JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, June 26, 1845. Terms, $2,00 :n advance: $2.25, naif yearly; and $2,50 if not paid uclute Uie enii oi tne vear.. 83 V. U. Palmer, Esq., at his Real Estate and Coal Office, No. 59 Pine street, below Third, two squares S. the Merchants' Exchanee, Phila., and No. 1(50 Nassau street, (Tribune buildings,) N. Y.,is authorised to receive subscriptions and advertisements for the Jcffcrsonian 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 advertising in country papers which his agency affords. Annexation of Texas. The question of annexation is now in all probability settled. The Texan Congress met on Monday the 16th inst., and has ere this, no doubt, determined in favor or against a union with us. From all we have been able to learn, lately, we rather incline to the opinion that i hey have acceded to our proposition ; but this is by no means certain Mexico, backed by Great Britain and France, has for months past been busy in contriving means lu induce Texas io reject the offer of alliance with the United States. She has agreed to recognize the inde pendence of ihat country upon this simple con dition; with England and France as guaranties that she will faithfully adhere to the treaty. Other inducements, it is whispered, have also been offered, and not a stone left unturned to carry their point. What the result of these nieuceuverings has been, we will hear in the course of a few days, or weeks at farthest. Cheap Postage. On Tuesday next, July 1st, the new Postage Law will go into operation, and the cheap rates established by the late Congress, take effect. Fiom that time the postage on a letter not weighing more than half an ounce, will be five ceuia under 300 miles, and ten cents for any greater distance. Newspapers will then go free of charge any distance not exceeding 30 miles. This is the last week, therefore, that our subscribers, who now receive their papers by Mail, within the prescribed distance, will Lave to piy. Whig domination, The Whigs of the "Young Guard," (Adams county,) have nominated John Brough, of Get tysburg, as iheir candidate for Assembly, at the October election. A very good choice. The Harbinger." We have received the first and second num bers of a new paper, with the above title, pub lished simultaneously at New York and Bos ton for the Brook Farm Phalanx. It is devo ted to social and political progress, and intend ed as an exponent of the doctrine of " Associa tion" established in this country upon the prin ciples of Fourier's system. Burgess, Stringer & Co., No. 222 Broadway, N. Y., and Redding & Co., No., 8 State street, Boston, are the Agents, at whose offices it is published. It is a well printed paper, made up of 1 6 pages small folio, and furnished at $2 a year, or six months for $1. Subscriptions received at this office. The IVew York Tribune. Messrs. Greely & McElrath, the enterprising publishers of the New York Tribune, in order io accommodate their patrons, are publishing a semi-weekly paper, which they furnish at the moderate price of $3 a year. The Tribune s one of the very best papers in the U. States. 31 ore Proscription. Charles Troxell, Esq. the faithful and ef ficient Post Master at Reading, has been re moved from office by Mr. Polk, in order to make room for John K. Wright, a loud mouthed, brawling loco-foco. Mr. Troxell was an indus triouf and excellent officer, and gave general oa:ifaciiun. But he is a Whig, and that was enough for our worthy President, who declared he. would not remove any man merely for the sake of party ! Ceai. Jackson's Funeral. The last &ad offices of friendship, to the He ro of New Orleans, were performed on Wed nesday the 11th inst. His body was interred in the family vault, at the Hermitage, and placed beside the remains of his wife who died ni 1829. Upwards of 2000 people were pres ent to witness the solemn ceremonies. In ac cordance with his dying request, he was buried without any ostentation or militaYy display, only -one volunteer company, the Nashville KIuhs, being present. After the body was lowered to its last resting place, tbey fired .three volleys of musketry over tho grave. Appointment by the Post Master Gen- eral. John Malven. to be fust master ai Strot:dsburg, vice Dr Samuel Stokes, removed. Honour to the Dead. The citizens of Easton have made arrange ments for a moutning procession, and attendant ceremonies, in respect to the memory of Gen. Jackson, on Saturday afternoon next. A funer al oration will also be delivered by Professor Washington McCartney. Oregon. The newspapers are still teeming with spec ulations on the probability of a rupture with England in, regard to tho Oregon boundary question. As there is nothing new in them, we will not trouble our readers with a repetition. Trial of Abiier Parke. The testimony of witnesses. in this case was concluded on Saturday afternoon last, and on Monday morning the summing up was com menced by Mr. Shipman, for the Prosecution. Mr. Wurts followed for the prisoner on Tues day. Mr. Brown was to follow him on the same side, and expected to occupy all day yes terday and part of to-day. Mr. Halsted closes on behalf of the Stale. The case will proba bly be submitted to the Jury on Saturday. We do not consider it proper to offer any specula lions as to the verdict. Public Meeting. According to notice, a large number of our citizens assembled in the Court House, on Sat urday evening the 21st inst., when the follow ing gentlemen were appointed officers: MICHAEL H DREHER, President. Stroud J. Hollinshead, ) y pres,8 Benjamin Tock, Charles B. Shaw, ) q , . . . . -r t Secretaries. M. M. Dimmick, 5 The object of the meeting having been sta ted by M. M. Dimmick, Esq., the following res olutions were offered by J. H. Walton, Esq., which were unanimously adopted. Whereas, our worthy and venerated Ex President and fellow citizen, General Andrew Jackson, departed this life on the 8th inst., full of years and covered with honors, closing a long career of eminence and usefulness to his country, amid the deep lamentations and the universal mourning of a people, whose affec tions he had so successfully and deservedly won. Therefore Resolved, That we will mingl our grief with that of our fellow citizens through out our country, for the great national loss we have sustained, in the demise of so illustrious a personage. Resolved, That as citizens of the borough of Stroudsburg, and of the county of Monroe, we will endeavor in a becoming manner, to express our deep sense of the national bereavement, and of the many noble and brilliant qualities which adorn the character of the deceased. On motion of James Rafferty, Resolved, That a committee of ten be ap pointed by the chair, for the purpose of inviting some gentleman to deliver a eulogiurn on the life and character of Gen. Andrew Jackson; also to invite the several clergymen of the bor ough to officiate on the occasion, and make all the necessary arrangements suitable to the oc casion. On motion of M. M. Dimmick, Esq., Resolved, That our fellow citizens be re quested, as a testimonial of this national be reavement, to wear crape on the left arm for thirty days. The following gentlemen were appointed a committee of arrangements : James Rafferty, James H. Walton, James H. Stroud, James N. Dutling, Barnard S. Schoonover, John Malven, Abraham Barry, Anthony Long, Olis B. Gor don and Edward Postens. The committee having retired, after a abort absence returned and made the following re port. That as a tribute of respect to the memory of the illustrious deceased, a meeting be held at the Court House in the borough of Siroudnburg. on Monday the seventh day of July next, at 2 o'clock P. M., and that all the citizens of the county of Monroe, and others who choose, be respectfully invited to attend. That a eulogiurn be delivered on the life and character of ihe deceased, by John D. Morris, Esquire. That the several Clergyman of the borough. be invited to attend and participate in the cer emonies of the day. That all the Bells of the borough be tolled. That the citizens of the borough of Strouds burg, be respectfully requested to close their places of business during the ceremonies. The report being submitted to the meeting, was unanimously adopted. On motion of M. M. Dimmick, Esq , Resolved, That the-proceedings of this meet ing be published in the Papers of the borough On motion,, the meeting adjourned. Effect of Protection. During the entire period of the late Presi dential canvass, and previous thereto, the gen uine locofocos insisted that the natural and un avoidable effect of imposts laid for the protec tion of domestic manufacture is io increase, by the amount of the duty, the price of such arti cles to the eonsumer of them. Even Silas Wright, who certainly knew better, took that position in the great speech he made at the Wa tertown mass meeting. The object of this course was to reconcile farmers and laborers to the abrogation of the protection system. In opposition to this theory the Whigs maintained that the tendency of protection is io induce do mestic competition, so spirited and permanent, as to reduce the price of goodi to the lowest rates for which they can be made. But, ihe specious sophistry of the locofocos gained more credit with the people than the arguments and facts of. the Whigs. Hear what the Boston Post, the leading loco foco newspaper of New-England now says : " In all pans of ihe country now cotton fac tories are either building or contemplated and in New-England there is an especial tendency to this now lucrative investment. These ex tensions of the cotton manufacturing interest are now heralded with great satisfaction by ul tra "tariff journals, but their effect upon that in terest may hereafter induce a different state of feeling with those who rely upon the profits of this business to build up a fortune in a short time. There is at present, and has been for some months past, a great demand for cotton fabtica of domestic manufacture, but the num ber of spindles now making and the increased production they will afford will certainly give a large addition to the supply, with the natural result upon prices and profits." This is in effect, precisely what the Whigs said last year, and what the locofocos disputed. It is not in the nature of things for the profits of one branch of business io remain for any considerable length of timo, higher than the profits of "other branches. The locofocos are beginning to acknowledge this ; which is about as great a wonder as that they ever had the hardihood to deny it. We shall be glad to hear all of them acknowledge it, and act consistent ly with that acknowledgement. Honesdalc Democrat. From Mexico. Santa Anna banished French Minister insulted No prospect, of War with the United States. The Mexican steamer Neptdna, Capt. Pack inson, arrived at Charleston on Thursday last, in the short run of three days, from Havana, bound to New York. We extract the follow ing from the Charleston Courier: We are indebted to Capt. P. for Havana pa pers of the 8th inst. Capt. Packinson informs us that the British mail steamer Mcdtcay arrived at Havana on the 7th inst. from Vera Cruz, which port she left on ihe 1st inst., having on board as passengers General Santa Anna, lady and family, who had been banished from the Mexican territories. They were to proceed to Venezuela. The Br. mail steamer Dee, also arrived at Havana on the 7ih inst. with General Bustamente on board, on his way io Mexico. In one of the Havana papers we find it re corded that the French Legation had been in sulted in the streets of Vera Cruz, just previous to the sailing of the Medway, and that the Min ister had demanded from the Mexican Govern ment immediate reparation for the indignity of fered, or the alternative of furnishing him with his passports. Gen. Santa Anna was received with every demonstration of respect on his arrival at Ha vana, being escorted to his lodgings by bands of music, while little attention was paid to Gen. Bustamente, thus showing that popular opin ion was quite unfavorable to the newly consti tuted authorities of Mexico. We have no positive particulars as to the course pursued by tho Mexican government in banishing Santa Anna, but Capt. Packinson informs us that he understood that the decree prescribed an absence of ten years that his private property was respected that he had with him a large amount of money, and was in gowl personal health and spirits. It is said that all anticipations of war between the United States and Mexico had subsided and a strong practical evidence that such was the case, is the fart that the Nfptuna, the prop erty of Mexicans, had been ordered to' New York to refit, which would of course not have been done if ihe owners had been apprehensive of such an event. Capt. P. reports that no freights were offer ing at Havana when he left the whole num ber of vessels in port were waiting for the new crop. It is computed that there has been consumed by fire in the United States during tho last two months, property lo the amount of $12,000,-000. Outrage. The Louisville Courier learns from a gentle man who was present, that on the last night of the trial of O'Blennis at Point Coupee, La., for the murder of young Frank Combs, some of the friends and counsel of the criminal committed a most violent breach of order and decorum in open court, while the Honorable Judge was char ging the Jury. Most of the citizens of the Pa rish who had been attending the trial for three days, had gone home in the evening, supposing Inn ,...,..1.1 ..,. In. i.lllnil till IU'Vt t !1 V ! 1)11 1 ... . , i j u. tU lnrl..n ,li..v,;..,l m il.rminh that n'crhl I II U C3 UGl 1 I III I ll(U tv 3 w " J and candles were accordingly bro'l in at dark. Soon afterwards the steam ferry-boat arrived from Bayou Sara, and several strangers were ob served in the court-house, and some were heard to swear that the accused should not be carried io jail if they condemned him. A feu individ uals prepared to resist a toleut rest-tie, and the Judge was interrupted in his charge to the Jury by one of the counsel. Some stamped and ap plauded the attorney, and some groaned upon ihe Judge, and a general row seemed inevita ble. The venerable Judge, wholly taken by surprise at this unexpected attempt to browbeat him and overawe the jury, was not able to re store order for several minutes He finally succeeded, however, in closing his charge, which was very strong against ihe accused on the law and the facts. The Jury then retired, and after a while sent word that they wished time till next day to de liberate on their verdict, which wa granted, and the Court adjourned. At 9 o'clotk next morning, when court me, , , r i i r , the Judffe sent for the Jury, and was informed they could not agree. They were couspqtient- ly dismissed, and the prisoner removed to jail. Soon afterwards the District Attorney moved the court send the accused io New Orleans for safe keeping till next term, inasmuch as the jail at Point Coupee was entirely insecure. This was resisted with gieat violence by one of ihe counsel, who made some inflammatory remarks, implicating ihe Judge. He was ordered io be silent, and on his refusal, was sent to jail; and thus, for the present, the case was ended. The prisoner was ordered to the St. Francisville jail till next term, in November. The Resources of our Country. The New York Express, noticing the resour mao onrl nrnnraca ttf tfio TTnitml St cnVQ Hill I ' , . , , wheal grows as luxuriantly as our cotton,, and sugar is made from maple trees in as great a bundance almost as from the cane at the South. Few, indeed, think of the extent of our product. In 1S43 we raised 100,310,856 bushels of wheat, $8,220,721 bushels of barley; 157,929, 9G6 bushels of oats, 24,289,271 bushels of rye, j 7,959,410 bushels of buckwheat, 494,618,306 bushels of Indian corn, 105,756,133 bushels of potatoes, 15,419,807 tons of hay, 161,007 lbs. of flax and hemp, 185,734,55 1 pounds of tobac co, 747,660,096 pounds cotion, 89,879,145 lbs. of rice, 315,965 pounds or silk, 126,400,410 pounds of sugar, and 139,240 gallons of wine. In nil these productions there has been a great 'increase since 1843, and we merely repeat that our readers may see what our agricultural pro ducts were two years since. Our mineral re sources are hardly less important, and their in crease, particularly in coal, iron and lead, has outstripped all efforts at calculation. A tfew Idea How to become Owner of a. House. A society has been incorporated in Montreal called the Montreal Building Society, by be coming a member of which a person is enabled to build a house, by means of a loan granted him for that purpose repayable by instalments, for what the rent of such a house would cost him in ten years. The working of the plan is as follows: Having a piece of land an individ ual becomes a subscriber to the Society for one or more shares, at $500 each, paying a month ly subscription of two dollars and a half for euch share, for a period of nine or ten years, at the end of which time he finds himself owner of his house, having paid off the principal. This sort of Savings Bank has, it is said, been found to work very well in England. Content with an Kaffle. The Nashua Telegraph says i hat a few days ago, a lad 14 years old, John Ikriley, of Wind ham, Mass , killed a white headed eagle, which measured seven feel from lip to lip of his wings. Tho eagle had pounced, upon a labbit, in a swamp and owing io ihe brush or something else, he was unable to rise. The boy was af ter him and soon had him by the neck, when a severe contest ensued: tho eagle struggling with his might, and tearing the boy pretty badly with' his claws, bin he held on, until ho finally suc ceeded in getting his jack-knife from hia pock et, and culling the throat of his antagonist. At Green Bay, (W. T.) $12,000 were re ceived at ihe Land Office in Ma'. In April $10,000. An f.PfiAT. Weight of Rye A.vn fWv r. - Uy3n act of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, pa3Sl.j the 16th of April, 1845 it is provided "Thai from and after the passage of this aci, the sta! dard weight of Rye and Indian Corn in i , Commonwealth, shall be fifty six pounds far each and every bushel thereof." Wheat Vegetating in Ice. The Camden Phreiiix saw a few days ago, two grains of wheal, which had been frozen up in a piece of solid ice, and while there had thrown run nmu i two or three inches long, and germ one uirli - . ' 5 "c 1lc'l The Warren Murder Trials. The Board of Freeholders of Warren Conn, ty, N. J. in making their annual statement ,,f receipts and expenditures, have published a separate account of moneys paid on account of prosecuting the trials of the men charged w uh the murder of the Castner family, li fuu.s as follows ; Paid previous to May, Si4, " Grand Jurors, extra services, " Witnesses, " Sheriff, for serving subpoenas, $2,300 00 23G 51 1 ,7GG 09 rot 4j " Juries trial of Carter & Hummer 2t0 Oi) " To the jurors from Somerset and Mercer trials of Abner and Peter V. Parke, Paid Constables and crier of court, " Boarding Jurors, " W. C. Morris State Prosecutor " W. Halsled, Counsel Together with a number of other 9G2 91 250 00 895 P- 400 0!) 200 Oj iu'ls. u, J Clerk, Jailor, Judges, &c, in ihe whole : mounting to eight thousand four nuxuni'tv " and sixty one dollars and fifty SF.VIA cents ! ! ! It will be recollected that the comi ty will probably he put lo much nvtre oxpeuso before this matter is finally disposed of. ' Progressive Democracy." The Ohio Statesman, (ihe loco slate paper,) says in an article in favor of the unconditioiui liberation of Dorr : " The age has passed when men are to he imprisoed for political offences in a free coun try How, then, shall government be maintained' Has any man or class of men a right lo set an vernment at defiance, whenever it suits their inconvenience ? A people have, indispu'ahly. I the right to throw off an unjust and oppressive government by revolution ; but it is a very d.l- ,. , lerent tnmg to say, as tne otaiesman does in effect, that all attempts to subvert government are justifiable and ought not to be punished A more monstrous sentiment we have seldorn seen. It strikes fearfully, at the found itton of civil order and domestic tranquility. All po!r ical offences to be pa?sed by unpunished7 Who, then, would stand up in defence of law' If the assailants of law are always right, tha defenders of law must be always wrong. Es cape from that conclusion is impossiMp. T such wild and dangerous extremes are the rest less and unprincipled leaders of the locofocos endeavoring to urge their followers. Honesdale Demce at. At St. Louis, a few days since, a thief stub $50 in gold from the trunk of a passenger ca the White Cloud, and, in his hurry to getaway left $400 in gold behind him. Don't Swear. The wool growers who voted for Polk shou'I try to keep cool. We heard one a few diy since swear terribly because ho only rpceiff! $40 for the same quantity of wool which fc last year sold for $60. If he had known th before the election he would have voted differ ently ! This may bo, but we counsel htm c t to swear. Let him grin and bear it likearnan- Mon. Dem. A few days since there arrived at Southp-fi Wisconsin, in the steamer Empire, a lot of nn- iprants to the west, amonrr whom were taj o o pairs of twins. Those twins were born of ferent parents but under ihe samo roof and n I the same house. Each pair comprised a. M and a girl; they lived near neighbors from ,a fancy, and the same dav before starting e': i they were united in marriage the male i-1 St. Lawrence county, New York. RIARKIED, On the 5th inst. at Friends' Meeting Ho" Wilmington, Delaware, Hkxrv Drinker. Montrose, Pa., to Frances C, daughter oft-" late John Morion, Jr. the 11th inst , by .ihe Rev. Wm. Siautuon. Mr T .... a u . . rvi:.- r ,u Mnr.tmwn J"' juttn rt. HULL, uuiiui ui mo mui aevman. to Miss Eliza Barckly, dauglner0 Mr. Andrew Bache, of Morrisvillo, N. J- At the Presbyterian Church, in MilMj-H Wednflsdav mnrnino tha 2Sth inst.. 1V 'ne fr. FfolflMn. Hav H R P! a n pf.NTER. of h"- TalntSil n V1I T t.to . A ilnimhter " ' Hon. John H. Brodhead, of the fuimar pU9-
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