JjEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN StronrtbMirg, February 22, 1843. Terms, $2,00 in -advance; $2.25, naif je arly ; and $2,50 if not paid befo.c iho end of the year. Congress, Has not. yet done any thing of public import ance. The Repeal of the Bankrupt Law, Gen. Jackson's Fine, the Retrenchment Bill, &c re main still to be acted upon. - r- Temperance. The Easton Temperance Beneficial Society, have made arrangements to celebrate Washing ton's Birth Day. They will have a procession, and the Rev. Mr. Gray is also to address them. Tlie Court Martial. The Court Martial on Commander McKenzie, is still progressing, but excites very little interest out of New York. It will probably not be con eluded in less than ten days. iHiporlant Trial. A Trial is now in progress, before the Superior Court of the city of New York, in which Helen 5. Lispenard, and others, are plaintiffs, and Rob ert Stewart, is Defendant, which involves the riht of Mr. Stewart to the immense Lispenard estate, situate in Canal and the adjoining streets, and worth about six millions of dollars, there being over 800 lots with buildings on them. Mr. Stew art claims under a will made by Miss Alice Lis penard, the Plaintiffs allege that Alice was not nf rlrht and sufficient mind to make a Will. The evidence is very contradictory. A Nominee. The Loco Focos of New Jersey held a conven tion at Trenton on the 15th inst. at which they nominated JOHN TYLER as their candidate for the next President. This is just as it should be. They encouraged Tyler to forsake and turn trait or to the friends who had elected him, and they should certainly not now desert him. But what a consummate fool the man must be to allow himself to be thus duped, and to dole out offices and pat ronage to men who are covering themselves and iiim with so much disgrace and infamy. Another. Col. Richard M. Johnson wasashoit time since placed in nomination for the Presidency, by a public meeting, held at Towanda, Bradford coun ty. In his answer to the letter informing him of the fact, he accepts the nomination, and says that whatever talents he may possess, they are at all times at the service of his countrymen. The District Bill. The Legislature has av length agreed upon a Bill to district the State for the election of mem bers of Congress. . It contains provision for twen ty four districts, each of which is entitled to one member. Monroe, we perceive, is severed from her old connexions, and hereafter is to be united in a district with Luzerne, Pike, Wayne and Wyo ming. Old Northampton is attached to Bucks. The city and county 'tff Philadelphia, are allowed four members. If the Bill should receive the sig nature of the Governor, or otherwise become a law, we will immediately publish it -entire. State Convention'. The Whig State Convention assembles at Har risburg this day. It will no doubt be a large arVd spirited affair. Numerous delegates have been atruuinted, and nearly eve'ry County in the Stale will be repiesented. We are sorry that Monroe forms one of the few exceptions. Hard times, however, and not a want of devotion to principle, must be received as our excuse. Last Sunday a week, all the prisoners in the jail of Northampton county. Pa. made their escape They were four in number: Jacob Troxell, Jacob Cooper, George Hubler, and James Slaven, the latter oi whom has since been retaken. Washington's Birth Bar . To day is the one hundred and eleventh anniver sary of the birth of the immortal Washington Judging from the accounts in our exchange papers, it will be observed pretty generally throughout the country. The Mono Castlk. A young American office!1 a graduate of West Point, was recently imprisoned at Havana for making a drawing of Moro Castle Uoon the interference of Gen. Campbellour Con sul. the voting man was released. The Governor General politely told Gen. Campbell, that if the American Government desired a drawing oi iworo Castle, he would furnish one. "Thank you," said the General, "when the American Goverment nonH n sfcntrh nf vour Castle, we shall draw it with our cannonV Something of a Journey. The U. S. Mails travelled 11,644,093 miles on horseback, 18,757,036 miles m coaches, and 4,424,282 miles by railroad and steamboat, during the year ending the 30th June, 104.5 total 44,835,991 miles, equal to 140 voyages to the moon, or 1,393 voyages around th world. To co this distance would have occu m.il .i Wfimntive for 154 vears. running at the rate of 30 miles an hour, night and day, Sun day excepted. matrimonial Misery. A Mr. Pearson, of Indiana, asks the Legis lature of that Slate to divorce him from " : noisy and turbulent wife," who " palmed her- ... i l.ii i i.i i.l 1 sell upon iiim, auu ioiu nun in cum uiuuu uih she liked another man belter than she did him, and thai her children were not his ; and threw hot water in his face." Mr. P. has certainly good cause of complaint against his better half, if she is addTcled to such liule misdemeanors. Seduction iu PhiladelphiaBeliber-; ate murder of the Seducer- the j Brother of the SeducedGreat Eat- j citeiuent; On Tuesday and Wednesday last, consider able talk was produced by th6 sudden disap pearance of a young and handsome girl, aged about 16, named Sarah Mercer, the daughter of Thomas Mercer, 33 Queen street, one of the most wealthv and resoectablo inhabitants of Southwark. A young man of this city, named Hutchinson Ileberton, was arreatad on suspi cion of being concerned in her abduction, and a r 1 1 fc 1 II ..1 " taken uelore Alderman Miicneii, ai me instance of the girl's brother, who threatened him then with instant death if he refused, but was dis charged in consequence of the girl's return to her parents on Wednesday evening. It was ascertained, however, that Ileberton had sedu 'ced the young girl, and ihat she had gone to a house of ill fame in the neighborhood ol fine and Twelfth streets, kept by Louisa O'Neil, where he had been iu the habit of meeting her. Miss Mercer's absence as well as her return, according to all statements was voluntary. The anguish of the family at the knowledge of the dishonor that had fallen upon the daugh ter, no tontie can tell nor pen describe. To wipe out the stain as far as possible so to do, a marriage was proposed to the seducer. This was declined on his part, and the brother nf the seduced then challenged him. 1 his i 1 If 1 M'L was also ueciineu. i no FOREIGN NEWS. Eight Days later from Europe. The London Globe of the evening of the 9)h, contains a letier from Madrid of December 31, from which we extract the following . The squadron of the United States of Amer ica, which had so long remained stationary at Port MahotV, has removed, for what they call winter quarters, to Genoa, although there is hardly any winter in ihe Mediterranean, and although the port of Genua is far more distant front their scene of action Tangiers and Mo roccoto watch which, the now French port of Algiers is much more conveniently situated. A misunderstanding with the authorities and inhabitants, arising out of the assassinations of a man, occasioned the removal. The Ameri can Ambassador here has nothing whatever to do with this squadron, which receives its or ders from the Navy Department at Washing ton directly. Thu decrease of the British leVcnue of the last year previous, ending on the 5th of Janua ry 1843, as compared with that which ended 5th of January, 1842, is 922.6301, while the decrease in the labt quarter's revenue as com pared with the corresponding quarter of the previous veaf is no less than 940,0021. w mm, - . : Review of the Markets. Philadelphia, February 11, 1813. FLOUR -The- principal sales during the week were for domestic consumption; at prices 1 iVi- ranmng trom 5j,u iu svo.o, ' ,6""" purcnasers in inuiuci. hraiids. There are lew and we quote for good shipping brands ilw mini mal price of $3,75 per bl. Silea pf) hf. bU buckkwheat at $3,25 per pair. Corn Meal, Brandy wine $11,50 per hhd. $2,50 per bbl ; Pcnna. $2,25, .. GRAIN. Sales of Penna. Wheat 73 to SO cents. .Rye 46 a. 48 cents. Corn, stares and in demand, at4 a 42 cfs. Southern O.h- 23 a 24-cents. PROV I Sl'df"-Jersey Mess Pork $9 a. $9 50 per bbl. Western do. $9; Prune $7'; Philada. .Mess Beef $7,56 a $9? Prime $6 i $6,25. i- . , SEED -Sales ol Ulover at prices rniimg rrom $3,25 to $3,50 per husher, as in quality The commercial advices from India are ve ry saii.-facU.rv as regards Bengal. Confidence infuriate brother, I was fast being restored, in consequence of the stung almost to madness, determined not to be termination of the Affganistan campaign and baulked in his revenge. He watched the move- better prospects in China. There was abun- ir.ents of Heberlon, and having asceriained that he was to leave the city on Friday afternoon or evening in a carnage, by way of Camden, he managed to discoter the fame in the street, when he employed one of Vansiever's vehicles, driven by a young man, to whom Mercer gave instructions, pointing uu tho carriage, to lose sight of it on no condition, but keep close to it, and wherever it went to follow after It. In this carriage, in company with Heberton, was seal ed his legal friend and n'dviser, Jas. C, Van dye, Esq. from whose office the deceased had left with the avowed object of preventing a meeting with the misguided excitad and Mer cer. After having driven through several sreets, the carriage entered the ferry-boat John Fitch, then lying at Market st. wharf. iVlercer, follow ing after, leaped from his vehicle unobserved, and concealed himself on board the boat, armed wilh one of Colt's six-barreled pistols, bhort- y alter tne carriage was uriveu on u"f" he blinds drawn up, and when witntn a. lew ards of the Jersey, shore Mr. Vandyke got oui of the same, walked around, it is presumed, to see ih lie earn The late freshet caused two breaks in the North Branch Canal, near Berwick, Pa. the first about forty feet, and the olh'er abiftit one hundred feet long. Hard Tinics in Pennsylvania. A member of the Legislature", says the Har- risburg Capiiolian, receive'd a letier from an in telligent'consiituent living in J uniatta, county in which it was staled thai a wagkon arid six hot' Commodore Isaac Hull. This able and gallant officer, whose heroic ex ploits during the late War between Great Britain and this country, shed so much lustre around our national flag, and crowned our Navy with trium pliant victoty, is no more. He died at his iesi dence in the city of Philadelphia, after a short but sevcie illness, on Monday the 13th inst. He was buried on Friday last, with civic and military honours. Peace to the allies df the brave ! ses were lately sold at constabjo'ssale in Tus- carora Valley ofihat county", for three dollars; and that a hatter was lately sold out in Lewis- town M fflin county, at tho sale of which wool hats bl ought two cents, and rur Hats twenty I five cents! If this is not an indication of hard times, we do not Know wnat is. 1 A Great Increase t.v Western Pe.sw- sylvania. Armstrong, enango ana uiapon comities', have, yained in 7 years 3299 taxable llinaoiiauis. jeuersim cuumv uas nuw.oo taxable inhabitants, an increase of 90 pir cent in 7 years. Cambria county contains 2433 tax abTes. In 1835 the number was 1912. Canal Commissioners. The Bill has passed the House of Itepreslnta tives, at JIarrisburg, and is now before the Senate, making provision for the election of the Canal Commissioners hereafter by the people. It also provides, that within tendaysafter its passage, the two Houses shall jointly elect one person, and each House one person, who together shall form a Board of Commissioner:, until others are elected by the people. Poverty Stricken". While the lower House of tlie Illinois Leg islatttre were lately discussing ihe dispensing uf certain olhc'es 'of trust and profit, .a messge was received from the Governor, staling tho in-. ability of the State to defray the 'expenses of the two branches of the Legislature, and eu treating that some immediate action might be had iu regard to the finances of the State, as it was with the greatest difficulty that money enough could be procured to pay the postage on letters addressed to the Lxecutive depart ment. , , , , And vet these miserable quacks and duties are actually passsiug laws to require all State assessments to be collected in gold and silver Belvidere Apollo. Rhode Islam iJ.-The Dorrit'es of Rhode Is land havu" nominated the following ticket: Gov'erhor Thomas F. Carpenter, of Prvi dence. The Stale Jebti I Lieutenant Governor Benjamin B. Thurs The interest which was due on Ihe Stale Debt. 1 10,1 01 "Phm,un- on the 1st inst. has not yet been paid, nor is it likely to be soon. We learn, however, that our wise ones in the Legislature, for fear that the term of repudiators might attach to them, are pass ing an Act, by which the holders af Stock will re ceive Certificates bearing 6 per cent, interest, in lieu of the Cash. In all cases where the amount of interest does not exceed $20, the holders are to be paid out of any mont y which may be in Uie State Treasury.. Banks. Seven Banks have applied to the Xegislature for re -charters. A Bill has also been introduced for a new one to be located at Allentown. At V present we have twenty-eight specie paying 'flanks, in the State, and twenty-five which do not. Out of this nunsfcsr eight have so far failed that Vtiere is no hope off their ever being rcsusitated. dance of specie, and a further arrival of three millions of dollars was expected from China. FROM CHINA AND INDIA. The overland mail reached London ihe ihe 7th. The British forces from Afighanistan un der Gen. Pollock, had reached the Punjaub, with but liule serious interruption on their march, alihohgh they were several times at tacked, and lust some men. In one of the at lacks iheir loss was 12 killed and 49 wounded The forces under Gen. England had also reached Scinde. Both generals destroyed the fortresses they passed on their march, and laid waste the country. Gen Pollock blew up the great bazar at Cabul before he evacuated that city. The Governor General had issued orders for the release of all the Affghan prisoners, includ ing Dosi Mahomed and his wives . He had also issued orders lerminaiing the functions of all political officers iu Scinde and Beloochistan. The Governor General was making arrange- Timothy SI. 50 a $.2. Herd wrajs iu cem-. or chard do. 75 cts.; Flax Seed $l:2o a 1,4 P.ATTf.R MARKET 630 Beeves uflereAr viz: 450 Pennsylvania and 80 fro-n V.rtui.' sales from 4 1-2 to 5 l-i cenis per to, ex.i - 1-2 cenls per IbYextra "6 34 all sold; 6J i.- oinia Cattle went to New York. A-nomber sales wtere made at.the Drove Yard over Schu I - kill. 80 Virginia Cattle were sold at 1 rwm. son s Drove Yard", at 2 ; 3-4 cents jier lb. W wels ht.!247 Lows and "Cah e, sales from $1 to $23; extra SS'5 a "$27, 'Springers $10 x $12"; Dry Cows, $'5 a SI 2. .. 1IEE, At Dutofsburg on the 2d inst. JGB 'STA PLES, a revolutionary soldier, iu the $0ih year of his age. . . , , notice; ., . A Petition for the Benefit of the Bankrupt Law', has been fifed the 14th February, 1843,. by; ttenderson D. Harvey, Laborer, Pike. Co. Which Petition will be. heard before the Dis trict Court of t'fie United States for. ihe Eastern. District of Pennsylvania, silting ui Bankruptcy, at the District "Court room in ifie. City of Phil adelphia, on Friday the 17th day of Marek next, at 11 o'clock, A. i. when and where alL persons interested may appear and show cause if any they liave, why ihe prayer of the sant Petition should not be granted, and the saii Petitioner declared Bankrupt. FRAS. HOPK1NSON, Clerk of the District Court. ments on an extensive .scale lor improving iu.bi i uiwucijim-ii .. A at all was sale, wneii Mercer appruaciieu 'an Qr ,ie, I(jU3 anj ,he Suiledge. age anu nreu lour nana urn ii ujuiun . miniutjr ,,f steamboats were to tie Kept running . une oi mem nroveu tuidi., aiwius , nil lh rnaf s inadn.tr to bo n rivers were to De w Secretary ofState Dexter itaitdall, of Smith field. Attorney General Samuul Y. Aiwellj o Gloucester. Treasasurer Josiah S. Monroe, of New port. Bill Johnson, the hero of the Thousand Is lands, has been lynched in Buchanan county, loway, by an armed parly of a dozen men.by a fellow named Bennett, during one of the coldest nights of the season. They tied him to a tree and inflicted fifty lashes on his bare back. The cause was that Johnson was likely to hae the Seat of Justice of Buchanan county loca ed at his place; Some of ihe lynchers have since been arrested. It should be named that Johnson's heroic daughter cut her father loose twice before the brutes whipped htm notwith standing iher guns were aimed at her while she did succession effect under the left, shoulder blade, and pene trated the heart. Heberton was conveyed to Cake's tavern In Camden,whcre he expiredina, p.w minutes. Tlie murderer was immediately arrested, and upon his person was -found the pistol, two barrels ot wtncti sun reiaineu uicir charoe. His conduct dur,ing the remainder ol the evening is represented as having been wild and frantic, evidently laboring under the most intense excitement. . , Young ftfercer was taken by the Sheriff of Glou cester co. to the Woodbury, jail, to await his trial for the dreadful deed he has committed,, acepmpar nied by two cousins and an attorney. He appeared pertecuy caim ana cuneuieu. . ; . 4 Wew way to raise Ihe wisid. , In Paris, on the oth December, a man pass- in& bv the station of the municipal guard, near ihe Marche des lnuocons, lell down in a m oi appoplexy, and was carried in a stale of insen sibility to the guard house. Hastily a woman1 forced Jter way through the crowd, aud rushed up to the body, exclaiming, "My hitsbana! my poor husb'atid! Let me take ofi his cravat, and pray stand back and give him air!" Those pres ent obeyed her request, and the woman busiejl herself iu attending to the sufferer. A physi cian soon arrived, and having bled, tlie sense less man recovered his consciousness. "How relieved your wife will be " said the commander of ihe station. "My wife!" "Yes the poor woman was here just now in terrible distress." "Nonsense, I'm not a married man." Those present turned to look for the woman, but she liad disappeared, atid the niari on ex amining his pockets-, found that hispurse and watch hud disappeared along with her. She had been cooly plundering Her victirti under the very eyes of the police. Beading;. Of all the amusements that can possibly be imagined for a hard working man, after his dai ly toil or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an interesting newspaper dr book. It mils for no bodilv exertion, of which he has al ready had enough, or perhaps too much. It re lieves the home of iis dhlness and sameness. It transports him into a" livelier and gayerj and more diversified and interesting scene; and while he enjoys himself there he may forget the evils of the present moment fully as much as if he wgre ever sri drutlk, with the advantage of finding himself ihe next day with his money iu his pocket, or at leaM laid out m real neces sariesand without the drunkards misery of mind and body. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work; and if what he has been reading be anything above the idlest and light est, it gives him something to ihink of besides the mere mechanical drudgery of his every day occupation something he can enjoy while ab sent, and look forward with pleasure. If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me instead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss. and the world frown upon me it would be a luste for reading. Sir J. tlcrschell. improved, &c. The Hong Kong Gazette of September 29, announces the abolition of the hong merchants' monopoly. The captured junks had been re stored, and trade had been comme.nced between the English and Chinese in tlie Yang-tse- Ktang. i FRANCE. The right of search will die a natural death, as Guizot will not staike the stability of his gov ernment oh that Question: the others are of a domestic character, such as the sugar question, whVch do not affect the nation generally, and the Belgian treaty, and this latter will not be made a ministerial question. t , We may, therefore, anticipate thai Guizot will retain bower without any great effort. The financial position of France will occupy the at tention of the Chambers ,. NOTICE; A Petition for Discharge and Certificate un der the Bankrtipt Law, has b'en filed by Samuel Case, Butcher, Monroe county. And Saturday the 29th day of April next at 11 o'clock, A. Ai. Is appointed for the hearing thereof, before the said Court, sitting in Bank ruptcy, at the bis'lrict Court Room, in the Ci ty of Philadelphia, when and where the Cred itors rjf ihe said Petitioner, who have proved their Debls1, and all other persons iu interest, may appear and show cause, if any ihey have, why such Discharge and Certificate should not be g'raut'ed. . , FRAS. HOPKINSON, Cfletk oj the District Court. PniVadelphta, Feb. II, 1843. 10 w. BANK NOTE liJIST. corrected weekly for the Jeffersonian Republican The notes of those banks on which quotations Our Paris letters contain nothtng new. 1"jtlre omitted and a dash( Substituted, are not purchased by the brokers. Rnnlhwark b.ink Kensineton bank do Bartkbf Northern Liberties do jo mownesvuie H-yErie bank . i . . j0 Bcrns county oans. riowanaa ac Relief Notes Mechanics' Bank Gommercisl Dank Bank of Penn Township Manufacturers' & Mech'ns Moyamensing bank United States bank Oirdrd do Pennsylvania bank Bank of Gennantown Bank of Montgomery co. Bank ofl)eIaware county Bank of Chester county Doylestown bank Fanners' bank of Bucks Easton bank Farmers' bank of Reading Lebanon bank Harrisburg bank Middletown bank Farmers' bank Lancaster Lancaster bank Lancaster county bank. Northampton bank Columbia Bridge Carlisle bank Northumberland bank Miners bank of Potts ville York bank Chambersburg bank do do1 do d 47 45 S par do do do New Yorfe. CITT BAXK3- America. bank of 4American Exchange- Bank or commerce Bank of tbe State of N Y Butchers" and Bioarsv Chemical City commercial Clinton dtvDel. aBtlBttdaeac&BaTco- do Fulton bank of New York par rwiiififtonnV. of ilm nnlilie iti the maintenance of V. VS 11 ------- tlio pvinimo Administration was' we are told, w . i i. .i r i K a Hn. 1 tAucT'lv:iitin. fVVest Branch bank in no wise nnecieu oy uic iiwimica r v.. T" j . u d I " 'Pittsburtr nosi.ion. The ceriainty that the King would SM&ri. WaesW .r..n i o unut-mn ii trip rnjininRrs in t ersu ii iiau i-amn-io u. ' ooo. i Western bank produced a good eliect. PORTUGAL. The Lisbon dates are to the 5th. The Queen opened the Sessions ill person, alluding in strong terms to the satisfactory state or the foreign relations, In consequence of the expected arrival of an envoy from Russia, which would be the last step requisite to com plete the recognition of the present government of Portugal by the Northern Powers. Allusion was also made to the project of equalizing the revenue and expenditure. FROM THE EAST. CdssTAN-mopLEj Dec. IS. The French packet has been detained 24 hours to convey to Paris despatches from the Ottoman Govern ment and French embassy, announcing tho recall of his Exeelleuoy Reschid Pacha. It is'penerallv believed that this sudden de- d - , .1, r .u.i unamuersourg ui terminalion of the Sultan, is ihe result ot the , Gettysburg bank intrigues or Reza Pacha, and that iieschid Pacha it ill replace Sarim EfTendi'as Rejs Ef futdi. This event may bo considered as one of the mdst important during the last 18 months. The commercial markets in London, as well as in the outports, are represented as display in a firm reature, but without any transactions at the moment. do do 1 1 6 M lOi 6 par do do do do 2 par Grcnwicb Lafayette Leather Manufacturers' MaitkaAita company Mechanics' Banking Asso. Wyoming do Honesdale do Bank of Lewistowa Rank of Snsmiehanna co Lum. bank nt Warren no sale do do do do do do do o do 60 1 Merchants' bank Merckani' 23 Mechanics & Traders" Alerctents' Excnange National bank New York, Bank or a 1 1 f w urn. udUAiitK w S. Y. St'e. st'K secunry o. par HNoith River Co Phccnix do Seventh Ward do Tenth Ward 10 11 Tradesmen's par 12U7nion B.ofN.Y. do Washragton 50 NOTICE Petitions for Discharge and Certifirawan(rec f very large (ie Bankrupt Law, nave oefcn hied, fcv ; John II. Brodhead, Ftirmer, juj Singular Occnrrence On Wednesday week two ladies belonging lb the ramily of Mr. Creighton, who reside neur the Clifton House at Niagara Falls, had a narrow escape from an awful death. They were in a sleigh, driving a horse belonging to Mr. Creighton, and when near tho well known Table Rock, by some mismanagement on the pari of the ladies, the horse backed toward ihe precipice, and fell over into the dreadful guU below. Providentially, the ladies sprang out before the horse made the leap. Of course the horse and sleigh were dashed to. pieces, ihe height from which they fell being.rnure than one hundred and sixty feet.. enchant. and late partner in the, firms a? Mm & Uxod- head, and or the firm orSt'jll & Brodhead, Pike, county. And Saturday ihe $&tfc day 0f April nexr, at 1 1 o'clock, a. m. is. appointed for the hearing thereof, before said Court, sitting tn Bank ruptcy, al the District Court Room in the City or Philadelphia, when and where tbe Creditors of ihe said Petitioners, who havo proved their Debts, and: all ether persons is interest, may appear assdi show cause, if any they have, why such Discharge and Certificate should not be granted. FRAS. HOPKINSON, Clerk of the District CourL .Pjniadelpljia, January 3Q, 1843 - IQ,
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