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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06
No. 23.
EIoquence---who's Afeera,

unItia EAO4ueHces.. w RIGS AfeefGf
We are not informed which of our gallant
militia officers made the following spirit ed adj
dress 10 his warriors at the last General Re-
view
Friends, COuntrymen, and Sodgerst
"Tenshun Squad! This is a srea, country,
and has got tareiHg start among The white ma
tions and lnjuns of The airth What makes II
great! Whar does the conglomeraled cIemen-
tums of its greatness cum from | answer
Jlst crng your righ. foot into line, Sargent
Smike-l answer IN voice of hash thunder
The Militia
"SioP your darn'd cheering, men; don't
applause a, my eloquence, for you'll pu, me
out, if you DO. Yes the Militia. Take that
away, and there ant nnihn left. The MlInjs
Is the bone and grizzle of the country. /,
locks, bolts and bars the gates of creation, and
stands sentinel on the tallest ramparts of Ma
ture's dominions. This Republic would be
miserable consarn, but for the Militia. 1t keeps
the ardent sperrits Of military efTulgence in a
glow of lcelandic ferverosity. Pm attached to
II, myself. think It's rich. The system can't
be bel,ered. Folks call il farce | don't
see no,hin' TO laff at in it, Its plaguey solem
piece of bizness, when you come to hug deown
to the naked reality ont 'Taint everybody that
can put on the representatives and look like old
Mars, the God of War, with decided touch of
Iuti,
effect. No sir-eei There aint bigger or
more important critIer afoat than live militia
ossifer, all rugged in the full caloutermenls of
glory, with strips to his breecherloons, epelets
piled up on both shoulders, brass buttons from
head tew foot, silver stars shinin' in The tails
of his coat, cap and plume on his head, and
drawd sword in his hand. Sch sites
enuff 10 make fallen man and woman think bet
ter Of his specie! IT'S indeed!
81 believe The >,eluscent delirum of this
destined Republic is centered in its militia. I,
can't stand without it, With il, its proud mot
to is, DIVIDED WE STAND. UNITED
WE FALLr"
stop cneerln-you put me all out
General Washington belonged to The mill.
tia so did Sippio Afri-cane-us ; so did Boney-
part; so did that old WizzigoIh that ravished
all Europe and burnt its fences and its stone
walls ; and so also, sodgers, do l.
u believe if all out of doors should bus,
threw the parafurnailye of the animal economy,
and slide down the creased plank of ancestral
delinquency ker- slump into the broad Savan-
mars of this smiln' land of asses milk and un-
tanned honey, that nothin as,ir could poot 'em
out bu, the Militia That ar fact! Three
cheers for the Militia IN gineral, and the 999Yth
Regiment in persickIer. Sodgers! ground
arms!
"Who's afraid! Whar's Mexiko, Kalforni-
ko, and Oregon Who's afeersd of them p
Sodgers The mortal 9999lh can thrash the
life out Of that are yallar. half Spanish varmint,
that Mexico. any mornin' afore breakfast Our
motto is, Liberty and Death, nop and forever,
one and inseperable. Whooray for Mexas -
Down with Texico! Let's lick herp
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06
Be Kind 10 the Fallen.
BY ROBERT MORRIS.

BY ROBERT MORRIS.
We feel at all times and seasons, the utter
weakness of our moral and mental condition.
We feel that wlhou, certain restraints of So
cie,y, of training of example and responsibility,
we too should falter and fall. Why not then
be generous with regard to the friendess and
the poor! Why moi embrace readily every cp-
poiuni,y TO express sympathy for the sad con.
diton of the ou,cast and the erring, especially
if they have become more from the force of
circumstances, than from any innate disposition
10 do wrong Why moi, when notice an in
clina,ion to amend, encourage applaud and sus-
tain it BY every means i'll our power? Why
do not some of those, who feel that ii is priv
iIege to be able to go abou, doing good, occa-
sionally penetrate into the abodes Of poverty
ave, even into the novels of the dissolute and
tenants of our jais and our almshouses, in the
hope of even there finding some who have gone
aslray against the better impulses of their ma
ture, and who would rejoice a. the means of
escape and Of REFORM Alas for the frendless,
the ignorant, and the poor. In many cases,
how severe are their priva,ions, how bitter their
disappoin,menis, how painful their present and
how gloomy their future. Let any one enter
our Halls of Justice, on some day of general
sentence, and notice the miserable culprts who
are arragned for petty theft and offences of
similar grade With no voice TO whisper a
word of hope, no benevolent spiri, TO encourage
a disposition to amend, no friend or relative to
shed tear of sympathy and anguish---he aban-
doned and the fallen enter their dreary abode,
not only embiIered against the world, but with
on, ray of promise in the fuiure.--wlthout SIN
Gle inducement to become better and purer---
And yet some Of these may. in their infancy
and childhood. have been pressed tendeTly 10
The breast of some devoIeG mother, while their
aopearance upon the theatre of life may have
been hailed with affection and pride, by some
homes, and virruous father. Misfortune may
have followed them early, and Crime won them
10 her dark paths, even before they had recog-
nized the force and beauty of virtue and sound
morals. But who will stand by them now =
Who will stretch GU, The hand Of sympathy 10
The convict! Who will be seen conversing
even for moment with the arraigned. the tred'
and the doomed Sill, none are all evil
There may be worth and virtue. ability and en-
lerprise, hidden within the bosom that beats
and heayes under those laitered garments =
PhlIanlhropists. why no, have guardian eye,
and Christian heart for ou'casts like these
Why not look through their history, and II pos
sibIe kinde into new light The smouderlng en-
bers Of virtue and of feeling Know ye not
that g. Joy shall he in heaven over one sinner
tha, repenreih, more than over nne'y-nlne just
persons which need no repentance!
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From the New York Tribune.
Mem of the Departed.

q. cherish them, the sainted ones,
Who have walked beside US here,
With their high brow of faith and hope.
And their heart of holy fear,
The hopeful, though the suffering,
That through shadow and through death,
Have kept undimm'd their human trust
And the love that beat beneath.
O, cherish them, the beautiful,
Who have meekly laid them down,
LIES blossoms in their folded hands,
From lis shadow and lis frown--
FrOm lis blood sweat and agony,
From It's fever. and unrest.
And ns strong ihrs, for purer love,
For tie free life OF The blesI!
And cherish, o! o, cherish them,
The true and faithful hearted.
The love!iesi, the holiest,
or all The dear departed
The loving iha, through years Of wrong
Have still sought US but 10 bless,
With their pure smile Of sympathy,
And of touching tenderness.
The departed the departed.
o, far more than ever strong,
The ties that link US unto those
Who SO live inprayer and song.
A sub,ler, nearer sympathy,
To our longing hearts uniie--
Tha, world of glorious mystery
With its children of The light.
0, shadows, solemn shadows, each
With your brows of angel calm,
And your eyes Of fearless beauty,
And your voice like sweetest psalm.
On our hearts all pale with sorrow,
Kindly doth your memory lie,
Cleans of comfor. born Of anguish.
Hopes of promise born TO die.
Deer6eld, Sept. %, l645. Z, A. 5.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06
The Wealth of a Country depends
upou its Farmers and Mechanics.

What is wealth? These things which are
convenien, and necessary TO use, and which ad-
minister to our wants and comfort. Money a.
lone cannot. therefore, be considered as wealth,
because if the articles or things above men-
toned are NOT to be had, or not IN existence,
man would be poor indeed, though he was load
ed with gold and silver. |! he were hungry
and there was no bread TO be bought, his gold
would be Of little service.
IL is true, mankind by common consent, have
agreed that gold and silver should be The signs
and evidence of property, or, in other words
the measure Of properly; and he who has Ger
tain amour, Of il, has evidence oi SO much
wealth: he can change il for the very things
which do. in fact constitute wealth
Thus man who has hundred dollars In MS
nocke, has ticket, as 1t were, To enii'ie MIN
20 enter into ,lie possession ot 100 bushels Oh
corn. or 100 yards of elolb, or 90 acres OF wild
land or yoke of oxen, or horse and wagon
as The case may be. But il lhese things DO "''
exis,. and he needs them, his Ticket IS OF DO
more use han if he had iIckei to 90 inio 'hs
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06

LARGE SHEET OF PAPER.---Mr. NJ. Hudson
o Hartford, has manufactured single sheet o'
paper for the Hartford and Danbury Rail Road
Company, for which be received S25. IL Is to
he used in drawing profile of The road. II is
% leel in length and 3 yards wide.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06
The Chinese Empire.


day las, sketch of Mr.. Cushng's Lecture ON
Friday evening, before the Lyceum of tha,
place.
Mr.. Z. has much better opinion of the in.
telligence and capacity of the Chinese than
those who have had no opportunity of inter-
course with that people have been " ont to en-
ieraln. A large class of the people are learned;
as nation they are ingenious beyond others,
the whole country is like bee. hive. Learn
ing has The first place in public estimation, and
books are as numerous as in Europe. cata-
logue which Mr.. G. had in his possession of a
single library, occupies ten uolumes Public
measures are debated by the popuace as much
as In the United States, and public opinion has
as much influence in China on the government
as with US. The fatal error OF the Chinese has
been In giving too epicurean a character 10 their
habits of government. One illustration of this
cited was The fact that al the close of all letters
to one another, the written saulaion is Il wish
only military skill and dsci. ne to make them
powerful nation, capable of repelIing invasion
or overrunnlng contiguous countries; for no men
ale braver, or die more fearessly in the ranks
China does no, need any foreign trade
Within her own territory she produces every
thing requisite for the wants Of her population.
Newspapers well as books abound aid cir
cula'e freely among the Chinese, and the Pekin
Gazette, particularly. peneiraies TO every part
of the Empire. They annually publish Red
Book, similar to our Blue Book, giving the
names and emolumenIs Of all public officers.
In regard to the population Of China, Mr..
Gushing seems TO be of opinion that the Chi
nese census does not overrate The number, and
that the three hundred and fifty millions which
they claim, is not far from the number. In the
are produced, and the poorer classes subsist on
a lliIe rice, and the flesh of dogs, CATS, rats,
&c. To The cities and towns there are no car
riage-ways, the streets are only narrow foot
paths. and no horse or oher beasts of burlhen
are kept to require large ranges of pasIurage
The population is crow ded into The narTowesl
limits, by long succession of ages of peace
and industry. The compensation asked by the
servants which Mr. c., in his character of
American Ambassador, employed, was only fue
dollars month, and ou, OF This they found their
own food and cIolhing.
The Chinese have long been acquainted with
all the Improvements in The arts, upon which
Europeans pride themselves as The inventors,
with the exception only Of The steam engine.
Machinery has not been introduced among them
The wrong impressions which have obtained
in regard 10 the Chinese character, have been
caused by the always difficult and often erro-
neous transla'ions from primitive language,
which frequently make wha, in the original
was rational and serious, appear III the ,ransa-
ton absurd and ludicrous.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06

Ii is said that French surgeon recently re-
placed The corner of The eyes Of young girl
Atnded by The small pox. with those OF a young
dog and that the palien, can distinguish day
irom night.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06

lady looking at The review. was asked II
she was partial 10 military training: 10 which
'Ae replied, she liked exceedingly the officers
ssIule.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06

There is nothing of which man can live so
long unconscious, as the extent and strength oil
his prejudres,
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06

FIsHINe.-After two hours patient waiting,
Tom says to jim, Awe go, bite" "Ab! is
ia trout, Tom % "No." "Wbal is il 7" "li
ha musque,o!"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-11-06

Application in youth makes old age comfortable
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-17
EASTER SUNDAY

Is held 10 memory of the resurrection Of
Christ; and was called by the Greeks and
Latins Pdscha, and by the English, Eas-
ter from Eastre, goddess who was once
worshpped ihere in the month of April.
In cons, quence Of some violent co0teD.
tons which took ice ia the church, as
to the proper time at which this festival
should he celebrated, it was finally settled
by the Council of Nice. IN 325, that the
celebrs.,"n of Easter should be held on
the Sunday ,ohich toilsws nert after the
first full moon after the vernal equinox,
or the 2lst Of March. Bourne states il
to be custom emong the vulgar 10 Eng.
land, to rise on Easter day before sunrise,
IN order, as they say, to see the ssn dance.
The primitive Christians used 70 spend
the preceding night in prayers and prais-
es TIL cock.crow, the supposed hour Of
the resurrection of Christ, which Duisnd
declares was proclaimed, 40, BY cocks,
but by angels themselves. The Easter
holyds continue for a week, which
was originally Sc. apart 10 worship and
gloify tod, but which is now spent IN all
kinds of amusement and dissipation
among the lower classes in England, as
we'll us in our own country. Ii IS an an.
Client custom, says Bourne, 'in some
churches, for the Bishops and Arch.bish-
ops themselves to play with the 'nferin
clergy, even at hand ball." which gave
rise 10 the custom that Afterwards pre-,
vale OF playing at hand ball for tansy
cake dinner during the Easter holydays
which was derived, according to Selden
from lie bitter herbs in use among the
Jews a, that season. Durand says, that
an Easter Tuesday the oices used 10 beai
their husbands, End On the following day
The husbands beat their wices. A very
amusing custom, II must be admitted
The advantage, however, must have been
altogether on tho side of the hJsb me. -
The ladies Of the piesrn: age would, no
ioubi, 5s quite wiling To preserve the
Tuesday, sud dispense with the Wtdaes
day. TINS was remnant az barhaFlsm,
an has pass d nff' Tx" oiher rude an I !
ba barous ussges which once prspsiied, !
IA the woriJ. Dyei eggs are still used |
at ihi. seas N, both 10 this and many 9th.
rr nations. The uss Of eggs, the opum
paschals. was il Is c,niectured, first miro. |
1uced by the G tho is Church, as emble
matte Of tn resurrection. They are very
common IN Russia. and are dyed red with
Brazil wood, and sometimes eilded.--
They use them there ss token OF the
esurrec,ion.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-17
PERSONALITIES OF THE PRESS.

The New York Moruing News has the
tolloslug opposite and just remarks on
tn > head. Our own observation wouli
enable Us 10 aid to il some reflections I;
but ,hey would only tend TO enforce he
sans truth, and might thereby ouly weak.
en- with amphcstisn; so We content our.
selves WITH inviting tot the remarks Of the
News, the consider alton OF the reader:
"l'ne personalities Of the press prove
nothing; they title nothing.
Why are they continued Just as the
duel IS, long after the folly of the thing is
manifest. Th,re Hppe rs no othor way
olg tling over dlficully--'. il tn mex,
step, and must be done. A man, or 10
stance, 10 fool,shly attacked. personally.
and recriminaies quarrel ensues. |,
r quires some ioriiiude aud courage Cor
one 10 sit down patiently under upmerited
insult, and rely upon the silent influence
Of q good HE. the attacking party 10
m -, likely vulnerable, 10 he has shown
himself impud nj. Why don't you at
tack hin--brtak his windows--hs lives
10 glass house. Thus good msn may
be drawn into very foolish business,
and may give 40 example for q thoufand
rogues TO follow.
There 10 no man free from soma spe-
cious handle Of attack if the barriers be
once broken down. The most virtvous
citizen may rise 10 the morning, descend
TO breakfast, and open his newspaper
with his usual smiling face, to be speed.
y darkened by portentous array Of &C.
cusalions fearful and startling as any have
that peopled the penitentiaries. 1t is but 10
catch up the small talk Of lnsolence, envy
and scandal, and magnify !; under the in
Huence Of calumnlous motive, TO pro-
duce monstsous array against any man,
We care not who he is--most likely they
are matters Of such nature that, as they
cannot be proved, so neither can they be
refuted. In the end "public opinion"
will set the maiter right; but what can
restore tn. disturbed peace Of mind. the
hotri doubts and perpexiiles which have
been sown 10 the breast of the good cti.
zen. Verify. there is but one who gains
IN such, coatest, and that is the devil,
who feeds on hatred. malice, unchsrila.
brness. and human misery.
Let no respectable man on any account,
hereafter, employ hins.iin idle retert or
caumnlation al any kidd, if for no other
reason. for this. that M neutralz s the
f,rce OF honest ev drnce when it is brought
to bear against the dishonest miscreant.
Ths press has got TO be such bear
garden that any candid, clear speaking is
set down as evidence Of personal al-wll.
II a critic condemns a book he IS suPpos-
I'd to bear a grudge against the writer or
publishers. IL he praises il, he is suppos-
ed TO be equally under the influence Of
favor. What is more likely to perpetuate
this idea and put an end to all true writ
ing, than the continuation OF a system of
personalities which substitutes any pass.
ing within or prejudice for the truth or The
cause, that should be everythingl
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-17
News Politics. &c.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Do obge US by omltling all such fourishes as
"your interesting and valuable paoer," "your able
and pstriouc course" DC.
When you have written what you have 10 say,
run over and see II there are not some sentences
that could be spard without serious injury. Ii
there are, out with them! We are often compelled
to decline good articles because we cannot make
room for them. A half column has Zen chances
where two coums have on, and three columns none.
Try to disparage as lutte as possible and where
you must condemn, lie, your fats be stronger than
your words.
When you assal any cause or person, always
give us your real name, which we shall give up Ia
whoever has RICH, to demand it. He is sneak
or coward who would ask US TO bear the RESPONSE
bili,y Of his attacks on others.
DOME write on both sides of sheet.
Ifyou send US word tina, you shave written in
great haste, and have no time to correct" we shall
pu, your manuscript quietly into the fire. Why
should you throw on US the task of correcting your
scrswI, when we are obliged to slight our own work
daily for want OF time.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-17
MARTINsBURG.
THE WING PARTY.

From all parts If the country, North
South, East and West, The watchw I'd l.
heard from the seniinels OF til. Wing par
-"Stsnd 10 your colers." Thee IS
no symptom of detection any where. The
Wing party stands f,s, upon lis old p'ia-
cipI.s. maintaining ''s psii.ct orgsniza-
ton and glorying in ITS ever glorious
name. The Wing patty is an orgnnza-
,ion upon well known principles -prlnci
pies the est. bIishmeni OF which IN he ed
illustrative me isures Of the country,
they deem essential IL the in'eres, MS pre-.
sIvative Of The institutions nf The coun
Try. Founded as those principles are on
the immutable basis Of truth and justice,
the Wings cannot, without gross d-relic.
t,oa and dismnor, abandon thin and
the dury TO stand by them Is made more
impressive by toe abeysnce to which they
have been subjected IN The defeat Of Mr..
Clay. To the RI citing pstrio', then,
the spectacle Of the harmony ami answer
wing frmn IS now displayed by the Wing
party, IS most consolatory and -ncour.
aging. We are not conquered; we can.
no. be conquered; we have only sustsin-
ed a temporary reverse. As to the fraud.
on the naturalization laws. they should
undoubtedly be prevented il possible bu,
to prevent them, there is not The slightest
necessity or even proprlety in disbandIng
the Wing party. The necessity, fine.
eessity there be, ofamending those laws.
so far from disturbing the organization Of
the Wing party, should only tighten end
strengthen it. We are not sure that the
extension Of the ierm OF probation to aliens
would render frauds less numerous for
the violalor OF existing laws would find
means 10 evade others. Still honesty re.
quires that every thing proper should be
done to prevent frauds, leaving those who
prof. by them solely responsible. The
spirit essence Of Whigism is conservative;
and il not 10 be doubted, for its principles
aud history are sure guarantee--thst If
there be anything mor,', anything pro.
ger, anything practic in the measures
Of the Native party, 50 much of them as
may be just, mor,l. proper AMI pracuble,
will DO absorbed and Incorporated INTO the
Wing creed. We are glad to find that
this practical and rational view of the sub.
iect IS now generally taken by the Wings,
ns we felt sur" it would be alter the first
transports Of Indignation at The means of
our defeat had subsd-d. Our watchword
then. along the whole Wing line, is, Stand
10 your colors.--Franbfort (Ky,) Common
wsahh.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-17

SOMETHING FOR THE DocroRs. A
Journal Ut Richmond, (Eng.) records the
following case Of death under extraordi.
nary circumstances. We copy i: as
hat 10 medical men Of some interest and
importance:
A policeman died 10 the Richmond hos.
p,al, few days since, from the effects
OF a terrible disease, after five days III.
ness. 1t is supposed the disease was
communicated 10 him by drinking water
from a bucket which carman had been
supplying to horse. After some hours
the disease began to manifest ITSELF and
the unfortunate man was conveyed to
Richmond hospital in state of great pam.
The medical men did not, for some time,
Understand the nature Of his complaint,
but MS the symptoms became more deci
ded GA rigid inquiry they came TO the
conclusion .ha, the patient had the "ho'se
fsrcy." and in order to prove their opin
ions a horse was innoculaied with some
Of the matt r taken from postule, and
in u short time he died. There was a
pos, norton examination held on the m<n
by an eminent surgeon Of this city, who
was so apprehenslve of disease that he
performed the operation with gloves on.
Frightfu es the external appearance OF
the unfortunate mans body was, the ia.
ternal was still more shocking; the stom.
ach. heart and liver being covered with
ulcers, and in a high stale of inf ,maion.
This is among the very few unauthsnt.
Gated facts. which prove that the disease
is communicable to man.