JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, February 20, 1845.
f& Terms, $2,00 m advance; $2.35, naif yearly ; and $2,50 if not
paid Dcioiellic end oi lhe vear.
(Tjr V. B. Palmer, Esq., at his Real Estate
and Coal Office, No. 59 Pine street, below Third,
two squares S. the Merchants1 Exchange, Phila.,
and No. ICO Nassau street, (Tribune buildings,)
N. Y.,is authorised to receive subscriptions and
advertisements for the Jcffersonian 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 advertisingjn country papers which
his agency affords.
To all Concerned.
We would call the attention of some of our
subscribers, and especially certain Post Mas
ters, to the following reasonable, and well set
tled, rules of Luw in relation to publishers, to
the patrons of newspapers.
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.
1. Subscribers who do not gie express no
tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscriptions.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their papers, the publishers may continue to
send them till all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take i
their papers from the officers to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their bill, and ordered iheir papers
discontincd.
"4. If subscribers remove to other places with
out informing the publishers, and their paper is
ent to the former direction, they are held re
sponsible. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to
lake a . newspaper or periodical from the office,
or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is "pri
ina facie" evidence of intentional fraud.
Two IVew States.
The Bill for the admission of Florida and
Iowa, into the Union, as Slates, passed the
House of Representatives on Thursday last,
and sent to the Senate; where it iias been re
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. In
admitting new States, all that Congress has to
do is to inquire, whether the ponstitutions
which the people have adopted will secure to
them Republican forma of government. Wheth
er the Constitutions of Florida and Iowa, do
this, we are not prepared to controvert but we
do know that both contain provisions such as
ought never to be incorporated in any instru
ment of the kind. We shall look for the report
of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, on
lhis subject, with much interest.
Redaction of Postage.
We regret to learn, that the Post Office Com
mittee in the House, have reported back the
Senate Bill for the reduction of postage on let
ters and newspapers, with a recommendation
that another Bill now before the House, be
substituted for it. This destroys all hope that
any thing will be done this session, to reduce
lhe present exhorbitant rates of postage. The
people must therefore submit to be taxed ano
ther year to pay for the wholesale abuse of the
franking f privilege, by Members of Congress,
and other public functionaries.
Ht'ew Jersey Senator.
The Hon. William L. Dayton, has been re
elected to the Senate of the United States, by
the Legislature of New Jersey, for six years
from the 4th of March next. Mr. Dayton is a
whole-souled Whig, and received the unani
mous support of his party. He was first elect
ed to the Senate in 1842, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of the lamented Sam
uel L. Southard and has always sustained a
high reputation for ability and industry. His
re-election is alike honourable to himself and
the people of New Jersey.
Unparalleled Extravagance.
The legislative expenses of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, from the year 1824,
to the present time, amount to the enormous
sum of Two Million Five Hundred and Ninety
two Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-three
Dollars ! ! ! Here is a specimen of loco foco
economy, which it would be well for the polit
ical spouters of this county to note, and remind
the Democracy of when they go speechifying
next fall.
Texas in the Senate.
Several able speeches were made'jn the Se
nate last week, 'against the annexation of Tex
as, by the joint vote of the two Houses, by
Messrs. Archer and Rives, of Virginia, and
Morehead, of Kentucky. Mr. Buchanan, of
this State, made a long speech in favor of an
nexation. The resuluif the question still re
mains in doubt.
IEP Hon. A. R. M'Ilyaik, will please accept
our thanks for a copy of his speech on the annex
ation of Texas.
Appointment by the Attorney
General.
James H. Walton, Esq. to be Deputy Prose
cuting Attorney for Monroe county, in place of
John D. Morris, Esq.
The President Elect.
James K. Polk, and his lady, arrived at
Washington some day last week, and haye
since been the cynosure of all eyes. They ap
pear also to have turned the heads of at least
half the Congressmen, as it was next to impos
sible to keep a quorum in either branch. Eve
ry one of the faithful, no doubt, has a look out
for his own interests ; and is desirous of paying
all possible court to the President that is to be
after the 4th of March. The Vice President
elect, has also arrived at Washington.
IVew Counties.
The people seem to he mad upon the subject
of having new counties erected. At the recent
session of the Missouri Legislature, no less
than sixteen were asked for and- granted.
There are now nine applications for new coun
ties in this State, before our Legislature.- Very
few, if any of them, however, will be granted
this year.
Good Interest.
The Legislature of Illinois have been warm
ly engaged in maturing a law to fix the rate of
interest in that State. They finally, by -a vote
of 59 to 54, fixed it at ten per cent. Rather too
high, for practical purposes, we are inclined to
think.
A Eoco Foco Clerk.
Caleb J. McNulty, the late defaulting loco
foco Clerk of the House of Representatives,
has been bound over in the sum of seventeen
thousand dollars, for his appearance at the next
Criminal Court, of the District of Columbia, to
answer the charge of embezzlement.
At a meeting held at the house of Jacob Long,
in Snydersville, Hamiltoniownship, on the 11th
day of February, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of making arrange
ments respecting the present condition of the
public buildings at Stroudsburg. Upon motion,
Dr. ABRAHAM LEVERING, was appoint
ed President.
Michael Miesner, Esq., Hexry Weiss,
Abraham Edixger, John Lessio, Vice Pres
idents, and
C. G. Nebe and John Marsh, Secretaries.
Upon motion, it was
Resolved, that a committee of tweniy be ap
pointed to report to the meeting, upon which
Sam'l Meyer, Hon. Joseph Keller. Jos. Heck
man, Michael Shoemaker, Esq., C. H. Heaney,
G. L. Slutter, Joseph Fenner, Thomas Miller,
Nicholas Metzgar, John Butz, Joseph Trach,
John Philman, Jacob Spragle, Frederick Sig
lin, Michael Kiser, Samuel Shaffer, GeorgeK.
Slutter, Henry Kintz, Wm. Bisbing, C. G.
Nebe, were appointed by said meeting who,
after a short absence reported as follows :
Resolved, We as a committee nominated
unanimously appointed by the taxable citizens
of the county of Monroe, to take the above res
olution into consideration, for the welfare and
equal rights of the taxable inhabitants of our
county.
Resolved, that we as taxable citizens of .the
county of Monroe, have been assessed with that
abominable word Tax, and tax upon tax, and
which our county still labors under, and must
necessarily bear the burden until paid.
Resolved, Provided the citizens of Strouds
burg and its vicinity will give and enter into a
Bond under the penalty of five thousand dollars
to erect a fire proof building for the safety of
our public records, &c. and make such repairs
in the Court House, to be suitable and conve
nient to the county, without any resort to taxa
tion on its citizens.
Resolved, that we request our present Com
missioners to act as a committee on behalf of
the foregoing resolutions and report within five
days to the committee appointed by this meeting.
Resolved, that the Hon, Joseph Keller, Jo
seph Trach and Michael Shoemaker, Esqs. he
the committee to report the foregoing resolu
tions to said commissioners, and receive their
answer!
Resolved, that the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Monroe Democrat and
Jeffersonian.
(Signed by the Officefs.)
Condition of the Bank of Pennsyl
vania. The following is the condition of the Bank
of Pennsylvania, as" appears by a recent state
ment: Loan, $1,547,736; Specie, $232,059;
Circulation, $281,751; and Deposites, 5133,
904. '
FOR THE JEFFERSONIAX REPUULICAX.
Messrs. Schoch y Spering :
I observe in the Monroe Democrat, of lhe
13th instant, the proceedings of a meeting held
at the house of Jacob Long, in Hamilton town
ship, on the 11th inst., fur the purpose of taking
into, consideration the propriety of making ar
rangements respecting the present condition of
the public buildings at Stroudsburg, &c, and
requesting you to publish the resolutions adopt
ed at said meeting, which request I hope you
will comply with. As I am unable to under
stand said resolutions, I would like to have
gome person of'more ability to explain them to
me
One of the resolutions slates that they "have
been assessed with that abominable wo'rd Tax,
and tax upon lax, and which .our- county still
labours under, and must .necessarily bear the
burden until paid." I .would call the attention
of the tax payers of Monroe to jhe prime mo
vers in this mailer, and would ask them to look
back for a few past yearns and see who has been
instrumental in saddling this county with taxes.
Who was it that elevated "Pos'tens, Kemmer
er and Bush, to the offices of Commissioner in
tips county ? Was it not the aristocratic branch
of democracy about Kellcrsville, or rather Frog
tow.n, for unless the water sinks into the earth
as the frost comes out in the spring, Kellers-'
square will be valuable for its locality, on ac
count of its crop of Frogs.
But to be serious in regard to Taxes, citizens
tax payers of Monroe, do you know that the
three commissioners named above, received the
following amounts for the three yeais they were
commissioners of this county ; E Postens $398,-
50, J. Kemmerer $35S,50, and J. C. Bush about
$300; and if our taxes are high, those who el
evated such persons to office are responsible
for the situation of our county affairs; and by
keeping up an excitement against the people of
Stroudsburgh, this Frogtown clique have been
able to carry out their plans, elect who they
please, get to be Honorables of the county, and
in fact rule the roast ; but their popularity is ra
ther on the wane.
And perhaps Bubby John wishes to go to
the Legislature next fall, or more probably a
Judgeship will expire in a year or two, so that
it becomes necessary to get up this excitement
in order to carry out some plan of this kind.
I am one of the lookers on in this county,
and this present cry of mad dog is intended to
advance the interest of some of the Royal Fam
ily. And I would ask these modest gentlemen
if the citizens of Stroudsburg have not borne
their part in being taxed, for these exorbitant
charges in County officers elected by these
worthies, and in addition thereto have they not
erected your countv buildings free of charge to
the county, al their own individual expense,
without asking for any Judgeships or Prothon
otary fees, and fulfilled their bond to the very
letter, approved of by a Grand Jury of the coun
ty, accepted by the Commissioners, dec, and
after doing all this, you who have been eating
out the vitals of our county have the assurance
to ask the people here to expend some one or
two thousand dollars more for your conveni
ence. "O shame vh6re is thy blush." I have
already extended this communication to a great
er length than I had intended, but shall address
you on the subject again at my leisure.
A TAX PAYER,
But no Office-Holder.
N. B. I will guarantee to serve this coun
ty as Commissioner for $50 per year, without
a Commissioners' Clerk or Counsel, and will
hold mysfllf responsible, by giving security,
that the interests of the county shall be better
sustained than they have been heretofore for
$125 per year. The county printing for the
time shall not cost the county more than one
half what has heretofore been paid, and all of
the citizens shall have the privilege of seeing
it published in both papers yearly ; and Com
missioners Checks shall he furnished al 62 1-2
cents per quire instead of $1, as now charged
the county, and various other abuses shall be
rectified. - A Tax Pater.
Walking; Variety and Provision
Store.
An old lady, apparently about 50 years of age,
genteelly dressed, with cloak and muff, was
brought into ihe New York police office, a few
days since, upon a charge of attempting to steal
an umbrella. Upon searching her, the follow
ing articles were found secreied in her muff,
viz : two ladies' caps, one hat feather, 1 worst
ed hood, two pairs of worsted mitts, one dozen
spools of .cotton, one gentleman's glove, one
worsted cuff, two cut glass tumblers, and four
business cards. Tied to her waist, beneath
her dress, were four large pockets within which
were found three large oysters, one boiled crab,
two very large flat Dutch turnips, ono orange,
one potato, three large pieces of taffy, 4 dough
nuts, two muffins, two fancy poundcake-?, and a
copy of Bishop Oncjerdonk's trial.
Mr. Clay at 52oi2io.
A Correspondent of ihe National Intelligen
cer, says, I have lately spent some time at Lex
ington, and saw Mr. Clav almost every day,
and can sincerely say that I am not less sur
prised lhan delighted to observe how well he
is. All his friends would rrjoice and be proud
al the manner of his deportment in piesent cir
cumstances. Every body says, " How well
Mr. Clay looks, and how cheerful lie is!" He
has gone into his office to work like young man.
It is a pity and mortifying that he should be
obliged to do ii. But was there ever a situa
tion to which Mr. Clay did not thovv himself
equal?
Ii is impossible that he should be indifferent
to public affairs. He does not affect it. But
events have removed from him a great load of
responsibility While he was in public life he
occupied the 'position of a leader, if not the
leader of the parly which has been so long
struggling lo rescue the couiftry from misrule.
The eyes of at least one half the nation were
directed to him, and their hopes hung upon him.
It was impossible that Mr. Clay should not feel
the pressure of such a position. But now he
is in retirement, and my judgment is, thai his
improved and improving appearance, of which
every body speaks, is to bo attributed chiefly
to the relief he feels by lhe removal of the re
sponsibilities of his previous relations to the
public. God grant he may live many years in
health and comfort !
Mr. Clay talks of going to New-Orleans soon.
I wish he would, as I think it would be pleas
ant to him and his frieuds. I wish he could af
ford to spend the remainder of his days in ease,
and occasional!' go out among his friends with
out parade, as ho would desire. I know the
hearts of the people would be strongly moved
towards a chieftain who has for two score years
fought their bailies so faithfully, and with no
small success. Bui they would not trouble him
with parade. They can think and feel how I
much the country is indebted to him; and that,
if he has not been able to do-all he wished for
Lihem, he has held back, and ofien rolled back
the tide of ruin. No doubt that thousands of
them, if they were to come near enough, would
drop a tear of graitude on his hand. But they
must be content with saying, God bless him !
He has lived for his country; has served it as
few men ever did, and the lesiity of his fideli
ty is in the hearts of the people. 1 say, most
fervently, God bless him!
A Warning to Farmers.
A short time ago, says the Bangor Courier,
several loads of large, well faited and well
j dressed hogs were brought into the market, but
; they were all more or less tainted. 1 hey were
loaded upon the sleds before the animal heat
had entirely left the body, and though but a few
hours had elapsed they had become tainted.
It often happens that hogs are brought into mar
ket frozen upon the surface, while taint is work
ing at the back bone, on account of not being
left to get clear of the animal heat. Haste in
getting hogs to market in such cases, is pro
ductive of great waste.
Arts of Beggars in Kcw York.
A writer in this city, to a New Haven paper,
says the N. Y. Express, alludes to two wretch
ed looking women, with emaciated infants in
their arms, begged for bread, near a fashionablo
jeweler's shop, in Broadway, where the rich
were making liberal purchases. In relation to
this allusion, the Tribune has a correspondent,
who tells this story. A few months since, a
clergyman in this city was frequently visited by
a female, who uniformly brought in her arms an
infant clothed in ras, and so poor and emacia
ted that, apparently, the little sufferer's exis
tence, could not be many days prolonged. Af
ter suitable relief had been furnished to the
child, in the way of clothing, the clergyman
went to another house, to make a call and there
found the "living skeleton," again, he had just
relieved. This time it was in the hands of
another molher, and clothed in rags as be
fore. Ho investigated iho mailer and found
that the child was starved for the purpose of
being used as capital in begging that four dif
ferent females used it for this purposo, each
using different streets to exhibit it in ! and all
claimed it as their own. They cleared by the
operation about six dollars per week.
A Learned decision.
Some of our Souih-Western justices are sore
ly puzzled al times. For instance: Smith was
accused of stealing a pig from Stokes, ; John
son, a witness for Stokes, swore positively as
to the guilt of Smith; Jinkins, a witness for
Smith, swore just as positive for his iunocenca'.
The justice was in a quandary. The business
like lhe Irishman's opinion of the French lan
guage look to him "a good deal mixed," so he
finally dismissed the suit and sentenced the wit
nesses to pay all the costs !
A Relic.
A few days since an old oak was cut d.iW
al a short distance from Harrisburg, Pa., j
near an old revolutionary relic known as
on's church,") which upon counting the gnm-l,.,
proved to be near 4 hundred years old and per
fectly embedded in it at a height of near ilmiv
feet from the ground, was found a well ahapuj
morler and pestle, and an instrument very mi.t
resembling our axe, though much smaller i:,
size. They had evidently been placed in t1&
crotch of the tree, which had grown toiel
ier
over them, and from an examination of the see.
lion it is perfectly manifest that they must hav
been there at least 200 years. They are i
very hard and flinty stone, and in their finish,
exhibit much skill.
War stripped of its BIssiiise.
The friends of Peace in England have x
novel but exceedingly effectual method of ,x
citing in the minds of lhe people an abhorrent.
of lhe absurd and" wicked custom of war. 1
those places' to which the officers of the Gn.
erfiment are sent to obtain recruit for the .
my, the opponents of human butchery p,i at
the corners of the streets ami at other pu.
places placards like the following, displayed -,
large letters so as to attract universal a'tin-
o
lion
"WANTED!!
Several Thousand Able Bodied Men,
To shoot or be shot al ! !
Or perish miserably by thirst and starvation on
the plains of India.
Nota Bene ! The Duke of Wellington say
that no one who entertains nice scruples afmut
religion, has any business in the army. Nona
such need apply."
It is said that thousands, tempted by pinery
and discouragement, have by this means been
deterred from enlisting in the annv. Tmur.e.
England demands explanation of Mr. Calhoun,
The Commercial Advertiser mentions that diets
i3 a rumor afloat that Mr. Packenham, ;he Bri
tish Minister, has received instructions to de
mand an "explanation" or "apology" it is nut
clear which from the Government of the Uni
ted States for certain uncomplimentary allusion
to the British Government contained in Mr Cal
houn's celebrated letter to Mr. King, our Min
ister to France.
Gen. Tom Thumb in Ireland.
The number of persons who visited Gen.
Thumb's exhibition during one day of his star
in Dublin was 4421, at one shilling sterling
each ; besides which the Gen. received 11
sterling for his little history, medals, &c, which
he sells to visitors the same nighttthe. Gener
al appeared at the Theatre Royal" (after the
close of his own exhibition) for whtch. he ie
ceived j4G sterling, making his receipts for s
single day 278 or $1,343.
A Singular Set.
Public notice is given in the Boston papers.
of a bet which is to be settled on the 4 h ct
iMarch, in that city. It appears that a wh'g
and a democrat, after having bantered each oth
er, several months since, for a bet on the Pres
idential election, finally agreed that if Mr. Dj I
was clccied, the democrat should saw half ,
cord of wood for the whig, in any public phi
he should name ; vice versa, if Polk shiHiUt!.
elected. The Whig, havingjost, is to saw tb
half cord of wood on the 4th of March in M
of the market house.
Remedy for the Botts.
Having seen many horsos die with botts.aaJ
many remedies given without effect, I wasnj
duced to try the following for a horse of CI
own, after I had tried most of the remedies -I
rwimmnn nan ivi1iniit ffTVrt rmil hrifl I'iv'CIl
up for lost.
Half pint vinegar, half pint soft s.oap,h
pint gin and half pint molasses, well shake"1"'
gether and poured down while foaming- '
my great surprise, he was in five minutes
ly free from pain, and ate very freely th8 n!l'
morning I was on my journey. I have s:nf
recommended and given the same in petbJp
fifty cases, with the same good effect; not
one instance has it failed to effect a petl
cure.
Administrator's WUcn
Notice is hereby given that all person '"
debted to the estate of Joseph Lee, late of Sinj
township, Monroe county, dec d, are requ
to make immediate payment to the subset"'
and all persons having demands against sl'
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uaitiie, art) luquusicu lo present uigui I
thenticated for settlement, on or before ib"l
day of April next.
JOHN LEE, Administrator
Stroud township, Feb. 20, 1845. 61.
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