JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Stroudslmrg, RToveniber 10, 1811.
Terras, $2,00 in advance; $2.25, naif yearly; and $.2,50 if not
paid befoic the end of the vear.
New Jersey.
The difficulties in the New Jersey Legisla
te have been settled, and Mr. Pennington has
'-run re-elected Governor by the following tri
umphant vote
For Pennington, 44
For Peter D. Vroom, 30
"Whig majority on joint ballot, 14
Governor Pennington was inaugurated the
nOernoon of the same day.
Governor Porter has appointed John 13. But--r
of Alleghany to be Canal Commissioner in
jiuce of Hugh Keys lately deceased.
uoh s inai aiiew lornnas uccn puaipuueu
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u the 2th of December.
Potatoes.
Twenty thousand bushels were recently sold
Hallowell, Maine, at two shillings per bush
.1. At Green Bay, where wheat is selling for
-nventy cents a bushel, flour is retailed at $7
.tO a barrel !
Governor Corwin, of Ohio, has appointed'
Thanksgiving throughout that State.
The Intelligencer of Friday last says:-Gcn. I
fral D. Parker, formerly Adjutant and Inspec
tor General, and subsequently Paymaster Gen
oral of the Army, has deen appointed by the
Secretary of War Chief Cltrk of that Depart
ment. "Come Home."
The last New Orleans Picayune contains the
uhore cheering and welcome exhortation to
hose who love its "sunny clime." Touching
'isease and the safety of strangers arriving
-icre, it says: All may now return or come to
"w Orleans without fear of contracting the
vellow fever. Those all those who seek to
letter their condition by their talents and in
dustry, and who, at the same time, increase
ho growth and wealth of our beloved city, are
welcome among us. Let sharpers, loafers,
sharks and blacklegs keep away.
The Philadelphia Post Office.
A paragraph in a morning conlemparary a
iy or two since, in which it was alledged that
veral heavy losses had been sustained through
tismanagement or crime in the Philadelphia
!'nst Office, we know to be utterly groundless,
"ihe forty-five thousand dollars sent from Bos
:n was committed to the care of Harnden's Ex
cess, and it is not pretended that it was ever
.-i the Post Office at Boston, Philadelphia, or
. 'jv intermediate place. The -'twenty thous-.-ttl
dollars' alledged to have been sent from
Brooklyn has dwindled down in the reports to
venty dollars, and there is as little evidence
t wrong in the Post Offices in this case, as in
Me other. All the charges calculated to effect
:ue reputation of Mr. Montgomery appear to be
piaHy destitute of foundation. Mr. Hobbie,
f the Post Offiee Department, is in Philadel
phia attending the Circuit Court in behalf of
e United States against Reestde, and not on
count of any errors in the administration of
he office m that city. An Officer oi the De
triment has communicated these facts to the
tper to winch we have alluded, over his prop
er signature, and it will, of course, retract the
""wees against Mr. Montgomery, who is one
.the most careful, competent and scrupulous
aificers in the country. We cannot but regret
'He appearance of any articles calculated to
convey a different impression. lrwune.
Loco Gains The Sussex (N. J.) Regis
r shows off the' boasted triumphs of the Lo
os in some parts where little or no" exertion is
stiade by the Whigs in the following stvle.
Whirgain in Sussex Computed in Locofoco
ptyle. At the late election in oussex me regu
teri&'Locofoco candidate for Council had 1102
otes: regular whig, none: Locofoco majority,
102. The majority last November was 1762
makintr a clear whig gain in eleven months
t Six fiunarcu anu aixty lilu cwico.
getting up stairs pretty rapidly.
The Arkausas Tragedy.
The last Arkansas Gazette contains a de
scription of the late outrage and wholesale mur
4cr at Uland 64. It is said that "most of the
lynchers were the former associates" of thei
unfortunate. victims; and that they combined to
vmurder them and drive them off in order to get
their nronertv. The Gazette publishes the
names of the murderers and the murdered. It
appears that since the murder, the lynchers
have driven the women and children from their
homes in Coahoma county, burned their houses
mud sold their lands and property "nnder sham
:-"- - . r.
loVements." Judge .Lacy ot tne supreme:
"oiir i of Arkansas, and some of the most res-
xieoiable citizens, have beep threatened with
Jeath if they attempted to bring the lynchers
j;iiific?.
New i'ork Election.
The Whigs have succeeded in electing one
Senator from New York city Morris Frank
linas will be seen by the following statement
of ihe vote, in the first district:
Whig. Loco Foco.
Franklin. Lord. Varian. Purdy.
Co. N.York, 16,214 16,131 16,456 16,227
Richmond, 74 74
Lings, 139 122
16,353 16,253 16,530 16,301
Varian's majority over Franklin, 177
Franklin's majority over Purdy, 52
The abolition ticket polled about 75 votes.
The Carroll Hall ticket, upwards of 2,000.
The Courier and Enquirer gives the follow
ing as the latest returns received when that pa
per went to press on Friday morning. They
are sufficient to determine bevond a doubt the
political complexion of the House.
1810.
1841.
Whig. Loco. Whig Loco.
Albany, 301 535
Columbia, 223 , 537
Cayuga, 174 200
Chenango, 253 300
Dutchess, 109 800
.FuIton, 16S 100
Greene, 341 500
Herkimer, 1296 1400
Mefferson,. 473 180
fMontgomerv, 505 400
Madison, .16 400
Ontario, 1301 600
Oneida, 6S8 1200
Onundaga, 87 600
Otsego, 881 1000
Oswego, 110 300
Orange, 537 1300
Rockland, 1045 900
Rensselaer, 205 260
Sullivan, 208 182
Schenectaday, 72 232
Saratoga, ' 385 300
"Seneca, ' 89 300
Uulster, 154 280
Wayne, 197 200
Washington, 1994 1000
Westchester, 362 a 934
From a slip of the Albany Aurgus.
j fOne of ihe Whig candidates for Assembly
! is elected in this county.
According to the above, the Whig loss in the
Assembly is as follows:
Ulster 2; Albany 3; Rensselaer 3: Schenec
tady 2; Fulton 1; Saratoga 2; Oswego 2; Jef
ferson 3; Madison 3; Chenango 3; Cayuga 3;
Wayne 2 2S. Whig gain in Montgomery, 1.
Great Fire in Barre. Thirteen hundred
gallons of spirituous liquors were burnt on the
green in Barre, Massachusetts, a few days
since. The liquors consisted of several retail
ers who promised to give up the business of
selling on condition that the temperance people
1 w
1 would buy what they had on hand.
A few nights since a negro fellow was shot
by a boy thirteen years of age while entering
his mothers house in Springfield, near Vicks-
burg. The negro had been hunted off before,
and returning, made his way up to the door in
the dead of the night, when the boy shot him.
The Texian Congress have directed a mar
ble bust of Senator Walker of Miss, who made
the motion in the U. S. Senate for the recog
nition of the independeace of Texas, and a por
trait of Senator Preston, who seconded the mo
tion, lo be placed in the capitol of that Repub-
1C.
Prince Albert is said to be very expert at
catching flies an amusement which he gener
ally practices in stormy weather, when his pre
cious health might be endangered hv going out.
There is no man so stupid, but has a genious
or something. Sux. Reg.
Loco Foco Festival. The Loco Focos at
Gettysburg, Pa. celebrated the re-election of
Porter as Governor of this State, on Thursday
ast, by a festiral. An ox was roasted and de
molished on the occasion, and several speakers
addressed the multitude. One of the orators,
under the excitement of ihe joyous occasion,
indulged m a great many indecent personalities,
and made such uniust and offensive reflections
upon certain individuals, as not only to disgust
every one present possessing any refinement of
feeling, but so exasperated one of the parties
whom he attacked, as to induce the latter to
treat him to a caning. As soon as the opera
tion was commenced, the orator took to his
heels and made a lodgement for himself in a
second story bed chamber of a dwelling near
at hand, from which, however, he was soon
ejected, and was compelled to make a precipi
tate retreat through the back yard and alley,
and take shelter under the roof of a friend.
A Perilous Adventure. A balloon ascen
sion was made from St. Louis on the 9lh ult.
by Mr. S. Hobart, accompanied by a young la
dy. After the balloon had attained the height
of two miles, Mr. II. wished to descend, but
found tho valve cord was bound fast in the neck
of the balloon, which hung in folds, pressing
on the small hoop overhead. In this difficulty
the bold adventurer climbed up the cords to the
hoop, and, resting upon it, disentangled the
valve cord, which was necessary to give him
command of the balloon. Ho then descended
and made a safe landing about eight miles from
the city.
Sugar or Lead. The Milwaukic Journa
says that a large and rich body of lead of ore
has been discovered on Sugar River.
Riot and Excitement at New Haven.
The students at Old Yale have been creating
a disturbance of a very serious character at N.
Haven and have disgraced themselves by an
outrage upon public properly which is attended
with public danger, and at the same time it is
unjustifiable and infamous in its character. It
appears that on Saturday last the Fire Depart
ment of that city turned out with their engines
for inspection and review An attempt was
made to try the power of the machines upon
the Central Church, for which purpose it was
necessary to lay two trains of hose across the
upper Green, but the students who were enga
ged in playing at foot ball upon the Green de
termined that the hose should not be laid a
cross the Green, and in the face of the public
authorities who had assembled to witrress the
performance, successfully kept possession of j
the Green and drove off tho department
But the quarrel did not end here. Soon after
12 o'clock on Sunday night, a gang of students
in disguise made a rush upon the engine house,
and almost entirely demolished a beautiful ma
chine, called the Washington, which was en
tirely new and ornamented with a beautiful por
trait of the Father of his country About two
hundred feet of hose were also deliberately cut
up and destroyed.
While this was going on the citv watch ral
lied, but were assailed with brickbats and other
missiles, and so overpowered by numbers
that their services were inefficient, and it was
not until the alarm bells were rung and the citi
zens began to turn out that the rioters dispers
ed. The College Faculty view these circumstan
ces with deep regret, and have come promptly
forward and offered to repair all damages, and
will exercise all the means in their power to
prevent a repetition of such offences. N. Y.
Sun.
The Movements of Santa Anna
Santa Anna, it is said has declared himself
Dictator of Mexico, and has promised to re
store the constitution of 1824 Other accounts
avMhat he was in treaty with Bustamente, but
that his real object was to assume all power.
He arrived at the capitol with his troops, on
he night of the 2d September, about three
o'clock, captured by assault the fort of San
Francisco one of the strongest holds of Busta
mente, and also the fort of St. Geronimo.
Most of the officers and men captured, imme
diately enrolled themselves umong Santa An
na's party. On the 3d, President Bustamente,
with 1500 infantry and 500 cavalry, attacked
one of the posts of Santa Anna, but being re
sisted by 500 men'of the corps of Puebla and
argus, was repulsed with great loss, and re-
ired leaving on the ground his killed and woun-
ded. Gen. Galindo on the same day with 700
men, abandoned the cause of Bustamente and
oined Santa Anna. The Censor says that at
tne last accounts General bania Anna had
completed the besieging line around the capitol
with the prospect ol its early surrender. ra
IJorrid effects of Kuan!
On Sunday morning the 24th., Mr. Gcorrge
Vanduyne of Peqimnac township, in this coun
ty, aged about 30 years, was found lying on the
re in his own house, literally roasted to death.
On Saturday evening he purchased a quart of
wihskey as usual "to keep Sunday, and during
the night, whilst intoxicated, flogged his wife.
Ou Sunday morning he plied the bottle again
and his wife, fearing another flagellation during
lis intoxication took her only child and went to
a neighbor's a few rods distant, leaving him sit
ing in a chair by the fire. Sometime alter an
unusual smoke was seen pouring from Van-
duyne's chimney when Mrs. Y. and somo of
the nei"hbors went to the house and discovered
him lying on ihe fire lifeless, with his breasi,
. i i i .1 . -. -. iii-
bowels aim uouy so ourneo inai u was wiinuu
ficulty lie could be removed. Jcrscyman.
A "Philadelphia Lawyer'' in a Snarl.
sinsular incident
occurred at tho Philadel-
phia Court ol Sessions a few days since. A
man named Mavwell, it seems, had been con
victed for the larceny of a promissory note,
and when brought up to recpivn sentence, the
Court told him that if he would iivc up tho
note lo tho lawful owner, his sentence should
be mitigated from three year to six months
The prisoner was willing to do so, but said
the note was in the hands of his counsel, Dan I.
M'Laughlin, Esq. Mr. M'Laughlin was then
caiieu upon, out nc uau conciuueu io noiu on
the note to satisfy some demands of his own,
and refused to give it up. The Judge then or
dered him to give bail lor his appearance on a
charge of receiving stolen propeny, and also a
rule to be entered bv the clerk to 'show cause
why Dan'l. M'Laughlin should not be stricken
from the roll of practising attorneys. Express.
Valuable Discovery.
Kennel Coal. The Pittsburg American states
that Messrs. Reynolds & Shunk, who are build
ing a Furnace on Red Bank Creek, near the
Allegheny river, have discovered, in the imme
diate vicinity of their works, one of tho largest
bodies of this kind of coal that is known in our
country. A friend describes it as lying in a
solid body, and opening on the breast of the
hill, fourteen feet in depth This description
of coal, from being free from sulphur, which l
never the case with bituminous or anthracite,
will, we have no doubt, be capable of being
converted to great and important, uses in the
manufacturing of iron. The discovery of a
mineral of this description is of very great val
ue. It has heretofore been found in small
veins, but this is tho first discovery that has
been mado of so large and valuable a body.
Bait. Sun.
Tho expenses of sweeping the streets of N.
York for 1S41 are estimated at $150,000.
Iron.
We see by the annual statement of the Sec
retary of the Treasury that six millions three
hundred and ninety-seven thousand, three hun
dred and seventy dollars' worth of bar iron alone,
was imported into the United Stales during the
last year, besides articles manufactured of iron,
amounting to one million, twelve thousand three
hundred and twelve dollars, making in the ag
gregate 7 millions, 4 hundred and nine thousand
7 hundred and?eighly-two dollars. Here is be
tween seven and eight millions of dollars ex
ported in one year to pay for an article of which
we have at home an inexhaustible supply. We
need no stronger argument in favor of a protec
tive tariff than this fact alone. In our moun
tains are found inexhaustible bodies of coal,
lime and iron ore lying in close contiguity, and
nil that is needed for their developement is the
lostenng aid ol the government, uive us a
protective tariff and we will soon find the hills
and valleys of Pennsylvania ringing with the
busy din of the manufacturer, and the Valley of
the Susquehanna smoking with numerous fur
naces daily pouring out the mineral wealth of
Montour's Ridge. We hope to see the atten
tion of our manufacturers and mechanics drawn
to this subject it is one of vital importance to
their interests as wellas to every friend of
American industry. We hope that the press
throughout the country will speak out upon the
subject let those who dfcubt our ability to man
ufacture a sufficient supply of iron' for our own
consumption, visit Coluhbia County, where
the)r will find sufficient iron inbedded in Mon
tour's Ridge to supply thJe United States for
dges.-Danville (Pa.) Democrat.
U.VPARALELLED CaSE OpmPRISONMENT FOR
Sabbath-Br e a king ! O n
23d ult. we were witness something which
1 o
seemed to be unparaleled imthe history of Ju
dicial proceedings. Mary Badwin and Claris
sa Mitchel, of Ridgeberry township, helween e
levcn and twelve years oj age,:ere hrouglit from
prison by Sheriff Stevens, on a writ of habeus
corpus, before Judges Good wirt and Laporte, to
procure their discharge from 'the custody of
the Sheriff". It appears that th little girls had
beeu complained of by a fellow !hy the name of
John Owen, for "hallooing and making a great
noise on Sunday" on their returl from Sabbath
school, and that a Mr. Justice Yettingill, had
sent them off" in the custody of tlje constable ro
the county iail in default of payment of a fine of
$4 50 each, which the said imm
dilate Justice
of the Peece commanded the const
ble to demand
of them or to collect the same ou
iof their, the
little girls, " goods and chattels ! ! " After
a full hearing of the case, they wire promptly
discharged by the Judges upon the round first:
of their infancy and second of the illegality of
the whole proceeding. We have no time for
comment upon this extraordinary case. At pres
ent we can only add thatit is lucky for Messrs.
j Owen and Pettingill that they live among the
peaceloving people ot IJiradlord county, rather
, - , h w,,eri 0r Mississioni valley.
where lyncn
Democrat.
i 1 1
law
is fashionable ! Towanda
Death a3Iong PreBvterian Ministers.
In no proceeding perioj in the history of our
church, have we beenlcalled, in so short a
space, to witness the dwth of so many useful
ministers. Since Aprilllast ten have fallen.
Seven of these were of tfp-Southern part of tho
Church, viz.: Messrs. Bocter, Jones, Holman,
Phelps, Breckenridgf;, Suss, and Winchester;
two were from Pennsylaniaj H'iz. : Messrs.
Tait and Terry, and one Ar Linn, from Ohio.
Messrs. Sloss and Winchester were both mem
bers of the last General Asembly. This is a
mournful memento. Wetland still and reve
rently acknowledge the had of God and at the
same time plead with him b spare his church,
withhold his hand, and snd down his most
precious blessings. Prcsbijcrian.
Fork. It is said that p'rk will be lower
this season than it has, been.for some years.
There are large quantities olpork and bacon
now on hand in Cincinnati4! Louisville, &c,
for which there is but a limitedemand, and the
price has consequently fallen o 3 or S 1-2 cts.
per lb. This discourages deafers from buying
the new stock except at a lry price From
prospects, new pork will not blng over i2 per
1 flfl nnnnilo ixvii'.nrk llniln.
The Canton, Miss. Creole ays, four per
sons in a family in that County Were recently
poisoned by tho mixing of th4 seed of the
Jamestown weed with theircofle The persons
were very ill, but recovered aftermedical aid.
Supposed to bo the wicked act ofAhe cook.
Great Powder Mill, Tho tsburg Ga
zelle recently contained a particufp. description
of an extensive rowder Mill jusisut in opera
lion two miles below tho city on
te banks of
the Monongahela. It is erected
on now and
perfectly secure principles, and b
onss to Mr.
Andrew Watson. It embraces elt!
en spacious
buildings,, a boiler, store, and
ine houso,
mill, pressing, graining, glazing anqlrying hou
ses. It is an extensive and moslperfect es
tablishment. The Gazelle adds:
Eleven buildings are now computed. Tho
principal rango front 700 feet on thdNononga
hela. and are bedded ai the rear andletds in a
high bank of oarlh excavated for thit uirpose.
They stand about 100 feet apart. front
and rools ol wood, tho oacK end want stone
two feet thick, so built against the earn that
in case of explosion its force may be sit to
wards the river, removing ihe wood wok and
leaving the rear end walls unharmed, ihere
is a rail road along the whole front of peso
buildings, for transporting the materials ail (ho
manulactured articles Irqm one building tlaiin
other in tho progress of ihe rqm.ifacture
ifceury Iay.
The citizens of Lexington, Va rpcemly
vited Mr. Clay to partake with, them a p.'l,"
Dinner, which he felt constrained to declm.. '
But several invitations had been sen: out l,efnr.
Mr. Clay was heard from, and to one of u.,n
H6n. Ephraim H. Foster of Teniies tt..
turned the following spirited atfd' truthful rt.
ply:
Nashville, Sept. 30, 1541.
Gentlemen: I acknowledge, with my un
feigned thanks for the compliment, your note f
the 21st inst. inviting in io attend a festival,
to be given in your' vicinity, on tli 7:h of next
month, and to join my "Kentucky friends in ex
pressions of confidence -and' regard for the pre
eminent service rendered by the Hon. He,vry
Clay, to the great Whig cause of America
during the recent session of Congress.'
If I know my heart aright, my zeal in sup
port of the cause and the principles you pro
pose chiefly to honor by your festival, had ju
origin in the most solemn and patriotic convic
tions. Recent untoward evrjnis, unhappily cal
culated to impede for a moment the onward
march of that cause and j1i speedy operation
of one of its most vital principles inspire, ra
ther than abate my ardor. My imUo ,3f ,f,3t
nothing is done, while any thing remains to he
done.' The pleasure therefore, of participating
with you on an occasion so proper in itself, and
at the same time, so full of justice io thu 'pre
eminent' claims of a great and distinguished
public servant, would not suffer me to excuse
myself by any common-place apology; and I
regret exceedingly, tho indispensable duties
here, which compel me to forego a gratification
I would otherwise eagerly embrace. But the
opportunity suits, and the necessities thai plead
my absence from your meeting, do not deny
me ample leisure to drop a passing tribute to
the character and the fearless spirit of your il
lustrious guest
For more than thirty years past, the history
of Mr. Clay's life is conspicuously interwoven
in almost every page of his country's history;
and although it has accorded with the dictates
of my humble judgment to differ with him on
some of the essential topics that have divided
the public attention, I have,-nevertheless, en
tertained for him personally,- sentiments of pro
found admiration. In the end, when these ex
citing questions were settled or supeiseded by
others of far greater magnitude, and a diversity
of opinion or determination, changed the rela
tions of former political associates, I found
myself, with a great multitude of my ancient
friends, battling at his side, and successfully
struggling with a party, mainly headed and sus
tained by the unconquerable energies of his em
inent and truly gifted mind. In this honorab'.s
alliance, a more unrestrained intercourse has
satisfied me of the purity of his political life;
and I do not any longer hesitate in subscribing
to those extraordinary and unrivaled virfUM
which give him the enviable pre-eminence lCis
now his fortune to enjoy.
Honest of purpose, and yet not more honest
than determined, Mr. Clay scorns both subter
fuge and contrivance; and preferring defeat to
duplicity, he bolsly encounters his adversary
in open field. He practices that frankness
which others cnly boast, and his firmness, bor
dering on the extreme of that necessary virtue,
is seldom 'persuaded to yield or to temporise,
although it might be, that a timely appearance
of submission, would purchase the success of
an enterprise. Such I conceive him to be
the man you design to honor by your festival
a citizen destined to be ever illustrious in the
annals of the Republic. .
It had been better, perhaps, for himself and
theicountry, if he. had earlv learned to conceal
an excess ot honorable emotion, wmcn. aione
has lTffherto checkedvhis high career, better,
by far, for that sanief country, if the people,
would happily resolve, in their selections for
exalted station, to pass by the faults of an in
genious nature, and prefer a man for the acts
of his life, ratlier than lake another on untried
professions. In the one way we have a secu
rity which seldom fails us m Oie other, there
lies not unfrequeiilly, beneath a plausible sur-
face, a hidden purpose of ambition, which kiss
es but to betray, and then betrays without a
blush. Under a government like ours, whore
the national fabric literally'rcsts upon popular
confidence and affection, examples of the latter
kind destroy tho public temper, and lessen the
chances of suoces in our great political exper -ment.
And if, unfortunately, the history of the
day in which we live, may be supposed to un
fold a precedent, closely allying itscit 'itti
these pernicious examples, may we not indulge
a comment nope, mat an lniewgoni aim aim-
governing penpje will, in due season, detect
the alarming abuse, and in the signal punish
ment of its guilty authors, correct an evil wmcn.
strikes at the root of our free institutions. i
tender to the assembly that shall surround your
festive board, ihe salutations of a distant friend,
who is with them in heart and sentiment, and
to yourselves individually, assurances of ho
sincere and unqualified regard of,
Dear Sirs, Yours, truly,
EPIIIUIM 11. FOSTER.
To the Committee of Invitation,
Great Speed and Accommodation. Pre
parations are making for building one of tho
most splendid steamboats in tho world. Hr
speed is not lo be less than 30 miles per hour.
She will accommodate 1000 passengers with
stale rooms. Length of keel 325 feet. This
boat will be built on an entirely new principle
Instead of the cumbersome vaier wheel she
will use a newly invented propeller. She is
lo ply between this city and Albany tho ensu
ing season. Tho building of this magnificent
steam palace will , he under the direction of
Captain Fellows, her intetidetl commander.
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