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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-21

In the Unied siaes Court FOR the Eas;orn Ds,rc -
- gina. February liih, iSi2-
4 lhNlLLE LOVING, u Nelson County havin- fla , ~.
~ iiiou praying that he may be declared
- ordered hat all persons claiming be creors of the
nc Loving show Court or nc lI i,v
o. March next why the said Ofyc Loving be moi are
pursuant 10 the Of Congress in thar behalf
and acopY Of this order be Published in the newsp,
peTs according TO the 21d and 2iih Rules OF Court
copy. Tesie.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-21
FREIGHT AND PissAGE RoAT tn
NORFOLK AND BALTINOR
TYLtR,s POEM &c

I. w. RANDOLPH a CO have for saie-
Ahasuerus,a Pccm b. John Tyler. IT,
Na ural History ~ relt0 Tne, ~ Rev q. White
hssays ou Properly 1ni labor, connected with Naff
"a Law lud tnc Jousftu0us Of society by Ffarrfa ain,
hfaniies Ilfruonics sni sIihmucs Of Nature win
Notes ant Illustrations, BY Charles Blck-Nos i4B &c srj
February NosYouns Peoples Book and Peoples Ilb,a.
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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-21
FOR RENT
FOR RENT
ROOMS 1OI.ET-

Tic Dwelling House over The su2scriberis
- sore, suaab,e i'r private family or e,r of5ess
tisil io.srss.. ~ gwen Immediately.
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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
The blue warm stockings !

When Dr. Franklin was received at the
French court as American minister, he felt
some scruples of conscience in complying with
their fashions as to his dress. "He hoped" he
said to the minister, "tha, as he was himself a
very plain man, and represented plain repub-
lican people, the king would indulge his desire
to appear at court in his usual dress. Indepen-
dent of this, the season of the year he said rem
dered the change from yarn stockings 10 fine
silk somewhat dangerous.
The French minister made him bow, but
said, that the fashion was too sacred thing for
him to NEEDLE with, but he would do himself
the honor to mention it 10 his MAJESTY.
The king smiled, and returned word that DR..
Franklin was welcome TO appear at court In
any dress he pleased. In spite Of that delicate
respect for strangers, for which the French are
so remarkable, the courtiers could not help sta
ring a, first, at DR.. Franklin's quakerlike dress,
and especially at his "6lue yarn stockings
But it soon appeared that he had been intro
duced upon this splendid theatre only to demon
slraie iha, grea, genius like true beauty, "needs
not the aid of foreign ornament" The court
was so dazzled with the brilliancy of his mind
that they never looked a, his stockings. And
while many other ministers who figured in the
gaudy fashions of the day are now forgotten,
the name of DR.. Franklin is still mentioned in
Paris with all the ardor of the most afieclienale
enthusiasm.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
No. 80.
Farmers and Politics
The following Is an extract from letter to
the editors of the Washington Globe.

IhG following Is an extract IlOul lSu6I 10
The editors of the Washington Globe.
RIDeE-FARM, Vermiion CO., Illinois,
November Il, l542.
MEssRs. BLAIR AND RivEs:--Enclosed
send you two-dollar Indiana bill, for which |
want eCongressonal Globe and Appendix
during the ensuing session OF Congress. re-
ceived your Prospectus, and have shown II io
my neighbors, but they have all made the excuse
Of hard times; several have said, 81 would he
TO have the papers, but have not the money
live in the country, and my neighbors are all
yes, all-larmers, and you have no idea OF
the poverty of the farmers of Illinois. Allnw
me 10 tell you what labor il will cost me TO pay
you for the Congressional Globe and Appendix.
Our most profitable business is raising Wheat
which we carry III wagons one hundred and
forty miles TO Chicago, and there sell il for 40
cts. per bush. A good two horse team will
draw twenty bushels and feed for the journey,
and thus we 90 10 market; camp out and cook
our own food load will bring eight dollars;
we make trip in two weeks. "Truly you have
a hard row to hoe" you will say; ''why don't
you sell your wheat nearer homer Allow me
to tell you that you could not cash bushel ID
wheat in Vermilon county for 25 cents;
that to raise two dollars, il would require eight
bushels of wheat--the product Of half an acre,
and weeks labor; or, 10 raise that sum ir9as
pork, you must sell two hundred pounds.
Is this the point to which you politicians
would merge the people! and will you claim to
be one of US? Can you have taste for far
mer's life, and be denied the luxury of reading
the news! Can you promise US anything belie=E
will the trumphs of Democracy produce bet
tel state of things! Did you ever ask yourself
the question?
Well may the honest correspondent Of the
Globe ask this question Will the triumphs Of
Democracy produce better state of things =
Democracy, so called, has been triumphant
since 1928, and what has it done? Beggared
and disgraced the country. When will the
hard working millions properly understand the
political questions presented for their consider
lation and decision! What amount of rueful ex-
perience will teach them that the demagogues
who have led them by the nose for fourteen
years. have no claim to the dignity Of democrats
If their success last two years longer, we shall
despair Of any reform until another, better ed
ucated and more enlightened generation shall
control the ballot boxes. This may be the on
ly hope of efectually ridding the country of
this spurious democracy.-NOrth american.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
Curious Appearance of the Earth.

Clayton recently made successful ascen-
sion in balloon from Columbus, Ohio. Among
the remarks of his journal Of the aerial trip, we
were struck by the following:
s'From the questions that | am frequently
asked, an idea seems TO exist with many that
eronauts lose sight of the earth when at great
heights. This is mistake; they never do, ex-
cept when clouds intervene, or night appears.
On the contrary, the earth is always like an i'm.
mense concave map, painted different colours,
which designate not the different townships or
counties. as The colouring of maps generally do,
but the various products Of the soil. That the
earth, which In reality is convex, should appear
10 the eronaut TO be concave, may al first seem
strange to many, but moments reflection will
render it clear. His horizon is frequently up
wards of hundred miles from him. Draw a
right-angled triangle, and make the base line
fifty or sixty times as long as the perpendicular,
the hypo,henuse and base will then be nearly
in the same line. The horizon appears to the
aronaut 10 be on perfect level with the car OF
the balloon; but the part of the earth directly un-
derneath him seems at great distance from
him, consequently the whole surface of the
scene must appear concaye."
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
Carlyle's Description of War.

What, speaking in quite unofficial language,
is the net purp0rt and upshot of war? To my
own knowledge, for example, there dwell and
toll, in the British village of Dumdrudge, usual
ly some FIVE hundred souls. From these, by
certain natural enemies of the French, there
are successfully selected, during the French
war, say thirty able bodied men. Dumdrudge,
at her own expense, has sucked and nursed
them; she has, not without difficulty and sorrow,
fed them up TO manhood, and even trained them
up to crafts, so that one can weave, another
build, another hammer, and the weakest can
stand under thirty stone avoirdupols. Never
lheless, amid such weeping and swearing, they
are selected; all dressed in red, and shipped
away, a. the public charges some TWO thousand
miles, or say only 10 the south of Spain, and
fed there till wanted. And now, 10 that same
spot, in the south of Spain, are thirty similar
French artizans, from French Dumdrudge, in
like manner vending; till at length, after infinite
effort, the two parties come into actual juxtapo-
silion and thirty stand fronting thirty each with
a gun in his hand. Straightway the word
'Fire!' is given, and they blow the souls out of
one another; and in place Of sixty brisk, useful
craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses,
which it must bury, and anew shed tears for.
Had these men any quarrel! Busy as the devil
is, not The smallest! They lived far enough
apart; were the eniirest strangers; nay, in SO
wide universe, there was even, unconsciously,
by commerce, some mutual helpfulness between
them. How then? Simpletons! their COVER
nors had fallen out; and instead of shooting one
another, had the cunning TO make these poor
blockheads shoot. Alas, so ii is in Deutschland
and hitherto in all other lands: still as of old
'wha, devilry soever kings do, the Greeks must
pay the pper!'
In that fiction of the English Smole,, il is
true the final cessation of war is perhaps pro.
phetically shadowed forth, where the two nat.
ural enemies in person take each tobacco pipe,
filled with birthstone, light the same, and smoke
in one anolhers faces till the weaker gives in
But from such predicted peace-era what blood.
filled trenches aud contentious centuries may
still divide us!
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
Combustion of the HUI
man BODY.

Mr.. S. went to bed in apparent health, and
was found the next morning burnt to cinders, on
the floor of his bedroom. When he was dis
covered, vapor was issuing from the mouth
and nostrils; and those parts of The body, the
form OF which was unaltered, on being handled,
Immediately crumbled down. His shirt and
night cap were not injured.
This case happened in 1882 The man was
about forty years of age, and an nveterate dram
drinker. There are many instances on record
which the writer can mention. i, is shown by
them that the human body may be so impreg-
mated with inHammable matter, Tor gas,) as TO
take fire spontaneously, or that in certain con-
ditions, the human body is capable of genera
ting gas, which, the moment it comes in con-
tact with air, takes FIRE. The gas thus genera
ted is compound of hydrogen and phosphorus.
This combustion has happened TO those who
are in the habit of using ardent spirits; that is,
10 those whose bodies have become saturated
from excessive drinking of alcohol. 1t is not,
therefore, necessary, TO apply spark or flame
TO the body which is thus ignited; and only
those parts may be destroyed which present the
requisite proportion Of phosphorus: accordingly
the clothes of the persons are not consumed.
An important and monitary corollary from these
facts is, that habitual drunkards have much
slenderer hold on life than temperate men,
N. E. Puritan.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
pREsERvAr1vE COMPOSITION.

For composition for coloring and preserv-
ing gates, roofs, and timber generally. from the
weather, melt twelve ounces of rosin in an iron
pot or kettle, add three gallons OF train oil, and
three or four rolls of birthstone; when they are
melted and become thin, add as much Spanish
brown Tor red or yellow ochre, or any other
color you like, ground as usual with oil, as will
give the whole The shade wanted. Then lay
i on with brush as hot and as thin as you
can Some days after the first coat is dried,
Law on second. II is well ascertalned that
this will preserve plank for years, and prevent
the weather from driving through brick work.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
Fashionable Tailoring
E ESTABLISHMENT I L
NJ, NJ, BURMI3TpIP, P,


Would respectfully inform the citizens of
|Sroudsburg and county generally, that he is
still exer,ing himself for their accommodation
at his stand, one door below the office of VIM.
Davis. Esq. on Elizabeth street. and has now
in his possession plates and diagrams of the
Very Latest City Fashions;
from which he is enabled 10 cut all kinds of
gen'lemen's wearing apparel in manner that
cannot fail 10 please those who may wish TO
dress in strict accordance with the prevailing
modes. For others whose tastes may not in
cline 10 the latest fashions, or whose ages may
suggest ideas of comfort rather than display, he
trusts he is equally well prepared; having had
the advantage of many years experience IN the
difficult, vel not unsurmountable task Of adapt
ing his work 10 the wishes of many and yari-
Gus persons. He is prepared to supply orders
with promptness and despatch With his sin.
eeresi thanks for the patronage heretofore be-
slowed upon him, he respectfully solicits its
continuance-determi to neglect no means
of giving his customers full and ample saiisfac-
ton.
All kinds Of cutting neatly executed at the
shortest notice, and in The most fashionable
style.
September IA, IS42.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
Discovery of Large Bones.

a discovery of bones of the deiunct Mastedon
has recently been made al lick, about two
miles from Warsaw, Mo-, which exceed in
number and size, any yet discovered. The
bones were found two or three feet below the
surface, imbedded in black gravel. The num-
Der of different heads found amounts TO seven
ty or eighty, and the large amount of detached
teeth shows that greater number of these
monsters have found common grave in this
BASIN The skeletons of various species of an
imaIs are found deposited in this basin, as the
buffalo, elk, deer &c.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
The Late John Vaughan.

The subioined letter of advice to young
man, written by that excellent individual and
philanlhropist, the late Mr. Vaughan, is well
worthy of being republshed in every paper in
the Union.
PHILADELPHIA, ODD June, 1888.
"Dear Sir:--I have received your letter re-
questing me TO reduce to writing few rules of
conduct which had suggested in conversation,
as means TO secure friends, and insure con-
slant employment They are not many, but
must be rigidIy adhered to.
Ascertain clearly the duties required, and
the manner your employer may wish them TO
be performed, and perform them TO the best OF
your abilities.
Be punctual in your attendance, rather before
the time than afterwards.
"Never slight your business, forget OF neglect
orders given. When business presses, never
require indulgence, but rather suffer some IN
convenience than retard what ought to be done.
Take an interest in what concerns your en-
ployer, as if your own interest was at stake,
and thus inspire confidence and reliance upon
you. Never require to be looked after; the
great object is to lie. your employer think that
complete reliance may be placed on you. Do
your business quietly, but steadily, nor allow
your attention 10 be taken off by conversation
with those about you. Be civil and kind to
those about you, and treat ali with good humor.
Should any difference arise. avoid giving has
ty answer.
"Dr. Priestly, who had excitabe feelings.
when he found them reused, counted ten or
twenty before he replied, which gave time Tor
reflecnon, and for su5duing any hasiy efiuslons
Of temper. These may be forgiven, but are moi
forgotten and destroy all harmony. say
nothing about integrity and good moral con-
duct. and strict adherance to irulh-lbese
must, of course, uniformly govern yop, conduct
Never talk of The affairs or business of your
employer-thai must be lef. 10 himself. Never
forget messages left; make memoraudums for
the purpose of letting him, on all occasions, be
informed OF what has been given TO you to COM
munlcate. In all money matters, be strictly
Punctudl, If, upon reflection, you should be
convinced that you had done wrong, never be
ashamed to apologize for it.
"Mind these rules, and friends will never be
wanting. JOHN VAUGHAN
"Mr w T. D., Philad,"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
Useful Recipes.
PoTAToE GLUE OR PAINT.

Take pound of potatoes, peel and boil them,
pound them while they are hot in three or four
pounds of boiling wafer; pass them through a
of good chalk, very finely powdered, previously
mixed with four pounds of water, and stir them
both together. The result will be species of
glue or starch, capable of receiving every sort
of coloring matter, even Of powderng charcoa! !
of brick or lamp black, which may be employed
as an economical means of painting door posts,
walls, pailings, and other paris of buildings ex-
posed TO the action of The air.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
NOTICE.

Petitions for Discharge and Certificate under
the Bankrupt Law. have been filed by
Moses Bross, Lumberman, Pike county.
Walter Buchanan, Tanner, do.
Aud Friday the 30lh day OF December next, al
ii O'Clock, a. NJ. is appointed for The hearing
thereof, before the said Court, sitting in Bank
ruplcy, at the District Court Room, in The City
of Philadelphia, when and where The Creditors
of the said Petitioners, who have proved their
Debts, and all other persons in interest, may
appear and show cause, if any they have, why
such Discharge and Certificate should not be
granted.
FRAS. HOPKINSON,
Clerk Of the District Court. :
Philadelphia, Oct. 5, 1870.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
NOTICE.

A Petition for Discharge and Certificate un-
der the Bankrupt Law, has been filed by
John Finch. Leather Manufacturer, Pike
county.
And Friday the 30ih day of December next al
l / o'clock, A. NJ. is appointed for the hearing
thereof, before the said Court, sitting in Bank
ruplcy, at the District Court Room, in the Ci
IS of PhiladeIphia. when and where the Cred
irors of The said Petitioner, who have proved
their Debts, and all other persons in interest,
may appear and show cause, il any they have,
Why such Discharge and Certificate should not
he granted,
FRAS. HOPKfNSON,
Clerk Of the District Court.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8, l842,-l0w. ol3.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
New-Eashiomed Potatoes.

A new species of the poIaioe plant has just
been imported from Souih America. The fruit
grows on vines, like pumpkins, and will do TO
make handsome arbors; single seed potatoe
being sufficient 10 cover verandah The
beauty of this above ground vegetable is, that
you can pick out the finest potatoes without
damaging The plants, and leave the "smal! po-
taloes" TO grow bigger.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
HOW ro HAVE A SHARE RAZOR.

Take strap OF thick harness leather, the
size You want for strap, and fasten it at each
end upon piece OF wood, then rub upon Its
surface piece Of tin. (any Tin dish will do)
until 1t is smooth. Strap your razor upon this,
and you will find il worth all the patent straps
that ever were invented.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08

The following s,anzas, an Address to Num-
my, at Belzonis exhibition, were published
about twenty years since. Who is their au-
thor, has not transpired, SO far as know
They have, however, been attributed to Thom-
as Campbell, author Of the Pleasures of Hope.
Certainly they are worthy OF his muse. They
would not dshonor the name of any bard, an
cient or modern.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08

BLEEDING AT THE NosE.---M Negrier states,
that The hemorhage may be almost ins'anlane-
ously checked by raising the arm on the same
side as that of The nostril from which The blood
flows
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
White Pine Lumber

of the best quality, which they offer al very low
prices. Purchasers would do well 10 call and
examine their assortment. il being from TO 10
miles nearer, and much better road, than to
any other Mill in this section of country, where
a general assortment can be had.
PHILIP G. READING & Co.
September 2l, lS42.-4m.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08

An excellen, and cheap paint for rough wood
work, is made out of six pounds of melted pitch,
one pint linseed oil, and one pin, of brick-dusi
or yellow ochre.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY
G. w. DE WITT.

TERMS.-Two dollars per annum in advance-Two dollars
quarter half yearly-and if not paid before the end
Ne wear, Two dollars and half Those who receive their
bv carrier stage drivers employed by the propre-
bf will be charged l-2 cts. per year, extra
No papers discontinued until all arreaages paid except
the option of the Editor
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. not exceeding square (sxteen nesl
Inn be inserted three weeks for dollar twenty-five cents
every subsequent insertion larger proportion.
bera discount will be made 10 yearly advertisers.
A letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08

The first White Child born in the U. States,
il is said, was christenhd after the state in
which she MAS horn. She was gtand- daughter
Of the royal governor. This was in August,
1887, The chlld's name was Virginia Dare.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08
LUMBER! LUMBER!!

The subscribers have al their Mill situate
three miles from John Fleets Tavern, which is
"n The Drinker Pike, and only half a mile from
Henry w. Drinker, Esq, large and general
assortment of seasoned
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08

There are in the United States l1,lSl In.
sane persons; and the estimated number oil
those who become SO annually, is 5,1l9
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-08

Nails are prevented from rusting by heating
them and dropping them while hot in OIL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-05
MEDICAL AID.

DR. GREGORY will attend and prescribe for particular
Oclas OF PATIENTS his residence No "a Mott
day in the all hours Of day and His
be relied being the best and the plan will
accordance with the symptoms Of the disease having refer
also the accommodation Of the patient perfect
Of the malady.
1t is worthy of that number of patients after hav-
been treated for disease discharged BY their phys
Clans being cured and perhaps would remain or
longer after disease begins make and
this stage generally considered than ths
first instance. IL like these that Or. g. length
discovered remedy, which entirely unkno any
other physician II external application requiring be
continued not than thirty hou. Ii has
proved successful where has been applied
and cured Of from three fifteen standing This
is NOT made from motives Of vanity iI4m
medy where obtain it. Those seeking the Doctor will find
him at his house (not drug store) No Mott ST.
off Chatham Square, being nearly opposite
church-it is easily found Ut night.
Dr. Gregory has published improved edition with
gravingsl Of little book entitled the Rubconi" treats
clusvey the complaints above alluded The remarks ON
structure should be by especially those with
acted Of disease Il for sale author Office
ami by Messrs. Sands 70 aid 100 Fuonsteet and
Drug store, corner Of Chambers and Broadway aso tho
and Marketsreet Applications by Mail, Post paid enclos.
ing ST. will receive the book by return OF MAIL free of Post