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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15
Tie New Presbyterian Church-Its His
tory, Architecture, Cost, Dedication,
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Tie New Presbyterian Church-Its His
tory, Architecture, Cost, Dedication,
&C.
The Presbyterians Of Stroudsburg having
noE taken fall possession of their new church
Ne take this occasion to speak of its History,
Sc. Eight years ago last June, when the Con-
grecation was under the Pastoral charge OF
Rev. Myron Barrett, the first steps were taken
tevards securing the building of the church,
4 committee was appointed to secure suita-
bic lot, and the Trustees were directed to soli-
cit subscriptions In November Of the same
year, the report Of the solicitors showed IS, 00O
subscribed, and an offer of 81 900 for the old
Church; and, thereupon, the Trustees and Ses-
sion were appointed a joint Board to purchase
suitable lot, and make preparations TO begin
building in the coming Spring.
The Trustees, in December entered into a.
Frcement with Mr.. Peter III. Robson for the
lot now occupied by the new church building
hut IL Spring of 1861 found the air filed with
runors d war. The country was convulsed.-
Fear and 1istrust drove the Congregation first
70 hesitency, and then to abandon the under
.2king. This was great mistake for then the
building could have been erected for half it,
present cost. The drafts and plans, which had
been secured, were laid aside, and, for the time
the idea of new Church was given up
Every now and then, however, the snbiect was
talked Of. The need grew more and more pres
sing; but the obstacles still seemed to the ma
JorIty insurmountable. Changes, too, occurred
in the Pastorate.
when the present Pastor, Rev B. S. Everitt,
began his labors, in July, 1864, ne soon saw
that more church accommodation aud conye-
nience and beauty, were indispensable TO the
greatest prosperity Of the Congregation. This
feeling he made known and urged in his sec
ond anniversary sermon, and followed it by an
earnest effort at securing subscriptions. But
the encouragement was far TOO little to Justify
any further steps, and the enterprise slept, and
many feared forever
During the winter of 1865 and go when the
borough enjoyed such a gracious revival of
reiIglon this Congregation shared largely Ia the
blessing. The numbers Ties added to Il made
me old building still more ineongenient, and
again therewere efforts made to secure salbscrip-
'lohs' and with SUCCESS double that of any for
iiier effort. The lot was selected, and the
building Committee appointed On ADVERT
ssiiS iof proposals, the lowest bid MA. but lit
fie les than 7,O0o dollars. That amount oil
money 'he Congregation could net rais-, and,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Gen. VIM. G. Wickham of the Con
federate Army was recently invited to
address Republican meeting in North
Carolina, and in his reply he uses the fol
lowing rensible language
''The election of Grant and Colfax
regard as the only means of bringing
back prosperity to the Southern States, by
giving us speedy and definite solution
OF all the difficult questions that now EN-
oarrass US; while, on the other hand, l
think the election of Seymour and Blair
would, by upsetting all that has been al
ready settled by the Reconstruction acts.
and by giving new hope to the disunion
parts which is not dead, but sleepeth,
bring upon Us fresh disquietude, and, BY
keeping alive Issues of race and section,
involve Us in further 9irasters."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

CcTThe Congregation of the Preshyte-
rian Church, at meeting on Monday Inst.
resol. ed to raise the salary of the Pastor,
The Rar Is. S Everitt. to 81, 900 per annum.
aui 70 grant him vacation of some weeks
la u Lich to recruit his health. This is a
well deserved reward for valuable services
rendered in the erection of the church, aud
for uatiring zeal in the promotion of th-
cause of his Divine Master. We hope a
snort vacation may return him 10 this his
sphere Of usefulness, with his health fully
rcs;orcd.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

al would not, if could, pluck one leaf
from the laurels of General Grant
Whatever may be hi, ability as soldier
he has stood the test Of success, aud SO
far as | have known, he has borne himself
with moderation and maguanimity in his
high Office. l have known Mr.. Colfax
well for many years. | have seen him in
possession of great power. He is an ami.
vble and estimable gentleman, and would
perform with dignity the duties of the
high Office to which he aspirss. Pen.
dleton on Grant and Colfax.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15


a WAR OF RACES Then let us pre-
pare for it. We sound Il Q note of warn
ins to the people, and bid them beon the
alert Preparations may be preventive;
but, if in spite of preparations, the con-
tfict be precipitated upon US, it can lave
but one conclusion. The negro element
iu the South is like a gangrene upon tho
body polite, and the first drop of blood
shed in a seryile war will be the signal
for the determination of the whole race
If such 4 war must come, let it came
qeickly. The South wants peace, and if
it is required to wade through a sea of
blood to reach it, the sooner commenced
the sooner ended. Our white allies ir
Maryland and Nentueky, not to mention
the States further North, may be relied
on for assistance, if we need it, Rich
n,cni Examiner.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Hon. James II. Walton, Assistant
United States Treasurer at Philadslphia
under Buchanan, aud member of the
State Senate few years ago, has written
letter to friend at Easton, in which
he declares that this fall, he will for the
first time in his life, vote the Republican
ticket. He thinks that the democratic
party is too much under the control oil
the Rebels to secure peace in the future.
Thus one after another of the good men
of the democratic party are deserting it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

The people of this Union, from tn,
Aroostook to the Rio Grande, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. have an account
to settle with the Radical party, snd
terrible reckoning will it be for The latter;
such one as will make the hide their
heads in shame. and will com el n any of
them to Fly the country 10 escape 'he
retribution that will heyall them 'or their
wickedness-NartoM Va. } Jouraal.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Tho official report on the Camil', mas
sacre has been received. ecu Sibley
says that no action whatever has been
taken by the civil authorities at this day
October g. towsrd bringing the guilty
parties TO punishment, and that no in-
quest was held upon the bodies, nor inves-
tigation had except by this Bureau and
Captain Wills, by order Of the command
ing officer Of the District OF Georgis,
whose report has been forwarded to the
commanding officer OF Department of the
South. He further says: 1t is not belle
we'd possible to bring the guilty parties to
punishment through the civil authorities
of Whitehall county. they being engaged
in the affair, and justifying it, and no un-
biased jury would be found in the coun-
ty. The afidasits forwarded show the
affair to have been an uuprovoked mas
sacre Of the blacks.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

4 DrFTERENgE.-Eight years-sgo, war
was threatened IN case Lincoln va, cleo
ted PFesideos. New war is threatened
only in case those making the threat sue
ceed in electing Sey mour as President
La case Lincolu was lie Ie the Union,
was to be overthrown and secession and
slavery were TO ride triumphant and
rough sh0d over the whole North. Aud
sho.s who uttered these threats made the.
murdcrous attempt to make good their
words. Should Seymour be elected, We
have little doubt that they would make
the attempt to overthrow the State Gov
ernnienss established by Congress, by
force of arms. But, no one at the South,
nor at the North, nor even Frank Blair,
talks of or threatens war in case Grant is
elected President. They understand very
we'll that his election means peace, pros
perity, and fair and Impartial dealing to
all parts of the country. Who wants
war?-Then vote for Seymour aud force
it upon the country, turn all the horrors
looae, aud elost the Internal spirit that
produces it with human blood. Do you
want peace and prosperity Then vote for
Grant and you will have it, the Democrats
themselves being judges War must
be prevented 10y compelling peace, AMI
We must compel peace by the election OF
Gen. Grant, who vii! do it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

At the present election General Grant
is the representative of the "Peace Pa rty,"
which is patriotic aud honorable. At last
Presidential election, while the war was
raging, Gen. Mcclellan was the candidate
of the "Peace Prrty," which was unpa-
triotic and disgraceful. Grant pursues
peace when it is national necessity -
Gen. Mcclellan pursued it when it would
have been national ruin.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

When the shareholders saw the Nor
thern States going almost en- ntasse for
Lincoln in 1860, they quietly prepared
Tor war When the rebels see Northern
States going en- naasse for Grant, in 1868,
they again prepare for war. The differ.
ence between the two cases is that one re-
belion has been whipped in the interval,
thus making it costly to try another
PhiIa. Press.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15
EDiScOpal.

The Right Rev. Bishop Stevens. of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, will hold SER
vices in this borough, on Sabbath next, in
The morning at the Methodist and in the E.
yening at the Presbyterian church. The
pBalic are earnestly invited to attend.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

George l.. Richardson, of the hrra Of
Page, Richardson, & Co., of Boston. rose
from his bed at one o'clock yesterday
morning. aud deliberately cut the throats
of two of his children. IKE eldest, boy
of thirteen years, is dead; the other may
recover. Mr.. RichardSon fed from tho
house, but was found and taken to an
insane asylum.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15
Warm Weather and Sickness.

Individuals suffering from affections of tn.
Liver, Kidneys, general arrangement of the
system. with prostrating debility. will find
Spaer's ''Sta ndard Wine Bitters" 10 be the
hest suited 10 their ailments. They are
raaily Ctilc duIc;r-The usefIl With The
gree -LIe-Simp'y the pure juice of tho
-7spe, made bitter with the most simple
herbs and roots.
Sold by Druggists.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15
s- The visitors to the Fair will motto

81 The visitors to the Fair will notice
On exhibition splendid display of Plan
rs, Organs, Melodeons, Drums, Acorde
ons, Coucertinas. Eiolins, &c. These
are from the large Musical establishment
If L. T. Powell, Scranton, Pa, aud will
be disposed of at prices astonishingly low.
TIE instruments are all from the best ma
kcrs and are decidedly of the best.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

At the great canned goods establish.
ment at Keyport N. j., 100000 bushels
of tomatoes are canned yearly. Recently
60, 900 pineapples were landed there, cut
up, steamed aud canned. Can such thing
be 7
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Seymour's "friends" attacked Repub
lican. procession at Lancaster, the other
day, with clubs, stones, &C., and seriously
injured large number of persons. :
Since their cause is hopeless, they have
become desperate, and are ready to begin
the new war foreshadowed in Blair's
Broadhead letter.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

THE PALM OF SUPERIORITY is A.
vARDzD TO MRs s A. ALLEN for her In
PROVED (aer0 s;yle) HAIR REsToRER or
DRESSING, (in one bottie.) Price One DOL
tar Every Druggist sells il.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15
See Bunch Of Cranes

GA Standard in another column SPEER'S
STANDARD WINE B1TTERS is
aighly recommended by physicians for
i)gspeptics, on account of its tonic pro-
perties. its purity and its delicious flavor
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15
A Democratic correspondent in Al

kansas writes
"The Democracy of our State have
stripped for the fight. Thowing away al
opposition to negro suffrage, they are no
longer eucumbered with useless luggage,
and are moving upon the very citadel Of
radicalism, welding with execution the
enemy's favorite weapon, the negro bal
lot"
Hcreabouts they are still fighting the
"nigger." Which is the orthrodox whis.
tie
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

ELECTORS:
q. Morrison Coates, Winthrop w Ketcham
Thomas NJ. Marshall, Samuel knorr,
William II. Barnes, Benz. +. Wagenseller,
William j. Pollock, Charles III. Mullen,
Richard NNildey, George w. Elder,
George ". Hill, John Stewart,
Watson z. Magill, Jacob Grafius,
John H. Bringhurst, James SILL
Frank c.. Hooton, Henry c. Johnson,
Isaac Eckert, John X. Ewing,
Qaris Hoopes, William Frsw,
David NJ Rank, Alex. w. Crawford,
William Davis, James ;. Rutan.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

A Democratic paper in Tennessee says
the negroes are beginning to learn what
Democracy means" A fow such lessons
as they received at Camilla, Ga, viii post
them thoroughly
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Howell Cobb, Of Georgia, fell dead on
the steps of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, at
10 A. NJ, on Friday last without any symp-
toms Of disease The Coroners jury
found verdict of death from apop.exy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15
For PRESIDENT.

ULYS S ES S. CIR N T,
OF ILLINOIS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Warren Lelands farm in Westminster
county produces $4,000 worth of milk
per annum.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

1t is estimated that there are 225, 900
thrashing-machines in the United States,
without counting the "echool-marms."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Pennsylvania has 1000 miles of rail
roads, or more than any other State in
the Union.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Horace Gresley has been nominated for
Congress ia the 9th (Morrsscy's) district.
Gew York city
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
S c YLER c OIL f A Y,
OF INDIANA.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

A Keutuckian has sold $1,000 worth
If watermelons this season.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15

Cincinnati has blacksmith l10 years
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-10-15
Peace Declared!
non est.

AS we go to press the result of
Tuesdays work comes to us in
shape of the following glorious
Republican majorities:
Pennsylvania, majority $1,000
Ohio, majority, $4,000
Indiana, majority, 1920
Nebraska, majority, 1900
Further particulars, with full of
fetal returns Of Monroe county
next week.
The county returns indicate
the election ofMerwine for Sher-
iff, and Stackhouse commission
er.
We doubt whether "our steam
power press' will be much en-
numbered with "maculine chick
ems and sicb," this week.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-02-06
From the Illinois Stats Zeitung.
PedesITia nissaa. 1.-THE Most Re
HlaTkaHIe Feat OF Record.

In the report of the arrival of Weston,
the pedestrian, In this city, our local
editor, in an excess of Chicago patriotism,
fer which our readers will forgive him,
made the remark: SAT all events, Wes-
ten has performed a greater pedestrian
feat Than has ever been accomplished by
any mortal before" AS "a local puff,
these words need not be too carefully
weighed the report may be allowed to
pass. But, in reality, what Weston has
performed is the rnerest child's play and
cannot be mentioned in comparison with
that which was done by man whose
name many of our readers will remember.
for, thirty years ago, he was as well
known In Europe as more recently have
been Fanny Ellsier, the magician Bosco,
Catalin, or, ten years later, List or Jen-
ny Lind. We mean the Norwegian Men
sen Ernst. This man, born at Bergen, in
Norway, 1899, 1rst sailor, then a pilot,
began his career as pedestrian in Eng
land at the age of twenty, walked from
London TO Portsmouth, a distance of
seVonty-two English miles, in nine heurs,
at the rate of 100 miles in I3 hours.
The distance from bondcn 20 Liverpool,
$50 miles, he walked in 50 hours, or at
the rate of Ice miles in "a hours and
forty minutes But these remarkable
performances were only an earnest of his
future pedestrian feats According to
the terms of bet of 10000 francs
$50, 900, of which, in case Of success, he
Was only TO receive 4,0c0 franes-$80O
he agreed to walk, IN ffteen days,
from Paris to Moscow. At noon on the
11th of juno. 1922, he started from
Place Vendome, Paris, and on the morn~
ing of the 25th of June stood before the
Kremlin, in Moscow. accomplishing .ne
distance of ASP German miles, or 900
English miles, in thirteen and half in
stead Of fifteen days, or at an average of
107 miles day. AID he did this with
ont being ACCOMPANIED by carriage and
trainers, and his food and drink were not
prepared for him beforehand at every ho-
tel on the route. On lis road lay Rok-
itnoond Bodrisk, which gave him untold
difficulty, while, between Smolensk and
Borodino, he had pack of wolves for
companions, who howled around him,
though happily al saRs distance. But
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-02-06
Original poetrg.
AGNES RY THE RIVER.

THE following simple and plaintiye line:
more than sustain the reputation of oul
friend "Linnet." We commend them to the
admirers of the pure and chaste in poetry
F-EDIToR
Oh! my little bird. my Agnes, with your
silver sounding notes,
And your song that tells story sad and
sweet;
Now your voice is rising softly, and listen
With the wind that stirs sho ripples at
your feet.
There is something in the cadence that the
words have never told,
When by other lips and other voices sung;
And the strain is new il power, though the
song itself is old,
When it gathers life and sweetness from
your tongue.
All! the sadness and the tenderness fpd
echo in your heart:
Aud I've heard that hidden sorrow speaks
in song,
Making voices sympathetic, in the unison
with art
That is tender whileit teaches to be strong.
OD . long 10 UJAW your iOECLeaN ClOScr,
closer, for the cloud
That is resting there, and brush away the
waves
That in brown profusion merge it, like a
floating lily bowed,
It'll caressingly the limpid water laves.
AL its snowy petals. Agnes, bend youI
lily forehead low:
Let the snowy tresses Ger the temples
drift:
Then my hands will part them softly, as the
gentle zePhyrs blow
All the waters back, the lily cups to lift.
For I too have tasted sorrow, and in silence
suffered much,
And have learned the art Of comforting
thereby;
have sympathy for others, having missed
its gentle touch
When my heart was weak and faint enough
10 die.
That is pastl But am talking as If Agnes
heard me now
Yet I've spoken what I meant her not to
hear:
And she only heeds the singing Of the
thrushes on the 6ough
That Is dipping in tho sunht water near
They have taken up the ballad where size
left it off, think,
But her thrushes have no need Of earthly
words.
OIL / think our God has given, as last
connecting link.
'Twixt the earth and sky. the voices of the
birds.
Obi my little bird. my Agnes, you are
nearer sky than earth:
Since you lead me oft to turn from earth
to sky:
Aud your voices mouruful sweetness may
be better than its mirth.
Ii my heart is raised to better things
thereby. L1NNEr.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-02-06
EBENsBURG, Pa THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1868.

Der OF persons to assemble on the platform
OF SAID Company at the said Station as to
break 1t down aud injure the plaintiff,
that Is such negligence as to entitIc the
plaintiff to recover.
We answer that point in the negative,
Twenty-fifth, That so far as the duties
and liabilities of Railroad Companies are
concerned, there is no such distinction on
ordinary or extraordinary occasions, and
Ii you find that the Company were an es-
sentlal element in the cause without which
tie injury complained of could not have
been Inflicted. and that the plaintiff did
not negligently contribute thereto, then
your verdict must be for the plaintiff,
We refuse TO affirm, that point also.
Twenty-siX, The court are requested
TO instruct the Jury that the fact of the
serving of subpoena duces tesuns upon Mr.
Given, agent OF the defendant at tho place
Of accident, to produce the timbers taken
away by the Company, after the break
down, and not having done so, it is their
right TO infer from such nonprUduc;iou It's
unsoundness.
Gentlemen, we do not know anything
about the subpoena III the case. The prop
er course for the party to have taken, if IA
subpoena duces tscum had been served up
on witness, and he did not appear and
bring what he was bound to do, was to
apply to the Court for an attachment.
There WAS no such application made here,
and we heard nothing of this subpoena
until after the plaintiff closed his case.
If he had applied for an attachment, do
not believe we would have awarded it,
requiring any person to bring car load
Of lumber into this Court. We refuse TO
answer this point as requested
Twenty seventh, If the Jury believe
from all the evidence that the Peuus yIva>
MA K. K, Co the defendants in the case,
knew, or might have known, tha purpose
or purposes for which the President stop
ped at Johnstown on September 14ih,
1856, and that from such knowledge, or
what they might have known by reasona-
Die foresight and diligence, there was rea-
son to anticipate large multitude of pco-
pie to meet, see anG hear the President
at said place and on said occasion, thoD
the said defendant was guilty of gross
negligence, unless they used ordinary care,
such as prudent men would use under
similar circumstances, to provide against
any accident, and especially the accident
which did occur at said place; and that
is question for jury.
We answer this part, also, in the mega
tive. 1t will be perceived, gentlemen,
that maay of these points, as abstract
propositions, are correct, but as we do not
regard them, singly or on the aggregate,
as controlling this case, we virtually mega
tive them all, with the qualifying remarks
made as we have read and answered them
separately. We are pleased TO know that
all the questions are raised which can pos
sibly be made in this case, and that when
it goes to the Supreme Court the parties
will have an opportunity of having it fl
nally settled. We instruct you, now,
gentlemen, TO return verdict for the do
fendant,