f
71-
a3: 'TAe Tt7co Caterpillar. This is a span-
;$worm of'brownish color, with twelve feet six
near "each end of the body. It feeds on. the
'kefrial'in the milky state, and also devours the
germinating end of the ripe grain. It Is said
'be 'found in iheohaffwhen the grain is threshed.
4
We have linle -certain knowledge concerning
the"parent insect -or its transformations.
. Jn addition to these three, there are probably
oilier insectsunore or less injurious to our wheat
crops. Much has been published in our jour
nals relative to these depredators; yet their hab
its are imperfectly understood, and many of the
accounts are confused and contradictory. It is
greatly to be desired that all who have the op
iprrtunity should endeavor to make careful ob
servations, and communicate them to the public.
'These observations must be accompanied by
accurate descriptions of the insect under exam
ination, and in its various stages ; otherwise,
most of the labor will be spent in vain.
A iTIost Singular Sea. Jlonstcr.
;, The following description of an anomalous
iSea- Monster is received from an old resident
afCape Island, Gnpe May. The writer is a
man or the most undoubted veracity, and his ac
count is worthy of implicit credence.
Extract of a letter from a resident at Cape May,
o ta gentleman in this city.
Cape May, April 13, 1845.
"Respected Friend: In consequence of the
many events, not of an every day character,
"that have occurred here since "the 1st of March,
I have taken the liberty of writing you, know
ing thai in one you would -take an interest, in
asmuch as it b no us a great curiosity. Indeed
it is so much so, that at any time, when the ob
ject is in sight, you may see twenty or thirty
.persons at a time watching its manoeuvres, and
almost everyone differs in -opinion respecting
this monster of the deep. What it is I do not
pretend to say, but that it is not a whale I am
quite certain. 1 will give you the best descrip
tion of it that I am able, and you can drawyour
own conclusions. It appears to be about sixty
or aeveny feet long and not more than eight
feet wide at the widest part, which is about one
third of the way from the head; from this point
it gradually tapejs to the tale. It eannot be ve
ry thick, as we had an opportunity of viewing
it yesterday, as it lay, apparently lifeless, on
"the top of the water in not more than ten feet
of water for fifteen minutes at a time; it would
then sink out of sight, then come up again in
the same place and blow, but its blowing is not
like the blowing of a whale, since the jet of
water appears to proceed from very near the
widest part of it. After blowing, it will rear its
head on high, (say at least 6 feet) look around,
and then lay quietly down. The water caused
by the blowing does not rise higher than ten
"feet, and the column is not larger than your
cane, (3 to 4 feel) and does not keep in a body,
but flies about in every direction. After it (the
animal) has gone one half the height to which
it raises, the head is about as large as a hogs
head, and appears to be flat on the top, as some
say who have been along side of him, a hooked
beak, like a loggerhead turtle.
The person who gave me this information
respecting the appearance of the head is a man
whom I can depend upon; the animal passed
within ten feet from him whilst he lay to an
anchor in one of the pilot boats, and he thus
had a fair opportunity of seeing him. The
monster is perfectly black and is covered with
a kind of black muscle or barnacle. As re
gards its movements I find it difficult to convey
an idea of them to you sometimes it appears
to have fins, or flappers all along his sides,
which make a great foam and wake in the wa
ter at another time he will appear to be rigged
out with one of the most powerful propellers,
after the fashion of the Princeton, and he goes
faster than any steamboat, but does not make
any wake again he will go tumbling along
like an'old bay porpoise. His favorite resort
appears to be from Cold Spring Inlet to around
3n, the Bay, say two or three miles above the
steamboat landing, and almost always so near
the shore that you can see him without the aid
of a spy glass; at times, when it is smooth, he
is observed to be just outside of the breakers
It was first seen on the 18th of March by a
great many persons at once; these spectators
were principally strangers, twenty-five of whom
were down here at work at McMakin's house.
It is, not seen every day sometimes it will not
be.seen for three or four days at a time.
We have made up our minds to lake him at
"every hazard we have four good whale boats
and every thing which may be requisite for the
enterprise, except that we are still wanting the
proper number of men necessary for the under
taking. Yours, &c.
P. S. If you could only seo our rig to catch
this strange bird.you .would have a hearty laugh.
I am furnished wjth a search warrant in the
shape of a harpoon. Philad. Morning Post.
T .
JEFFERS ONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, May 1, 1845.
Terms, $2,00 m advance': $2,25, naif yearly; and $2,50 if not
paid Dcioie tne enu oi ine year.
V. B. Palmer, Esq., at his Real Estate
and Coal Office, No. 59 Pine street, below Third,
two squares S. the Merchants' Exchange, Phila.,
and No. 160 Nassau street, (Tribune buildings,)
N. Y..is authorised to receive subscriptions and
advertisements for the Jfejfersonian Republican,
and cive 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, anords.
'3T 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 Law in relation to publishers, to
the patrons of newspapers.
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.
1. Subscribers who do not give 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
their papers from the officers to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their bill, and ordered their papers
discontined.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
out informing the publishers, and their paper is
sent to the former direction, they are held re
sponsible. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take a newspaper or periodical from the office,
or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is "pri
ma facie" evidence of intentional fraud.
J. W. Thompson, will remain in Stroudsburg
a few days longer, to give those persons who
have not had their likenesses taken, an oppor
tuniry to do so.
Our Foreign Relations.
Within a week past a great change has taken
place in the aspect of our affairs with foreign
countries. We have received news from Eng
land which indicates great difficulty, and i
probable rupture in regard to Oregon ; and
from Mexico,' which shows that that country
has stopped all diplomatic intercourse with us.
This warlike aspect of things is any thing but
agreeable; and it becomes our government, and
the people generally, to do all in their power,
consistent with the honor of the nation, to avert
the threatened danger.
The Inaugural Addi ess of Mr. Polk has
stirred up a feeling in England, in regard to
Oregon, which it will be difficult to allay. The
unconciliating manner in which he asserts our
claim to exclusive possession of the territory,
has produced a counteracting influence in that
country, and her statesmen deny, in the most
emphatic terms, the correctness of his premi
ses, and declare that England has rights in
Oregon which she will never surrender to the
United States. They are willing to compromise
all difficulties in relation to establishing the
boundary but will not give all, and receive
none. This does not suit the far-seeing policy
of Mr. Polk, who says beforehand (as if to pre
vent all amicable arrangement) that the whole
belongs to us, and he is determined to yield
none. In this state of the case, we are unable
to see how the difficulty can be settled without
a resort to arms. England or the United States
must recede from their position in order to
avert it. Which will do so 1
In Mexico, the Annexation Resolutions have
produced a state of things. A Resolution has
been introduced into their Congress, making it
High Treason for any person to express him
self in favour of yielding up Texas to us. Our
Minister has been officially informed that all
diplomatic relations between Mexico and the
United States are discontinued ; and the Minis
ter of Foreign Relations has directed a Protest
to the Ministers of England, France and Spain,
now in that country, in which he denounces
Annexation, and expresses the determination of
his government to strive to preserve the integ
rity of Mexico. This, then, also looks exceed
ingly warlike on the part of our neighbors of
New Spain. Unless wise councils prevail,
and that spirit of peace and amity, which has
heretofore characterised us- as a nation, are
adopted; we will be likely soon to have as much
fighting as the noisiest demagogue, who pan
ders to the worst passions of the multitude, can
desire. Our prayer is that the honour of our
country may be preserved, and peace maintained.
A FRAUD. -Notes purporting to be issued
by the .Mechanics' and Traders' Bank -of
Philadelphia are in circulation. There is no
such named institution m existence.
fThefWhig Cause.
The recent elections throughout the Union
afford "conclusive testimony that the Whig par
ty is not disbanded, as our opponents predicted
it would be, after our defeat last fall, but that
its principles, were never more ardently cher
ished than they are at this time. Notwith
standing the Dorr demonstration in Rhode Isl
and, we have done nobly in that little State.
In Connecticut our triumph has been over
whelming ; beyond all expectation. We have
not only elected all the State officers, but have
carried every member of Congress. The town
elections, in the several States, have also been
equally cheering. We have succeeded in ma
ny places where locofocoism has always here
tofore been rampant. These demonstrations
should certainly encourage us, and induce us
to remain firm to our principles which are
destined soon to triumph most gloriously.
Virginia Election.
The 'election in Virginia, for Members of the
Legislature and Congressmen, took place on
Thursday the 17th ult. but partial returns
have, been received. The result was consid
ered very doubtful. The Legislature which
was chosen will have a United Slates Senator
to elect.
John Rice and William II. Winder.
These two worthies, who were indicted for
embezzling the funds of the defunct Northamp
ton Bank, were tried last week at Lancaster,
and found not guilty. The county of Lehigh
was directed to pay the costs.
Santa Anna
The Mexican Congress, acting as a grand
jury, has determined that Santa Anna, the late
President of that Republic, shall be placed upon
trial for his life. The feeling in that country
is very strong against him, and the impression
appears to be pretty universal that he will be
convicted and executed. We hare no idea,
however, 'that things will be carried to this
length.
An Execution.
On Friday last a week, Samuel Zepphon,
lately convicted of. the murder of CufFee Todd,
was executed in the yard of the Philadelphia
prison. Ho made no confession.
The Columbian magazine.
We have already received the May number
of this beautiful and highly popular magazine.
As usual, it is embellished with several splen
did engravings, and its pages are filled with
choice tales and poetry from the pens of our
first writers. The Columbian Magazine is
published by Israel Post, No. 3 Astor House,
New York, at the low price of S3 a year.
Subscriptions receivedarthis office.
Diplomatic Movement.-
A Washington correspondent of the New
York Sun says :
u Considerable activity is observable here in
diplomatic circles. England and France are
driving the annexation question to a crisis, for
which our Government is fully prepared. The
concentration of a strong naval force in the
Gulf, and an efficient army on the Texian fron
tiers, ready for prompt action, prepare us for
any event that may transpire. Expresses have
been forwarded over land to the Pacific, to our
forces in that quarter. The Cabinet are turn
ing their attention to steam packet lines. Over
tures for the building of thirteen large steamers
have already been received, and I am glad to
say that this great national measure is on the
eve of being adopted the law of the last Con
gress gives the Government all necessary pow
er, and it meets with great favor."
Rhode Island Election.
The loco papers claim the election of Gov
ernor Jackson as a democratic victory. If the
election of Whigs instead of democrats, and the
pointed condemnation of the Texas iniquity, be
a democratic victory, then is the election of
Rhode Island a democratic victory. Fenner
and Potter were supplanted by two whigs, be
cause of their real or supposed approval of the
annexation scheme. That the election of Jack
son is an indication that the people are in favor
of the unconditional liberation of Dorr may be
true. Thousands of whigs staunch law and or
der men too, were .of opinion that no good could
result from the further imprisonment of Dorr.
Mr. Jackson was of this class. But he would
not consent to be the ' liberation candidate)' un
til the convention which nominated him had
adopted a resolution acknowledging the binding
the validity of the Law and Order constitution.
A great democratic victory, this Rhode Island
election. We like such victories. Hamp Qaz.
A loafer, houseless and ragged, applied to a
magistrate in Baltimore, for admission into the
Alms house to keep him from starving. On rer
ceivmg nts commumem as anagram,
he- vM
it to a negro for iweny'he ?etts.
NOBLE. A servarit girl, who lived for some
time in the family of Dr. Herron, at Pittsburg,
went to him since the late fire and informed him
that she had saved several hundred dollars,
which she wished him to take and distribute
among the sufferers.
Twelve hundred men are now at work on the
Morris Canal.
The New Jersey Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, commenced its session
at Mount Holly, N. J., on Wednesday the 23d
ult., Bishop Waugh, presided.
Conscience Returned.
We are requested by Mr. Jones, says the
Baltimore Republican, to ask the Boston Atlas
and the Baltimore Sun, to give place to the fol
lowing which 'records the fact' that another
politician besides D. M. Kimball has felt the
qualms of conscience.
A Lie Retracted. Having publicly stated
before the election, that I did not know who
James K. Polk was ; that I did not know his
grandfather to be a tory; that 1 did not know
he had branded his negroes in the forehead ;
and that Great Britain had sent some half a mil
lion of dollars to aid the Democratic Party. 1
feel constrained by the gnawings of my awa
kened conscience, to publicly avow, that in all
these matters I lied deeply, as I had often lied
before. JOHN JONES.
Cold Weather in Europe.
The exceeding severity of the cold in Eu
rope, even as late as the middle of March,
caused the greatest suffering. Hamburg and
other ports of the North of Europe were com
pletely shut up. The Elbe, indeed, above
Hamburg was, it is said, frozen solid to the bot
tom. M. Arago, who had predicted this ex
treme cold, is said to have won a considerable
sum on a bet that the Seine at Paris would be
frozen over on the 5th of March. It was frozen
hard enough to bear a carriage.
About a thousand acres of timber in Earl
township, Berks county, was destroyed by fire
about ten days ago, together with a quantity of
cord wood and rails. The fire originated in a
small negro hut.
Coleman's Improved Piano Forte.
The late editor of the Lebanon Courier, Mr.
Frysinger, who is a native of York county, Pa.
where he has resided the greater part of his
life, in an article written two or three months
since on this subject, denies that Mr. Coleman
was the inventor of the improvement for which
he became so renowned both in this country
and in Europe. He says :
" The honor of this invention, we are cer
tain, does not belong to the one who seems like
ly to reap its advantages, but to an old gentle
man, (Mr. Adam Ault,) residing in York coun
ty, Pa. in whose house there now is, and has
been, for a number of years, an instrument com
bining all the qualities claimed for Mr. Cole
man's. It was projected some fifteen or twen
ty years ago, and intended for a present to his
youngest daughter, then but five or six years
Old. That daughter unfortunately died in the
bloom of youth, and year upon year elapsed be
fore the sorrowing father could again bring him
self to. labor at an instrument designed for one
whom he had hoped would be the stay and com
fort of his remaining days. It was subsequent
ly, however, so far finished that it could be
played upon, and eight years since the editor
of this paper was repeatedly present when its
sweet piano and organ (or accordian) notes en
chanted all who heard them. Mr. Coleman's
pianos, for aught we know, may be somewhat
different in construction from the one alluded
to, but the 'invention1 is clearly not with him."
Perpetual motion.
The present age seems to revive the explo
ded notions of a perpetual motion, so great are
the strides of science in their application to
mechanics. The foreign Polytecnic Review
gives an account of the electro-magnetic clocks,
invented by a Mr. Brain, which come as near a
perpetual motion as it is possible to conceivo
that the nature of earthly things will admit.
These clocks have but three wheels and are
put up at a cost of 7s. 5d. sterling, and never
run down, or require winding up. They will
run aa long as the earth and the atmosphere
exude electricity or we might say to the end
of time. A manufactory of the clocks is being
established in Edinburs.
Singular Scene.
A woman calling herself Isabella Hagan, was
committed to prison in Philadelphia last week
by Alderman Redman for stealing a-little girl
from her parents, and hawking her about -the
streets to excite the sympathy of the citizens
of-whom she asked alms, The little girl was
restored to its parents in the .Alderman's office,
and Jhe woman sent to "ruralize" at Moyamen-
sing.
Burnt for the fourth Time TU
A few minutes after six o'clock, last erenir
a fire broke out in the carpenter's room attach'
ed to the Bowery theatre, which instantly C0R
municated to the theatre itself; and in three
quarters of an hour that fine edifice was a com
plete ruin, with nothing but the high walls and
the massive columns standing. The inside 0r
the building, scenery, furniture, wardrobe, mi
chinery, &c, was entirely destroyed, and 3er.
eral of the performers, we understand, luSt prj
vate dresses and properties to considerate
amounts. The evening's performances Wefe
to have been for the benefit of Mr. Ddvenpo-t
and the actors and actresses were in the build'
ing, just commencing to dress for the duties f
the night. We are happy to state that, ,0 rar
as could be ascertained by the strict iiiquirv
possible under the circumstances, every persnii
in the theatre escaped in safety, although seve
ral of them with narrow risks Of life and limb
In the Theatre nothing was saved, and wn
learn that there was no insurance on any part
of the property or building. It is believed ihat
Mr. Hamblin had no interest in the Theatre u
having passed, by a recent decree in Chancery
into the hands of James R. Whiting, Esq -I
but the particular nature of the trust is unknown
to us. We are informed, also, that the grouiiil
cannot according to the terms of the lease
again be occupied for the purpose of ereciini
Theatre.
This is the fourth time the Bowery Theatrr
has been burnt. First, in 1828, when it took
nre atiout tne same tune in tne evening, rt
o'clock) and was owned by Mr. Hamlihn, wlm
was partially insured. So vigorous were ihat
gentleman's measures that in 60 days the The
atre was rebuilt and in full operation. It again
burned down, we believe, in 1836 was rebuih,
and again destroyed in the winter of 1S37-S
the last two times without insurance.
We understand that Mr. Hambjin has just
completed his arrangements for building a new
Theatre on an extensive and costly scale, on
Broadway, adjoining the Tabernacle the k
purchased and paid for, the plan agreed upon.
and all other preliminaries settled. To avoid
the delay and difficulty in getting the stuck ta
ken, Mr. H.. means to issue tickets to purcha
sers, in sums of $100 to $500, until he has m
this way raised sufficient to go on with the en-
terprize. N. Y. Tribune of Saturday.
A lady in York, Pa., has made adonatiouof
$500 to the Pittsburg sufferers.
, Coleman & Stetson, of the Astor House, iY.
Y., $100; Cheater Jenkins, City Hotel, N.Y.
S100; Curtis & Hand, Philadelphia, S100; and
the citizens of Steubenville, Ohio, $500.
Expenses in Suppressing the Slare
Trade.
Il appears, by the yearly report to the Brit
ish Parliament, that England has expended lit
tle short of twenty millions of pounds sterling
in endeavoring to suppress the slave trade oa
the coast of Africa, and a large amount of
bounties has not yet been paid.
The Whiff Almanac.
We have received a few conies of this ex
cellent periodical for the year 1845, which rnay
be had on application at this office. Beside
the usual matter of an Almanac, it cotiiatn
Washington's Farewell Address, the Constitu
tion of the U. States, the Declaration of Inde
pendence, the official vote of all the States, at
the late Elections.the Tariff of 1842, a Register
of all the officers, civil, military and naval, i
the employ of the U. Slates, and much other
valuable reading. It is valuable to men of
parties, and no one should be without a ctff
Price only 12 1-2 cents.
"GOD BLESS THE DUKE OF ARGYLE,"
was once a common snvincr in Smtlnnd. esper-ii-
j o .
ly by those who had occasion to avail themseli
of the use of certain posts he had caused to b
erected at convenient distances as substitute
flesh brushes. We have no Dukes in this was
try all are nature's noblemenbut we have
liberal and benevolent individuals, who do as nuir"
for the good of their fellow beings as any of t
titled aristocracy of the old country. Look arou:
I . 1 t . 1 1 l. - KanPll '
yuu uiiu see me numc-eys-mai nave uec"
ted, and even saved from an untimely grave.
Dr. Sherman's Lozeneos. He is the only c-'
ted and experienced Physician who has eng
in preparing medicines adapted to everv cla
disease. Thero are numerous ignorant pretend '
in the field, but thoy cannot contend against h
skill, knowledge, and experience. Formerly1
took weeks to euro coughs and colds that his-k
zenges will effect in a few hours, and hcadjf
in ascmany minutes. This is truly a new ei? !'
medicine;
A fresh suonlv of the above valuable medial
juafc laucivtm, anu tor saie ai me uepum!-""
ftcef?
JOB WORK
Neatly executed at this Qftc