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81 Lucy LARCoM

u ords Of beauty, words ofpOwcr,
oh they are precious dover.
Yet the fairest words, unspoken
gy the heart. are dead leaves broken
From their branches, heapcd and strewcd,
Useless rubbish in life's road.
Noble actions have been done
Yot save heart has with them gone
they were apples filed with dust.
OR hard and hollow crust
Given to beggars starved. instead o"
0f a loaf Of wholesome bread.
Heart throbs nerved Hopper's hands
Loosing all unrighteous bands.
Lives like his have fixed the fact
Living men both feel and act
Never half is told TO you,
Of the good true heart-throbs do
when degraded millions cover
Meath Expressions sitting power,
lis because the tyrant's heart
Moves his arm with feverish start,
While his sickly, tainted breath,
Fills his yassals' souls with death
Hearts that beat FOR truth, shall feel
answering throbs through distance steal
Bringing help of upheard might
From an army out of sight,
Shaking earth and thrilling air
Till the rocks cry " Freedom there
Yet shall crumble Errors walls,
without aid of arsenals
Wrong shall feel his ancient throne
Battered by a force unknown
Heaven her gates to earth undo,
At the call of heart -throbs true
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I II Z FAD CITY.

At Gran Quivira, in the Territory of New Mexico
ave been discovered, partly buried in tho sands o
10 desert, the ruins of an ancient city, which affor
least the suspicion that they are intimately con
ected with the origin of the mounds and fortified
ons yet visible along our Western rivers the result
the labors of generation which has so completed
sappearca that no record of their history is pre-
rived
Hail to thee, desert treasure, hail,
Msmento of the dead unknown,
Where long the thunder and tho gale
Have dwclt alone
Historian Of tho ages lied,
Survivor of a race whose fame
is buried with the silent dead
From whom it came
Whose name a terror to the foe,
BY martial deed and valor high
Has vanished like the evenings glow
Athwart the sky
Mysterious city, silence dread
Has DER thy ruins held its sway
Save when the nightly tempesis tread
On stormy way.
Long years, through marble court and hall,
The bat has winged his wheeling fight;
No echoes wake at evenings fall
Or morning light
Once rung the voice ofbusy men,
Life Hqwed along the crowded mart
The ivy climbs where, joyous then
Heart answered heart.
The towers that once ma jestic threw
Their shadows nightly DER the plain.
Where loud the plumed warrior blew
The battle strain,
Have bowed before the might OF years,
Half buried in the sweeping sand
The broken piles, like ghostly seers.
In silence stand.
List to their voice in saddened tone,
As desert winds around them sigh
The requiem of the ages gone
SO silently.
Read here tho cpitsph OF Fame,
Before whose shrine tho warrior bowed,
More feeting than the quivering flame
Upon the cloud.
On TO the future moves the tide
OF years, to the etornal soa
Still deeper grow tho shades that hide
Their memory.
Yct It's not vain that they have died
Broad is tho lesson they have taught,
In lifr's arena, human pride
Availeth not. J A. n.
Kents Hill, Ne, July 10, 1883.
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Mock TURTLE. - Calling husband "my
dear" in public, and "yon brute" in private
Diogsnss
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THE SAXON SERF:

IALE OF ENGLISH SLAVERY, IN THE
TWELFTH CENTURY.
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THE LEGAL TENURE OF SLAVERY
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04
Butter for California.

It has been ascertained by parties who
have taken especial pains to find out, that
1880 packages of butter have been put
on board vessels bound for California,
from tho Ist to the both of June last, at
N. York; also, 500 packages from Bos-
ton, (some of the vessels not yet loaded or
cleared } making total amount 22,050.-
each package at $40, as an
average, makes SAL 900. The above
estimate does not include what goes un-
der the name of merchandise From the
18th of last February to 18th March fol-
lowing there was shipped 24,680. One
house in Ohio has shipped some 500 fir
kins within six weeks also, one house in
Boston, over | 200 The March shipments
were the heaviest that ever were shipped
IN one month for California
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

long viii The State have all these l5ooa
&tctflS prcying on her yitals and eating
out her substance The prospect, indeed
locks dreary enough.
Consider again how the purity Of our
elections are violated, in order to perpet-
uate this horrible dynasty, the intriguing
and the bribery that are made use Of,
how that persons in the pay of:the Canal
Board are sent round to the different
counties about the time of their annual
county meetings and when their nomina-
tions for Office are made, in order to use
their influence In certain ways-the un-
due influences theyrexert by distributing
fayors TO different leading men in the
various counties, and it is enough to
make every thinking citizen of Pcnnsyl-
vania, every friend to her interests pause
and reflect, and resolve 10 his utmost to
remove such foul blot from her escutch.
con. Let Us take warning from the ex-
perience of the past.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04
Singular Case.

TIE Eraer Neus Letter states that a
gentleman residing in that town owns q
COW which he dares not send out to pas
ture or into the street, such is her mali
clous disposition and perfect hatred of the
human species, and especially of women
and children. The owner of the COW also
has cat upon his premises, and although
the gentlest treatment & all the blandish-
ments of the dairy have been profered it,
no person has been able to lay hands up
on it or even to lure it into the house,
Strange as it may seemy these two wild
animals have the best understanding be-
tween themselves, and appear to be per-
fectly happy in each others company
While few wpersons dare approach the head
of the COW, the cat sleeps in her manger.
or upon the COWS back, eating with the
COW from one pail, and receiving the kind.
est treatment from her.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04
The Lady'S D0Gk.

Go1w for August is already here and
within its cover may be found a vast a
moun: of beauty fer The eye as well as an
abundant supply Of food for the mind
In addition 20 numerous articles of choice
reading for the ladies, Cooley frequently
gives Us q full and accurate description
OF many Of the large manufacturing es-
tab.ishmcuts in and about the city Of
Philadelphia, with oDgravings represent
ne the different mechanical departments
Of those establishments. These Gescrip-
tons We consider of much interest to the
general rcader-coptaininc as they DO q
great amount cf useful information. For
the Ladies, he gives in the August mum
Der some very handsome new style pat
terms for window curtains; Besides pat
terms Of various articles Of ladies' wearing
sppara', embroidery, &c "Contcntment
better than Wealth is a pretty engra-
yinc, and IS We look upon it forcibly i'm
presses us with the truth Of the old pro-
verb
Addresses /. Go5ru No.II3 Chest
na: street, Philadelphia. Terms-s3 per.
.luam.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04
The Last KbrOnosSf;Ou

A gentleman IN Iowa proposes to keep
cities free from thunder storms 'for SO
much year" To most people, this offer
would be looked upon as preposterous,
and yet it is not. We have no doubt
whatever that an outlay of ten thousand
dollars would keep New York as insuIted
as glass table will sealing wax legs
What a gentleman in Iowa proposes to do
for us has already been done for the vine
growers of the south of France. BY
means of well arranged system of light
nlng-rods, whole district has been rem
dered inaccessible to those destructive hail
storms which so frequently follow in the
train Of thunder showers. What has been
done in France can be done elsewhere
IF we can teach lightning to write, We can
teach 1t to behave itself LoeI Mass.
Courier.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04
Heavy HANK ssobsrrrv.

Ncr0yt, July 26.-Tbe Mechanics ant
Traders Bank in Jersey City, was enter
ID las. night, and robbed Of $4,000. The
'hi-scs stole the keys at the Cashier.
house, with which they entered the baul
and plundered the vault Of The above q.
mount, in bills and specie.
Sheriff Nersellies left bundle at tho
bank, yesterday, containing $I20o, prin
.lgal.y Il notes oftbe North River Bank.
uleh the thieves also carried of.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04
A Strong StorF.

- '|-ANN~C =
The Paris correspondent Of the D0tl5
RegiSter, of Philadelphia, tells some OF
the strangest stories Of doing in that
strange city, which we see anywhere. lie
has very extensive means of procuring
information, or very extensive imagina-
tion-we know not yet which. The fol-
lowing, it will be seen, is stated as a
fact
a poor bird fancier, living in one Of
the fauborgs, and earning modest in
come by raising birds for the market, has
child of three years and half old, af-
ficted since its birth with q pulmonary
complaint. Six Months ago the doctors
told the father that the child's lungs were
almost entirely destroyed, and that it
could not live long. About three months
since, the little creature seeming to be
'perisbing rapidly, and each day becoming
more fretful, the mother placed its cradle
in the large room where the birds were
kept, thinking that the child might be a.
mused and forget its suferings somewhat,
in the noisy society of its feathered COM
.panions. TIE child, in fact, seemed to
take an interest at once in watching the
birds, and the mother after a few DAYS
noticed that it would lie still for hours.
apparently free from pain, thing which
had not been known since its birth. The
doctor, who still dropped in occasionally,
soon remarked a notable change for the
better in the young invalid, and continu-
ing MS visits more frequently, astonish-
ing the parents at the end of six weeks
by declaring that he believed the lungs
were healing. At any rate, the child could
SIT up and play, and began to have an
appetite. But in the meanwhile q strange
malady had attacked the birds; they no
longer flew around the room, but re-
mained silent and dropping on their
perches, eating very little, and gradually
dying off one at time The owner see
ing this, but little suspecting the cause,
had the whole tribe removed to the house
of friend, also bird fancier, in the
country, where he thought the pure air
might revive them. They had not been
hours in their new abode be-
fore they began to get better, and in
few days they had resumed all their life
and health. But also the poor child
left in Paris bebame visibly worse. The
wishing to try an experiment,
had two birds, a parrot and linnet bro't
back to the room. In week they both
were dead, and being opened, the doctor
noticed all the signs Of rapid consump-
ton. The fact was Immediately repor-
ted to several members of the medical
faculty, and birds of every description
were sent to the child's room. Every
one Of them died, seeming to give its
little mite of life to aid the child to live
The child is not yet dead, and has been
aiken to the country, while the doctors
are busy studying the phenomenon which
chance has thusbrought before them
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

ES~ The Democratic State Convention
assembled at Harrisburg on Thursday Of
last week, and nominated John c Knox,
ESD, OF Tioga county, for Judge of the
supreme Court.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

Ez9~"Ibe Spiritualist5 Of Illinois are
Q have a grand knocking convention at
.armington on the 20fh Of next month
)"e Everett informs THe SpiJHuai I5lc-
RI4 that Spirits make themselves Wis
be TO the bodily eye ia Dover, Athens
eonty, Ohio - According to Mr. Z. they
~ muse, cure disease and talk "in an
.adibIs human voice" They also state
'taat the Blbleis not exactly what many
ave supposed it to be, 'and give other
otoFmatlon which IL Important if true
.he .ITaPpcrs had pic mic IN Pennington
y Thursday. at which Two pick pockets
TcTe arrested
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

A 1ioaea Way Of telling it!-"I hav'nt
seen your wife lately said a gentleman
to another, in an omnibus. ''No," was
the reply; "She has retired from society
for a while, for the purpose of attending
to enc of those little affairs which add 10
the duties Of the census taker,"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

Mrs. Partington, tclegraphing from
Cape May where she is extemporary ad-
journing fer the approving of her health,
says =" We have three hyrometers con
stantly in the shade, but they don't do
one might of good; it's not less than 5A
40 in the sun this minute. The doctor
says L may expect either a cayalescence
or a collapse-but have forgotten which
in a few days. These doctors are so
reserved in their manners to patients that
/ shouldn't wonder if I had both.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

rsy~ A call said to be signed by 900
legal voters, has been issued for 4 peoples
coavcption, to be held at Montpelier, Yer
mont, 32th inst, to take measures 20 Sc
care the repeal of the Liquor law.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

Got a Ba5y!-Jenny Lind Goldsehmidt
Is the happy mother of fine and healthy
daughter. Jenny, who has treated the
world to music and made it pay roundly
for 1t, will now be treated to music herself,
and pay roundly for it toe, We warrant.
As Byron says, Cline at last sets all
things even
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

-IactutL--The catch ofmackercl at the
Isles OF shoals this season has been very
large, being estimated, by good Judges
on the Island, as more than 2OUO barrels,
generally Of good quality. The Ports
mouth Chrohicie says: about lC0 barrels
were seized around the islands last Sun
day.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

The Daily News says, the supply OF
Coal THIS season will fall short of the de-
mand from sO0,o0o to 600, geo Of tons.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

Gs3- The crops of wheat and rye, in
northampton county are unusually heavy
this season.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

fIt~e ElIht-Iankee Sullivan has an
1lnced that be made a match to fight
ith Aorrissey, the champion Of Cahfor-
a, about the middle Of autumn, for
1000 a side.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

As a proof Of the fact that girls arc
Feinl articles, and that the world could
ot very well get along without them, a
't9 writer states It as fact, that if all
1e giris we're driven out Of the world. in
ne generation, The boys would an n out
t-r tlem
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

~ The gallant Wings of Cambria
7lUty have nominated Michael Dan
lagehan for next Legislature. He's a
hole team.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

Beg One Of Queen Victorlas state
Ills. it Is said, causes su expenditure Of
o,Oe0 for dresses, &c.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

S=5- ELeetroPlated iron shillings are IL
reulanon IN England, aud almost defy
-tect!oD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04
BeIVidcre Delaware Railroad,


The contracts on this road between
Philipsburg and Belyidere, for grading
and Masonary, have been given out
The following shows the disposition of
the different sections so far as we have
ascertaincd. Commencing at Philips
burg;
SIC %, Retained by the Company.
30, Let to Solomon Mccullough, & Son.
81, Not declared on the 18th
81 Let 70 Patrick & Mooney.
81, Disposition not known.
50, Let 10 Hugh Malone g. Hague.
5a 5s' Let to Roser, L. Williams.
80, Joseph savitz and Colonel Lentz.
40, Let to William Jackson & Son.
~ a. Let to C. w. Ange!& & ]. Phlean.
The road follows the bank of the Della.
ware, and thus keeping mostly along the
hill side the grading is made easy. The
work will be about the same as that be-
low Philipsburg. The stone is principal
Iy lime stone, loose grain, convenient for
masonary. From Section % to 35 inclu-
sive, the work is under tho immediate
superintendent of a. A. Kaines. The
heaviest contract is section 40, below the
rItt taken by Jackson & Son. At each
end OF the section there is high point of
rock to cut through; and deep valley to
Ill, requiring an embankment of about
jO, 900 cubic yards.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

GE5~ Six thousand exhibitors dfs?lay
.e'r wares in the New YorL Crystal Pal
7e.
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u The death penalty has been abol
q 10 Wisconsin.
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MING NoeslNATsoNS
yoR CANAL COMMISSIONER,

FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
NOSES t'a a(SSALE.,l Lancaster County
TOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
AgEN. EA. MCCLURE, Franklin Co
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
EyERISTEAN MYERS, Clarion Co.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-04

aggression, Russia viii be Vovcrlcss to
assaiI her. 1t is not alone England and
France that are interested in protecting
Turkey from ruin. All Europe is equal
ly so, in maintaining its own equilibrium.
The success of that aggression would be
followed by general war, and Europe
wishes for peace.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-23

NY-IE1G CONVENTION.

The following is the ticket presented by I
the Madison Wing Convention. i IS com /
posed Of men Of fair talents and good in
tegriy, 50 far as we know
Goyemor-lIenry S. Baird
It. Governor-Bcrtine Pinknev.
Secretary Of S.ate-J. A. Hadley.
Treasurcr-Jamc Maxwell.
Attorney Gencral-Orsamus Cole.
Bank Controler-B. +. PiXley.
Supcrintcndent-J. c. McMynn.
safe Prison Commissioner-Elis
Sarr
There were in all p regulary-chosen de-
cHtcS. and four others who were admitted
hy the Convention to act for certain unrep-
resented Districts, who took part in the de
ah,raGions On an informal ballot Gov.
Farwell was renommated for Governor by
vote of 20 to 9, and committee was APP
pointed to inform him OF his nomination
but as he could not be found. the Convcn
ton proceeded to make out the rest of the
ticket After completing their ticket and
passing a series of resolutions. the commit
let found the Governor, when he gave them
g understand that he should no. accept the
nomination. The Convention then nomi-
mated II s Baird for Governor.
The substance of the resolutions adopted
We give below
In favor OF an economical administration
Of the affairs q both the State and Nation.
al Government faithful adherence to the
limitations of power a. prescribed by the
Con>titution--hberal appropriations bv
Congress for the Important rivers and the
harhorS on the sea coast and lake shores
the protection of American industry, hv
discriminating duties on foreign imports
thorough system of retrenchment in city
irwn. county and State expenditures.
The Convention also resolved that it Is
Tho duly of the people Of this State, to Sus-
i'n their own Institutions, and to give no
coun,enancc to any evasion of our own law
hy the introduction of any system of bank
ING, hsSening the security OF the bilI-hold-
r. or dctraudlng the State of taxes impoS-
cd Tor the privileges conferred BY its pro-
visions
The two subjo;ned resolutions we copy
IN full.
RtyR"f3, That We are opposed to the
extension of slavery over territories now
irce, or the enactment of any laws impos-
lAS involuntary seryitude, except for
crime,
Resoire3, That we viii support all the
provisions Of the Constitution, and all
avs OF Congress passed on the subject o.
slavery, and declared constitutional by the
iu1eiai tribunals of the country Nererthe
s. we deem it the unquestionable righ
y every citizen to canvass the merits o
very enactment, and if found to be unjust
oppressive or Of doubtful expediency, tc
5l'oo4te their modification or repeal and
Gsh! he authority of any Convention tc
useFee the faaiity Of any law whose provi.
''0'> arc IN opposition to long established
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-23

We received, yesterday morning hrle
dispatch, announcing the arrival of the
Irttic and decline in bread-stutfs. The
news was at once issued in an extra from
our Office, and had the effect of knocking
down the price of Wheat from to cents
per bushcl. Our dealers regard break IN
the Erie Canal as more serious matter
than the decline in the foreign market. 1t
will be seen, however. by our Telegraphic
dispatches, that the break will probably be
repaired in five days, and that boats were
loading yesterday at Buffalo with the ex-
pectation of getting through without de.en-
ton.
The New York market gives way but
little under the 4rctic's news. Flour has
fallen shilling or more barrel, but wheat
keeps up within two or three cents of the
highest rate yet, paid. Lake and Canal
freightS however, are rising, and make
large margin between the prices at the sea
board and those paid here.--Na Sent.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-23
!GENEIsAL EAECTION.

I HEREBY give notice that there will be Gem
/ eral Election held in the several towns of this
Comfy and wards of the City of kenosha on the
Tuesday next succeeding the first Mondav.n No
vember next, being Tie 9Th day of that month
The follow ing Officers TO be elected, viz -
A Governor and Lieutenant Governor Secretary
Of State, Attorney General, State Superintendent,
Bank ComptroIl Ell, and State Prison Commission
err. A State Senator FIR the County of kenosha
in the place of Andrew b Jackson. whose term
OF service will expire on the first Monday of JAN
uary next. Also two members of The Assembly
one for the Eastetn Assembly District and one for
Western Assembly District. The question of a
Prohlbtory Liquor Law is required to be submitted
to the people at tie election aforesaid. The bal
lots shall contain the words, "Prohlbitory Liquor
Law No. or Prohihitory Liquor Law,ies,' and the
ballots so cast shall be canvassed and returned in
the same manner as the votes cast for State off
GERS are required by law TO be canyassed aud retur
ned.
Sherff's Office, Kenosla, August l6, 1853.
PATRICK COSGRAVE
nj Sheriff ,of Kenosha County.