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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

A GooE ADyICE.-Lay by something
every day, if bu; penny, it is better than
nothing in6iniily better than running in
debt a penny day, or a penny a week.
Ii he can earn one dollar a day, let him
try fairly and faithfully the experiment oI
living on ninety cents day. He will
like it.
"The people will laugh" Let them
laugh. "Thoy will call me stngy."-
Better call you stingy than say you do
not pay your debts. 'sThey will wonder
why do not have better furniture, live in
a finer house, and attend concerts and the
play Let them wonder for awhile
1t won't hurt you. By.and.by you can
have a fine house and furniture of your
own, and they will wonder again, and
come billing and cooling around you like
so many pleased fools. Try the expert.
ment. Live within your means.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

FIRE KINDLERs.-We have seen an ar.
ticle made from the following receipt, tried
and pronounced excellent for kindIing
wood.fres, bot it is of little use where Goa
is used-at least we hve never been able
70 SNAKE il work" without the usual
amount Of kindling:
"Take quart of tar and three lbs q
rosin. melt them, bring to a cooling tenn
nora,ure. mix with as much saw dust, will
= little charcoal added, as can be worked
in spreod out while bot upon board
when cold break up into Jumps ofthe SIX
orn lorre hickory nut, and you have at .
soall eypense. kindI1g material enougl
for household for one year. lhey WI!
easily ignite from a maich' and burn VIII
a strong blaze, long enough to start an!
wood that is fit 10 burn. Try 1t.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04
TIIE SONGS OF LIFE.

This life Of ours is like the Gow
of music through the air,
Which breathes Of happiness or woe.
Ot confidence or care
The blending notes, through changeful years,
Swell with q varying tone,
And trembling Oft in smiles and tears
Make melody or moan.
To chords within each human life
Attunes its answering lay,
AS Ger the worlds disturbing strife
Our heart-songs hoat away;
joys trilling tones, on soaring wings,
Rise warbling TO the sun,
While the sad strains which sorrow sings
Through minor measures run.
Sometimes the gentle murmers 20
In quiet humble song,
As where the streams melliauous Aow
Sounds peacefully along
Sometimes the music rises high,
Majestic and profound,
Aud rolls beneath the echoing sky
In tones oflofty sound.
The universe with natal songs,
Thrilled through its vast oxpanse,
And still the melody prolougs
While listening years advance;
One choral chord combines the strains
In firm yet sweet CONTROL
As DER those star-illumined plains
The heavenly peans roll
Earth-songs, though varied, all will Goat
Responsive to the skies,
II but one deep resolving note
Their music underlies!
Oft in this harmony sublime
Strains loud and loWly bend,
And in according tune and time
Esulingly ascend.
Alas that Ger this concord fair
Some jarring sounds we hear.
Disturbing all the vocal air,
And every tuneful ear;
Our songs, imperfect, yield too Of
Notes Of discordsnt strain,
Which, mid their cadence so soft,
Wake interludes Of pain.
Eolian tones, whose murmcring plains
Come signing from their strings.
Breathe sounds symphonious in the strains
Which natures anthem rings;
Nor should we mourn though sad and low
Our lifelong songs arise,
So they but move, through all their flow
In concert with the skies.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

Ox,oNs FOR FovLs.-Scarcely toe
,,noh can be said in p'aise OF Onions for
canls They seem 10 be preventative
and remedy for various diseases TO wh.ch
domestic poultry is liable. Having ire'
ouontly tested their excellence we can
speak unhesilutingly. For gopes, and IN
Examination Of the thront, eyes and head,
onions are almost a specific. We should
recommend feeding fowls, and especially
Young chicks, with as many as they will
eat, as often as twice or three times a
week. They should be finely chopped
A small addition Of corn meal is an I'm.
nrovement.-- F1yming Mirror.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

PRETTY GCoD.-An Irish boy who was
trying hard to get place, denied that he
was Irish. 81 don't know what you mean
by not being an Irishman," said the gen.
tlemnn who was hiring him, "but this
know, you were born in Ireland" "Och
your honor, if that's ALL said tho boy
"small blame to that. Supposed your old
cat has kittens in the oven, would they be
loaves ofbread ?" The boy got the place.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

0rA young man was detected the 9th.
er day in Dyes banking Office, Cincinna.
ii, with his hand in another mans pocket.
His excuse was that the crowd was so
dense, that in attempting TO get plug of
tobacco Out Of his own pocket, he had by
mistake run bis lccler into another mans
unmentionobIes. lie was taken to tho
rogues' drawing room.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

GIVE YoUR CHILD A PAPER.-A child
beginning to read becomes delighted with
a newspaper, because he reads the names
Of things tina! are very imiIiar, and will
make progress accordingly. A newspa.
per in one year is worth quarters school.
ing to a child, and every father must con-
slider that substantial Information is con.
necled with advancement. The mother oil
a family, being herself one of the heads
and having a more immediate charge Of
the children should herself be instructed
A mind occupied becomes fortified against
the ills Of life, and is braced for any emer-
gency. Children aroused by reading or
study, are of course mote considerate and
more easily governed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

ELoQUENCE.-A distinguished doctor Of
divinity is responsible for the following
specimen Of western eloquence, which
ought to be embalmed in pnnt:
"Who discovered the North Pole ? Our
own illustrous Franklin. Who hung the
star spangled banner on the heaven pierc.
ing summit of the Andes! The immortal
Jefferson. Who discovered the rout to
Cappadocia by the way Of Cape Cod?-
That peerless Moorish navigator Paganini.
Let US then with the horoscope in one
hand and Magma Chnra in the other,
plunge boldly upon the raging pillows Of
the Mississippi, and leave no land untred
until we shall have united Tripoi and Grot.
ma Green with the rock Of GibraDter
Then shall be brought 10 light Tarantula!
that long lost isle of bliss Of which Plato
reasoned and Golileo sung"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

0FThe Dunkirk Journal Of a recent
date says that marine monster was late.
ly seen in the bay at that place. It was
Of serpenlne form, from thirty to forty
feet in length, and was distinctly seen TO
move about in the water with an agility
equal to that Of the most expert Of the fin.
nv tribe.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

0rWhy don't you hold up your head
as do?" asked an arristocraic lawyer
Of a sterling old farmer. esquire" was
the reply, "look at that field of grain.-
You see all the valuable heads are bowed
down, while those that have nothing in
them stand upright"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-12-04

A CLOSE VoTE.-By referring 10 tho
vote poled at the recent election for VIM.
B,ler for Governor, and Jeremiah >.
Black for Judge Of the Supreme Court
il wiz be seer that there is difference o.
bgt 9 votes between them. Considering
tfNnumber Of votes polled aud the attend
is0 circumstances, it is certainly very re.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
A Sad Case.

A letter from gentleman in Misslssip'
nj to the editor of the New York Times,
coutains the following paragraph
"a beautiful mulatto slave was hanged
in Eutaw, last Friday, for numbering a
cbild-the circumstances are as follows
Her m aster was young man and overseer
he got the girl with child and then bought
her. When her child was three years old
he married young lady of small fortune
and bought plantation for himself. The
lady soon ascertained that her husband
was the father Of the little curly-head
and at once became indignant towards it,
and at the slightest offence would cruelty
abuse the child. The mother bore it with
patience for q while, but seeing her mis-
tress rot no better, she knocked her child
brains out with an axe, and went 20 the
Courthouse. told the circumstances, gave
herself up, and was committed to prison
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
Chr Settlers oman.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER Z, 1854.
More TLieving.

On Friday evening last, some 0iacS-heas'-
ed wretch entered our cellar and stole there,
Sr,,, - loaf of bread and about t"o pounds Of
,,,,,or al ue bad This fact was announced
+, oDr litle ones early on Saturday morning
who immediately set up most piteOus howl
which aroused us from "a sound nap, We were
at that lime enjoying. This at once set u
n cogiiatlng. and after two or more hours
reflection, we set to work and raised Pro'l'
sions enough for another meal Tins tact g"'
spread around town, and during the day o"'
friends called in and loaded Us down with
.vmpathy, which We kindly received and
with the aid of cur ID good soul, have
carefully slowed away IN our cellar, which
we hope will enable us 10 winter over.
p. S.-Since the above was in type, our
ID jnlcrms us that he has placed an infer
nal machine in front of the cellar door, and
advises hungry fellows 10 stay away.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07

From CALIFoRNIA.-The Star of the
West arrived at New York, from San
Juan, on Saturday, with Francisco dates
to the 9th ult., and S737 900 in gold
The news is of very little Importance
The news from the mines continues fa-
vorable. The Mormons have been or
dered to leave San Francisco hy the lst
Of May. The Know Nothings bare gained
a victory over the democracy in the cleo
ton Of City Controller in San Francis
CO.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
sE Extract Of letter from respcc

sSr Extract Of letter from respec
table sad wei!-informed citizen of the L
States to friend il Washington, dated
'ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Sept. Is, 1854
DEAR F.: The war Is scarcely begun
There Is no chance for any Power, be i
ever so great, to conquer Russia. Th,
Emperor is only preparing for war. Mex
year he will have iu the field, ready for
nrtive battle, one and half millions o
-oldiers, well drilled. The people arc al
for the war, aud be has 10 trouble in get
ting soldiers, for it is with them a religi.
Gus war They want the christian faith
10 be sanctioned over the world. They
are the most devOut people on earth, aud
thc lat crucifz will 90 for the war be
fore they give up
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
i}eQistcr's Notice..

"a OTICE is hereby given to all legatees
= and other persons interested III the
estates Of the respective deeedents and mi
nors, that the administration accounts Of
the following estates have been fled in
the Office OF the Register of Monroe coun-
ty, and will be presented for confirmation
and allowance to the Orphans Court to
be held at Stroudsburg, in and for the a
foresaid county, on Monday, the 18th day.
OF December next, at 10 clock, a. N.
The account of Robert Van BuSkirk,
administrators o; the estate Of Mary Van
Buskirk, late Of Hamilton township, de-
ceased.
The account Of Joseph Starner, admin
istrator of the estate of John Zacharias,
late Of Ross township, deceased.
The final account OF John Flyte and
Bernard Flyte, administrators Of the
estate of Abraham FIyte, late Of Ross
township. deceased.
The final account of John S. Fisher,
administrator Of the estate of James
Gregory, late of Polk township, deceased.
SAMUEL REES, Jr. Register.
Registers Office.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
Frightful Railrold Collision---Passenger
Cars Burned.

PORTLAND. Dec. 1.-The train from
Island Pond for Portland, on the Grand
Trunk Railway thiS afternoon, when near
Thompson's Mills, 10 the town of Starks,
was brought to stand still by the snow
plough getting of the track. At that
moment the down freight train approach
cd, and before its progress could be
checked ran into the other trau, smashing
the cars and severely injuring eighteen
TersOns. Two Of the passenger ears took
fire from the upsetting of the stoves, and
were burned. Upon the receipt of the
intelligence of the accident, Mr. Corson.
the Superintendent of the road, with sur
geons and other assistance, proceeded to
the scene Of the disaster in special train
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
County Sy27eri1tiendeHt nj
Twitting upon Facts.

The Hartford Courant, in response tc
the charge of Loco Foco papers, that il
becomes Wing policy to form alliances
with other political bodies whenever tbe
the thing is possible, retorts in the fol-
lowing effective manner
Fusion forsooth Look at Frank
Pierce's Cabinet. One Massachusetts,
Coalitionist-on New York Soft-one
Pennsylvania Catholic--one Free Soil
Michigan man-one Kentucky Union
man-one North Carolina old Line Dem
ocrat, and pretty old at that!-and one
Mississippi Fire Eaterl Was there ever
such specimen of 'fussion' in our land!
when rogues conspire, honest men should
combine,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07

The Bloomington (Iil) News Letter
gives an account of the progress Of wal
that has been going on in Polk Town
ship, Monroe county, tetween party O.
Selt-constituteG "regulators" aud gam
of notorious ounterfeters, robbers ano
thieves, who are connected with nest oI
lewd women. The "regulators" have
lynched several af the outlaws, demolish
ed the mansion of Sailie Quick, and 10.
tilted the villains to leave the county
within 4 given tire. Geo. Washington
Fleetwood, Thomas Jefferson Fleetwood
Andrew Jackson Fleetwood, Wiley De.
var, and Hiram Fleetwood we're all Sc
vcre!y whipped, but the latter, on account
of his old age and ignorance, "was let of
with only ninety lashes" The Fleet,
woods openly confessed that they had
been guilty of house burning, counterfeit
ing, sheep stealing, robbery, &c.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
DESTROYING Ladies Dresses.

4 man named, Theodore H. Gray vas
arrested in n. Y. City, on Thursday eve,
ming of week before last, and having OH
his person an abundant supply Of oil of Wit
rol, which he confessed to have thrown
upon ladies' dresses. The rich dresses Of
many ladies have been recently destroy
ed in this manner, at the Opera and else
where More than thirty persons have
entered complaints at the Police Office OF
having suffered damages by vitriol thrown
upon their cioaks and dresses. Rich gar
ments, amounting in their aggregate val
ue to several thousands OF dollars, have
recently been destroyed in this way.
The prisoner admits having committed
the outrages and offers as an excuse that
be was laboring under u religious mania
and was prompted to do as he did by mo-
tiyes that he could not account for. He
says ne FIRST commenced throwing vitriol
upon females of i'll repute who were in
the habit of walking the streets in the
night time, and there was fascination
about it so great that he soon afterward
commepced thowiDg the fluid upon res
pectable females, especially theater-g goers,
against whom lie had bitter dislike
His operations have been managed quite
Systematically, having had pocket in
each side OF his t-skirts for the vitriol-
thrower, which he carried with bin
On passing lady in the street or at n
place of amusement, charge from this
"tbrower' or Syringe" was easily effect
ed without detection upon her dress. In
some cases the ladies have been severely
burned, the action of the acid being in
Stantaneous and Ike fire.
The prisoner has wife and two chill =
dren, living at 256 Delancy-st. His a
led mother and two sisters reside with
him. He is printer By trade, and about
- years of age, and carries on business
at No I04 Beekman-st. He has recent
ly suffered from pccuniary losses, ana
states that this, probably, was one Of the
cau@s that affected his reason. Since
his Incarceration, hundreds have called to
axe look at him, he being regarded a.
one of the greatest curiosities in town
His friends contend strcnuously that be
is insane.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
Kansas.

At the last dates from Kansas, it was
stated that Gov. Reeder has decided upon
ordering tue Territorial Election to take
place on the 25th of November Il i,
laid that all the Congressional candidates
who have been announced so far, are of
the pro- Slavery stamp, with the exception
Of DR.. T. L. Wright, who is reported to be
uncomnitted. Ofcourse, all this goes to
prove that there is no danger of Kansas
becoming slave State, and that all its set
tiers are opposed to Slavery.
Gov Reeder is accused by the Agrari-
an, paper published at Independence, OF
taking particular care of No. /. Here is
what the Agrarian says of the Governor {;
MADAME Rumor is just now busy with
the name and conduct Of this high func-
tionary. Unless great injustice is done
him, he is displaying more solicitude for
the furtherance of his own interest than is
common even to these degenerate times
There is most valuable body of
timber-land, consisting of twenty. three
sections, belonging to the haf-breeds of
the Kaw tribe, and lying on the north
bank of the Kansas River. For these
lands or at least for some Of them, six
dollars per acre have been offered, and
in the opinion of competent judges, they
are worth ten. Gov Reeder has nov IN
his possession deeds of conveyance for
thirteen Of these sections, the considera-
tIon to be paid purporting to be two dollars
and fifty cents per acre. Thirteen sections
of land containing eight thousand three
hundred and twenty acres, and cost at two
and half dollars per acre, s2O,s00. At
'ix dollars, they are worth s49,9 ,929, giving
a profit of $40, ,l20; while at ten dollars
per acre. they are worth ss3,200, and
give net profit gilmore than sixty thou
sand dollars"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07

A free negro is not q citizen of the T.
nited States, according to a recent de-
cision in the State Of Illinois and canno;
maintain q suit. The Chicago Times
states the case thus Joseph c. Mitchell
a free negro, as plaintiff, sued. Charles Fl
Lamar, who pleaded that free negro
was not citizen of the United States
and hence could not maintain suit be.
fore the United States Court. The plea
was sustained by Judge Drummond, o.
the U S. Circuit Court. and the decision
concurred in by Judge Mclean.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
New Work Markets,

Flour, &1c.-Common grades of Westerr
brands have declined 121c. per bDl.. and the
market very heavy at the close. Southern
Flour has declined l22 25c. per b'l.; mar
ket dropping. For Rye Flour and Corn Mea
the market is heavy.
Grain--Wheat is without imports ut change
with sales to a fair extent reported. Rye Ii
steady, with sales at Sl.:G. Corn is shadt
easier with considerable sales at675 s9c.-
Oats duh and dropping.
Whisky-Ts nominal al 40 a 41c,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
PETIT LERORS.

Chesnuhill--Chas. Tribe, John Sox. Geo,
Bond, and James Kresge.
Eldred-Jucob EngIer, Adam Brotzman,
and John Frable.
Jdckson-George Hilliard, John Miller,
and Philip Hay. and John Poesinger.
Hamilton-Charles Frantz, Peter Heller,
and Walter Barry.
NJ Smithfeld.-Samuel Michael, james
Mosier, Jacob Vanauken, MeIchoir Depue.
Paradise-Peter Dornblazer, David Bow
man, und Abraham Transue.
Price-Moses Smith.
PoK-Pbilip Doiter, George w. Kresge,
Ross-George Lessig, and Enoch Busklrk.
SirouG-Daniel Row, Ashton Smiley, Pc
ter Row.
Stroudsburg-Charles Shafer.
Smithfeld-lsaac TRIBE, Adm. Walter.
George Kintner, Daniel Depue.
To5ykGnna-Wm Ebach, jude Winters.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07

AN0THER SENATOR CHosEN.-TbC
Hon. A,a Briggs was elected on Satur-
day 'a,t a Senator OF the United State,
by the Legislature OF North Carolina, for
SIX years from the 4th of March next
when the term OF the Hon. George i
Badger will expire.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
Fieh2een Years Captive amcng Indians.

IlEh9eSn Sc9TS a CaFllVe duiVn B AhuAsns
The Macoupin (Ill) Statesman gives an
account ofa man named JOS. Barney, who
made his escape in May last from the Flat
Head Indians, in Oregon, after being in
captivity for eighteenyears. A man named
John Robertson was takep captive at the
same time. The account thus narrates What
occurred after they were taken to the camp
of the Indians -
"They We're unbound and confined in {
hut, where they were fed, but not allowed
to escape. The chief offered them be
two daughters if they would marry and
remain with the tribe. Finding escape
utterly impossible for the time being, the
terms were accepted, and the marriage
took place. The fruits of this marriage
were two children, both of which are stllI
living. a daughter, lG, and son, Ia, both
Of which he left with the tribe. Two
wears ago Robertson attempted to escape
but was retaken, scaiped and burned a
live. leaving three children with the tribe
Seven years ago Barney attempted to es-
cape, but was recaptured and would have
been put to death but for the interpoSitior
of his wife, who was the daughter Of the
chief
In May last. during the absence of thu
chief, Barney made all the rest OF the In
diaps drunk, aud then escaped, and al
though pursued for several days, they
failed to overtake him. lie is G3 year:
of age, originally from France, but form
erly lived in Ot>ego county, New y ork.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07

Vim Grisby, a successful pedestrian,
announces that he will undertake, Oh the
Union Course, L. l., the extraordinary
feat of walking one mile, draw sulky
containing boy l6 years of age two
miles, go backwards one mile and pick
up stones fifty yards apart, and place
them one by one in basket, all to be
done in one hour. A bet of $1,000 has
been staked on the result
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
Official.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

W USttNSeVSc, ~'0S'
Official information has been received
at this Department that the French and
English Governments have determined,
if the war with Russia shall continue, to
close by blockade, in the coming spring
and asearly in that season as the ships to
enforce it can reach their necessary amen;
oraee, the several ports of Russia IN the
Baltic and White Seas; and that orders
which will be put in execution with the
least possible delay, have been given to
the French and English Admirals com.
manding in the Black Sea to enforce the
blockade Of the mouths Of the Danube,
and of all the ports in the Black Sea and in
the Sea of Azov remaining in the hands
Of Russia.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-07
Didn't Follow Il.

II am SO glad to find you are better,
said John Hunter, the famous surgeon to
Foote, the equally famous actor, one
morning, you followed my prescriptions
Of course p Indeed | did not, doctor,
replied Sam, ''for | should have broken
my neck :" Broken your neck ~ ex-
claimed Hunter, in amazement. eyes, .
said Foote "for threw your prescription
out of three story window.