all civilized nations are of, the most satisfac
lory character. It is hoped- that in this
enlightened age, these differences may be
amicably adjusted.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in his annual
report to Congress, vyill communicate a full
fiiaieincni of the condition of our finances. The
imports for the fiscal year ending on the thir
tieth of June last, were of the value of one
Jiundred and sevei.leen millions two lnnulred
and fifty-four thousand five hundred and sixty
four dollars, of which the amount exported was
fifteen millions throe hundred and fortv-six
thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars
leaving a balance of one hundred and one mil
jioiis nine hundred and seven thousand seven
liumlred and thirty-four dollars for domestic
consumption. The rxpoits lor the same year
were of the value of one hundred and fourteen
million!) mx hundred and forty-six thousand six
jjutiilrcd and six dollars; of which, the amount
dome.xtic articles was niueiy-tiino millions
two hundred and ninety-nine thousand seven
hundred and seventy-six dollars. The receipts
mto the treasury during the same year were
twenty-nine millions seven hundred'aud sixty
nine thousand one hundred and thirty-three dol
lars and fifty-six cents; of which amount there
were derived from custom", twenty-seven mil
lions five hundred and twenty-eight thousand
one hundred and twelve dollars and .-eventy
cents; from sales of public lands, two millions
M!i enty-se ven thousand and twenty-two dollars
and thirty cents; and from incidental and mis
cellaneous sourceses, one hundred sixty-three
thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars
and fifty-six cents. The expenditures lor the
nine period were twenty-nine millions nine
hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred
and six dollars and ninety-eight cents; of which,
eight millions five hundred and eighty-eight
thousand one hundred and fifiy-seren dollars
and sixty-two cents were applied to the pay
ment of the public debt. The balance in the
treasury, on the first of July last, was seven
millions six hundred aiid fifty-eight thousand
three hundred and six dollars and tweuty-iwo
ecu's.
The amount of the public debt remaining un
paid on the first of October last, was seventeen
millions seventy-five thousand lour hundred and
lorty-five dollars and fiftyitwo cents. Further
payments of the public debt would have been
made, in anticipation of the period of its reim
bursement under the authority conferred upon
the Secretary of the Treasury by the acts of
July 21, 1841, and of April 15, 1842, and March
3, 1843, had not the unsettled slate of our re
lations with Mexico menaced hostile collision
with that power. In view of such a contingen
cy, it was deemed prudent to tetain in the trea
sury au amount unusually large for ordinary
puiposes.
A few years ago, our whole national debt
growing out of the Revolution and the war of
1S12 with Great Britain was extinguished, and
we presented to the world the rare and noble
spectacle of a great and growing people who
had lully discharged every obligation. Since
that time, the existing debt has been contract
ed; and small as it is, in comparison with the
similar burdens of most other nations, it should
be extinguished at the earliest practicle period.
Should the state of the country permit, and, es
pecially, if our foreign relations interpose no ob
stacle, it is contemplated to apyly all the nion
ryes in the treasury as they accrue bevond
weal is required for the appropriations by Con
gresa, to its liquidation. 1 cherish the hope of
t-uon being able to congratulate the country on
lis recoveringonce more the lofty position
which it so recently occupied. Our country,
winch exhibits to the world the benefits of self
government, in developing all the sources of
national prosperity, owes to mankind the per
manent example of a nation free from the blight
ing influence of a public debt. i
The attention of Congress is invited to the
importance of making suitable modifications and
reductions of the rates of duty imposed by our
present tarifflaws. The object of imposing du
ties on imports should be to raise revenue to
pay the necessary expenses of government.
Congress may, undoubtedly, in the exercise of
a sound discretion, discriminate in arranging
the rates of duty on different articles ; but the
discriminations should be within the revenue
standard, and be made with a view to raise
money for the support of government.
It becomes important to understand distinctly
what is meant by a revenue standard, the max
inuin of which should not be exceeded In the
raies of duty imposed. It is conceded, and
experience proves, thai duties may be laid so
high as to diminish, or prohibit altogether, the
importation of any given article, and thereby
lessen or destroy the revenue, which, at lower
tates, would be derived from its importation.
Such duties exceed the revenue rates, and are
not imposed to raise money for the support of
government. If Congress levy a duty, for rev
enue, of one per cent, on a given article, it will
produce a given amount of money to the treas
ury, and will incidentally and necessarily af
'oid protection, or advantage, lo the amount of
"tie per cent, lo the home manufacturer of a
o mii.ir or like article over the importer. If
' duty be raised Hi ten per cent., it will pro
''' e u greater amount of money, and afford
greater protection. If U be still raised to twen
v, twenty-five, or thirty per cent., and if, as it
raised, the revenue detived from if is found
" te increased, the protection or advantage
ll also be increased; but if n he raised to thir- i
u-oue per cent., and it is found that the reven
"' produced at ihat rate is less than at thirty.
J"r cent., it ceases to be a revenue duty. The
j1 evise poinl in the ascending scale of duties
a' which it is ascertained from experience ihat
' e revenue is greatest, is the maximum rate of
' '"v which can be laid for the bona fide pur-I'-'M!
of collecting" money for the support dl
ltfiumciu. To raiae'the duties higher than
hat point, and thereby diminish the amount
collected, is to levy them for protection merely,
and not lor revenue. As long then, as Con
gress may gradually increase the rate of duty
on a given article, and ihe revenue is increased
by such increase duty, they aro within the rev
enue standard. When they go beyond that
poini, and, as they increase the duties, the rev
enue is diminished or destroyed, the net ceases
to have for (3 object the ra'ising of money to
support governmental j3 for protection merely.
It does not now follow that Congress shou'd
levy ihe htghesl duty on all articles of import
which they will hear wnh:n the revenue stan
dard; for such rates would probably produce a
much larger amount than the economical ad
ministration of the government would require.
Nor does it follow that tho duties on all articles
should be at the same, or a horizontal rate.
Some articles will bear a much higher revenue
duty than others. Below the maximum of the
revenue standard Congress may and ought to
discriminate in the rates imposed, taking care
so lo adjust them on different articles as to pro
duce in the aggregate the amount which, when
added to the proceeds of sales of public lands,
may be needed to pay the economical expen
ses of the government.
In levying a tariff of duties, Congress exer
cise the taxing power, and for purposes of rev
enue may select lite objects of taxation. They
may exempt certain articles altogether, and per
mit their importation free of duty. On others
they may impose low duties. In these classes
should be embraced such articles of necessity
as are in general use, and especially such as
are in general Use, and especially such as are
consumed by the laborer and the poor, as well
as by the wealthy citizen. Care should be la
ken that all the great interests of the country,
including manufactures, agriculture, commerce,
navigation, and the mechanic arts, should, as
far as may be practicable, derive equal advan
tages from ihe incidental protection which a
just system of revenue duties may afford. Tax
ation, direct or indirect, is a burden, and it
should be s imposed as to operate as equally
as may be, on all classes, in the proportion of
their ability to bear it. To make the taxing
power an actual benefit to one class, necessar
ily increases the burden of the others beyond
their proportion, and would be manifestly un
just. 1 he terms "protection to domestic in
dustry, are of popular import; but they should
apply under a just system to all the various
branches of inJ'isiry in our country. The far
mer or planter who foils yearly in his fields, is
engaged in "domestic industry," and is as much
entitled to have his labor "protected" as the
manufacturer, the man of commerce, the navi
gator, or the mechanic, who are engaged also
in "domestic industry" in their different pur
suits. The joint labors of all these classes
constitute the aycreuate of the "domestic in-
dustry" of the nation, and they are equally en
titled to tho nation's "protection." No one of
them can justly claim to be the exclusive re- j
cipients of "protection," which can only be af
forded by increasing burdens on the "domestic
industry" of the others.
If these views be correct, it remains to in
quire how far the tariff act of IS 12 is consist
ent with them. That many of the provisions of
that act are in violation of ihe cardinal princi
ples here laid down, all must concede. The
rates of duty imposed by it on some articles are
prohibitory, and on others so high as greatly to
. i ... i ..i.
uiiiiiuisu nupuiiaiiKiis, auu 10 prouuee a less
amount of revenue than would be derived from
lower rates. They operate as "protection mere
ly," to one branch of "domestic industry," by
taxing other branches.
By the introduction of minimum, or assum
ed and false values, and by the imposition of
specific dunes, the injustice and inequality of
the act of J 842, in its practical operations on
different classes and pursuits, are seen and felt.
Many of the oppressive duties imposed by it
under the operation of these principles, range
from one per cent, to more lhau two hundred
per cent. They are prohibitory on some arti
cles, and partially s on others, and bear most
heavily on articles of common necessity, and
but lighly on articles of luxury. It in so framed
that much the greatest burthen which it impo
ses is thrown on labor and the poorer classes
who are least able to bear it, while it protects
capital and exempts the rich from paying' their
just proportion of the taxation required for the
support of government. While it protects the
capital of (he wealthy manufacturer, and in
creases his profiis, il does no benefit the ope
ratives or laborers in their employment, whose
wages have not been increased by it.
Articles of prime necessity or of coarse qual
ity and low price, used by the ma-sea of the
people, are, in many instances, subjected by it
to heavy taxes, while articles of finer quality
and higher price, or of luxury, which can be
used only by ihe opulent, are lightly taxed. It
imposes heavy and unjust burdens on the farm
er, the planter, the commercial man, and iho-e
of all other pursuits except the capitilit who
has made his investments in manufactures. AH
the great interests of the country are not, as
nearly as may be practicable, equally protected
by ii.
The Government in theory knows no distinc
tion of persons and classes, and should not be
stow upon some favors and privilege" which all
may not enjoy. It was the purpose of its illus
trious founders to base the institutions which
they reared upon the great and unchanging
principles of justice and equity, conscious ihat
if administered in the spun in which they were
conceived, they would be felt only by the ben
efits which they diffused, and would secure for
themselves a defence in the hearts of the peo
ple, more powerful than standing ariii, and
all the means and appliances invented to stt--tain
Governments founded tii injustice and op
pression, The 'well-known fact that ihe tariff aci of
1842 was passed by a majority of one vote in
ihe Senate and two in the House of Represen
tatives, and that some of those who felt them
selves conslramod, under the peculiar circum
stances existing at ihe time, to vole in its fa
vor, proclaimed its defects, and expressed their
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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, December 11, 815.
Terms, $2,00 tn advance: $2.25, rmlf yearly; and $2,50 if not
paid bcfoic tho end of the year.
The Itlessiijje.
To the exclusion of nearly every thing else,
we present our readers with the firsi annual
message of President Polk. It is a lengthy
document, and the verv essence of distilled lo
cofocoism. We have no room for comments
on it this week, but shall embrace the earliest
opportunity to speak of it at length. In the
mean lime we earnestly desire our readers to
give it an attentive perusal antl particularly
that part which treats on the Tariff. If it does
not convince every one, that ihe people ol
Pennsylvania, who aro interested in domestic
industry, have been grossly deceived by lr.
Polk and his friends, we will be willing to con
cede that we understand nothing of the subject.
As to the other topics treated of in the Mes
sage, the public mind is pretty much divided,
us might be supposed.
To Prepare Slums.
Take 4 pounds of fine salt, 1-4 of a pound
of brown sugar, and 1-8 of a pound of sall-pe-tre,
finely pulverized mix them intimately.
This quantity is sufficient for IUO pounds of
meat. Tho mixture is lobe well rubbed on the
flesh side of the ham, 'after which the ham is
to be covered with a layer of the composition
about a quarter of au inch in thickness, and left
with the flesh side up for a mouth or six weeks,
when it is fit to smoke. Hams prepared in
this way are said to be superior to any others
It has been tried in Siruudsburg for the last 2
or 3 years, and is highly approved, as well for
its economy and convenience, as for the excel
lent flavor and fine appearance it imparts to the
ham.
IKARKfflBD,
In Stroudsburir, on Wednesday the 3d inst ,
by the Rev. Mr. Curran, Mr. Daxikl D Smith,
and Miss Amanda Cukkax, both ol btiouds-
burg.
FOR SALE.
Two irood One Horse Sleighs.
Enquire of
GEORGE H. MILLER.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 11, 1845.
FUISS! FUKS!!
Any quantity of Cross, Red and Grey Fox,
Raccoon, Mink, rtsher, Martin, Otter, House
Cat, Wild-Cat, Bear and Muskrat Skins, want
ed at the Hat fe Cap Store of the subscriber,
on Elizabeth street, nearly opposite J. Knecht's
Hotel for which the highest cash price wil
be paid,
SIMON FREY.
SirowKburg, Dec 11, 1815.
ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC.
The unprecedented success attending ihe
use of Dr. G. Benj'n Smith's (Sugar Coated)
" Improved Vegetable Pills," and the ac
knowledged superiority which they possess
over the common Anti-Bilious, Cathartic, and
various other Pills in general use, have given
them a deoided preference with all who have
used them , and they are universally esteemed
the most safe and pleasant purgative ever offer
ed to the public.
Dealers furnished at the New York College of
Healthy 179 Greenwich street, New York, and
sold by
Agents in Monroe Co.
Schoch & Spering, Stroudsburg.
H. Huston & Co. do.
Jno. Marsh cj- Co. Fennersville.
IEF CAUTION. As a miserable imitation has
been made, by the name of " Sugar Coaled Pills,"
it is necessary to be sure that Dr. G. Henjamin
-Smith's signature is on every box. Price 25 cents.
Aug. 14, 1845.
:Vimn.ilii;a
We recommend all of our friends visiting the
city to call at the Pehin Company's Store, and
lay in a supply of their delicious Teas.
PEKItf TEA COMPAWY,
No. 30 South Second Street,
Between Market and Chesnut,
PHILADELPHIA.
Have constantly on hand, and for
sale, Wholesale and Retail, A varik
tv ok choice fresh TEAS, at Lower
Prices, according to the quality, than
they can be bought for at any other establish
ment in the city.
TEAS, exclusively, are sold at this house,
and several variet.p which cannot be obtained
elsewhere. Any Teas which do not give en
tire satisfaction can be returned and exchanged,
or the money will be refunded.
Tho citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity are
respectfully invited give us a call.
G. B. ZIEBER,
Agent for ihe Pekin Tea Company.
Philadelphia, Dee. 11. 18 55
English and German
Prayer Book for CEaildrcsa.
The subscriber has jiisi published an edition
of,a new bonk calculated for the juvenile read
er, beannw the above tnle. It is intended for
families and Sabbath Schools. For sale at the
ofliceofihe Republican, and by the publisher
at Bethlehem. Price per dozen S l,25--siule
copy 12 1-2 cents.
JULIUS W. HELD.
October 30, 1845. -
Sleeper & Fcnncr,
MANUFACTURERS OF
QJnibrellas, Parasols, & Sun Shades,
No. 126 Market street, south side, below Fourth.
Philadelphia.
Invite the attention of Merchants, Manufactu
rers, &c. &c., to iheir very Extensive,
Elegant, New Stock, prepared with
great care, and offered
At the Lowest possible Prices for Cash.
The principle on which this concern is es
tablished is to consult the mutual interest of
their customers and themselves, by manufactu
ring a good article, selling it at the Lowest
Price lor Cash, and realizing their own remu
neration, m the amount of sales and quick re
turns.
Possessing inexhaustible facilities for manu
facture, they are prepared to supply orders lo
any extent, and respectfully solicit the patron
age of merchants, manufacturers and dealers.
Phila., Dec. 11, 1845. ly.
PRICES CURRENT.
Corrected every Wednesday morning.
ARTICLES.
Wheat Flour, per barrel
Rye. do. do. do.
Wheat, per bushel
Rye, do. do.
Sole Leather per pound
Corn per bushel
Buckwheat, per bushel
Clover Seed per bushel
Timothy Seed per bush.
Barley do.
Oats do.
Flax Seed do.
Butter per pound
Eggs, per dozen
Plaster per ton
Hickory wood, per cord
Oak, do. do.
Mackerel, No. 1
Do. do 2
Potatoes, per bushel
Struuds- Eastern. Tin la
burg.
6 25 0 25 6 50
1 75 5 00 4 75
1 15 1 20 1 28
80 80 77
25 21 18
00 CO 75
50
0 00 G 00 5 00
3 00 a 50 2 fc7
40 40 50
33 33 28
1 00 1 20 1 47
15 11 12
15 12 10
5 50 4 25 3 00
2 50 3 75 4 50
2 00 3 00 1 25
15 00 12 00 10 00
12 50 10 00 8 00
35 30
RANK NOTE LIST.
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The notes of those banks on whL.i quotations
are omitted and a dash( Substituted, are not
purchased by the brokers.
Pennsylvania. iWest Branch bank
Philadelphia ban, par
Dan of North America, do
Farmers' & Mechanics'
Western bunk do
Southwark ban do
Kensington ban do
Hank of Northern Liberties dolRelicf Notes
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with Piano Forte accompaniments, Overtures,
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Rondos, and selections from Modern Operas,
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Mr. C. W Derwort, a professor well known to
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J. H. MILLER, New York City.
December 11, 1845.
A LIST
Of Wholesale Dealers and Retailers of Foreign
Merchandize and Liquors within the county
of Monroe, fur the year 1845.
NAMES. CLASS
SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP.
14
Mechanics' Bank
Commerciul Ilunk
Hank of Penn Township
Manufacturers" Mech'ns
Moyamcnsing bank
United Slates bank
Girard do
Pennsylvania bank
Bank of Genuantown
Bank of Montgomery co.
Bank of Delaware county
Bank of Chester county
Doylcstow n bank
Farmers' bank of Bucks
Easton hank
Farmers' bankpf Reading
Lebanon bank
Harrisburg bank
Middletown bank
Farmers' bank Lancaster
Lancaster bank
Lancaster county bank
Northampton bank
Columbia Bridge
Carlisle bank
Northumberland bank
Miners bank of Potlsville
York bank
Chambershurg bank
Gettysburg bank
Wyoming do
lloncsdale do
Bank of Lcwistown
Bank of Susquehanna co
do
do
do
do
do
22
Pittsburg 1
YVaynesbunr
do Uiownesville
Erie bank
Berks county bank
rowancia uu
jVew York?
CITY BANKS
America, bnk of
American Exchange
Bans ot Commerce
par Hank of the State of N Y
par
par
do
do Commercial
do
do pel. ami Hudson canil co.
do
do
do
par
i
Butchers' and Drovers'
Chemical
City
Clinton
Dock
Dry
Fulton bank of New York
do Greenwich
Lafayette
Leather Manufacturers'
Manhatteu company
parMcchanics' Banking Asso.
do Merchants' bank
Merchant'
Mechanics & Traders
Merchants' Exchange
national bank
par New York, Bank of
NCA'-iork. lianRing co.
N. Y. St'e. St'k Security b,
North River
Phoenix
2 Serenth Ward
Tenth Ward
2Tradcsmen's
2 Union B. of N Y
Lum. oank at Warren no salejWashington
par
do
do
do
do
do
do
1
par
do
1
par
do
do
do
do
do
Co
do
do
do
to
2
2
par
do
do
do
10
par
do
KMIItl'linliai
1 Bell & Brothers,
2 Brodhead & Sons, 14
3 fD. & J. Zimmerman, 14
4 Joseph Zimmerman, 14
5 John Lauder, 14
6 J. V. & C. R. Wilson, 14
STROUD TSP.
$7 00
10 50
10 50
10 50
7 00
7 00
14
14
14
13
14
14
14
14
14
7 00
7 00
10 50
10 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 50
7 Robert Boys,
8 Richard Staples,
9 John Boys,
10 Stogdell Stokes & Son,
11 Geo. H. Miller & Co.,
12 Samuel Stokes,
13 John Malven,
14 Joseph L. Keller,
15 Robert Huston & Co.
HAMILTON TSP.
16 Joseph Keller & Son, 14
17 John Marsh & Co., 14
18 fCharles Saylor, 14
POCONO TSP.
19 Henry Kintz 14
20 Adani Edinger, 14
21 Charles G. Nebe, 14
CHESNUTHILL TSP
22 fDaniel Brown & Co. 14
23 Lewis Sox, 14
24 Patrick Daily, 14
25 fPhilip Kresge, 14
ROSS TSP.
26 fStephon Hess, 14
27 Joseph Johnson, 14
COOLBAUGH TSP.
28 William M. Warno, 14
Those marked thus have taken out license
to sell liquor. Those marked thus t have paid.
All the above Licenses that remain unpaid
on the 1st day of December next, will be
placed in the hands of a justice for collection.
JACOB SHOEMAKER, Treas.
Treasurer's Office, St roods- )
10 50
7 00
10 50
10 50
10 50
7 00
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
7 00
burg, Nov. 20, 1845.
3t.
JOB WORK
Neatly executed at this Office.
Confectionary, Fruit, and
GROCERY STORE.
WILLIAM H. SCHLOUGH,
Respectfully informs the citizens of
Stroudsburg, and the public generally,
.that he has opened a
i
Confectionary and Grocery Store,
on Elizabeth street, in the room formerly occu
pied by Joseph L. Keller, as a Grocery, where
he is prepared to accommodate the public with
all kinds of CANDIES of the best quality.
He also keeps on hand FRUIT, embracing all
the delicacies of the season, and NUTS of all
kinds. His stock consists in part, of
Oranges,
Lemons,
Raisins,
Cream Nuts,
Cocoa Nuts,
Ground Nuts,
Figs,
Almonds,
Prunes,
and a variety of all kinds of Confectionary gen
erally kept in such an establishment, all of
which he will sell very low for Cash. He has
also added to the above stock, all the articles
connected with a
GROCERY,
Consisting in part of
Sugars,
Coffees,
Teas,
Cheese,
Molasses,
Crackers,
Blacking,
Cinnamon,
Soap,
Candles,
Shot,
Pepper,
Chocolate,
Saleratus,
Nut Megs,
Allspice,
Ginger,
Herring,
Mackerel, '
Close Pins,
Indigo,
Baskets,
Dried Peaches,
Dried Apples,
together with a variety of Tubs, Bowls, &c.
Tobacco, Snuff, and Segars,
of the best and cheapest qualities always on
hand, and will suit ihoae who may favor him
with a call.
Porter, Ale, Mead and Lemonade
constantly kept on hand.
For the liberal support already received from
his friends and customers ho returns his sincere
thanks, and will endeavor in future to merit a
continuance of their favors, by sparing no ex
ertions to make his establishment an agreeable
retreat.
Stroudsburg, June 19, 1845.
LATEST FASHIONS.
Would respectfully inform his friends and ihe
public generally, that he still continues tho
TAILORING BUSINESS ai his old stand,
nearly opposite Stogdell Stokes Store. Ho
has just received the latest Philadelphia Fash
ions, and is prepared to execute all orders in his
line with neatness and despatch, and in the la
test style. Clothing for old men made to suit
their age and convenience. All of which he
will furnish as cheap as can be had elsewhere.
Produce taken in exchange fur work, at the
cash price.
N. B. Cutting done at the shortest noiice4
and warranted to fit if properly made tip,
Siroudoburg, Oct. 23,