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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
troudslm, Pa. April 14, 1841.
Terms, $2,00 tn advance; $2.25, naif yearly ; and $2,50 if not
raid befoie the end of the year.
FOR GOVERNOR.
JOHN BANKS,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
For want of Foom we are compelled to defer
ihe publication of the address of Judge Banks,
as promised in our last. It shall appear next
week.
Bealh of tlie President.
In our last we noticed the melancholy intelli
gence of the death of Gen. William Henry Har
rison, late Presidentof the United States. We
had then no time for comment on the sad and
unexpected news, and shall therefore take the
present opportunity for making a few remarks
upon the life and character of this great man.
His life was one of pre-eminent usefulness
lo his country. No man ever, perhaps, devoted
more time and service to the nation than did
Gen. Harrison, through his long and useful ca
Teer. He was ever ready at her call, either to
maintain her honour in the field, or to advocate
and protect her interests in the Legislative
Halls, and at the Council Board. From the
tender ago of 19 years, in 1791, when he was
appointed an Ensign in the Army, by Washing
ion, till the year 1829, when he was minister
to South America, a period of 37 years, he was
almost constantly in the public service, and
held no less than fourteen different commis
sions. He enjoyed the confidence of, and was
honoured by, every successive President, from
the formation of the Republic, down to the ac
cession of Gen. Jackson to that office. And
when he was recalled, through the enmity of
that man, from his theatre of action and useful
ness, and retired to the shades of his belored
North Bend; it was but to await the almost
tinanimons call of his fellow-countrymen, to re
deem the Institutions of the land, from the
dreadful condition in which they had been
placed, by the "follower in the footsteps of his
predecessor."
In examining his military career we find that
his services to his country were rendered under
more than the usual difficulties, and dangers of
war. In the winter campaigns of the North,
amidst snows and tempests, his clothing filled
but a single valise, and his only bedding, to
protect him from the severe frosts of the night,
was a single blanket. He never took lo him
self more than he allowed the commonest of his
soldiers, with whom he always shared every
privation and danger. It was this trait in his
character, which so endeared him to his sol
diers, and to a man induced them, last fall, to
come to his support.
His civil life, was as marked and unexcep
tionable as his military career, was distinguish
ed and useful. The good of the people, was
2iis constant aim; and the opening of his new
administration, was characterised by such meas
ures as could not but have redownded to his
credh, and his country's usefulness.
Bui he has' been taken from us; and America
weeps his death! His loss is in truth a nation
al calamity. A confiding people had elevated
3rirn to the highest honour in the gift of man,
and looked with anxious hope to his carrying
out the true principles of Government. But
an all-wise Providence has thought fit to re
move bim from our midst, and we feel bound to
submit to the decree. Those who were pre
sent when he breathed his last, inform us, that
as he lived, so he died. "In death, as in life,
2he happiness of his country was uppermost in
liis thoughts." May it be a lesson to us all.
"The "jeffersonian republican" i too small
an affair to waste ammunition upon." North
ampton Messenger.
Indeed, Prince Billyi So you can't spare us
a bit, and wo must be treated with almost silent
contempt. Perhaps there is some reason why
you cannot spare us any. Perhaps, as we bore
flown to hard upon you two weeks ago, you
ihink us more than a mach for you. Or it
may be, that as you are engaged in exerting
3'our royal powers to captivate a certain fair
Miss, in Easton, you want all your stores of
ammunition, as well as your stock of assurance,
lo effect your purpose. Well, let it be either;
we are satisfied. We have done our duty.
We have helped to expose you and your Mes
henger to the People ef Pennsylvania, and they
now know that a Governor' on is employed to
manufacture "public sentiment" for his papa. O
fiharoe. whore is thv blush.
The citizens of Easton, gene'rally, on Mon
day last paid a merited tribute of respect to the
deceased President, by a funeral procession,
and an Oration, delivered by A. E. Brown, Esq.
On Wednesday last, whilst the last sad rites
were performed over the remains of the Gen
eral, every house, store and workshop in Eas
ton was closed. The Church bells were tolled,
and minute guns fired.
Tlie funeral oi Gen. Harrison.
The funeral of the late President took place
at Washington, on Wednesday last at 12 o'clock.
His remains were entombed in tho receiving
vault of the Congress burying ground, with ap
propriate ceremonies. A committee of one
from each State and Territory acted as pall
bearers.
Another Veto.
Governor Porter, as we anticipated, has
vetoed the Bank Bill. About the next veto
we hear of, will be the people vetoing him.
Robinson Since His Trial.
The New Brunswick Times says: "since
his sentence Robinson remains unaffected. He
refuses to admit the ministers of the gospel to
his cell, and has kicked the Bible from his
door. On one occasion he did admit a clergy
man and seemed somewhat moved by his ad
monitions; but the next day he was as reckless
and hardened as before. He has made so
many different confessions that reliance can be
placed on none. He has, however, distinctly
avowed himself tho murderer of Suydam."
Mcleod's Eife and Character.
The New York Times communicates some
personal facts in regard to McLeod's former
life. He is respectably connected in N. York
city, and studied for the ministry, but was ex
pelled for want of moral character. He then
studied medicine in Philadelphia, and went to
India as a surgeon of a merchant vessel; and
finally returned lo Canada, his native country.
Ha has long been known as a lying braggado
cio, and the Times is of opinion that, as the only
witness of his having been present at the burn
ing of the Caroline, is himself, his Munchausen
character for truth and veTacily will prevent
that evidence from having any weight. Syra
cuse State Journal.
A Pioneer Gone. The Warren (Ohio)
Chronicle notices the death of Mr. Ebenezer
Gilson, of Canfield, a soldier of the revolution,
aged 87 years. Mr. G. removed from Sharon,
Connecticut, to Canfield township, Trumbell
county, Ohio, in 1798. In 1799 he carried the
mail on foot between Warren and Pittsburg,
the first mail ever sent from Pittsburg north
westerly towards the State of Ohio. The first
letters Mr. G. carried in a pocket handkerchief
for the want of mail bags.
From the Hunterdon (N. J.) Gazette.
Lambertville, April 1, 4841.
Melancholy AccidentFour laves
XiOSt.
"In the midst of life we are in death."
Mr. Brown We have a sad and heart rend
ing accident to record this morning, which has
caused sorrow and mourning in the hearts of
many, and shrouded our village in gloom and
in melancholy. Never was the truth of the
above quotation more painfully brought to our
minds than upon this occasion. The Ferry
Flat which plies between Lambertville and New
Hope struck the Pennsylvania Pier of the New
Hope Delaware Bridge with such force as to
upset the Fiat, and all on board were precipita
ted into the middle of the rirer. The current
was strong, and immediately upon its striking
the Flat turned up and broke in the middle
one half remaining against the pier, and the
other half floated down the river. It contained
two loaded wagon3, one belonging to Mr. Ran
dolph, moving to the West, and the other to
Johnson Pidcock, who, with his family, con
sisting of himself, his wife, two children, and
his mother, were moving to Bucks county. We
learn there were twelve persons on board al
together, including the hands employed. Their
shrieks and cries for help were appalling in
deed, as many witnessed the catastrophe.
Boats were immediately put out from both
shores for succour and relief. We have not
learned ihe names of all the persons on board,
(not being present,) but some narrowly escaped
with their lives. The names of those drowned
were Miss Rose, daughter of Mr. John Rose,
an interesting young lady aged about 17 years;
Torbet Westner, one of the hands; and two
children of Mr. Pidcock. The wife of Mr.
Pidcock was seen floating by a young man
casually crossing in a boat at the time, and was
rescued from a watery grave, with an infant
child in her arms, and landed on the Pennsyl
vania side; .the child survived but a short time;
the mother is doing well. Two or three others
just escaped with their lives. Two of the men
clung lo the part of the boat remaining on the
pier, and saved themselves by climbing up the
pier on the bridge. The greatest exertions
were made bv tho inhabitants of the two vil
lages to save tho passengers, and secure the
properly on board; and especial praise is due
to several individuals lor the extraordinary ex
erlions they made for that purpose. The fam
ily of Mr. Randolph had crossed in another
boat, and were thus probably saved lrom a wa
tery grave. The horses were unloosed from
the wagons before starting, and three of them
were saved by swimming to the shores ; one
was drowned and another much injured. The
boat was commanded by Paxson Coates, who
was steerini? at the time. The wind was
blowinjgifitrong, the river high, and current
ronil Voiir Arn
JEFFEKSONIAN REPUBLICAN.
Correspondence oj the United States Gazette.
Washington, April 7, 1841.
Funeral of the President.
This has been a day of deep solemnity in
the city of Washington. We have looked on
the countenance of death, and have felt his
shadow over and around us. The thoughts
and feelings of men, their countenances and
conversation, took their tone from the mourn
fulness of the occasion. Busy memories were,
doubtless, retracing the events of the last few
weeks, full of sad and salutary lessons of the
hollowness and instability of all human distinc
tions, all teaching the humiliating truth, that
"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
Less than two months have elapsed since the
citizens of Washington paraded the streets in
joyous procession, to receive and welcome the
President elect, who came amongst us vigor
ous in constitution, filled with gratitude for the
honors to which he had been called, with the
most patriotic desire to repay unbounded con
fidence with unstinted service, and sustained
by a sanguine hope of a successful administra
tions of the functions of government. Again,
scarcely a month ago, with all the magnificence
of numbers, and all the "pomp and circum
stance" of military array, swelled and strength
ened by the presence of tens of thousands of fel
low citizens from every State in the Union, with
banners and music, we accompanied him to
the Capitol, and saw him take the oath of fidel
ity to the Constitution, and heard the clear and
distinct tones in which, for a full hour, he dis
coursed of his duties to the assembled thous
ands. The sounds of triumphant joy were
loud and long, and while yet the echoes are
coming to us from the remotest of our moun
tains, we have been summoned for the third
time. But, alas! our banners are now hung
with crape; an early frost has fallen on our
budding hopes; the fruits we had hoped to
gather, have withered in the germ; and with
solemn tread and mournful music, amidst the
measured boomings of minute guns, and the
sighs and tears of an afflicted people, we have
been escorting to the tomb him whom we had
so recently invested with official power; have
taken him from the proud mansion of the na
tion's executive, and deposited him in the nar
row house, appointed for all living. Our loud
paeans of triumph, our boisterous greetings, our
exuberant pledges of fidelity, and confidence,
and support have all terminated in this brief
peroration "ashes to ashes, dust to dust."
Such are the idolatry and the idols of men.
I will now proceed to give you a description
of the ceremonies with which we have accom
panied the remains of General Harrison to the
grave.
At sunrise, we had some reason to expect a
beautiful day; but before eight o'clock, the tem
perature changed, the sun was obscured, and
the hollow and fitful moanings of the wind in
dicated unpleasant, if not stormy weather.
About seven o'clock, the firing of minute guns
commenced from the military stations ; and the
roll of drums, the occasional blast of a trumpet,
and the hurrying to and fro, and increasing
grouping of citizens, gave distinct information
that the day was to be devoted to an extraor
dinary purpose. Stores and offices were closed,
the strife of buying and selling was suspended,
tho fronts of most of the houses ornamented
with festoons, arches and fringings, of crape
and cambric, and flags halfmast, were to be
seen floating from the Capitol, the Navy Yard,
the forts, and towers of the churches. It was
after eleven o'clock, when the procession in
front of the Presidential mansion presented a
complete line, and a few minutes before twelve,
a funeral car, being a platform raised in the cen
tre, covered with black velvet, and drawn by
six white horses, a colored man, dressed in
white muslin, according to the Turkish cos
tume, with a black scarf, being at the head of
each horse, entered the square, and drew up
within the portico. In the meantime, the ser
vice was performed over the corpse in the
east room, which was hung with black cam
bric, in the presence of the Vice President, the
Cabinet, the members of the old Cabinet, the
foreign Ministers, the Clergy and such others
as had the privilege of admission. The ser
vice was read by the Rev. Mr. Hawley of the
Episcopal Church, who, after the close, stated
that on the day of tho Inauguration, after the
conclusion of the ceremony, General Harrison
walked to a bookseller s store, and purchased a
Bible and Prayer Book, which he had kept in
his chamber from that time, reading from them
every evening. He had also notified his inten
tion to join the Episcopal Church on tho Sun
day when he was taken ill.
Precisely at twelve o'clock, a detachment ol
trumpeters, which had been marched up in front
ol the portico, played the German hymn, during
which tho body was moved, and placed on the
car. The coffin was covered with a rich vel
vet, on which were placed two swords, laid
across, and a roll of parchment, with a profu
sion of fresh hyacinths. At a signal, the artil
lery in front of the square sent forth its thunders,
the bell of St. John's Church began to toll, and
the mourners and others left the mansion, and
the procession began its march. Just after it
had been put in motion, the Maryland Legisla
ture, which had just reached the depot, where
a military escort had been stationed to roceive
them, marched up the avenue, and were re
ceived into the station in the line which had
been reserved Tor them. The length of the
whole procession is computed to have been
about a mile and a half; and the military escort
amounted to from one thousand to fifteen hun
dred men; and a more soldierly exhibition has
never been witnessed in the city. The bells of
the different churches and fire companies tolled,
and the guns at the various stations took up tho
fire, as the procession came up. It was near
three o clock when the gales of the Congress
Burying Ground opened to receive the mourn
ful cortege. There the body was taken from
the car, and placed on a bier, which was car
ried slowly, and with frequent intervals of rest,
by a detachment of artillery men, surrounded
by a number of pall-bearers, to the public vault,
where the residue of the service was read, and
the corpse was placed in the spot prepared for
its reception. The marines then fired several
excellent vollies, the guns of the flying artillery
pealing forth their thunders in the intervals, and
the procession resumed its march homewards.
THE VAULT.
The public vault was hung with festoons of
black crape and muslin. It is a spacious arch
ed apartment at the extremity of the ground,
perfectly dry. There were about eight coffins
in it, before that of General Harrison was re
ceived into it. In the centre of this vault, a
mahogany shell had been placed, and into this
shell the coffin was fitted. The lid was then
placed upon it, and the door of the vault was
closed.
GENERAL EFFECTS.
It was the universal impression, so far as I
could glean it, that the procession was larger,
and the whole effect more imposing; than that
of the pageant of the Inauguration. The ma
rines mustered in great strength, and exhibited
a truly soldierly appearance; and the corps of
U. S. Flying Artillery attracted groat admira
tion. I have never seen any thing to surpass
the solemnity of the whole scene.
The Vice President appeared to be much af
fected, and if a judgement might be formed from
his countenance, felt the deep responsibility
of his new position. Mr. Ewing, the Sec
retary of the Treasury was, at times, almost un
manned by the excess of his grief. Mr. Web
ster, Mr. Bell, Mr. Granger, and Mr. Critten
den, evinced, by their deportment, that they
felt their loss.
Tho discharge of minuto guns continued du
ring the day. We have now laid the venerable
chief in his tomb; and to-morrow, the business
of Government, and the hum of life, will be re
sumed, and the ceremonies which have pierced
us with such deep sorrow to-day, will gradually
fade from memory, and serve only to adorn a
page in the history of our country.
In a day or two I will write you again. We
have every hopo that Mr. Tyler will carry out
the views of the lamented General Harrison.
Still later from England.
THE ACADIA ARRIVED.
We had yesterday afternoon, copies of Lon
don papers to the 19th of March, through Harn
dens Express. They were brought to Boston;
by the Acadia steam packet of Cunard's line.
The Acadia had 79 passengers to Halifax,
landed 28 of them there, and took on board 8
more for Boston. She brought 13 mail bags,
containing about 11,000 letters, which, as the
British Queen left London only 9 days before
for New York, maybe considered a large num
ber.
The London Sun of the 18th says: Upon
mature reflection the tenor of the advices re
ceived yesterday from New York is considered
decidedly more satisfactory than the previous
accounts, and consequently the alarm which
prevailed here, on the subject of peace or war,
has in some degree subsided. The best proof
of this is the fact of a further advance in the
prices of all securities, both English and For
eign yesterday and to-day; those who had spec
ulated for a fall having shown a disposition to
change their accounts, and to go for a rise.
The improvement in Stocks is assisted also
by the state of our Money Market, which has
lately assumed an appearance of ease and stead
iness such as we were accustomed to see in
former times; whilst the demands for capital in
trade are reduced to the lowest ebb, from the
general disposition of all parties to limit their
risks as much as possible, until political affairs
become more settled. Tho circulation of the
Bank must naturally be increasing daily, under
the operation of paying away notes in exchange
for the gold brought into the country; and at the
same time, people are encouraged to reduce
their reserves, and part with their surplus cash
more freely, when they see there is no longer
any danger of another sudden contraction on
the part of the Bank of England, such as we
have frequently experienced when a drain upon
their bullion was m force.
The steamship Columbia, hence, 2d ult. ar
rived in Liverpool, on the morning of the 16th,
in a little more than eleven days from Hahlax.
The London Evening Chroniclo says "Sir
Jeremiah Dickson, K. C. B. is appointed to the
command of the troops in Nova Scotia."
Speaking of the report of Mr. Pickens to
Congress and the resolutions of Mr. Fillmore,
on the McLeod affair, the London Chronicle
says: "The resolutions aro but the natural con
sequence the complement of the report. In
looking at the whole intelligence from America,
we do not think it justifies the serious appre
hensions with which many seem disposed to
regard it. We do not think that the resolutions
of Mr. Filmore mean war, more than, according
to his own avowal, did the ordinances of M.
Thiers. Indeed they seem to be far less men
acing."
The Money Market. London, March 19.
The favorable impression produced by the news
received by the Columbia, from America, has
led to a further improvemnt in the Funds to-day.
Consols for the Account having closed at 88
5-8 to 3-4 being 1-8 per cent, advance since
yesterday. Exchequer Bills were 6s to 8s
premium.
The Boy Jones in the Palace Again.
The Sun, of the 16th says; "Yeslerday even
ing the boy Edward Jones, who about three
months ago, found his way into Buckingham
Palace, and had the satisfaction of inspecting
the yueen s apartments, and hearing the Prin
cess Royal 'cry,1 paid another visit to the Pal
ace, but, luckily for the peace of its inmates, he
gj shut ihihj jjii-jmLeaiik taaaBrfa
was soon discovered and taken into custodv.
He had effected an entrance unobserved by tho
guards and police stationed in the Palace and
its vicinity; but before he had time to intrude
far, his progress was arrostcd by a sergeant, of
police. He was instantly conveyod to the sta
tion house, where he remained all night, and
to-day was brought to Bow street. The pnV
oner only came out of Tothill-fields House of
Correction this day fortnight." It was intend
ed to ship him on board a man-of-war to keep
him out of the way. Jones declares thai his
only object in going to the Palace was to hear
the conversation of her Majesty and Prince Al
bert, in order to "write a book," which he says
must be road with great interest. It was as
certained that he had, previously to being dis
covered visited her Majesty's larder, as at the
time he was disturbed he was feasting himself
with cold meat and potatoes which he had con
veyed up stairs in a white handkerchief
The Queen and Court still remain at Buck
ingham Palace.
Several papers contradict tho announcement
made by the London Globe respecting the "sit
uation" of the Queen. 0
London, March 18 City, Twelve O'clock.
Upon mature reflection, the tenor of the ad
vices received yesterday, from New York, is
considered decidedly more satisfactory than tho
previous accounts, and consequently the alarm
which prevailed here, on the subject of peace
or war, has in some degree subsided. The
best proof of this is the fact of a further advance
in the prices of all securities, both English and
Foreign, yesterday and lo day; thobe who had
speculated for a fall having shown a disposition
to change their accounts and go for a rise.
Globe.
It is confidently stated that the Marquis of
Hertford is a heavy loser by the stoppage of tho
United States Bank. It is saioN that fearful uf
a war between England and France, he sold
out from the England funds not less than 500,
000, and transferred it for better security to the
United States Bank; and has become minus to
this large amount.
Turkey and Egypt. We have reason to
believe that the protocol agreed to by the con
ference of London for regulating the affairs of
the East, and for terminating the quintuple trea
ty of July, as well as the treaty of Unkiar Ske
lessi, has been accepted by the French Govern
ment. Morning Herald.
The Journal des Debats contains the follow
ing reflections on the consequences of a war
between Great Britain and the United States:
" When we consider the important interests
which connect Great Britain and the United
States, the considerable mass of English capi
tal enframed in America, the immense outlet
o o a
whiob Grpat Britain finds for her manufacture?
in America, and whence she receives 1 ,500,000
bales of cotton annually, one is terrified at the
consequences of such a war to Great Brittan.
The mean3 of destruction employed against the
Americans would in a great measure fall upon
British property. The money and the blood
expended by Great Britain in such a contest
would definitively be drawn from herself, and
her efforts would produce no other results but
that of depriving of employment and food her
immense population, already exhausted by the
feudal system of property and the insatiable ra
pacity of the Anglican church."
FRANCE.
The Chamber of Peers has condemned the
editor of the National to imprisonment for one
month, and a fine of 400, for calling the
Peers "superanuated, and fitter for the tomb
than legislation."
The National, speaking of the dispute be
tween England and America, says: "We hope
the United States will be firm and resolute to
the end. It will not be the first time that they
have lowered the British pride, which has al
ways increased in insolence with the humility
of its adversaries. Let the Americans bear their
own history in mind; they will find in it just
grounds for confidence, and the whole woild
will be indebted to them it they succeed in
shaking a power, whose immoderate ambition
is the sourco of annoyance and anxiety bolh to
old and new States."
The Temps says that the Prince do Joinville
is to be sent to ihe Chinese seas, where it is
necessary that the French flag should be in a
state of observation.
Galignani's Messenger, of Monday, the 15th
of March, says: "On Friday oveu'ng, Count
Von Hartig, attached to the Austrian embassy,
left Paris with despatches from Count d'Ap
pong to the Cabinet of Vienna. We believe
we can affirm that these despatches, relate to
conferences which have taken place: within the
last few days between M. Guizot and the Am.
bassadors of the Powers which took part in the
oonference of London, concerning the protesta
tions Mehemet Ali against the obnoxious stipu
lations of the Sultan's firman."
Letters from Strasburg of the 8th of March
state that the garrison of that city as well as
those of the other cities in the department of
the Lower Rhine are going decidedly to be re
duced to the poace establishment. Gazette da
France, March 15.
Paris papers to the 17th. of March are near
ly filled with the report on the fortifications te,
r. 1 1. id. k.. t .. : i..m.-f
raws, reau uu inu ioui, uy ummi moumei, n
the Chamber of Peers. j
SPAIN.
Madrid, March 3. Spain has just passed
through two great trials without turbulence or
violence a general election and tho carnival
By a singular fatality, periods and occasions of
public amusement are always being suspected
of becoming times of trouble and disorder.
Lotters received hero to-day announce tbf. W
immediate departure of Senor Olozaga frccr f
runs.
Madrid papers of the 6th state that report
were in circulation of a speedy change m &