JBFFERS0N1AN REPUBLICAN JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Stroudsburff, November 10, 1843. Terms, $5,00 :n Jidv-ance: J.2.25, twlf yearly: said $2,50 if no: paidl)dfoc the end of the vear. Lf 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 Jeffcrsonian Republican, and give receipts for the same. Merchants, Me chanics, and tradesmen generally, may extend their business by availing themselves of the op portunities for advertising in country papers which his agency affords. WOOD ! WOOD!! WOOI! !! Those of our subscribers who intend in fur nish Wood in payment of their subscriptions, are requested to forward the same immediately. Nov. 2, 1S43. Fare Eufcuraaice Company. There is a strong effort making, at present, in tliis County, to form a Company for the pur pose of indemnifying members against losses by lire. The proposition is a good one, and wc hope that those who hare she matter in hand will not .permit it to drop or fall through. "Wc have long been m want of such an institu tion in our midt. The inconvenience of going to Easton or Honesdale, to have their property insured, has been severely felt by many of our citizens, and has been the means of withdraw ing considerable capital from our county. Let us then for the future have a Company of our own, located in Stroudsburg, and enjoy all the benefits and advantages resulting therefrom. Judge Banks. The Whig presses in different parts of the Slate, we are glad io perceive, are fast settling down upon Judge Banks, as the most suitable candidate for Governor. The Lancaster Union, Harrisburg Telegraph, Lewistown Gazette, Berks & Schuylkill Journal, and others, have already declared him to bo their first choice. The Philadelphia Inquirer, of Thursday last, also contains an able communication urging him upon the party for nomination. i Another Patriot Departed. U Col. John Trumbull, a hero of the Revo lution, and the last surviving Aid of Gen. Wash ington, died in the City of Now York, on Fri day morning Utt, at the advanced age of 87 years. Kis remains were taken to New Ha xen, Connecticut, on the following day, for bu rial. Besides his military renown, Col. Trum bull was distinguished as a Historical Painter, a profession to which he devoted himself for ma ny years of his life. About eighteen months ago, he published a large volume, entitled " Trumbull's Reminiscences," which contains much that is rare and interesting in 1he early history of the United States. The "Last of the Subterraneans. Michael Walsh, the distinguished bead and leader of the political faction in New York, which is known by ihe odd appellation of 11 Sub' Icrrancans? was recently convicted of three gross libels on respectable citizens, in the Re corders Court of that City, and on Friday last sentenced to pay a fine on each, and to under go an imprisonment of two months in the State penitentiary. When asked by the Recorder what he had to say why the punishment of the law should hot be pronounced against him, Mike icplicd that he had much to say, but would defer it to another occasion. He re ceived his sentence with a smile, and was then escorted to prison by a number of police offi cers. Thus ends tho glory of Mike Walsh, who for several years past has headed nearly sill ihe mobs and riotB which have happened! in New York, and through the columns of an infamous paper, which he published, libelled respectable citizens without number. His punishment is light. A Bay of Thanksgiving. We are pleased to see that William C. Bouck', : 'Governor of New Yurk, in obedience to a high t-cusH of graiUudo due the great ruler of the universe, has appointed Thursday, the 14th day of December next, to be observed by the peo .. pie of that State, us a day of Prayer, Praise, .or Thanksgiving io Almighty God, for the numer ou blessings of the year. Why does not Gov. Porter also appoint a day to be similarly observed in Pennsylvania? We are sore such an act would every where he hailed with delight by the pious and good. Another Blast. The anthracite iron fur- nai-M. at Mauch Chunk, Pa.,belongingtoMessrs. iJauchman & Guiteau, which has been idle for ih iat eighteen months, has been obtained, uud is soon to be put in blast. Daniel Webster a Whig. The Hon. Daniel Webster made his long promised Speech to the Whigs of Andovcr, Massachusetts, on Thursday last, on the occa sion of their great Mass meeting. Upwards of ten thousand persons were in attendance, and the scene is represented to have been grand and imposing. In the course of his address, Mr. Webster, discussod the currency" and "tariff," questions in a sound and powerfully argumentative manner. He finished by an nouncing himself as firm a Whig as ever. The subjoined is the concluding -paragraph of his speech. It speaks for itself. " I close these remarks by repeating the dec laration which I made, on another occasion. I am a Whig; a Massachusetts Whig; a Faneuil Hall Whig; and by the blessing of God, no man shall, have the power, now or hereafter, to deprive me of the position which that confers." IXv.xv York Election. The election last week, in the City and State of New York, resulted in favor of the locofocos, bar. by a majority greatly reduced from that of last year. Next fall the Empire State will be all right, and cast her vote for Henry Clay. A Good Sign. The Philadelphia and New York papers say that business is quite brisk, motuiy abundant, and good paper readily discounted, in both ci ties at from 4 to 5 per cent, per annum. One year ago the other side of the picture preenl ed itself to our view. A Praiseworthy Movement. Wo notice by the Easton papers, that a pub lic meeting is to be held at the Court House, in that Borough, on Tuesday evening next, to take into consideration the propriety of erecting a Monument, in Easton, to the memory of George Taylor, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Taylor, represented this district of Pennsylvania, in the Continental Congress of 1776, and immortalized his name, by voting for and signing the great charier of our freedom. lie resided alternately at Eas ton, and at Durham, ten miles below, where he owned some iron-works. He died at the for mer place in the year 1781, and was buried in the Lutheran Church Yard. In our opinion, it is highly befitting that a monument should be raised commemorative of his sacrifices and his virtues in the cause of liberty. A Candid Confession. The editor of the Columbus (Georgia) In quirer whohas been heretofore a "Free Trade" theorist, thus candidly abandons his false posi-1 tion and exposes its folly. There are thous ands who are daily renouncing their isionary errors in the same manner: "For ourselves we are not ashamed to con- fess that we have fairly come over io Mr. I remj9 Iint be laid aside, and a concentrated Clay's doctrines, as exposed in his very clear j m0Vement be made to achieve as many victo and eloquent speeches in ihe Senate of ihejrjea jn March next as possible. In every dis united States. We used lo be a tolerably hoi- lrjctt cl honest, capable and fearless Whigs be headed nullifier in our boyish days, when our j selected as candidaies for Judges and luspoc heads were turned inside out by the glittering i lorSj an(i wjial ,s morCj lnev must be elected, bauble of En. impracticable free trade yMem, I 'j;jiey ,nust ue meu vvj10 w m be over-awed which we were fool enough to think within the I ()r b'WVf beaten by locofoco bullies, but they range of possibilities. li i one of the things tmis, kll0W their rights and knowing dar'e that ought to be, hut cannot- until all nations , majIllaiu.ihem !" Having thus, by the power see eye to eye and a retaliatory tarifT, afford- j fuj agency f ,he ballot boxes, secured the out ing incidental protection to home manufactures, , posI wo mist ,jje v.j,u rt.cwed exertions, is the only thing that can save .us from-being eaten up voraciously by foreign States. There are-only four lawyers in both branch.- es of the Vermont Legislature. A Scorpion in Logwood. The Journal of Commerce says, a man call ed on Dr. Devan in 'great, anxiety, bringing with him a scorpion four inches long, that came,, our 0wn hands we possess every element out from the hollow end of a stick of logwood which he was sawing, and bit one of his fin gers. The finger was a great deal swollen and the inflammation was rapidly increasing. TlteJri,iv ofpnrpo.se; an undivided preference for circumstance shows that some camion is ne cessary in dealing with hollow wood from iho climate of vipers. j -The Sea IHephant. It is curious to remark, says Mr. Weddcll, in the account of his voyage towards the South Pole, that the sea elephant, when lying on .the 6hore, and. threatened with death, will often, make no effort to escape into ihe water, but lie still and shed tears, only raising his head to look at the assailant, and. i hough -very timid, will wait with composure the club or lance which is. to take his Ijfr. In close contact every human effort would be of little avail for the destruction of this animal, unwieldy as it is, were it to rush forward and exert the pover of its jaws; for ihi. indeed, is mi enormous, lhat, in the agony of death; stones are ground to powder, iviilriis teeth. Resumed. The Bank of Peiuit.ylv.ania, in Philadelphia, has commenced discounting again, and has re. sumed active business operations. Caution. The Trenton (N. J.) State Gazeitw say that many notes of ihe broken SoMpiph-tnna Rank of Port Depn-jite are iu circulation in that vicin ity, altered, by ViibMiujuug ib. names of i)a Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia and i lie Kensington Bank. The only means of detect ing them is the names of the oficers .I.Wood, President, and Stacy A Paxstm, Cashier. From the Daily Forum. The Position of Pennsylvania Her preferences as exhibited in the re cent .Election. A full organization will secure her vote for Henry Clay. That a large majority of the people of Penn sylvania are in favor of the leading measures of the Whig party, riz. a Protective Tariff, the Distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and a sound national currency, has been, in our opining, conclusively proven by the result of the recent state election for members of Con gress. In every instance where the Whigs were active, they succeeded in defeating those candidates whoso political principles were the least tinctured with the abstractions of Free Trade. That this large majori'3', whose upri sing defeating the iniquitious schemes of our political opponents, manifested in the outra geous gerrymander, will vote for Henry Clay, as the exponent of those principles, for which they have shown their preference, is beyond doubt. It is incumbent then on us, to effoct such an organization as will bring out the en lire vote of the State, and place the gallant Keystone in the front rank of those States, that will accomplish the great political revolution of lS'M, and enter the arena in March 1845, as the supporters of the administration of" Harry of the West." In those counties where our political .friends have the ascendency, a full Whig vote can at any time be brought out. It is in our minority counties, that we have the most to encounter, and the most to dread ; for there, in many in stances, the trickery of locofocoism is uncheck ed, because no one tukes the trouble of watch ing them, and majorities against us arc ordered before an election, and tho order filled, by any meatiK, by those unscrupulous demagogue:-, who make their open boast of destroying the purity of the eleclivo franchise, and rendering the bal lot boxes subservient, not to a fair expression of the popular will, but, to their own nefarious schemes, to retain political ascendency. This can be avoided by an early, active and thorough organization of the friends of a Tariff, through out the. State, in every county, township, bor ough and district. To render success certain, and to achieve such a victory as will' forever place the seal of reprobation oti locofocoism in Pennsylvania, its opponents must commence immediately the enrollment of the great Whig army. During the coming winter, and prior to the spring elections, the political bias of every vo ter in the State should be ascertained, and ev ery exertion made at the primary trial for judges, inspectors and local officers in the spring. The Whigs as a party have been too npt to neglect the initiatory steps to victory, : and have allowed the enemy to occupy the out- i posts without a struggle to secure them. Hence it is we frequently find the locofocos carrying their Judges of Election and local officers, in places where tho Whigs are evidently in the majority. If Pennsylvania is to cast her elec toral vole for Henry Clay and the Vice Presi dential nominee of" the Baltimore Convention, our organization should be as complete by ihe spring electiori!, as it will be in November next. This "can easilv be accomplished; all I local differences, sectional jealousies and petty commence our preparations for the gj"and and final contest. It will be the final contest be tween ihe Whigs and locofocos; the parly lhal is beaten in the next Presidential clnction will never again collect iis scattered forces for another encounter. The battle of 18-14 will prove the fild of Waterloo to tho vanquished! That the Whig pariy will be the victors in that sfruggle, who can doubt? We hold tho power ol success a gallant, cliivairic, nowe leader ; principles and motives of action having for their object the greatest good to the greatest number; our candidate and never wavering nope. e have to coniuud against those who are divided among themselves, lorn by distentions, the nat ural consequence of iheir deceit and double faced principles; bound by no common lie; their leaders envious and jealous of each other; their factions ravenous for the spoils and detet tnitied lo sacrifice all or accomplish their own selfish designs ; no flag to sail under; rudder less, dispirited, their energies impaired, iheir i -i in old war cries disregarded and ihe charm of their once proud conquests gone forever! We repeat then the Whigs hold tho power in iheir own'haiidn : they have every thing to fciimulaie ihem and not a cloud lo ob.cure their pro.peds, which ennnoj be dispelled by organ ization. With Mich a glorious de?imy in our very grasp with nvery augury favorable and nothing wanting but the putting, .forth our strength, we feel the deep importance of our trust, wnicu urges ti to impress, again anti again, upon our political friends, the necessiiy of concentrated action. Wc miut not move on in separate division wc must advance in sol id column; with unbroken ranks and sweep like an aral&ifche upon our country's foes ! Let then ihe necessary stops be takftt every where for a perfect organization. Uprear m every village, our glorious banner, upon hich are inscribed thoB military principles, whose triumph ix ett-eriiinl in the nation's bappinr.as let clubs, currexpimling commutoes aud corn- mit"eeh of vigilance w formed; let the petipjc be instructed ; let document be t-prcud per the State ; let the local newspapers be seen be neath the roof of every house in every county; let the questions at issue be fairly understood and when the .signal n given, when tho "Bu gle Blast" which summons us to the polls, shall be heard, every hill and valley, every mountain and glen will send forth its voters, ail pledged heart and soul to the triumph of Whig piinci ples, and the glorious, but too long delayed du ty of rendering full, ample and merited "Jus tice to Harry of the West." From ttie N. Y. Daily-Tribune. Railroad ami Coal Klines. In another column will be found an important Report made by a Committee of gentlemen on their return from a recent exploration of a Rail road route from Newburgh on the Hudson to the extensive Coal beds on the Lackawannock and the Susquehanna. We have ourselvas passed over the proposed route, have a full knowledge of tho resources of tho country, and we are acquainted both with the gentlemen in Pennsylvania and with ihose in Newburgh, who have the control of the charier of the re sppctive Companies. When the public arc fulr ly apprised of the superiority which this route possesses over every other, for the easy and economical transportation of Coal to tho sea board, it will create no lillle surprise that such an important enterprise should have remained unnoticed until the present time. This, how ever, will be explained by the publication of a few facts with which we happen to be acquaint ed, and which hare not before met the public ove. A charter was granted some years since by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the pur pose of constructing' a Railroad from the Dela ware River at ihe Water Gap to some point near Pittston on the Susquehanna. A survey was made by Major Beach, starting from the Water Gap and proceeding up Brodhead's creek through Siroudburg. about fifteen miles from which lattnr place the route ttiuck into the most dense aud valuable limber district which, at the present time is to be found in any of the middle States. Passing on through this exten sive, unbroken forest of magnificent Beach, Pine, Cherry and Spruce, they struck the im- j mensR Coal beds of the Lackawaenock at adis-; tnnce of about 50 miles from the Delaware, in ' one of ihe finest agricultural districts of the Slate of Pennsylvania, as will be teen by the following extract from the Report made at that time : "The Coal in this region does not occur in veins as at Pottsville, and some other places, but in lay ers and repeated strata, and it is correctlj descri bed by Mr. Silliman, where he says the whoff region is completely underlaid by Coal beds unlike dis tricts where men chase a thin vein of Coal for hundreds of yards under the mountains, sometimes breaking off and sometimes entirely endinp. The inhabitant of this country when he enters his Coal bed, enters on a boundless and endless inheri tance." Again : Unlike most other minim- districts this sec-! tion of country abounds in Agricultural products; the soil in the Lackawannock Valley is generally fertile, whilst the adjoining and beautiful Valley of Wyoming are proverbially productive; add to this the vast amount of various produce which annually descends the Susquehanna river, and wc see before us ihe most ample supplies for any amount of mining operations on the spot, and at the most moderate prices. " Neither will the miners be here necessarily crowded togetner, nor ttie mining: operations ne confined to a particular spot; tor 14 miles trie uaii- f(jr un(cr ,he ofj , charler road line extends through the clearly denned re- f . .. , , . , -.-r,,;,,.,! gion, whilst the last 10 miles of the line may justly i believed by Uiose who hy-,e be consideted as located in one continued Coal led. the subject that the Road from the Water Oap Vrnm n consideration of the fareiroinfr and from to the Timber District would pay for liself in other circumstances known to us we conclude that all the Coal that it may be deemed desirable to transport on the Railroad will be promptly fur nished, and placed upon the Itoad with profit io the owners at 50 cents per ton." This survey not ony proved tho practicability of the route, but demonstrated that t He Road could be built at a comparatively small expense, the estimate not exceeding 5600,000, and that ihe continuous slight descending grade from the Coal Mines to the Delaware would give it great facili'.ies in it heavy down "rade. It was clearly shown and well understood at that time that Coal could be delivered hi the Water Gap for $1 per ion; and strange as it may appear, we do not hasitaln in attributing the defeat of ihe early completion of this Road to ihe very fact ol its advantageous position, and the great) inducements which it held out for profitable in vestment. No man understood the mailer so well as Henry W. Drinker, Eq., of Luzorno county, Pn. This gentleman was made Pres ident of the Road, and residing on the spot, he look tho precaution of securing several of the most valuable tracts of Coal in ihe district for ihe benefit of the Railroad Company. Soon al'ler this was affecled, Mr. Drinker came to ihe city of New-York and instead of laying the matter open to the public, he commenced a ne gotiation with several wealthy gentlemen with whom he proposed to enter into a copartnership to construct the Road without other assistanco, and thus secure to themselves tho control of the Coal and its exclusive benefits. We believe lhat wo are correctly informed lhat Mr. Dcla lield actually paid $500 loward the completion of tho survey. Just at this timo Mr. Dolafield discovered by a careful examination of tho Map that a continuation of this Road commencing at Piitbton and terminating at some point on tho Siate line near Binghampion would connect thetn with ihe New-York and Erie Railroad. So soon as this was discovered, he refused to move any further in the business until ho could control a charter for tin extensive continua tion. For this purpose Mr. Drinker was de spaschod to Wilkeabarre. Mr. IJelafield fumikh ui him the fii m of $10,000, the amount ucces aarv.to bo paid to procure from the Governor of the Sialo the charter, an act of Assembly having prfviouly been passed to that effect. After c -onsideral le rtr;o'U.ion Mr. Drinker ecc coeded and returned again to New-York, but it was too late! During hii absence tho Banks had suspen ded, the Merchants were broken down in their buisness and gloom and despair hung over the face of the land, and all action in the enterprise was abandoned. About this period a young gentleman from England, since well known as the author of an interesting Book of Travels in the United State, in company with a relative of his.the late Mr. Armstrong, of Newbiirg, explored the whole route, made purchases on the Hue, entered into an arrangement with Mr. Drinker, (who still held the contracts for the Coal Mines,) and then proceeded to England for the purpose of pro curing the money from two or three of his friends. This certainly looked very well, but unfortunately for the Road, very soon after Mr. Murray's arrival in England, the young Victo ria was proclaimed Queen and she called Mr. Murray into a highly honorable and dignified station in her Majesty's household, which sta tion he still retains. Mr. Murray wrote to his friends in this country regretting the necesmty of abandoning his favorite enterprise, and prom ised facilities to any one who might visit En gland on the business, A meeting; of the com pany was held at Stroudsburg, the county scat of Monroe county soon afterwards, but it was not deemed advisable in the then embarrassed state of affairs, both in the United States and in England, to move in the matter. Sometime afterwards the whole subject was taken up by the late Hon. Samuel L. Southard, the Presi dent of the Morris Canal and Hanking Compa ny, and it was not doubted that the whole hue would ne ."pni'dily put under contract, as ih junction of (hi- Road with their Canal would unquestionably have enabled them w sustain thetnsulreii. and ultimately to pay nffiheir entity indebtedness. But after c:o:iiderahle negotia tion ihe officers of the Canal Company weri found to be in Mtch a Mate that no h?pr;i 'rn entertained of their ability to prostcu'o 'he work. Since this lime we understand "ittt most of the contract for the Coal laud? se cured by Mr. Drinker for the Company I.mo been cancelled, and no effort whatever ha been made to carry on this great and usetul work. At the laM session of the Pennsylvania islature, (1843.) an act was passed granting authority to construct a temporary Road from ihe Water Gap to the Timber District ai.rl to the Coal Mines. This could he accomplished at a very small expense. This supplement n in ihe words following : 11 That it shall and may be lawful for the Sm quehana and Delaware Canal and Railroad Com pany to construct a temporary Railroad from a point at or near the. summitlevel between the Sus quehanna and Delaware Rivers, to a point at or near the Water Gap on the Delaware river, in the countv of Monroe : and also from the summit poir.t Ion the Lackawannock River provided that tha I construction of such temporary Railroad shall in no way interfere with the right of said Company to continue a more permanent Kailroad under inc ru- visions of the act to which this is a supplement. And provided also that the construction of suc h temporary Railroad shall be commenced within cxcj and be completed within four years from the pas sage of their act. And the period for the com"n of the permanent Raiiroad of the said compai.v shall be extended ten years from the passage of their act." The foregoing was granted upon a Petition for authority to make a cheap Railroad lor ! use of the Company, as adjunct, preliminary and assj3lanl t0 a permanent construction, as prim ! three years, even if it were never completed ' the Coal Mines ; and it is more than probabV that so much of it would have been completed before this timo, if there had been any connec tion going on by which the limber or the eoai could have reached the Hudson. It will he seen by ihe Report of the Newburgh gentle men that they have it in contemplation to con struct the Road from their village to the Dola ware, and lhal from their personal examination and careful calculations tfiey believe lhat Coal may be delivered at this poj'nt on the Hudson for S2 25 per ton. Tho Road being first completed from the Timber District to the Delaware, would enable the Newburgh Company to complete the whole line at about half the expense, owing to the facilities it would give in furnishing ihe neces sary timber, and in the immediate profits which would result from the Timber trade. We do not wish to be understood as censur ing Mr. Drinker for his course in this busmen We think it unfortunate for tho cities of Aew York and Boston that his confidence in md - vidual enterprise has been the unintentional cause of retarding the progress of this grea: enterprise, the completion of which would lon' sinco have brought Coal to New York for three dollars per ton. Wo know Mr. D. to be .n high minded and honorable as ho is zealou and intelligent, and we trust that if the worfc is to proceed, he may again be induced to act at the head of the Company. JJj3 For Report see First Pago, An old physician says it is ?n excellent thin lo go to bed with dry, warm (eet, every- pigt' Married, in Ogdcnaburg, N. Y., Mr. Alff' H. Cowe, aged 18, to Mrs) Mehitable 'Ihomr son, aged 68. " Every one. to their own taste." as Mehitable said when, she kissed hor Coil'. Joe Smith, the Mormon Prophet, has crm moncedjavern keeping. Thev are coniiuff. 13,000. bushels of potatoes were last wee carried in lo Haverhill, Mass., io snip If WJtatoes are cut off in nortions of this Siai it appears lhat New EDgJand ia thU'year great in potatoes,
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