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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'.