J F AN R fcJ P i !B f , rCAiV JEFFERS ONI AN REPUBLICAN Stroudsburg, IHay 4, 1842. Terms, $2,00 :n advance; $2,25, naif yearly; and $2,50 if not nam dcioic mc cnu ui me tisu. Ourselves. The May Term of the Monroe County Courts will commence on Tuesday next, and give such K)f our country friends, as may be in arrears to us for subscription or advertising, an opportunity of cither calling personally and settling or sending tus the amounts which they severally owe. It is iiow more than a year since the Jolfersonian Re publican passed entirely inio our hands, during .the whole of which time we have most assiduous ly laboured to make it a valuable and interesting journal. -By strict attention to business; by print ing a good ami handsome paper; and by evincing a determination to bring1 the price of printing to a proper standard, our success has been fully equal .to our highest expectations. Without overstepping the bounds of modesty, we think we may itrulj jay ihat tins paper has al ways been the tcost interesting -one published in the counti; and now, in addition to its former at tractions, it possesses the advantage of having all ?.c public advertisements and .notices both of this ounty and of Pike, to publish. We have lately turned our attention more particularly than here tofore u She editorial department, and our labours in thatiline have already won for the.Jeffersonian, ihe -praise of our citizens, and eliohed the highest commendations from our brethren -of the Press. We shall continue from week to week to bestow ihe same attention to the editorial columns. As we have done all this, then, to improve our paper, and to secure the approbation of our patrons, we hope they will testify their approbation -of our ef forts to please them, by punctual payments of their accounts. " Printers cannot live upon wind like the pipes .of .a church organ," as Doctor Green says, and therefore as they have something con jinually to buy and pay for, they are always in want of monev. Rhode Island. The threatening difficulties in' Rhode Island, liavc oat vet been adjusted. Governor Kin?r called xr, Extra Session of the Legislature, which ad-j turned on Wednesday 'last, after sitting three I days, without doing any thing else than authoriz ing the Governor to take such measures as he may deem proper to preserve and keep sale me puouc property 4o lecallany arms or cannon which may J South, Thomas Dunlap, George Reed to G. W. have been loaned to military companies by the j South, Samuel R. Wood to George Handy, General Assembly and to fill all vacancies which j and J. C. Boyd to George Handy; there was a may exist in the militia offices of the State. A j small note signed W. F., addressed to George resolution, authorizing a call for a Convention to Reed; there was one or two from Thomas Dun frame a New Constitution, was postponed until j lap o George Handy; at the time the commit-to-day, when the newlv elected members were ?ee gave lhe certificate to Mr. Handy they had W meet. Yesterday, was fixed for the Inaugera-! ,h examination; he was discharged .rvn rf thn riicrnrmninnrc f4nvnrnnr. nnrl rilcn tnp meeting of their Legislature. We will next week jgjve a full account of the whole proceeding, and jja the menu Ume hope for the best. The Conspiracy Case. Our readers will no doubt be surprised to lean -hat Judge Barton, a. diorough going Loco Foco, has discharged Messrs. Biddle, Cowperthvvaite, and Andrews, who were bound over by the Re corder of Philadelphia, for a Conspiracy to de fraud the Stockholders of the United States Bank. Old Nick, and his companions have thus slipped through the fingers of justice, and escaped the ter rors of the law, by the mildness of a Loco Foco Judge. Tiic Apportionment Bill. This Bill is now under consideration in Com mhtfi of the Whole, in the House of Representa wes, at Washington. An amendment was adopt ed to the Report of the Committee, substituting 50,175, as the basis of representation, instead of G8,000. If that number should be adopted, Penn sylvania will elect ?4 membeis hereafter to the House, instead of 28 as at present. Selfishness. Our "inky neighbour" Mr. Rafferty, had not one word to say in his last paper, either by way of compliment or otherwise, about our having been appointed Printer under the Bankrupt Law. Now j we must confess that we feel a good deal pained nt this neglect, and' were it not that we are filled with the "milk of human kindness," we would make a vow never to say a fine or good natured thing about him or his paper again in all our lives. or he is as grtim as a grisly hear, and has no u oie fan about him than a crying hyena. Horouftli Election. At an election held on Monday last, for borough officers, the following persons were duly elected. Chief Burgess. William Davis. Council. John Shively, Edward Postens, M. l. Preher, Charles Malven. M. D. Robeson. Town Clcrk.- John Eylenberger. High Constable William JL White. Tight IAci.va and Tippling. The young men of Lancaster, recently formed a acieiy for the suppression of tight lacing; whereupon the young ladies turned round and established uu association against tippling. dodey's Lady's Book. This periodical, replete with interesting sub jects, has been received, and we take pleasure in recommending it to our fair readers as a publi cation of unequalled merit. The embellishments are two engravings entitled, '"'Family Devotion, Morning and Evening, and a beautiful plate of Fashions. From the Daily Chronicle. T!ie dandy Case The examination of George Handy, Daniel M. Broadhead and Joseph Solms, for conspira cy to procure corrupt legislation, commenced before Judge Barton, in the Court of General Sessions yesterday morning. Mr. George Sharswood, sworn. I have in my possession papers and. letters purporting to be written by D. M. Broadhead and Jos. Solms to George Handy; I cannot answer for the con tents of these letters, whether they refer to cor rupt arrangements between these parties and members of the legislature; I answer again in regard to the contents of the letters, that I can not say what are their contents; it is a matter of opinion what these letters purport to he; these letters were produced by Mr. Handy, when un der examination by a joint committee of ihc le gislature, of which I was chairman. ( 1 he cer tificate of the committee discharging Mr. Han dy was produced.) That is in my hand writing and signed by myself; the committee gave Mr. Handy that certificate; 1 don t know that he re quested it; I suggested the propriety of his hav ing it, and he acquiesced in it; the dale of the certificate is April Gih, 1842; the date of the Resolution of the Legislature is March 29th, 1842; Mr. Handy placed the letters and docu ments in my hands after the passage of this j law; the letters were not placed in my hands until after they had been read by the commit tee; Mr. Handy appeared befere the committee on Saturday, April 2d; he was sworn; the com mittee afterwards adjourned to meet the same afternoon and in the same place; Mr. Handy in the course of the examination that afternoon produced a number of letters purporting to be written by Joseph Solms and Daniel M. Broad head; there was a meeting of the committee at Mr. Handy's room the succeeding Monday; Mr. Handy produced no letters or papers at that lime. On Tuesday morning after the Message of the Governor of the 5th of April, 1 was called into the lobby by a gentleman who placed in my hands -a bundle of letters, stating that Mr. Han dy sect them to me, telling me to lake charge of them,and saying that the bundle contained the whole of the papers; I carried the bundle down to my room; on Monday Mr. Handy informed me that there were other letters; those that were given 10 me we the remainder of the PaPer!5 lhey remained;in my room until the committee met that night; I had not opened them; I gave them to Mr. Handy to produce be fore the committee; the last bundle consisted of j u whjch nurDorled io be written by G. W J9 J . - twice previous to the passage of the resolution He did not offer to produce any letters prior to the passing of the Resolution; 1 have not brought those letters and papers into court; those letters are in my possession in my official capacity as a member of the committee; that committee has not been discharged; the inves tigation is still in inquiry; I hold the papers subject to the order of the committee and the Legislature; I deem the undisturbed possession of them essential to the prosecution of the in vestigation; the committee are to meet again at the call of the chairman; the committee consists of five members, three of the House and two of the Senate; the committee was last in session on Wednesday, April 6th; there was not any specific resolution of the legislature directing how the papers or letters should be kept; I don't remember that there was any specific res olution of the committee directing who should hold these papers, but I was ordered to take possession of them and keep them; they are in this city; the committee are not in session to day; 1 have not called a meeting of the commit tee; there was no list or receipt given to Mr. Handy for these letters; there was no condition for their return, there have been copies made of a few of them; in my opinion, the production of these letters in court, would interfere xvith the investigation; our meetings have all been open, with the exception of one or two, which were closed on account of Mr. Handy's infirm health; the letters were read aloud when produced by Mr. Handy; I consider myself privileged as chairman of the committee, not to produce the letters. Tho Attorney-General then moved the Court to have the letters produced. He said he did not want these letters to the exclusion of the Committee he only wanted them for tempora ry use for a specific purpose. He wanted them as evidence against the defendants, and the moment he had read them in Court, he. would return them to the Committee. The learned gentleman read several authorities to show that the Court had the power to enforce the production of the letters, and concluded by asking for nil order to that effect. Judge Barton went over Mr. Sharswood's objections to producing the letters, and the Attorney-General's reasons for asking them. He said he would take time to look into some au thorities before he decided on tho subject, John S. Richards, sworn. I am the editor of the Berks and Schuylkill Journal; I publish ed an article containing certain facts in relation to the Haudy affair. The counsel for Mr. llan- dy objected to several questions put to this wii ness by the Attorney-General, and he was af terwards withdrawn. Thomas S. Taylor, booh keeper to the Bank of the United States, sworn. The sum of $1 5, 700 was charged to Permanent Expense Ac count, 31st March, 1840; the voucher is dated March 26th, and is signed by Messrs. Lewis, Handy and Price; on the 31st March, 1S40, the sum of $500 was charged to the same account, and -signed by the same gentlemen; on the 20th April, 1840, a farther sum of $59,300, signed by the same; on" the 23d April, 1840, the sum of $22,700, signed by the same; on tho 28th April, 1840, the sum of $1000, signed by the same; on the 16th of June, 1840, the sum of $28,800, signed by Handy, and charged to losses to Contingent Fund; on the 17th Octo ber, 1840, the sum of $3175, charged to the same, and signed by Messrs. Handy, Lewis and Price; the total of these various sums amount to $131,175,83; a committee was ap pointed, consisting of these gentlemen, to visit Harrisburg, to attend to the interests of the bank; 1 don't know whether any of them went; I don't know for what purpose this money was drawn; one voucher had Handy's signature only. Alexander Lardner, sworn. This witness stated that in July, 1840, he was assistant cash ier of the Bank of the United Stales; that he was afterwards cashier of the bank; that the monies on the above vouchers were all paid but that he did not know how it was applied. A copy of the Courier and Enquirer contain ing the article from the Berks and Schuylkill Journal, spoken of by Mr. Richards, one of the witnesses was then produced. A long argu ment took place between the Counsel as to whether this should be given in evidence; over ruled by the Judge. H. Montgomery affirmed; I am the editor of the Harrisburg Chronicle; I published articles in relation to the $99,000 affair; I don't know whether Mr. Handy or any other person re ceived money from the Bank of the United States; the witness slated that he had no knowl edge at all of the Handy case. The further hearing of this case was then postponed until Tuesday afternoon next, at four o'clock. Counsel for the Commonwealth, the Attorney-General; for Mr. Handy, H. J. Williams, Esq., and W. M. Meredith, Esq.; for Mr. Brod head, W. L. Hirst, Esq., and G. Mallery, Esq.; for Mr. Solms, H. M. Phillips, Esq. The Court was crowded to excess during the examination. Mr. Solms was sick and was unable to attend. The other two defendants were both present. Pistol Iiey--Xovel Invention. Mr. A. Tomsey, assistant jailer of the Brook lyn prison, has invented a pistol key, which is destined, we should think, to prove a perfect terror to all evil doers. At first it presents the appearance of a massive key, such as is used by jailers in securing heavy doors and gates; but, by a slight grip with the thumb and finger, the hammer is raised, the trigger falls, the tube and percussion cap are disclosed, and you have a pistol capable of perforating a thick plank at the distance of 60 foot. IHilitary Burial. The bones of the gallant men who fell in Florida at the battle of Okechobc, were rocent-! ly interred at Jefferson Barracks, in Missouri, with military honors. Their bones, were re moved to the Barracks from the field of battle five years -ago; but owing to the absence of the Regiment to which they belonged, the inter ment was postponed. Counterfeit three dollars of the Brunswick Bank having made their appearance some time since, we learn that the Bank has called in nearly all its bills of that denomination, and that very few of the genuine threes are now in circulation. Portland Adv. Latest from Nassau. The Creole ft egroes Set at Liberty. By an arrival at Wilmington, N. C, we have been favored with the perusal of the following letter: Nassau, N. P. April 16, 1S42. A special session of the Admiralty Court convened this day to hear the charge of Piracy against the 17 negroes imprisoned from the Creole.' The Attorney General made his motion for delay of trial on the ground that it was impossible to obtain the necessary evi dence here, and offered for the perusal of the Court a number of affidavits of the captain, mate and crew and passengers of the Creole, show ing that sufficient evidence could be procured from the United States, if time was allowed. After an examination of the testimony offered, the Court replied, that were the captain, crew and passengers, as set forth in the affidavits, here present to testify in this case, they should consider them as not entitled to belief or credit, and should charge tho jury to that effeU; and ihat no evidence cnuld be procured to convict the prisoners at the bar, for ihpy wore perfectly justified in ihc course pursued on board the Cre ole, and were now about to be set free. The Chief Justice then addressed the ne groes something in this style:--lt has pleased God to set you free from the bonds of slavery; may you hereafter live the lives of good and faithful subjects ol her Majesty's Government. They were then set at libeity by Proclamation. The schr "James Power" arrived hero from Baltimore on the 11th inst. The wreck of the Clarion remains as first reported; ihc boilers and engines have i:l as yet been saved. --N. Y. Express. Safe. Mr. Lubbock, one of the Sanla Fe prisoners, who escaped from I he city of Mex co, ha arrived safe af Sisal, I WAST-ttNraTON ftEYVS. I ' fr Washington, April 27, 1842. Sen-ate. The Journal having been .read, the Chair announced the reception of memorials and reports to be in order. No memorials were presented. The com mittee on Finance reported the Civil and Di plomatic Bill from the House, which was or dered to be printed. ' Mr. Allen, of Ohio, asked the Senate to take up the resolution first submitted bv him to the Senate on Monday of last week, and calling upon the President of the United States for in formation in relation to the controversy in Rhode Island. Mr. Allen was going on to give the reasons why the resolution should be taken up." He stated that it was apparent that there was danger of collision. It was known to be a fact that ihe President had interfered in some measure. Mr. Preston raised a point of order, and in sisted that the motion was not debatable. Mr. Allen called for the yeas and nays, they were ordered by one-fifih of the Senate. The vote was then announced as follows: yeas 18, nays 20. Mr. Allen gave notice that to-morrow he should again ask to take up the resolution. The General Orders were then taken up,none of the subjects of public interest being pressed upon the consideration of the Senate. House. The morning business was without interest. The Apportionment Bill wa3 the first busi ness of interest before the House as in Com mittee of the Whole. The debate proceeded where it closed last evening, and in the same rambling irrevalenl manner. The speakers were Messrs. Colquett, Camp bell of S. C, Davis of Ky., Arnold of Tenn., Summers of Va., Floyd ofN. Y. The debate was still going on when the re port was closed. During tho day Mr. Anderson of N. C ap peared, was qualified and took his seat Mr. Everett of Vermont also gave notice to the House, that to-morrow morning he should submit a resolution to take the Apportionment Bill from the committee of the Whole on Fri day next, all debate to close at 12 o'clock, and ihe House then to act upon the amendments pending or to be submitted. The President of the United States to-day sent in the nomination of Elisha Huntington, Commissioner of tho Land Office, as District Judge of Indiana. Washington, April 28, 1842. Senate. Mr. Allen moved to take up the resolution snbmitted by himSSne days since in relation to the affairs of Rho3e Island. After some remarks intimating that a settlement of the differences had taken place, the Senate re fused to take up the resolution--Yeas 9, nays 28. The Senate then proceeded to the consider ation of the appropriation bill. The question pending being on the amendments from the Committee on Finance. The first amendment W3s that relating to" the public printing, 7z: striking from the original bill the section relating to doing the job print ing of the Departments, &c. by contracr.- On this question the vote was- taken- by yeas and nays, and decided in the negative, by a voteof28to9. All ihc other amendments proposed by the Committee on Finance of the Senate were adopted up to the 23d page of the bill. The amendment rejected was that which proposed to strike out $375,000 and insert $475,000 for defraying the judiciary expenses of the Government. The Senate then proceeded to the consider ation of Executive business, and, after some time spent therein, adjourned. House. Mr. Stanly, from the Committee on Expenditures, presented a report, accompa nied by that of Mr. Poindexter, and other doc uments. He moved .the printing of an extra number of copies the proposition being object ed and laid over. Mr-. Everett moved to take the Apportion ment Bill aut of Committee on Friday, but at the suggestion of Messrs. dishing and Adams, sustituted Monday for Friday. On motion of Mr. McClellan of New York, the amended res olution was laid on the table. Mr. Gushing proposed that tho House should act at once on the motion to print an extra number of copies of the report from the- Com mittee of Foreign Relations. It was proposed io print 10,000. An amendment proposed 5,000, which was lost, and 10,000 wero order ed. The House then went into Committee of the Whole, after which Mr. Kennedy, of Indiana, entered into an argument to show that the amendment of Mr. Halsted contained an as sumption of power by Congress not warranted by ihe Constitution, and was followed on the same side by Mr. Paine. Buttons and Pins. Thero are six manufactories of gilt or metal buttons in tho United States, employing a cap ital of $60,000, and about five hundred hands. The annual amount of the buttons manufactured is $750,000. Tho capital employed in the manufacture of other descriptions of buttons, and the various descriptions of dead eyed but tons, is not less than $800,000, employing 2000 persons, affording an annual product of $850, 000. There are but two manufactories of pins in tho United States, both of which make solid headed pins. Tho capital employed is nearly $100,000, and the annual valuo of tho manu facture is about the same amount. They em ploy about 100 hands, The Case of Holmes. The counsel of Holmes, convicted ofnm,,, slaughter in throwing overboard pusst-nw, from -the William Brown, have moved fr ;i new trial, excepting to those parts of the Judy..', charge in which He instructed the Jury ij,a, sailors were bound to protect the lives of pa. sengers at the expense of their own, and in in which he said in cases of peril men were re. duced to a state of nature and there was iv distinction between sailqrs 'and passeng,.r!. These two are held to be contradictory siatc. ments. Tribune. Fraud in the Manufacture of Salf, A correspondent of the Cultirator makes a. statement of interest to all purchasers of salt. He says that the manufacturers in the Wesiefu part of the State are in the habit of introdticinc- large quantities of lime, for ihe purpose, of git, j ing it that beautiful white appearance for wind: New-York salt is so celebrated. He says as ;i proof of this that a few weeks since be pm down bereral barrels of pork, very nice am! sweet at the time of packing; used over m bushel of salt (so called) to every two hundred pounds of meat, and covered it with a very strong brine. Some three or four weeks after wards, upon examination, he found it nearly worthless. The meat appeared to be liierally covered with lime, and was utterly unfit for ta ble use. lb. More Mormons. The Louisa, from New Orleans fortius port, brought 350 Mormons from England, going u Nauvoo. There were lots of women and chil dren in the crowd. Some of tho families look ed like thrifty people. Many of them will In most wofully disappointed on reaching the promised land. Missouri Rep. Bit of a FigSit. The Philadelphia correspondent of the Balti more Patriot gives the following extract from a private letter, dated Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 13, 1842. ;,A few days since, a large ship (a slaver) sail ed from this port under American colors, for the African coast. An English frigatp, which wa laying in port, knew her destination, and deter mined to capture her. They met a few miles out side the harbor; the frigate sent her boat to board the American ship; the officer in command was told to keep off or they would fire into him; the boat kept on, when the Yankee let loose a gun upon him. The commander of the John Bull fri gate then hailed that he would fire into him if he did-not heave to. "Fire and be d d," was the reply, accompanied by a broadside from the well trained guns of the Yankee, which carried away the fore' and main yards of the frigate. The fel low crowded alt sail and was out of the range of the frigate's guns before he well knew what was the matter with him. I saw the frigate afterwards; her main was down, and they were in the act of sending down the fore, which I could see1 had been much damaged. The Englishman declares he will have the ship if he loses his own vessel in the undertaking. The Crops of Pennsylvania. The Harrisburg Keystone says: 'From nearly every section of the State, we hear the moat gratifying intelligence of the fine appearance of tho Wheat and Rye crops. This n imieed elteering news to the husband' man. In our own County, better prospects for good crops of Winter Grain, never were seen. I he Farmers on either side of the Susquehan na aa far as th eye can see, present a most rich and verdant aspect the whole surround ing country is dressed in nature's best attire. It does one's heart good to take a ramble over the neighboring", hills- awl enjoy the fragrance from the blooming frees-. Vegetation this sea son, is at least three weeks' earlier than it was last spring." An Editor Promoted. The editor of the Galvestonian says "We came as near being elected captain of a militia company last week as we well could and mis3. Our friends in the 4th beat conspired together and made a lieuten ant of us. If that ainl getting up in the pictures we should like to know what is. Eli, attention! get out our cheese knife and rub off the rust with a brick bat. The Mexicans must be whip pod immediately. Come, right face march 1" Extraordinary Death. Between one and two years ago, and on the day of the Mer cer solemnities, a man named Martin, residing in the vicinity of 12th and Wood streets, w bitten by his horse. The animal was soon af ter discovered to have had tho glanders, of which he died. Mr. M. healed his wound, but was shortly attacked by an unnsual sickness, resembling the glanders, which continued-to increase in violence and horror, until ho died in indescribable agony. A Remedy. Tho Dutch had the best contri vance for tho treatment of pauperism wo have ever heard of. They took a man and put him at work if ha was able If ho would not work they gave him several warnings. If these wero ineffectual, they put him inlo a cistern and let in a sluice of water. It came in just so fa&s that by briskly applying tho pump, with which the cistern was furnished ho could keep him self from drowning. WolF Hunt. Between two and three hun- drod sportsmen turned out on tho 10th inst., at New Philadelphia, Ohio, for tho purpose of having a regular wolf hunt. They succeeded in copturing nine wolve, and one or two foxe3 bosides bagging lots of small game. .The Western, folks, instead of manufacturing W1U8KOV irom corn, as uieir woni. nave coiavi VTi i r .l.-' . i menced converting it into spirit gas. It raay truly bo said that the progress of tke TeniDeri ance cause is diffusing lipht and joy thrpuglapyl the world. Jarrsburg Reporter'.
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