JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, July 24, 1S45.
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The Way it was Done.
Political iniquity was probably never carried
Jo a greater extent in any country, than it has
been in this, or order to effect the success of
annexation. Persuation, promises, patronage,
executive favor, fraud, were all successively
practised by those who had the object near at
heart. Members of Congress, who were known
:o be adverse to the measure, were induced to
vole for it, and have since been favored by ap
pointments to high and lucrative offices, from
the President. Twenty-nine, of the fifty-two
Senators, were hostile to the Annexation Res
olutions, as passed by the House of Represen
tatives, and only could be induced to give them
lheir support when the Resolution offered by
Mr. Benton was attached as an alternative
- amendment. This amendment was concurred
in by the several Senators, who gave it their
support, on the promise that it would be adopt
ed by the President, and made the basis of an
nexation. The very day after they had thus
voted, however, these Senators were doomed
to see the amendment disregarded, and the ori
ginal Resolutions, in favor of which, at the
most, but twenty -three voles could have been
procured, scut to Texas for the approval of that
country.
But bad as this was although fraud and
corruption had thus openly been employed to
effect the passage of the Annexation Resolu
tions, this is not- ihe worst. Not content with
submitting lheir plan thus fraudulently obtain
ed, for the approbation or rejection of Texas,
the President of the United Stales, actually in
structed JMajor Donaldson, our Charge d'Af
faires to that Republic, to inform the Texan
government, that the " terms we proposed for
annexation were hard, but that if they accepted
them, our government would hereafter make all
straight." This exira-official assurance was
communicated to the Texan Congress by Pres
ident Jones, and that body unanimously adopt
ed our offers of union on the strength of it.
And now, we will soon be told, that this coun
try is bound to make good the promise thus
voluntarily given by our accredited agent to that
country. The consequence will be, that before
two yearB are over we will be called upon to
pay the debt of our new ally or confederate.
That will be the consummation of this splendid
piece of iniquity.
Dr. Gardner's Lectures.
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ing to obtain these Lectures can do so by leav
ing his name at this office. Messrs. Greeley
& &. McElrath, Tiibune Buildings, New York,
are the publishers.
The Coletmbian. Magazine.
This excellent New York monthly magazine
for August has already been received, and is a
superb number. The engravings are truly el
egant, and the stories and original papers are
from some of our most gifted writers. The
Columbian ranks with the best magazine of its
kind in the Union.
The Hot Weather.
The heat, of which we complained in our
last, has been still more excessive during the
past week, than during the previous week, la
this cool, mountainous region, where we al
ways have a delightful current of air, even in
the tvarmest weather, and where the trees and
brooks are as abundant as they could be desir
ed, the. thermometer several limes rose lo near
ly 100 degrees.
The receipts of the Philadelphia Custom
House during the last week were $335,033,
and exceed' those during the same period last
year by GU,930. " ,
Pardoning Revived.
Gov Shunk, it appears, is as fond of pardon
ing criminals, and turning them loose upon so
ciety, as Gov. Porter used to be.- During his
brief period of power he has already, on more
than a dozen occasions annulled the decisions
of our courts. The last subject or his clemen
cy was J. H. Foster, Editor of the Pittsburg
Age, who had been convicted of .a disgraceful
Libel on Judge Grier, of Pittsburg.
The New York Fire.
Our neigbors of New Yoik have been visited
by a dreadful calamity in the form of another
extensive fire, which has laid waste a large
part of the business portion of their City. We
sincerely sympathize with them in their afflic
tion. For an account of ihe fire, see another
column.
War with Mexico.
Now that Texas has accepted of our terms
for annexation, all eyes are turned towards
Mexico to see whether she will redeem her
promise by declaring War against the United
Slates. The Washington Union states lhat it
is the opinion of Gov. Shannon and Captain
Stockton, that Mexico will declare war. Ar
rivals from that country will be looked for with
intense interest.
Accidents &;. in Eastoia.
As the Reading Mail Stage was passing
down Pomfret street on Wednesday afternoon
last, it ran over a little boy, son of Mr. Sidney
Down, of this place, aged about three years
and a half, who at the time was in ihe act of
crossing the street, in company- with several
other boys, in front of Mr. Bachman's hole!,
and instantly killed him. His neck was dislo
cated, and his head, arms and legs very much
bruised aud fractured. A Coroner's Inquest
was summoned, who after hearing the testimo
ny in the case, reported, "that the boy came
to his death by being run over, on Wednesday,
July 16th, 1845, at about 6 o'clock, P. M., by
the Reading and Easton Stage, while driven
carelessly and at a rapid rate down South Pom
fret street, in the Borough of Easton, and that
the said stage was driven by Jacob Willet."
Willet was immediately arrested, and commit
ted to prison, but has since been admitted to
bail in the sum of $1,000, for his appearance
at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer, to an
swer the charge of " manslaughter." This
should be a warning to all persons who are in
the habit of driving either fast or carelessly
through the streets of our borough.
On Monday last, whilst Mr. Samuel Stem,
and another person, were preparing a sand
blast at one of the limestone quarries a short
distance below Easton, a premature explosion
took place, by which Mr. Stem was dangerous
ly wounded. His life was despaired of but it
is now thought he may recover. Too much
care cannot be taken by those engaged in such
employments. Accidents by powder are alto
gether too frequent. Whig.
The Warren ITInrder Cases.
This morning Messrs. Vroom and Dayton,
counsel of the prisoners Carter and Parke, sta
ted to the Court, that their assignments of er
ror were not formally drawn out. They in
formed the Court of the errors in substance.
Mr. Dayton has proceeded to pray a writ of
certiorari to be directed to the Oyer and Ter
miner of Warren County, directing that Court
to send up the out-branches of the record.
While Mr. Dayton was proceeding with his
argument some difficulty arose in consequence
of the incomplete condition of the assignments
of errors, in consequence of which, the Court,
after consultation, postponed the further pro
gress of the argument till three o'clock this af
ternoon, at which timef it was understood, the
arguments were to be formally and finally pre
sented Stale Gazette of Friday.
The New York Courier and Enquirer says:
" Last Sunday morning, at about 1 1 o'clock,
a carriage drove down to tho Battery and a
parly of several persons got out, and going upon
the grounds had a regular bruising match, which
lasted some time. There wore but two men
engaged in the fight one of whom was consid
erably injured ; but two or three hundred spec
tators present. One of the most active persons
in arranging this most disgraceful exhibition
and in superintending the whole affair, was
Ryndcrs, already notorious in almost every de
partment of possible ruffianism, and recently
appointed to a place of trust in the Custom
House of this city."
Gen. Combs gave Lynn Boyd an awful using
up at Puducah, Ky., a few da's ago. The
Hopkinsville Gazette, in noticing the affair,
says that some of the ultra Loco-Focos ran
away when the General's shot began to take
effect, and Boyd himself looked as if he could
have run a good foot-race without much pre
paratory trainings . .
Editorial Mania.
We subjoin the following sensible remarks
relative to the mania which exists for editorial
ship, from the Delaware County Republican.
Speaking of the discontinuance of the Morning
Post establishment, it says :
The demise of tho Posi, and tho pecuniary
ruin of its conductor, is another instance of the
folly of men engaging in the publishing busi
ness who know nothing of its multifarious de
tails. There is a mania among many politi
cians to turn editor. They think, that with a
press under their control, their fortune is made,
and it is from this cause that we find newspa
pers almost daily springing up in all parts of
ihe country, to ihe injury of men, who, by a life
of application and toil, have filled themselves
fopthe responsible post of an editor. These
papers after languishing a lime, finally give up
ihe ghost, and with their death vanish the hopes
and fortunes of those who projected them. The
failure of one or an hundred men and newspa
pers of this class, does not deter others from
embarking in the business, and they, too, like
those who have proceeded them, suffer for their
folly. The men of our day are too wise to be
taughl wisdom, but by sad experience
In Rochester, the farmers obtain ten cents
less per pound for Wool this year than they did
last. The Democrat pertinently asks :
If a farmer has a thousand pounds of wool
for sale, and loses ten cents a pound because
of ihe threat to repeal tho Tariff, how many
hogs will he be able to fat on " glory V Mul
tiply Buchanan's Democracy by Shannon's
diplomatic acumen, and you will find ihe exact
result ; and by striking off ihe left hand cypher,
you will be able lo tell how many such soldiers
as Polk was during the war, it would require
to capture Mexico !
Horrible Story. The Brooklyn Adverti
ser contains a long and horrid story, tho sub
stance of which is that one Edward Higbee
died about two weeks ago at Wallabout, of a
cancer on the face, and his widow refused to
let the body be seen by his relatives prior to
the funeral. Afterward, suspicious circum
stances arising, the body was disinterred on
Friday night and found to be headless th
widow substantially admitting lhat she had sold
ihe head to a Doctor.
Rather Doubtful.--A man at St. Etienne
is said to have invented a five-bladed carving
instrument, which " being placed in a roasted
fowl, and a spring being pressed, tho blades
will in a second separate the legs and wings.
and divide the carcass !"
Who is Col. Polk ? This question is now
answered. He has been making war upon the
Post Mistress of Lebanon ; he is therefore the
Petticoat Hero !
Sam Medary late of the Ohio Statesman, at
tacked Mr. Follet, Editor of the State Journal,
in the streets of Columbus, a few days since,
yelling, ' I'll whip you, you d d scoundrel !"
(so reported by a brother Loco-Foco ) This is
the conduct and language of one who pretend
ed to oppose Mr. Clay because he was charged
with using hard language when in a passion y
falsely charged too. The Cincinnati Inquirer,
another Loco-Foco moralist, approves of these
disgraceful proceedings, and says there are a
few more of such scenes to come off!- Trib.
" Important if True !" We find the fol
lowing in last evening's Philadelphia Gazette.
Wo rather think that the Tariff had more to do
with it than Oregon :
" Gentlemen from Washington slate with
confidence lhat Hon. James Buchanan had re
signed the Secretaryship of Slate, and that the
President has selected Andrew Scvc7ison of
Virginia, to fill the place. Differences of opin
ion as lo the Oregon negotiation have induced
this slep on the part of Mr. Buchanan." fc
Privileges of Postmaster. We havo
just seen a letter from the office of the Post
master General, under date of July 12, from
which we make the following extract:
" When subscribers refuse to take Pamphlets
or Newspapers from the office. Postmasters are
now, as heretofore, required to notify Editors,
&c. and may jrank letters containing such 7io
tice." Noyel Objection. A persoo ihe other day
objected to the new postage law, for the reason
lhat before the passage of the law he received
but two dunning letters a week, and he now re
ceives five or six per day.
Texas is filling up very fast. It is stated
that more emigrants are going there this sea
son, than at any time previously.
Medicine bottles should always be labelled,
Mr. S. P. Lawton, of Westerly , R. I., died on
Monday, from having taken a quantity of cor
rosive sublimate instead of some mild medicine
as he intended.
ANOTHER GREAT FIUE IS NEW
Terrible Explosion and JLoss of liife
Two or three hundred !SuaIdi:is
Desroyed Loss six or seven Mil
lions of Dollars.
New York has been again visited with a
most destructive and terrible conflagration a
conflagration unparalleled in the history of thai
city, save by ihe great fire of '35. It broke out
on Saturday morning last, and in the short space
of seven hours, no less lhan one hundred and
eighty valuable ware houses, filled with costly
merchandise recently imported, with ninety
other buildings occupied as dwellings or work
shops, fell a prey to the flames. The loss in
buildings and merchandise, part of the latter be
ing saved, is noi less than five or six millions of
dollars, nearly covered by insurance in that ci
ty and elsewhere.
The Home Insurance Companies are able to
meet their losses, as are the New York agen
cies of foreign offices.
The sudden withdrawal of capital from set
tled channels, and the total annihilation of so
much property, cannot fail to exert a very great
influence upon the prosperity of the city and
its commercial relations. The exchangeable
commodities are materially reduced on the very
eve of a great business season, and the means
of doing business considerably lessened.
The fire originated says the New York Sun,!
in the upper story of the four story brick build-i
ing, No. 34 New street, occupied by J. L. Van
doren as an oil store. That building with its
contents was in a very shorl time entirely de
stroyed, as was a large brick building adjoining,
occupied as a carpenter shop.
At a quarter to four o'clock, Crocker & War
ren's store in New strpet, in which was siored
a very large quantity of saltpetre, blew up with
the most tremendous explosions ever heard or
felt in this city. That building itself was of
course scattered in fragments in an instant, and
those near it were little better off. So awful
was the shock that the thick plate glass in near
ly all the buildings in Wall street was broken
in fragments and strewed over the pavement, in
many instances the substantial window sashes
themselvos being broken in. Rushion & As
pinwall's large show window in William street,
near Maiden Lane, was broken out, although a
quarter of a mile from the scene.
One of the fire ongines near the scene was
shivered to atoms. The three explosions were
accompanied by shocks resembling those of an
earhquake and so powerful as to shatter win
dows within a circuit of one mile. The doors
of the American Exchange Bank in Wall street
were burst open with a loud crash. The City
Bank doors also burst.
The streets or buildings every where in the
vincinity bear marks of the explosion, which
not only carried away three buildings, and shat
tered doors and windows, but it also carried
flame and burning'timbers into adjoining ware
houses, and, thus encouraged, the flames raged
with intense fury.
A member of the Fire Department had a mi
raculous escape at the explosion. He was on
top of the building in which it occurred, and
was thrown on the roof of an adjoining building
a distance of thirty feet, where he alighted in
safety.
The explosion was heard at Flushing and
supposed to be a shock of an earthquake. Cin
ders fell on Staten Island, and for several miles
over in New Jersey. The sun was obscured
by the smoke during the forenoon.
Tho Bay House, Clifton Hotel, and all the
Houses on Staten Island, a distance, some of
them of eleven miles, were made to tremble by
the explosion in Broad street.
The harbor, for ten miles below tho city,
was covered with floating fragments. Several
pieces of burnt goods were picked up on Slaten
Island.
Tho stench of the city was so great, caused
by the burning of spirits, oil, and every com
busticle mailer, that it was offensive to those
approaching the city for many miles beforo they
reached the dock.
The city from tho Bay presented a vast sub
lime sight. Spectators beheld it in silonco. It
seemed as if all tho city was in flames. The
sheet of fire and smoke ascended to the clouds
The chief of police and Alderman Charlick
had a very narrow escape of their lives. Tho
walls of a building, while they were in Stone
street, nearly hemmed in, fell, and is known to
havo killed one man and a boy it is supposed
Col. Johnson of the new pullae, who was in
front, and who has not been seen since.
The Philadelphia Hotel, at the corner o
Beaver and Broad streets, presented a, sublime
sight. The whole seven stories were wrapped,'
in flames at one moment. The sides boino;
atone, it presented the appeaiance of a volcano
The flames, ascending upwards, from the cen
tre to an immense height, while the fire pour
ing out from every window on its" four sides
gavo it a grand and majestic appearance.
A melancholy and truly distressing SCPt,
look place at No. 10 Greenwich street. ,t
Henry, son of John Carey, died of consump
tion while the fire was raging and while tht
flames were spreading to such an extern thalll
was supposed lhat the house in which he was
might be consumed. Death, however came'
and his body wrapped in his bed clothes wa
immediately removed to a place of safetv.
A fireman, apparently in the agonies of death
is laying on the steps of the Bank of Commerce'
surrounded by physicians and Iripnds. Neither
his name nor the cause of the'accideni could be
ascertained.
The scene in Broadway near the fire, in
Wall street, South William, Exchange place
Rector, Morris and Thames-street, quue Jr.
fies all attempts at description. Drays, can
and wheelbarrows, hastily loaded with the mnm
incongruous cargoes, are pushing through tho
dense trovrd in every direction, attended by th,.
sweating, blackened and exciting driven. Irish
women, with a bed in one hand and two ()f
three naked children in the other, run tu de
posit them on the walk, or wherever there may
be a look for safety.
Ten men have been sent to the Tombs for
stealing at the Fire.
A lbtter, nearly perfect, was picked up on
Staten Island, although somewhat charred. It
vas signed by Caspar, Meyer & Co., and mu;
have come from Broad street a distance uf 7
miles.
There were Jive thousand barrels of saltpetre
in the store which exploded.
The fire was subdued at 10 o'clock on SV
urday.
The Chambersburg Whig says thai John
Kyle, aged fourteen years, has been appointed
Postmaster at Faunettaburg, in that county!
This is a pretty strong indication that Mr. Pulk.
favors "the Young Democracy I"
It is said that a spoonful of horse-radish pu
into a pan of milk, will preserve the milk sweet
for several days, either in the open air or im
cellar, while other milk will sour.
The Fire of 1845.
We do not remember ever to have heard of
so many great fires in any one short period cf
time as have happened on this continent intk
first six months of 1845. We annex a list of
the losses experienced, in the order in which
they occurred.
Barbadoes
Pittsburg
London, Conn,
Fayetteville
Quebec
Mantanzas,
New York
$2,000,000
3,500,000
500,000
500,000
7,500,000
1,000,000
6,000,000
S2 1,000,000
Total
This aggregate surpasses the loss by tta
preat fire in this city in 1835. Then abuft
$20,000,000 of properly was destroyed.
N. Y. Herald.
A Feat.
Tho greatest feat of cradling that we fwo
seen chronicled this season, says the Charles
town Free Press, was done by Mr. Wm. Bine.
of Beaver Run, Hampshire county, Va. Ha
commenced cutting in the morning a liule below
sunrise, and stopped for wani of more grain
cut, an hour before sun-down, cutting eiglt
acres & eleven poles, of tolerably heavy whei'.
yielding 250 dozen of sheaves, with iovU
bands. Had he continued lill dusk, ai the &
rate, ho would have cut down nine acres a !
thirty-five and three-sevenths poles, yieUJ
285 dozen.
Cool,. Summer clothing in Georgia con
sist it is said, of a shirt collar and a psiri
spurs !
uvaiu is iuu wages ui sin. ina-r
W- 1 ,J Atncti
sinning, and stand out for higher wages.
Importations of Leather. The remiss:
of tho duties on leather has induced import
tions of this commodity from the United State
Thn r.nr.t-c.1 ohm Vr. r L- li i r vvllirh arHVeJ f1
Thursday last, brought 2,447 hides and 31 M-
uies oi me arncie, wnn a variety m
r.L. i r.t :.. ' mini1
notions, amongst them as companions for L"
leather, we suppose, len casks oi snoe i'c5J
Liverpool paper.
A Good. Sugoestion.-'-A correspondent :
an Alabama paper, speaking of the prosper'
United Stales, sava :
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In the event of a war, I would suggest13
the 'Jlyler-men be marshalled and sew iw
as, a son oi vanguards ana tne ioliu--
placed next in order, ana the wmgs w r
tne rear- to Keep tie balance irom
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