JEFFERSON! AN REPUBLICAN JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Stroudiburg, November 30, 1842. Terms,-"$,00 in advance; $2.25, naif yearly; and $2,50 if not paid bcfoic the end of the vcar. To our Patrons. On next Tuesday a week the December Term of our Courts will begin and continue during the week, which will afford our subscribers through out the Country an excellent opportunity of either bringing or sending us the amounts which they owe. We have several times during the past year "f ailed upon our patrons to comply with the terms f the paper, and pay up their arrearages; but hitherto few have heeded our appeals or paid any regard to our notices; We are sorry for this, for wo hate few things worse than we do dunning, and are determined to do as little of it as possible for the future. In order to carry out our resolution we are compelled to make this dun very severe, and run ihe risk of offending somo of our delin quents. Wc must have money, and if our sub scribers do not voluntarily pay us, wo will be obliged to use means to compel them to do so. We therefore give notice that all persons who arc indebted to us for one year's subscription, or more and do not square their accounts before the end of next court, will have them placed in the hands of a Justice of the Peace, who will not deal a3 leni ently, or bear as long with them, as we have. To such of our subscribers as have been punctual in thiir payments, we return our sincere thanks, and will do all in our power to make the "Jcfferso r.uu" an agreeable and useful paper. Congress. The third and last Session of the Twenty-sev enth Congress, will convene, at Washington, on Monday next, and terminate on the 4th of March. " Wo have reason to believe that during its contin uance, many matters of deep and absorbing inter est will bo brought before both Houses for their consideration and action. In the House, the Rule to prevent the reception of Abolition Petitions, will no doubt be violently opposed, and may delay the business of that body some days. The President's plan for an Exchequer Bank, will again be agita ted, and a desperate effort made to push it through both Houses. We have already on more occa- Mons than one expressed our disapprobation of this measure, which possesses all the objectiona ble features of the Sub-Treasury without any of its redeeming qualities. It is sufficient now then to saxJhat jljcannot andvUl not be. enacted intoa Law this Session. The Whigs, to a man, will ar ray themselves against it; and a majority of the locos would rather vote lor a National Bank out right, than give it their sanction. A strong effort will be made to repeal the Bankrupt Law; and from present indications we are inclined to be lirve with success. We hope not, however. We should be sorry to see this avenue of escape for the unfortunate and honest debtor closed. At all events the Law should be permitted to have a fair trial, that we may see whether it operates injuri ously or otherwise, before it is interfered with. Much will also be said in the House and Senate about a repeal or modification of the Tariff but nothing will be done. The country is slowly, but surely, legaining much of its lost ground under the operation of the New Tariff, and it would re quire a bold hand to destroy it. A Bill will un doubtedly be passed to distribute the proceeds of tli- sales of the public lands among the States, but John Tyler, out of jealousy and opposition to the Whig party, will veto it. If permitted to become a Law, it woulfl materially alleviate the burthens of the indebted Slates, and thus recommend Whig measures to the support of the people which would be gall and wormwood to his Accidency. Besides ihese prominent measuresnuch business of a less general, but still highly important char acter, will come up and be disposed of during the Session. Washington this Winter. Washington will be the centre of politics through out the coming Winter. It will be the election eering ground for the Presidency, and as such im proved by the loco foco aspirants to that dignity. Col. Richard M. Johnson, who is always early jn the field, is already there, and has taken lodgings for the Winter. John C. Calhoun and James Bu chanan, will of necessity soon bo at their posts in the Senate; and ready to take care of their sepa rate interests in the struggle. Gen. Cass is daily expected to return from France, and as a matter 4)1 course will immediately proceed to the Federal City, v. here he will sooniind himself encircled by the wire-pullers of party. Little Matty, who they say is still ss cunning as a fox, will remain snug in his hole at Kitrderhook, but all the while have his emissaries at work to defeat the machinations of his opponents. Whilst these intrigues are go ing on in the loco foco camp, the people of the country will make arrangements for a National Convention, the nominee of which, (be it Henry Clay, or ahy other good man,) will be triumphant ly elected. United States Senators.' Tennessee, it appears is still to be unrepresent ed in the Senate of the United States. The Ex tra Session has closed and. the Legislature of that State adjourned, without electing any persons to supply the vacancies which exist jo. their delega tion. The reason of this is, the refusal of the Loco foco members of llw Senate to go into joint ballot with the House, as heretofore, to elect the U.-S. Senators. The Whigs hayj ttoo majority, on joint-ballot, in the Legislature, and would of course have elected their men. To this the locos demurred, and defeated a choice. They vainly hope to have a majority in the next Legislature, and then secure the two Senators to themselves. IT the evil example set by the locos of Tennessee, was followed up in half the States of the Union, the operations of the Federal Government would cease, as there would not be a quorum in the U. S. Senate to transact business. Let those who uphold ioco foco doctrines, ponder on this. An Editor in JLiinbo. On Saturday a week, Col. James Watson Webb, editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer, was arraigned before the Recorder of the City of .New York, for having left the State to fight a duel with the Hon- Thomas F. Marshal, Member of Con gress, from Kentucky. He plead guilty to the Indictment, and was ordered to be confined in the Tombs, until Saturday when he was to receive his sentence. Numerous petitions are in circula tion asking Governor Seward to Pardon him. The Editor of the New York Tribune saw two of tliem, the largest of which was 120 feet long, and had over 5000 signatures the other was 60 feet long. It is a pity that Webb is not confined in this State, for Gov. Porter would pardon him in a minute, as he doe3 every body else who is con victed. Massachusetts Election. At the lato election in the Old Bay State, there was no choice of any thing from Governor down to Members of the House. Morton, loco, has a plurality of votes, over Davis, Whig, but not a majority of the whole number polled, which is ne cessary to elect. In the Senate, which consists of 40 members, the locos have secured 14, and the Whigs 12, leaving 14 to be elected by the House of'Representatives, when it meets. To the House the locos have elected 133 members, and the Whigs 128, leaving about 50 members io be elecied at the second trial which took place on Monday last. If the Whigs turned out then and did their duty, they secured mem bers enough to give them a majority in the House, which will secure a Whig Senate, and a Whig Governor. Next week we shall know all. Thanksgiving. The Governors of nearly all the Slates in the Union have issued their Proclamations cal ling upon the Citizens to unite upon particular days in returning thanksgiving and praise to God for all his bounties and favors to us afc in- -xlividnaU jvnil a nation. We arc gratified to see these public demonstrations in honor of di vine power, and regret that Pennsylvania should be the only State who neglects or refuses to join with her sisters in bestowing praise to the Almighty tor all his blessings. We are con vinced that Gov. Porter could do nothing which would meet with a heartier and warmer re sponse from our citizens, than the appointment of a day for thanksgiving, prayer, and praise. Why then does he delay. Nations', we know, like individuals, in times of peace and plenty, are apt io forget Him from whom all their bles sings flow. But this is wrong. Plentiful har vests, and freedom from ravaging diseases, ought io make us additionally grateful to the Lord of Hosts. FOB THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN. Winter Evenings. It appears to mc that during the winter sea son most of the Youth, particularly those of our village, have the evening, to themselves and at their own disposal, to devote to amusement, recreation, or what ever pursuit they choose. I speak now of those who are employed in somo active or necessary pursuit during the day, and io whom evening brings their only leisure; there is none I am sure but what are willing to be profited- bv any thing that may be said on the improvement of his-leisure hours. I therefore address my remarks to the industri ous Youth of our Town and vicinity, who are trained to useful and laudable purpose ; such young men will undoubtedly hail the long eve nings of the season with joy and delight, and bless the glad hours which they may devote uninterruptedly to the cultivation of their minds. Few young men are aware of the amount of valuable knowledge of which they might bo- come the master and posscssors,xby a careful and judicious improvement of the leisure af forded by the evenings of a single winter, and when we add to this the acquisition of five or ten Winters, ihe aggregale amount of what a Youth of common capacity might attain, would make him a learned man in any section of the county. Many who render themselves emi nent and useful in iheir day such as Frank linj Kittenhouse and oihers of onr own country; and Watts, Simpson and a number of others in England, names conspicuous in the list of con tributory, and the benefactors of that species, made themselves what they were, by a diligent use of less lei&urc than falls to the lot of four fifths of the young men of this neighborhood. The greatest men of every age have in general been self taught, and self made. They have risen from obscurity, and struggled with ad verse circumstances. A diligent use of their time, (studying and laboring hard, while others 8lept or, played,) with a steady perseverance and indomitable energy gave ihem their attain ments and their eminence.. Cicero, by far the most learned mun uf all antiquity as well as ihe - greatest orator of Home, lets us at once into tho secret of all his vast and varied learning, when hVtella us that the time which others gave to feasts and dice and sports-, he devoted to patient study. It mailers not what may bo a young- man's intended pursuit nf life, he cannot choose ono for which reading and study during his leisure .hours will not the belter qualify him. If he is to bo a" farmer, let him read books and treaties on agriculture; if he is to be a mechanic, let him stud' the mathematics and works on me chanism, architecture, &c; if he, is to be a mer chant, Jet him become familiar wilh the princi ples of political economy, the statistics of trade, and the history of commerce; and finally, if he is to be an American citizen, one of the mil lions to whom is to be intrusted the rich heri tage of civil andreligious liberty, bequeathed to us by our fathers, let him study well the histo ry and the institutions of the United States, and lei him contemplate frequently the lives and character of those who wrought out and framed our liberties. Let some preparations bo made to improve the coming winter evenings, by lectures, meet ings of associations, discussions on different subjects, singing societies, &c. The lemper ance societies particularly ought t improve this winter, and begin the work ingbus ear nest. No movement of late has oWso much good as this; the friends of it are not willing to let it drop. Stroudsburg, Nov. 28th, 1842. Deadly Assault on Judge Jones. A most hold and outrageous assault was made about 2-o'clock on the morning of the 17th inst. on the dwelling of Judge Jones', of the Court of Common Pleas, who3o residence is on the vy is sahickon Creek, near the Manayunk Rail Road Bridge. Three burglars effected an entrance into the house, by resolutely battering a door down. Hearing the noiso of the burglars, the Judge started from his bed, seized a loaded whip, and proceeded toward ihe stairway. He was there rushed upon by three men in masks two armed with clubs, and one bearing a mus ket and a light. The Judge struck one of them to the floor, and was struck himself severely by ono of the ruffians. Then ensued a most terrific encounter in the dark, during which blows fell, and blood flowed freely, the Judge's lady affording what aid she could by hurling missiles upon the heads of the.robbers. Either from previous malice (which has not since been proved) or unexpected danger, the life of the Judge was eagerly sought, as, when he fusi fell, one of the fiends cried out "Now you have him down! Kill him! kill him!" Favor ed by the darknesspand a knowledge of locali ties the Judge escaped with his life and fled for help, which, the burglars learning, made their escape without doing further damage. On the following day, however, about noon, when the facta had become known in German town, two slrartgers entered Coxe's tavern, in lhat place, where several, persons were con versing on tho subject. Their appearance ex cited suspicion, and they were questioned. They looked as if they had been up all night, and the show of their persons and clothes strongly indicated lhat they had beeu engaged in some violent encounter in which blood had been spilt. In answer to questions, they be trayed so much anxiety and guilt, as to deter mine the citizens on arresting them. They were conveyed into the Judge's presence, and he at once identified the one on whom he had made his mark a large gash in his head having been carefully dressed and several persons identified both as having (with a third) inquired for the Judges residence, the day previous. They called themselves Asworth and Brough, and were committed for trial. A person be lieved to be the third, has since been taken. Sat. CoUr. Silly Romance. A young woman left her friends in Miners ville, Pa., a few days ago, in male attire, and came to ihis city, on her way, as she has since stated, to enlisi in the Navy. She stopped for lodgings at tho Wilmington House, in Front street, kept by Mr. Harper." She was sent to lodge in a room wilh several men, rather than do which she was compelled to acknowledge her sex to the landlady, who kindly provided her with a proper dress, and continues to take care of her, until she can do something more for herself. The young woman complains of unkind and unjust tieatment at home.- 26. The Mary C Rogers Mystery. An account has been published in .several of the cijy papers, that on the death of a Mrs. Loss of Weehawken, an explanation had been given of ihe sad fate of "The Pretty Cigar Girl" but an examination of tho sons of Mrs. Loss goes to show that there is no foundation whatever to the account. It is stated, howev er, that the magistrates are still on the alert. Singular Accident. Recently a miller, neur Mobile, for somo pur pose or other, poured several pounds of melted lead into tho eye of tho rtinuer-stone. The lead becoming loose and working between tho stones, was ground up with the corn. The meal was consumed on the plantation of Mr. James G. Lyon, and a number of his negroes were poisoned by it, somo of whom died, while others were palsied and altogether helpless. A similar accident occurred recently in Europe. A flew Ticket. A " Jeflersonian," in ihe Madisonian of yes terday, lakes the stari of all political conven tions, by nominating the annexed tickei for 1814: John Tyler for President, and David R. Porter for ViceProsident. Tho only thing now required is a sufficiency of voles, q eleci them. Warning to Housekeepers. The Piscaiaquis Herald mentions the loss of a cow from having eaten a quantity of pickles which had been thrown out in an exposed sit uation and slates thai ihe brino in which cu cumbers have bc6n preserved is said to be fa tally poisonous to cattle and hogs. Powerful Magnet. A lecturer -was dilating" upon tho powers of the magnet, defying any one to snow or name anything surpassing its powers, when a man mounted the stand and told him lhat woman was the magnet of magnets, for, said he, if the Ioad stone could attract a piece of iron a footer two, there was a woman who, when he was a young man, used to attract him thirteen miles every Sunday to hava a chat with her! The "Battle Axes." Hannah Williams has been found guilty of lewdness at Reading, in this btate and was sentenced to pay a fine of $25, and undergo an imprisonment of ono year in the county jail. Hannah is ihe leader of a society called the "Battle Axes" the chief doctrine of which seems to be, to do away wilh the institution of marriage. Iork The Cincinnati Chronicle of Saturday last say8: "There were but few hogs at the pens this morning. Wc noticed a lot of 250 head delivering, to be cut on account of the drover, as he could not obtain the price he held them at, S2 25 per 100 lbs. Another lot was bought and delivering at a shade over $2 per 100 lbs. We are advised of a sale made yesterday at SI 87 per 100 lbs., light hogs." The Louisville Journal of Saturday says: " Two establishments hero are slaughtering about 1200 hogs per day. We hear of a sale of good pork at $2 nett, on lime; and small sales at same rales, for cash. The difference between cash and timo rates is pretty fairly shown by the above quotations SI 25 on foot being about equal to $1 70 a 1 75 nett.',4 Rev. Joshua Baker, residing 13 miles from Carbondale, Penna., lost both his eyes, a few days since, by falling into a bed of lime mor tar. Mr. John Evans, ofMillcreek, near Eric, Pa. raised the present season, on less than an acre of ground, eighteen hundred and fourteen bush els of the sugar beet. Two hogs are exhibiiing in Cincinnati, Ohio, which weigh three thousand pounds. They were raised in Warren county, in that State, and are a cross of the Berkshire and Russian breed. ILJ3 Quito a number of failures have oc curred at . Easion, Pa., lately, and several to very large amounts- Catfish. The St Louis People's Organ tells a story about the "Old Hunter," catching- a catfish which is funny. "When I straddled him," says the 'Old Hunter,' "he made a sudden plunge for the deep water, and he had got my fingers so firmly fast that I thought I was a gone Puke. When he got to the deepest place in the lake he stopped still, and would nt budge another peg. A thought struck me that I was riding a little too far forward, as his nose seemed to plough on the bottom, and as soon as I slip ped a little further back, he made another start and came right to the top of the water. I managed to steer the rascal right ashore by keeping myself pretty well back towards the tail." It is added that the fish weighed "four 'hundred and twenty-two lbs.," which is about as much as could be served up in one dish. The Recent Earthquake. A letter from Paris, Tenn., relates that a- recent earthquake created much alarm in that town. There were two shocks accompanied by a noise that resembled subterranean thunder. The first shock caused the houses to rock so violently, that, for a few moments it was expected some of them would fall The damage, however, was con fined to glass and crockery ware. Shower of Butter. The follow ing extraordinary letter appears in the Cork Examiner: " Dunmanway, Sept. 27th, 1842. Sir: Please to publish in your widely circulating pa per, that a shower of butter has been falling every night since the 14th instant, on the land of Drundasdal. near Dunmanway: it covers a snan oi about an acre of land. The pea sants assemble every morning to col lect the butter to cure disease; in some instances effectual cures have been made. Yours, very trulv. James Scanlan, Secretary to the Busman-- way ! ompcrance Society,1- - John C, Colt. We nncWs says trie i ew York Aurora, tint,.: Qntnfljiv Inct 'Mr Snrnnol t i J " s ther or Jonn O., wrote a letter to . Anthon. on the subiect of im or,.. j j - y, ,11 of Friday. What were its conti has not yet transpired; but the 1W-J end Doctor, immediately upon p i it. :,i a r UJJ It, UclIXicu it. tu me iiiyvr, reiuses to make it public at nresv. perhaps judiciously. The invest tion will probably bring it out. DaX unromcie. Hugh Hamilton Henry, Esq , (; itorofthe Bucks County Intelfe.. J cer, died at Doylestown, Pa., on trill 16th inst Review of Hie IrXarkeJs. Philadelphia, November 2G, FLOUR AND MEAL. There is imcC, in the price of Flour, but ihe transaction, o " to the we weather, have been limited, s. of common and fair brand?, for ship;nen's, 5, $4,12 per bbl. A lot of hf. bbls. at S 1,37 p.: pair. Sales for city consumption at Sl.ij $1,25. Rye Flour Sales at S3 per bM. Meal The price has further declined; sales $2,25 per bbl. and some st 82,18 for Prnnj. Meal. Brandywine is unsettled in price. Penna. hhds. are held at $1 1,25 each. GRAIN. There has been a fair demand for Wheat at the nrices current last week, and t'n. salts have been to a considerable extent ai 83 to 86 cents per bushel, lor lair to prune Penni. red, and 87 for white; Southern ai 72 to v cents, as in quality. Rye A sale of Southern at 50, and one of Penna. ai 59 cents. Corn Sales of round yellow at 48 a 48 1-2 cents, flat at 45, and while at 42 cents; old and new mixed, at 41 a 43 cents new yellow is woru about 40. and white at 38 a 39 cents. Oirs moderate sales at 22 a 22 1-2 cts. for Southern CATTLE MARKET. Beeves 1 1 0 0fo,'. ed, and 390 sold, including 127 for New York, at $3,50 a $5,25 per 100 lbs. Cows and Calves 187 oflered and sales at S7 a SU for Dry Cows; $ 12 a $20 for Springers, and $'20 1 $30 each for Milch Cows. Hogs Onlv 375 were brought in, and all sold at $4 a $5 per 100 lbs., as in quality. Sheep 1800 wereuf fered, and 1200 sold at $1 a $4 each. MARRIED, At Bridge Port, Dingman township, Th county, on the 24th inst., by Samuel S. Thrall, Esq.; Mr. John Postly, lo" Miss Mary Axx "Williams, both of Dingman township. From the Methodist Protestant. OBITUARY. Brother Rccsc. It becomes our painful iz:j to report the death of our beloved brother Ihn Ross, an elder in the Methodist Protest Church and a member of the Pennsylrana Conference. He departed this life August 17th, aged 66 years. Seldom has it fallen to the lot of an Annual Conference to record ihe death of so worthv a broiher a man of s:ron mind great literary acquirements very p!a:n and humble of gentlemanly manners libera! in his sentiments of sterling worth his heart was, as was his house, open to his brethren. Especially can the ministry testify to his gen erosity and hospitality. He was "a man ot God, and labored cheerfully and faithfully lor the salvation of souls. During the last of ia Ufp in nnnspmipnpo nf Hi infirmitipQ. hft WIS nnnhlA In fnlrp nnv nthnr ihnn n ciinprnnmn'd 1 relation-to the Conference; yet noiwiihs:and;c; his age and health, ho travelled much and la bored where opportunity offered. He seeme to have had a presentiment of his death, and of ten observed, "My Father is about to call re? home." He preached his last sermon in B;n: hampton, Broome county, N. Y. So deep.r was he affected by the weight of his subj?c afier speaking nearly forty minutes, he sank or. the seat exhausted unable to proceed. He en joyed a tolerable share of health, yet he fe': lhat time was rapidly destroying his frail tene ment, and he seemed rather to rejoice in the prospect of entering upon his rest; he left limg hamton and hastened home as if to die. The good hand of God was evident in allowing him to return, that his friends might perform for him the last sad offices. Of his early history we know but little. In a letter addressed to our worthy Bro. J. Srai'K lato President of Pennsylvania district, me writer, savs. "Ho commenced the study anJ practice of law early in life, and commnncei preaching in the Spring of 1S11. After press ing sometimo he again resumed the practiced J.aw in .baston, Northampton county, wherein continued for four or fivo years; when ho again commenced nreaphirnr " Ann lawver he wi ranked among the first in his profession and ?i . i n r. Ar. was u we misiaKe not, many years aiaiea torney. The same correspondent in anotne; letter says, "He was confined to his bsJ. two or three days, during which time ha little moro than that "his work was. done an4 ho had but to die;"---he died without a struggle or a groan: even those in lbs room with wore insensible of the time in which his. spt took its flight." In his, death the Church lost an able ministers-Conference a vaw member Society a valuable citizen his ffi a tender ana loving husband-his children a will bo dear to. many of the unconverted whom he had been acquainted. In l0" ovor all the circumstances connected ih doath, wo cannot but say, "let me die the uca-- of tho righteous and let my last end be like ln R. Baikp Ch'n. of Com. on memoirs, &c, &c i 9
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