JEFPERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
JEFFERS ONIAN REPUBLICAN
Strondshurg, Pa. March 31, 1S41.
Terms, $2,00 in advance; $2.55, naif yearly ; and $2,50 if not
raiUDcioietnecna oi me year.
FOR GOVERNOR.
JOHN BANKS,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
3iidgc Banks.
The nomination of this distinguished individ
ual, meets with a heaity response from the true
Democracy of Penns3Tlvania. As his nomina
tion was perhaps more unanimous than that of
any candidate ever before presented to the peo
ple of the State for their suffrages, therefore it
is hailed with a more hearty delight, for it tells
to a suffering community that a man so univer
sally popular must have all the redeeming qual
ities necessary to deliver us from the evils of
the present imbecile administration. Were it
our object to eulogise; wo could not spoak in
terms of too high praise of Judge Banks. Bui
that is unnecessary, as our readers are all well
acquainted with his character. They have
heard and read of him, in his legislative ca
pacity, they have seen and judged of him in
his Judicial station, and they know and love
him as a private individual. His firm, upright
anil manly course, whilst presiding over the Ju
dicial tribunals of his District (of which this
county originally formed a part) and of which
they were eye-witnesses, has given them assu
rance that in his hands the Executive Power
might be safely deposited3 without the fear of
its being emplo3ed for any other than legitimate
purposes. In him they behold an Tionest man,
" The noblest work of God;"
and look forward to his election as an era for
happier times to our distressed Commonwealth.
The entire Democratic Press of Pennsylvania
has also responded to his nomination in a truly
gratifying manner. The cohorts of David R.
Porter are already frightened, and preparing for
a glorious defeat. We have therefore but to '
persevere, be active, and remit none of our en- ;
orgies, and the Old Keystone State, like two
thirds of her sisters of the Union, will be re
deemed from the last plague-spot of Loco-foco-ism
and be justly proud in haying such a man
as John Banks to administer her affairs.
Borougli Election in Easton.
The charter election in Easton, on Friday a
week, resulted most gloriously. James M. Por
ter, the brother of the Governor, who headed the
Loco Foco Council Ticket, was beaten by Pe
ter Snyder, Democratic Banks-man, SIXTY
F1TE majority. When the result was made
known, gladful shouts rent the air, and the drums
were beat for joy. This is the first demonstra
tion of public opinion in Judge Banks' District,
since his nomination.
The following pith)' notice of Jim's defeat,
we extract from the 'Harrisburg Chronicle:
Hard Cider
vs.
Porter.
N$Sound the tin-kettle3 in Northampton street,
The Locos are routed Jim Porter'is beat."
The People have put their veto on tho Hon
James Madison Porter, late Judge of Dauphin,
Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties Judge Ad
vocate of rink Lye, clc. I his gentleman
more commonly known as his Excellency James
.Mob-law Porter, Lieutenant Governor of Penn
svlvania, on Friday last put his amazing popu
larity ,to the test by offering himself as a candi
date for the office of Town Council-man of the
Borough of Easton. The result was as fol
lows:
J. M. Porter, (Chief Pardoner.) 250
Peter Snyder, (Democratic Banks' ticket.) 315
ILoote out for Squalls.
Our neighbour of the Democrat should not
hare admitted such a communication as appear
ed in his columns two weeks since, in reply to
an article in the Northampton Messenger, which
attacked our Representative Mr. Brodhead, for
votirig against the Governor, on the Lancaster
City .Mayor's Court Bill. Friend Rafierty, was
not perhaps aware that the Messenger is edited
hv a son of our most. Democratic Governor, a
htrpefnl sprig of nobility, known in Easton, by
t&e name of " Prince William," alias " Lord
Lofty," who carries a gold headed cane and
spdrts a pair -of exquisite'auburn "soap-locks."
He writes all kinds of despicable trash for it,
such as puffing hjs " Papa' the Governor, black
guarding ail honest men .who oppose him, . fsni
frequently praising himself. It J3 morqovar a
commonly-received opinion, in Easton, that the
M'Ssseiiger was purchased by the credit, and is
printed unddr the patronage of Governor Por
ter's relatives. How can vou then .Mr. Raffer-
ty, ever be pardoned, by the "faithful" for ad
mitting that nrilucky communication Into your
paper, which said, "thank God, the Democracy
of the Messenger is not the Democracy of the
Democratic Partv." It was rank Treason, and
as such no doubt Prince Billy will treat it; un
less you ask his highness' pardon and promise
not to offend for the future.
Another thought strikes us. Probably you
had better apply to head quarters at onto for a
Pardon. The Governor has proclaimed him
self a friend to the liberty of the Press, and as
your crime is not so great (in the eyes of hon
est men at least) as that of Hutier & Cantine,
whom he lately pardoned, perhaps he may throw
his mantle of executive clemency over you, and
thus protect you from the galling fire of Prince
Billy's wrath.
FOR THE JEFFEUSOMAN REPUBLICAN.
Miu Schoch: Seeing some inquiries in the
Monroe Democrat made by a "Tax payer,"
concerning some of the items in the County
Statement for 1S40, I took the trouble of com
paring it with the statement for the year 1839.
By the statement of '39 it appears, that the
amount paid for printing was $120,50, and the
different items of the-printers bill are given.
The statement of 1 840,shows thai ihe amount
paid for printing was 8247,25 more than
double that paid in '39 and what is a little sin
gular, it is a lumped bill, and no items are given.
Why not give the items as in former years,
and in other counties, so that the people may
know for what they are paying?
POCONO HUNTER.
From the Pennsylvania Inquirer.
Good 3Fevrs from Ularrisiburg.
The House of Representatives passed the
Senate Bank Bill, through a Second Reading
by sections, on Wednesday. The chief provi
sions of this important bill are:
"THAT NOTE HOLDERS HAVE
THEIR ACTION AT COMMON LAW
AGAINST THE BANKS, THE SAME AS
INDIVIDUALS"; THATFORFLVE YEARS
THE ISSUE OF SMALL NOTES BE AL
LOWED; CURTAILS THE AMOUNT OF
LIABILITIES OVER CAPITAL STOCK
PAID IN : ABOLISHES THE PROXY
SYSTEM; SUSPENDS PENAL ENACT
MENTS AGAINST THE BANKS, AND
MAKES ANY CONCEALMENT OF THE
STATE OF THEIR AFFAIRS A MISDE
MEANOR."
After the sections' had passed, Mr. Lusk of
fered a new section, providing that the United
States Bank of Pennsylvania should be sub
ject to all the benefits of the bill on condition
that her stock should be reduced to 15 millions
-its name changed to the State Bank of Pa.,
and not re-issue anv note under the the old
name, and the stockholders pay in 10 per cent
on the amount of their stock.
Mr. Johnson, of A., hoped a modification
would be accepted that all banks before ac
cepting the provisions of the act would bind
themselves to be subject to fulure legislation.
After several effectual attempts on the part of
the opponents of the bill to adjourn, it was at
length effected.
Swarlwout aisd Hoyt.
When Swartwout became a defaulter, the
Globe with characteristic impudence called him
a Whig, and said he was a Whig Candidate
for the Vice Presidency, which nomination
was deridingly published in every Iocofoco pa
per. We want the Globe to tell us the poli
tics of Swartwout's worthy successor, who is
likewise a defaulter for some hundred thous
ands. Is he a Harrison man? Is Jesse Hoyt
to be turned out of the party, for having in obe
dience to orders, used the public funds for
electioneering purposes, under the expectation
that Van Buren would bo re-elected, and the
deficiency concealed? Let Mr. Hoyt come
out with a fair statement of his account current
for carrying on the late election put down as
one item the charter of two or three steamboats
to carry delegates to the Poughkeepsie Conven
tion item for a banner shrouded with black of
the Constitution inverted item sending over
the Custom House officers to New Jersey to
influence the result in that noble? State, and
lastly item for buying up the votes of several
miserable wretches, who were detected and
are now expiating their folly in the Penitentia
ry. Come Hoyt, repent and give us your con
fession turn slates evidence against your asso
ciates in crime ! PenrHa. Tchgraph.
OFFICIAL.
Appointments ly the President.
OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS.
COLLECTORS.
Wfljiam Coad, S. Mary's Maryland, vice
James W. Roach, removed. . ' ' '
Robert V. Alston,' St. Mark's, Florida, vice
John F. Kackler, removed:
Arnold Naudai'n, Delaware, vice Henry
VhiteJy, removed.
, ' SXUIVEYOR. .
William FJoydrTown Greek, Maryland, vice
James K. lhompson, removed. r
LAND OFFICE RECEIVER-.
Daniel G. Garnsey, Dixson, Illinois,' vico
John Demerit, Temoved. ;
POSTMASTERS. '
.4hp C..MotgOnry,;,it Phtlg$elphia, m the
place oj James rage, .removed. , .
James. Roesat- Geneva, N.ew York, in the
placje of-G. J.rdsynoriiTemoved. -
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More than 4,000,000 of Temperance pledges
have ocen taken in Ireland.
From Ilarrisburg.
' Correspondence of the Inquirer Courier.
EXTRACT TO THE EDITOR, DATED
Harrisburg, March 24, 1841.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A Resolution was submitted by Mr. Darsio
to dispense with the business of presenting pe
titions for the remainder of the session, and re
quiring the members to endorse their petitions
and lay them on the clerk's desk without cere
mony. This would save much time. The
resolution was laid on the table.
Mr. Flennikon, from a select committee, re
ported a bill to incorporate tho Board of Edu
cation of tho Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in the United States.
Mr. Hinchman, from the Committee on
Banks, reported a bill from the Senate, extend
ing the 'charter of the Northampton Bank, as
committed.
Mr. Cox, from a select committee, reported
a bill in relation to the Banks of this Common
wealth. Mr. Penniman, from a similar committee, re
ported a bill to regulate the Banks of this Com
monwealth He's a regulator!
The House then, on motion of Mr. Hinch
man, took up as it came from the committee on
Banks, in the House,
The Senate Bank Bill.
Mr. Hinchman offered an amendment or sub
stitute for the 1st Section, repealing all the
special penalties and forfeitures incurred by
the Banks for refusing to pay on demand their
notes and other liabilities in gold and silver by
any act, or acts of assembly; and placing them
precisely on the same footing in regard to the
payment of their liabilities and obligations, as
individuals are, by the existinglaws of this Com
monwealth. The substitute was agreed to
yeas 52, nays 46. Mr. Johnston, of Armstrong
and Mr. Weaver, of Schuylkill) having both
voted in the affirmative.
The 2d section, authorising the isstie of
small notes to a limited extent, for five years,
and prohibiting the issue of post notes, having
longer time to run than 130 days, and these of
a denomination not less than $500, then passed
by a vote of 51 to 46. Mr. Johnston, of Arm
strong, having voted in the negative, and Mr.
May, of York, not voting at all. The others
precisely as on the first section.
The remaining 14 sections were then seve
rally considered and agreed to. They impose
numerous restrictions on the issues, discounts
and liabilities abolish the vote by proxy, re
quire quarterly statements of the officers under
bath, prohibit the declaration of dividends over
5 per cent during suspension, or over 7 per
cent at any time; and provide for the establish
ment of a safety fund out of part of the excess,
and the payment of a certain per centage into the
Treasury of the Commonwealth, and make
other regulations contained m Mr. Hinchman s
former bill.
Mr. Lusk then offered a new section, provid
ing that before the Bank of the U. States should
be allowed to avail herself of the provisions of
this act, the Directors thereof should consent
to a reduction of her capital slock to $15,000
000, and a change of her name to "The State
Bank of Pennsylvania" that her stockholders
should pay an installment of 10 per cent.' on
the stock held by them for the security of the
creditors of that Ins'.itution, and that no notes
under her present corporate name should be
re-issued from ihe counter. The question was
pending on this when tho House adjourned.
SENATE.
A message was received from the Governor,
nominating George Dare of York, James Bell
and John Morehead of Huntingdon, to be As
sociate Judges.
Mr. Fleming introduced a bill for tho elec
tion of Canal Commissioners by the people
all gammon.
Mr. Reed's bill to secure the payment of the
interest on the public debt by appropriating a
portion of the revenue from the public works
as a sinking fund for that purpose, was ably
discussnd throughout the remainder of the
morning session, by Messrs. Reed, Strohm,
Cochran, Williams and Ewing. No final ac
tion was had upon it.
The Senate met in the afternoon to consider
private bills. A few passed final reading in a
batch. One to authorize the opening of Frank
lin street, Philadelphia.
iMr. Killtnger offered an amendment to a
bill repealing the section of tho act passed at
the -last session of the Legislature, requiring
the Lebanon Bank to pay a bonus for the ex
tension of its charter. No action was had on
the amendment.
Sentence of KeatEi.
On Thursday morning, "Sentence
of Death" was passed at New Bruns
wick, N. X, on Peter Robinson, for
the murder of the late Mr. Suydam.
He is to be executed in the New
Brunswick county jail, on the 16th of
April. All accounts agree that the
prisoner, after the verdict of the jury,
evinced a careless and hardened in
difference; and after the sentence was
passed, he actually wished the Sher
LrF "to divide the execution fees" with
him on the ground, as he said, that
'haying the severest part to perform
in the .ceremony, he ought to shaie
the profits! , While the sentence was
.being passed, he was apparently un
moved, though, the Chief Justice was
much affected. Pa. Inquirer.
l , rosT- uffici: jjei'aut:''ENt. . -:
- ' March 20,:l8.ilT.
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Abstract from' the Journal, jdr the week eliding
this day.
POSTMASTERS APPOINTED.
David D. Hoyt, at Palmyra, Wayne countv
"N. Y. " - ' '
Enoch A. Hall, at West Bloomfield, Ontario
county,' NY.
Mathew H. Stevens, at Sushan, Washington
county, N. ,Y.
Jonathan K. Horlonrat Greenwich,. Wash
ton county, N. Y. - - - -
Jerome D. Mosher, at White Creek, Wash
ington county, N. Y.
Jbhn Harris, at Charlestown, Middlesex
county,. Mass.
David Brigham, Madison, Iowa county, Wis
consin Territory.
Jared Lake, South Port, Racine county, Wis
consin Territory.
Horrace Hatch, Pike, Alleghany county, -N.
York.
Asahel Burrington, Burke, Caledonia coun
ty, Vermont.
Isaac Covington, Berlin, Worcester county,
Maryland.
John C. Rouse, Argyle, Washington county,
N. Y.
Post Office Eevenne of Great Britain.
A return of the total net produce of the post
office revenue in Great Britain and Ireland,
respectively, in the year ending the 4th day of
January, 1841:
Payments into the Exchequer.
Great Britain, jC44J ,000 0 0
Ireland, 6,664 10 G
jG447,664 10 6
McLeod's Case. In consequence of a cler
ical error in the venire, committed by the clerk
of the county, it appears that the trial of Mc
Leod must go oyer until another term. The
court will not be held. We believe that an
other Circuit will not or cannot be .held until
after the May term of tho Supreme Court.
N. Y. Spectator.
Conviction. At the last sessions of tho Mont
gomery Court, Septimus Sh.epard was convict
ed of murder in the second degree, and sen
tenced to 4 years in the Eastern Penitentiary.
The offence was committed while the criminal
was intoxicated. Another instance of the evil
of spiritous liquors:
Tlie iiost Mails Found.
Tho last Augusta (Geo.) Chronicle says:
By a gentleman who arrired in the cars yes
terday from the West, we learn that the Mails,
which were lost in tho Ocmulgee, have been
recovered frOrri an Island in the river, on which
they had floated.
The Buckeye Pilgrim. On the day of the In
auguration, a man mounted the rail which en
circles the top of the central dome of the capi:
tol, swung his hat as if he had been standing on
terra firma, and cried, "Hurra for Tippecanoe!"
The attendant rebuked him and ordered him
down. "Tut, man," 3aid he, "do you think I'll
come down at your bidding. I came all the
way from Ohio, under promise to fulfil this vow."
lt Hurrah for Tippecanoe! he cried again
swinging his hat. "Come down, sir," said the
attendant, with much sharpness and determina-
tion. " rut, man, not I, till I've done it once
"There sir, now I'll come down, and am ready
to go back to Ohio."
The Tariff and the South.
A Washington correspondent of the Boston
Atlas, writes in a lato letter:
" On the subject, too, of a protective Tariff,
it is held a matter of doubt whether there is not,
in reality, a stronger feeling in its favor in the
South than at the North. There has on this
point, evidently been, within a few years past,
an extraordinary chango both of interest and
opinions. At all events, tho antitariff feeling
at the North has evidently very much increased,
while at the South there has grown up in cer
tain parts, a desire for protective duties on cer
tain articles of importation. This latter feeling
is the strongest, perhaps at tho South West but
it is not wanting in parts of N. and S. Carolina
and Georgia, to protect their cotton manufac
tures, and exists still more among tobacco grow
ers, who desire retaliatory duties upon imports
from Franco. This last feeling prevails to
great extent in Maryland, and in nearly tho
whole of Virginia. In the latter State, the dis
trict of Wise and Mallory, being wholly com
mercial, and therefore antagonist to the inter-
ests of tho tobacco growers, none of this article
being raised there, are exceptions. The state
of feeling on this subject which is rapidly in
creasing in strength and extent, does not appear
to be fully appreciated at the North."
Remarkable. Out of tho Sixty-aeven Re
coivers of the public monies appointed by Van
Buren, there are 3 who are not defaulters. Wo
sincerely hope that Gen. Harrison will suffer
them to retain their situations, as they must bo
men of surpassing integrity to have withstood
so successfully the force of bad example cxhil
ited by their political associates. Lancaster
Uniop.
Sport in the West.-A young man
named ivelier, m Washrnton. Ar
kansas, recently had an encounter
with lour panthers at one time, three
of which he killed and put the fourth
to night.
Tobacco vs. Rats. A decoction of Tobacco
poured intp rat holes, is said to ho a sufilcien
notice for the tenants to quit.
' ag-o'KESGar stews: .
T4m!ALEDONIA ARRIVED.
TwENry-Twd Davs Later.
The steam ship Cai.edo.via arrived at Bos
ton on Saturday morning 20th hist, with 2z
days later intelligence from England, having
eft Liverpool on ihe-4th inst. a passage of 1G
days. She brought 13 passengers to, Halifax,
38 to Boston, and 2d Irom Halifax lo Boston.
There is no political news of consequence-
The general aspect of things was pacific, but
the markets continued dull. J he iNew York
packet ship Geo. Washington arrived ?n Liver
pool on thtf 3d with news of the suspension of
he U. S. Bank, but its effect in London was
not known in Liverpool when the Caledonia
en.
Kothinn later from China. The dates from
EffVOt and Cnnstnnt"iinn1 arr fn Tan
The plague was raging with great, virulence on
the banks of the Nile.
A SHIP WITH 122 PERSONS LOST.
One of the most dreadful accidents at sea oc
curred oil' Holyhead on the 20th ult. a little af
ter midnight. An emigrant ship, bound to New
York, called the Gov. Fenuer, Capt. Andrews,
sailed from Liverpool on the 1 9ih with 100
passengers and a full crew, and about 2 o'clock
he next morning, when 20 miles north of Hoi v-
tieaa rne nigni oomg excessively oars. sirncic
the Nottingham steamer from Dublin to Liver
pool, and in one minute after wont down with
every soul on board! save the captain, who
caugnt a rope from the steamer just as the ship
was sinking, and the mato. who jumped from the
breyard. All the passengers were in their
berths and asleep at ihe moment they were thus
lurried into eternity; and the crew also, with
the exception of the watch.
She had on board a large number of cnltie,
and in order to keep her afloat 200 of ihem
were thrown overboard. Had the weather been
boisterous the steamer would undoubtedly have
shared the fate of the Gov. Fenner.
The greater number of passengers were Irish,
but several were from Lancashire, Hereford,
Somerset, and other English counties. Some
ew were from Liverpool, and were going to
the U. States on pleasure or business. Others
had been there before and were returning to
heir friends. The passengers were chiefly
mechanics and laborers of a rather superior
class.
The Royal Christening. The ceremony
of christening her Royal Highness the Prin
cess Royal took place at Buckingham Palace
on the evening of the 10th inst. at 6 1-2 o'clock,
with every state and solemnity befitting the oc
casion.
When ihe Archbishop of Canterbury came
to that part of the ceremony for naming ihe
Princess, her Royal Highness was given mio
his hands by her nurse. Her Majesty ihe
Queen Dowager then named her Royal High
ness. VICTORIA ADELAIDE MARY LOUISA.
After the baptism the Princess was relumed
to her nurse.
The case of McLeod appears to excite deep
interest in England, and is much discussed in
the papers. It was rumored in Paris' that the
French Cabinet was disposed to offer its medi
ation in the case.
Capture of the Caroline. In the House of
Commons on tho 1st inst. Sir J. Graham ad
dressed an inquiry to ministers in relation to a
pension granted to Lieut. McCormic of the roy
al navy, for wounds received in the service.
Lord John Russell answered that tho services
were performed by him under the command of
the supreme colonial authorities in the capture
of the Caroline.
The Thames Tunnel is completed lo within
12 yards of the foot passengers' shaft.
Tho Liverpool Albion of the 1st instant says:
Mr. Bernard has offered to ship all the paupers
in the Cork workhouse to America at 5 per
head.
Trade is in a deplorable state in Paris, and
bankruptcies numerous beyond example, chief
ly, however, of small merchants'and traders.
The Globe (Ministerial paper) announces
that her Majesty is again in an "interesting sit
uation." Singular Excitement. A great degree of
excitement has for a week past prevailed in
Lyme, Waterford, and Montville, Mass., in con
sequence of the sudden appearance of a man,
apparently a sailor, who presented himself re
cently at tho City Hotel at Now London, and
claimed to be George W. Warren, son of E.R.
Warren at Lyme. In 1831 a schooner com
manded by Captain Loomis, sailed from New
London for Mobile, and on board of her were
a number of passengers belonging at New Lon
don and its vicinity and among them was
George W. Warren. The vessel is supposed
to have been lost on her voyage, as sho never
reached Mobile, and nothing has since been
heard of her, or of a soul on board of her. Tho
father and mother of young Warren deny that
this new comer is their son, and have publish
ed an affidavit, in which they protest that h'
has not the slightest resemblance to their low
boy. On tho other hand, many allego thai h
is tho eritablo George W. War'ron, and pnlV
to know him by scars and marks which tho
know Warren carried in his boyhood; and V '
question whether ho is or is not that individi:
has excited the community in that vicinity
a feverish decree, forming ihe tonic of all con- I
versation, disputation, and numerous bets. He
has, himself, confessed, that ho is not young"
w , 1
warruu, anu mat nis name is oetn w. unase, u
but hlSfdisclaimer. gains no credit with a largt l
portion of thq community, who insist, will het,
mu no, tnat tie is and must be Ueorge W. War
ren, and no one else. And so the excitin:
matter stands at present.
Flour at Baltimore $4,31 a 4,37.