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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22
Postal Information.

The Post Office Department at Wash
|ingtop have ruled the following points,
which we have CLEANED from the Star OF
different dates:
The Post Office Department now ano
then receive letters from deputy post
masters, asking if their federal oihce does
not exempt them from doing the duty IN
repairing roads, required Of them oy the
laws of their several States as citizens
thereof. The answer was Invariably
No.
A mail carrier, on bringing way let
ters to post office is entitled to one cent
upon each, whether the letter is prepaid
or not. The Postmaster must mark the
one cent in addition on each such letter,
on which the carrier demands his cent.
Any person has the right to place
printed or other mailablc matter in 4 post
Office for box holders at the same office
and it is the duty of the postmaster to du.
ly place such things in the boxes of those
to whom they may be addressed.
Lines drawn around or marks made on
paragraph of a newspaper, merely tc
call attention to the particular article, are
not held in the Post Office Department
to subject the said newspaper to letter
postage.
The department do not and cannot lc-
gally give permission to any person other
than the person to whom addressed, to o.
pen any letter laying in post Office.
The Department does not permit dep
uty postmaster to leave his doors so un.
guarded as that persons may help them.
selves to letters, &c.
Postmasters on returning papers tc
publishers, not taken from the Office, musj
frank them as "post Office business"
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Surgical Operation.

On Wednesday of last week a surgi-
cal operation was performed upon Mrs
John w. Ru1toB, of this place, for the
reUoTal Of a Mammary tumor which has
been rapidly growing for year and half,
and Hbich was found to be so extensive
as to require the eztirpation Of the entire
left breast. The operation was perform,
ed by DR.. A. Reeves jackson, assisted BY
Drs. LeyeriDg, Grattan, Hollinthea and
Wal;ons.
The patient was placed under the in
Aaence Of chlorafOrn and did not exper-
isnce the slightest sensation of.pain tbro'-
out the whole operation.
The operation was entirly successful,
and the patient, who has shown great for
titude, is making a rapid recovery-CoM
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Cholera and Small Fox.

\ large number of cases Of cholera
and small poS, it is said, are now al
Staten L,land, Now York, among the en-
igrants there, and permission has been
obtained from the collector of the port to
use two large government warehouses for
the accommodation of the patients. Ii
view Of the fact that the cholera has also
appeared in the very heart of New York
city, the Eeeni'g Post calls upon the
authorities to lose 10 time in cleansing
the streets and alleys.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22
Philadelnhia Election

Conrad's Majority for Mayor is s,343
Hazlehurst for Solicitor, 1882; Hen
derson for Controller about SOe"; Mech
(native) over Leidy, Democrat, 5000
and $4,000 over Comfy, whig, The
Democrats elected IL, the Reformers 3
and Wings and Natives 43 Common
Councilmen. In twenty-five wards the
Wings and Natives elected II, the Dem
ocrats 4, and Reformers l to the select
Council. All the wards but three or four
elected Wing and Native School Direct
ors, and all who were not pledged against
a division Of the School Fund were defeat
ed, There is scarcely foreigner elected
in any of tie wards.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22
SABBATH SCHOOL CELEBRATION.


At meeting of the Supcrintendents
and teachers of the different Sabbath
Schools in Hamilton and vicinity, at the
Ceptre Square School House, on Satur-
day the 18th of June, it was resolved to
celebrate the coming 4tb of July, by a
Sabbath School Celebration, to be held in
grove near Fenners Vile, where suita-
ble preparations will be made for the oc-
casion.
The following officers were appointed;
Lorenzo Hofeditz, Chief Marshal, Hor-
ace Shirer, assistant Marshal, Committee
IF ARRANGEMENTS: Absalom Fetherman,
Jerome S. Williams, George Ruth, Mel
choir Bosserd, Abraham Edinger, Joseph
Fehner, Capt. Saml. Harman, Andrew
Groner, Charles Daily, Jacob Stackhouse:
Joseph Altemose, Capt G. X. SHUTTER,
Joseph Rinker, John Bellies, Christopher
Keller & Abrm. Mengel.
ORDER OF THE DAY:
Reading of the Declaration of Independ,
pcDdence BY c. S. Detrick.
An oration by Samuel S. Drehcr, ESQ.
Appropriate hymns By the schools and
audience.
An address to the teachers by the Rev.
Mr.. Townsend.
An address to parents and children by
the Rev. Mr.. Hofeditz, in German.
An address to parents and children,
by the Rev. Mr.. Hcilg, in English.
An address to the audience by the
Rev. Mr. Gingerisb, in English.
To conclude by singing appropriate
Hymns by the teachers and scholars.
Resolred, That all the different Sab
bath Schools and citizens in general, in
the vicinity, are respectfully invited to at
tend. Each school to provide them
selves with refreshments, and also suit
able banner.
RcS0lred, That committee of three be
appointed to notify the different speakers
and clergymen, who are to partake in the
exercises of the day, whereupon Peter
Williams, Jacob Klinker and Jacob VIII
liams were appointed.
JOHN MARSH, Chairman.
JACOB L. KLINKER, Sect.
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Four Persons Drowned.

The Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania Ga
2ette issued an extra on the 9th inst. from
which we extract the following melan.
choly intelligence: This afternoon, as
several persons, Irish laborers at the
Beaver Meadow wharf) were engaged in
unloading dirt scow just above the dam
at this place, the line by which the boat was
held was broken by the force of the cur
rent, the boat went over the dam, and
melancholy-t to relate, four persons were
drowned, The boat came to the surface
bottom side up, and two persons succeed
ed making their escape, one by climbing
upon the boat, the other being forced by
the current on to or near the beach,
Bot one body has thus far been recovered.
This sad calamity will fill many hearts
with grief and shroud many domestic
circle in gloom. They were all active
and industrious men, and all, we believe
had families.
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The Fourth of July.

The coming Fourth will be celebrated
in Easton. In the morning there will be
4 hprocessiOn Of Military, Firemen and cit
izens, Reading of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and Oration-6ring of cannon,
&c. In the afternoon Mr.. PUsEY of Phil
sdelphia will make a Balloon ascension
on an Eagle. In the evening there will
be music in the Square, and sn exbi-
bition Of Fire Works.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

A5Z.rnezff 9f .Sta5e Iaz-Gen Bailey
the new State Treasurer Of Penns ylyania,
has issued Circular from his Depart
meut, directed to the Commissioners and
Treasurcrs of the varions counties, re-
miuding them of the act of Assembly
which authorizes an abatement of five per
cent. on the amount paid into the State
Treasury, provided the county pays its
full quota Of tax on its adjusted ya,ua,
ton, fifteen days prior to the first of Aug
ust il any year"
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Emigrants for the West.

The Chicago correspondents of the New
York Ecenfng Post, in a letter dated
June 9th, states that few days previous
" company of six hundred Ohio emf
grants started for Nebraska. There is
considerable of tide setting that way
from this quarter. Most of the parties
now going out are preliminary surveying
parties, but they will be followed by an
unprecedented flow Of emigration as soon
as there can be any :isles secured to the
lands" Last week seven hundred Ger
mans passed through Cincinnati for Ore
gon, and seven hundred aud thirty for
Nebraska. Minnesota is filing up with
unparalleled rapidity. The roads lead
ing to it through Iowa and Wiscoonsin,is
is said, are literally crowded with teams
and stock belonging to immigrants
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a Little Poy with Delirium Tremens

A man named Taylor, near Winchestel
La. has son only Jour gears old who is q
common d/~nkord The Emblem says
that Oh the 18th ult. "his father, who had
been fishing, gave the child bottle ot
whlskey to carry; be drank too much, and
was taken sick, then with a twitching in
Que arm and side, which was soon followed
by the deli'Tum hemens, that lasted for
twelve hours. 1t was horrible thing to
see the little fellow screaming at and
Jumping from the snakes that he thought
be saw.-Dayton, 0. Empire.
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The Elo1uence of Distress.

A Western editor appeals, in the fol,
lowing eloquent language to the sympa,
thies of his delinquent subscribers
" We cannot help thinking how much
easier an editors's life might be made il
his generous patrons could only hear his
better half scraping the bottom of the
-four barrel 4 man that can write ed.
torials with such music sounding in bis
ears, can easily walk the telegraph wires
and turn some-sets in the branches of Q
thorn bush"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22
Office Of the Delaware, LackaDannq, and }
Western Rail-rOd Go.
40 Wall ST., N. York, June 20, 1854. !
NOTICE.

The scml-annual interest on the Mortgages
Bonds of the late Lackawanna and Western
Rail Road Company due lst. July 1854, will
be paid at this Office on and after that day.
upon presentation of the Coupons.
Interest will also be paid To the Stockhold.
erS on and after the 10Th day of July, proxi-
mo, at this Office, at the rate of six Der cent
per annum, TO be computed to June 80, 1854.
on IL Stock issued or nstallments received
previous to lst. January last, from Decem-
Der 1888; and on all lnstallments received
during the present year, from the dates of
the respective payments but no interest
can' according to the provisions of the Act of
Incorporation, be paid on any share Of Stock
upon which any instalment which has been
callad for, remains unpaid.
The Transfer Books will be closed from
the lst to 10th July inclusive.
BY order of the Board of Managers.
WIN. Z. WARREN
Secretary and Treasur
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Il The Inspector of liquors appoi Mt
ed in Tascarawas county (Ohio) is an en-
inent German Chemist. He informs the
editor Of the New Philadelphia Adrocate,
that nearly all the liquor be has examin-
ed, which is sold for brandy, is nothing
but whiskey, in which there has been
put a few drugs to give it color and
clange the taste.
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JUDGE POLLOCK's LETTDR.
MILTON, May both, 1851.

NAh1O-N1 va cotDj lCol'
Gentlemen-Your communication in
reference to a prohibitory law has been
received, and in reply, [ say that the
constltutionality of aprohibitory law sim
liar in its essential features to the one re-
ferred to in the your interrogatories, hay
ing received a judicial determination by
the highest Courts of several of our sis
ter States, and the principle having been
recognized by the Supreme Court of the
United States, | am relieved from the re-
sponsibility of first decision. These
Courts having affirmed the constitution
ality Of prohibitory law, and being of
the highest authority, I believe, upon
principle and authority, such law to be
constitutional; and its constitutionality, in
my opinion, would not be affected by a
submission Of its repeal to vote of the
people.
Every measure of moral or political
reform, sanctioned by the representatives
of the people, within the limits of the Con-
stitutiOD, should receive my official sane
tlon.-The expediency and propricty of
such laws are for the people, through their
and their will, constitu-
tionally declared, should be respected by
the executive. Ifthe people demand, and
their representatives enact such a law,
their will should not be resisted by the
the exercise of the veto power-a power
purely conservative, and only to be exer-
cised in cases clearly unconstitutional. or
exhibiting indubitable evidence of hasty,
injurious and imperfect legislation. Such
being my views of official duty in the
premises, should the legislature, the con-
exponents of the popular will,
enact such law, it would, in the event
of my election, receive the executive sane
ion.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAS. POLLOCK.
10 Stephen Miller, Esq, Chairman,
and others, Committee
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

Honor Decilned-Hon. John Banks, was
rendered few days ago, by Gov. Bigler,
the appointment of Associate Law Judge
of Lancaster county, recently declined BY
Judge Rogers, but he also declined the
post, not being willing to exchange his lu-
crativc practise at the Berks County Bar,
for seat on the Bench.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22
Camden and Amtoy Railroad Company

The annual report of this company,
made on Monday week, shows the re-
cciPts Q! the past year to have been $780,
534, and the expenses s2l9,5l6. Over
2,O00, 600 Of passengers and 48,l67 tons
Of merchandise we're carried over the
road during the year, and s29,l7O paid
to the State for tax and transit duties.
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Perham Outcome.

a tailoring firm in New York city, ad.
Tertise that they will give to every patron
who purchases goods to the amount Of
three dollars, sealed envelope. contain
ing gilt of some kind, varying in value
from 20 cents to $50, which can be o.
pened Immediately after the purchase,
and tbs article ohtained.
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WHIG STATE TICKET.

IL We were unable last week to Is
sue paper. The absence, for several
DAYS. of one of our hands, and the lndls-
nosition of a member of our family, pre-
vented us from getting out paper. This,
we hone. viii be received as sufficient
apology for the delinquency.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

Esr The seven-year locusts make their
visit this season, and already
they are beginning to appear in great
numbers in and about Rockford. Illinois
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

The New \ York & Erie Railroad is now
travelled for Sc 80 instead of IS 40. as
heretofore, and the fare for the entire dis
tance to Buffalo and Niagara Falls from
New York is but $40.
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BgWe have learned (says the TreB.
ton Gaaette.) the curious and rather a -.
farming fact, that within two or three
years past the increase in the sale of o.
plum in Trenton is something like one
thousand per cent.
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The Cholera.

The Jourmol9f Commerce, in an article
on the Cholera, notes the remarkab le
'aeS that, this season, cases Of this disease
originate where there are no peculiarly
e1clIlng causes, and where no communi-
cation has been had with emigrants or
other sources from which it might have
been introduced.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

p9~ Within two days past over two
hundred dogs have been poisoned by the
police of Cincinnati Strychine upon
meat is the article used.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

MARY L. NAN NosTRAND, little child
Of II years old, was sentenced to an i'm
prlsonment of one year in the county Jail
at Mount Holly, for setting fire to the
building Of n Wills, at Rancocus.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

An anecdote is told of a young lady Of
Harrisburg, who was on riding exeur-
sion recently: "The horse commenced
kicking, when she in the most simple
manner requested her companion to get
out and hold the horses leg, or he might
injure the vehicle"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

The "Say-NothingS' had a tca-party
the other evening at the house Of Mrs.
Think-all. Mrs. Do-notbing presided at
table with the genuine grace of dignGed
silence. Miss Love nothing acted as Mis-
tress Of motions.
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JACOB L. KLINKER, Sect.

Ey- Commodore Perry has been uuex-
pectcdly successful in his negotiations
with Japan; and treaty with that hith-
erto secluded nation, is now waiting the
sanction of the President aud Senate.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

GOVERNOR OF NEBRAsKA.-Iti is said
that .. Barrett, Esq, of the Harrisburg
heystone, has been appointed b. Prcsi.
dent Pierce, Governor Of tic Territory OF
Nebraska.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

esS- The man who tried to sweeten
bis tea with one Of bis wife's smiles, has
" fallen back" On sugar
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EgEEb.

In Stroudsburg on the 18th inst, Mr..
Nathan I. Hunt, after short illness,
aged about % years.
At Bristol, on the 5th inst. Mr.. Charles
s. White, aged 25 years.
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The man Of dull apprehension has pur-
chased grindstone, and proposes to
sharpen up.
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IrTThe cholera is dying out at Nash
Vile, Tennessee.
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sSyThe population of Louisville, KY.
is now estimated at 10000.
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Notice to Collectors.

The Commissioners will receive pro-
posals for the collection of the State and
County Taxes of the different Townships,
for the year 1854, at their Office until tho
3Oth day of June, inst.
NJ. DREHER,
JACOB ALTEMOSE, C1m'rs.
JOHN G. STRUNK,
Office,
June % 1854
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-22

p| Cholera has broken out in Ruth
erford county, Tenn, and B. Ferguson
has lost slaves, A. Edwards 3, Mr.
Cannon /, and COL Winston l.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-07-25
Glen Hope, July 5. 1854.

SsR ERIFF IS Safely virtue of surdry
~ wrIs of Fiera Faeias issued out of the Court OF
Common Pleas of Clearfield county, and to me di-
rected, will be exposed Pubic Sale, at the Court
House in Clearfeld Borough, on Saturday the 22d
day of July 1854, at o'clock p NJ, the following
described Real Estate. to wit:
Lot No Is in the borough of Curwensville with
a dwelling house store house. stable and other out
houses erected thereon bounded by lot late the
tate of John Scot on the West Stephen Graf on
the East and the Erie Turnpike on the North. Al
75 or less. of Timber Land in Burn
side township, Clearfield county bounded by lands
of Jonathan Snyder Kitchen and others. Seized
and taken in execution and to be sold the prop
erty of Isaac Smith. WILLIAM POWELL,
July 5, 1854. Sheriff.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-07-25
pupuLnr Sung.
The Pilgrim Faith srs.
BY MRS. HENASS.

The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast;
And the woods against a stormy sky,
Their giant branches tost;
And the heavy night hung dark,
The hills and waters DER,
When band of e1iles moored their bark
On the Wild New England shore.
Not as the conqueror comes,
They. the true-hearted came;-
Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sounds of famc;-
Not as the flying come,
In silence, and in fear
They shook the depths of the deserts gloom
With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Amidst the storm they sang,
And the stars heard and the sea;
And the sounding isles of the dim woods rang
To the anthem of the free.
The ocean eagle scared
From his nest by the white waves foam;
And the rocking pines of the forrest roared:-
This was their welcome homo.
What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine2
The wealth Of seas?-the spoil of war;
They sought faith s pure shrine.
Ay, call it holy ground
The soil where first they trod.
They left uustained, what there they found:
Freedom to arorship Gop,
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Nnya' >Ea-,iare.


The Fort Smith Herald records the follow
ing
The other day the sedite clerk OF our court
was surprised by marriage, in his presence
of q couple who walked into his Office. He
was sitting at his desk busily engaged in wri-
ting. when gentleman from the country, aged
about fifty, and lady not far behind in this
respect, entered the offce and, after the u
suai salutation, the man asked him few ques-
tions about the lar Of CONTRACTS, and wished TO
know what marriage was considered, leg ally.
The clerk informed him thIt it was esteemed
cirii contract, when the old gentl eman pulled
out paper, read over a short agreem ent made
by the parties before him 10 live together their
natural lives and to have and to hold all things
in comm on for their mutual benefit, asked the
clerk to record it, paying over the usual fee,
and both deliberately walked off, lelving the
clerk in utter astonishment, and pretty Well
confounded by what he had never seen before
IA marriage without parson, judge, or
squire.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-07-25

Morning relief train, soiloquised Mrs. Pat
tington, she sat in one of the railroad C lrs,
and gazed on the ticket which she had short
time previously purchased at the depot
Morning relief train; l s'pose that must be the
train that starts every morning at e clock to
pick up the poor creters on the track that have
been masticlted the night previous. Dear
me- when will people learn to use circumcision
and c'r..' and the old lady sised in bitterness
of spirit.
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.URvIANCE's Stock is now complete,

iGURVIANCE,G Stock is now complete,
From little cases, very neat,
Up 70 those of large din srsfors
Suitable Tor high prctentions
Come on. Ladies. come on. Gents,
Come on, every man Of sense,
And get impressions of your faces
To show your friends your many grsees
The dress is better to be dark;
But brown or red is just the mark
For these the contrast plainly shows
Between the person and the c ostcs
It's we'll enough the Sun should shine
As this will serve 10 shorten time.
Put if i. don't, and clouds be rife
He'll t. Ike your picture TO the life.
Those little Sinners, y'clept bGtss,
Shoud never come midst clouds and shades,
Eut when the monarch of the skies,
His shining robes puts on. arise
And bring your httle to me
And brightest pictures you shall see.
Another theme the muse suggests,
To put all gloomy doubts TO rest
Such honest men as scruples feel,
Lest wicked craft fresh from the deeI
Should be invoked in place of art
And made 10 act willy part.
Are told with conscience clear of evil
We hare no dealings ,cih he DEVIL
Gallery, End St. 2nd door norti,
of Powell 4 Cos Store.
June IS ES54-tf
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-07-25

y etACkSMlTHING.-1k lie subscribers would in
k1 form their friends and the Iub.ic that they
na,e entered into eo-partneIslip. and interd car
rying the business of black smthing. in all its
various branches at the old and of GEORGE ORR,
on I bird ST Clearheld. they hope by strict at
tention TO business and being constantly furnished
with good assor nient of iron, be able reL-
der satisfaction 10 all who may patronize them.
Livery effort will be made to have their woi done
according promise. and in a substantial II ger
Country produce of all kinds taken in exchange
for wo,k-and cash never refused
Their shop will be open from daylight Mon
day morning until o'clock p. NJ, on Saturday, of
each week
GEORGE ORR
JOHN KLINGER
-,,no JSs,
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Boys, did You ever think that this great
world with all its wealth and woe, with all its
mines and mountains, its oceans, its seas and
rivers. steamboats, and ships, railroads and
steam printing presses, mlgneti tclegr aphs
&c, will soon be given over to the hands OF
the boys OF the present age! Believe it and
look abroad upon the inheritance, AMI get rea-
dy to enter upon your duties.