JEFFERS0N1AN REPUBLICAN JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN felroiKlslmrg, November 2, 1842. Terms, S'2,00 ui advance,' $2.25, Half yearly: and $2,50 -if not paiu nennc me cmi 01 ihb veai. Counterfeiters. Wc arc informed that two persons, calling them selves George Williams and Henry Iiarker, ar Tived at Easlon on Friday last, from New Yoik, and put up at different hotels. Late in the after noon, Williams hired a horse and waggon to go to Clinton, New Jersey, and early in the evening "Barker, passed four twenty dollar bills on the Un ion Bank of New York, at different stores, pur chasing trifles, and receiving change for the bal ance. It was soon discovered that the bills were counterfeits; and upon inquiry it was ascertained that "the passer had left for Jersey. Five or six of the Eastonians immediately started in pursuit, and having got on the right track, travelled to .Somervilfe, where they arrived at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. Williams and Barber had arrived there about half an hour before; and when the pursuers came upon them they were both sit ling in the tavern, waiting for the 5 o'clock train of cars for New York. Williams made his escape from the room, and got safely off; but Barker was secured, bi ought back to Easton on Saturday af ternoon, and committed for trial. No counterfeit money was found upon him, but he had about ninety dollars of good money in his possession. "Williams, probably, was the banker, and had all the counterfeit notes about him. ISr. Clay's Speccli. We call the attention of our readers to a portion of Mr. Clay's Speech, at Richmond, Indiana, which will bo found in to-days paper. It was made in reply to a Petition, presented to hinvby n Mr. Mendenhall, asking him to free his slaves. The speech, speaks for itself, and we commend it to the careful perusal of all who may think Mr. Clay censurable for not freeing his slaves. It may nu be amiss here to mention that General Wash ington lived and died a slave-holder. Connecticut. 'The Legislature of Connecticut, last week, passed a bill to divide the State into four districts, tinder the Apportionment Act of Congress, each one to consist of two counties, and to elect one Member of Congress. It is worthy of remark that the Bill passed both Houses unanimously a rare instance of agreement in these days of opposition. We hope the Locos of our Legislature will be as fair this winter, and give the Whigs an opportuni ty of showing the same concert of action. But we'do not look for it. New York Election. The General Election, throughout the City and State of New York, takes place on Tuesday next, and continues but one day instead of three, as heretofore. We have already, on several occa sions, stated the important bearing which the re sult of this election will have upon National poli tics, and how necessary it is that the Whigs, who have a large majority in the State, should exert ihemselrps to secure a triumph. We can at this t'mc, bui reiterate our hopes, that our friends may l e triumphantly successful. Odd Fellows. The New York Tattler, says that the Rev. Mr. Hughes, Catholic Bishop of New York, has given notice that he has received an order from the Pope of Rome, that hereafter the sacrament of the Lords' Supper, and the rite of Sepulture, shall not be ad ministered or extended to any person who is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Gen. Cass. The Hon. Lewis Cass, our Minister to France, has obtained leave to return home, and is expected to arrive at New York, in a very short time. He comes just in time to take the field as a candidate for the Presidency. JToc Smith not Arrested. The Quincy Whig of the 15th ult. says : " The rumor we spoke of last week, in relation !n ilie apprehension of Smiih, is not confirmed. Wo understand, however, that he was seen at Nativoo on Friday last, apparently enjoying his libertv." Heavy Damages. The Wheeling Times says: In the Circuit Superior Court for Ohio county, on Wednes day, in the case of Dr. S. P. Hullihen, against .mines m j,urc lor fclanuer, ino jury gave a verdict for the complainant of $3000. i!rn than a thousand petitions for the benefit i f the Bankrupt Law, have been filed in the Vtiiu'd States Court, of this district, since the went into operation. ?Tr. Gordon Avery, in the villago of Water Oneida county, N. Y. raised this year on iw-v acres of land 29,937 lbs. of hops. He ptnposr to challenge the world to excel him sis n quantity and quality, on the same quanti ty of land, for SI 000, or separately, quality wUhout quantity, or quantity without quality, for $500, ou satisfactory evidence. Important from Texas and Mexico LATEST FROM TUAAS. The schooner Henrietta, Captain Kurd, ar rived at New Orleans on the 17th ultimo from Galveston. The Henrietta brought dates from Galveston to the Sih, and from Houston to the 3d. The rumor of the burning of Austin by the Mexicans is erroneous. The last accounts from the west represent Gen. Woll as retreat ing from San Antonio, but report further stated ihat he fell back to meet a reinforcement of fifteen hundred men. Gen. Burleson, (Vice President) had issued an order calling on vol unteers to join him on the lines. Captain Cald well, in his official account of the battle already reported, -confirms his singular success, and says he is able to maintain his present position till a reinforcement camo to his aid. Gen. Woll has published an order to the Mexican troops, calling upon them in tho into stylo of Mexican grandiloquence and bravado, to march onward! onward! so that the "ball" is now considered open, and it is with both parties war war to the knife, and the knife to the hilt. The Texian citizens taken prisoners at San Antonio, numbering one hundred or thereabouts, have published an address to the people of Texas, saying that they have been treated with great leniency by Gen. Woll indeed, as pris oners of war. Two men were shot at the lime of tho capture, hut Van Ness was not among them, nor does it even appear that he is one of the prisoners. The Texian spies report hav ing seen several prisoners taken out to be shot, but were at loo great a distance to distinguish persons, but think that Mr. Smithers and John W. Smith were of the number. Galveston is fully prepared for any emergency that may hap nen. Colonel Hocklev is in command, and he I j ' is assiduously engaged in making preparations to ive the enemy a warm rcrception, should they visit the coast. Six hundred men are under arms there, and if the war cry is but heard, two thousand men will, within thirty-six hours, rush to the defence of their country, and tho protection of the single star banner. Texas is "riaht side up." She is uncon- quered and unconquerable. Slumbering, and as the lion, she is passive awake, arouse ner, and as the lion she is invincible. LATEST FROM MEXICO. The steamship Neptune arrived at New Or leans on the 18th inst., from Havana, bringing papers which contain News from Mexico to the 1st ult. The New Orleans Crescent gives the following translation. Official information had been received in the city of Mexico, that Gen Woll had captured by surprise, San Antonio de Bexar, in Texas, ta ken 60 prisoners, among whom were all the judges of the Supreme Court, and also various flags, munitions of war, &c. L his feat was celebrated with pomp and eclat. As many as eight failures among business men, had lately been declared in Vera Cruz. President Santa Anna does not intend to assume the command of the army against Texas. He intended to leave the city of Mexico on the 1st of October, to spend some time at his country house, near Vera Cruz. It is believed that the cabinet will accompany him. It appears to be tho fixed determination of the General to increase the army and navy about to operate against Texas. We see little mention made of the new consti tution, but that its discussion was to commence in Congress on the 1st inst. Considerable pe cuniary embarrassments were complained of by the people in all the large towns. A brigade of 2,500 regulars had inarched from the city of Mexico towards Aalapa, where it is said they would replace a corps of 3000 men, intended to invade Yucatan. Much enthusiasm prevails among them. The expedition was to sail from Vera Cruz the dav following the arrival of the troops from Xalapa, which will be about the 5th or 6th of October. On the 21st, two bat talions of infantry left the City of Mexico for Vera Cruz; they numbered about 2000 men, and have some fine pieces of artillery with them. A Mexican General was about to leave Vera Cruz on a special mission to Yucatan. He was instructed io bring about a reconciliation and union between Mexico and Yucatan. Should he fail therein, he was to take command of the 3000 men from Xalapa, and sail with them in the fleet for Campeachy. The Mexican squa dron has received no reinforcements of late from Spain or England. It consists of two steamers, two brigs, and three schooners, with provisions for lhiee months, designed to cruise before the ports of Texas, should their efforts in Yucatan be crowned with success. The port of Vera Cruz is closed until the sailing of the expedition. A Word tc the Millcritcs. It should be remembered that Mr. Miller is not the first man by several hundreds who have predicted, from the prophecies, the destruction of the world at various periods, and that those periods have passed by, and the globe still rolls round unscathed. A writer in the Christian Magazine of April, 17GJ, says that about that time, two men arrived in the city of Cologne, who predicted thus: The war will bo general in 1765 Constantinople will be destroyed in 1760 The true God will be acknowledged by all nations in 1767 A valiant man will give his testimony to it 1768 England will be overflowed in 1769 An earthquake all over the world in 1770 The Globe of the earth will be burnt in 1771 The universal judgment in 1773 Peunsylvatiia Iron and Balls. The Pittsburg papers are in extacies at tho success of their iron operation. One of ihem says, thai ninety-three nf the 32' pounders con tracted for by M!s-rs. P'reemau & Miller, have been finished and proven, and not one of them has b'jrst or been condemned! EXTRACT Of a Letter of General Hamilton, of South Car olina, now at London, to John C Calhoun, on the Finances of the United Slates. This circulation, in the recesses of that finan cial wisdom which is past finding out, was de stroyed by our friend Gen. Jackson, when he slew the Bank of the U. States, with the arm of Samson, and almost "with the selfsame wea pon, too," when we recollect all the twaddle of the old gentleman on this subject. He, as Burke said, was certainly a "consummate archi tect of Ruin," in his time and tide, and had the happy faculty of impersonating a corporation "in his mind's eye," for the purpose of hating it as cordially as he once did you and Mr. Poin dexter. When, therefore, Mr. Biddle entered into a contest with this hero of iwo wars, he forgot the wisdom of the Spanish proverb, "That he who sets down lo dine with the devil should eat with a long spoon." What has been the result of this feast, in broken meat and empty plates you well know. It has left our country palsied hungry in flesh and poor in spirit. 1 doubt, since the creation of the world, whether such an example can be exhibited as we have presented for the last sixteen yeais of folly and mis-government. No Southern planter would permit his plantation for one hour to be govern ed with such a lack of all sense and providence. The Cafiras and Hottentots, in reference to their condition, I doubt not, have been govern ed with a policy far more vigilant and enligh tened. A country of immense resources, in a period of profound peace, on the verge of bankruptcy? Any man who will read Hume's essays on "Public Credit" and on "Money," can be at no loss to trace our present condition to its true cause. We have been suffering ever since Gen. Jackson destroyed the Bank of the United Stales (with the exception of a short period of distempered inflation created by his own meas ures) under a steadily diminishing circulation which the eminent philosopher to whom 1 have referred has declared to be one of the worst ca lamities that can befall a civilized country far more disastcrous "than the continued blight of unfavorable harvest and seasons." This result has been first in the constant action of the Fed eral Government, or their supposed meditated action on the Banks of the States, which crea ted a universal panic, that has compelled the Banks to withdraw their circulation, and next the General Government permitting to remain in criminal abeyance their sovereign function to supply a currency equal lo the wants of ihu country, and "to regulate its value." The consequence is, that ihu States have nothing in the shape of credit, or money at home to pay with abroad, Every species of property has fallen from fifty to one hundred per cent., and the standard of value so serious ly disturbed, ihat a man in 1839 might have had property to three times tho value of his debts, yet ho is now ipso Jacto ruined by the si lent transit of our country from a redundant cir culation to what some are pleased most felici tously to call a hard money currency when tho fact is ihat we can procure neither that which is hard or soft. By this alieration in the standard of value, u revolution is in portentous progress in our coun try, as wide spread and desolating, as far as property is concerned, as that which distin guished and illustrated the masterpieces of hu man policy of the Robespieres, Dantons and Marats of another ill-fated country, which in its time was governed by its demagogues too, who made paper moneyso thick that u snowed as signats in the streets of Paris, and then turned round and burnt in their phrenzy their own handy work. Look, my dear sir, at the thous ands, and tens of thousands ol lanuiies mat have been ruined that have had unutterable woe carried into the very bosoms of their hou ses, by the nostrums of our political quacks, who, in their senseless war on the very banks they created gave no time "by the preparatory revolution of the intervening discords" for the country to pass from a period of expansion to one of severe and arid restriction. To those who have been ruined in these un happy limes; whose estates have passed under the tender gripe of ihe sheriff, the moral jus ticeof General Jackson's memorable apothegsin will he but a dry crust, "that those who borrow money ought to break," a doctrine out of which their creditors are likely lo derive as little com fort as themselves, although it must be. admitted that the General tried all he could to secure this blessing on tho country. But, my good sir, the day of reckoning must como. The ac count will be adjusted now or by posterity hero after. One of its first sums will be to settle what the victory of New Orleans has cost us. These are generally expensive pageants any how. Bonaparte probably never achieved one. for La Bello France, except to the tune of twenty millions of francs to say nothing of tho lots of "cracked crowns and bloody noses" he left on the field of batilc. But his victories, in cost, were no more lo bo compared to tho vic tory of New Orleans, than a penny whistle is to Baron Munchausen's celebrated clarion un der an April thaw. J calculate that the viclory of the 8ih of January cost us five hundred mil lions of dollars, besides tho expense of entail ing upon the country, "a set of drivellers whose folly has taken away all dignity from distress, and made even calamity ridiculous." You will say holJ. You and I aro greatly responsibl for this hero's getting into power. Yc3, it is true willingly would I expiate this sin, sir, with my blood if ii could recall the fatal past. But this is impossible. Let us look with courage, and resolution lo the future. I care not what your absiract theories on banking are, whether they agreo with or differ from my own. I be lieve you have, as you had at tho close of the late war, the resources of mind and spirit lo lift tho country out of its p'reseru deep deca dence. Yes, my dear sir, I believe your arnbi- ii,m mill vnur treniusiare on a level witn an tnai is reat and glorious in human action and' en lorprise. The field is before you take the lead in some great public measure-, whether it be a Bank of the United States, or an Exchequer agent, it is immaterial, so that it shall restore confidence, invigorate industry, give to us abun dant, sound, circulating medium, and drag up from the deep the drowning credit oftlm'Statcs. Do this, and if the first honor of the country does not await you, its last blessings will rest upon your fame. Hard Times. The Nashville Banner states that immense sacrifices of property are almost daily made in Middle Tennessee. It says: Wu will mention, by way of example, that on Saturday last, eleven large, likely mules, two new wagons costing SI 50 apiece, and a negro man, middle aged and likely, were sold in Franklin, at Sheriff's sale, and in the aggre gate brought but $500. Wheat is selling at 25 cents per bushel, in Platte county, Missouri. This must ho in con sequence of remoteness or inconvenience with regard to market. George K. Budd, Esq., of St. Louis, Mo., has issued a circular, in which he estimates the aggregate production of wheat in the. Uni ted States in the year 1842, at 110,269,000 bushels, or 20 per cent more than in 1841. militia. Traiaiiiags. On ihe433d page of the Pamphlet laws of ihe session of the legislature of Pennsylvania of 1842, we find the following very important sec tion, in the "and for other purposes," of one of the acts. Will the people bear ii in mind? Sec. 4 1. That so much of the act entitled "An act for tho regulation of the militia of this Commonwealth," passed the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, as requires the militia to be trained in companies on the first Monday of May of each year, be and the same is hereby repealed. The Universalis! Register for 1843 says there are in the United States 62 associations, 918 societies, 577 meeting houses and 576 preachers. During the past year the denomi nation has gained I stale convention, 3 associ ations, 53 societies, 46 meeting houses, and 48 preachers. New Jersey. His Excellency, William Pennington, was yesterday re-elected Governor of the State of New Jersey by the Legislature, in joint meeting. The vote stood Pennington, 42 S. G. Potts, 33 The Hon. William L. Dayton was elected United States Senator, in the place of the Hon. Saml. L. Southard. James Wilson, of Trenton, was elected Clerk of the Supreme Court. Coinage. There is a large estab lishment at Rutherfordton, near the gold mines in North Carolina, under the management of Mr. Bechtler, which coins pieces of about the value of eagles and half eagles, which, with out imitating in the least the national coinage, pass as freely in the South ern States as? do the coins issued from the government mints. Their actual value is a few cents less than the amount named on their faces they bear no emblematical device, but sim ply the name and residence of the manufacturer, the weight and fine ness; and an expression of the quali ty of the gold. Such coinage as this is not prohibited. Government as sumes by law the exclusive privilege of coining copper, but gold and silver are left free to any person who does not imitate the government stamp. Trenton State Gazette. To Make Ice. There is a receipt for making ice travelling about the country in the newspapers which, if genuine, may be found useful when it is required by physicians in cases of sickness. Here it is as we find it; "A mixture of four ounces of sub carbonate of soda, four ounces of ni trate of ammonia, and four ounces of water, in a tin pail, will produce eight or ten ounces of ice in three hours." Coal Trade. The shipments of coal from Pottsville, Port Carbon, and Schuylkill Haven, by Canal and Reading Railroad, for the week end ing Thursday evening last, amounted to 17,250 tons. It is said that the Favrington Canal Co., in Connecticut, have this year made their first dividends. They mowed the tow path and divided the hay. UOL. JiiDWATtDS IX THE Prison. This celebrated fan.,, and. forger .was yesterday coh iu. ,. to tne State Prison at Sing Sm?, Deputy Sheriff A. M. C. Sinm' commence his ten jrears term of ; prisoriment. In order to give r. lightness to his ideas in that ,!-. abode, it is understood he is to he, ployed in carpet weaving, as k congenial with his peculiar talt-nr.. showing. hirnsGl.off--tu-advauhir. the Avorld. Tribune-. .- To take reascoHl of Silk. If a little powdered magnrs. t applied on the wrong side of t!i; , as soon as the spot is discover .!. a never failing remedy, the sU' ,; appearing'as if by magic. A party of Kickapoos n brought into Fort Gibson a vlm. about ten years of, ajnj purchns ! them from tho Cumatiches at tii.- , of $300. He could not speak n -of English. The 'little fei low's . was left with the Ctimanclios, a. will be obtained from them. "And.vlusiav for sale by ir: Sheriff. The splendid countrv s. -of Nicholas Biddle, Esq. late Pr -dent of the XL S. Bank, is adierta for sale by the Sheriff of Buck r., . ty. The Editor of the Philadeipm Evening Courier in reference tin iv says "it is merely a matter of for. for the purpose of making a le;. transfer of the property from th i ther to the son the latter holdi-ij . large mortgage upon the proper." "Old Nick" is nothen so bad oiT:. change after all. The race between Fashion c. Blue Dick, came off on the Cam!-. Trace course on Saturday last. Fus ¬ ion won the two first heats of f -miles. Time first heat 7-3S il -utes. Second heat 7-52 1-2 mmu Died, on the evening of the 19!i September, 1S42, at Park Hill. ( okee Nation, John McDonald R son of Lewis Ross, and nephew John Ross, principal chief. The ceased was in the 22d year of his aj Review of tlie ITlarKeis. Philadelphia, October 29, Is-X FLOUR AND MEAL. The rcce.f Flour conlinue limited, and the denial week has been very triflng for shipment. L y in the week small sales were made fir port at 4,50; subsequently, a sale of B ut wine was made at S4,o0, and a lot ol re adout S4.37 per bhl. To-day prices aro i. -. lied; some holders nominally a.k $1,50, v others would take less. Rye Flour La: were at $3,37. Corn Mer.l A sale in Li $2,62. No sales in hdds. Prices rt.i.. . steady. GRAIN. Since the decline in the price Flour, Wheat has also declined a trifle. of Penu. red at 90 lo 95, and Southern at 6. 90 cents per bushel. A cargo of 4,00 ti.' ' Virginia brought 87 cents. To-day good Tc Wheat may be quoted ai 90 a 92 cents. lT Sales nf Southern at 47 a 50 cents. C : Sales of Penn. round at 52, and both Sot, " flat yellow and white al 50 a 51 ct. uh: -i a slight decline. Oals Considerable sates 23 1-2 lo 24 1-2 els. for Southern. PROVISIONS. Mess Pork is held at$H 50 a $8,75, and Prime at $G per bbl., wiui an improvement. Hams aro steady at 7 a S. and both Sides and Shoulders at 5 a 5 1-2 i per lb. Lard No sales. Butter Sales a s a 9c. per lb. in firkin3. Cheese remains s't- 1 in price. CATTLE MARKET. Beeves 600 IV 31S Virginia, and 342 Ohio were offend.; ' 427 Penna. and Ohio were taken lo N w V 315 to New Jersey, 340 bv butchers, ai S- $4 per 100 lbs., and about 210 left over. C and Calves 219 brought in, and sales in -v at 56 a $.12 for Dry Cows; $ 10 a $20 for bp'?; ers, and $20 a $30 for Milch Cows. Ih1?' . about 617 were offered, and 425 disposed :J $4 a $5 per 100 lbs. Sheep 1600 f&ir-' and 425 sold at $1 a $3 each as in quah y. Sat. Cour. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The undersigned, the auditor appoiu'rl r tho Orphans' Court of Monroe county, to lS" amine and if-necessary reseiile ihe ac oi of .lames H. Stroud, tho'Administruior, &c Alexander Eagles, deceased, and make th- hmion of the remaining assets lo and nrf f:- a iho creditors of said deceased, will ihe duties of his appointment on the 24 h i' ) of November next, at 10 o'clock, A M. ; office in the Borough of Stroudsburg, when at where tho creditors and all other persons iMfr ested may attend. JOHN D. MORRIS, Auditor. Siroudaburg, Oct. 26, 16t2.--4t,
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