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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-23
VOL 20.
Published by Theodore SchOch.

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s@Of the 5000 oil wells in Peuusyl-
vania only about 800, or one in 20 pay
any profit
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-23

ng~ Buffalo city gave 500 900 for
equipring two regiments of volunteers
and supporting their families.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-23

NPMaine has offered to furnish the
Government thirty steam vessels, II de-
sired, in from sixty to nioety days.
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Clrds Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes. Blank Receipts,
Justices Legal and other Blanks, Pamphlets &c prin
ted with neatness and despatch, reasonableterms
at this Office.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-23

sgOur temperance contributor calls
emphatically on the police to arrest the
I'll sht times.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-23

sgrScbuylkill county has turned out
nearly 1000 volunteers.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-23
.JOR PRINTING.
FANCY PRIMTPIMG3o

Having general assortment of large, plain and o
namentai Type, are prepared TO execute every Dc
ScriptiOn of
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10
Elevation of Africa.

The Rev. John Payne, d. ID missionary to
Western Africa for quarter ota century, and
now bishop of the Episcopal Church in Libe-
ria and parts adjacent, at q public meeting
which he addressed during his recent visit to
this country, remarked:
Liberia was composed chiefly of manumit
ted slaves, not one in thirty Of whom could
read, and yet they had now established an in-
dependent republic. They had ten physicians,
thirty ministers, population of twelve thou
sand, who had inhu nee over four hundred
thousand people. The squadrons, colonies and
commerce had not only been able thus to CIV
iize and religionize the people, but had intro.
duced our language, there being now scarcely
village bstween the Gambia and the mouth
of the Gaboon, distance of two thousand
miles, where traveller would not be saluted
by native in the English tongue. Besides
white missionaries, there were thirty native
missionaries, and seven or eight thousand COM
muncants. Along the whole extent of two
th usand miles, where forty years ago all was
barren and unchristian, now God had estab-
lished his gospel, ard the slave trade was
nearly abolished. The language had been
written in twenty-five dialects; there were
one hundred church buildings, two hundred
schools, and over sixteen thousand children,
while the gospel was preached to over five
million Africans"
Sierra Leone and Liberia are destined, we
doubt not, to have prodigiOus influence on
the future history of Africa. The English
gather in their colony population fresh from
the regions of the continent, familiar with it;
languages, and competent, each in the tongue
of his own kindred, TO tell them the wonderful
tale which, in that land of Liberation, they
have unexpectedly learned. America has now
in L IBERIA the same element and also returns
peope who have beheld and been imbued will
Anglo-Saxon energy. Both the colony and th
republic will furnish the natives with ideas o
government, commerce and arts such as coult
not readily have been engrafted on them ii
any less influential contact with evangelize
aud semi-civlized communities. Africa is ra
pidly becoming christianized, as we'll as
numerous and powerful people.
The friends of African colonization ma
we'll glory in their work. Gods providence
signally illustrated in the wisdom and benef
cence of their plans and their labors for th
colored man.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

ARMY AND Navy INTELLIGENCE "A lett T
from the African squadron throws some light
on the recent captures Of SO many cargoes
negroes b prize money paid for the slaves
zen on tn coss is so consld, rable that Bli /.
ish and American captains are said not to be
insensible TO the pecuniary advantage gained
by letting the empty craft go "scot free,'' and
seiz ng them VII 10 d and Q urnng. As
S25 ~ p1id for evey negro caught, those found
within few weeks on board tie Storm King,
Erie, Cord Bonita, and Sunny South would
leave nearley hundred dollars to every ind.
yidual attached TO the vessels that took them.
man down Maine, determind to live to a
good old age, uses no a col olic or farmented
drinks. no tobacco, teas coffee, spicef. Ieper,
or vinegar. aud eats but little meat or. butter,
no flour bread, and no gravies, or other " fix
ings," to coax the appetite. He ses at four
winter aud summer, and bathes always in the
coolest water he can obtain. For twenty slx
years he has had no ache or pain, and, being
fifty years of age. considers himself good for
fifty more, and never expects 10 die until the
machine wehres out. Nt8~e8 Ias.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

A ROMANTIC Trio OF BEAUTIFUL SISTERS
Three sisters, all fast, recently set up gam
bling house in 81. Petersburg. Russia, and, be-
ing very pretty and clever, amassed much
money, and married men of position. Grow
ing weary, and having obtained all they de-
sired Of their connubial partners, by the matri-
monial relations, they contrived, by secret
charges against their lege lords, to make it
appear that they were plotting against the
Gear, The husbands were therefore sent to
Siberia, and the wives managed to secure q
good part of their estates. They then went Ia
London, assuming TO be Russian Princesses, md
they are now there, intriguing In politics and
making sensation by their beauty and theil
admirable coquetry. They gamble extensive.
ly, and win fabulous sums of gallant gentle.
men, in high position, who become fascinated
by their charms What will be the end ofthe
glitteriag career of these Circean sisters, the
correspondent who relates the above incident,
does not prophecy.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10
CHOICE TRY .
The " Long Ago"

tbs foloving we lind floating like wind
driven waif upon the great sea of American
.ewspapers, without name or index of owner.
shio. and is certainly one of the most beautiful
things we have ever seen. II is. indeed, al
nsst mstehless 10 beauty. Who can be the
author of it! Does anybody know !-BGlti-
mere Patriot.
hwaa written by Benjamin F. Taylor, of the
Chicago JOurnGl.--CincinHGti Commercial.
Oh! wonderful stream is the river Time,
As runs through the realms Of tears,
With faultless ry thin and a musical rhyme,
And broadening sweep. and surge sublime,
That blends with the ocean of years.
How the winters are drifting like fakes of snow,
And the summers like buds between,
And the year il the sheaf; so they come and
they go
Oa the rivers breast, with its ebh and flow,
As it giies through the shadow and sheen.
There's musical isle on the river of Time,
Where the softest of airs are playing;
lhers CIo1uISsH SAY duu tEoPiC<l CIiuHcb
Aad song as sweet as a vesper chime,
And the Junes with the roses are staying.
And the name of this isle is the Long Ago,
And we bury ou. treasures there;
There are brows OF beauty aud bosoms Of snow
There are heaps Of dust, but We love them SO
There are uinkets and iresses of hair.
There are fragments of songs that nobody sings.
And part Of an infants prayer;
There's lutte unwept, and harp without
strings,
There are broken vows and pieces ofrings.
And the garment that sHE used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the fairy
shore
BY the mirage is lifted in air;
AID we sometimes hear through the tnrbslen
roar
Sweet VOices we heard in the days gone before
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh! remembered for aye be that blessed isle,
All the days of our life till night;
When the evening comes with its beautiful
smile.
And our eyes are closed to slumber awhile,
May our " greenwood" of soul be 10 sight
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10
MISCELLAN NEOUS.
The Sage Plains of the West.

The reading public are familiar with the de-
ecription of the immense sage plains which
are found on beth sides of the Rocky Mountains
and which are frequently set down as irreclaim-
able deserts.
A gentleman who has spent twelve years Of
his life in these regions, and who adds to the
opportunity of observation, the capacity to OBJ
serve 10 advantage, expresses to US the opinion
that, these sage plains, generally condemned
ss worthless, will prove to be the great wheat
fields Of the continent. His theory is, that
soil which will bear sage. will bear other forms
Ofvegesation, and he cites tie experience of
the Mormons. ia their occupation of the San
Bernardino missien in California, which they
have made as famous by its agricultural pro-
ductiOns. He says that the Morlnons at that
mission 6rst sowed grain upon the bottom or
grass lands. The growth was too rank. They
got plenty of straw, but no wheat. Ii was
then, that as en- experiment, but one in which
they had no confidence, they commenced the
cultivation Of their sage lands, and with the
most surprising success. And it is these sage
lands, and not the bottom lands, whose pro-
dsetiOns have given such an agricultural celeb
rity TO this mission.
The sage has stalk of the average thick
ness Of man's arm, and grows TO an average
height Of eighteen inches, or two feet A sag
held has such an aspect al an apple orchard
would have, with the trees reduced to the siz
Of the sage.
There is probably no such thing as a rca
desert existing between the Missouri river an
the Rocky Mountains, and perhaps, no regio
where the difficulty Of occupation is any great
er than il was in what was called the gran
prairie Of Illinois, thought twenty years ago t
be Incapable OF settlement. Water may b
raised iron wells, where there are no runin
streams, and the want Of timber may be SUP
piled. temporarily by railroads, and permanent
ly by growing wOOd.--NatiOnaI Republican.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10
II U NJ O r OU S.

A SHORT SrORY BY DICKENs.-Dickens tells
the following story of an American sea cap-
tain:
On his last voyage home, the captain had on
board young lady of remarkable personal IT.
trac'lons-a phrase use as one being entirely
new, and one you never met with in the news.
papers. This young lady was beloved intense.
~ oy hVe young gentlemen, passengers, and,
IN turn, she was in love with them all very
ardentiy' but without any particular preference
tor either. Not knowing how to make up her
determination, in this dilemma, she con. ulted
my friend the captain. The captian, being a
man OF an original turn of mind, saws to the
young lady, Jump overheard, AID marry the
man who jumps after you" The Young lady
struck with the idea, and being naturally fond
OF bathing. especially in warm water, as il
then was, took the advice of the captain. who
mad ready boat manned, in case Of accident.
Accordingly, the next morning, the five lovers
Prlng on deck and looking very dcvotedIy at
the young lady, She plunged into the sea, head
foremost. Four Of the lovers immediately
jumped in after her. When the Young ladv
and her four lovers were got out again. she
says to the captain, "What am to do with
them now, they are so wet" Saws the can
tain, Take the dry one." And the youpg
lady did, and married him.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10
WHOLE NO 496

HENRY CLAY ON THE Sou7uppv Co.rr,,,.
cY IN ls50.-If tits Union shall btc"ms so''a-
rated (ald Dir. Ciay) Unions new Co,
icu' N rdciea' Will arIse ard with respect to this.
II !, there be any hope there is no one in the
SENATE before whose imag agination is fitting The
idea OF great Southern Confederacy. TO take
possession Of 'Lo Belize and the mouth Of Tho
M'ssi'Fi PpI-l say in my place, never, never,
never viii We who occupy the broad waters Of
tue NJ ll>sI>S ppl and it's upper tributaries con.
sent that any foreign flag shall float at the Be
iiZe NJ or upon the turrets Of the Crescent City.
Never! Never!
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

"FIxINa UP" PoETRy.-As q general rule,
the pertfolio of the editor 10 crowded with
VERSES sometimes poetry but oftener other
wise. There is no class Of writer's more in.
patient TO see their literary chicks dressed up
in minion and lamp black than amateur poets,
and hence 20 class Of people prove greater
annoyance to editors. So long as there is good
poetry, in abundance, to copy, we prefer select
ing it at secondhand, to publishing an inferior
article, even though it be original.
ltis no unusual thing for an amateur poet to
accompany his chick with the modest request
20 "please fix this up" tor publication! We
would as soon think of attempting 10 " fix up
some of the cracked brains which produce it.
Writing poetry is not trede-neither is" fix,
ing it up" If any body sends US an item o
news, we don't care whether single word il
spelled right or in its proper connection, go We
can gather the main facts-we will i" fix" thai
up cheerfully, and thank the writer in the bar
gain. But South Carolina deliver US from tn il
business of fixing up Poetry.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

A distinguished member of the Legislature,
in addressing a temperance society, got ather
Prosy, but showed no disposition to " let up"
though the audience waxed thinner. Finally
the presiding officer got excited, and repairing
to friend of the speakers, inquired how much
longer he might reasonably be expected to
speak! Whereupon the friend answered, "He
didn't exactly know-when he got on that
branch of the subject, he generally spoke q
couple of hours "That'll never do; I've gol
to make few remarks myself" said the Pres.
dent; show shall stave him Off" "Well,
don't KNOWN the first place, should pinch
him in the LETT leg, and then if he shouldn't
stop, I'D stick pin into it." The President
returned to the brother" who had prescribed
"the pin style of treatment" and said 81.
pinched him, and he didn't take the least notice
at ALL stuck pin into his leg, and he didn'
seem to care;I crooked it in, and he kept oil
spoutlDg as hard as ever'' "Very likely,
said the wag, " that leg is cork" Nothing
has been seen of that President since.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

Ma. LIkcoLs AID MAJoR ANDERsoN.-The
eases Of the President elect and the command
er Of Fort Mou trie furnish good illustration
sfthe workings Of our republican institutions.
Daring the Black Hawk Indian war Of 1872,
nlaI Anderson was Inspector General of the
hlinos volunteers, of one of the companies Of
sn'eh Mr. Lincoln was captain. Now, the
,sfmsf has been promoted to the position Of
Mslor OF the first artillery, and the latter to
that OF Cammand der-in- chief Of the army and
nasy.- The one 10 in charge of post TO which
se eyes Of nasson are directed, and with the
defence ofwhish the greatest Interests are con-
nscseds and the other has been chosen BY bis
coanirymen as the Executive of their Govern
meot The new relations which the two are
70 assume, will we doubt not prove as honorable
70 each as dld their earlier associations, and
,asH resPectiye, daties be as faithfully per.
formsd. fagqs.. t1t,fi s.ffag.gtrs
Il Il - 4 7 N S
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

In 1858, some English members of Parlia-
ment proposed that no "lady or knights wife
should have more than one velvet or damask
gown for The summer; that all ladies should
wear russet or camet three days in the week.
under penalty often shIlings per day; and that
a surveyor should examine the ladies' ward
robes" Just fancy such a surveyor in these
daYsi
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

THERE is woman in Bernardston, Masaa-
chussetts, over fifty years old, who drinks one
quart of laudanum and two quarts of ether
per week, and has been in the habit OF nsing
these stinulants to this extent for twenty years
Sometimes she takes them separately and some.
times mixed. She is dependent on The town
for assistance, and the druggists bill for the
above articles is paid by tho town.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

A SH' PKEEPER purchased of an Irish woman
quantity of butter, the Jumps of which, in
tended for pounds, he weighed in the balance.
and found wanting. "Shure. it's your own
fault, II they are light" said Bddy, in reply 10
the complaints of the buyer, "irs your own
fault, sir, for wasn't it with pound of vour
own eonp that | bought here myself that
weighed them with!" The shopkeep had no /.
thing more to say.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

A DEFAuLTER DEsTrrUTs.-Isa V. Fow.
Ter, late postmaster of the city Of New York
is now resident of Mexico. He left Cubu
some three months ago, and friend says thai
when last heard from he was in a state of Ut.
ter destitution. and that all his worldly geai
consisted of a seedy suit of clothes, trunk
and very small sum Of money.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

One Of the Represe ntatives Of the Chivalry
in Congress, who had become irritated by his
inability to get the floor, of which the Speaker
probably thought he could not make good
use, was heard TO exclaim the ether day, in a
final acces Of passion, III have been in Washing
ton all Winter, and caught every id thing
in town, except the Speakers ej e."
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

accounts from Charleston state that thou.
sdnu negroes are engaged in the erection of
iorthca'Ions IN the harbor. The channels
leading 70 Fort Sumpter have been obsructed
Oy Funken vessels and the buoys have been
re moved Governor Pickens has received Of
leFs OF ten thousands volunteers without the
STATE and who are ready to march at mo.
ment's warning.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

a petrIfed tree has been discoverd at Pixies
feuke' standing in a natuaral position, as if
growing. 1t measures twelve feet in diameter
and TWO pieces Gore weighing 800 pounds)
where broken oft, and will probably be brought
10 New York for exhibition.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

dying Irishman was asked by his confes-
sor it he was re, dy TO renounce the devil and
all his works. "Och! yer honor" said Pat,
don't ask me that; I'm going into a strange
country, and don't want to make myself enc.
| mics -. I'd .ss.-.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

AZ mock Presidential election held at Ho.
nolulu, Sandwich Island on the 9th Of Noyem-
ber, by tie American residents. the following
was the result: Lincoln l3l;. Douglas ITO;
Breckmridge 33; Bell l3; Brigham Young y.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

PENNSYLVANIA LEG!sLATURE.-Hdrrisb
Jan. 1.-The Legislature of this State met
to-day.
In the Senate a series of resolutions were
offered, declaring that Pennsylvania is willing
to pass laws necessary to redress the real griev-
ance of any sister State, ifany should be found
to exist proclaiming an ardent desire to cult
vate friendly relations with sister States; avow-
ing adhesion TO the doctrines of Jacksons's pro-
elamation against the South Carolina nullif-
ers of 1892 and resolving that the State will
contribute men and money, if necessary, for
the preservation of the Union. ~
Harrisburg, jan. 2-Governor Packer's
message takes strong grounds, and terms Sc
cession rebellion buG urges the necessity Of
purging the statute books of all enactnents
that can Justly be charged with violating the
rights Of bny sister States. IL recommends a
revival of the act of 1926, allowing the slave
claimant the right to choose bis remedy in the
State or National law; and also, that the ow.
ner or master shall have the right to retain
the service Of the slave when sojourning iu ol
passing through the State. 1t recommend
ihe re.enactment Of the Missouri Comprymir'
| Line. by amending the Constitu ion, and ra.i
lying The amendment by State Conventions. :
ii Congress fails TO provide for this, let III
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

A lawyer, being sick, made his last will and
testament, and gave ell his property to fools
and madmen. Being asked the reason for so
dong, he said "From such | got il and 10
such return it,"
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY.--At a dinner al the
RESIDENTS, given to the Judges of Supreme
Court, on Monday, Chief Justice Tanev remark.
ed that he should administer the oath of office
10 Mr. Lincoln. Dhe Uas obliged TO 90 to
Spring Geld to DO it.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

There is a ftnIily in Belgium, the females
Of %h'ch are all born with SIX fingers and toes
"hle the males ere as usu,I, A portrait of
an ancesIrcsS OF The family, painted by Rubens,
'Io"es this popularity faithfully delineated.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10
The Governors Speaking Out.

MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF New York.
-AIdGny, Jan. 2.-Gov. Morgan, in his mes
sage to the Legislature, af er referring to other
State reforms, deVotes he last portion of his
message to secession, and closes by saying that
it is the duty OF all State Legislatures to act
with moderation and Cancellation, and that it is
the duty of The public press to act with re-
gard for the rights of all sections aud interests,
which it's vast influence demands. Let New
York set en- example in this respect; let her
oppose no barrier, but let her Represe natives
in Congress give ready support to any just and
honorable settlement; let her stand in hostility
to none, but extend the hand of friendship to
all; live up to the strict letter of the Constitu-
ton cordially with the other members of the
Contederacy, in proclaiming and enforcing a
determination that the Constitution shall be
homo el and the union of the States be pre-.
served. He recommends the repeal Of the per.
sonal liberty bills, and also recommends that
other States do the same.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

The Spanish vessels lying of Key West, are
supposed to be destined for attack on Mexico.
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

SECESSION ILLrsTEATED.-Th Hon. Mr..
Fnion once said the thre of secession re-.
minded him of q man in Buffalo who fastened
an old scow to the stern of steamer, to be-
fowHd up the lake. After the boat had cot
under way her wheels threw wafer into the
sc"w' and she was in danger of sinking. The
owner cried out to the captain, " Hold on there
IL you cont stop throwing water into this
scow, I'll make you" "Weil." saws the can
"what will you do :" "Do!" shouted the
onroged man, IN cut the rope, and let your
OLD steamer 60 TO thunder"
Smyrna times., 1861-01-10

subject emanate from the people.
tie closes by expressing devotion to Penn
sylVania, the Union, and the citizens. These
lie will defend through every peril.