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department at the pOlntS naHeu In the Express
and Connecting lines and the termini of the Way
lines, Wig; ST. Louis, Louisville, Evansville, Cairo
Memphis, Napoleon, Vicksburg, st. Francisvilfe
and New OrIeans at oil other places messengers to
convey the mails and from the boats at the land
ihgs and the post Offices, are to be employed and
compensated by the contractors; bat they to be
supervised and directed by the local other agents
ofthe Department, and are to be discharged or
changed at any time when requested by the Post
master General for good and sufficient reasons.
In case of accident to the boats of either the Elk.
press, Way, or Connecting lines, by which such
boat may be detained, the mail and agents are to
be transferred to the first boat passing the same
way, whether such boat be or be not mail boat,
belong or not to the same contractor, to be
ried its destination and delivered free of charge
to the Department.
Special agents Of the Department are to be con-
veyed free Of charge, exhibition OF their creden-
tials. Also Blanks, Mail Locks, and Mail Bags
No extra pay will be given should the distance
on either of the routes prove to be greater than
stated. el9l
The proposals. must be guaranteed by one or
more responsible individuals, and the guaranty
duly certified. 500 8z5s 98
The Department reserves the right to reject any
bid which may be deemed extravagant; and also
to set aside lower bids in favor Of higher ones, un
less the most unqnestionabe evidence pc presented
OF the entire suf6ciency and responsibility OF the
parties bidding, and of their guarantors.
The right 10 also retained to accept the proposals
Of bidders STIMULATING to use boats on
the low pressure principle, although the compen-
sation demanded may be greater than that requlr-
ed BY those using high pressure boats.
Bidders, iii preparing and submitting their pro-
posals, individuals in consentng to become qua
rantors, and postmasters in certifying 2their suf
ciency,9 are requested to bear in mind that the
object of Congress in enacting the law and of the
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Another Funny Letter from Aus
traIia,

The Disbanded Volunteer" of the
Sunday Times has another of his queer
"epistols" from the gold diggins of Aus
tralia, in last Sundays paper, He prom
ises to write often from the distant land !:
Mezbata,, Dec. IA, 1852.
Messrs -Edltlgaurs-This is midsummer
and the hetes ontolerabul. I've ben try
in, all this blessed blazin day, to fancy
how everlastin kool and kumfurtabul you
must be in York bout these times; but its
unpossibul. [ bleVe thares passidge in
Otheller that says man carnt stand fire
by thinking upon frosted caucusses; and
when fellers greese is drippin from evry
orrifz-wen his wife ducks and even the
canvas back of his vest is as wet as eff
thade jest ben tuck out Of the rivcr-he
cant realize the freezin pint, no how
We've he'd today what they call a brick
felder-a hot wind that Gums from the
fur east like the breth Of furniss. 1t
roasts and pepers you with dust at the
same time; and wen it hes past over the
Ease of mater, eyry thing is blasted brown.
Doorin it's continyance, [ lade on the fore
in state of prostrashum, and ketchin my
breth SO short that they he'd to let out my
pants at the waste These winds is al
most as hot as the African simons, wich
oyertakes the trayiler wen crossin the
burnin Saharah, or central dessert; but
thay aint the reel Simon Pure, bein quite
ondistructiye. The climate, on the hole,
is rayther slewbrins, although grippin is
complained Of at the diggins.
Since my last epistol, I've ben in the
bush amung tho naytiye kangyroos and
uther abaridgeknees of tho sile. Moo
Holland niggers beets the jennywine At
ricans in stoopidity by chauks. Even
the benited subjects of the King of Ash
antee live in cabins, but the devil shan
ty ken you End amung these darkies. I
guv thar he'd checking Dick, as they
call him--a vest and trowses luther day,
and darn me he didn't slip his legs throo
the arm-holes Of the wastccut, pull it up
chock-a block, and button it bottom side
up, with the buzzum round his butticks.
The trowses he sot astride of his neck
and tide the legs in trout, and then, with
a grin that reeched from eye to eye. broke
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Sulphur for Lice on Calves, &c.

O. The September number Of the
Stock Register, quoting from the Genesee
Farmer, recommended sulphur fed to animals
as death to all such vermin tried it on
some calves so covered with lice that the
outer ends of their hairs were thick with them.
Tobacco and other remedies had but little
effect. fed in salt and meal, giving spoon
full to each calf twice week. Intwo weeks
not loUse could be found. A neighbor who
has often used this same remedy on all kinds
of animals, with perfect success, assures me
it should be given in fair weather or the ami
mails housed, else there is liability of taking
cold and injury being done to the animal
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
10 Stop a Eu.,a,vau Horse

A correspondent OF the Boston Trans
cript, who has observed the mode adopted
in Moscow and st. Petersburg, think it
altogether better than Newall's new plan
of the movable whiflrtree, which lets the
animal clear off from the vehicle, if dis
posed to run away. The Russion plan is
as follows
" Around the horses neck, near the
neck strap, is placed cord with run
ming knot. To this slipnose is attached
a pair of reins, on gentleman's horses gen.
orally Of silk cord, about the size of a pipe
stem-whieh always lie thrown over the
ash-board, ready to be seized at once
When horse starts and becomes unruly,
the gentleman takes up this cord and
tightens the horses throat SO that he can
not breathe. The most furious horse stops
almost instantly, but he will not fall or
kick. | have seen many such reins upon
high-spirited horses, even in common city
dhroskies."
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

foes. He painted their venality and un-
manly meanness in coalescing for money
to hunt down poor and friendless wo-
man till shout of stifed rage rose from
the multitude, and even some of the jury
cried "Shame ~
He changed his theme once more. His
voice grew mournful as a funeral song,
and his eyes filed with tears, as he traced
a vivid picture of mans cruelties and wo-
mans wrongs, with particular illustrations
in the case of his client; till one-half the
audience wept like children.
But it was in the peroration that he
reached his zenith, at once, of terror and
sublimity. His features were livid as those
of corpse, his very hair seemed to stand
on end; he tossed his hands wildly towards
heaven, each finger apart and quivering
like the flame of a candle, as he closed
with the last words of the deceased Hi
ram Shore-"Tell my mother [ am dead
and gone to hell ~ His emphasis on the
word hell embodied the acme and ideal OF
all horror-it was a wall ofimmeasurable
despair. No language can depict it's eff
feet on all who heard it. Men groaned;
females screamed; and one poor mother
tainted, and was borne from the room in
convulsions.
The whole speech occupied but an
hour.
The jury rendered a verdict of Not
Guilty." without leaving their box; and
three cheers, like successive roars of an
earthquake, shook the old courthouse
from dome to cornerstone, testifying the
Joy of the people.
After the adjournment, which occurred
about sunset, the triumphant advocate a,
rose and gave out an appointment"
will preach in this hall tonight at eight
o'clock" He then glided off through the
crowd, speaking to no one, although ma
ny attempted to draw him into converse.
ton.
At 8 o'clock the courthouse was agair
thronged, and the stranger according tt
promise, delivered his sermon. It evin
ced the same attributes as his previous elo
quence at the bar; the same compact logic
the same burning vehemence, and increas
ed bitterness of denunciation. Indeed
misanthropy revealed itself as the promi
nent emotion. The discourse was trad,
against infdels, in which class the preach
er seemed to include every body but him
self; it was picture Of he'll, such as Lu
cifer might have drawn, with a world il
flames for his pencil
But one paragraph pointed to heaven
and that only demonstrated the utter i'm
possibility that any human being shoult
ever get there.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
Aarieultnral.


These troublesome pests may be kept put
of grain by using salt. Sprinkle alittle fine
salt on the bottom and around the sides of the
bin as you fill up, and over the top when full.
Wheat kept in old salt barrels viii never be
destroyed by the weevil.
Soak linen cloths in water, wiring them and
cover your grain with them. In two hours
time you will find all the weevils on the
cloth, which must Be carefully gathered off
that none of the insects may escape, and then
immersed in water to destroy them.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
JOHN TAYLOR,
The BackWOOdS Crater.
BY CHARLES sUMMERFIELD.

[JOhn Taylor, the subject of the fol-
lowing sketch, was licensed, at the age of
tweuty-oue to practice at the Bar of \.
York city. Though poor, he was well
educated, and possessed extraordinary
genius. He married fashionable beau
ty of that city; and twelve months after
was employed by wealthy firm to go on
business to the West, as land agent
As heavy salary was offered, Taylor
bade adieu for while to his wife and in
fant son. He wrote back every week, but
received not line in answer Six months
elapsed, when he received letter from
his employers, that explained all. Short
ly after his departure for the West, his
wife removed with her father to the Mis-
Sissippi, where she Immediately obtained
a divorce by an act of the Legislature,
married again forthwith, and, to cap the
climax of per6dy and wrong, had the
name of Taylor's son changed to Marks
that Of her second matrimonial partner.
This treachery nearly drove Taylor in
sane. His career from that period was
eccentric to the last degree; sometimes he
preached, sometimes he plead at the bar
his surprising eloqence attracting
crowds wherever it was known that be
was to speak; until at last fever carried
him of, at a comparatively early age.]
can never forget my first vision of
John Taylor. 1t was in the court house
at Lewisburg, Conway county, Arkansas,
in the summer of 1888.
The occasion itself possessed terrible
interest. A vast coneourSe of the spec
tators had assembled to witness the trial
of young and very beautiful girl on an
Indictment for murder The judge was
waiting at the moment for the sheriff to
bring In his prisoner. and the eyes of the
multitude all centred on the door, when
suddenly stranger entered, whose ap-
pearance riyeted universal attention.
His figure was tall, lean, sinewy, and
straight as an arrow; face, sallow, bill
ious, and switching necessarily with nerv-
Gus irritability; brow, broad, soaring,
massive, and scanned with wrinkles--but
not from age, for be was scarcely forty;
eyes, reddish yellow, like the wrathful ca
giles, as bright and piercing; and finally,
amcuth, with lips Of castiron-thin, cold,
and sneering, the intense expression Of
which looked the living embodiment Of an
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
for the bush, kwite unaware Of hislewdic-


krus asspekt. The skwaws, or gins, as
tina call EN-, appeer on all ockashuns in
thare natral uniform, and as tha ushilly
wash in seal lie, they hev rayther a pol
ished appearance. There dispersishun is
effeckshinit, and thare manners free and
familyer wen thay meet the opposit sex.
Much panes hes ben taken by the ladys
of the settilments to konvinse EN- that
thares virtue in clothes but they laf at
the idee. Eff tha put on a shemes in the
town, they allus strip wen they git back
to cover the mangroves; and at thar dan
ces, of all conduck I ever seen, thares
takes the rag of the bush.
The way the naytivs forridge is as Gu
rus as it is disgustin. Thare faverite
moresoes, as we uset to say in Paryis, is
baked kangyroos, roasted guanos, kangy-
roo-rats and mise, (wich is minnytoor
kangyroos), handy coots, moles, snaix wild
tom cats, and emews; and wen these tit
bits is skarse, they dine on dingoes, (wiid
dogs or grub on the katterpillers thay find
under the bark. Thay are armed with
wooden spears, and when after the kan
groo with sharp stick, they run with
setch swiftness that they soon run him
throo. Sumtimes thay git up grand
material barbykew By settin fire to the
kangyroo grass. Follerin the track of
the confagurashun, they pick up emmy
kwantity of lizards, moles, rats and 9TH
er small game, all dun brown by the
flames, and then they skwat on thare
hams and 60 to devourin thare skortched
vitals. DoOrin my late xcushun, sor q
black swan and black colytoo, wich is
specimens Of the fethered tribe kwite COM
mon in the kuntry; also wife crows, and
burd called the larfng jackass, which
pitches its voice in key SO like regu-
lar donkey, that at fust [ mistrusted my
own ears. Pidgons Of varus kinds are
remarkably plenty, both at the diggins
and in the sentiments.
Praps the most wunderful craekteris-
tick of naytiv kwadrapids in this iland is,
that most Of the females are endowed with
material bags, in which they carry there
litter. From the forester, the biggest
specie Of kangaroo, down to the field
mouse, this peculiar feetur is seen. Wen
the nativs ketch one of these pouched
critters, they Immediately xamin its pock-
its, and ef thare purity full, thay oney grab
the suckers, and let the muther go; and I
dessay thay pick as many pockits, in thare
way, as the ticket-o-leve men in thares
don't like the sosity here. The rich
settlers that kun to the kuntry volunteer
lily is as proud as lucifer, and the convicks
that hey served thare time make the most
ridicalus distinkshuns between one an
nuther. Burglerry turns up its nose at
petty larseny, and forgery wont set at
the table with arson. Evryboddy seems
s1spisphus of everybody else, and nobod-
dy meets ennybody with cordyul spirit
kept at the grog-shops.
Tomorrow Ime off to the bush agin,
bein invited to naytiV getherin, or COR
ry6orTu, as they call it, given by wun OF
tpe cheefs. Fifty yung gins, the crack
danfuses of the tribe, are to be thar. In
my mex, may give pou sum account of
thare Tupiscoriun feets. Yours, allus.
! 4 DIsBAUDED VOLUNTEER.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07
JOE PRHNTIN
IA SNMw PR TMFTffFTN
AT THE OFFICE OF THE
The Indian Maid.

The Indian Maid.
Wild roved an Indian girl,
Bright Alfaretta,
Where sweep the waters
OF the blue Juniata.
Swift as an antelope,
Through the forest going,
Loose were her jetty locks,
In wayy tresses flowing.
Gay was the mountain song
OF bright Alfarettu, r
Where sweep the waters
OF the blue Juniata.
Strong and true my arrows are
In my painted quiver;
Swift goes light canoe
Down the rapid river
Bold is my warrior good,
The love Of Alfaretta;
Proud waves his snowy plume
Along the Juniata.
Soft and low he speaks to me,
And then his war-cry sounding,
Rings his voice in thunder tones,
From height to height resounding.
So sang the Indian girl,
Bright Alfaretta,
Where sweep the waters
OF the blue Juniata.
Fleeting years have borne away
The voice of Alaretta-
Still sweeps the river on,
The blue Juniata.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

New HAMPsHIRE UP HEAD,-A man
in New Hampshire went out cunning one
day this spring-he saw flock of pi-
geons sitting on limb of an old pine, so
he dropped bali into his gun and fired.
The ball split the limb, which closed up
and caught the toes of all the birds in it.
lie saw that he had got them all, so he
fastened two balls together with a wire
and fred, cutting it off, which fell into
the river, he then walked in and brought
them ashore. On counting them he found
there were over three hundred pigeons,
and in his baots there were two barrels of
fish!
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

FERNS 1.-Two dollars per annnum ia ad advance--Two
collars and quarter, half y--and il not paid be-
tore the end ofte year, Two dollars and half Those
who receive their papers by carrier stage drivers
employed by the proprietor, viii be charged 81 l-2
cents, per year. extra. : fr-
No papers dltcontnued until all arIearages are pald
except at the option of the Editor
NJ Advertisements not exceeding ore square tslx-
teen nesl viii be inserted three weeks for one doar
und tweny FIVE cents for every subsequent lnsefuoh'
The Charge for and three insertions the same
liberal discount made to yearly advertisers
7Ali letters addressed to the Editor must be post
oRd
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

When shrubs or dwarf fruit trees produce
an abunance of foliage, but not flowers or fruit
either move them to a poorer soil, or cut
through some OF the principal roots.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-07

EegA silver mine has been discovered
in lizard county, Arkansas,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-16
The w.ss~vr T,ra. learn. that Harry Love who made

III. W,sk>~, T,1a, learn. that Harry Love who made
himself quite famous during the heican war a. an express
rider and by his subsequent explorations on the Rio
f;,,ns did .om. time ago IN California The fezaA says.
.sbotIy after his arrival IN California fadng bis funds
growing asmsI by q. gree and p--u'Iuuy i-. ne c.ne'
papv penetrated the Black Mountains and discovered the
Stasfs gold diggngs Poor loo be died shortly AFTER.
bfre Be had realized any Of the advantages of his di.
7ic sson Telegraph Of the Sd inst has the following
paragraphs
Washington County for the pupo-s II exploring the
try The Of the CoiOrsdO.t search FIR gold A.
Old hunter who visited that region few years has
PR ueo to guide the party "a reh pi.ce which he says
l. - valuable a. the beet pscers 81 Csorn The
psDy viii stan Ia week tso aud they will take Prev
sioi for siI months They all vel armed they
pect 70 have 10 lie b their to the diggins winch
surrounded by pJwerui hordss Of Apaches and Auscs
lerO-.
Several persons who have retained from California are
purchasing est j. the rop-r and intend 70 drive t--n
to California They have ALREADY purchased 80 large
number hat The pc. OF cattle h-. sdvanc- 80 or ~ pr
cent They IDfero 10 drive their cattle by ElPAss and the
Gils rou. t. Ssr Diego"
III Laraoa Commercial states that channel through
Gain pper bsr il peeo and ready for the passage ~
vessels Several large sebooners have -lr-~sy passed.
hroi gh WITHOUT diff Guilty The channel IS Ten feet deep
forty f--i vice II Is contemplate u Increase u-
PIE width some tstDiy f-s 90 IS to int OF tn- Ar
ct sss entering the bay to pass through win
safety.
ult on bic way to join bis division.
The G0hr,aOn A,rs learn that the Grand Jury has
fouDo bill sg-ilst Mr. Reynolds, ~ho Gas 10 comps
~ with Solomon OBryaa when be murdered Mrs PaH
and her ~ Bolivar
me san hnt,1io HosterH Ttzan Of the 2Gth nit says;
ave learn b, T strinbng Eco who has Just returned
from & lad, that On Monday Last three AericAn- were
brought into that place. from Pairco, Oh uged with
H. muTo of TIRE. The particulars Of tins murder
are follows: Three hexicans we're On Their way lnion
the Ki" GrsDde, with c.b-ll ds OF horses Al san "a
iciO ihey employed anob.r 81. xic.n "b spoke English
10 X, With them ssesmsn They we're followed oy wo
CHER Mexican from the Rio Graode who entered into
consiacy tn the employed a. san Psrcio for the
purpose II numbering The osber. II the csbailada.
"somet~elve fifteen miles from G'izd they put their
sf'TOcious d. sign INTO txscuion. Alter numbering tbs
tire. they burnt their bodies The murdererst then
drove tn. horses Into the Interior and sold them Ga
ther turr Of them de rse rcognized as belong
to one the murdered This and 0iber crcu n-tau
ces led the pee pie Of San PatrcO 20 follow arrest snd
brig them back After their rturn they confessed their
crut and and she wed xhere the bodies burned
the heart. shus 81 which entirely ned
The murdereTs then iro0ed and taken h. Goisf
WHERE the District Court session. They will doubt
le,s be tried cOnvi,f.d aud executed
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-16
DISCUSSION On THE BIBLE-THE OTHER
SIDE
t. n, Editor u Th.N. T. T,,bsn,'

NLw.YORK, Tuesday. June H. 1883
SIR see in your paper OF to day. Joseph Barker
Chairman II the late Hartford Convention says that Con-
ytuion c4cresd the expectations of IFS auth kept in
&c, Il. particular name the weakness 0f the Oppos ton
"ih,y with They certainly Xpect-d 10 hear from be
"eV.r- IN tn divine authority OF the Bible aoer dc
tense ot their views
Ssits Ana cure he had whipped Gen Taylor only
the old man did not kno~ II = Just about appropriate
IL ihi- boating Cf Joseph Barker tthey dare -
pubish tisi .cus-ion fuH the public Judge In
be aItiue will you do he justice t. publish the ioo~
ngrnark- from Its HDyord C0Rraat the morning
....r 80, Convention cos.d:
70 u.ie. 70 OrS.v ani 1ups o.
tAffled the Truth authority tho
Bile unnswered and unAls-ersbe
lit a.kine too much will YOU also give the foos
irc extract from Tar HUtford DsHy Iinss OF thursiy
s.t Speaking of oftbe defenders VI the BILE in hat
Couvtnuon The editor says;
Urou h somewhat powell arena 1.tee h.sh-
quilted himself With ability which could csfce' have been
teue-c,rAy uot .urp.sdbs cereal nan Ia tn- ,t'ts
The sdsr VI the doubt felt o. he boa aon us
ad defend hs Bible scre~d-d ini nNd -
Nr chase 20 .rr the t.ss Shcl MS
i,fbist Lraut .rd him that p-riorn-d
iii ~lh would have raised toe highest reputation among
"tl,H hsseT"
ask the insertion act Of Isoe, after Mr. Bakers
set G. mnei sf himself ana associates whom May
t..Ve stey routed ia Argument At the said
COLytHii,n ONE WHO WAS THGHE.
Ifthe writer Of the above had bad the manIiness to
sign bis Accommodation Of himself" with his osn
pane as Nj Barker DID, be would have been deserv-
ing Of respect As il s sorry to say that under
the circumstances his anOny signature ID rather
mean and snesking.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-16
qucntly.

CUE TOR HTDHoPH0ElA.-Ths season Of Hydroyhobia
i hand and shall doubtless be called upga 10 chrsui
Gle long tie deaths q several ss- beings By thi.
most t0rtufug horrible msady. Hall a dozen specifies
or is have been given to ihs public from time to tine
vet We 10 Rot remember that sif gle Of confirmed
rebses has been cured within the ass dozen years
sill confident that IN the Pr0vdenc. Of Gd there
i ior every bsne sn'aote, and il becomes men 10
prove all thiEgs until the remedy for Hydrophoba shall
have been discovered and universally made kno~n. A
correspondent Of IAe National Era writes rom Mburv
HAS a. follows;
lam in my soth year and have obt.ned what In
formation could both from observation aud critical .ruS
IL has lately been discovered thf strong cseocon m da
of the bark q the roots Of the white s.h drank a.
uedicin.. M cur The oe 81 mai dog This unioa u.
IDLY l. owing 20 the fact that ratl-.uak-s can b. tfs
more easily q crawl over I've FIRE Goals ihsa white sh
leaves and hey ar nev,rf uud in the forests - the
white s-h grows Would Il not De advisable fr irus,;s,
10 large towns ard cities 20 keep constantly on h..d
ueceine prepared from The roots Of the Nhts Ssh IL
nht be ih- means q saving some valuable lives fro
sgcdeE and pallisl death"