JEFFBHSONIAN REPUBLICAN
JEFFERS0N1AN REPUBLICAN
Irlilforcl, December 8, 1842.
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paid Dcioic me cnu oi me year.
To our Patrons.
On Tuesday the 20th inst., the Docember 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
called upon our patrons to comply with the terms
of the paper, and pay up their arrearages; but
hitherto few have hoeded 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
rue determined do ato slittle of it as possible for
the future. In order to carry out our resolution,
wo are compelled to make this dun very severe,
nnd run tho risk of offending somo of our delin
quents. We must have money, and if our sub
scribers do not voluntarily pay us, wc will be
obliged to use means to compel them to do so.
We therefore give notice that all persons who are
indebted to us for one year's subscription, or more,
and do not square their accounts before the end of
next court, will havo them placed in the hands of
n Justice of the Peace, who will not deal a3 leni
ently, or bear as long with them, as wo have. To
such of our subscribers as haro'been punctual in
iheir payments, we return our sincere thanks, and
will do all in our power to make the "JofTerso
nian" an agreeable and useful paper.
A Whig National Convention.
Notwithstanding the positivo declarations lately
made by some of Mr. Clay's exclusivo friends,
that they would not submit tho claims of their fa
vorite candidate to the uncertainties of a National
Convention, tho large proportion of that gentle
man's ardent supporters nnd admirers now give
in to the absolute necessity of a Convention, and
admit that no Whig can stand the least chance of
success without being nominated by such a body.
The Lexington Intelligencer, an able and influen
tial paper printed in the vicinity of Mr. Clay's
home, and one which is knotvn always to speak
tho sentiments of that Statesman's friends in Ken
tucky, takes strong grounds in favor of such an
assemblage, and recommends that it be held about
tho second Monday in December, 1843, in the Ci
ty of Baltimore. A great number, also of tho Whig
press in Pennsylvania, and some of the other
States, havo already given opinions favorable to
this measure, and more than nine-tonths of the
party throughout the country desire it. We hope
therefore that the Whig Members of Congress will
speedily settle the matter, by holding a meeting at
Washington, recommending a National Conven
tion to the people, and designating the time when,
and tho place where it ought to bo held. Such a
proceeding rould not fail in reuniting every por
tion of tho Whig party, and rendering it invincible
to all the schemes and intrigues of it opponents.
The State Debt.
Nick Biddle is writing a series of letters to the
Editor of tho Pennsylvania Inquirer on the sub
ject of the State Debt. He handles us without
gloves for our extravigance and want of economy;
says it would be dishonourable for us to repudiate ;
and endeavours to show how we may extricate
ourselves from our difficulties' and embarrassments.
Tho people of Pennsylvania, at this time, are
rrrtainly in great want of wholcsomo advice, but
ihey will place very little reliance or confidence
in any thing which "Old Nick" may suggest.
They would just about as soon rely upon the ad
vice of his "distinguished namesake," as upon his;
for he has dcceh'ed them too often and deeply al
ready. But instead of the Stale Debt, the Wid
ows and Orphans, and others whom he has de
frauded and made beggars, would like to hear
about his own debt; and the plundering of tho U.
S. Bank. That would be a subject far more in
teresting to them to read, and far more proper for
him to write about It would be more in charac
ter, too, for him as an honest man, to concern him
self about his own debts, and try to pay them, than
to bo indignant that tho State has failed to meet
one or two instalments of her interest. Biddle,
however, thinks that by forcing himself upon the
notice of the public, he can wipe off the infamy
whirh has attached to his character. But he is
mistaken. The more the people see and hear of
him, the deeper will be the condemnation of his
acts.
A IHiclIist Sentenced.
James W. Webb, Editor of the New York Cour
ier and Enquirer, was brought before the Becor
der of the City of New York, on Saturday a week,
and' sentenced to Tico years confinement in the
Penitentiary, at Sing Sing, for having left the State
to fight a duel with Thomas F. Marshall. Public
feeling was strongly in favor of Webb's discharge,
and Governor Seward has since granted him a
Pardon, ui which he sets out at large the reaspns
for interposing .LxeCutive clemency to the sen
tence.
Trial for Itturdcr,
The trial of Milton J. Alexander, for the. murder
of Noah Lougee, occupied the Court of General
Sessions of .Philadelphia, all last; week, and, was
Hot then concluded. We may possibly give a
frk.etch of the trial, whieliis exciting a great deal
vf interest, in our next.
Massachusetts Election.
Thp returns of tho election, on "Monday a week.
in those towns of Massachusetts which, did not
make a choice at the first trialt have not yet been
fully received. As Car as heard from, both parties
claim a majorty in the Legislature. The Boston
Atlas claims six majority for the Whigs, and me
Boston PoaVtujo for tho locos. Whichever party
has in reality eleeted a majority, will have the
Governor for the ensuing year; there having been
no choice of that officer by the people.
Illegal Voting.
Thomas A. Sterritt, was convicted on Friday
last, at Wilmington. Delaware, for having illegally
voted at the late election in that State, and fined
one hundred dollars. By the way, it would not be
a bad notion for our ministers of justice, to serve
some of the hundreds who yearly vote in Pennsyl
vania, without a qualification, in the sarao way, as
a warning and example.
-The Treaty.
The Washinoton papers publish the official voto
of the U. S. Senate, upon the Ratification of the
late Treaty botween Great Britian and this coun
try, by-which it appears that thirly-nme Senators
voted for, and nine against it. James Buchanan,
one of the Senators from this State voted against
the Ratification. His voice, it appears, is still
for war. Mr. Sturgeon, his colleague, was absent
when the voto was taken.
Death of a Sheriff.
Henry Morris, Esq. High Sheriffof the City and
County of Philadelphia, died suddenly of apoplexy ,
on Thursday afternoon last. He was walking
along Seventh near George street, at the time,
when ho fell backwards, and oxpired in a few
- it
moments. Mr. Morris was a son ot tho ceieDra-
ted Robert Morris, the financier of the Revolution.
According to a provision in the Constitution, tho
Governor must appoint a person, whose duty it
will be to net until the next General Election,
whon a successor is to be chosen.
Lecture
Our neighbours of Easton, have made arrange
ments for a course of Literary and Scientific Lec
tures, to be delivered in their Borough, during the
long evenings of tho coming Wintor. The- Intro
ductory was delivered by J. Glancy Jones, Esq.
on Friday evening last. Subject, "Influence."
Cannot Milford imitate a good example, and
raako arrangements for a similar course of Lec
tures! Snow Storm.
The Snow Storm which raged in these parts
on Wednesday last, extended over a large por
tion of the Union. It was particularly severe
in the lower part of this, and several of the
Southern Stales. It caused a' delay in the
transportation of tho mails in almost every di
rection' The Lady's Book. -
We have received the December No.' of ihis
periodical, and a splendid affair it is.- Besides
several 6trperb engravings, it contains articles
from the pens of N. P. Willis, and somo of our
best American authors. We have also received
a plato No. which contains specimens of the
engravings which embellished the Book during
the year. It is elegant. The January number
of the Book, will commence a new volume, and
afford an excellent opportunity to subscribe.
Crossing the Line.
The Grand Jury of tho Criminal Court of
New Casile county, Delaware, have indicted
the Hun. I . F. Marshall, for fighting a duel
within the border's of that County and Stale.
Col. Webb luckily escaped a similariudictment,
in consequence of his standing during the duel
within iho line of Pennsylvania. Tho two
belligeranis may hereafter be considered line
shots. Dai. Chron.
At Chillicoihe, Ohio, on tho 19th ult., pork
was selling for $1 25 lo 1 75, nnd was coming
in freely at that; wheat 37 to 40 cents a bushel.
At Cincinnati, on the 22d, flour was selling at
$2 65 per barrel,
XHJ3 A writer in the United Slates Gazelle,
instead of acquiescing in the doctrines of Mr.
Miller, predicts thai at the present rate of in
crease, the human race will amount to 32 bil
lions of people in about 156 years! which' will
he one person for every acre of land on the sur
face of the Globe. The children of persons
now living may see that slate of things! The
effect of this will he to exterminate whole races
of the inferior and less useful animals. Farms
will be converted into gardens, and produce in
creased in proportion.
The Law of Husband and Wife.
The following iule was lair down by Judge
Inglis as the principle in govern-u jury: "If a
wife leave a husband of her own free will, he
is not even liable for her necessaries. But if
he drive her out, he is in effect giving her a
bill of credit upon ihe worldand she binds him
by all the necessary contracts she makes."
A man in England lately undertook, for a
wager, lo pick up with his teeth, one hundred
building brixrks, to be placed on jic ground,
each a clear-yard apart, returning with them
singly lo a basket placed at i lie starling point.
The time allowed for the performance of this
herculean ' feat was seventy-five ''minutes, but
tho old veteran cleverly achieved i: in Jess than
an hour. ;
1fl.n Aaajl Tltnlltnilll IfirilM.
A petition is in circulation in New York, ad
dressed to tho Common Council of that ciiy,
soliciting that body to take such measures as
will secure to the widow oi me laie oamuei
Adams, and to iho infant child of the late unror-
w 1 1 4 . a I
tunaie John U. uoit, me sum oi one muiiaum
dollars which was received by the Sheriff of
theciiyand couniyofNew York, as a bribe
for the non-performance of his duly. The pe
titioners respectfully suggest that ihe sum of
five hundred dollars be paid to the widow of
ihe said Adams, and that the interest on the re
maining five hundred dollars be appropriated to
the maintenance of said child, and the principal
to be paid him on his arriving at the age of
twenty-one. Daily Chronicle.
Pfevv way to cheat Uncle Sam.
The Post Master General, Mr. Wickliffe, in
his notice of the various devices which have
been resorled lo in order to avoid the payment
of postage, records the followmg:--"A man
had been m the habit of writing on tire margin
of an old paper lo his father, to save postage.
When arrested by the application ot provisions
of the act of 1825, he adopted a species of sin
gular hieroglyphics. His object was lo let his
father know Ins lamily were doing wen anu
would be up in a few days so he sent up a
newspaper with nothing but his name written
on it. tie had pencilled on tne margin me jac
simile of a saddler's awl pointing towards the
representation of a well, with a sweep and
bucket going up. Thus distinctively convey
ing the message to his father that 'all his family
were well, and were coming up to see him.' "
Political Abolition.
The number of Abolition voles polled at the
recent elections in N. York, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Ohio, and Vermont, is 22,958. The
toial votes polled in the above named States is
874,292. According to the above, the Abolition
voto is one thirty-eighth and a fraction, of the
whole number polled, or one Abolitionist among
every thirty-eight voters.
Servile Insurrection.
We learn from tho clerk of the steamer Mis
souri, that considerable excitement prevails in
tho neighboring parishes of Concordia, Madi
son, and Carroll, in consequence' of the discov
ery of a contemplated rising of the negroes. It
appears that There are now in the swamps of
that region about 300 runaway negroes belong
ing to the parishes named, all of whom, it is
presumed, are armed. Some fifteen or twenty
negroes have been arrested and examined, and
from the facts elicited on the examination, it is
believed that an insurrection was contemplated
about Christmas. The plot seems to have been
extensive, embracing in its operations negroes
from nearly every plantation in the three pa
rishes. N. O- Tropic-
irXiller the TForld-Bestroiref .
In consequence of his preaching, in various
portions of this country, and (he character of
his predictions, almost every incident relating
to Mr: -Miller has been presented ,to the public.
It appears that he was born in Pitisfield, Mas
sachusetts, in 1751, and is, consequently, six
ty-one years of age. At thirty he entered the
army, and was present in several actions on the
frontier during the late war with Great Britain.
He was then a very wild character, and his re
ligious Opinions were very loose. He had
reached the grade of Captain, when, at the
close of the war, he left the army; and settled
at Hampton, near Whitehall. He was made
Sheriff of the county in which he resided. He
still owns the farm Upon which he first settled
at this place. AboUt thirty years ago, he set
about searching tho Scriptures with a view to
refute them, and this gave him his extensive
knowledge of the prophecies. In 1816 he was
convened, and ever since then became a close
student of the ptophecies and of history. In
1822, he says, he became fully convinced that
the world would come to an end in 1S43; and
about six or seven years afterwards he began to
preach and write about it, and continued to do
so till this day. He has written a great number
of works on his peculiar views. Sat. Cour.
Romance of Life.
married, at victor, uniario county, i. i.,on
the 31st ult., by ihe llev. Mr. Furman, Orrin
Kellogg Rice, Esq. of Clarksburgh, Ky., for
merly of Salem N. Y., lo Mary Augusta
WiiKELERj ot Victor, formerly of Salisbury, Ct
The circumstances connected with the abovd
are somewhat novel and interesting. About
three years since, the above named gentleman,
when travelling northward near Sandy Hill in
this btate, met a gentleman and lady in a vein
cle travelling in good style; soon after he saw
something white in the road, alighted and found
a lady's handkerchief, with the name Maria L.
Wheeler, Victor, Unt. Lo. Some time after,
returning from his journey, while consulting
some of his friends, it was proposed to address
by letter the lady whose name was on the prize
found this was accordingly done. In due
nine an answer was returned -by Miss M. A
Wliee-ler, slating that probably tho lady he met
in the carriage was her sister who had lost the
handkerchief she having been recently mar
ried and was nri a visit to ihe Uast with her
husband. A further correspondence ensued,
uniil Oct. 1840, when he started West, to go
he knew not where; but he went and made
himself acquainted with Miss -W , after
which he wenl to Kentucky, studied law, be
came a licensed attorney, and returned and
married Miss Wheeler. Tho happv couple
are now on a viaij lo their friends in Washing
ton county. Pliiitshiirg Whig.-
Thtt. fjrrini aboIitioiiiM, Arthur
Tnppaij, of
tScw York, has gtmu mto.biirikruptr.y
Whiff Victory in Florida.
Thft -Florida Herald of the 7ih inst. says:
Fnr the first lime since (he organization of our
Territorial Legislature into two branches, the
political complexion of both houses is me sjime.
We have now a thorough Whig Legislature"
Diabolical Attcsnpt to. Destroy a
Family.
The Kennebec (Me.) Journal slates that,
"when the family of a Mr. Perkins, of Warren,
arosen thanksgiving morning, they found a
mince pie in a newspaper, on which were writ
ten the names of Mrs. Perkins' sister and ne
phew. The cakes were nicely marked, each
with the name of one of Mr. Perkins' children.
Supposing the nephew had brought and placed
them there, they ate them for breakfast, unsus
picious of their deadly contents. Jn fifteen
minutes the whole family were taken sick, and
he suspicion of poison became ceitamty on the
arrival of a physician. Prompt and timely re
medies rescued them from death, and they are
now convalescent, though Mr. Perkins is yet
very feeble. Many previous circumstances di
rected the attention to a female in the vicinity,
as the perpetrator of the crime; she was arrest
ed and examined, and has been bound over tor
trial at the next session of ihe court. Ihe
evidence, though circumstantial, is decidedly
against her."
Cash Prices and the Tariff.
The Pittsburg Advocate says: "We were
shown calicoes from 4 to 8 cents per yard,
which sold last season at 7 to 12 1-2; and a
great variety from 10 to 12 1-2 that are really
beautiful, and were considered cheap last year
at 15 to 20 cents. Our American Manufactu
rers have, by their improved styles and very
low prices, (assisted by the Tariff,) driven the
English prints almost entirely out ol the market.
Beautiful scarlet flannels are sold at 2d lo dd
cents; rickings, indigo blue, 8 to 20 cents; good
pilot cloths 75 cents, and 'very superior ones at
51,75. In short, every description oi goous
wanted bv tho country merchants can now be
bought in Pittsburg on better terms than at any
olher city west of the mountains."
The Louisville Journal makes the S3me re
mark. Prices were never so low, although the
Tariff, it was alleged, was to carry ihem up
beyond ah precedent. The increase ol the du
ly on coal and iron, as on other staples, has
had the effect to diminish prices. The crusade
against the Tariff, ihough most unjust, has had
its political effect.
Attempt to Poison a whole Whig
Meeting. j
The Winchester Examiner publishes the
following extract of a letter from a near friend
of the Editor; residing in Harrisoh county;
Ohio. The letter is dated Oct. 1st, and hav
ing been sent by private conveyance did not
come to hand till lately. The letter says!
"One of the most wicked acts was commit
ted last week that i ever heard of. There was
a Whig meeting held at St. Clairsville, and
there being no spring near the spot, water was
conveyed there in casks. Into one of the wa
ter casks was a quantity of arsenic put, of which
more than two hundred persons drank before'
the alarming fact became known. Three men
and one woman have since died, and a physi
cian told a neighbor of mine yesterday that
there were within his knowledge one hundred
and sixty persons then laboring under the ef
fects of the poisonous drug, many of whom he
was apprehensive would not recover."
Rheumatism
Tho Saturday Evening Post says, the follow
ing remedy for rheumatism, either chronic or
inflammatory, will be found very efficacious
It has been tested by several old rheumatic pa
tients, and found to afford immediate relief-
one quart spirits of wine, two ounces castile
soap, one ounce spirits of hartshorn; one ounce
gum camphor; and half a glass of spirits of tur
pentine. The soap and camphor to be cut in
small pieces, and dissolved m the liquids. It
can be kept in a botile or any close vessel, for
use. The parts affected with rheumatism to bo
rubbed with the mixture and kept warm.
Most inhuman Coon Skinning.
The Shelby (Ohio) Aurora, states that the
locos of Champaign county got up a "coon skin
celebration" a short lime since, which proved
in the end-a sorry affair. Having procured a
couple of racoons, ihey proceeded in tho most
inhuman and fiendish manner lo torture them
alive. One of the animals, however, attempted
to retaliate, and succeeded in lacerating the
flesh of one of his tormentors in such a manner
as will force the wretch lo carry a memento of
his barbarity with him to his grave, 'fo close
this edifying spectacle, the head of one of the
unfortunate animals was put into a six pounder,
a piece of state ordnance, which In the hurry
and over-heated zeal of the sacriflccrs had boen
improperly loaded; ihe consequenco was that
upon applying the match, tho cannon burst" in
somn half dozen pieces, though strange to say
no ono was seriously injured by ihe accident.
This was at once an ominous and uulouked for
finale an item in the bill of fare entirely un
provided forfnnd not caring lo listen to the
boisterous n rriment and cutting jeers of the
Whig bystanders, iho participants m the horrid
glorification, sneaked off to their several homes
in no enviublo mood; each ono wondering in
his own-mind, doubtless, how on earth, under
present circumstances, they were lo raise the
"wherewith," to the tune of svcral hundred
dollars fn indemnify iho State for the damage
done to her arms.
Tbfro are two cases slated in Silliman's
Journal, in which two individuals swnlinwaii nr.
jscnic through mistake, and were both nerfecllv
j relicvcd by lakhig lhu. juice of tobacco freely,,
There are women enough in ail consensu
but not conscience enough' in nil u,,,,,,,.,
ihe fellow said when the girl told 1,I:,
needn't-call again.
Vviirtf nnn m;iv nnt rc.r.itWf C.l ill fit nmil
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ting, washed with a solution ol ox-gall becoi
indelible.
Review of the Mark els.
Philadelphia, December 3, isj
. FLOUR AND MEAL. Sulfa
Htirtiia i,.
week $4,12 a 4,18 $4,25 was
aKed a(
"t t
the week Tor shipping, ony consumption jit
25 a 4,37 choice brands $4,50. He Kj
$3 a 3,12. Corn Meal' isranuywiue; saKj
$2,62 in bbls., $12,25 hhds. Penna.
in bids.
GRAIN". The demand for Wheat lias U,
lively; sales.of from fairio prime Pctin.rrd,
a 87, and 88 for while. Southern 73 a M.
cording t quality. Southern Hyo 53. a;;
Penna. 62. Cornround yellutv. 48 a b.
46. Oats Southern 22 a 22 1-2.
PROVISIONS. Mess Pork $3,50 a fi;;
prime $9,25per bbl.; Hams 6 1-2 a To;'
Shoulders 4 1-2 a 5.
CATTLE MARKET. 7C0 in marke';Ml,s
at 3 1-2 a 4 1 -2; a few extra at a cis.: 200 ;.
ginia 100 Va. went to New York; 50 ldi un
380 Cows and Calves sales, $17 a 22, ex-t
33; Springers $12 a $14; Dry Cows, $6a $.
460 hogs, sales 3 1-2 a 4; extra 4 !-2c.;3ci.
sold. 970 Sheep, sales $1 a 1,75; extra
Sat. ('out
1IEI,
In Dutotsburg, on Sunday last, ANTII0.W
DUTOT, at an advanced age.
JlocJks
Brass 30 hour Clocks,
Wood 30 do do
For sale cheap, by
C. W. DeWITT.
Milford, Dec. 8, 1842.
A NEW SERIES OF
TEMPERANCE TALES,
BY T. S. ARTHUR,
Author of 'Six fcight3 with the Washinglom
orw,' etc.
THE extensive. and still increasing sale, ami
the wide-spread popularity of Mr. Arthur's "Six
Nights with the Washingtonians, and the ur
gent entreaties of many distinguished leaden
in the Temperance cause, have induced th?
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admirable writer to furnish another series cs
Tales from real life.
These Tales will be published in sixteei
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those who havd read the former series of Mr
Arthur's Temperance Tales, it need noi besa
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TERMS.
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SHERIFF'S
Bv virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas i
mo directed, will be exposed to public sale at
the Court House in Milford, on the 17th day
of December next tho following property to
wit:
A certain piece or parcel of. Lamr
situato in the township of Delaware, in the cow
ty of Pike, and State of Pennsylvania, coin
ing about
Twenty Acres of luiud,
more or less, on which saidlaniuu
is erected a
and LOG BARN, Hounded on the west u
laud of G. Abraham Vanawken, on the now
and north-west by land of Benjamin Fiazier.w
the south by land of John J. Linderinan, lugdn
cf with tho appurtenances.
Seized and taken in execution as the proper
ty of Isaac Shafer, and will be sold by me w
cash to the highest and best bidder.
JAMES WA TSON, Shevj-
Sheriff's office, Milford, )
Nov. 28,1 8 12. J