JEFFERS0NAN 'REPUBLICAN,
JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
StroiuSl:?r, October 17, E44.
Terms, $-2,00 :n advance: 95,25, naif yearly; anil $2,50 if not!
jiiuu ufuiic me enu oi me year.
(Lr F. J5. Palmer, Esq., at his Real Estate
and Coal Olfice, No. 59 Pine street, below Third,
two squares S. the Merchants' Exchange, Phila.,
and No. 100 Nassau street. (Tribune buildings,)
N. Y.,, is authorised to receive subscriptions and
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and give receipts for the same. Merchants, Me
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portunities for advertising in country papers which
his agency affords.
FOR PRESIDENT
HENRY CLAY,
OF KENTUCKY.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
TffiEQ. FR EL IN G H UY SEN,
OF NEW JERSEY.
Sk.natokial Electors.
CHESTER BUTLER, of Luzerne.
TOWNS END HAINES, of Chester.
Districts.
I Joseph G. Chrkson, Philadelphia.
2 John Price Welherill, do.
3 John I). Ninesteel, do.
4 John S. Littell, Germantown, Phila. co.
5 Eleazer T. M'Dowell, Doylestown, Bucks co.
fl Benj. Prick, Limerick, i. o. Montgomery co.
7 Samuel Sliafer, Chester county.
8 William Hiester, New Holland, Lancaster co.
0 John S. Hiester, Reading, Berks co.
10 Alex. E Brown, Easton, Northampton co.
11 John Killinger, Anville, Lebanon co.
12Monathan J. Slocuin, Wilkesbarre, Luzerne co.
13 Ner Middleswarth, Union co.
14 Henry Drinker, Montrose, Susquehanna co.
15 Frederick Watts, Carlisle, Cumberland co.
16 Daniel M. Smyser, Gettysburg, Adams co.
17 James Mathers, Mifflintown, Juniata co.
IS Andrew J. Ogle, Somerset, Somerset co.
19 Daniel Washabaugh, Bedford, Bedford co.
20 John L. Gow, Washington, Washington co.
Ul Andrew W. Loomis, Pittsburg, Allegheny co.
iJ2 James M. Power, Greenfield, Mercer co.
i!3 William A. Irvine, Irvine, Warren co.
24 Benj. Hartshorn, Curwensville, Clearfield co.
TI:e Election.
The election is over, and from the returns
uihch-have been received, it is probable that
Mr. Shunk is elected Governor, by between
uvo and three thousand majorily. The aggre
gate vole in the Slaic is verv large. General
Markle received a larger vote than was ever
before cast for any candidate in Pennsylvania,
and has only been defeated in consequence of
the immeuse foreign vote, which went nearly
unanimously against him. Although we hare
probably lost our Governor, the result of the
election is a decided triumph to us. Our op
ponents confidently expected 20,000 or 20,000
majority for Mr. Shunk, which Has dwindled
down to two or three thousand. We have
probably elected a majority of the Congress
men, and also Simeon Guilford, our Canal Com
missioner. The Legislature is still in doubt.
"We can now see our way clearly through the
Presidential Election. Our friends arc already
actively at work, and will give Mr. Clay the
State by a handsome majority.
Monroe Coanty.
..We publish the official returns of this coun
ty Jn another column. They are not as favor
ableias we could have wished, but as much so
as could have been expected under the circum
stances. The Whigs had uot fair play shown
them. We have collected some of the evi
dence, and will lay it before our readers next
vek. In the mean lime we can say, that wo
're confident of reducing their majority sofrie
w'hat in the county.
Glorious Philadelphia.
In;. 1840, the City and Couniy of Philadel
phia,' gave' Mr. Yan Buren 237 majority. Now
ihey have given Gen. Markle nearly six thous
and; and promise to do two thousand better for
Mr. Clay in November. Three cheers for Phil
adelphia. JXJ3 The past week has been one of such
jjreai excitement, that we have scarcely been
jibie w bring our minds down to any kind of
composure. The result of the election baring
been now pretly surely ascertained, things will
settle downlo their usual quiet; and we will
be enabled to look back upon the past and bring
up a record of all that 6as been omitted during
the excitement we have just past through.
JJext week paper may therefore be looked for
.Wtife some interest.
TlieJUipde Island Legislature enacted a law
. -IfflrJhe weight of onions should be fifty pounds
to' the bushel. They make no allowance for
ihe tears shed bv ihtsoe who weigh them.
We have never heard such abuse' heaped
upon, the heads oPany- men, as. has been heaped
upon, the heads of the " Native Americans,"
since the eleciion, by ihe locofocos in Strouds
burgh. " The d n black Natives," says one.
44 Wouldn't the strong democratic counties turn
out anil put down the Natives, if another collision
should take place between them and the Cath
olics !" says another. " It's a pity they hadn't
been all killed off," says a third ; and more an
athemas and maledictions have been hurled at
them, than were ever thundered from the Vati
can, against those who disbelieved in the in
fallibility of the Pope. The Locos, poor fel
lows, were almost scared out of a year's growth,
when they heard, the returns from Philadelphia
City and County, and it is therefore not very
surprising that they should have thus denounced
the Natives. They have been trying to .get
over their fright by saying, and feigning to be
lieve, that there has been a quarrel between the
Natives and the Whigs since the election.
This is, all gammon.
" Af fiidavit" Kerr.
In the last Loco Foco paper, published in
Stroudshurg-, 14 Affidavit" Kerr comes out with
an article, in which he attempts a denial of one
published by us, in our paper of the 26ih ult.,
relative to a conversation which he had with"
several persons in Siroudsburg, about Francis
R. Shunk. It is not a bold and manly denial,
but a week aiiempt lo gel out of an ugly fix, by
denying certain words, and by giving false quo
tations, and then denying that he said so. .For
instance, he says, "I never said Mr. Shunk was
in the habit of attending balls. I never said he
danced all night at balls." We never said that
he did say-so. This is what e said 1 he (Mr.
Kerr) slated that F. R. Shunk was a very clever
man, but that he spent a great deal of his time
in the ball room, and sometimes danced all night.'
We further stated lhat this worthy ex-member
said that 11 if Francis R. Shunk was elected, he
was afraid he would not keep his foot on the
Treasury chest as tight as he should." This Mr.
Kerr does not undertake lo deny. He says
lhat we kept our statement " until just before
the eleciion with a view to injure Mr. Shunk's
election,' knowing there would not be lime to
contradict it until after the eleciion." Now
this is not true. We published the conversa
tion as soon as we heard it. It was published
fiist in our paper of the 26ih of September,
which was eleven days before the election, and
again in our paper of the 3d of October, and
the gentleman certainly had time enough to
contradict it before the eleciion, which took
place on the 8th of October. He says he would
have let ii pass unnoticed, avas it not a duty he
felt he owed to Mr. Shunk, the publicand him
self. If he had said he would have let it pass
unnoticed were it not that he was afraid that if
Shunk was elected, he would not be appointed
Associate Judge in ihe place of Joseph Keller,
whose term expires within the next three years,
he would have come nearer the truth in our
opinion. Bui hot to trouble our readers with
any further remarks, wc will close by referring
them lo ihe statement of George H. Miller and
Charles Boys, contained in another column,
and will then leave the community lo judge
whether any thing short of another Harrisburg
affidavit will get Mr. Kerr out of this tight
place.
The British Party.
The editor of the Dorchester, (N. Y.) Dem
ocrat gives the following nino reasons for call
ing the Locofoco party the "Jlritish Party."
1. James K. Polk's grarjdfaiher was a tory.,
2. James K. Polk voted against giving Pen
sions to the surviving soldiers of the Revolu
tion. 3. He has uniformly favored British interest
by opposing Protection lo Domestic Industry.
4. He advocales the English policy of con
quest, by seeking unjustly, in violation of sol
emn treaty, to extend. our territory.
5. British capitalists are sending money to
this country to pay for circulating Tracts against
ihe Whig doctrine of protection.
G. The money is now being used to elec
tioneer for James K. Polk.
7. Silas Wright, who, in 1824, voted against
allowing the people to have a direct voice in
the choice of their President, is t'ho Locofoco
candidate for Governor in. the Stale.
8. New Hampshire, ihe strongest Locofoco
Slate in the Union, has a constitution, which
comes to the Britis-h standard of equality.
The policy of the Polk party is to make
English manufactures rich and American man
ufaciurers poor.
These are only a few of the many reasons
which mighi be assigned to prove the British
predelidions of the Locofoco party.
Among the other rank and ruinous heresies
entertained by James K. Polk, is that sweeping
one which would consign every poor man to
remediless helplessness, "Thai those who
trade on borrowed capital, deserved no protec
tion or care, and ought in bre.ak !" This senti
ment he uttered in the House of Representa
tives in( January, 1833, and wat adopted from
Gen.'Jackson. JVYuj Brunswick Fredontan.
To the Editors of ihe' Teffersonian. "' j
In the Morirpe .Democrat of ihe 10th inst., ex
member Ke'rr'unflertakes to contradict a state
ment, contained in your paper of the 26th ult.,
of a conversation which he had with several
citizens of ihis place, relative to Francis R.
Shunk. We were present and heard tho con
versation referred to in your paper, and have
no hesitation in saying that the statement of
said conversation, as given by you, is substan
tially true. We will merely add that Jacob
Singmaster was present at the same conversa
tion. . ,
GEO. H. MILLER,
. CHARLES BOYS,
Siroudsburg, Oct. 15, 1844.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Vote for Gorertier.
Adams
Alleghaney,
Armstrong,
Beaver
Bedford
Berks
Bradford
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
IS40.
Hudson. Van Buren.
1,628
4,573
2,453
7,020
1,260
3,143
2,910
3,585
2,fi31
4,705
2,100
811
Carbon (new count')
Centre
Chester
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware
.1,448
5,624
643
499
C38
1,325
2,469
2,791
3,124
2,031
Elk (new county)
Erie j, .3,036
Fayette 2,755
Franklin 3,586
Greene 1,350
Huntingdon 3,826
Indiana 1,953
Jefferson ' 476
Juniata 976
Lancaster 9,678
Lebanon 2,370
Lehigh 2,405
Luzerne 2,776
Lycoming 1,504
McKean 283
Mercer 3,247
Mifflin 1,226
Monroe 345
Montgomery '4,068
Northampton 2,846
Northumberland 1,351
Perry 1,072
Philad. City 7,655
Philad. County 10,169
Pike 135
Potter 180
Schuylkill 1,881
Somerset 2,501
Susquehanna 1,560
Tioga 896
Union 2,423
Venango 855
Washington 4,149
Warren 827
Wayne 675
Westmoreland 2,778
Wyoming (new county)
York , 3,792'
1,714
1,710
2,446
7,425
2,844
4,488
1,804
920
2,242
4,882
1,366
-812
649
2,829
2,908
2,695
2,187
1,335
2,061
3,035
2,892
2,010
2,260
1,209
592
1,013
5,470
1,402
2,450
4,119
2,181
276
2,336
1,269
1,437
4,86l
3.S38
2,187
1,970
4,774
13,303
524
363
2,184
755
2,022
1,721
1,518
1.276
3,011
929
1,188
4,704
4,382
1844.
Markle.- Shunk.
2,289 1,654
8,105 5,853
544
614
3,045
3,859
4,801
200
452
6,139
1,593
16
804
2,007
1,390
560
1,409
680
3,986
2,586
2,298
33
377
4.341
2,455
1,498
' 9,282
14,138
142
2,390
1,563
1,411
922
811
2.776
566
The legislature.
The Legislature as far as heard from stands
as follows :
Seriate. House.
Whig, 3 28
Locufoco, 4 27
Native, ; , 1 , 8
Members off Congress Sleeted.
Dist.
1. L.'C. Levin, Native American.
2. Joseph R. Ingersoll, Whig No change.
3. J. H Campbell, Native American,
4. Charles J. Ingersoll, Loco No change.
5. Jacob S. Yost, Loco No change.
6. Jacob Erdman, 44 Loco gain.
7. A. R. M'lllvaine, Whig No change.
8. John Strohm, ' " 41
9. John Ritier Loco "
10. R. Brodhcad, jr. Loco "
12. David -Wilmot, Loco "
13. James Pollock, Whig No change.
14. Alex. Ramsey, Whig No change.
15. Moses M'Lean, Loco Loco gain.
1G. James Black, Loco No change.
17. John Blanchard, Whig No change.
18. Andrew Stewart, " "
19. H. D. Foster, Loco
20. John H. Ewing, Whig
21. Cornelius Darrah, Whig No change.
The 1 1th, 22d, 23d, and 24h district to hear
from. The probable result will be ihe eleciion
of 14 Whigs to 0 Locofocos.
The Libert? Party.
The following is the reported vole for F. Ju
lius Leinoyne, ihe Liberty candidate for Gov
ernor in tin Stale, as fur as heard from :
Philadelphia,; , ., . 107
Allegheny, 350
Beaver, .-. v ; - - 600
Mercer, - , - 1000,
Indiana, 300
Washington,- 800
' BuUeVT" 130
Wayne, 9
We have no returns from Bucks, Chester,
Delaware, Erie, and Elk counties; which. will
increase his vote considerably.
k- : 1
In Columbia, Tennessee, (Mr. Poks resi
dence,) aole'imn was held on ihe 2 1st tilt.,
in which the Whig vote was 08, and the Dem
ocratic 34. Whig mnjoriiy 34,
' " MARYLAND
TIP
Wi fern fll
2,884
8,315
500
5,106
179
785
564.
5,475
900
300
130
3,205
550
1,492
450
765
1201
1,739
2,562
980
600
ID
1,601
5,394
3,466
2,384
932
5,265
12,200
643
3,217.
2,279
850
502
62
1,553
4,696
628
894
The complete returns of the vote lor Gov
ernor are as follows
1844.
Pratt, Whig, ' . 45,035
Carroll, Loco, 44,495
Whig majority
540
In addition to the great triumph of redeem
ing the Executive of the 'State from the domin
ion of Locofocoism, to which it has been sub
ject, we have secured the following result in
ihe Legislature:
Senate,
House of. Delegates,
Total,
Whin.
15
Gl
76
Loco.
6
21
20
Whig majority on joint ballot, 49 votes.
Securing the election of a WHIG UNITED
STATES SENATOR.
?NEW JERSEY
ilk
The monied monopoly nor the Hickory Poles
could effeci the honest yeomanry of New Jer
sey. But six counties in the State gave ma
jorties for the Locofoco and British interest.
The Jerseymen have fulfilled their promise to
the people of the Union. One hundred guns
for New Jersey.
Stratton, (W.) Thompson, (L.)
Mercer,
Middlesex
Somerset,
Burlington
Camden
Gloucester,
Esex
Hudson
Passaic
Cumberland
Morris
Cape May,
Salem
237
352
220
704
393
G74
1793
466
312
230
310
43 b
285-
6437'
5067
Sussex,
Warren
Hunterdon
Bergen
Monmouth
Atlantic
2138
1181
637
417
310
529
- .
Polk Advice torEirneyiicr;.
The Wayne County (Pa.) Herald says:
'If the Abolitionists wish to cultivate ami
sustain a trtily Christian and liberal policy .
wards the African race "within our borders, f
them support the nominations of the Democratic
partyJames K. Polk and George M. Daa,"
Mr. Birney is a Democrat and a worthy iai(f
but he can never be elected President. i9
ihe voles intended to be cast for him be tan
for Polk and Dallas, and the anti-slavery men
will at least have the consolation of reflecting
that they have not aided by their votes; eithsr
directly or indirectly, in elevating" Henry Clav,
their greatest and worst enemy, to power!''
This genius might have said more if he hi l
known niofe to wit, lhat if the Birney inei
would do their utmost to elect Pulk, cither by
seducing Whigs to throw away their votes i"r
secretly voting the Polk Electors, the p!4
men would repay the service by electing H1;.
ney himself to the Michigan Legislature. Thw
is on the sound old principle of lickta
NT. Y. Tribune.
Tlic Tariff.
"It can be shown, by calculations fiitimlH
on official statements, lhat ihe people of ihu
country have, been compelled to par. Mnci in
passage of the tariff act, nearly one hundred mii
lions of dollars for the protection and support of
the manufacturers."
The above assertion we copy from "Th
Democrat," a paper published in New Ynu,
and bearing ihe flag of Polk. and DajUs. Tin
paper from which we copy it bears dale A
gust 24, 1844.
This is ihe friendship of Mr. Polk to th
Tariff. His organs, his friend-, his partisan
denounce it, he himself denounces it, aitdjv
the leaders of tho Locofoco party in this Suv
and New Jersey have the audacity to lelhl
people that he is in favor of protection, and i..
favor of the tariff! Nay, ihey have th. assu
rance io claim the tariff of 1842 as their osn
measure, and as having been passed ly thi-uM
We saw and copied a handbill, posted u;t a
house standing al ihe n5riheaJi comer ol '-wf,
and Seventh street, and used a-i the L'-n'tn
head quarters on the da- of the election, ':J.i
read as follows :
OREGON AND TEXAS POLK. DAL
LAS. ANDS H U N K D E M O C It A T I C T.i
RIFF OF 1842 and no Bank of the l.i.-d
Statrs."
On the final passage of the prernt ta'ifan,
the vens were 105; of whom S5 were i inl
and 20 were Locos, 19 of whom had v:
against the same bill when it contained a c!n,.
reserving the distribution of the public lap
monpy to the Slates. The nays were i 03;
whom 68 were Locos, and 35 Whiz. .
enteen Locofocos, namely, five fiom N Yri,
five from Pennsylvania, two from Maine, ar.
five other btales did uot vote. Ui tue v iiij
who voted against the bill, twenty-two haJ vu
tp.d for tho same bill before the disiribtd-M
clause was stricken out, and voted aoaitit S'
ing up distribution, and not aaint thf- tar.ff.
Now did the Locofocos pass the bill, ur u:
ihe Whigs ? Are they the friends of th- 'nr!.,
or are the Whigs? Is the present tariff a "Jt-
oeratic tarifi" or a Whig tariff? u. S. Gz:.
a
5067
Stratton's mnj. 1370
Whig majorily in the Senate, 7
jorii)' in the Assembly, 22. Whig majorily on
joitu ballot, 2!).
Whis ma-
OfflO-O. K.
Returns from sixty-six counties, in Ohio,
which have nobly done their duty. The Whigs
have increased majorities in nearly all their
counties, while the Locos in their districts have
suffered heavy losses. By comparing tho re
cent vote in the counties heard from with the
vote of 1842, it is evident Clay's majority at
the Electoral Election cannot be short of 20,
000. The Locofocos fought with desperation, and
were confident of success.
Three cheers for the "BUCKEYE STATE!"
DcSaware JSlcctiosa.
The most authentic accounts, which are very
varied, give a Whig majority of 87.
The St. Louis Reveille of the 23th ult.
Accounts, yesterday evening, from auie.
state lhat Gov. rord has issued writ rc urna
ble at Nauvoo, for the apprehension nt me
whole guard that was placed over ihe S-nitk
and lhat the greatest alarm exists in un.
persons flying hourly. The troops are mJr:
the command of Gcik. J. I. Hardin.
- o,
Snow. In Franklin, Venango Cuumv
there was snow to the depth of two or t.
inches, on Sunday morning, Sept. 29. T:-
Venango Democrat says that it was Mill dtiy
er in some places, and that many trees
broken down and others injured. Crops o,
Buckwheat were prostrated.
Mow tSaey Svitadlc.
The Wayne County (Pa.) Herald, comment
ing on MV. Clay's Letters on Texas, says
Every fool knows that there is not a man
in the Union who would be glad to see Texas
annexed with war, national dishonor, or against
the common consent of tho people."
Wc do not say how much ' overy fool knows,'
but the most impudent knave should remember
that John Tyler and his Cabinet, Gen. Jackson
and his clique (James K. Polk being one) and
fifteen U. S. Senators, including Mr. Buchanan
of ra. most strenuously supported the nmfi
ate Annexation of Texas to the Union by tho
Calhoun Treaty of last winter, in defiance of
the solemn protest, of several States, and with
ihe certainty that such Annexation involved war
with Mexico and a deep slain on our character
for good faith, in the opinion of mankind. And
yet tho deceiver says ' there is not a man in
the Union' who would be glad lo see Texas
annexed with War, National dishonor, o against
the common consent of tho People !J Don't
Jackson, Polk, Calhoun, Buchanan and all their
follosv.ers amount to at .least one man I N. Y.
Tribune,
A young, physician asking permission of a
lady to kiss her, she replied, No. sir; I never
like lo have a doctor's bill thrust into my faca.
tl. tvt r i. tt tj... !.-, !;,i!
l lie iNcv iuiik hi veiiiuji .rusi mattca a
sport over a Locofoco banner as follows :
The Loan Star. In the Morning News '
to-day, we find an account of the raising of
pole somewhere in this city. A banner "a
displayed on which appeared, says ihe Xcv.:,
" The Loax Star of Texas."
The allusion is here, we presume, i
enormous loans of ihe Texan Government,
serin of which is now very low in market, W'
which ihe Uniied Stales is expected to pay
we should add that country to our territories.
Don't be in a hurry to " pop the question,
young gentlemen. A friend of ours coitr'cJ
lady for twentyreight years, and then ma"''1
her. She turned out to be a perfect virago, M
died in less than two years after her wedtlmS
" Now," said our friend, in a self-cnngraiitbi'
lone, 44 see what 1 escaped by a long court
shin. " Noah's W'eekh Messenncr.
Why is Poke an emblem of LocofoeoiMa
Because it dies in November.
NOTICE
Is hereby given to all persons indebted to if"
estate of Peter Kesier, Ule of Hamilton 'ttl1
ship, deceased, either by note, book account
otherwise, that the subscriber will attend i"1
unlllniniinl of tliu ctlma ttiu I'll v 1 fl M II rH fl!
late Peter Kesier, from ihe 4th to the 9'h
November next; and that unless said aQcUI1
are soitled and paid-by thai tinie. the same wn
be immediately thereafter placed in iho '
nfflrfir I"
UI a juailiia 1.1, iua au ui utuv. v....
collection.
FERDTN"AND KESTER, Admr
LHimUtpft lap-, Sept, 19, 1814,