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JURY LIST.
List of Grand Jurors, drawn to serve. at Decern
bar Term, 1843.
1 Henry Miller. Stroud
2 Christopher Felker, Hamilton
o Thomas Miller, do
4 Joseph Thus, Pocono . ' l V "
5 Joseph Fenner, Smithfield ' ' '
6 bamucl Myers, Pocono
7 George Umphred, Hamilto'n'
8 Peter Woodling, Pocono
0 John D. Frailey, do ,i
10 John Frable, Ross ,,.-(.,
11 Michael Mackes, Hamilton...
12 "Daniel Heller, do
13 Elias Dietrich, Middle Stnithfiekl
14 John F. Williams, Hamilton
15 Jervis Gordon, Stroud-
16 Morris Evans, do
L7 Peter Snyder, Hamilton
18 Enoch Buskirk, Ross ,
19 Mishaol Ahemos, do
2fl Abraham Edinger, Hamilton
21 Willi am Ratlerly, Struud j
22 Henry Drake, do
23 Felix Weiss, Chesnuthill f '
21 James Palmer, Stroud . . .
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PETIT JURORS.
1 Isaac Belong, Stroud
2 John V. Bush, Smithfield
3 Washington Overfield, Middle Smithfield
4 Benjamin Carchner, Ross
5 David Edinger, Pocono
Ci Adam Moser, Middle Smithfield'
7' George Miller, Hamilton
8 Edward Brown, Stroud
o Valentine Werkhiser, Smithfield
10 Adam Welfell, Middle Smithfield u
H John Keller, Hamilton . -
12 Jacob Altemos, Chesnuthill
13 Peter Storm, Price
14 James Hallet, Stioud
15 Daniel Kreidler, Pocono
lfi Henry Weiss, Che.snuthill
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17 Jarob Miller, Middle Smithfield
13 Joseph Houser, sen. Smithfield
i0 John Turn, Middle Smithfield
2t) Leonnrd Bartron, Smithfietd
i Joseph Ileekman, Pocono
-2 2 John J. Puce, Price
C Richard Aranvliet, Stroud
2t David Hanna, Middle Smithfield
2j Anthony Vanelta, do
fi Meichior Kmtz, Hamilton . . t
27 William Edmunds, Chesnuthill
US John Place, Middle Smithfield
2!) Charles Lander, Smithfield
30 Adam Angelmoyer, Pocono
31 Peter Angelmoyer, Price
32 Peter Yeisley, Smithfield
33 John Overpeck, Hamilton
34 Chancey Dimmick, Middle Smithfield
35 Peter Jones, Ross
?G John Kresge, Chesnuthill.
EPeafla from Diseased Potatoes.
The Utica (N. Y.) Gazette, notices (he an
pearance, in that neighborhood, of a singular
disease among jive potatoes, which has already
destroved thousands of bushels. The kind
called pinkeyes are almost universally affected.
The disease first manifests itself by a black spot
On the surface of the potatoe, which rapidly
sipreads till the whole root becomes soft and
worthless. Many farmers have lost their entire
crops, the disease in many cases destroying the
roots while in the ground and in other the po
tatoes, having been ctrefully stowed in the eel
ler, apparently free from disease and sound, in
:a few weeks were thrown away utterly lost.
Some, as soon as they saw the symptoms ap
pear, in order to save as much as possible of
iheir crop commenced leedmg them to tneir
hos. mid in two instances, where this course
was pursued, it resulted not only in the loss of
the potaioeh, but also of the hogSj one mo los
ing hts whole stock, fifteen in number, and an
other four out of sis, which ato of the affected
food. If animals are so soon destroyed by .feed
ing on such potatoes, are they not dangerous
('lod for man? Can some agriculturalist give
anv satisfactory account of ibis singular disease,
iid BugSest some plan for preventing its return?
Goon. i UP country gallant, not Jong
t;co went ovr to see his 'bright particular,'
jjiiul after sitting near half n day without saying
u word, ot up, ad says : 4 Well, I reckon it's
L'eiiin to leedm tune -i . must oo a com .
I
Wall, a good evn' to you all, Miss Nancy..'
for the jcstersonian republican.
Messrs. Editors:
Dear Sirs. While on n recent visit lo the
city of New York, in company with some
friends I rode out on the Ihlaud, one pleasant
afternoon, to visit the Orphan Asylum. While
passing through tho building, we were con
ducted by the very gentlemanly Superinten
dent of that Institution into the school room,
where the lone orphans, in uniform dress, were
receiving ihe rudiments of an English educa
tion. Under the direction of the Superinten
dent, tho girls sung for us that beautiful little
piece, The Messenger Bird ending, as you
remember, with those touching inquiries of their
lost friends, " Oh ! say do they think of us yet
do they love there still ?" Of this and the at
tending circumstances, one of the young ladies
of the company remarks " It was, in truth, a
sweet scone, that cool, quiet school room, and
that band of little ones, with their bright cheer
ful faces and soft swet voices, and then ilie
address to The Messenger Bird, always beau
tiful, but so impressive and appropriate wtsn
falling from the lips of the desolate orphan," &c.
The aceno was truly an interesting one, and at
my request, this young lady has penned the
following lines, which are at your service.
II.
Oh! sweetly they sung of the spirit land,
Those orphans lonely and fair,
And they ask'd of its dim and shadowy band,
Our friends, do they still love there 1
They have passed away, they have passed away,
And we see them here no more,
The eyes that smiled on our childish play,
Now gleam on a brighter shore.
They have passed away and left us here,
Life's darkened path to tread,
Alone and sad, Oh! bitter is the tear,
By the lonely orphan shed.
To the Heaven's wo lift our yearning eye,
With the burning tear-drops wet
Oh ! tell us do they hear our moaning cry !
Oh ! say do they love us yet 1
Aye orphans-and oft they bend their bright wings,
To linger round your way,
Sweet answers of mercy ftom Heav'n they bring,
When on your knees ye pray. .
Oh! ever they're present by day and night,
To shield ye from every ill,
They think of ye though their home is bright,
Sigh not, for they love ye still.
Look upwards lone orphans, know ye no fear,
Jehovah your guide will be,
Trust in him orphans and safely Iie'il steer
Your bark o'er life's troubled sea.
And then ye shall meet in the haven ol rest,
The lov'd who have gone before.
And ye shall dwell in the land of the blest.
In rapture forever more. E. A.
Milford, November 1S43.
A.
Frcm the Richmond "Whig.
Cel. EicSiartl JE. .Johnson's Opinion
Mr. Editor : I am opposed to ihe practice
of giving publicity to fire-side conversation,
but when the lender of a great patty, in a re
5peciable company of his fellow citizens, com
posed of both political parlies, makes use of
language eiiher in prai-u or derogation ot
political opponenl, I consider it no breach of
propriety io give his voluntary testimony to the
world.
On the 30ih of September last, Col. John
son, being in Staunton, Va., a number of gen
tlemen paid him tho rospect of calling lo see
him. One of the company remarked to him,
"Colonel, when you reach I lie Rail Road
Junction, you will bo near tho Slashes of
Hanover1' The honest old warrior's face
immediately lit up with an rxprosMon of sin
cerity and pleasure, suid eloquently said, " I
should be delighted to see thai place. Every
spot of ground Henry Clay touches he immor
talizes. I have been in public lile for forty
: . i . . : i i.' ; . . .1
ycart, anu in mat nine navo oeen. assuciuic-u
with all the great men. of the country. Lcar
iri" out Madison and Gallatin, who were old
men when I lirl stepped upon the iheaire of
politics, I will place Jefler-on firs!, then Henry
Clay. He is a perfect Hercules in all ihu
qualities that can adorn human nature. Some
men may excl him in a single quality for in
stance, Webster may be a greater logician, or
some iruy be more renowned for deep research,
but take Clay all in all, he has not an equal in
the Union, either id the North or Soul h ihe
East or the West. In mora! courage in phys
ical courage in Oratory m Patriotism, and
in every noble quality, he is without asuperioi.
I have ben associated with him on committees
in conjunction with Calhoun, Lowndes,
Cheevea, Webster and other distinguished in
dividuals, but Clay was alwav, tho matrf
pir.it. We looked up to hli'". as One Afcx. '?el-
uuton; and by his counsel uq wero Hiudcd in
our dchberauoa Tf the 4CSt of the committee
assembled oeforo,hiJn anij ere in doubt about
t. " . .
jO io,prox:eu 'flen he fflatle h;s appearance
all oyes were turned upon him (here ihe Co
lonel represented by gesture and expression
how they looked) and we were certain to be
right when we followed his opinion. He is a
great man, a very great man."
I have given you the very icords of Col. John
son. I do not Htippoxe that his praise can "add
a cubit to the stature of Clay'' yet it may
serve to show to the Democracy, that in the
opinion of ono of their leading men, Mr. Clny
is not the monster in human flesh that many of
them suppose him to be.
ONE WHO HEARD.
From the N. V. Daily Tribune.
Political Analysis of PeansySvania.
That excellent work, Trego's Geography of
Pennsylvania, recently published, by giving the
characier and origin of ihe population of thai
Stale, enables ua to make out the following clas
sification of the Counties, with their political
characier, as asceriained at the Presidential
election of IS'10, when a full vote was brought
out. Tho tables we now give, wo doubt not,
will bo deeply iuicrosting to politicians, partic
ularly as they lell a tale which will be found
to counteract the general impressions entertain
ed with regard to the majority of the people of
Pennsylvania.
The Counties of tho Siato may he divided
intojfcur classes, nanisly : first, those in which
the population is principally of German origin;
second, those which have been settled chielly
by Irish, Scotch, English and Welsh emigrants;
third, those in which ihe aethers were mostly
from New England ; and fourth, those Coun
ties which wero first settled by tho Quakers or
Friends, who came over from England with j
William Perm.
1. THE GERMAN COUNTIES.
The following are considered the Counties in
which the German population preponderate
with their votes at the Presidential election in
1840. (Ten of these Counties, in italics, gave
Whig majoriiies, and fourteen g-ivo Loco-Foco
majorities)
, Whig. Loco.
Adams, . , 2463 1628
Bedford, n 2910 244G
Berks, . V 3582 7425
Centre, . . a0,t ftiixi ' 1448 2442
Clinion, u-t?'.z - : 038 649
Columbia,, , W . 1325 2829
Cumberland, -.& ai 2791 2695
Dauphin, ' u ' 3124 2187
Franklin, , . . , 3586 2S92
Huntingdon, v ,i CJ .' 3356 2266
juniata, . - 966 1043
Lancaster; ..,( ..,,:.; t 9678 5470
Lebanon, " 2370 1402
Lehigh, . . . 2405 2450
Lycoming, e . , 1504 21 Si
Mifflin, ' ., V ' 1226 1269
Monroe, . 345 1447
Montgomery,, ,. 40G8 4869
Northampton-, ' .. . ., 2846 3338
Perry, , . ' , ' . 1072 1970
Schuylkill; " '.,' , 1881 2184
Somerset, , - . . 2501 765
Union, ' t . :, " 2423 ' 1518
York, 3792 43S2
Total, 62,760 62,047
Whig msjoriiy in the German Countiei, 713.
2. IRISH, SCOTCH, ETC. COUNTIES.
The population of ihe following Counties is
of a mixed character, but the majority of tho
neonlo are the descendants of the early settlers,
who emigrated principally from the Ncrih of
Ireland, Scotland and Wales. All or these
arc Weatern Counties, except Northumberland,
(a central County on the Susquehanna,) many
of the inhabitants of which are descendants of
Irish and English families, who settled hero at
an early period. In that and some few other
of ihese Counties, thero aro also German set
tlements. Cambria was principally settled by
Welsh and Irish emigrants, and tho Welsh
language is yet spoken there :
Whig.
7619
1260
3143
2100
811
648
499
2469
2755
1350
1953
47(3
3247
856
; 4149
2778
1351
Loco.
4573
1744
1710
1804
920
1366
812
2908
3035
2010
1209
592
2336
1276
3611
4704
2187
Allegheny,
Armstrong
Beaver,
Butler,
Cambria;
Clarion,
Clearfield;
,ST4H! jut s .
Crawford,
Fayette;
Greene;
Indiana f
Jefferson;
It, '
1
Merccri
Venango,- ' '"
Washingtbnx
Wesimoreland',
NorthumbvjTlaifd;
Tolnl,
37,463 36,797
Whig majority in the above Counties, 666.
' 3. NEW ENGLAND COUNTIES.
These Counties ail lie on ,the northern boun..
dary of the Siale, adjoining New Yo't;, c.cept
Luzerne, (and including Wyoming,) which is
MMi'h of Siuqiiehanna. Coimty '.hl was first
settled from Cuh'uecitcui, mij contains .also
some German and other population. Notwith
standing the small proportion these Counties
bear lo the other parts of ihe Stale in the num
ber of inhabitants, they give a large aggregate
Loco-Foco majority. Erie, it will be observed,
is tho only Whig County among themj:
, , Whig. Loco.
Erie,
Warren, "
McKeun,
Poller,
I loga,
Bradford,
Susquehanna,
Wayne,
Pike,
Luzerne,
3636
827
263
180
. S95
2631
1560
,675
135
2776
2061
929
276
365
1721
2844
1188
524
4119
Ui STYpL-rS.-
Total', '
13,578 10,047
Loco-Foco majority, 2,469.
4. QUAKER OR PE.V.V COUNTIES.
We include Philadelphia in this list, although
the present population of ihe City and County
diiVers materially from the primitive characier
of the parly settlers, to which thero is a grea
ter similarity among tho people of the adjoin
ing Counties in this class :
Whig.
4705
5642
2031
7655
101S9
Loco,
44 8S
4882
1335
4774
Bucks,
Chester, 1
Delaware,
Philad. City, , i :
Philadelphia countyv
13303
Total,
30,222 28,7
CO
Whig majority in theso Counties, 1,440.
N. B. There are three new Counties re
cently formed, viz.: Carbon, taken from North
ampton and Monroe ; Elk, taken from Clear
field, Jefferson and iMcKcau ; and Wyoming,
taken from Luzerne. !
RECAPITULATION.
Whig. Loco.' Majority
German Counties, 02,760 '62,017 713 Whig
Irish, bcotch, &c do 37,463 36.797 6C6 do.
New England, do. 13,578 16,047 2,469 Loco
Quaker, do. 30,222 28,782 1,440 Whig
Total, 144,023 143.673-350 Whig
From the above siaiements, the Whig party
may Ie3rn that their political views and princi
ples are sustained in Pennsylvania by a major
ity of the votes in the German Countics,,so
called, which is contrary to tho opinion enter
tained by many. The election which haa just
transpired shows that ihe Whig cause has not
lost ground in theso German Courities, but has
even gained in a'omo of them. It will gratify
Whigs also to observe that they had a majority
in 1840 in the Counties where the people are
principally descended from tho Irish, Scotch,
and other emigrants from the British Isles. It
is difficult to account for the uniform Loco-Foco
characier of ihe New England Counties in
Northern Pennsylvania, (the county of Erie
excepted.) Perhaps the same causes operate
here as those which govern ihe people of
Maine and New liampshtre. It is possible,
however, that a political change may ere long
take place in these Courities, which are rapid
ly increasing in population from emigration.
In some of them, symptoms of improvement
were visible at the late election.
A marked difference with regard to educa
tion appears in the character of the two large
German Counties of Lancaster and Berks,
which, with their heavy majorities, nearly bal
ance each other at Slate elections. In the
Whig Coimty of Lancaster, according to Mr.
Trego, education is encouraged among the
mass of the people while in Loco-foco Berks,
he says, " The general stai'o of education
among tho people is not flourishing. The ear
ly settlers were chiefly of ihe laboring classes
from'Germany, who in their own country had
enjoyed very limited means for the acquisition
of knowledge. They have since, with some
very creditable exceptions, praciically maintain
ed the principle that, as the father hai lived
end mado money without education, so may ihe
son. It is, however gratifying to observe, thai
of latter years such principles are gradually,
but perceptibly, yielding to more liberal views
and a more just appreciation of the betfefius and
advantages of education. In many instances,
(he adds, however,) there has beei much on-
position to collecting the school 'aos, building
school houses, and making any improvements
involving cost. The commcn language ot the
County ia the impure Gwrnun usually spoken
in Pennsylvania, and wh'ich has become so
much corrupted and mixd with common En
glish words, that it would scarcely be under
stood by u we5. aducaled German from the fa
therland, in many parts of tho County, where
the inhabitants seldom leave iheir own neigh
borhood, English is neither spoken nor under
stood."
This is "old Democratic Berks,", winch
tujrns out her, annual majoriiies of thousands' in
the Loco-Foco cause. Even in this region of
darkness, there are some .symptoms of light
arid improvement. Wonderful io relate, at ihe
recent election .part nf ihe Volunteer Ticket
was elected, and the charm of " Regular Nom-
inatioiih is thus.oroKeu. -,,!,.
i u
Wr TPioicc that the ladies are coming nSb'ly tO
the help of gallant "Harry of the West," as they
did to the suoport of Gen. Harrison in 1310.
They contributed largely towards me election of
the old hero, and it is gratifying to see that they
are lending their aid to another " hero" who has
bared his breast not in the field, to the guns of
the British; nor in the forest, to the tomahawks of
the savage but in the councils of the nation, to
the malice and ingenuity of its more insiduou-s
foes, and at whom an unceasing fire is still kept
up by unprincipled politicians ; enemies alike -tu-
him, and to'the true interests ot nis coumr. d
low we give a fine Clay song which, however, is
not the first evidence our readers have had, that
the ladies go for Clay and his friends. Fofiirni
From the Cecil WW&.' '
A Whig Sous.
Tcne. " Rosin the Bow:'
If e'er I should wish to get married,
And indeed I don't know but I may,
The man that I give up my hand to.
Must be the firm friend of Old Clay,
Must be &c. &c
tprW t
For 1 am sure I could ne'er love a loco, "Vf
No matter how grand he might be,
And the man that could vote for Dick Johnson
Is not of a taste to suit me.
Is not &c. &c,
Tom Benton's too much of a rowdy, .
To claim any good man's support,
And on Jemmy Buchanan's low wages
The ceonle have made their report.
'''PC
The people &c. &c. ' '
John Tyler's too mean to be thought of,
A circumstance dropt for a man
By every true Whig he's regarded,
As only a "jlash in the pan." . ..
As only &c. &c.
His conduct can no way dishearten
The.-Whigs only wait for the day,
To make him another "gone Martin", i:rnakZ
And move, on with. Old Harry Clay. -
And move &c. &c.
Then rouse gallant Whigs to your duty, - ja,"
And drive all the miscreants away,
Complete what you strove for in forty,
Your watchword be Old Harry Clay
Your watchword &c. &c.
CAROLINE
'Pa, isn't that man in what. is, cailed;Ith'e
spring-time of life V
' Why, my son V
' 'Cos h'e looks so confoundedly green.'
Walking Fifty-six SEonrs.
A person named Tilchenor accomplished the
feat of walking fifty-six hours, at Buffalo, at 9
o'clock on Wednesday evening. After leaving
the plank, he succeedod in running 634 yards
in five minutes picking up a siono at every
yard.
. -f
tJ,anse 1 Love Yon so."
" Good mindio pinch you, Sal," said an awk
ward Josoy, on his first visit to his rustic flame.
" What you 'ant to pinch me for, ZekieP".
" Golly! 'cause I love you so!"
" Now, go 'long, -Zeke, vou great hateful! I
should think you might bo big enough to be ri
diculous !"
An Smportuait Discovery.
A means of instantly slopping a horse when
he runs away has been discovered in France.
It is simple. A sudden transition from light, io
total darkness, is the principle. Ii is con
trived, by means of a spring connected wilh tho
reins, to cover the horses' eyes. This was
done in an instance when tho animals were-at
the lop of their speed, and the 'result was;iheir
instantaneous stoppage; for the ligbt.being sud
denly excluded, horses no more rushed for
ward, says the discoverer, without seeing ilieir
way, than, would a man afflicted wilh Llind
neas. : " Newspapers. s - ?w Vf
A newspaper, says a contemporary,-'is "f'a
school in a family worth len dollars a year-
Even the most barren paper brings something
new. Children read or hear the contents, gam
intelligence of tho affairs of the world, and ;c
quiro useful knowledge, of more importance io
them than a present of fifteen acres of lund.--
LParenia arc tiqt aware of ihe vast irnportnnce of
a newspaper in a family of children. We have
made the remark before, and we repeat if, that
taka two families of children equally smart, and
both going to the same school let one of ihem
have the free use of a newspaper, and i; would
excite astonishment to mark the difference be
tweun them. Full one half, and an important
half of education, as it respects thu business of
the world, and tho ability io rise and makefile's
self respectable, is derived from newspapers.
What parent would not wish his children re
spectable'? Who would be willing to'have hi
neighbor's children more intelligent than hi
own? Yet how trifijng is tho sum. a paper co??7.
It is even in these hard times absolutely con
icntptible in amount, except in its bencfiiiidrcou
soqu'ehcespb Kim' who has paid his'slibsc'ripliun
regularly- - ir ''-v ' ' : s t-
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