Jto'BltQONIAN" REPUBLICAN.
JEFFERS ONIAN REPUBLICAN
BHlford, Pa. Ulay 9 IS iO.
.Terms, $2,00 in advance; $2.25, Half yearly ; and $2,50 if not
paia Duiojeine enu oi the year.
, ' FOR PRESIDENT :
Gen. Williasi Henry Harrison,
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
John Tyler,
OF VIRGINIA.
FOR SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
?. Jolm A. Shulze, of Lycoming,
( Joseph Ritucr, of Cumberland,
For the Jeflersoaian Republican
Mu. Editor 1
Permit uio to devote a small portion of your pa
per to a few remarks
I had the pleasure of attending the examination
;qf the Stroudsbunr Female Seminary, on Friday
the 1st of-Mayin accordance with a polite invita-
tion from one. of the youngIadiesmember of the
.Academy. 1 he maimer in which it wm;onduct-
Jir
eil entitled the Prmcinal. Miss A. L. FrascrHo tiie
liighest praise"and thanks of tho parents and-vjunf
ladids under her instructions.
The young ladies were examined in the follow
ing solid branches, English Grammar, Geography,
Logic, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, History.
Geomctrv, Latin, Astronomv, and French.
And last though not least, the Composition could
not fail to please tho most critical attention. In a
word, every thing went off well, and gave mo the
utmost satisfaction.
A Stranger.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
THE GItEAT COA'VEXTIOar AT
BALTIMORE.
A Mighty Movement of the People
Ve have by the Southern Mail of yesterday,
detailed acccurils of the largest political Conven-
tion that ever assembled on any occasion in this
country. We allude tojhe meeting in Baltimore,
ofnhe Young Men, friendly to tho election of the
ITpro ff thf. Tlismm In iVlo Proaiilonptr nf tVio TTn?
tedfStates, from all sections of the wide.spread
Union. Several of the Deleirates who reached the
city last evening, assure us that language cannot
convoy to the mind, an adequate idea of the scene.
It was in the fullest and most emphatic sense, an
outpouring of the people a mighty gathering of
the young freemen of this Union, with hearts glow
ing with patriotism, and minds ready to respond to
and carry out the dictates of their minds. The
account in the Baltimore American, occupies sev
en columns of that excellent Journal, and is par
ticularly eloquent and interesting. "It seems,"
says the Editor, " as though the people themselves
had met in their legitimate attitude of sovereignty,
to vindicate tho Constitution and Laws, and to re
buke the presumption which, seated in high pla
ces, had used delegated power as though it were
a self-derived authority, forgetting the dread alle
giance due to the sacred charter of American free
dom. " Delegations were in attendai.ee from every
State. From Thursday evening until yesterday
noon, augmented continually by fresh accessions,
sot steadily towards the Reception Room at the
Eutaw House, where names were registered arid
lodgings assigned in the hospitable houses of
Whigs throughout the city. New England came
in force from the Banks of KennebecV, from the
green hills of Vermont, from the valley of the Con
necticut, where the echoes of triumph yet linger,
prolonging the shouts of recent victory so nobly
achieved there from gallant Rhode Island, her
sister in glory from the bosom of the Old Bay
State, where Independence leans upon his spear
and looks towards Faneuil Hall; from town and
city and rural abode they come, an ardent band,
bringing with them the unconquerable spirit and
steadyjpurpose, which never yet have ceased to
charifcterize the descendants of the Pilgrim Fath
rs?
.4
Not a district," he adds, "of this great Repub
lic was- without its delegates Representatives
were hero from boyoinl the Mississippi from tho
boarders of the great Lakes from the shores of
the Gulf of Mexico. The sons of tho Puritans
met with the descendants of the Cavaliers the
Western Buckeye was seen side by side with the
Palmetto of the South the dwellers on the sea
shore saluted the hardy mountaineer. There was
a general commingling of hearts and voices local
pre-possessions, individual preferonces,every thing
Uiat migijt withdraw the mind from the one great
pwpose of the mooting, were set aside in order
that one undivided, deep-felt and universal feeling
of (p)6$ition to the party in power, might have a
lly, loud and unanimous utterance. This voice
has gone forth; it will icach every corner of the
landit will roll through vallies far and near, and
reverberate from mountain. It will mingle with
tho rushing sound of the Mississippi waters, and
blend with every breeze that sweeps over the plains
af the South ; New England will echo back the
voice which the Empire State shall prolong, and
Pennsylvania take up the flying SOund, until the
note of remnnstrance and indignation shall swell
into one of triumph and vidoriousjoy."
WONDERFUL RESULT IN VIRGINIA
The Republican Party Triumphant
The election of 8 members of the State Sen
ate, and of tho entire House of Delegates, took
place'lhroughout Virginia, on Thursday, the
23jult. Th&rosoUis,entirQly equal to our most
sanguine expectations, and the popular vote
has?exceeded thorn all. We are therefore a
greably disappointed. Of all States in the Uni
onVirginia is the most obstinate in her attach
ments and most unsusceptible of change And
perhaps her influence is as much contributed
to the fact that she is moved only by the stron
gesreonvictions than to any other. She has
been regarded as the Key Stone of the South
whose voico and influence is widely felt through
all that section of the country. Hence it is
that Mr. Van Buren, Who is likely to lose ev
erything in the North and West, looked to Vir
ginia with imploring anxiety. The intense in
terest and anxiety which this election has pro
duced in this citv'throughout the whole of the
a o ,
coming in of the returns, is additional evidence
that the choice of the state was looked upon as
havingjnost important if not decisive influence
uPon the Sreat struggle
Whatcrer influence
hat maybe, it is cast most emphatically on
the side of Harrison andREFORM
Mr. Aran Buren carried Virginia in 1836 by
a maioritv of 6,893. In the election Of 1839
we had reduced that majority as nearly as we
recollect, and as admitted at tne time, to a-
bout 3,500. If we have received a correct im
Prcssion from lhe relurns of this cection as
they have come m, the popular majorities ol 6b
and '39 are entirely destroyed -! In 53 coun
ties the Opposition gain at this election is 5,233
votcs over the result of '36. We have collect
ed the votes in 42 counties which have elected
oppositioirmen, and of 24 counties which have
elected Van men and the result is,
Opposition majority, 5,108
Van Buren majority, 1,275
Majority in 66 counties, 3,831
The whole number of counties, boroughs,
anj districts which elect each one or more Dele
t is t10. The 44 not included above aro
represented by both parties, in some of which
the Locofocos had no opposition and in others
the Whigs were unopposed. Our opinion is
that we have obtained a majority of the public
votes ; and one of tho best indications is that
if the people of Virginia were now represented
in accordance with the results of this election,
there would be a majority against instead of in
favor of Mr. Van Buren. Look at the dis
tricts of Messrs. Steinrod, Lucas Holeman,
Craig and Coles.
The corruption fund raised here" to support
Mr Richiets ' Crisis" the flooding of the
Btate with Locofoco documents, the gross cal
umnies against Gen. Ha-rison the pensioned
scribblers stationed in this cityand prompted
by the President alL proved unavailing. The
people obeyed their own convictions, and have
rebuked a factious Senate who deprived
the state of her representationin in the
Senate of the Union rebuked an administra
tion guilty of the grossest abuse of their official
privileges, and condemned their visionary pro
jects and impracticable doctrines.
The opposition will elect Messrs Rives and
Allen, or whoever they please, to tho Senate
of the United States. JIr. Roane will have
permission to retire, and the contest for the fall
will be opened with high expectations of giv
ing the electoral vote of Virginia to Gen. Har
rison by 5,000 majority.
The result as far as heard from, is as follows:
Senate, consisting of 32 members, will be 17
adm. to 15. opp. House of Delegates 53 adm.
71.0PP-,
The Prospect in Missouri. The St. Lou
is Bulletin says : "We conversed with a gen
tleman yesterday, who had been travelling
through the Western part of the State, and he
ussures us that great changes are taking place
in favor of General Harrison. Indeed, every
one who has been into the interior of the State
tells us the same thing ; and there are many
who now believe that proper energy will give
us Missouri. Our informant says that it is
probable that Mr. Ryland, the late "receiver of
public money at Lexington," has announced
himself by this time a candidate for Congress.
Many of the Van Buren party aro indignant at
the shameful manner in which he has been trea
ted; and hundreds of them will vote for him.
The people are tired of such tyrannical dicta
tion, and are startled at the doctrine that we
must submit to the will and doings of the admin
istration without petition or remonstrance."
A Murder. A sailor named Richard Fish,
was beaten at a, rum hole' in Now York a few
evenings since, and has since died of his
wounds.- -The'supposed murderer, Jas. Clark,,
45 on his way to New Orleans'?
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DEEADFUL AFFRAY. There Were
many rumors afloat yesterday respect
ing an affray, attended with very
Hons consermences. whiV.h hml
curred the right before ; but from
i I
mass of reports m relation to the sub
jectj we gather the following State
mem, wiuuii vc uavc cvuij leuoun
believe is the truth :
On Wednesday evening" then
appears, Mr. uaniei oarman, or tne
nrm 01 William oarman fcon,
Marketstreet, andMr. Knowles.hatter
North 6th St., accidentally met in one on their trail. Sixteen horses were also addressed myself, in the language of de
of the public houses in the vicinity of captured. cency and friendship, to a woman, wheth-
Ohesnut Street Theatre, and in a r.rm
i-i i n
verstuiuu wiiion ensueu, an oia cause " -ut iimiuai uua ucc uiucieu ioaa
of disagreement was renewed, which se.mb.,e .this.. PorL on Monday next, of
,,1k,
WU1M uiittiuuiiucvuiiuiwci uuill ja
, I'll.! 1 T
"J lu ..muuwmwoaiwuucu. Ajuui
ecame vioienx, ana It was acnreecl De
-i., -1,
tween tliem to seek some house -were
a ronm r.nnlrl Tia -nvnp.nrprl in wlnV.h
"to firrhf if rm TW c.,i-l,f
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With T mo O-nrl rnnrl f-ii " rTrmtyi ri- n
vvr iifi Liu x v JL v. . JL IIU Illlb OUUii III
, w uwwmuiuua
lions reiuseci: in Iront or tiie last,
tne war oi words commenced atresh:
and at length, as we understand,
Knowles knocked Uarman down. He
rising, drew a Kniie, and mad with
rage, inflicted several wounds Upon
Knowles, who a second time felled
him in tho n-rrnmri At lrmrrth tho
friends of the narties senarated them:
but not before Knowles had received
-i ,-i i m
a deep wound, among the lower ribs,
I'iII , 1 J?j1 1
and mst Delow the region oi the heart:
besides one' or two other wounds less
serious. Apprehensions were ieltior
the 'hie ot M.lCnowles yesterday; but
we. learn that he was, last night, do-
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inrr ilm ill - I ' I 4- fhi mfxr
A iTiA w tliU KLy "ll
nicrimoi the occurrence. U. o. Lraz.
a 4ir n Aii
A Wonderful Clock. A clock
" . v lu?u ;vlluoc naLllc La "Lar
this Katzenhofer, has constructed a
clock ot which the following descrip-
firm is: o-ivpn
Its dial Dlate which is fourteen in-
1
nhop in f lomotor' hio in tno fonrrO TnP
oxio m uiiuuiw, i-xxv, wuwv
dial for Vienna, and around and ra-
diating from it seven-two cities of dif-
fflvnnf nov.fo"nffli0 mr.l,1 oo oV, i.ri thirJ
t ! , " , .1 "XiU? Zz, - i
It shows the difference of mean time
between Vienna and the seventy-two
i , it- . i.i . ,
Xr towns and is set in motion by
Other tOVvllS, and IS set m motion Dy
a lourpound weigllt only; an tne Otn-
er clocks however, are put in motion
from the centre of tiie Vienna clock,
ctW ff tho wnrV ctnnfl still nnthincr
more is necessary than to set the V? perately, having destroyed more of their mediate care of the Principal whose-reputa-more
is necessary man to set tne vi i j twxl) deportment and guardianship over his Pu
r-niia uiuuiv w xxxu.ii.vy uu ixxvy uiuw
r-inn I -- I r tf TYllL'fl Oil TllO fltllQT
clocks indicate the true time.
A Fire at Charleston. Between
1 and 2 o'clock this morning flames
were seen to issue from the front of
the two story brick building in State
street,- West side, alittle above Queen
street, occupied as a grocery by Mr.
William Neve; and owned by Mr.
Alexander Ballund. This with a
small wooden tenemontto the North
of it, owned by Mr. David Lafar,
were entirely consumed. There w as
$2000 insured in the Columbns insu
rance office, on Mr. Ballunds house
and $12000 in the Georgia insrance
and Trust Company on Mr Dafar's.
On the stock of groceries there were
$2000 in the Charleton Insurance and
Trust Company, and $2000 in the In
surance Company of Columbia S. C.
A Stage was recently overturned
near .Brighton, and two ladies who
were passengers were severely inju
red. Mr. Chandler a member of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, from Susquehanna county, recent
ly died at Harrisburg of small pox.
A number of articles crowded out this week.
Now is the Ladies' Chance The fol
lowing is extracted from an old volume,
printed in 1606, entitled "Courtship,
Love and Matrimonie "Albeit it is
nowe become a part of the common lawe
in regard to social relations of life, that,
as often as every bissextile year doth Ye
tum, the ladyes have th sole privilege,
during the time it continue!!), of making
love unto men, which they do either by
words or iookes, as unto them it seemeth
proper, and moreover, no man will be
entitled to the benefit of clergy who dothe
refuse to accept the ofFeres of a ladye, or
who doth in any wise treate her proposal
wilhe slight or contumely."
From the Savannah Georgian, April 39.
- FROM FLORIDA.
se- By the steamboat Forrester, Captain
nr. - Wainbersie,arrived yesterday afternoon,
the S !. V 7 a"u
, i ci ...... kt i
- We learn from an officc, tdt lwo .
- dians came into Tampa from Hospalatka
iu anu biaieu uiai mey were anxious to come
with their followers, in consequence of
it a misunderstanding between them and
n , , ... , , . ,
m nrism,pr hv nw ILlmnc nf tu 7i. i
fanlrv. about a week n"o. who struck nn.
- From the Augusta News. 24th inst.
A rnnP r.i u u j , 4
w1m.11 ijugauier uenerai Armisiead is
.u:u r i r 1 . - . -
- pe:inn " 1 rnt A-:l
invi ua ui. jo 1 CI . JU XII II lie I V,
judne Advocate. Co . VVa back. Co one
1 -i . 1
- Gales, majors Churchill, Payne, McClin-
tock, Ashby, Capt.!1 ulton, und Lieut. T.
l. Ridtrely are members.
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u is sam mai ovenures nave Deen maae
lu "i-"' xayior, uy me en ei Indians vno
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rp 1 1... ii i. r t f l.
figured in the massacre at Caloosahatchie
to permit them to come in, and be trans
ported westward.
IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.
The steam packet New York. CaDtain
Wright, arrived at New Orleans on the
2 1st ult. from Galveston, bringing dates of
ic l ltn inst. trom that place.
Tne Galveston Daily Courier contains
lLh? Particulars respecting the rencontre
ueiweeii me veiuraiisis ana tne reaerai'
t nnar r.nrslfInnn f,,0 R: nnn. 2,
j "J i Aviv viaiiu Uir
r0
It se?ms, after all, that the condition of
the tederahsis is not so desperate as was
represented, it is not true mat any por-
,0101 Vle federalist army nad retreated
to Austin. lhe storv of thnir flioht fn
J B
San Antonio must have originated in the
Unnpnranrp ihrp nf snmp Cmnii Horh
ment that had originated from the main
hn(v r.h nowfibhrmiht tn 0ivMtnn
by a gentleman recently trom Victoria, in
the West of Texas, states, that the federal
troops, alter their deleat on the Kio
Urande, nad retreated as lar as victoria,
A,s.ma 1 number '.soldlefs. ere quarter-
I ri . tk t at 1 1 w- nrt..n 1 11 . . 1
I . . ..... I
rnn.t tl,f nr th(x mam hnriv hart onramn.
e(i on a creek a few miles wpstwarrtlv of
that place. The loss
of the Federalists tn
ho lfo anrn.mior ic oct;m.i a f m nn
...i .x i x
ii. ui ijuiii im; piiuiiuHi pan were
rri, r ,v r i r .l
LAimeic,,?1!s-. Tlle Iof,s on P31;1,0
ici it tins. j. uc loss uii mc iim t ui lilt: I
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vniransis is noi wen ascertained, out
T? T? !' . WC-G
fhe defeat we learn was occasioned in
part by a surprise, the scouting party,
which was in advance having been slain
to a man-
The Federalists must have fouirht des-
n,,, 4i, r u r-xi :
fT 1 .X. I . r .1
physical foVce, and the advantage gained
I-iu u.. i iu r-.jir... ...
, I j J.
Burprne, at iabi prevaueu. xnerestu oi
uie engagemeiH i ao o uiscouragea me
federalists. On the contrary, it has shown
uicwi vvuii YYnav uuamm nicy bdu tuu- tne study ot the learned protessions or for an
tend against the most fearful odds and dis- advanced stand at College for mercantile pur
advantageous circumstances. As soon as suits, for teaching or the business of common
their ranks are recruited, they intend life, useful will be preferred to ornamental stud
again to march against the oppressors of ies, nevertheless so much of the latter attended
their country. From these statements it to as the advanced stages of the pupil's educa
is quite clear that all the rumors of an in- tion will admit. The male and female depart
vasion of Texas are destitute of founda- mellt will bo under the immediate superintend
tion. The Central army, instead of being tlence of" lne Principal, aided by a competent
within a davs' march of San Anfnnin. male or female Assistant. Lessons in music
have never yet crossed the Rio Grande.
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Among the Texians there is little appre
hension of an invasion. Notwithstanding,
preparations for the defence of the frou
tier are going forward on an extensive
scale.
Orders have issued from Austin for
raising large bodies of troops in the coun
ties adjacent to the Mexican line. The
inhabitants also are arming, and the pro
bability is that many adventurers will be
found ready to volunteer and swell the
ranks of the Federalists. Upon what
terms the latter will be received by the
Texian government, is not known. The
supposition i9, that they will be tolerated
in the country until they have gained re
cruits enough to make another dash across
the Rio Grande. As Texas and Mexico
are still at war, there can be no impro
priety in such a course. Indeed the laws
of nations uphold Texas in adopting this
line of policy, while interest impels her
to give all help and encouragement to
those who are making common cause with
her against a cemmon enemy.
A temperance dealer in Ohio advertises
scythes, which he warrants to cut without
whiskey !
Brutes never make themselves ridicu
lous that is the exclusive privilege of
the human family.
Universal Attributes of Women.
I have observed among all nations, that
the women ornament themselves nunc
than the men ; that, wherever found tlu-y
are the same, kiud, civil, obliging, humane,
tender beings ; that they areever inclined
to be "ay and cheerful, timorous and mod-.
est- T,ie)' do .not Imitate, like menlSr.
f i.wjimw.v. . bw...w..
n01; haughty nor arrogant nor supercilious;
?u ot courtesy, and loud 01 society ;
I m aPn tn en-than man. but
I eeneral also, more virtuous, and Derform-
K more good actions than he. I never
er c,v''zcd or savage, without receiving a
ueceiu answer, mm man u nas ouen
been otherwise.
In wandering over the barren plains of
inhospitable Denmark:, through honest
Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and chur
lish Finland, Russia, and the wide spread
regions of the wandering Tartar, if hun
gry, dry, cold, wet or sick, woman has
ever been friendly to me and uniformly
so ; and to add to inis virtue, so worthv
the appellation of benevolence, these ac
tions have been performed jn so free and
kind a manner that, if I was dry, I drank
the sweet draught, and, if hungry, ate the
coarse morsel with double relish. -Leon-ard's
Siberian Journal.
" Well (his beats me out," as the rye
said when the fellow hammered it over
me neaa wnn a nail.
" Who steals my purse steals trash," as
the chap said ven he filled.his wallet with
shinplasters.
" Let's organize,1' as the music grinder
aaid when he ot in front of our office
The Trustees of this Institution, have the
pleasure of announcing to the public, and par
ticularly to the friends of education, that they
have engaged Ira B. Newman", as Superinten
dent and Principal of theirAcademy.
The Trustees invite theiattention oi parents
and guardians, who have children to send from
home, to this Institution. They are fitting up
the building in the first style, and its location
from its retired nature is peculiarly favorable
lor a boarding scnooi. it commands a beauti-
lul view ot the Uelawaro river, near waicii it
IQ C 11 11 m O fl 1 Tl f I T rl 11 rrni 1T1 1 1 1 Tl CT 5PPnprV 1 1 f" 1 1
i i . -ii l r. ;t
as tne lover oi nature win aumire uis easnv
accessible the Easion and Mtlford Stages pass
11 "a - J m"es distant Irom the ratter
place, and a more salubrious section of
COUIl-
trv can nowhere be found. No fear3 need bo
A. , .i . -i -n
entertained that pupils will contract per
1 t-. 1 i i .
habits, or be seduced into vicious company it
is removed from a11 Places of "son and those
inducements to neglect their studie, that
furnished in large towns and villages.
are
Board
Academy. Mr. Daniel W. Dingman, jr. will
take several boarders, his house is very cbnve-
"ie"1. and students will there be under thejm-
dus. anoru uie uesi. scL-untv ior ineir oroncr
COIJduct' llie Tru,stees can ZivG or P"13
and guardians demand.
The course of instruction will be thdrough
aJ d tQ f th u U and fte time
he designs to spend in literary pursuits. Young
men may qualify themselyes for entering upon
- 11 t - IT 1 I-..
win oe given 10 young lauies on tne riano
Forte at the boarding house of the principal, by
an experienced and accomplished Instructress.
Summer Session commences May 4th.
EXPENSES.
Board for Young Gentleman or Ladies with
the Principal, per week, $1 50
Pupils from 10 to 15 years of age from SI to
$ 1 25
Tuition for tho Classics, Belles-Lettres, French
&c, per quarter, 2 00
Extra for music, por quarter, 5 00
N. B. A particular course of study will be
marked out for those who wish to qualify them
selves for Common School Teachers with ref
erence to that object ; application made lor
teachers to the trustees or principal will meet
immediate attention,
Lectures on tho various subjects of study will
be delivered by able speakers, through thr
course of year.
By ordorofthe Board,
DANIEL W. DINGMAN. Prc
Dingman's Ferry, Pike co., Pa., May 2. 1SH
5 Dollar Reward I
Escaped from tho Jail at Stroudsburg, Mo:
roo county, on the morning of tho 9th inst. :
man named Dennis Scott. Said Scott is about
23 years old, 5 feet 9 or 10 icches high, light
compelxion aud light hair. The above reward
and all charges paid if delivered at the Jail of
tho said county.
SAMUEL GUNSAULES, Sheriff.
March 18, 1840. 3t.
HORSE BILLS
Printed at' tins office with neatnes -and
despatch.