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JEFFERSONlAiN REPUBLICAN
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KFFERSONIAN fiEJPTOIVN
Stroutlsbtsrg, September 14,
Terms, $Q,(ifl n n!nineo: $2.Ci, nnlf yearly ; and $2,00 if not
raid liofoic thr end of the vear.
fr?5 V. B. .fbner, J3i.. at his Real Estate
rnlvnn; IN!. An Pine street. bolow Hord,
'HI 1 11 Vll wuu- 'wi ----- -
lvo squaTcs S. the Merchants' Exchange, Phila-
nlclphia. is authorised lo receive suuscnpwous mm
.advertisements for the Jcfl'crsoninn Republican,
. .Jan'givc receipts for the same. Merchants, Mc
ohaniQ,s, and tradesmen generally, may extend
iheir business !v availing themselves of the op
portunities for advertising in country papers which
Ifis 'agency affords.
FAM2.
"The Ladies of the Milford Benevolent! Society
-will hold a Fair at the Academy in Milford, on
the 20lh of Serteinher next, lo commence at 10
-o'clock A. ft!., a? which time will he offered for
sale a grent vmiety of fancy and useful articles.
The proceeds of which vill he aplied towards
'paying for the Methodist Church. The inhabi
tants of jMilfonl and vicinity are lospectfully invi
ted to attend. Milfowl, Ami. 24,
Bircffa!as-ity of tlw ."Hails.
: t V rrtjMMvo frequent communications from
' -our Subscribers reading at and between Eas-
ton and this pacs, complaining that they do
" 4ioi get their papers regularly. They say that
oofien they do not -teach ih'ctu until a week af
ter the day of publication. Where can the
,'Tault ho ? We mail them regularly at Slrouds
'"''burgli, at the proper time ! -
The WavrcR Cowiat'y nTzsriler.
Tfie" trial of Joseph Garter, Jr, for the murder of
Mjr. Casiner, was not concluded on Tuesday eve
ning, tlw; date of our latest advices from Belvidcrc.
The lostimony for the Defence was got through
vxrith on Friday aftenwon last, and the rebutting
v.idenee for the jmisecution occupied until Satur
day vnerning at It) o'clock. John M. Shcrred, of
Bclvidcre, then bcg.vi summing up the testimony
lo tlie Jury, and spoke till late in the afternoon.
Oh' Monday morning Mr. Wuils, of Flcminglon,
commenced his argument in favor pf the prisoner,
and occupied the attention of the Court the whole
day.- On Tuesday, the Hon. Jacob W. Miller, of
Mornslown, followed on the same side in an elo
quent manner, and was still speaking, when our
informant left. It was thought that he would conclude-on
Tuesday, and be followed on "Wednesday
by the Attorney General, itfr. Molleson, on the
:pnrl of lite prosecution. After which, Judge Ne
wviuswho has presided, most ably and impartially
1 IihrOttghout the whole trial, would charge the Jury.
SteMfcat"" if thcY have been able to agree, the fate
Oaticr ns ere this in all probability heen dc-
" -jWhof the result of the trial will be, it is impos-
. siftlc.'cveu now, correctly to determine from the
"evidence. . The testimony is lengthy, but not gen
urally considered conclusive, although the suspi
, .rjyns il raises against the prisoner are very strong.
,'3t lms U1 been given for the purpose of establish
ing the prisoner's guilt by elucidating the three
k foNowfag points. 1. That before the murder Car-
tai,T was poor, and unable to pay bis debts ; and
:thu'i immediately after he paid out considerable
' 3tltis of money, without toccounting from where
ife"fipt it. 2. That on the morning after the mur
'lf, .and before it tvas known at Washington, he
scxit a letter from thereto Phillipsburg, in which
I mention was made of it. 3. That n horse and
(U-ggon fwere heard along the road between Car
a Uirisdiouse and Gostners, on the night of the mur
i der stiid that some time afterwards horse tracks
wore discovered which corresponded exactly with
"those made by Carters horse.
On -the first point abundant evidence was ad
duced to show that Carter was without money,
and in straightened circumstances before the mur
cjpr. Johu Segrcaves, a constable testified . that
ricw days before the murdci, Cafiertold him that
Johnny P.rke had $30,000 lying by him that
ltrje,Jjad told him he had got all the hard money ;
he had md hold of for twenty eight years. At
.lhat,timc Carter could not. pay a debt to him of
Jasgitllan $50. A number of other witnesses also
Vilified to the fact that previous to the muder ho
?lma no .money- Immediately after the murder,
Garter met Segreaves, called him aside, paid him
i5fi5vand said he would pay him as much more in
a faw daws. When asked where he got the mon-
iSjjfo he'first said he had borrowed it, and then that
he' liad' laittit by a year or more before. He also
Uid Uer debts to the amount of upwards of Si, -
i0 00, in Belvidcre, Easton and jNe.w JJope mon-
just such as old Parke was knowii loiiave by
A . - "
Theasw point was also pretty clearly made
ii jjuMRatyicsmony cau-b j.eJied on. Cougle,
gjue who. carried the letter, swore lhat'Garter
Jj;sv4 it lo him at his shop in Washington, the
!m'rnKg'ftur the murder, and before it was hiawn
r '.' tJntl the murder had been committed, lo carry
to Esq. Howell at PhHipsburg Cougle. did not
.nw it contents. Esq. Howell bad an jndis
ttiti i recollection that Carter astted in it to have a
Mat was to common Jha1 day before him,
jtuuiitiuad for soineTialm w Pthtir. Sjjgreavcs,!'
a? . .stavtie, saw jiUMteuyi,.,-:uiii 5uu-6iuai:ne
jfiliabeim dateia'l
Sum. .
.1 V6--' ff'i-'ijWfe-
er,and that it made rricntibn5,of
the facl. Tbpmas -Hansel also 'swore that on the
evening .before the murder, he heard Carter ask
Cougle to take a letter to Esq. ITowcll for him the
next morning. . -
On the third point the testimony was very strong.
A man by the name of Van Doran pronounced the
tracks to be those of Carter's horse,' as soon as he
saw them, and before they were measured, on an
count of some peculiarity in the form of the foot
and the shape of the shoe. llr. Dilts, a black
smith took off a shoe from the horse, and tried it
in the track, and it fitted exactly. Five or six
jersons who live at different points on the road
between Carter's, testified that on the night of the
murder, between 9 and 10 o'clock, they heard, a
horse and wagon pass by their houses.
Other witnesses testified to the manner in which
the dead bodies were found, the condition of the
house, the amount of money found after the mur
der, which was much less than was supposed.
Mr. Parke had in his possession the habits of the
murdered family, &c. A remarkable fact in the
case is that whilst all the other persons who were
suspected of having hand in the murder, have
proved alibi's;- Carter has been unable to give a
satisfactory account of himself for that night.
On the part of the Defence witnesses were cal
led who testified, Fusl, that previous to the mur
der, they saw Carter have a considerable amount
of money in his possession, and particularly the
New Hope Hills which he was supposed to have
taken from Parke after the murder. No witness
proved where lie got the money they saw him have
Second. In order to overcome the testimony in
regard to the letter, a witness was produced who
swore that Carter took a letter to Washington on
Thursday morning two days after the murdci,-
and gave it to Cougle to take to Easton. On the
strength of this testimony it was contended by
the prisoner's counsel, that the witness for the
prosecution had committed an error in regard to
the time of sending the letter.
Third. In order to destroy the evidence as to
the horse tracks, several witnesses testified that
the shoes of Carter's horse, which were identified
as having made the tracks near the scene of the
murder, were reset between' the time of the mur
der and the discovery of the tracks. A man
named Hummer also testified that he left Carter's
house, on the night of the murder, after dark, and
found him there early the next morning, that
there was no noticeable change in his dress, ap
pearance, or demeanour, and that there was no
thing in the appearance of the horse,- whggorj, or
harness, to indicate that they had been used since
the witness put them up the night before.
These arc the prominent points in the case, on
both sides. The testimony for the prosecution
raises strong suspicion against Carter, and goes
far lo point him out as being implicated in the
horrid deed. The testimony for the prisoner, has
a tendency to throw doubt upon the suspicions, if
not entirely to dispel their force. With this brief
view of the case, which we have been at consid
erable difficulty in preparing, and which will no
doubt be more acceptable to our readers than the
whole mass of undigested evidence would be, we
leave it to the Jury to pronounce upon the guilt or
innocence of the prisoner, if they have not already
done so.
WIii State CotivcifilioiB.
The Whig and Antiinasonic State Convcn
lion, assembled at Harrisburg on Wednesday
the 6th inst., and proceeded to business by ap
pointing Ncr Niddlcsicarlh, Esq. of Union coun
ty, President. Most of the counties in the
State were represented, and the Delegations
were uniformly full. Two sets of Delegates
appeared from Lancaster; but those withThad
deus Stevens at their head, and who claimed
to be exclusively Antiinasonic, were rejected,
whilst those who represented the great body of
the-Whig and Antiinasonic voters of the coun
ty, were furnished scats. The following gen
tlemen were then unanimously nominated for
Canal Commissioners
WILLIAM TWEED, of Northumberland,
BENJAMIN WEAVER, of Allegheny, and
-SIMEON GUILFORD, of Lebanon.
The best feeling pervaded the memberswho
pledged their best endeavors to secure the suc
cess of the above ticket.
lioco Foeo State CoEivcjrctio::.
The Loco Focos held their State Conven
tion at Harrisburg, on Tuesday the 5th inst
D. D. Wagoner, of Northampton, presided at
the preliminary meeting, and Charles Brown,
i of Philadelphia, was afterwards appointed
i Chairman. On' ihe fourth ballot the following
, persons were declared nominated for Canal
Commissioners.
JAMES CLARKE, of Indiana,
JESSE MILLER, of Perry, and
.WILLIAM 13. FOSTER, of Bradford.
No other business of a party character was i
transacted by the Convention.
O EirJa it d ii?:ie f o r Assezti hi yinaa .
Rutihlphus Smith, 'Esq., of Middle Smiih
lleld, was on the J2u inst., unanimously nonii
natcd by the Delegates of our Loco Foco
friends, as the candidate to-be supported, in
conjunction wiihtwo, others, from Northa'mp
ibnforUhesdgissaiu aiycislfitu' ft: ' h-m-
f Onr ncxtCojigresssjsnsa.
It is. now pretty clearly ascertained ?thal
Richard Brodhcad, Jr,. Esq wWX receive tho
nomination for Congress in this District. He
has already secured a majority of the Conferees.
A lL:tt?:icEi.
The United. States Steamer Princeton, vas
launched at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, on
Thursday last, at fifteen minutes past 1 o'clock.
Tho launch went oft' admirably, but owing to
tho heavy rain few spectators were present to
witness the sisht. Tho Princeton was built
under the personal management and superin
tendence of'Capt. Stockton, of tho Navy, and
is represented as being a beautiful model of
naval architecture. We have now three na
tional Steam vessels afloat.
FotiucI Ji!tv of Murder.
Antoinc Gcisslcr, the German, who has been
confined at River Head, Long Island, since
May last, for the murder of Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, was tried at that place last week, and
the Jury, after a consultation of more than eight
hours, returned a verdict against him of guilty.
His sentence has, however, been postponed un
til May next, to afford his Counsel an opportu
nity of having the case reviewed by tho Su
preme Court.
JJj3 A heavy hail storm visited Crooked
Creek, Monroe county, Pa., on Tuesday, the
15th tilt. Hail of tho size of a lien's egg, fell
in great quantities. Exchange paper.
Indeed ! this information is something new j
for our readers of this count, and not less are
they puzzled to find out this new location de
signated above. Wo believe there is not an in
habitant in this County, who could point out
Crooked Creek, neither is it within their recol
lection of the occurrence of the great hail
storm. For the information of our exchanges,
wo would set down the whole story as a mere
fabrication in fact, a Crooked lie.
FOR THC JEFFERSONUN nCPURLICAN.
IGashinc Poetry.
Let on the steam Jerry
Whuz! Whuz! Whuz! zz.
' Oh ! Hen-e-re Oh ! Hen-c-n',
What Poe-tre ! what Poe-try 1"
Straws.
We meant no offence, when first wo began,
Some words into numbers to run;
To tho up river poet ; or any whito man
Who claims the high number ol " one.
For allusion wc made to his "verses sublime;"
He determines to give us abuse ;
Collecting his poems, surveys every lino,
Then seizes his pen, and cuts loose.
Wc may fancy a view of this wonderful man !
As he rose.in his poetic ire :
Surcharged with red vengeance, in torrents it
ran,
From his hen quill all glowing with fire !
Crowd the steam, Jerry.
A sight like this wo never saw,
The Squire in his " liny bark;"
He stretched up Ins neck and sounded, Law!jc and Whig parly of that county, and there-
Then sings from " Burns" like a lark.
But quick ; as if his muse wa3 piqued,
Or seized with the " Tyler Grippe :"
Convulsed ; quite from his canoe, he leaped,
And vowed the " Mashinu" to whip.
With critic club away he dashed,
Away through the " floods " he swum,
Through "floods of burlesque," floods of 'flash,'
Alas ! and " floods of fun."
" John does not rhymo with strong" ho cries
And " name" with "gain" 's no go
Rut in his same two lines arise,
" Vow" rhymed along with " trow.". .
We sacrifice not sense to sound ;
For Shakespear 'twould be fun : . -The
" Earl of Aberdeen" is dead, !. -And
wants no grinding done. t
What criticisms! ah! profound!
As deep as Grecian Lore,
His mind's a deep ; where thought is drowned!
Here's " Socker-tcs" once more."
You've sjudied Milton, Pope, and Burns,
W.atts, Young, and Bryant through.;
Come learn of our " mashinc" by turns ;
'Twill tell you, once it knew,
A Congress man, who made a speech,
As members often do.
A public villain to hnpeach,
And put all in a Mew ;
One rising up calls out aloud ;
" You much mistake your aim,"
The first replied, " 'tis you mistake ;
Lfired at largsr game."
Bothrum & Co.
-'The following, beautiful piece of blasphemy
is from tne Madisonian of Saturday
"The 'remedy is in the hands of the peo
nlc ' and Mr. Clay is tho pill they must swal
low to be cured, He rs to. be tho physician,
nurs.o, and inedicine a triune remedy a fi-
vine panacea and by the grace ol God, per
haps he would bo King."
The dread of Mr, Clay at Washington is
greater than the fears of their Maker; and the
inrxi s,a,cred thing in the creqd of the christian
1& draggedjrito t heir; attacks, lo gjve force-Jo
SUyPHQ." Mt& 'jOazeUo,. , :
Wi a j Con ye u f i 6 n .
Ntifflnbttn Canal Commissioner.
Ilatrtsburg, Septi G, 1313.
id
The Convention met this morning' at II
o'clock in iho Hall of the House of Represen
tatives, and was temporarily organized mi mo
tion of Nor Middlcswarth, Esq. by the appoint
ment of W. Williamson, of Chester, asTrcsi
dent, and John K. Zcilin, of Delaware. John L.
Watson, of Northumberland und David Dun
can, of Centre, as Sec'ys.
On motion of John Strohin, of Lancasier; it
was
Rcsolocd, That the Senatorial ancL Repre
sentative Delegates present their credentials in
their respective order of districts and comities.
In accordance, therewith, the 'delegates pre
sented their credentials, a full list of which is
oivRii. w Inch we omtt for want of room.
It appeared on calling over tho list, that
there were two sets of delegates from Lancas
ter County, whereupon,
On motion of Frederick Walts, of Carlisle, a
committee of five was appointed to inquire in
to the contested representation of Lancaster
county.
Daniel M. Smyser, of Adams, moved as an
amendment, to lest the sense of the Conven
tion, that both sets of delegate ho admitted.
This amendment was argued by -J. Coleman
Fisher, of Philadelphia, Messrs. Smyser and
Wans.
John P. Rutherford moved to amend the
amendment, that each set of delegates be enti
tled to thrco votes, which was negatived.
The amendment was then negaiivcd and the
question recurring on tho original motion ol Mr.
Watts, it was adopted.
The chair then appointed Messrs. Watts,
i Middleswarth, G. R. Smith and R. T. Potts.
On motion of Jas. S. Wallace it was
Resolved,. That the. deliberations of this Con
vention be governed by the rules of the House
of Representatives of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, That the committee on the con
tested Lancaster seats have leave to sit during
the sessions of the Convention.
On motion of D. M. Smyser, it was
Resolved, That a committee, corresponding
in'numbcr with the State Senatorial delegation,
be appointed lo report officers for the perma
nent organization of the Convention.
The following were appointed :
Daniel M. Smyser, Dr. M. M. Reeve, Jacob
Dock, Robert T. Potts, II. Jones Drook, Jaco
Kline, John C. Kcnderdino, John Harper,
James H. Graeff, Moses J. Clark, Gen. John jatg namely, the abuse of power and of the publu
Pmier. .1. G. Slocum. Bern". Jordan. M. H. Wea-! m;,l for years derangement and depression of
vo.r. Jas. ICenncdv. He nrv Kauffelt. Thomas
Jacks, Benj. King, Colin M. Read, Win. Mc
' J' .. y .
Kennan, Jas. G. Reed, E. Sankey, D. Wm.
Johns, Robert Irwin.
Messrs. J. P. Rutherford and David Leech,
were appointed a committee of finance, and
the convention adjourned till half-past 2 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. Watts of Cumberland, from the commit
tee to which was referred the contested seats
from Lancaster county, made report as follows :
" The committee have examined the subject
of the right to scats in the convention by the
respective delegations from Lancaster county,
and have come to the conclusion that primary
meetings have been regularly held and dele
gates elected, who met in convention at Lan
caster on tho 30th August 1S43 ; and nomina
ted delegates to this Convention. Your com
mittee are of opinion that this nomination is in
accordance with the usages of the Antimason-
i fore offer tho following resolution :
i 7 i 7 mi.-. xr it... i u T. :
1 lieSOlVCU, UllU w . XllUMUi, juaciiu iviMiiy-
macher, Thomas Sterrett, Theodore D. Coch
ran and John Strohtn, are entitled to seats in
this convention.
The report was read a second time, and the
resolution unanimously adopted.
Mr. Smyser, from the committee for that pur
pose reported the following persons for tlie per
mancnt officers of the Convention.
President.
NER MIDDLESWARTH. -
Vibe Presidents.
Marks P. Eckcr of Berks, -' . f-
David Leech of Armstrong, ' ' n
Philip Smyser of York,
T. II. Patterson of Allegheny, ' N
George W. Jones of Philad. city, -
John Potter of Centre.
Secretaries.
if
John K. Zcilin of Delaware,
James H. Graeff of Schuylkill,
R. M. Stevenson of Lycoming,
Thomas Matlock of Philad. county.
Which nominations were unanimously con
firmed. The President on assuming the Chair made
somo pertinent remarks, recommending unity
of action and despatch of business.
On motion of Mr. Hicstor; the Convention
proceeded to nominate candidates for Canal
Commissioners.
After nominations had been made, the Con
vention proceeded to ballot for candidates with
the following results :
Ballot 1st 2d
21 20
-3131
3d
3G
4 th
47
Simeon Guilford,
Benjamin Weaver,
John Strohtn,
William Tweed,
Andrew Mehafl'y, ,!
Jacob Wagenseller,
Solon Fleming,
James Moorhead,
Jonathan Knight,
John K. Ivenderdino,
James Martin,
31 29
Gl
23 21
9
4- '-
t
2
10
On iho first ballot' WiiiLiAWTwfEDfof(Nor
thuinherhutd, received" GT vdtos, nfrtl;wa?iei
olarcd tioiuinatod ; andBG.NjMiNt!V.yER, of
Allegheny, 13Trs:OTTOKrre.l
nominated. - t;v
On iho fourth ballot Simeon- GofuTonn, of
Lebanon, received 47 voles and wnsrMeclnred
nominated.
On motion of G. R. Smith, the nomination
were unanimously confirmed.
Tho officers of the Convention wcrcsdircctetl
to inform the nominees of their appointment.
After the report of the Finance Commiiict;
had been received, a voto of thanks was nfii-r.
ed to And. Krause, the keeper of the Hall, f.ir
his attention in preparing it.
On motion ol Mr. Cochran, the Convention
returned thanks to the President' for liTs "atten
tion in presiding.
On motion, the officers of the Cnnvpruiou
were empowered to fill vacancies by death i r
resignation. of the candidates with an utidn
standing that the vacancy bo supplied from th
district where it occurs.
On motion, the proceedings wore ordered t.,
be published in all the Democratic Whig p.t
pers in the State. '".-
On motion of Gen. Ileisler, the Convention
adjourned sine die.
Parties in Pennsylvania.
The York, (Pa.) Peoples' Advocate says -UI ,
looking into tlie political arena in tuts estate, v
find a considerable number of antagonists, ca i
marshaling for combat; and if we arc to juJge
the multitude of tlTc conflict by the number ol v.
Ains on each side, Hitting to and fro, bearing ti.
despatches of the belligerauts, wc may look for .
freat number of killed, wounded and missing.
There aie but two parties properly speaking i s
the field, viz : the old Democratic Whig party n: '
the Modern Democrats ; but the latter are so dh ;
ded into classes, each seeking preeminence, that v.
may class each asadistinct element ofpartv, fiolit
inn- under their own banner and recognized leader
For tho benefit of our readers, we will give them it
their several spheres of warlike .preparation, eat.i
waiting for the word "go."
Moderns ,
Democratic Whtg.
Van Durcn
Johnson
Cass
Calhoun
Tyler
ID3 Buchanan
Dcm.
do.
dol
do.
do.
do.
. HENRY CLAY
The beloved of all.
Porter & Van Buren do
Porter & Johnson do,
Porter &. Cass do
Porter & Tyler do.
Wf shall now present tho "grbat snarl," into
I I which the moderns" have got, and out of which, it
fiirttmm lo rrnt for tldeiieiidson ron-
t;naoV1P;;. whjrh are not rcconcilcable at this iatf
! the public finances an unsound currency and a
; ,
total depression in the commerce of the country-
the doctrine of Free Trade and the reduction if
labor. m
OPPOSITIONISTS.
THE GREAT SNARL.
3n
Van Burcn
do
t
Calhoun
do'
do
do
do
opposed to
Buchanan
Johnson
Grtss
Tyler
Van Buren
Cuss
Jnhnson
Buchanan
Tyler
Van Burrn
Johnson
( loss
Calhoun
Tyler
Buchanan
Van Burrn
Oaihouii
Johnson
Tyler
Van Buren.
Buchanan
Calhoun
Cass
K? Buchanan
do'
d6
do
do
Gass -
do .
do
do
do
Johnson
do "' :
-do-
... - -'i f. "
Tit'-
- do
Tyler
to all, but willing to fall ';i
with any of them that u:i
ieed his vanity.
HENRY CLAY, of JCcntucky,
Against the field,
backed and supported by the farmer, the median,
ic; the man of commerce and the. laborer, lor
whose interest he has toiled for years victory is
sure.
From tlie Tribvmc.
: Clay SongTo the True WliiJs.
" Comp, here's a health! a health to him,
The true, and firm of heart,
Who, still, when Fortune's smiles grow di.r.
Acts the same manly part !
Some men there arc, botli near and far.
Who fain would say us nay
But '.true men, like you men,'
Will cling to Henrv Claw
Then pledge to him, whose lofty mind
Stoops not to selfish aims
Who ne'er lets party fetters bind.
What all his Country claims r
Fit champion he, to guard tho Frccv
And guidefthem on thoir way
All ' true mon, liko you men,'
Will honor Hesrw Claa;..
Though clouds aro lowering q'us now,
And mon, wo blush to.naaie,
Before foul Treason ippanly, bow,
That Thrift may follow Shame
The servile throng arc doomed ore long,
To clear the 'cumbered Avay,
For. 'true men. like you rnonv'
And noble IIenhy Claw
Success to him! wlioso long-tried worthj
' The meed may well cleser'e;
Who, for tho right, stands bravely forth,
Nor from his course will swerve
Lot heart and voice confirm our choice !
Nor distant is tho day,
When 'true men, liko you ment
Shall rule with Henry Claw
Richmond Hill, Ontario Co. iY. Y. S
Col, Thomas B. M'Elwee, well known as i
meniboFof'tho Legislature. from Bedford County,
formany years,, jied atBedfordj Pa., on the 3;M
ult.
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