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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24

have patched up the old wall where 1t had
fallen down. laying The stones in bright white
mortar. After dinner we went first 70 see The
celebrated cavern, rightly termed one OF The
seven wonders of Derbyshire. The entrance
is 100 feet wide, r. feet high and $50 feet
long, il they contracts aud leads into various
cells some OF great size and magnitude. You
soon cross the liver Styx which can only be
done by lying fssaA~she bottom of a little canoe
and being pushed over. TINS passage occurs
twice; at other times you wind along the side
of the stream, all having lights which reflect
upon the sides and assures, lighting il up very
finely One Of The guides would frequently
precede and ascending far above us, fire Il
blue light that would shew off The cavern most
beautifully. We passed through great many
distinct rooms known as the Grand Saloon,
Rogers Rain House, Halfway House, and al
last came TO The Bell House resembling the
Dome of Church Here our guide proposed
a blast, and fired it, and such report | havs
never heard. Although expecting il, it aston
ished us and as we heard it for minutes rever-
berallng from cavern 10 cavern, it seemed like
some mighty convuIson of nature. This is
called the Great Tom of Lincoln, comparing
it to that huge bell From this extraordinary
cavern we went 10 lis competitor, the Speed
well Mine. 1t was cxcavated by company
searching for lead until the workmen $50 yards
in a straight line from the bottom of the en-
trance, broke into a huge cavern, when a
stream burst in upon them ha, made them fly
for safely, and has since filed the bottom of
excavation some three feet deep and made it
M nd tborx
beyond, using boats to convey the mineral out,
and this gave it the name of the Navigation
Mine, by which it is most generally known
We descended LOG steps and came TO the wa
ter. Here we entered boat and the guide
fixed three lights, one in the centre and then
showed on $50 yards in direct line, so that
at the end we could see the candle in as straight
line as could be drawn. Here we came to
the great curiosity, natural cave, whose height
Is unknown, rockets sent up have never reach
ed IT, Ii is known that 1t Is 40 yards 20 the
top of the hill Immediately over; on one side
the stream gushes over into pool tha, has new
er been faihomed The guide by opening
slu;ce poured the stream down in fine water
fall Immediately below us He says he once
went down by rope and tried to sound il with
line of l0S yards but without success. He
also lighted up his dreary place with Ben
gal hghl from a high point which he reached
by ladder, and the effect was very grand, and
then prepared blast which if that OF the Peak
asionished us, this almost frightened u.s. The
report came just as we pushed off with the boat
and il fairly bowed us down making our flesh
10 quiver. We returned 10 our inn satisfied
with our days labor.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24
The Better Choice.

A Quaker, residing al Paris, was waited on
by four workmen. in order 10 make their com
plimehIs and ask for their usual new years
gifts.
Well, my friends SAID the quaker, here
are your gifts; choose fifteen francs or the BIZ
Bile
1 don't know how TO read, said the first, so
Iii take the fifteen francs
/ can read said the second, but l have
pressing wants He took the fifteen francs.
The third also made the same choice. He
now came 10 the fourth, a lad of alb ou, thirteen
or fourteen years. The quaker Looked at him
with an air Of goodness.
Will you take these three pieces, which
you may attain a, any time by your labor and
industry?
AS you say Tie hook is good, will take it,
and read II TO rly mother replied The boy. He
took The blbie, opened il, and found between
the leaves gold piece, of forty francs.
he OILERS hung down their heads, and the
quaker iod them he was very sorry they had
rot made a better choice.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24
From the New York Tribune.
The Whis Rifle.
AIR On RosIS the Bow. =


Come true gallant Wings or the Union--
Though cheated, wen never complain,
If ,rol'orhas snapped onr Wing Rifle,
Wen pick flint and try il again;
Wc' pick ilinf and try it agaIn.
Well pick flint aud try it again:
II a traitor has snapped our Wing Rife,
We'll pick flint and try it again.
It's time we fell in with Judas,
A dotarl both selfish and vain:
And he's made our Wing Rife burn printing,
But we'l pick flint and try it again
But Wen pick flint and try ii again. &c
His eyes have grown dim with the yapors,
AbsnaciiOns have aided his brain;
And whatever he shoots at he misses
But we'll pick flint and try it again
But we'll pick flint and try it again, &c
Brave William, when he lay a-dying,
Gave up the Wing Rifle with pain;
And for his sake, who galantly won it,
Wen pick flint and try it again;
Well pick flint and try it again, sc.
From the grcenfelds of kentucky
A Hunter steps over the plain,
And his eagle-eye sights our good Rifle
And he'll pick it and try it again
And he'll pick it and try it again, &c,
Huzza for our bold, gallant Harry
He lifts not the Rifle in vain,
And straight to the centre she'll carry,
When he picks it and tries ii again:
When he picks it and tries it again, &c.
Last War, when our poor captive Sailors
Their cries sent abroad on the main
Free Trader Sailors Rights cried brave Harry
Lads, pick flint and try it again:
Lads, pick flint and try it again, &c.
And now, when bastard and traitor
Has caused US 10 triumph in vain,
True Harry leads on TO the rescue,
CRYING Pick flint and try it again :"
Crying Pick flint and try it again"
Harry Clay Of kentuckys our leader,
Come rally from mountain and plan!
Think no more on the thing that BETRAYED US;
But pick flint and try ii again:
But pick flint and try It again,
But pick flint and try it again;
Think no more the thing that betray'd us
But pick flint and try it again.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24
,v.lxse Of the Tomato.

The Cheraw Gazette states that, IN addition
60 ,he advantages nj the Tomato for table use
a.. y;ae is of great value as food for cattle, es'
p.ciaix COWS 1t is stated that a COW fed on
Tomato vises will give more milk, and yield
hnusr of gses favor, and in greater abundance,
rhan any psher long feed ever tried II is
thought. too, ina, more good food for cattle. and
al less expense can be raised from given
quantity Of ground i'm Tomatoes than from any
.I.her vegetable known IN he Southern country.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24
No. 81.

An amiable old lady on reading recon
mendalion in newspaper, that - Sal Soda
should be used in washing paint, and that by
following this advice the work could be done
better and more speedily, remarked, that her
" daughter Julia could do more al Washing
paint IN one hour than Sal Soda could IN three.
Notwithstanding the printer pulled up her sn'af'-
ness so much"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24

Curran said TO Father OLeary, !" Reverend
father, | wish you were ST. Peter"- "Why q
said The priest Because then you would have
The KEYS Of Heaven, and could lei me NJ"
had better have The KEYS" said father 0, "ol
another place, and then could lei you out I"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24

Among series Of exercises to "come off"
al Cambridge Park, near Boston, next Monday,
is pig race. The pigs tail is to be creased
and the comPetllOr. who shall catch the pig by
the tail only, and throw him over his shoulder,
shall carry off the prize! Rather unclasslcal
sport for The vicinity of the modern Athens. y
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24

CUcUNBERs, dressed as asparagus, are said
10 produce dish equal to the latter The Sa-
yannah Republican states that the article has
been served up on toast, al the Pulaski House.
Savannah, for the last six years; and says hat
if the cucuInbers be sliced leng,hwise and fried
in butter, they will be found an excellent sub
situte for fried oysters. Try them
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24
Wr. Clay, ,AgTiculturaI, Mechanic
Arts, Comm cree, Protection. &c.

We find the following letter in the last Nash
vile Banner, into which IL was copied from the
Agtlculturalist We need not call attention 10
II, as nothing coming from the hand Of Henry
Clay, upon subjects Of general concern, can
escape notice Like other letters from him
upon Kindred subjects, it expresses in con
dehsed form, his views in regard 10 the greaI
interests of society, and exhibits spirit of en-
lafged patriotism and comprehensive statesman
ship.-FOrum
ASHLAND, August, lS43
To The Publishers of the Tenn STATE Agricultur1si:
GENTIEMEN:-I duly received your letter.
requesting my present views as to the station
that tho Mechanical portion of our population
should occupy in The United States, and also
as 10 the subject Of Home Industry and Man
ulactures, Although have often had occasion
publicly to express my opinions on these mat
ters, take pleasure in communicating them TO
you
1t has always appeared 10 me, Gentlemen,
that the task of administering our common gov
ernment would not be very difficult, if honesty,
bberaIlty and reasonable information were car
rIed into the public councils. II was institeI
to promote the general prosperity, by faithful
exercise of the powers granted by the Consl-
iu:ion. All paris of the Union, and all the great
interests Of the country should, therefore, re.
celve the parental care and attention Of the
Government. No one section, and no one in
tsrest should desire or expect TO engfoss It's
exclusive regard.
The main pillars of Society are Agriculture,
Commerce, including Navigation. and Manu-
faclures, including the Mechanic Arts Owing
10 the peculiar position ofhe u. States, Agricui-
lure requires but liltle protection, and that con
lnued 10 few branches of il. /, is otherwise
with the other Two interests. They require
some protection against the selfish legislation
and the rivalry of Foreign powers, which, to
make il beneficial and elleclual should possess
Two qualities, moderation and stability. inn-
mately connected with each other Without
other interests would feel that they
had been nnjusily dealt by. dissatisfaction would
ensue, and that stability in legislation, so de
slrable in all business and pursuits, would nc
be served
Protection TO Manufactures and Commere
is in fact, whatever ii may be in form, encou
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24
PENNSYLVANI
10000 Families destitute of the Bible!

Does this statement appear to bt
incredible? Consider the following
FACTS.
Philadelphia city and county have
been explored and 1000 families sup
piled with the Bible.
Lehagh, York and AkIeghdny co,g,-
ties report each about 1000 families
destitute of the Bible.
Lancaster and BerkS counties, by
an estimate based on facts so far as
developed, show a destitution Of 3 200
families in the two counties, or 1900
in each.
In these SIX counties, therefore, the
deStitution amounts to TEN THOUS-
AND FAMILIESt
Warren county has been explored
and the destitution amounts to one
family in every SIX.
Potter and lN'keaa counties have
been explored and the result is, on
an average, one destitute family in
FIVE.
Cteayfcld county reports an aver
age destitution of one family in eve
ry FOUR.
Other facts of similar character
might be mentioned, but we add but
one more explanatory of this sad and
surprising destitution. 1t is this !;
since 1910 the populatlon.of Penn
Sylvania has changed to the amount
of three quarters Of a million or sew
enty thousand new families.
MONROE COUNTY.
This County has not yet been e1-
plored. So far as enquiry has been
made we are led to conclude that the
destitutioh is great.
Will you, dear sir, as u christian
and citizen aid in accomplishing this
work so rich in civil, social, domes-
tic and religious blessings!
In behalf of the Managers Of the
Monroe county Bible Society.
DANIEL STROUD, Pres.
WV. p. Vail, Cor. Sec.
], w. Burnett, Treas.
We cordially approve of the above
object and hope that it will meet with
prompt and cheerful aid from our fel-
low citizens.
Rev. ]. B. HYNDSHAW.
8 b JOHNSON.
DAVID E. GARDINER,
JOHN DECKER,
c.. HEILTG,
I" T. c.. w. HOFFEDITZ.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-08-24

Tie rery ldteSt-Why is cows tail like 4
dandy's chin! Because it grows do1a
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BEST METHOD OF CURING CORN.


Our Inoian corn crop is one Of the most
valuable il not The most valuable crop
cultivated in the United States, and every
thing relative to the best methods Of grow.
ing and securing it are proportionably
important In securing Indian corn, two
methods are commonly used; the first is
10 top the corn, by cutting the stalk imme-
diately above the year, and this is usually
done as soon as the grain is glazed, though
some farmers scarcely wait for this. The
second, is to cut up the corn by the bot
tom as soon as the ear is glazed, bind the
stalks and ears ia small bundles, set
them up, and let them stand till thorough.
ly cured. In the first method only the
upper part oil the stalk is saved for fodder,
but the corn ripens finely, and nothing can
be more beautiful than field in which
the husks have fallen from the ripened
grain, and the thick golden ears give
promise of the rich harvest at hand
Still we prefer the second method, and
that from ample experience of both. We
have our corn cut up by the bottom. De-
cause in that way we save the whole of the
stalk for fodder, and that is no unimpor-
tsnt matter TO the farmer. In topping on
~ the poorest part Of the stalk is saved,
Tor if cat and cured properly, there Is no
more nutritious food for animals than tho
stalk Of cora. It's true, when very
large, cattle and sheep are unable to eat
them; but if converted into chaff by a
cutting machine, as they can easily be,
there is no food eaten more readily, or
with more profit. Iii not hazarding
much to say that there is more value in
an acre Of corn-stalks cut by the bottom
and properly fed out, :han in acre OF or
binary hay, and no farmer can afford to
dispense with such an item in providing
for his stock. But the saving in the stalk
is not all experiments show that there
is gain in the grain Of hea-ly twenty per
cent. ir cutting by the bottom in prefer
ence to topping. Experiments made by
Mr.. Clarke, Judge Buel and others and
recorded in the volumes Of the Old Ge-
nessee Farmer, and the Cuitivator, place
this matter hey ond doubt. In one made
by Mr.. Clarke, he found the yield per
acre Of the corn topped, to be AZ bushels
ls lbs. and the untopped, SO bushels .
lbs. From some experiments instituted
by ourselves several years since, 1t was
ascertaned that there was no difference
Of consequence in The product, when the
corn was left on the untouched stalks IN
harvest, and when they we're cut by me
bottom after the corn was well glazed,
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-02
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
NUMBER 36.
1G..IssIglA ltso
PROGRESS oF TIE WAR.

Z
1 Our readers viii iind lang article Of
I the Charleston Mercury in today s paper.
setting forth IN enefseilc terms the hese.
sizes Of Mr.. Wan Bureaus Syracuse Con.
yeution on the sub ets Of the Tariff and
the assumption OF State Debts. I, w,l be
Sc, ii from this article, that the Van Buren,.
it, are cons dersd by the Calhoun party.
as maintaining identical ground with Mir.
Clay; thai is, aslavofing eiscrimlnas'on in
leyying the tariff fnr revenue and as
having virtually abandoned the rs,nciples
OF democracy, aud those which mainiy
bind them togeihe AZ party, The Mer.
curry, 800, significantly nj rms IT'S late al.
III S, that !. has long since got pest that
point OF parsizAn psliiic,s, Which holds on
mer ly 10 name; and iha, ifihe Vapiies
ara disposed only 10 hold TO that whilo
they throw away principles, Il is by m
means SOU .anisa 10 abandon them. THIS
IS the present state Of The war on one
side.
h On tho other side. since tha New York
Convention, there seems to be dixposi.
ton torepose. The Richmond Enquirer,
satisfied that il has gained every thing il
desired, seems now to assume the misn Of
extraordinary meekness, and talks paler.
nally, kindly and forgiving'y. Of the vari-
Gus assaults by which the Calhoun cohorts
seek 70 overthrow him. He 10 evidently
SO comfortably ieposing on the couch Of
sell. era,ulatun. al the success Of himsslf
and Van, as TO be- unwilling even TO trou.
bic himself with pro6tless discussion, and
To, refore generously and considerably 10
disI ossd TO leave the discussion wholly to
those that like i.
But there seems 10 our own State 10 be
exhibited dispositions, now tina, tho e.
lectior is over" to stir up tho political
cauldfeD, evrn should they hava 70 set Il
boiling 10 order 10 do so. We hotise
call FOR anoth,r Convs ntion, io~nominute
Electors Tor President, by The friends Of
Mr.. Van Buren,, and an appeal to The
Calhounites, as they regard their own sin
cerity and consistency in their demands
for fair and unpacked National Conven.
lion, on the Same pr nciple 10 giant what
they d, mand from the friends Of Mr.. Van
Buren,. TO them in regards their own State
Electors. $780,
We cut The above from tho Milledge.
vile (Ga.) Recorder. The article oflhe
Mercury to which il refers brings up Tho
forgotten resolution of the Loco Foco par.
ty in 1910 against protective tariff and
makes. comparison Of that With the
resolutions Of the party at the Syracuse
Convention which lately nominated dele
gates to the National Convention. The
Calhoun men have appointed delegates
10 the Convention 10 Georgia AMI tbs
Van BURN men, as is seen above, are a.
boat TO send delegates also. Alike gnmo
will be played in New York. We shall
have lots Of fun presently. - Frederick
Examiner.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-02

blu, that both these methods gave . great-
er product than when topped 10 the usual
manner. II is said thai when corn is top
ped, a after the corr il gashtrvd, thai
cattle will eat ailflas is valuable ofthe
stalks, rs they siand in tie field Tbs
is certainly a mistake, IS ihe most nu,ai-
tious part, the main Stalk itself. Is general
ly left untouched BY them. lffhr corn
crop is well MANFRED, as il should BE, the
cultivation of the season is an excellent
preparation for wheat. and some OF the
best farmers Of our county use the corn
crop for this purpose. Ia this case cut
ting w by the bottom is indispensable for
the getting inof the wheat properly and
lift is intended 10 follow the corn with
spring crops, ass frsqu ntly done, such
rs wheat, oais, or-bsrley, It will be found
that the absence ofthe large stalks thai
disfgure corn grounds when only topped,
will greatly facilitate both the putting in.
and the harvesting ofth.sc crops. For
oil these reasons, and the additional one,
that j, is only by cnring at the bottom
that co;n can b. slvcd from the effects
OF enrly frosis when they occur, we are
decidedly ofti,e opinion that the corn crop
of the country might annually beincrras-
ed in value, were the method ofcutting
il by the bottom as soon as the grain - ful.
~ glazed, TO become general Cui.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-02
TiME-AN EXTRACT.

The following eloquent paper on Time
is, W. believe, from the pen Of Paulding.
| saw temple reared by the hands Of
men standing with its pinnacle on the dis
iani plain. The storm beat upon II; the
God OF nature hurled his thundesbolls a.
gainst it, and yet it stood firm as adamant.
Revelry was in its halls; the gay, The hap
~, the young, and the beautiful were
there; Ireturned, and 10 the temple was
10 more It's high walls lay in scattered
ruins; moss and wild griss grew rankly
there; and at the midnight hour the owls
lone cry added to the deep solitude-The
young and the gay who revelledthere had
passed way.
saw a child rejoicing in his youth !;
the idol Of his mother, and the pride of
his father; I returned and the child had
become old. Trembling with tho weight
of years, he stood the last Of the genera
tioo, stranger amidst the desolation a.
round him.
saw the old oak standing with oil its
pride upon the mountains; the birds were
IN It's boughs returned and that oak
was leafless and sspless; the winds were
playing at psstimes through its branch.
es.
who is this dsstr oyer?" said | to my
guardian angel.
1t is time, said he. When the morn
ing stars sang together with joy over the
new made world, he commenced his
course; and when he shall have destroyed
all that is beautiful Of The enrth; plucked
the sun from it's sphere; veiied the
moon in blood; yea, when he shall hive
rolled the heavens and earth away as a
scroll, then shall an angelf from tho Throne
OF God come forth, and with one foot on
the sea and one on the land, lift up his
hand towards Heavens Eternal--iime is,
time was, but time shall be no longer
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-02

GxEAr DISCHARGE or WoRKMEN rRoa
TIE GospoRr Navy YARp---We learn
that the orlers were received on Saturday
from Washington, by The commandant
of The Navy Yard at this station, 10 dis.
charge al the mechanics and labofsrs,
except SO many as are required 10 COM
plete the new slonp Of war for launching.
and some other small unfinished business.
Four bandred al least, il Is said. viii be
thrown out Of employment by virtue Of
these orders, and at the eve of Tong win
ter, without any resource buf from their
daily labor, wre.ched and hopeless pros.
pect lies before them, which cannot be
contemplated without giving pain % eve.
ry heart capable OF feeling FOR others
Woe And why is II so ? Plainly be-
caase the appropriations have been inpro-
Violently ard imprudenily applied, unit
What was drawn for IL months tss been
exhausted IN 8. Mis- government and
mal-administration are the cause Of Ahis
DEF lorabe state Of lhngs.--Ncr. Her,
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-02

ALWAYS READy.-During the last war
revol stationary veteran living near the
ocean, never went to bed without having
well loaded gun by his side. One
night there was violent thunder storm
which shook the house to IFS foundation.
Husband, husband!" screamed his wife,
"get up, the British have landed, or the
day of judgement has come, ! don't know
which" "By gosh, said the old soldier,
jumping UP, "let them come on, they'll
find mo ready for either of them.''
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-02
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lp@lRgrl0Ano
TO A NEW MARRIED COUPLE

TO A NEW MARRIED COUPLE.
Br ). o. RRAisARD.
Issw two clouds st morning,
Tiugsd with the golden sun,
And in the dawn they ilosted on.
And mingled into one.
though, that morning cloud was best,
Ii moved so sweetly to the west.
saw two summer currents.
Flow softly to their meeting,
And join their course in silent force,
In peace each other greeting.
Calm was the scene through banks Of green,
While dimpling eddies played between.
Such be your gentle motion,
Till life's latsst pulse shall beat;
Like summers beam and summers stream,
Flow on. IL joy 10 meet,
purer sky. where troubles cease--
A calmer sea, where ill il peace.