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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

ORpEREn TO SEBAsToPoL.--The ". Y. Trb-
une learns from Washington, that our govern
ment have detached Col Richard DeIafeld of
the Engineers, Major Alfred Mordecai. of tho
/ Ordinance, and Capt. George B. McClelland, of
the Cavalry, on special duty, to proceed to Sc
bastopol, to inspect the works there and view
the operations OF the war. They are ordered to
depart as soon a, possible. 1t is supposed that
their official credentials will give them free ac.
cess 10 the camps without and the lortresses
within their city.
| MATTERS IN CHNA.-The Circulars received
from China speak of the dee of the French at
,Shanghae as a titastrous repulse. The London
Shipping Gazette in reviewing the news says;
" rhe lnsurgen have now held possession of
the City of Shanghae for fifteen months. The
latest news, is, that a very large portion of the
people of keangse, the next northern Province,
have joined the Nankin Insurgents: and ne i'm.
portant City is reported to be in their hands -
/ The Capital is beleagured and expected to be
taken. and disafecun is so rife that nothing can
prevent the sceptre passing from the present dy-
nasty"
" The CAMEls ARE COMING. BY an act of
the last Congress, thirty thousand dollars was
appropriated for the experiment of introducing
camels on his continent, as beasts of burden
The Washington Union says that the store-ship,
Supply, now at ME New York Navy Yard, is
about to be despatched, nnder The command Of
David c. Porter, to the Mejiterar can, with stores
for the squadron there, and will bring back car
go of camels to the United States
ASA NJ. WYMAN, of Rockingham, VT, a rev.
dictionary pensoner, aged one hundred and one
years lately walked on foot and alone distance
of eight miles, to get his semi-annual allowance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

FTER constant practice of my Professin for the last
II nine years in Montpelier, have Withdrawal from my
old place Of business and taken The Office Of til late
/ L 4. q Ii
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
Cincinnati Chiyalrv.

The Cincinnati Times gives a glowing
account of an affair of honor" between
two rich young gentlemen of that city, a.
bout lady. They met with friends and
surgeons about sunrise on last Tuesday
morning, both calm and thoroughly chiv.
slrie in their departments; took their posi-.
tions; received the word; fred once, twice,
thrice-without any effect. They were
poor marksmen indeed; bu. thew might
have been wasting power and lead to this
hour, had not one of the seconds" to
arrange the matter, declared he himself
was engaged TO marry the lady about
whom they were lighting. This was a
dreadful revelation, as may be supposed;
but it had the effect to bring about an un.
derstandiug Immediately. The combat
ants shook hands; rode back to the New.
port ferry; crossed the beautiful river, re-
paired to the "Saint Charles" and grew
particularly happy over Heidsick.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11
Post Office AP,ai-..

1t has been officially announced tia,
1t IS a penal offence 20 deposit in any post
Office, to be convey ed in the mail, an en-
yelope or packet containing letters a..
dressed to different persons. The thir.
.eentn seot'cn of the act approved on the
'd OF Mach ls47, says that every per.
son oueudiIg in the manner indicated a.
Dove shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars
70 oe rfsceived by action qHi tam, one.
nan Tor the use of the informer, and one.
hslt for the use of the Post Office Depart.
MINT. There is one exception, howeve,
and that is In the case of letters address
ed to foreign countries. Post Office laws
and regulations have become SO complies.
ted, that by y-and-by we shall be council.
ed to consult lawyer before We dare de-.
posit letter in the mail.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11
An Injured Man.

A merchant in q town near Bost on,
had customer more dreaded than desir-
ed, who was always ready to taste early
fruit, without buying any, eat raisins by
the handful, dip into the sugar barrel
for big Jumps, and fll his snuff box from
the jar on the counter, under pretence Of
taking pinch. This game got to be in
sufferable. He had barrel Of choice ap.
ple-sauce in his store, fact which our
sponge discovered, who seated himself up
on it, and when the storekeeper's eyes
were turned he would dip into the bar
rel and scoop out a handful at time and
take it down at gulp. The dealer had
seen the whole by means of looking
glass which reflected the store, and he re-
solved upon plan to fix him.
"John," said he to his young man, Civ
ing him a wink, why didn't you throw
that spple.sauce aways"
Without waiting for Johns answer, the
sponge broke in, with
"Why, what's the matter with III It'l
first rate, / think"
.Yes," said the storekeepor, "It ,Oas,
but cat and four kittens were drowned
in it last nightP'
The victim looked pale and moved to.
wards the door. He felt as If he was az
injured man, and silently vowed not "a
psiroDiss that store any more,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

The electric telegraph, says the Paris
correspondent of the New York Times, is
becoming more and more useful. A peas
ant received lately. by mail, letter from
his son Joseph. a Zouavc before Sebasto-
pol. The young man mentioned the fact
that his legs were yet whole, but that his
shoes were the worse for wear. The af-
fectionate father having purchased a pair
of nine-and- half, was perplexed as to
the means of forwarding them. At last
be thought of the telegraph-the line to
Marseilles ran through his village. He
put The address on the soles and slung
the shoes over the wire. A pedler, pas
sing by, struck by the solidity of the
workmanship, appropriated them, plac-
ing his used-up trampers in their place.
The next morning the old daddy return
ed to the spOt to see if the telegraph had
executed his commission. He saw the
substitution which had been effected. 81
vow," he exclaimed, "if Joseph hasn't
already sent back his old ones!'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11
Arab Oddities.

An Arab, enter. ,g house, removes
his shoes, but not his hat He mounts
his horse upon the right side, while his
wife milks their cows upon the left side
With him the point of pin is its head,
while its head is made its heel. His head
must be wrapped up warm, even in snm-
mer, while his feet may well enough 60
naked in winter. Every article of mer-
chandise which is liquid he weighs, but
measures wheat, barley, and few other
articles. He reads and writes from right
to left, but figures are read from left, to
right He eats almos: nothing at break
fast, about as much for dinner, but after
the work of the day is done, be sits down
to hot meat swimming in oil, better yet,
boiled butter. His sons eat with him, but
the females of the house wait until bis
lordship is done. He rides his donkey
when travelling, bis wife walking behind.
He laughs at the idea of walking in the
street with his wife, or Of ever vacating
bis seat for a woman. He knows no use
for chairs, tables, knives. or even spoons,
unless they are wooden ones. Bedsteads,
bureaus, and fre-places may be put in
the same category. If he be an artisan
be does his work sitting, perhaps using
his toes to hold what bis hands are en-
gagged upon. Drinks cold water like q
sponge, but never bathes in it unless his
home be on the sea-shore. Is rarely seen
drunk-too seldom speaks the TRUTHS
def fcient in affection for his kindred
has little curiosity and no imitation-no
wish to improve his mind-no desire to
surround himself with the comforts Of life
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11
Greek and Latin.

At one OF the meetings OF the Educa
tional Association in New York, Mr.. Fow
lie, one of the most experienced educ ator
of youth in that State, made some re-
marks npon the study of Greek and Lat
in, which will be regarded as heterdox BY
many, but which are certainly worthy o
attention. Greek and Latin enter large
ly into q classical education, and yet we
venture to say that of one hundred stu
dents who pursue college course, not
more than half-a-dozen acquire q tho.
rough knowledge of these studies, and oi
these, perhaps not more than two have
the leisure or inclination to keep up their
acquaintance Herewith. The time spent
in acquiring these branches, is, with the
great majority of students, absolutely
wasted, SO far as the knowledge they thus
acquire becomes of practical value, and
had much better be devoted to the acqui.
sition of French or German. Mr.. Fowle
said:
"What, he would ask, was the advau-
tage to this community of profound
knowledge of the Greek and Latin lam
guages! What advantage do we derive
from it, save, perhaps, knowledge of
Greek participles, or something else e.
qually unimportant for the ordinary uses
of life! What benefit would this knowl.
edge be to the mechanic or the agricul-
turist, unless, to ascertain how the pyra-
mids were constructed, or, from the Geor-
GIGS of Virgil, the art of keeping bees!
How are learned professions, lawyers,
physicians and clergymen benefited? With
the exception of the latter, there is no
necessity among any of them of any deep
knowledge of the classics. Translations
of all the works to which they are oblig-
ed to refer, are numerous and available,
answer every purpose. He was decided
ly in favor Of devoting more time to the
study of our own languague, which stands
a far better chance of Immortality than
any of the dead languages, and of which
too much attention to the classical stud
les has caused a culpable neglect. The
tendency of too assiduous devotion to
the classics was to divert the mind from
the study of what is practical and neces-
sary to what is useless, in utilitarian
age like the present.-He had even known
instances of men whose knowledge of the
classics (iu his apprehension was pro-
found and accurate, but who were pain
fully deficient in even an ordinary knowl-
edge of the English language"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11
NO. 4e.

slighted privileges constituted the FIRST step
in his downward career. Then, from
what acas, and what might hare been, he
ponders the reality, and his future pros
poets. He views himself as ruined,
acTetched, Jorsdken, miserable, outcast--
His guilty conscience, whose voice has
been so long stifed or unheeded. now
haunts and goads him, deepening his
misery and anguish, until, at length, in a
fit of desperation, he seizes the snicidal
steel, and, in q moment. it pierces his
throbbing and aching heart, and his dis
embodied spirit goes xnbtdl7en to Him
who gave it! Call this no fancy-sketch,
for it has often been made a reality by
many who have been more than lost to
society and friends. And, methinks, if
you will visit yonder prison house, now
crowded with wretched and doomed vic
Tins of crime, and, as you call upon them
In their gloomy and lonely cells, ask them
where commenced their downward ca
reer. The answer from many would be,
we acere huant boys, and from that we
trace our present condition Of guilt and
case,-and who can doubt it!-with what
diligence should parents watch, to coun-
teract every influence which may have
the least tendency to teach their children
that their school is unimportant, and may
ie made secondary to amusements, or
triting engagements of any kind
Some one has thus summed M" the
unfavorable results of unnecessary alb.
sence
l.. If boy learns to feel that be may
leave his duties as a scholar for trivial
causes, for causes equally trivial be will
forsake his business when a man.
2. The time of the teacher and the
whole school is wasted, while this absence
is being recorded
3. The teachers time is wasted, in
reading and recording the delinquent's
excuse, when he returns to the school.
a. He interrupts the exercises of the
teacher. or some part of the school, in
finding the places at which his various
lessons commence.
3. He has lost the lesson reeited YES.
terday. and does not understand that por-
tion of to-day's lesson which depends up
on that of yesterday; and such dependence
usually exists.
6. The teachers time and patience are
taxed in repeating to him the instructions
of yesterday; which, however, for want
of study, he does not clearly appreciate.
:. The rest of the class are deprived
of the instruction of their teacher, while
he is teaching the delinquent.
6. The progress of the rest of the class
is checked, aud their ambition curbed by
waiting for the tardy delinquent.
9. The pride of the class is wounded,
and their interest in their studies abated,
by the conduct of the absentee.
10. The regulations both of teacher and
school suffer, upon days of public exam
ination. by failures, which are chargeable
to the absence. and not to the instruction.
i. The means generously provided
for the education of the delinquent are
wrongfully wasted.
IL. He sets per1ieious example for
the rest of the school, and usually does
some actual mischief while absent.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

"Cleanlincss is next to godliness," ap-
pears to be the motto in Wisconsin. The
Niles Enquirer records the good luck of
a citizen of that village who, while bath
ing in the river, discovered after an in
dustrious "scrub" of bis person of about
FIVE minutes, pair of drawers which he
had lost two years before.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

The finest idea of thunder storm ex-
tant is when Virgins came home tight
Now Virgins is teacher, and had been
to a temperance meeting and had eat too
much lemonade, or something. He came
into the room among his wife and daugh-
ter., aud just then be tumbled over the
cradle and fell whop on the floor. After
a while be rose and said; "Wife, are you
hurtl" "No." ""Girls, are you hurti" No"
"Tsrrible clap, wssn't III"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11
Advice to Bows.

You were made to be kind and gener-
ous. IF there is a boy at school who has
club foot, don't let him know you ever
saw it. II there is boy With ragged
clothes, don't talk about rags in his hear
ing. If there is 4 lame boy, assign to
him some part of the game which does not
require running. If there is a hungry
one, give him part of your dinner. If
there is dull one, help him get his les
sons. All the school will show by their
countenances how much better it is to
have great soul, than great f st.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11
From the Louisville Journal.
Boyhooi's Years.

Boyhool's Years.
Im dreaming of the years, Will,
When we were boys together,
When DER LIES soft and sunny skies,
There came no wintry weather;
For memory turns full often, Will,
To the joyons days of yore,
Those sunny days Of pea ce and hope.
Which, alas. will come no more.
mind me Of the cid oaks, VIII,
In whose shade We used TO play.
And the little attic chamber
Where We used to kneel and pray;
And then the clear, cool brook, Will,
Tha; cast lis ieathery spray,
Whose limPid wave we used to seek,
From summers noon-;ide ray.
Remembrance brings the school room, VIII
Whose walls I've seen decay,
For lie spirits once so gay aud bright,
Have long since passed away:
w tlE TIab IN ! HOlSotIlS NSSISs w Ilit
It's grounds are covered DER,
FoF the little feet that shaped its paths,
Shall press the soil no more.
All, | mind me of those scenes, VIII,
That checkered our young years,
And riten cause, mid mlnhood's strife,
Some fond, regretful tears.
For though mid scenes Of mirth, Will,
We've qllfed Of fiercer joys,
We've known no bliss SO unalloyed
AS when we both were boys.
Yet 'twere needless 10 repine, Will,
That youthful days are DER;
Hope whispers fair in fancy's ear
Ofpleasures yet in store.
All but often think me, VIII,
Though with future raptures blessed,
Remembrance bright will still incline
To love our boyhood best.
LEXINGTON, Tenn, July 1, 1855
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

Pretty Fair.-An Irishman, describing
the trading powers of genuine Yankee,
said, "Bedad, if be was cast away on a
desert island, he'd get up the next morn
in and go round sellin' maps to the in
habitants."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

Suspicious tailor to suspected customer:
"Make you a coat, sirl Oh, yes, sir,
with the greatest pleasure. There just
stand in that position, please, and look
right upon that sign while | take your
measure"
Sign reads "Terms Cash"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

II A friend from the country telling
Foote OF an expesive funeral OF an attor-
uey, the Wit replied:
DO you bury attorneys?'
'0h to be sure We do-how elsei"
"Yes we neTer DO that in London"
"No." said the other, much surprised,
"bow do you manage"
"Wben the patient happened to die,
We lay him ont in room over night by
himself, lock the door, throw open the
sash, and in the morning be is entirely off.
"Iudeed" said the other, in amazement,
"what becomes Of him!''
"Why, that We cannot tell; all we know
is, there's a strong smell of birthstone in
the room the ext morning"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

AS Dan Rice's Circus was going from
Milford n. j. to Easton on Friday he
fore daylight, one Of the teams WAS ~
clpitated down an embankment of snw
feet, killing the driver and two Of II.
horses. iva
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

,Served Him Righa.-The gentleman
who kissed gladys snowy brow" }" caught
severe cold, and has been laid mp ever
since,
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Published by Theodore Schoch.

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No papers discontinued until all arrearages paid
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US Advertisements not exceeding one square (ten
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1t is rumored that the Greensboronoh
Bank, Queen Anne county. Nd, has az.
Ploded. It is nothing but Wall stree.
paper machine, WV
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-10-11

Conscience is a great ledger book in
which all our actions are written and reg
istered.
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Cards Circul lrs, Bill Heads Notes, Blank Receipts
Justices, Legal and other Blsnke, Pamphlets, &c.
printed with neatnesi and despatch, on reasonable
srms,
AT THE OFFICE OF
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JOB PRINTIN
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Having q general assortment flarge. elegant plai
and ornamental Type, we are prepared
TO execute every descriptionof
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Letter of Instruction to Postmasters.
Post Office Department,
March o. 1855.


Sif:-Your letter of the Goth inst. is
received. In answer, / am directed by
the Postmaster General to inform you
]. The act of 3rd March, 1866, ma
king no provision for unpaid letters to pla-
ces within the United States, on the same
or day following any such unpaid letter
or letters being put into Post Office, the
Postmaster thereof viii post conspicuous
in his office list of the same, stating
that they are held for postage. Hnot at
tended to, such letters must be returned
monthly to the Dead Letter Office.
2. Letter part paid should be dispatch
ed, charged with the additional postage
due at the prepaid rate according to dis
tances established by said act, except
where the omission to pay the correct
amount is known to have been intentional,
when they should be treated the same
as letters wholly unpaid.
8. II is proper to forward letter when
requested in writing. When forwarded,
no additional postage should be charged
if the letter, contrary to its address, has
been missent. If 1T has been sent accord
ing TO its address, and then forwarded, it
must be charged with additional postage
at the prepaid ra.e, according to distance,
established by the act of March Sd, 1855.
aforesaid.
4. Ship-letters as they cannot be pre-
paid. and are not supposed to be embrae-
ed in the act, viii continue to be dispatch
ed agreeably to the act of March Sd, 1925.
] am respectfully, your obedient SER
want, HORATIO KING,
First Assistant Postmaster General
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Exchaneas

II would afford US much pleasure to
send copy of the HERALD OF FREEDOM
to every paper in the United States, if
our income would justify such an ex-
pense; but we can't do it. Wehave over
six bushels of exchanges now lying un-
opened before us. One has complained
because we desired those papers in want
of Kansas news to send us dollar, for
which we would send the HERALD year
without exchange from them. If they
dom 'tconsider their own papers worth
dollar, then they are imposingupon their
subscribes by demanding one and a half
to two dollars for them. We don't s0ant
~ r--f.a<a iz e.rch1r1pe,. L II --A4i- --.-1
ours gratis, than to be annoyed weekly
with opening two or three bushels of pa
pers from which it is not probable, oman
average, we should select one item in a
year. Our paper is filled with Kansas
news, and is designed for the eastern
reader. The news which has appeared
in the eastern papers would be stale to
our subscribers in that direction before
we could receive it through exchanges,
copy, and return it through the mails.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Boston,

This is the name of a town recently
commenced in this Territory, on the
north side of the Kansas river, at the
junction of that stream and the Big Blue.
The city site is of unsurpassed beauty
and has large back country adapted to
more dense population than any other
town site on the Kansas river.
The Boston association is composed of
fifty proprietors. They are actual ope-
ratiyes on the ground. They have com
menced building this town to make them
selves and families homes and not for
speculation. They are men of intelli-
gence, enterprise, moral worth, and good
pockets. Measures have already been
adopted for securing complete title to
the town site. embracing ten quarter sec
tions. Arrangements have also been
made for introducing mills andmachinery
-'or building Waii house and hitting a
steamboat landing and for placing fer
ry across the Kansas and the mouth of
the Blue. The organization is a joint
stock company. as viii be seen by the
following which is section from the
constitution
/" The stock of the association shall be
divided among the original proprietors--
6fty in number, 100shares shall be reserT-
ed for religious and educational purposes,
100 may, at the discretion of the Trus-
tees, be offered as an inducement for the
introduction of mills and machinery !;
and 500 shall be held at the disposal of
the Trustees to be assigned to new mem
6ers' and otherwise applied as may be
deemed for the best interests of the as
sociation.' -
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
New Line of Hacks.

1t viii be source of pleasure to our
citizens, to learn that BLANroN Il LITcH-
FIELD, have established a semi weekly
line of Hacks, between this place and
Kansas city, leaving here each Monday
and Thursday morning. at 8 O'Clock,
and returning on Wednesdays and Satur-
days. They have nice covered car
riage on springs, and with careful driv-
er and regularity in making trips, hope
to succeed in securing liberal patron
age. We commend them to the travel
ing public as gentlemen in whom the
public can confde. A line has long
been needed, ami we trust it viii be soon
increased toa daily.