jeffersgnian republican
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JH FFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Strondsburs, October 5, 1843.
Terms, $,w in advance: $2.25, naif yearly; nnd 52,50 if not
paid befoi c tho end of the veer.
ff" V. B. Palmer, Esq., at his Real Estate
and Coal Office, No. 59 Pine street, below Third,
two squares S. the Merchants' Exchange, Phila
delphia. is authorised to receive subscriptions and
advertisements for the Jcffcrsonian Republican,
and give receipts for the same. Merchants, Me
chanics, and tradesmen generally, may extend
their business by availing themselves of the tip
portunities for advertising in country papers which
liis agency affords.
DEMOCRATIC WHIG NOMINATION FOR
CA1VAL COiHKISSlbiVERS.
WILLIAM TWEED, of Northumberland,
BENJAMIN WEAVER, of Allerjhenv,
SIMEON GUILFORD, of Lebanon. "
Monroe county Selection.
C The following is a complete list of all tho
candidates for office, to be voted for at the elec
tion next Tuesday. j
CONGRESS, j
Richard Brodhead, jr. .
SENATOR. : :
Francis W. Hughes,
Moses IV. Coolbaugh.
'' ASSEMBLY,
. t Run 61 phis Smith,
Hugh B. Hinclinc,
George Bcchman,
TREASURER.
Jacob Shoemaker.
COMMISSIONER,
Philip Shafer,jr.
Peter Ncyhart,
Jleuben Gregory.
AUDITOR.
Philip M. Bush.
Pike county Election.
The following, we believe, is a full list of all
the candidates who offer themselves for office
this fall, in Fike County.
CONGRESS.
Richard Brodhcadjr. .
SENATE.
Francis V. Hughes,
a . Moses W. Coolbaugh,
ASSEMBLY.
George Bush. .
TREASURER.
Thomas J. Ridgway.
Abraham Shimet. f
COMMISSIONER.
James Simons,
Timothy Depuu -' "''
auditor. '
John I. Westbrook.
The Election.
On Tuesday next the qualified ciiizens of
Pennsylvania will again be called upon to at
tend the Polls, and select men to fill a number
nf ihe most important offices in their gift.
Throughout ihe State, Congressmen will then
be voted for, and in eleven Districts, State Sen
ators elected. A House of Representatives
will be chosen, which will be called upon to
net on some of the most weighty questions
which have for years arisen in our Legislative
Hall.' A Board of Canal Commissioners will
r.Ibo have lo be selected, and as this is the first
lime ihe people are called upon for that pur
pose, it is highly expedient that they -hould
elect men who will faithfully and honestly do
their duty.
In this County the electors will have but
Jiitle choice, as far as Congress and Assembly
men go; there being but one set of candidates
for these offices. For Stale Senator and Ca
nal Commissioners, however, they are required
to distinguish between difTerent aspirants. Let
them do it in a liberal and patriotic manner.
For County officers, a number of Volunteers
have offered themselves, from among whom a
good choice may be made.
To ihe Polls then ; to the Polls ! Yote for
none but such as you either know or believe to
be faithful and trust worthy, and you will then
have honestly discharged the duties of Free
jntn !
Volunteer Encamp mem t . .
The encampment of Volunteers, at Allen'
town, is at the present time uridsr full way. It
'was said that fifteen companies of foot and horse
had Mgrufied their intention io be on the ground:
hut how many have arrived we have not yet
learned. This it. the day which was fixed upon
for the grand rtvitta;, at which time Gov. Por
ler wut. expected to be present. Gen. Keirn,
of Heading, has ihe command.
Tne .Coal Trade. -The amount of coal
Shipped from .the Schuylkill rgio,this season
wp4o Thursday 'Ten:j las!, is 482,791 tons'.
Canal Commissioners.
We again, and for the last time before the
Election, ask the voters of Monroe and Pike
to examine into the characters of tho men whd
compose the two Canal Commissioners tickets,
and decide which of them are the best fitted
for the important station to which they ask to
be elected. For our part, we tbink tho one
containing the names of William Tweed, Ben
jamin Weaver, and Simeon Guilford, by far tho
most preferable. Wherever those gentlemen
are known, they aro proverbial for their 44 hon
esty and capability," and are just such persons
as the exigencies of the times require. By
electing them, we honeatly believe, the people
will take the first suro step towards making our
public works productive and profitable.
The Warren Murder.
The application for a Habeas Corpus, which
we said week before last would be made to the
Judges of the Supreme Court of New Jersey,
in the case of Carier, has been granted; and he
has been ordered to give bail in the sum of .hx-
teen thousand dollars five thousand on each of
the three Indictments for murder, and one thous
and on the Indictment for the assault, with in
tent to kill, on the boy Jose Force. He has
given the required bail, and been discharged
from confinement. Me will most probably be
tried again on one of the remaining Indictments
for murder, at the Court of Over and Terminer
which is to commence at Boiridercj in the lat
ter part of November next.
Military Excursion
We undeistand that the National Guards, of
Easton, under the command of Captain Yohe, have
received an invitation from the Military ofNew
York, to visit thatjKJity, which they have accepted.
They have made arrangements to leave Easton on
the IGth of October, so as to be in New York on
Tuesday the 17th, where they will remain lour
days. The Guards are one of the best drilled
companies we know of, and an honor to Pennsyl
vania. They will no doubt be handsomely re-
ceived by the military companies of New Yorkj
and hospitably entertained during their stay there.
The Delaware Greys, of Easton, commanded by
Captain Reeder, are at present on a visit to Ailen
town, to attend Camp Washington. The Greys,
we understand, have lately made quite an altera
tion in their uniform by adopting a large seal-skin
Grenadier Cap, in the place of the leather cap and
fountain plume, which they formerly wore.
Rew Jersey.
The Election in this gallant little State, for Con
gressmen, Members of the Legislature, and Coun
ty Officers, will take place on Tuesday and Wed
nesday next. The contest on both sides ha3 been
very warm and spirited. In addition to the usual
opposition, the Whigs have had to contend against
the influence and patronage of the General Gov
ernment. John Tyler has had all his office hol
ders, besides a number of special emissaries ac
tively at work, who have ridden the State for
weeks, and expended their money in the most lav
ish manner. But the Whigs, nothing disheartened,
have nobly striven to counteract this improper in
terference ; and we hope successfully. We have
strong faith, that notwithstanding all the efforts of
the Loco Focos, and their new ally, Captain Ty
ler, New Jersey will present the right side upt
on Wednesday evening next.
Tho Governor of Massachusetts has appoin
ted Thursday, the 30th of November, as a
Thanksgiving day.
Mr. Jonathan Albee, a Revolutionary soldier,
residing in Lexington, Me., is now 100 years
and 16 days old. He enjoys good health, con
verses very intelligibly about tho campaigns he
was in,- lived to see his fifth generation, the
oldest 12 years, and attended the polls and de
posited his vote at the lale election.
At the Circuit Court. Goshen, N. Y., last
week, Charles Robinson, (colored) was tried
for the murder of Susan Baker, (aUo colored)
in Newburgh, on ihe 16th of May, and found
guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to
7 years Hi the Stale Prison.
Husband and Wife lo be banged.
The Tonawanda, Pa., papers contain ihe
trial of James Dolau and Bridget his wife, for
the murder of Unfits G. Gere, on the 1st of Au
gust lakt. The trial was had before the Court
of Oyer and Terminer of Bradford county,
Hon. J. N. Conyngham presided, on ihe 9th
ult. The testimony closed on Wednesday, and
the Court charged the Jury on Thursday, the
I4th, who retired, and after an absence of one
hour, reiurned a verdict of guilty of murder of
the first degree. Judge Conyngham. on Sat
urday, the IGih, sentenced both the prisoners
to be hanged.
Fire Flies. The fire flies of Jamaica, in
the West Indies, emit so brilliant a light, ihat
a dozen of them enclosed within an inverted
glass tumbler, will enable a person to read or
write in the nigln time without th least diffi
culty. Indeed, it is an expedient io which ma
ny resort. The.-e fhc are, in size, as large as
a common hive bee, and perfectly innocuous.
Their appearance in iiijumiji! numbers acts as
a thermometer tn the natives', and it an unques
tionable jndiealion of approaching rain. To
traveller.--. limy afford, ovin on the darkest
iiigms, jihukji'iii "K"1 i" jjuiuu men inwts.ijiiiJ'Mfi' uunir great titan mus nave arriv:rj, or
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Communicated.
OUR NEXT !
Two candidates have been nominated for
this office by. our political opponents, and as
there is no Whig candidate, if our Whig friends
vote at all, they should select the one most
likely in the event of his election, to sustain
measures best calculated to advance the true
interests of the people.
Moses W. Coolbaugh of this County, and
Francis W. Hughes of Schuykill, are the can
didates. Mr. Coolbaugh has received a regu
lar nomination from his party friends, of one
portion of this Senatorial district, and Mr.
Hughes a regular nomination from ihe other
portion.
In Schuylkill county both political parties
will yield to Mr. Hughes, a warm and united
support on account of their personal knowledge
of him and particularly because of his avowed
opposition to tho opening of an out-let lock at
Black's Eddy, while the Lehigh Coal Company
(whose operations are in Carbon county) will
give Mr. Coolbaugh a warm support because of
his having pledged himself in favor of the out
let. This question of the out-let lock at Black's
Eddy affects the local interests of the rival coal
districts of Schuylkill and Carbon counties, and
it affects this county when regarded as a state
measure, for if this out-let lock should be mado,
the whole Lehigh Coal trade would be diver
ted from our own State directly to New-York,
and thereby injure many of our south-eastern
counties, and particularly the city of Philadel
phia, hut which is of far more importance to us
as tax payers, is, that nearly the whole trade
would bo taken from our Delaware division and
thereby ruin this valuable public improvement,
and take from our public Treasury about S 120,
000 per annum, that would otherwise be receiv
able for tolls. This large sum of $ 1 20,000 per
annum must be drawn from the people in ihe
shape of taxes in addition to that already paid,
if this proposed out-let lock should be made,
and in that crent this must, all be done to ad
vance the interests of a speculating Coal mono-1
poly. i
The Lehigh Coal Comnanv issue serin"
, d i j r
with which they pay their laborers and others,
which is at a discount of 25 par cent. Mr.
Hughes has pledged himself in the event of
his election, to advocate the passage of a law
forfeiting- the charters of all corporations other
lhan banking institutions, who issue 44 notes,
bills, scrip," &c. intended for a currency.
Mr. Hitches has also avowed himself friend;
ly to a Protective Tariff.
FOR TUB JEFKEKSONIAX REPUBLICAN.
Random Chapters from an unpublished Novel.
IVoles for excbn::sc with Roldan.
CHAPTER I.
It was in the town of Honesdale Hones
dale, what pleasant thoughts arise, as if by
magic, at ihe mere mention of the name. Cer
tainly this little terraqueous ball cannot produce
its superior. Zounds, but my thoughts are
turned topsy-turvy, when 1 think of the diverse
and mellifluent enjoyments which exist in the
i fi r". ll n r f 1 1, it If4illl inl tint U .!..!
omiioimiia u"ii, awu null n uiuil UIIU ua.ll
i i Vi j i-,r ii, r
" drive dull care away." Milford, the g bry of j
the notorious Roldan, with all its allurements
it ii i
of scenery and beautiful Ladies, cannot vie
with it in offering enticements to the lover of
Naturo and Nature's beauties. Here one meets
with true loveliness, free from rouge, pearl
powder, and back-gamuiGii (otherwise, bustles.)
Well will the words, " Beauty, when unadorn
ed, adorned ihe most," apply here, What town
so favored as Honesdale for women lovely
women, adorned with ail ihe graces which kind
Nature and careful cultivation bestows? What
place so favored as Honesdale, where loveli
ness and amiability go hand-in-hand, and weave
their spotless wreathes for the brow of many a
happy maiden 1 Happy, thrice happy is he,
whoso lot is cast in Honesdale. Is he ambi
tious of knowledge desirous of becoming ac
quainted with the 44 multiplied complexity" of
politics and governmental affairs ? Let him
week the society of Honesdale's literati, and
they, big wiih knowledge, will be gratified lo
disgorge some lo him. Does he desire to
while away an idle hour? Let him drop into
George Brown's, and partake of his dainties,
which 44 make merry the heart of man ;" or if
cloyed with good t lungs numberless young men
will . be pleased to join him in a hand at seven
up," or a rubber at whist, t cel. Is he sad ?
Is he out of humour with, the world and ihe
world's people (the male por'inn) ? He may
seek ihe society of some angelic fair one. The
silvery cadence of her voice will melt like
balm upon hn wounded heart. Tho inter
change if kind and friendly thought with one
pure add refined will renew his good humour,
and he, will leave her presence a happier, if
not a belter nun. All this is true, true' as ihe
seven voyages of Sinbad, or the wonderful ad
venture of Baron Munchausen. But 1 have
digressed most wofully. As 1 aid, it wan in
the above named lown, in ihe yeai of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and foriy-thren,
that a great commotion was heard, which sadly
disturbed its customary peace and quiet.
Cert es "savs 1 to myself' something wonder
ful must hiive happened, thus to disturb the
equanimity of our peaceful village. Tho Pres
inoil itf thi l y.f.i,. th.t It- . .
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...w...f ... v""Cii., n uhp ;iiim f.vT. tir
i phrii&ps mo iKiirirtary qncs.'jon fj.s omo fur n
here, or may be a firo ha' broke out: But,
says I, facts are more substantial than fancy, so
I'll e'en. sally fonh and see. Grasping my hat
and a fire-bucket, I straightway issued forth,
inakinginquiries from everyone that I met as
to the cause of the hubbub. But all were too
much absorbed in the calamity, whatever it
might be, to heed my polite inquiries. Disor
der reigned triumphant none presumed to dis
pute her sway. It was a scene of such inde
scribable confusion, as one sees in the city off
Brotherly Love, while a fire is raging in the
"black darkness of the night." Hither and
thither were ihe good people running, some
with one boot on and ihe other in h.ind, others
with no boots at all. Two in that peculiar pre
dicament, a natural segment of confusion, viz :
each n nether limb in one pair of unwhispor
ables. After various unsuccessful attempts to
detain some passer by. I finally and in despair j
laid hold of a burly Englishman, who, thanks
to my grappling irons, was brought to a dead
halt. " What is the matter ?" 1 exclaimed ai
ihe top of my voire. With mouth and eyes
open as if astounded at my ignorance, he an
swered ' and Ins yon so Aigunrant hoi' the
lawful catastrophe? Why. thai Ae.xtramrdina-
ry tnon, john hi. hnucn, the lescellent editor i
Aof the vvayne county 'erahl 'as gone to the ci-1
tv Aof Gotham, and the volks thinks e vont
comeback."
CHAPTER II.
Piermoni is a pleasant little town on the bank
of the Hudson Steamboats have a landing
here, in order to accommodate a rail-road which
runs into the interior of the Empire Stale.
Ding-dong ding-dong! come readt;r, let us quit
our snug quarters in the Hotel, and go on board
the boat. What an assemblage. All colours,
sorts and sizes are here congregated in one im
promiscuous living mass. What a subject for
the student of human nature. But our business
is not with these. But hold! see you that no
ble and majestic, looking personage seated in
the how of the boat. What u commanding, in
tellectual forehead ! What a piercing and ex
pressive eye! Fancy would picture Byron,
Scon, Dickens or Lever, to he such a looking
person. He aits there like Napoleon on the
imperial throne "Grand, gloomy and peculiar,
wrapped in the solitude of his own originality."
But who is he? that's the question. Byron has
gone to the ' bourne from whence no traveller
returns," and Scott, Dickens and Lever arc on
the other side of the deep blue sea, m) it can
t,('1 e one of them. Who men la it 1 Let us
,nclulre 01 our 'enow-passengers, inquiry at-
Iter inquiry is tmax'ailiit". No one knows him
he diners from Scott, inaiinuch as he is an un
known Great Unknown, whilst Sir Waller
bears the honor of a known Great Unknown,
(contradiction in terms, no matter, the immen
sity of my subject must plead my cause at the
bar of criticism.) He is the cynosure of all
eyes. We are not the only ones mystified.
Who can ho be ? Hold! Hark ! the mystery is
solved. The veil is drawn from ihe incognito.
Light springs from darkness. The darkness is
visible, and. moreover, audible. List lo those
two swart son's of Afric's sunny clime. They
too, like every other person, were Mrtick by
the contour of the Unknown's countenance, j
and they, unlike crery other person, discovered
his identity with with but let them speak
for themselves. "Look heah, George Wash-j
ington Patrick Henry, is you squainted wid dat j
stinguished lookin gemmen dai seta dere wid i
de little boy in urn han' ?" " To be sure 1 bees,
Mr. William Henry John Tyler, is it pos'ble
dat you be bo cnnstimaciously disacquainted
wid de intellectual genises of de United Amer-
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lca iNorl Stalesi as not to nab de superoa-
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it. mil 1 wa iiiviai v Liildniui : XJ.U
boy be. do berry same child wot eats reasons and
weddin cake, and runs down the back way to
get to de ofiis, (vide Herald,) and dai man be his
daddy, and mv petikler friend and feller genis,
jnhn i. alien, . W. C. II. & S. C, (Editor of
Wayne County Herald, and Schoolmaster from
Connecticut.)"
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CHAPTER IV.
Reader, imagine yourself in one of Gotham's
superb hotels The Merchants', as it is denom
inated. A large number of gentlemen are
standing about the hotel register. Something
out of the common course of events has trans
pired, thus to create excitement in the minds
of those who live in the midst of excitement.
Some name, of more lhan ordinary celebriiy, is
inscribed in the register. Hear! one is read
ing it aloud for the benefit of those who cannot
reach it; silence! "john i. alien, editor of the
waync county herald, and son! editor of the
wayue county herald, and son ! ! ha! ha! ha!"
4- What kind of an ism do you call that?" con
tinned the one who read the nairui and title.
4' It's a Yankeeism'said a Briton. 44 It's a John
Bullistn," responded a Yankee. 44 It's an Irish
bull," said a Frenchman. It's a Frenchism,"
retorted an Irishman, and, by Jabers, it's de
mini who fought wid do Pike county barrens,;
and now he's come io lick Graly, de editor of;
de Tribune, because hc won'i nonce his smart
sayins in his paper." - Poor john, who 'sat in
one corner and .heard all the remarks 'which
were made at tho expense of himself and his
ludicrous mistake on the register, hero arose
saying to himself---44 When one is in trouble,
philosophy is consoling; but in extremo trouble,
brandy and water is remarkably consoling ; for
my part, in troubles, big or little, I always takes
brandy and water," Landlord giro me a glass
of brandy and waier."
CHAPTER V.
Contained a detail of john i. alien, editor of
the wayne county herald, and son's proceedings
in Gotham ; Inn they must remain covered with
the uiarnle of mystery, until the novel is put to
j press fctimcj it to say, that when 44 the pelik-
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er rieni nnfi w.rn...u ..rn u;. u:
tn PsMirk Henry returned to Honesdale, hia
ImtV. vmv peculiar twist, hs u i htr hpen
tweaked, his inexpressibles bore the mark of
' and his countenance looked remarkably
SHEEPISH.
Seduction and Suicide.
We were yesterday put in possession of tho
following pariioulars, in relation lo a melancho
ly case of seduction and suicide, which recent
ly occurred in our city. Some few months
back a young and accomplished girl, was sedu
ced from the paths of virtue according to her
own statement, by Dr. Eldridge, who figured
rather conspicuously in one of our Criminal
Courts, about two years. The result of this
was the birth of a child, which shortly after
wards died, and the subsequent desertion iv
ihe seducer of his victim. Bereft of friendi,
money, and a home, the wretched girl threw
herself on the protection of the Guardians nf
ihe Poor, who had the seducer arrested ami
held to bail. With the consent of the unfortu
nate girl the matter was taken out of ihe hutuN
of the Guardians of the Poor, Dr. Eldridgu hav
ing by a plausible and well told tale, pron:ini
that he would marry her; and take her to En
gland. This was only done lo get him out i f
tbejfangs of the law. Abandoned and desen I
appeal after appea was made lo him by In-,
victim, but in vain, he took no notice of her.
In want, misery, and destitution, in a state ;i
most bordering on frenzy, ihe wretched girl (!
tennined to put a period to her existeiiiT.
bought a quantity of corrosive sublimate nn ,
swallowed it. She lingered in great agony fur
a few days, and was finally removed to tl.c
Alms House, where she died, and now lies bu
ried. The following lines, evidently written a short
lime previous in her taking ihe poison, wai
found on a table near her.
Let no one attempt to use any cup, tumbler, or
spoon that is on this table.
This is lo inform all who may see it that u
one is chargeable with my death ; th;i' i. wiif
having in any form murdered me. I die ly mv
own hand; 1 have been the victim of a cruel
deceiver, who, after leading me into the great,
est distress, has left me deMifwe of money,
friends, and clothes. 1 know not which way
to turn. This has caused me to commit ..n
rash act. May God have mercy on my so, ;.
It is my last request that Dr. Eldridge 'may !
made lo come and g2e on the cold-clay of tar
he so ruined and wilfully downed. My ikiii:
is R . I am Mir adopted daughter of Mr.
, south Tweifih Mreet. I had, whtn I lie
very low, the- promise from Mr. D , th
brewer, at the etiruer of and Filbert street,
to lie in ihe Magdalen Burial Ground. It hit
been my earnest wish in life it is in death.
I think if soon: one would call upon him, (he it
a very benevolent mmi,) that he would let me
lay there. R .
It is my most earnest request that no efForN
be made to restore life. 1 have no lie now to
bind ine here. I long to lay cold. A prosti
tute's life 1 cannot bear to lead no oihcr re
source is left.
We forbear from giving all ihe names in thi
melancholy affair, at the earnest request ,f tha
friends of the deceased.- Daily Chroniclr.
A Simple Rejiedy. The New Ywk Sun
says: 44 If some common sail be put ln'o wa
ter when washing cabbages or greens, prepara
tory to cookmjj them the snails,-slugs, winn
Sic, will come nut and sink to the. bottom,
that they need not be boiled wilh the vejje!
bles. It is impossible to wash them on', ex
cept the cabbnges he taken to pieces, and peo
ple generally like to have this vegetable serw
ed up whole."
An Old Trick Revived. A well drrssel
man entered a baker's shop in Broadway "
Friday, and purchased a loaf of cake fur 52
He had no change with him. and nothing a"
home less lhan a S10 gold piece, so he direct
ed the cake and $8 change to he sent to tha
residence of Dr. Lawrence, corner of Spring
and Elm streets. After a little interval a bov
was sent as directed, Ho was overtaken bv
the man, and lord that the $10 piece had beett
given to the woman in the bakers shop, aim
she had sent after ihe change. The boy deliv
ered the money, and it is needless to say thai
his hunt for (he residence of 44 Dr. Lawrence"
was equafly successful wilh that of ihe baker'
lady for the $10 mint drop. N. Y. Commercial
Crops. The last Goshen, N. Y., Dcmocrnt
says that rarely has this county been blese.l
wiih better crops than at this season. Th
yield of wheat and rye was almost unparraJM
ed; the grass crops was light, but the late fa
vorable weather has enabled our farmers to
make up the deficiency of the first cutting. iv
large second crops. Indian corn promises
much heavier yield than usual. Potatoes,
which it is feared would bo a failure, will turn
out well. The buckwheat fields looks pro
mising, and in this we specially rejoice, form
our opinion t he real old fashion ed pancake h
the ,f ne plus -iilira" in the whole catalogue of
cakes. And the rich and luxuriant verdu o
which now covers our fields, surpasses any
thing thai we hare ever witnessed at this sea
son of the yoar. So much for gloomy forebo-.
ding that were eo rife among us in midium
iner.
Asbestos. This singular substance, which
has as yet defied all the efforts nf chemists i
analyso it, inasmuch as it will neither meh
with fire nor dissolve in water, and is entirety
free from taste or smell, is found in considera
ble abundance in Pennsylvania, at no great dis
tance from the borough of York.
In the country part-of Canada, says the
Montreal Herald, thajisanda are rbid lo worx
for $2 a month . . -
n