JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Stroudsbiirff, February 22, ISM.
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Jjj3 Me.sr.. Hughe?, of the Senate, and
'Smith, of the House, will please accept our
ihanks fur important public documents.
TThc XVIiijrs of Pike County Moving.
We call attention to the Resolutions passed
at the County Meeting, held at the public house
if Samuel Dimiv.it k, in Milford, on Tuesday
-of last week. The meeting was large, and well
attended, notwithstanding it was gut up on the
pur of ihe moment, without any previous no
tice. The proceedings show that the proper
spirit pervades the party which promises well
lor nc.i fall.
IIe.TvY Clay, is the unanimous choice of
the Whigs of Pike for the Presidency; they
behold in him a patriot and statesman whom
they, in common with a large majority of their
fellow citizens of the Union, will delight to
honor, by electing him to fill the highest oflice
in their gift.
The Ho.v. John Baxks, is their first choice
for Governor of the Keystone State. His hon
esty, ability, and well-earned fame, has gained
for him their esteem; and they will consider it
a happy day for Pensylvania, when after the
2d Tuesday of October nest, they shall hail
him Chief Magistrate of this Commonwealth.
That good and staunch Whig, Moses Hel
ium, Eq. of Tafton, presided, and the Hon.
jWilliam Brodhcad, of Westfall, was appointed
rDclegate to the 4th of March Convention at
Harriaburg.
Slate Conventions.
The Whigs in every section of the Union
are active in buckling on their armor, and other
wise making preparations for the grand battle
to come off in November next. On the 7th in
stant there weic no less than three State Con
ventions held, all of which were numersusly
attended.
The Whigs of Maine, assombled at Augusta,
in that State, and declared in favoi of Henry
Glay. A mass convention was agreed upon to
be held there next August, and a committee
appointed to invite Mr. Clay to attend.
The Whigs of Rhode Island, met at the State
House in Providence, and appointed Delegates
o the National Convention, with instructions
to support Mr. Clay.
The Whigs of Old Virginia, met at Rich
mond, and remained in session three days.
They appointed a list of Delegates to the Na
tional Convention, and a set of Presidential
Electors, all favorable to Harry of the West.
The Whigs of New Jersey, met at Trenton,
on Tuesday of this week to appoint Delegates
to the National Convention, but we hare not j
yet heard of their doings.
Gen. Jackson's Fine.
The U. S. Senate one day last week passed
the Bill which originated in the House of Rep
resentatives, to repay Gen. Jackson the fine of
51000, with interest, which was imposed upon
him by Judge Hall, of New Orleans, during the
lute War. The President signed the Bill with
5n an hour after it had passed the Senate. The
13ill contained no allusion to Judge Hall.
rffortaSity of the Bench.
The past few weeks have proved quite fatal
lo the Bench of our country. Among other
disiinguUhed members who have died, was
Jiidge Sprague of North Carolina, Judge Ma
.gmder, of Maryland, and Judge Cowen of New
Yo'i k. The health of Judge Taney, Chief Jus
tire of the U. S. is so much impaired, that he
will, it is aid, be compelled to resign his seat.
Associate Judges.
Tho Senate of Pennsylvania has confirmed
j;e appointment of James Kennedy, Esq. of
)rthampton, and Asa W. Packer, Esq. of Car-
l.oii,asAbOciate Judges of their respective coun
ties. Why does not Gov. Porter appoint some
prrhon to the vacant Judgeship in Monroe?
AQn.the 27ih of this month it will be a j-ear;
tin3e Judge Bell's time expired, and the people
i?Lwgi to think they hare waited long enough
for a successor.
The Easton Sentinel.
Some contemptible fellow who has not cour
age onough to let his name be known, has writ-,
ten an anonymous letter to the Easton Sentinel,
in which he purports to give an account of the
Whig Meeting which was held at Stroudsburg,
in Court week. The letter is made up of false
hoods and misrepresentations, and was written
for the purpose of producing the impression
jbrod hai lc meeting was a failure. It is
hardly necessary for us to repeat, thai the
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.Meeting was large and enthusiastic thatjact
its well known hi Siroudsburg, and throughout
Monroe county and the strongest assurance
that persons abroad could hare of its truth, is,
that the Monroe Democrat has not onencd its
mouth about the meeting. Had it been small,
that pink-essence of a loco foco sheet would
haV(, ,nnnmic(i :. a rrari.:floR nr
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j weak artillery. 1 lie assertion in the letter that
the Resolutions denounced the State Adminis
j tration, is a notorious falsehood, and of a piece
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with the rest. Not one word is said in them
about David R. Porter, or his administration ;
which every one may satisfy himself about by
! referring to the Resolutions.
Tlie Locos in Trouble.
Since the receipt of the news of the disas
trous result to their party in Maryland, the Lo
cos aro beginning to see that they stand no
earthly chance of success with Martin Van Bu
ren as their Candidate for the Presidency, and
many of them talk of breaking ground for Com
modore Stewart or some other new man. Mar
tin, howerer, has no notion of beins choked off
the course ; and. has written a letter to Mr.
Snowden, Speaker of the House of Represen
tees, at Harrisburg, m which he expresses his
determination to be a candidate at all hazards.
So stands the matter. But why should the
poor locos give themselves any concern as to
who is their candidate, for Harry Clay will
out-distance them all !
Nominations.
Thomas W. Gilmer, ol Virginia, and William
Wilkins, of Pittsburg, Pa. were on Thursday
last nominated by President Tyler, the first to
bo Secretary of the Nary, and the latter to be
Secretary of War. As soon as the nomina
tions were reccired, the Senate dispensed with
the Rule which requires all nominations to lay
over at least one day before they are acted on,
and unanimously confirmed both of them. Mr.
Gilmer took charge of the Navy Department
on Monday morning.
Another ILibclIer Pardoned.
Governor Porter, has pardoned George W.
Bowman, Editor ol the Bedford Gazette, who
was convicted of a foul and scandalous Libel on
the memory of tho lamented Charles Ogle, who
died in 18-11. The purport of the Libel was,
lhat Mr. Ojjle, on his death bed regretted hav
ing made his famous Speech of 1840 on the
extravagance and meanness displayed in the j
furnishing of the President's House at Wash-
ington
Bowman was found guilty of publish-
ing this detestable falsehood, but has escaped
merited punishment through the ill-applied mer
cy of the Executive.
Old Northampton
The Whigs of the Borough of Easton, intend
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holding a meeling this evening, to appoint Del-
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cgates to the Young Men's Ratification Con-;
vention, at Baltimore ; and also to prepare for
organizing a Clav Club, in iheir Borough.
The Navy.
It appears, by documents transmitted to Con
gress, lhat the price of labor is less at the Phil
adelphia Navy Yard, than at any other in the
United Slates. The average rate at
Portsmouth, N. H. is SI 3G 1-2
Charlestown, Mass.
Brooklyn, N Y,
Philadelphia.
Washington.
Norfolk.
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The Tariff.
The largest sale of wool, says the Stisque
liantia, Pa. Register, ever made iii this Stale,
probably in the United States, by the original
proprietor, took place a few days ago in this
county ; upwards of 300 balesj And we no
ticed ihe weight on the bales, as they passed
the Chocpnut on sleigh, on their way to N-w
York, to be from 100 to ISO pounds each. We
understand thai the purchase was made by Mr.
Grant, a manufacturing house of Jihaca, N. Y.,
of tho estate of the late Robert H. Rose, of
Silver Lake, at 31 cents per pound, 4 months
credit.
An' Attempted Suicide. A young female
from LaocaMer, (who had been decoyed from
that city to Philadelphia and then abandoned,)
attempted on Monday night to commit suicide
by taking latidwiuin. She swallowed near 2
1-2 ounces, but a physician was called in, and
by ihe aid of emiicr. Mioceeded in preventing
fatal couequrncp. She i 'f a rejppc.tablo
family in Lancaster eounty, Pa., and is a(bout
'20 year uf un.
Great and Glorious Victory ! ! I
Maryland all Rifflit!
The first Congressional Election under the
new District Law, look place in Maryland on
Wednesday last, and resulted in an unparal
leled Whig triumph. We have carried every
District in the State, six in number, by large
and decided majorities. Our friends went into
the contest, under the banner of "Henry Clay
and a Protective Tariff" and their success has
astonished both friend and foe.
Maryland is sound to the core. There is not
one City or County on the Western shore, but
has given a Whig majority. Even the old ci
tadel of loco foco strength, Baltimore County,
has been carried by a large majority nay,
worse than that, the Third Congressional Dis
trict, composed of sections which in 1840 gave
a Van Buren majority of 18G0 votes, gave the
Whigs, on Wednesday last, a majority of over
500, showing a Whig gain in the District of
orer 2300 votes ! This astounds all parties.
Baltimore City, which in 1840 gave Van Bu
ren a majority of 97, over even Gen. Harrison,
now gives the Whigs 078 majority, and re
elects that excellent Whig, J, P. pennedy, to
Congress an astonishing result.
The Whigs rallied under the flag of " Clay,
and a Protective Tariff" and the locos, under
that of " Van Buren, and Free-Trade." The
candidates were fairly nominated by each of
the parties, and had no interference on the
course. Who now can doubt how Maryland
will go next fall; and just as she goes, so will
go at least four-fifths of the States of the Un
ion !
Legislature of Pennsylvania:
Correspondence of the Daily Chronicle.
Harrisdurg, Feb. 17, 1844.
Is the House The principal matter of im
portance under consideration, was the Resolu
tions of Mr. Cooper, touching our finances, &c.
Mr Brady, of Franklin, being entitled to the
floor, concluded his remarks in favor of the
Resolutions, and was followed on the other
side of the question by Mr. McFadden, of
Washington. Mr. McFadden spoke at con
siderable length, after which the subject, on
motion of Mr. Dunlap, was postponed for the
present. Mr. D
is expected to be delivered
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next.
The Bill appropriating $60,000 for repairs
on the Public Works, having been returned
from the Senate with amendments, was deba
ted a short time on the question of concurring,
when, on motion of Mr. Hinchman, the bill
was committed to the Internal Improvement
Committee for examination.
Mr. Trego, from the Committee on Educa-I
iinn rpnnriPfl n Rili to riM-irn ibft Rail.lin otnn .
College. Mr. Tustin. in nlace. a Bill relaiin? '
lo ,jle Spring Garden Fire Insurance Company, j
Hr. Hammer a Bill relating to the Borough of,
Orwigsburg. Mr. Ambrose a Bill relating to.
the .Lien ol Juagments upon real esiatp. iir.
Blair a Bill for a new county, to be called Penn,
out of parts of Htmtingdonkand Bedford. Mr.
Tustin a Bill relating to the employment, &c,
of the Poor in Philadelphia.
Tho Speaker presented the proceedings of a
: meeting held in Philadelphia, on the subject of
'tie opring uaruen Lras uompanv.
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Bills relating to certain election districts
boro, h eIeciious the sale of a certain School
House, and such matters, were disposed of.
I.v Senate. Much of the day was occupied
in discussing Mr. Sterigere's bill relating to the
sale of meat bv Farmers and Shinncrs in ihe
Philadelphia market. The bill was advocated
by Messrs. Sterigere, Champneys and others, j
and opposed by Messrs. Spackman and Penni-
man. Although a number of amendments were
offered and voted down, the bill was postponed
without any definite action being had upon it.
Mr. Kidder presented sundry petitions in fa
vor of an outlet lock at Black's Eddy, and
moved their reference to a Select Committee,
which, after a discussion, was agreed to, and
Messrs. Kidder, Crabb, Heckman, Hughes,
and Stewart, were appointed said committee.
The resolution offered some time ago, by Mr.
Crabb, recommending to Congress the contin
uance of the Pension Law, which is about to
expire by its own limitation,, passed final read
ing lo-dav, and was sent to the House.
Several local Hills of no general importance
rere disposed of.
Yours &c.
ITIr. Clay in Virginia.
The New-York Republic (Gen. Green's)
contains an extract from a letter written by one
of the best informed men in Virginia, himself a
Loco Foco, which says " Virginia herself (if
Van Buren be ihe candidate) wilt go for Clay
beyond all doubt. Already has Ritchie and his
selfish adherents neutralized more votes than
would be necessary lo defeat Van Buren. We
only carried the Stale in 1840, by a mere ma
jority. Vf j luinw many who then voted
for Van Buren, who will now vote for Clay;
and Mill more who will not vote at all. To my
mind, there, is nothing in the julura more, certain
than the clrxtinn oMr.t Clay, if Van . Buren be
(he candidate in opposition."
Whigr County Electing.
Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the
friends of the Farmer of Ashland, was held at
the house of Samuel Dimmick, in Milford, on
Tuesday evening, Feb. 13th. On motion of C.
W. DeWitt, MOSES KELLUM was appoint
ed President of the meeting , and David Savrks
and Henrv Barxes, Vice Presidents.
On motion of R. R. Palmer, B. A. Biddis
and Albert S. Stall, were appointed Secretaries.
The President in a few brief and appropriate
remarks stated the objects of the meeting.
On motion, C. W. DeWiu, Simeon Lord,
Solomon Newman, Samuel Courtright, and R.
R. Palmer, were appointed a committee to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense of this
meeting.
The committee, after retiring, presented the
following preamble and resolutions, which were
unanimously concurred in.
Whereas the time is nigh at hand, when the
authorized representative of the Whig party
of Pennsylvania, are to assemble at Harrisburg
and Baltimore, for the purpose of selecting suit
able candidates for tho offices of President of
the United Stales and Governor of this Com
monwealth, therefore
Resolred, That we have undiminished con
fidence in the ability and integrity of the Hon.
HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, 'nd believe he
is the only man who can extricate the country
from the difficulties and ruin lhat has been
brought- upon her by loco foco misrule and Ty
ler treachery, and would earnestly recommend
him as the Whig candidate for the Presidency.
Resolved, That we are in favor of the pro
tection of American industry, and believe that
a Tariff", such as we now have, is of vital im
portance to the prosperity and advancement of
the interests of our country.
Resolved, That we believe that the Public
Lands are the common properly of all the
States, and lhat the proceeds, arising from tho
sale of them, should be divided among them.
Resolved, That the Sub-Treasury scheme,
as advocated by the Loco Focos, is anti-democratic
in its tendencies, and dangerous to the
liberties of the country, and should be opposed
by every friend of our free institutions.
Resolved, That we are thankful to our Lo
cofoco friendB for offering, as we behove they
will, Martin Van Buren, as their candidate for
the Presidency, believing that he is no more
popular now than he was in 1840, when he
was so signally defeated. With him in the
field we shall have little to do, and obtain an
easy victory.
Resolved, That we recommend as our first
choice for the office of Governor, the Hon.
JOHN BANKS, of Berks county, believing
him to be honest, upright and capable.
Resolved, That C. W. DeWitt, be appoint
ed a conferee on the part of Pike county, to
meet the conferees from the other counties
composing the Congressional district, to select
a ""legate to tho Whig JNational Convention,
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wnicn is to asscmoie at Baltimore, in iviay next.
Resolved, That Hon. Wm. Brodhead, be
appointed the representative delegate for this
and Wayne county, to attend the Whig Con
vention at Harrisburg, to nominate a Guberna
torial candidate, and that our Whig friends in
Wayne county, be requested to concur in i lie
aboe appointment.
Resolved, 1 hat Britton A. Biddis, John Day,
John Leiorgc, Samuel Dimmick, Albert S.
Stoll Mosea Kellum and C. W. DeWitt, bo tho
wh'g Standing Committee for Pike county, for
lne ensuing year.
""o.veu , ' nai me j mceeoinga o mi imeei-
"'6 'o,,DU "j ,wo j.uui.aucu n.
the " Jeflersnnian Republican."
MOSES KELLUM, President.
David Savres, ,r. n ...
t, vice Presidents.
Henry Barnes, J
B. A. Biddis, ) 0 , .
Albert S. Stoll, Secre,ae3-
Lo-co-fo-co Declined.
The Editor of the Whig Clarion, a spirited
campaign paper published at Raleigh, N. C.
furnishes a new explanation of the meaning of
this political appellative, which we publish for
the especial benefit of all concerned. He says
t" was given to a noisy clique of pot-valiant pol-
iticians, in one of their towns, who habitually
congregate ai me oar-room oi uie principal Ho
tel, to luxuriate onUhe beauties of Locofocoism
and whiskey. A stout, brawny Kentucky dro
ver, who stood six feet and upwards in his
stockings, a dear lover of Henry Clay as all
true-hearted Kentuckians should be had en
dured iheir " wisdomical" lucubrations, and pro
voking taunt?, until he could bear it no longer,
and in the bitterness of his soul, he pronounced
them all a pack of " Locofocos." A pert disci
ple offered to bet that he could not tell the
meaning of the word. "Not tell the meaning
of that word !" quoth he of the "Bloody ground."
"Well, what is hi" "You all know well
enough what Lo means low in principles, low
in patriotism, low in righteousness ; and now
particularly low in spirits. Well, Co means the
company tho wholo gang of you ; in short, the
low company. And then as lo Fo, it is as easi
ly seen as told, li means fie to your country's
best interest, Joe lo a good currency, foe to
American labor against the labor of English
paupers, and to cap the whole, foe to Henry
Clav, the d dest cleverest fellow in all cre
ation. Well, the other Co is the comoanv of
all this, tho foe company ; and together, forms a
kind of double co-partnership, of which you
seem lo be very active members, my friends."
They looked at his fist, and his eye, and were
discreet.
Real Estate in New York. Tho Journal
of Commerco says, ihe sales of real estate bv
auction and privately, in New York, aro very
largo, aim at rapidly aqiicing pneps,
Facts against Tkeerics.
Pins ars among tho articles instanced by the
Free Traders of our City and elsewhere as ex
orbitantly taxed by the present Tariff -over 50
per cent. What has been the consequence 1
Are Pins dearer than they were underf low
duty? By no means, but the contrary. Al
though there are but two or three Pin Manu
factories in the Country, (the oldest, of but nine
years' standing, only made its first d;vidend last
year) yet Pins are cheaper now in this coun
try than before. A gentleman whose name is
with us gives us a striking illustration of this
fact. He is tho inventor of a machine to stick
Pins in papers, which does the work with great
rapidity, and fancied he might mako a spec, br
buying Pins without papers in England and
slicking them on papers here. So he sent over
to inquire the price, and was surprised to find
that he could buy Pins in papers at an American
factory as cheap as he could buy as good Ptm-
bejore sticking in Jingland. 1 here are inferior
qualities to be bought cheaper in England, but
a right good article cost 87 cents a pound there,
and he could buy them for lhat here.
Sad Irons are set down in the Hardware Im
porters' Memorial as taxed 140 per cent, by the
present Tariff. Lei it g0 at that. They cost
4 1-2 cents per pound in our market under the
low Duties of 1841 , and tbey can now be bought
here for 3 3-4 per pound a reduction of 1G per
cent. That horrible Tariff seems to have an
odd way of taxing our People.
Cut Nails were 4 1-2 cents in 1841; now 4
cents.
Shovels and Spades are 10 per cent. lower
than in 1841.
Axes (Collins & Co.'s) 10 per cent, cheaper;
others, 15.
Augers r.re 20 per cent, cheaper than in '41.
Copper and Brass Wire are 10 pr. ct. cheaper
Roll and Sheet Brass 10 per cent, cheaper.
Norfolk Latches, 20 per cent, cheaper than
in 1841.
Britannia Table-Spoons, 20 do.
Brass Headed Shovels and Tongs, 15 do.
Hollow Ware, same price as in 1811.
Cut Tacks, do.
Scythes and Sickcls 10 per cent, cheaper than
in 1841.
Plate and Hook Hinges, do.
Hooks and Stales, do.
These are mainly the articles on which it is
clamored by ihe Evening Post, and insinuated
by the Hardware Memorial and the Journal of
Commerce that the Farmers are enormously"
taxed by the Tariff" to enrich the Manufactur-
ers
But every farmer who remembers and
thinks must know better, He must know ihat
he buys them now as cheap as he ever dtd
when the duties were low. The duty is raised.
Tribune.
Two large Spots on the Sun are said lo be
visable now with a small glass. The'Iargest is
said, by an astronomer in the Phila. Ledger, to
be 13,000 miles in diameter! containing an
area of 150 millions of square miles ! They
will be visible but a day or two longer, as the
Sun, turning on its axis, will carry them out of
view. The conjecture of Herschel was that
these spots are portions of the dark body of ilio
Sun seen through openings in the luminous
cloud which are supposed to surround it.
Amalgamation.
A white girl was married by a jusiice of the
peace, to a black man, in New Haven, Conn.,
on Thursday week The couple applied to
nearly or quite all the clergymen in that city
and in Bridgeport, to legalize the union, but
they all declined the honor, when the knot was
tied by the Justice.
Great Receipts of Revenue. The New
York Tribune says, the receipts at the Custom
House in that city, for the week ending on Sa
turday last, amounted to $812,000; bein at the
rate of over $40,000,000 per annum. The ag
gregate receipts for the first seventeen days of
February havo been $1,523,000.
That Snake.
A young man in Cincinnati has for some
time past imagined that he had a snake in hi
stomach. He says lhat he swallowed it in a
cup of water some eight or ten years ago, and
that it has grown to such an enormous size that
for six months past, it has become exceedingly
disagreeable, squirming through his bowels,
eating all that he eats himself and occasionally,
for an airing, coming up into his throat and
nearly suffocating him. He thinks it must now
be about three feet long, but of what species
raitle, copperhead, garter, water, boa constric
tor, anaconda, or sea serpent, his limited knowl
edge of natural history has not onabled him to
ascertain. At any rate he says it is a snake
he is satisfied of that ! On the 3d, the paiiont
underwent a professional examination at the B.
M. College (Bazaar.) Various expedients
were resorted to to bring the reptile to tho light
of day, which concluded with mesmerism am
violent emetics; but his snakeship could not be.
induced to leave his comfortablo habitation, ox.
The young man still remains in great distress
undr the firm belief that his body is a reptile'
den and indeed, many of tho learned mjm at
the B. M. College are not in any degree skep
tical. Morris Canal
We learn from tho Easton Argus that Messrs.
Mills & Sykes, the enterprising lessees of
lnit Mar have aain Tented the Morris Canal
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from tho Receivers of the Company, and that
they intend to put tho whole line in operal'
for the en&uing season, at the earliest practica
ble period, and lo conduct the samo wiih an
energy and perseverance which they hope will
conduce to tho mutual advantage oi ute puuwu
and thrmielrea.