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JEFFERS ONI AN REPUBLICAN
3irouG3&isr, Pa. August 8, SS40,
Terms, $2,00 in advance ; $2.25, naif j-caTly ; and"$2,50 Tf nol
jmid befoic Hie tnid of the year.
CAKBsDAT.ES J? "FEES PEOPLE.
TOR PRESIDENT :
Gck. WiSJisjsa Hfcisa-y laarrisoii,
,4 0F OHIO.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
Sob in Tyler,
OF VIRGINIA.
ELSCTOKAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL.
John A. SJtnixe, of Lycoming,
Satscplj RItacr, of Cumberland,
DISTRICTS.
1 Levis Fassmore, 12 John Dickson,
2 CadwalladerEvans, 13 John MTveehan,
Charles Waters, 14 John Reed,
3 Jona.-o Gillingham, 15 Nathan Beach,
A Amos Ellmaker, 16 Nor Middleswarth,
John K. Zoilin, 17 George Walker.
A. R. M'lUraine, IS Bernard Connelly ,jr
5 Robert Slinson, 19 Gen. Joseph Markle
6 WilliamS. Ilendrie20 Justice G. Fordycc,
7 J. Jenkins Ross. 21 Joseph Henderson,
8 Peter Filbert, 22 Harmer Denney,
9 William Adams, 23 Joseph BulTington,
10 John Harper, 24 James Mon'r-rv
11 Wm.M'EIwaine, 25 John Did .
Col. Johnson said (in Congress)
"Who is General Harrison? The scr -of or.e rf
the sicners of the Declaration of Indenei.if ncs;
who spent, the greater part of his large fortune u saved his life by a noble and characteristic act
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot
Petersburg, Va. July 26th 1840.
Virginia never was so wide awake to the a
burning and disastrous measures of the Gcner
al Government, as she is at present. No stone
will be left hy the, Whigs unturned; Tippecanoe
Clubs arc being formed throughout the State,
and the gatherings of the people are immense
Petersburg, Richmond, and Fredericksburg
have been alive with political speeches and dis
cussions for the last week. Petersburg, on
Wednesday 'evening, had' under the especial
charge of the Locorocos at the courthouse, Mr.
Calhoun, of South Carolina, Messrs Black, and
Colquitt&of Georgia, and Mr. Connor, of North
Carolina. They all severally addressed a court
room full of Whins and Locos. On the follow-
ing (Thursday) evening, we Tippecanoe boys
presented to our fellow-citizens, at the theatre,
(our club room was not large enough) the Hon.
Mr. Dillctt, of Alabama ; Messrs. Daftson and
Warren, of Georgia ; Mr. Carter of Tennes
see, and also Mr. Nesbit, of Georgia. I Tiard
ly ever saw such an enthusiastic meeting.
Messrs. Dillett, Dawson, and Nesbit gave us
splendid speeches : and Mr. Nesbit very hap
pily recurred to the circumstance (speaking of
General Harrison) of the Generals returns from
the wars, flushed with victory, at the liead of
his conquering army ; and meeting by the road
side, a poor sick boy, who had followed the ar
my under him, alighted from his charger, and
placed the invalid on the horse. " That poor,
helpless boy (said M. Nesbit) is now a mem
ber of Congress, from one of the Southern
States. He is now within the sound of my
voice, and there he sits J" (pointing to the Hon.
Mr. Chinn, of Lousiana, who was on the stage
near him.) I do not think I ever heard such
deafening and prolonged applause. Every per- j
son, Whig or Loco, joined in the shout to pay j
honor to the man who, by his own exertions had
elevated himself to his present exalted estate,
as well as to the " old General," who perhaps
During the last ses'siomof the Legislature tho 'Secretary of the CozmiionwaaltiryaseqTw of t:ft triennial ax P -
jnent oT tlfe different counties Ihrgughont the Stale, and shortlyefoie the adjournment uablo such us hr.d been reivi' '
The Commissioners (of" several counties having neglected to reply" in reason, to tliu Secretary's circular. "- ' " "u
Among tliosc eimumerated were iVionroeiN!' - - " : $366,231.
Pike, - - - .- 457
- Wayne, - - - - . . 1,109,512
No return being made for Northampton. The fact of Monroe county being valued at a lower rate thanRPikseemed-erroneous; and I doipr
mined to ascertain its correctness by an examination of the assessment books. The result of my labours I have arranged in two tables here
with annexed, anjl differs widely from the Secretary's statementthe amount of Real Estate alone being 1 ,2 14,504 and the total amount of
propcrtytaxed for County purposes $ 1,494,852, or. within a fraction of one and a half millions of dollars.
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Hamilton. - 32i 19,748 19748 290
Lower Smithfield. .... - - 232 14,807 320 15.127 166
Ross. - .... 192 21,638 - 2l',638 155
Chesnuthill. - . - - - 26? 24,380 6,836 31,218 204
Middle Smithfield. A - 189 12,118 18,476 30,594 167
Pocono. - -v. ... 175 21,02? 24.926 45,953 116
Tobyhanna. - - 103 37,4:29 140,014 177,443 39
Price. - - - - 6e 1.1,914 49'302 61,216 4C
Coolbaugh. - - - - - 33 3,160 42,333 45,493 21
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redeeming the pledge he then gave, of his forlun,
life and sacred honor,' to secure the liberties of his
country. Of the career of General Harrison I
need not speak; the history of the West is his his
tory. For foiiy years ie has been idem i tied with
its interests, its peiils and its hopes. Universal
ly beloved in the walks of peace, and distinguish
ed by Ins ability in. the councils of his country, he
nas been yet more illustriously distinguished in
the field. During the late war, he was longer in
active service than any other general officer ; he
was, perhaps, oftener in action than any one of
them, and never stislawed a defeat.
Several tj'pographicai errors unavoidably oc
curred in the list of members -of the Legislature
from this district, we republish it in this weeks
paper, with corrections and additions.
We also beg leave to recommend a close ex
animation of the tables compiled from the as
sessments of 1838, (the last triennial assess
mor.t) as a matter of deep importance to every
tax payer.
The riEcctiisjj.
On Wednesday evening last one of the lar
gest political meetings we have ever seen in this
County, assembled in the Court House in this
Borough. Although but few hours notice had
been given the house was crowded. The meet
ing was organized by electing Henry Smith,
E'sq. President ; Andrew Stewart, Depue S.
Miller, and Petit B. Primrose Yice Presidents,
and Daniel Shaferand John W. Burnett, Esq.
Secretaries. The Hon. Charles Naylor was
then introduced, and for-more than two hours,
rivettcd the attention of the audience, by one of
the most convincing arguments ever listened to.
The anti-democratic and despotic features of
tho Sub-Treasury bill, were clearly and elo
quently portrayed. The extravagant expendi
ture of the public money by the Administration
was severely and ably commented upon, und
ike claims of the two candidates now hefpre the
paople for the highest office in their 'gift, were
briefly hut in a moBtwtnasterly manner contrast
ed. T he soundneas-of-his arguments we have
no doubt cafriSl-conviction to the minds of ma-
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xiy wio heard-liirn-.
JLadies Coizcpausoii.
The August No. of this interesting peri
odical h&s reached us. From some unknown
cause, the July No. was not received at this of
fice, hut as we were not to he cheated outx)f one
paragraph of" Mary Derwent' we borrowed our
ncjgiibor's. Few we beleive that once drink
of ihc rich streams of Literature in this work,
will ever be satisfied with anything short of a
xapply, a? fast aa the u Magazine" was issued
v e ay to our fair reader, that Mt. Snow
fait, wjll furnish them with a " Companion
t4 iho. most pleasing character for three dollars
t jf etsr; Companion that will entertain and in-
t met them and of whom they will never become ;
tird. If young gentlemen' would tako this
rty-7-ine and try to learn from it to mrikethem-
afecjfhalf as pleasing to the ladies as we are
Ms 'Companion' must be, veryfew would
hfiA&& Bachelors. We hope some wfll ireot
t.5 4o orderthe work for them. Each-Nor is
ar.compcm?dwith a beautiful engraving. We
-vill giv-part of .the contents next week.
Mr. Chinn did not reply. I do not think the
man could open his mouth, so much was he 0
vercome by the warm feelings of the people, all
strangers to him.
But last night was the grand gala night of
the Whins. It was known that Mr. Preston,
of South Carolina, was in Richmond ; and as
he had been, requested by the club, on his re
turn from Congress to address us, we made
preparations for a warm reception. Mr. P. ar-
rivcdjiere at ten o'clock, A.M. from Richmond,
by an extra, in the hands of a committee, and
put up at French's hotel. In the afternoon
handbills were struck off, and before night, one
hundred and twenty citizens of Richmond came
over, (mostly members of the cliib there) to a
gain hear the man who, on the preceding night
had chained them by his eloquence for more
than two hours. By eight o'clock the theatre
was crammed, and the stage was arranged for
our guests from Richmond. The fiont seals of
the first tier of boxes were filled by beautiful
women. About a quarter past eight, A?r. Pres
ton commenced, and spoke until a few minutes
ofllc'clock.
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Stroud, - - - - 201,256 $29,282 4,700 1,5503001 210,506 7,455 3,340 300 40.92( 124 6251
Hamilton. - - - ' - 146,306 5,754 1,800 56? .154,427 ll,60p 4,430 100 52,320 160 222877
Lower SmithgehL - - 134,541 320 4,45f 1,560 875 141,746 7,289 2,830 14C 24,875 107 176 880
Ross. - - - - - - 127,153 1,400 1,080 129,633 5,400 2,500 630 12,336 63 150499
Chesnuthill. - 104,528 6,628 3,12C 4,790 16G 119,226 8,200 2,488 35C 23,925 89 154 189
Middle Smithfield, - 61,448 18,476 " 2,000 400 1 50 82,474 5,765 2,660 280 18,700 1 00 1 09 879
Pocono. - - 50,18? 12,759 2,705 1,200 1,4503500 69,096 3,275 1,470 341 19,100 107 93281
Tobyhanna. - - - 50 999 150,722 3,600 205,321 1,850 780 1375 9,350 90 218726
Price. , - --?;----- - 22,982 51,336 4,810 200 2,600 77,118 1,200 740 845 none! 79903
Coolbaugh.--,; - -j- - - 2,729 22,128 1,115 100 24,95? 575 190 5C 325 10 26,097
K $902,129 262,369 22,824 18,030 825f $1,214,504 52,609 21.428441C 201,851 l$l,494 852
In the "Van Buren papers wo find a story
going the rounds thatin Pickering county, Ohio,
some weeks since the Whigs held a mock
sacrament at a Log Cabin to take m members,
and gave the Circleville paper, as authority. It
is only necessary to give two proofs of the fal
sity of the charge which has been sent forth to
the world by professing christians, as well as
unbelieving Jews, and they are these ; in the
first place there is no such county as Pickering
in the state of Ohio as will be seen by refer
ence to the map and secondly, the Circleville
paper utterly denies giving publicity to so base
a calumny We doubt not but the slander
against General Harrison relative to the story
about his "street brawls, which is looked
upon with such horror by those who could cringe
and smile at Gen. Jackson when his usual im
precations were " by the Elernal,"will prove
equally false. Jerseyman.
A traveller stopped at an inn to breakfast,
and having drunk a cup of what was givenhim
the servant asked, what will you have tea or
coffee 1 To which the traveller answered ;
" That depends upon circumstances." If what
you gave me last was lea I want coffee. If it
was coffee, I want tea want a change.
And that is the case with the people of the
United States they are wearied with their po
litical cooks at Washington, who instead of the
ordinary fare, have been supplying them with
broth thai would choke any honest republican.
The measures and means of the present Ad
ministration arc bad, and grow worse. The
oeonle cried out at one lime for a chanse of
measures, and a change was procured ; but it
was only from badcanee to bad tea from pet
banks to sub-treasurers and grown impatient
at the continued progress of evil, they now de
mand a change of men and that they will have
Never since the first establishment of polit
ical society was a people so humbugged as are
those of the United Stales. They have shown
their patience until iu has ceased to be a virtue,
and now we are happy to see on all nanus m
dications that the v will redress their own giev
ances and dismiss those wretched politicians
W'ho have cut and carved for themselves, and
their friends until little or nothing is left for the
people. U. S. Gazette.
A friend mentioned to'usye.sjerjday thatthere
ftrVbout fwenty workmen in one of the man
ufactories of Delaware County, who m. J836
voted for Martin Van Burcn but who n'ow go
the whole figure for Harrison, '
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The Secretary observes that such different lates of valuation prevail in different counties, that it is impossible to institute a comparison of their
respective resources and the same remark may be applied to the ten townships of this county.
Section 3 of the general law relating to " County rates and levies" passed April 15th 1834, directs " that the assessors of the several to wa
rships shall previously to each triennial assessment, assemble at the office of the Commissioners of their respective couuties on a day to be ap
pointed by such Commissioners, to fix upon " some uniform standard," to ascertain the real value of all property made taxable by law, lakin
11 into consideration, improvements, proximity to market, and other advantages of situation, so that the same relative valuation may be observed in
" every township.,' Now if such a meeting was held in 1S37 in this county, the uniform standard has been grieuously misunderstood bv the
different assessors, as a slight examination of the tables will show.
As an instance I take the townships of Stroud and Hamilton though the number of acres returned in the latter, is but 708 the greatest, vet
the quantity used for agricultural purposes, exceeds that amount in Stroud by several thousand acres and it is believed, tho productiveness and
relative value of the farms in the two townships, do not greatly differ and yet the average rate of the farms in Hamilton is but $S per acre,
while that of Stroud is nearly SI 3 a difference of nearly $5 per acre it follows that one is too high or the other too low, and in either case
that the citizens of Stroud are burdened with taxes, to an extent above the relative value. By a column in Ttable II, you will observe the same
disproportion exists in the Tax occupations: while the average rate to each taxable, in Hamilton is $160, in Ross the next township adjoining
it is but $63 in Stroud it is $124, and in Price adjoining it is nothing at all ! ! In one township, Cows are rated at $8, and in all the rest a
S1U. llorses seem to oe raieu, just as tne wnim ot me moment uiciaies. in jLower Smithheld they average $44 each, and in Middle Smith
field $34 1-2. In Pocono $28 1-4, and in Tobyhanna $47 1-2. In Stroud 35, and in Hamilton $40 and so on. In these matters each tax
paver can make his own comments. Dwelling houses are separately enumerated in but four townships, and in their valuation the same system
or rather want of system prevails. In one township pleasure wagons are taxed and in another gold watches for county purposes, though they are
not in the list of taxable articles. In these remarks I by no means wish to be understood as casting any reflections on the i7itentions!a the late
assessors, believing as I do, that the deviations from the uniform standard directed to be observed in the section above quoted were caused bv a
misconception of the spirit of the law. Now that a heavy State tax is to be levied in addition to the present county and township taxes it is
lighly important that the burden bo equalized throughout the County which can only be done by a strict observance of the law of 1834 on
the part of the Commissioners and Assessors.
A Terrific Accident.
Collision of Steamboats Loss of Steam
boat North Carolina.
The Baltimore American says :
" From J. Chapman Huger, Esq., of
South Carolina, who reached this
city on the 24th July, in the Norfolk
steamboat, we learn the particulars
of a fearful collision which occurred
at sea on Saturday night last, between
the steamboats Gov. Dudley and
North Carolina, and which resulted
in the loss of the latter boat, together
with the passengers' baggage, and
the U. S. Mail for the south. Provi
dentially no lives were lost. These
boats both belong to trie Wilmington
and Roanoke Rail-road Company,
and at the time of the. collision, which
took place at sea, about 60 milns
south of Wilming, the North Carolina
was running towards Charleston witli
the northern passengers and mails,
while the Governor Dudley was on
her way towards "Wilmington.
The collision took place about one
o'clock, A. M. of Saturday night last,
on a beautiful starlight night, with a
perfectly calm sea. The boats were
going at the rate of 12 or 14 miles
an hour, and were seen by each other
for a milo or two before they came
together. How they managed to -run
into each other is not known; the
Captain of each boat was in his berth
at the time having stood his regulai
watch and th mate . of: :eachl;had
charge of his respective boat. In
the collision which took place, the
Governor Dudley's bow struck the
North Carolina between the ladies'
and gentlemen's cabin. The shock
was terrible, and its violence may be
inferred from the fact that in ten min
utes after it took place, the North
Carolina had sunk to the water,s
edge.
The passengers of both boats were
all in their berths at the time, and
had barely time to escape with, their
lives. The great coolness and self
possession manifested on the trying
occasion by the Captain of each boat,
were doutless the means of prevent
ing any loss of life. The small boats
were immediately .manned, and the
passengers of the North Carolina all
conveyed in safety to. the Governor
Dudley. In about ten minutes after
every one, was transferred to the lat
ter, the North Carolina, then down
to the water's edge, keeled over and
sunk.
Among the passengers in the North
Carolina were several members of
Congress one of whom, Gen. Daw
son of Georgia, lost fifteen thousand
dollars in his trunk. Other passen
gers oiso lost considerable sums of
money, and somo were losers of their
little all. The aggregate loss in rron
ey was large. '
The Governor Dudleyhad a hole
jf about four ftet piare, knocked
JUSTICE.
ihh.ii :u jkjieMi iwm
in her bow, and at first leaked badly,
but the aperture was in a measure
closed with blankets, tarpaulins, &c.
She laid by all night, and the next
morning picked up two or three float
ing trunks, which were all that was
saved from the North Carolina eve
rything else having gone to the bot
tom in her.
The passengers of the North Car
olina were all taken bacAin the Dud
ley to Wilmington, and while on the
way thither, some of the passengers
of the latter generously raised a sub
scription to aid those who had lost
then all in the sunken boat.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Another account in the Baltimore
American says : " There were no
ladies on board except the wife of
the Hon. Mr. Hubbard, whose loss in
money was larger than that of sir,
other person on board. Some f t v
01 the passengers received &li
sonal injuries, but terrible a
curreuce has been, wo havo iswu
be thankful that no life ws.s I,
We will endeavor to furnish ho.i. :
more detailed statement of the mutter."
Id !
A Capital Anecdote.
A son of Erin, while standing on .the w
t day or -two ago, heard some doves- cooing
each other. He appcarod to listen very am
tivoly and then broke forth" By the pqwt
the very doves aro hallooing -tippecanoo-o
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