adopted once before in England. another bill, that Uncle Sam seems to be When a man was convicted of certain of-, connected with. fences, and sentenced to be hanged at . Tyburn if any woman could be found willing to espouse him under the gallows, , erty, the marriage being considered pun - Ishment enough. On one occasion, when fice on a certain criminal, a lady stepped . forth from the crowd and offered to take liim for better or worse. The poor fel low looked at her, then at the cord, hesi tated for a moment, and finally expressed &is determination .in the following disiich: 'Long nose, sharp chin; Tie the rope, hangman! ' Candidates for office are making .Gen eral Pierce all sorts of presents. From one set he gets a splendid carriage, from ' anotner a pair or wood horses, from a third a complete wardrobe, &c, &c. These fellows probably think they under stand the trick of getting a good deal of water out of a pump by pouripg a little in. Blacksmiths, it is said forge and steel ev ery day; but we think people speak iron- i-oally of themT . ' From the N. Y. Tribune. SIave-Cafching--Wbo Pays ? Most of our reader will recollect the case of John Bolding, the Poughkeepsie Tailor, who was arrested in August, 1851, 1 aS an alleged Fugitive Slave, brought irom , , to . , pOUjrnkeopSie to New lork, and went j ' . , through the form, of a three day 3 trial; j , , , . , , and aitnougn provea to nave -ouiy tenth of Negro blood, was sent back to South Carolina into Slavery. Owing to the good character of John, I anr3 tlc intellectual and religious standing : . . . , . , 0t lllS Wlte, 1113 IriendS reSOlVea to pur chase him. Tho history of that negocia tion is interesting. The price first pro posed 81,250, or thereabouts ; his friends offered to give that, but wished the clai- iiinfc firof. fn mnT-n nnf. a vrimcL facie , rf gl wag agreed , . . , . , w rn pn n u ttl e.th e 'sum was increased to $1,500, because . , , , . , "additional costs had been incurred." 1 . . . . His fnends l!0cver determined to give even that sum. ! When the trial was over, $1,750 was demanded, and the plea for this extra $250 tbe Marsbal uld bave ' to be Paid- Ilowcver, under the circumstances, ! Bolding's friends submitted to this exac- K1011, and set about raisinS the moneJ' 11 soon ascertained that the amount was 1 ., mi Jtx;. iortucommg. xuen a new conuiuou waa attached to the purchase, which was, that Bolding must go back into Slavery, at all events, so to make an example of him, and teach the North the law. This was a sore condition, nis friends demurred: ! but seeing no alternative and moved by l 1 iT i T .1 1 agreea io. John was seated in a carriage, taken to the steambpat, and just as he was biding his friends and his wife's kindred good-by, expected to return a free man in a few daJ3 both hc and they erc astounded to learn mat uco itiousana aouars was now the price of his redemption. This intelligence, communicated at this late hour, was both to John and hisfriends, chilling in the extreme. The liberality of those generous and sympathetic friends had been taxed to his utmost. The claim ant was remonstrated with, but all to I no purpose, ine plea lor tins last exac tion was, that the Marshal's fees would be increased, with the other expenses, in ta king him to South Carolina. Bolding was then told by his counsel and friends that it was doubtful if this de mand would ever be submitted to, and that he must not indulge any delusive hopes. lie left peaceably and quietly, but sorrowful emotions. He was taken back, shut up for weeks in prison by or der of a mob, and had no intimation for a long time of what was doing by his friends. Those friends rallied once more. made a noble push, the 2,000 was raised told. After four, five, eight and nine j Here it is properly certified : IJf TH MATTR QF JQnN BALDWIN A FU gitive slave. l York to South Carolina, 773 -miles, at o7 cents per mile 289 87A Maintaining prisoner 3daysatl con veymg tugitive Irom iNew- York to South Carolina,at 37c579 75 Total 872 G2 ANDREW T. JUDSON. I certify that the above is a true copy ff ill a nrirrinnl wli!rli ic prmnlrirln1 ?ii t-Un account of H. F. Tallmadge, Marshal of Southern District of New-York, and filed on record in this office. Treasury De- : partraent, Feb. 2, 1853. N. SARGENT, Register. So it .seems .that not only Bolding's funds were bled a couple of thousand, for: a man who would not bave brought his claimants on the auction block 600,but that 8872 62 are taken from the Treasu ry to pay for a genteel ride tOvCharlestpn and back. There is one feature more in this respec table man-hunt on which we make a pas sing remark, and we have done. It is this. Barnett and Anderson, the two claim ants of John, were both present at the trial. "When he was committed to their custody as their slave, there is not, we venture to say, in New York a man so fool-hardy or insane as to believej after witnessing the quiet, orderly, gentlemanly deportment of Bolding throughout the whole affair, that any danger of a mob, or rescue, or escape could be apprehended. And, least of all, was any such danger'to be apprehended after he was seated in the cars, or on the steamboat, between his two captors. A cord or single pair of fetter3) at one dollara espense could haye made all secure. But? they knew that even such was unnecessary. "Why then wo ask is a Deputy and his two sturdy "Assistants," to ride 773 miles at $1 12c.perinile, to aid these claimants. But who were these "two assistants"? Were they Barnett and Anderson them selves ? If so, Uncle Sam was very lib eral to carry them home at his expense. Or were, they extra "Assistants"? If the latter, then the expense was a most out rageous one, wholly unnecessary. . But the Job on the whole is not a Jean, but very fat one and a Marshall can well afford to be nimble in slave hunts. Let us see. One dollar and twelve cents each mile. We believe few of our Bailroads or Steam Boats charge beyond three or four cents per mile, call it four, and Mar shall Tallmadge pockets the nett pretty sum of one dollar per mile for 773 miles. So that we now learn, that not only the Commissioner gets 100 per cent premium for sending back the fugitive, but the Marshall pockets a still larger fee. But never mind the Treasury pays. " What has the North to do with slavery"? Oh nothing gentlemen only to be skinned, lie still, let you sprinkle in fine salt and pep per and not flounce, else the Union will be jostled. Tobacco-Chewing and Spitting. A spicy debate sprung up in tho House of Representatives at Washington some days ago, between Stanly of N. Carolina, Davis of Mass., and some other members, on Tobacco and Spitting. Doubtless our readers observed a sketch of the discus sion in our telegraphic reports of Con gressional proceedings. Those who over looked it, missed some of the characteristic pungency of Edward Stanly, which is al ways worth hearing and reading, and also some valuable hints in regard to the filthy habit of chewing tobacco and squirting the juice of it in miniature cataracts up and down the ways of life. ' If those who be foul their persons and infect the atmos phere by this pernicious and nauseous habit, could be affected by expostulation, or satire, or ridicule, it might be worth while to discharge a full voley at them. But we fear they are incorigible For ourselves, we have a feeling sense of this enveterate habit of filthiness. We pre sume we get spit upon forty times a year. We never get into a crowd, and never go to leeward on board a steamer, that we do not apprehend and very generally experience a shower of tobacco juice e jected from the nasty tobacco-crusted mouths of chewers and spitters. We al ways feel that such fellows should not be allowed to go at large, unless each had a spittoon attached to his nose by a ring, into which he might expectorate his sa liva. But it is a foul subject, and we will not wiite about it. The dirty dogs who chew and spit, and spit and chew, are not worth them. Tribune. Preparation for Boots. The February number of the Ameri can Farmer contains the following receipe: Cqynposition for rendering Boots and Sioes Watcr-Proof "Take 1 pint of boiled fiecdotl, 2 oz. of becs-wax, 2oz.ofspir-, of turpentine, and 2 oz oj Burgundy jj"c,u iCtuu-ym "7 a slow fire. With this mixture new shoes and boots are to be rubbed in the sun, or at a little distance from the fire, with a sponge or brush. This operation should bo repeated without wearing them as of- ten as they become dry, until they are fully saturated ; which will require four or fiye times brushing by this,.the leather becomesimpervious to water... .The boot or shoe, thus prepared, lasts muchlon- ger than common leather; it acquires such aplicability and softness, that it will never snnvel, nor grow hard, and in that state, is the most effectual preventive against, learn wno tue unfortunate creature is, colds, &c. It is necessary to remark that upon whom Napoleon III. has inflicted shoes and boots, thus prepared, to be J himself as husband. The following arti worn, until they become perfectly dry and Jcl wbich we find in the Commercial er will become too soft, and wear out ti i much sooner than it otherwise would." The Editor of the Farmer endorses this as follows : "We have tried the effect of the compo sition made agreeably to this receipe, and can vouch for its rendering leather water proof. In order to test it, we procure a very new pair of shoes, gave them five successive rubbings with it, allowing suf ficient time between each for the compo sition to become dry. After the last had become perfectly absorbed by the leather, we placed one of the shoes in a tub par tially filled with water, and left it there for 4 hours. When we took the shoe out, it was as dry as when we first placed it in the tub ; the effect of the composition is, that while it renders the leather water proof, in the broadest sense of the term, jit makes soft and pliant, and therefore the more elastic and durable. Erom our experience in the wear of shoes made water-proof, we have no hesitanoy in saying that a pair thus treated will last as long as two pair that may be worn without it. But independent, of this economical view of the subject, there is so much comfort in wearing a pair of boots or shoes, im pervious to water, that if it did not con duce to saving which it does it is so preservative of health, that that consid eration alone should commend this com position to all who put a just estimate up on that most v.aluablc of all earthly bless ings. Wet feet is, perhaps, the cause of more distressing colds, coughs, and con sumptions than anything else ; if then, we can preserve dry feet, and thereby avoid the unpleisant and dangerous consequen ces which follow from wet ones, it becomes a matter of duty for us all, to avail our selves of this preventive remedy. It is" cheap and effective, and does not in the least prevent the leather from taking a fine polish. When we first read the re cipe, we were satisfied, from the constit uents in it; that it would make leather water-proof; but we felt it to be our duty, before publishing it, to test its virtues ful ly, as we are averse to endorsing anything untried. The thought here presents itself, that if agriculturists would have their harness, collars, and gearing, gen erally, saturated with this composition twice a year, it would ma"ke them last as long again, besides rendering them much more comfortable to the animals that have to wear and work in them. A Chinese Custom. BY UNCLE DANIEL. The Chinese are a very interesting peo ple. Their manners, customs, religion and dress, as their features and complex ion, are entirely unlike those of the peo ple of Europe and America. The Chi nese ladies walk very ungracefully, and cannot dance at all, on account of the smallness of their feet. This leads me to speak of a singular unnatural, and foolish custom which prevails among them. It is the opinion of both the men and the wo men, that the smaller the female foot acn be made, the greater, its beauty and the more it adds to the attractions of the lady to whom it belongs. This seems very ab surd to us, but quite the reverse to them. So, by means of wooden shoes, bandages, and other contrivances, applied in child hood, they prevent their feet from growing to the size and shape which God intended, and almost make cripples of themselves in doing it. The consequenco is, as we have said, that they can neither dance nor walk gracefully, but shuffle and tot ter along as awkwardly as if they walked on pegs instead of feet. "What foolish people !" do you say ? You should not say that. The custom of which I have spoken is undoubtedly a very foolish one; but is not possible that wo Americaus, who think ourselves a very wise people, have some customs which are equally foolish? American ladies do not com press their feet by means of wooden shoes and bandages, but both ladies and gentle men often wear shoes and boots which fit so tightly, that very troublesome corns are nroduced bv them. But this is not the worst ousfoni which prevails among us. A small waist has been and still is, j bv manv. considered to add greatly to the ny mauy, u"l c fo j , attractions of the female form; so, instead of allowing their bodies to develop them-; selves intothe full and graceful propor- tions which Nature designed, many of our women, by the most absurd and unnatu - ral COmpieasioua, iiuvu icuuuuu iubu r.u ,o1. cn vx nroJefa in n wnsn-hke smallness. obstruc- ting the and thus '""u,w r . . free action of the vital organs, destroying beauty, health, and life! Shall wo call the Chinese loolisli, when they only compress the feet? I bopctnat wuen uie uiuog.ua mioiouu 1.1. - O T?nll-nT uVinll rrrnnr nn nnfl lin come women, they will be free from all, tbCSe aDSUm UUU UUUilluiai uusiuma. School Fellow. . ' There is music in the crack of. a stage driver's whip whemthe;groundMS white; with ascoat ofrsnow.t The New Empress of France. Our lady readers will be gratified to Advertiser, tells her story in a few words. The Commercial says: $ We are indebted to an esteemed friend, who was formerly resident in Spain, for the following sketch, which seems to ex plain the family origin of the new Em press of France very satisfactorily. Her history is not less romantic than that of he Empress Josephine: A worthy Scotchman, by the name of William Kirkpatrick, was for sorao time the American consul at Malaga, and,fail ing in business, was succeeded by George G. Barrel as the United States consul at Malaga. This was, I think, under Pres ident Monroe's administration. Mr. Kirkpatrick's eldest daughter Ma ria, or 'Moriquita as she was familiarly called and known by all Americans there, was a very fine, dashing lady, married the Count de Teba, a younger brother of the celebrated Palafoix, who behaved so gallantly at tho siege of Zaragoza, and who in reply to a demand of surrender, declared ho would continue the defence by 'War to the knife.' The Falafoix family embraced numer our titles, and was singularly brave and noble. This husband of Blaria Kirkpatrick (Court de Teba) was a gallant soldier, and so cut up by wounds as to be unable to mount his horse without aid, and when in the saddle looked more as if he was hooked on than seated there. The new Empress of the French is no ', doubt the daughter of this Countess Teba, Olariquita Kirkpatrick,' who wis daugh ter of William Kirkpatrick late United ' Stats consul at Malaga not British con sul not Fitzpatrick and not Irish. Since the above was in type, we find the following in the Tribune. For some years the young Countess de Teba or Montijo, who is now about twen-. ty-five, has enjoyed at Madrid the repu-J lation of an exceedingly fast woman. 1 Tall, graceful, of statuesque symmetry of , person, with luxuriant auburn or rather red hair, a pale complexion, which has latterly stood in need of rouge, electrical eyes of a brown so deep and radiant as to pass for black, rather long and aristo-. cratic features, a large but exquisitely sculptured nose, a lovely mouth, and teeth of dazzling whiteness, she is a type ' of admirable beauty; which a languid and j blase air hardly diminishes. Endowed with uncommon wit and spirit, she speaks French, English, Italian and German with as much fluency as Spanish. A proficent in exercise of strength and ad- I dress, she rides with the boldest, and : drives four-in-hand with the most skill ful. The Tribune's informant also says that Mile. Montijo was in the habit, while liv ing at Madrid, of doing just as she pleased in everything having an income of 830, 000 a year. She presided at bull-fights, dressed in ballet costume, and was the ad-' miration of the bull-fighters, who always cheered her when she appeared among tho spectators. She also gave suppers on'her own hook to fast young men; at-, tended (itninvitcd) entertainments given' to celebrated characters, and beat them , all in making extemporaneous toasts and speeches, and was, in short, the admira tion and despair of the entire male popu-1 lation. She is now Empress of France, 1 and linked to the fate of him for whom ' thousands of daggers are unsheathed, and whose destruction tens of thousands of, noble hearts have sworn to compass. j We have beeu told tuafc Mlle Montijo . -T . onoe oame verv near marrying a New J J r iorker ho made hcr acquaintance broad; and only missed doing so by re-! jecting his offer. How unfortunate! Had sho acccpfcea the hand of our 'honest fel- . ... ir n i i ,i low-citizen' she would have cscapod the r . ... . i i i. i .i t cawiswopuo wmou uus now ovuruikua uer. . MusioalVorld. i j JjA little girl being sent to tho store cbase sorac dye stuff, and forget-. tlDS the name of the article, said to the v-.wii., j 'John, what do folks dye with?' 'Dye with? Why, cholera, some times,'. replied John. . Well, L believe that's tbe name. 1 want to, get three cents wortn.' jqricultuval. If the breed of hogs you have is not a good- and profitable one, buy a young boar, of some approved breed, and cross your own; and while you are doing so, be sure to get a good one. Apple Orchard. If the bark on your apple trees are rough and dead-like in appearance, or covored with moss, scrape them, and apply a mixture made in the proportion of 1 gallon of soft soap, 1 quart of salt, and 1 lb. of flour of sul phur. This will cause a new and health ful bark to grow on them, prove repul sive to insects, and otherwise benefit tho trees. As to pruning, none but the dead limbs should be taken off; those cut closo into the body or main branch, the wound made smooth with a drawing knife, and surface covered with a plaster made of1 equal parts of soft cow-dung, and old mortar powdered fine, or of equal parts of beeswax, rosin and tallow, either to be capped with strong cugar loaf paper, or strong cotton or linen cloth. Selling Corn. Shell your corn be fore you sell it, crush the cobs and feed them in mashes to your milch cows. A peck of crushed cobs and a peck of cut fodder, hay or straw, thrice a day, will keep your cows well up to their milch. This mess may be cooked enough by simply pouring boiling water over it, cov ering it, and permitting it to remain un till cool enough to be fed out. He that sells his corn on the cob, gives away his cobs, besides paying for their transportation to market; and where the grain is large and the cob small, gives a way a part of his corn also, as such corn will yield more than 5 bushels to the bar rel. American Farmer. From the Dollar yeicspaper. Dairy Butter. Among the various agricultural pro ducts of our country, butter is well worthy of attention, and, in good grazing dis tricts, amply repays the labor of the far mer, lit is not my purpose to speak of the different method, but merely to mako a statement of the mode which I have found completely successful in ifc3 manu facture and preservation. If you are going to make butter, several things will be necessary; a milk room, a butter bowl and ladle, a cool cellar., (not too damp,) in which the butter must be kept, and al so the milk, through the heat of summer, as you should always endeavor to make hard butter. The churning can be done by water power, dog, or sheep, or by hand, if your dairy is small. Pans, after being washed, shoidd be rinsed in hot water to remove all acidity, and all ves sels used must be kept perfectly sweet. Sell your spring butter, and lay none down until it has a rich yellow color. Let the cream stand until it sours, then churn it; wash the butter thoroughly in pure, cold water, (hard water is prefera ble,) and add the the salt, working it well through the butter. Set it away, and let it stand twenty-four hours; then work it until it will cut smooth with a ladle; reject the pickle, and pack in a firkin. The salt can be measured, and a little experience will regulate the quantity. Hot water should never be added to the cream while churning, to facilitate the operation, as it produces what "3 called scalded butter, being white and of infer ior quality. When a firkin is half full, add an even teaspoonful of pulverized saltpetre to a churning, when you work it over, and put in the firkin. This will strike through and preserve the whole. When full, take a wet cloth, spread over the top of the butter, and fill with coarse salt, about an inch in depth, turning over the edge3 of the cloth upon the salt, and proceed in the manner with each firkin. " Many dairymen put pickle upon the butter, and it may answer as well, but you cannot keep your firhins as nice as by the first method. Before beading for market, re move the coarse salt, and having a oloth, about the size of the head ready, wet it, spread neatly over tho butter, and sprin kle a little fine salt on it. This keeps all dust from the butter, that may get in a round the head. Head the firkin, and wash off all dirt with cold water, or, if moulded, use a little soft soap, and no stain will remain. It is now ready for market, where you should get it as neat as possible. Butter this manner, brings made and kent in in of as hiirh a price market, as any made in this section the country. a. f, Sohohariee Co. N Y. There is a hog on exhibition at Cincin nati, of such size and fatness, that Pro fessor Somerindyke says that if his tail was lighted and kept properly trimmed, he would burn for a year; and with sucL brilliancy as to light a large portion of the city. Where's your sperm whalo now? A couple pf men were hung in New York last week, and a barber was sent for to shave them, preparatory to the execu tion. He brought in a bill of twenty-five dollars for the servicel This may bo con sidered as one of the greatest shaves ora Bmall 3cale1on record. 1 : 3 ft t
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