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HOUSE TO LET
Private ale of a Valuable
TRACT OfTIMBER LAND,

gS The subscriber wishes to sell at
IL private sale valuable tract of tim
Der land, situate in Stroud township, along
the line of tho Delaware Lackawanna and
Western Railroad, within three miles OF
the Borough of Stroudsburg, containing
2Is ACRES,
we'll timbered with Chestnut, White Oak
and Hickory. 1t will be sold in lots, OF
together to suit purchasers. For further
particulars enquire of G. S. Palmer in
Stroudsburg, or of the undersigned.
THOMAS DONLEY.
Stroudsburg, April IL, 1855.
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The undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity,
that he has on hand and offers for sale al
low rates good Wheat -four, Raisins.
Prunes, Dried Apples, Dates, Figs, Cit
ron, Tea, Coffee, Cheese, Segars and TO.
bacco, Dried Peaches, and splendid
assortment of Candies.
FERDINAND DUTOT.
December 2l, 1854.
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: The Stroudsburs Bank -

and the amount OF capital 20 be one hundre'
thousand dollars, with authority to increas
the same 10 two hundred thousand.
Sydenham Walton, Stogdell Stokes,
Sias l.. Drake, John Edinger,
Jos. Troch, James IL. Walton,
Edward Brown, Robt. r. Depuy,
John DeYoung, J. II. Stroud,
Jos. Fenncr, S. Stokes,
VIM. Davis, G. ID. Brodhead,
Vim. ID. Walton, Robert Boys,
Stroud Burson, W. Wallace,
r. S. Staples, Geo. II. Miller,
John Boys, Jas. \. DurIlng,
Balsar Fethcrman, Daniel Boys,
John n. Staples, Sam'l S. Drcher,
Joseph Staples, Frederick kiser,
Charles Felherman, NJ. II. Dreher,
). J. Hollinshead e. Burnet,
Jacob Dennis, Peter Shaw,
David Keller.
Siroudsburg, June Ii, 1855.
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Friendly 10 all Nations
WAR OR NO w A +
NEW HAT AND CAP STORE.

The undersigned begs leave to inform
the citizens of Stroudburg, and the pub
lie generally, that he has taken the
room lately occupied by John W. Rux-
ton, as Hat & Cap Store, on Elizabeth
street, few doors below the Drug Store
of DR.. F. Hollinshead, and has filled ii
with
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FURNITURE WAREROOMS.
Smiley, sayrc 81 Go.

.zzs.z-a Respectfully inform the citl-
q - E.ssEsssSS45 sssssss45 zens of Stroudsburg and vi
~ cinity, that they have taken
the shop lately occupied by S. ~ Bonnet, on
Walnut street, opposite the Washington Io
tel, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, where
they are manufacturing Furniture OF every
description.
Those in want of FURNITURE are lnvI-
ted 10 call at their stand. They have always
on hand large, well made, and fashiohaofe
assortment of furniture. They are proVldea
with al the new and improved machinery OF
the day, and having skilltui workmeh, are
enabled to sell good and handsome furniture
as cheap as can be sold anywhere. The iol-
flowing articles can be examined at their Ware
Rooms, VIZ:
S;deboards, Secretaries, Wardrobes, Bureau
of rnrious patterns, CupbOdrdS Of differ
emf kinds, Gard, Centre, Side, Break fast
nud Dining Tables, BeaSteddS of different
styles and patterns, WaShstandS, 1toist,
Small and Lase Etagere, What-NotS,
Music Stands, Tea Fables, Fancy Worh
Tables, Refreshment Tables, EtaSAas and
n general assortment of Cottage Furniture
on hand and made TO order
CHAIRS! CHAIRS!
Mahogany Rocking Chairs Of various styles,
lparlor Chairs of every description and pat
tern; Boston Rocking Chairs, Maple Wind
sor and every other article of fchairs.
Turning Of every kind done at the shortest
notice. Work always warranted.
Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for
Furniture, and cash not refused.
N. B-Co6inS made to order at short no
ttice. A HearSe in readiness to attend Flu
Incrals, at all times.
November Is, l95i.--6m.
snnn FAILING on hand and for sale
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n. B.-The subscriber would hereby IN
form his old customers and the public IN gen.
eral that he continues the Mercantile busI-
ness at the old stand, on the corner, opposite
the American Hotel, and in addition to his
former stock has Just received and is now
oDo,ipr n cboicp lot of
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$50 ReWard!---BrOke Jail!

William Bailey, an EngliShman, about
40 years Of age, about 5 feet inches
high, and of sandy complexion, broke Jail
on the night of the 18th of May, inst, in
which he was confined for horse stealing.
The above reward will be paid to any
one who will apprehend said Bailey, and
return him to the Jail of Monroe County.
HENRY D. SHAFER, Sheriff.
Stroudsbnrg, May II, 1855.
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m19a9Ra

Easton, Belvldere, Delaware Water zap
and Stroudsburg Telegraph Company
a meeting of the Stockholders of the
Easton, Bclviderc, Delaware Water Gap
and Stroudsburg Telegraph Company, will
be held at the house of Joseph j. Pos
tens, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, on
Tuesday the 10th day of July next, at
10 o'clock A. NJ, to elect one President,
Treasurer, Secretary and ten Directors,
to serve for one year.
ROBERT BOYS,
JOHN n. STOKES,
VIM DAVIS,
Z. D. GREEN,
SYDENHAM WALTON,
II. S. HICKMAN,
j. l. MINGLE,
DEPUE S. MILLER,
June IA. 1855. COTpordt0rs
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I1YaaRa

The partnership in the Mercantile business
between James H. Stroud and Charles r. An
Dire, as the firm of Stroud & Andre, is this
day dissolved,
JAMES II. STROUD,
CHARLES R. ANDRE.
Slroudsburg, Sept. Is, 1854.
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HATS G GAPS,


on terms that defy competition.
Persons in want of Hats or Caps would
do we'll to call and examine his stock be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
The public are informed that he still
continues the Boot and Shoe business, at
the same stand, in all its various branches,
and is fully prepared to accommodate
all who may feel disposed to give him
call.
He has obtained the right to manufac-
ture Dicks Patent Shank Boots.
On hand splendid lot of Uppers, req,
dy for bottoms. which will be finished al
the shortest notice.
r. SHELTON.
Nav 3, 1856.
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Fall and Winter GOODS.
selected from the City markets, among which
nav be found a varied assortment of Ladies
dress goods, to wit: Fancy plaid and stripe,
Delanes and Cashmcres; Gala plaids, French
Merinos, wool Dclanes, Alpacas and Coburgs,
dress trimming, assorted; under sleeves and
chemizettes; Jaconet and Swiss edging; black
and fancy cassimeres; sattinets from 373 up;
Kentucks,- fancy plaids for Boys wear; red,
white and yellow fanneIs of every grade
Welcn do; Shaker do; plain and figured do.i
oil cloth for tables, stai- and carpets do; and
a full assortment of Yankee notions; lining
and dress silks.
Crockcry ware, tin ware, and full assort
mcnt of hardware, carpenters tools, &c: glass
and nails; also fine lot Of cheap @NA
GROGHi2I33. @ N
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A ROOK FOR THE TIMES.

EzFEa CHRISTIANITY and STATES
Ng3y MAN SHI p--with Hints on
A8ssgy Kindred Topics by VIM. Hague, II
- mo. Cloth. Price, 81.
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ezs.ss-zzss Respectfully inform the citl-
Es ssss.s45 zens of Stroudsburg and vi
OSj Cd cinity, that they have taken
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Notice to Tax Collectors.

May 3, 1855.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-02-15
Mtstellanp.
Serf Labor in Poland.

In every village is an overseer, whose duty
it is TO call in the evening at each hut, and no
tity the inmates as TO the part of the plantation
where they are to meet the following morning,
and be ready 10 start for work. Men, women
and children are included in this order, of
course; they assemble as directed, and are
then driven like so many oxen to their labor.
OF whatever kind the work may be, the wom-
en- are obliged to toll as the men; the children
are assigned lighter tasks, such as picking
stones, &c. Over each division is placed an
overseer, having in his hand whip OF braided
strips of leather, and should any one presume
to step even for moment. the lash is unmer-
citully applied children are not exempt from
this in6lc,ion, and whoever NAV be the object
Of punishment, he or she, is obliged to kiss the
hand or foot Of the in1ictor. Should any one
refuse to-do 50. as IS sometimes TIE case, the
poor creature is laid upon the ground, and re-
ceives forty additional stripes, then with blood
trickling from his back returns again to work.
In some instances (the overseer being in an I'M
usual passion,) children, perhaps a son or a
daughter, are required to hold down a parent.
whilst another member Of the family is made
10 administer the lash with his utmost strength
These things seem heart-sckening 10 relate.
nevertheless they are true, and not day
passes without many individuals being sub
jected to such treatment. When they leave
their homes in the morning, each peasant
carries upon his back a coarse cloth sack, con-
tanning the dinner of its bearer; this consists
of a loaf of brown bread, having the appear
ance OF baked sawdust; and if the bearer has
been SO fortunate as to have recently killed a
pig, he takes with his bread a piece Of raw
pork. Before commencing work, these sacks
are deposited in heaps upon the ground, and
at noon, when the signal is given, they rush
with the speed of half-starved animals, every
one for his bag, and then commences devour-
ing of bread and salt in the most ravenous
manner. Each gang is allowed a mug of
water, and this is passed from one TO another
until all have been served. Such is the man
ner in which these poor creatures toll on
through their period of existence, without a
ray Of hope TO cheer, or single solace 10 al
leviate their woes.-ANen's AaocraSy of
Poland and REss.a
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Our Changing Climate.

The following beautiful passage by Wash
ington Irving, might almost make November
day cheerful Here lei me say a word ia "a
vor of those vicissitudes of climate which are
too often made the subject Of exclusive repinins.
1t they annoy us occasionally, by changes from
hot 10 cold, from wet to dry, they give one of
the most beautiful climates in the world. They
give us the brilliant sunshine of the south of
Europe with the fresh verduye of the uorth.-
They float our summer sky with clouds Of gor-
geous tints Of fieecy whiteness, and send down
cooling showers 10 refresh TIE painting earth
and keep it green. Our seasons are full Of
sublimity and beauty. Winter with Us has
none Of its proverbia gloom. II may have its
bowling winds, and chilling frusts, and whrl-
ing snowstorms; but it has also its long inter
walls Of cloudless sunshine, when the snow-clad
earth gives redoubled brightness 10 the day
when al night the stars beam with intensest
lustre, or the mnon floods the whole landscape
with her most limpid radiance. And then The
joyous outbreak of our spring, bursting at once
into leaf and blossom. redundant with vegeta-
tion and vocierous with life and the spendors
Of our summer-ils morning volupiousness and
evening elorY-its airy palaces Of sun-,l clouds
piled up ln deep azure sky and It's gusts ot
tenpes;s of almost tropical grandeur, when The
forked lightning, and the believing thunder
volley from the batIlements Of heaven shake
the sultry atmosphere and the sublime melan-
chuly of our autumn, magnificent IN lis decay,
whitening down the pomp aud pride Hf a
woodland forest, yet rejecting back from lis
yellow forests The golden serenity Of the sky
Truly we may say that in our climate the
heavens declare The glory Of God and the
irmament showe!h his handiwork. Day after
day ultereih speech, and night unto night
showeih knowledge
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Fading Beauty Of American Women.

A lady asked me this evening what
thought of the beauty Of the ladies Of the Eng
lish aristocracy. (She was Scotch lady, by
the by; SO the question was a fair one.) | re-
piled, that certainly report had not exagger-
ated their charms. Then came a home ques-
tion-how the ladies Of England compared
with the ladies of America Now for it,
PATRIOTISM said to myself; and, invoking to
my aid certain fair saints of my own country,
whose faces distinctly remembered, assured
her that | had never seen more beautiful wom-
en- than | had in America. Grieved was | to
be obliged to add, But your ladies keep their
beauty much later and longer This fact
stares one in the face in every company. One
meets ladies past fifty, glowing, radiant, and
blooming, with freshness of complexion, and
fulness OF outline refreshing to contemplate
What can be the reasonl Tell us, MUSES. and
Graces, what can it be Is it the conservative
power of sea-fogs and coal-smoke-the same
cause that keeps the turf green, and makes the
holly and the ivy fourishl How comes II
that our married ladies dwindle, fade, and
grow ihin-that thei- noses incline to sharp
ness, and their elbows to angu!ariiy, just at
the time of life when their island sisters round
out into comfortable and becoming amplitude
and fulness Ii it is the fog and the sea-ccal,
why. then, | am afraid we shall never come
up with them. But perhaps there may be
other causes why country which starts some
of the most beautiful girls in the world pro-
duces so few beautiful women. Have not our
close-heated siove-rooms somewhat 10 do with
itl Have not the immense amount of hot bis
cults, bot corn-cakes, and other compounds
got up with the acrid poison of saleratus some
thing to do with it. Above all, has not our
climate, with its alternate extremes of heat
and cold, tendency to induce habits of indoor
Incidence Climate certainly has great deal
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A Horse-Race in the Sandwich Island.

d dorse-hace IN the Sandwich Islands
The women and girls are decidedly the best
riders. With them, not as with the ladies IN
the Atlantic cities, side-saddles are out of the
question. In their loose, flowing draperv,
harr streaming in the wind, their beautiful
erect position, and their horses careering
along, like the march of whirlwind, they
look majestically dangerous, and vet they are
never thrown from the saddle. There is
many lady in civilized nations who would
envy the equestrian skill of the Hawaiian
women. There is many finished artist who
would be glad to have one Of them as a sub
ject for his pencil. 1t may be owing to this
mode of exercise that they, in part, acquire
such an exquisite development Of form.
| wish | could fully portray these Saturday
afternoon sports. Yonder on the plain some
forty or fifty women are speeding almost with
the rapidity Of lightning towards some well
selected goal, every nerve and muscle OF both
horses and riders is stretched to lis utmost
tension-the former from sheer instinct to
gain the victory, the latter from spirit Of
almost matchless daring, mirihfulness and ex-
cltement. Now comes along party Of men
and boys, many Of them clnging with their
naked limbs, like leeches. to the fanks of
their foaming steeds while their restless hands
and arms are describing all sorts of circles in
the air, as if under pain of ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
but in reality to cheer along their animals TO
a swifter speed. Clouds OF choking dust iol-
low their track. Here and there NAV be seen
a mounted foreigner quietly looking on, or
sharing in their mirih and sports.
But yonder is a scene that defes all al
tempts at description. A few horses and DON
Keys, not under immediate use, bat which
few minutes since were quietly feeding on the
everything pasture, have caught the spirit of
that fery locomotion by which their compeers
are impelled over the plain. Unable any long
er to control their nature, away they speed in
the utmost confusion, as though their powers
of life endurance were all concentrated into
this single moment. Now they have mingled
with the mounted animals, sharing their foam,
and madiy plunging through the clouds Of
dust, and endangeriue the life and limbs OF
any pedestrian who fails TO get out of the way
IN time. On. on they speed, like fiery Ara
blanS over their native sands, all and each one
struggling for the mastery in the well-con,est-
ed race for glory.
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his guests into the chamber, where the light
fiickered with strange, wan smile over the
bare walls and the old chairs. A pale, grief
worn woman tottered forward, and led them
towards bed in one corner. The sick child
lifted her head. 1t was very beautiful one,
with its brown hair, and blue eyes, but the
death-chll was on it.
Come nearer she cried family. for some
how my eyes are growing blind, and the lit
tie cold fingers closed round Enna's. i held
it all day, and at nigh; went to sleep with it
in my hand. Yesterday the leaves dropped
away, but an angel came to me and said,
. Don't cry for the rose, Mary. In little
while you shall come with me, ard gather
fairer ones. oh! see them, | see them Y
and the light surged once more into those blue
eyes, and lightened up the rigid features with
exceeding glory. They are growing there,
thousands and thousands of them, by a great
shining river, and the angel stands there, and
its white robe flows in great shining billows
to its feet, Mother, Charley. good bye Lit
tie girl, for that rose you gave me, | will
weave you crown Of those up there They
are larger and fairer, and | will have it ready
when you come, and you shall wear it in that
bright verdi
The brown head sank back, the light went
out from those bright eyes, and Mary had gone
to braid Enna's rose-wreath in the great
meadowy lands of Heaven
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The Uncertainty of the Law.

We have heard a story illustrating The glori-
ons uncertainty Of the law, which will bear re-
peatng. a man by the name Of Johnson was
recently arraigned before une Of the criminal
courts Of New Hampshire, upon a charge of
setting fire TO harm. The evidence was pretty
strong against him, and under the advice of his
counsel he put in the plea Of mole con!eRdere, in
The expectation of securing lighter sentence
than ne would II the case went 10 trial The
government attorney, who had summoned his
witnesses and felt sure Of conviction, contend
ed that the plea was not sufficient, and insisted
that the prisoner should plead guilty or not
guilty. After Consulting again with his coun-
sci, The prisoner withdrew his plea of n0Io con-
tendere and pleaded not gully. The case wen,
other technicality, the prisoner was acquitted
The confusion and indignation Of the govern
ment attorney 1T this unexpected turn Of affairs,
can be better imagined than described. He
went 10 church on the next Sabbath, aud when
the minister gave cot the text from Psalms 81
i, Fret not tlySey Jeoasse Of eriI docrs,' he
were the FIRST words 0f consolation he had had
since the acquila Of johnson, lie asserts to
this day, when rallied upon The subject, that
the fellow was such notorious liar, that the
jury would not believe him when he sad be
was guilty
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had 10 say. lie commenced, and related lho

had TO say. He commenced, and related the
history of his conversion to lhe Christian faith.
From this 10 proceeded to exhort the people.
He had Burning thoughts, and being related in
the artless simplicity OF his soul, he soon
brought tears from almost every eye.
As he concluded, the Parson descended from
the desk and approached the Indian. How is
it possible said the parsun, that YOU, an un-
trtored savage, having no educahun, possess
the power so greatly to affect my hearers as
even 10 bring them ~ tears, while !, an or
daned minister Of Christ, who have received a
regular theological education. after preaching
many years, was never able 10 move them in
this manneri' On replied the Indian, il
is all very plain. Y,u come here-bring sill
yer bowl. all very nce-and silver spoon, al
handsome but you have no succotash in de-
bowl. Yon give de people nu,hihg TO cat
But l.. poor dirty Indian, cnme here-bring
great wooden bowl and wooden spoon /; but |
bring succoash in nv bowl bring de peo-
pie something 10 eat. Dey glad 10 get ii-dey
be all huneFy-nn satisfied with locking al the
silver bowl. bring them De bread ui life
dey eat; bring them De waters Of salvation
dey drink; and dey glad cry fr iuy-dev
bless Gud and be thankful You go to de
fountain Of living waters ana fill yonr bowl
den your people glad 10 come here-den dey
no more 90 To sleep to hear ynu preach. -
Christian Adrocdte.
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BATH, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY Is 1855

sIays the regulations of those whom II assails.
Forgetting that the Lord has declared. 'ludg-
ment is mine it hesitates but little to pass
its condemnatons upon those who differ from
itself; and if Christian commandments are
urged against 1t, it passes them by with a
sneer, or openly sets them aside as too narrow
and imperfect for the present age"
Z" True religious life consists in doing the
will Of God every moment of our lives. His
will must bear upon US everywhere and at all
times Where the mind is absorbed in some
one object of reform, this constant devotion to
duty is almost, il not quite, impossible. The
mind becomes so warped in one direction that
it loses the habit, and almost loses the power,
of turning IN any other Hence we rarely
hear the word duty from the lips of the re-
former. He constantly descants upon rights
or wrongs, while duties seem forgotten.-
Thus we hear perpetually of the rights of man
or of woman, of the citizen, or of the criminal.
and of the slave but the duties of these class
es seem to have passed out of sight Now it
is only when all shall fulfil their several du-
ties that the rights of all can be respected
and if peace on earth, and goodwill towards
men are ever to reign, it must be when pety
and charity shall go hand in hand, when the
human race shall unite as one to fulfil its du-
ties towards God and towards each other.
Violence of every kind springs from de-
sire TO do ones own will. Egotism is the
sure accompaniment of wrath. The love OF
God never constrained any man to villfv his
brother. He who is bent on the performance
Of duty,-who desires simply TO do the will OF
God, is as firm as a rock, but never violent
He prays, with the poet
LET not this weak. unknowing hand,
Presume thy bolts to throw, :.
And deal damnation round the land,
On each Ijudge thy foe"
We are prone to fancy that when we are
fond of talking about any object we are fond
Of the object itself; but this BY no means fol-
lows Of course. We may delight in talking
about philanthropy while our hearts are burn
ing with hatred, or about temperance while
intoxicated with passion, or about abolitionism
while we have no respect for the liberty OF
those around US, and no comprehension of that
liberty wherewith Christ makes his children
free; and ali this because we are working
from the blind impulses Of an unregenerate
spirit. When the spirit becomes regenerate,
taught of God, it perceives the unity Of
virtue, and can never again regard it as a dis
memhered fragment. Then \ knows. that ia
do wrosg that good may come Of it is striving
10 cast out Satan by Beelzebub, an effort
that must surely fail. Then it feels that evil
IS really overcome only by good. How differ
ent will be the reiormatory zeal of this state oI
the spirit from that which preceded it,"