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We invite attention to the article on our out
ride form, under the caption of "Supernatural
Darkness at the Crucifixion." It was published
at the requet of Vne of our subscribers, and
contains matter of the very highest interest, to
every mind possessed of an enlightened spirit
jf enquiry.
In consequence of several errors having oc
curred in the following article, we re-publish
it, with the necessary corrections.
I. of O. F.
A lodge of this Order, entitled the Fort Pknw
Lodge, No. 134, was organized in Stroudsburg
on Tuesday evening last. A large delegation
from the Borough of Easton were tn attendance.
The following persons were appointed officers,
viz .
SAMUEL HAYDEN, N. G.
B. S. SCHOONOV.ER, Esq., V. G.
M. G. GRATTAN, T.
HENRY M. LABAR, S.
J. J. POSTENS. A. S.
ID3 The rumor gathers strength that our
Administration is engaged in some secret nego
tiation at London with that of Great Britain, by
which our Protective Policy is to be sold out to
England' for certain desired concessions in re
gard to Oregon. We are consoled by the re
flection that no such Treaty can receive the Con
stitutional approval oj the Senate, to which a
two-thirds vote is requisite. Every considera
tion of principle, sound policy and National dig
nity combine to dissuade from such a Treaty.
The Oregon Question can never, be wiselv or
properly blended with matters so utterly foreign
from it as the adjustment of the respective Ta
riffs of the two Nations. We ought not to buy
deserts of rock and snow in Northern Oregon
by the sale of the Industry and Prosperity of
our People at home. What belongs to us on
the Pacific, let us claim and stand for, until ne
gotiation or arbitration shall extinguish all an
tagonist pretensions. We shall surely obtain
our own there, if we rely on the proper means
of securing it; and what do we want more?
Great Britain can repeal her Corn Laws if she
sees fit; Mr. Polk and his supporters have full
power to overthrow our Protective Tariff.
Why, then, should this Tariff question be drag
ged into a Boundary Treaty, and the Country
thus precluded from returning to our present
system, should fresh Experience prove its over
throw as disastrous as like changes have hith
erto been ? Let every lover of National Inde
pendence stand fast for the right to make our
own laws, and to alter them when we see fit
without asking permission of a Foreign Power.
This is a matter of vital import, on which there
f tumid not be two opinions among American
Freemen. Tribune.
State of Texas.
We see it stated that Texas is divided into
35 counties. Galveston is the largest city, and
Houston the next; Austin, the seat of govern
ment, has a population of 1500, and Washing-
ion about the same number, baint Antonta is
the oldest town in the State, with a population
of about 1500.
Great Chess Match Orer.
The New Orleans Picayune, of Dec. 17th,
say.:-The great chess match was finally closed
yesterday, Mr. Stanley winning it by beating
the last two games. It may bo recollected that
the match was for $500, the person who beat
the first fifteen games to be declared winner.
A he closing yesterday the score stood Stan
ley, 15.; JRousseau, 8 ; drawn, 8. We do not
learn that much money, besides the original
Makes, was bet upon the match.
Iron. There were sent from Philadelphia
to New York, through the Delaware and Rar
i'tah! Canal, during the past year,upwards of
9,;592 tons of Pennsylvania Iron, ahd by the
'Railroad' 500 to us',' making the total quantity
J0J092 tons.1' ': ' ' '
LEGISLATIVE NEWS.
t ILvRitisBUKG, Jan. 1.4.' 1846. -The
Speaker presented a statement of the
accounts of. the Pottsville and Danville Rail
road Convention; also a letter from J. H. Moore
head, enclosing a copy of the proceedings of
one of the Railroad Conventions held in this
place..
Several petitions were presented in favor of
granting the right of way to the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and for the incorporation of a
railroad from Harrisburg to Pittsburg.
Mr. Heckman presented a petiun for. the
incorporation of a new Bank at Alleniown, in
Lehigh county. Mr. Smith one from citizens
of Lancaster, for the exemption of the Seventh
day Baptists from the fines imposed by the act
of 1794, for the non-observance of the Sabbath
day One by Mr. Gibbons from the Society
of Friends relative to the crime of kidnapping.
Bills were reported from the appropriate com
mittees., supplementary to the act of incorpora
ting the Schuylkill Railroad Company; to re
quire Banks and other corporations to give no
tice of unclaimed dividends.
On motion of Mr. Dtinlap, the Committee on
Internal Improvements was directed to inquire
into the expediency of extending the charter of
the Erie and Sunbury Railroad Company.
A joint resolution was introduced by Mr.
Dimtnick, requesting our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress to oppose any increase
in the rates of postage.
A motion by Mr. Sanderson to proceed to the
discussion of the Tariff resolutions, was agreed
to yeas 20, nays 12. The resolutions were
then taken up, and passed through the commit
tee of the whole. A motion to refer the reso
lutions to the Belect committee on the Tariff
was lost yeas 11, nays 19. The further con
sideration of the resolutions were then post
poned until to-morrow.
The Oregon Resolutions are now under de
bate.
Two Days later from Europe Re
peal of the Corn Laws.
The packet ship Oxford, which arrived at
New York on Wednesday night, brings news
of vast importance. It had been announced in
the London Times of Dec. 4th, that the British
Cabinet had decided that Parliament. was to be
summoned the first week in January, for the
purpose of repealing the Corn Laws !' There
was some dispute as lo the precise situation in
which the question was left after the Cabinet
Council on the 3d, but all agreed that (he fate
of the Corn Laws was sealed. One version is,
that it was left to the Premier to determine
whether the toial and immediate, or the total
and not altogether immediate repeal should be
recommended. The Cabinet are said to have
been unanimous, or nearly so, including the
Duke of Wellington.
The announcement (says the Chronicle) has
produced the most intense excitement the
most astounding sensation ever caused by a
newspaper article, and the effect of which will
be visible in every nook of the civilized world!
The London Standard, understood to be the
Ministerial Organ, flatly contradicts the state
ments of the Times, which journal, however,
strongly insists on their correctness. The Hi
bernia, which was to have sailed on the 4th
will settle the point.
The cotton market remained about the same,
and the apprehensions of famine were ascer
tained to have been almost wholly without foundation.
FIVE DAYS LATER.
The packet ship Iowa, which arrived at N.
York on Thursday night, leaves the news by
the Oxford respecting the Corn Laws, as fol
lows :
The Standard and the Herald (which assume
to be government organs,) renew their contra
diction from day to day; but the Globe says il
is "confirmed and confident in its impression
that Sir Robert Peel has really overcome the
vis inertia of his Cabinet, resisting further chan
ges in the Corn Laws."
A commercial treaty between the U. States
and England, founded upon a settlement of
boundaries, is alluded to favorably by the Eng
lish journals, and is thought to be in progress
with Mr. McLane. Belviderc Apollo.
An Insinuation.
A printer's money, hays the Alton Democrat
ic Union," may commonly be found securely
slowed away in his subscribers' pockets.
c Religious Fevers.
At a camp meeting lately held in Connecticut
a preacher delivered himself of the following :
" I would that the gospel were a 'wedge and I
a beetle, I would whack it into every sinner's
heart amongryou."
Oit tlie 25tji oil., w heat was' worth 70 to 71
cents Imsliel at Quiiicy, Hi. A decline." !
To the Wilis Party of the State of
Pennsylvania.
CALL FOR A WHIG STATE CONVEN
TION. We issue an extra, for the purpo.se of publish
ing at the earliest period the call for a WHIG
STATE CONVENTION, to nominate a Can
didate for the office of Canal Commissioner,
made by the Whig members of the Senate and
House of Representatives. The reasons for
this movement are clearly laid down in the
subjoined Address. The members of the Slate
Central Committee regard their labors as hav
ing ceased, and the present movement is, there
fore, indispensably necessary, in order to pre
serve the State organization of the Whig party.
We feel certain that it will be cordially respond
ed to in every part of the State, and hope to
witness the assembling of a Convention on the
11th of March, which shall be distinguished
alike for numbers, intelligence and patriotic
fe e 1 i n g. Harrisb urg Int clligen ctr.
At a meeting of the Whig members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, held in Harrisburg,
Jan. 1 3th, 1846, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted, viz :
Resolved, That a committee of throe be ap
pointed to prepare a call for a Whig Siate Con
vention to be held in Harrisburg, on the 11th
day of March, 1846, for the purpose of nomi
nating a candidate for the office of Canal Com
missioner, and that said call be published, with
the names of the Whig members of the Legis
lature appended.
J. P. SANDERSON, Pres't.
Thomas Nicholson, ) c , .
i n -c e secretaries.
John R. Ldie, $
In accordance with the foregoing, the om
mittee intrusted with that duty, respectfully sub
mit the following address :
The Whig members of the General Assem
bly, now in session at Harrisburg, on consult
ing together in relation to matters important to
the interests of the Commonwealth, find that no
provision has been made for nominating a Whig
candidate for the office of Canal Commission
er, to be voted for at the ensuing General
Election in October. The office is one of high
responsibility and importance its patronage is
extensive, and its influence upon the finances
of our State, immense. The present crisis of
affairs in Pennsylvania, imperatively demands
tha1 the office should be filled by a man of in
tegrity and sound principles honest and capa
ble not to be corrupted by grasping selfish
ne'ss, nor diverted from the straight-forward
course of duty, by party fear or political faror.
The wasteful extravagance of the dominant
party has involved our State in an enormous
debt of OVER FORTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
our taxes are enormous the honest farmer
and the hard-working mechanic have been de
luded and deceived by incorrect financial state
ments, made for party purposes and hungry
office-holders have fattened on the public re
sources, while the Commonwealth has been
brought to the verge of bankruptcy. All these
evils are justly chargeable upon the party in
power, and we believe the time has come for the
Whigs of the State to arouse to energetic ac
tion, and endeavor to put a stop to the continu
ance of such monstrous abuses. The first step
in the accomplishment of this great end, is an
earnest effort to secure the election of a sound
Whig, as Canal Commissioner. Let a candi
date be selected of known integrity, of compe
tent talents, of practical ability, thoroughly ac
quainted with the State, and possessing a per
fect knowledge of the public works let him
receive the cordial support of the Whig party
of the State, and the probabilities are strong
that his election will be secured, and a check
at once btt placed on the irregular, excessive
and ruinous policy of those in power.
Another subject of deep interest tn the whole
people of the State, is the evident intention on
the part of the State Administration, to abandon
the Protective Policy. The recent annual mes
sage of the Governor, leads irresistibly to this
belief. Pending the late Presidential election,
the " Tariff of '42" was inscribed on the ban
ners of the Locofoco party. Now these ban
ners are no longer visible, and the message of
the Executive advocates, clearly and decidedly,
a " Revenue Tariff', with incidental protection ;"
and the same ruinous setniments have been
openly avowed by leading Democrats on the
floor of the House of Representatives. For the
first time in the hisiory of our Slate, has this
doctrine been avowed among us, by any Ad
ministration for ihe first lime has a Governor
of Pennsylvania dared to deseri the true inter
ests of the Siate. and prove recreant lo that pol
icy which protects alike the farmer, the. me
chanic and the manufacturer, aiid promotes the
prosperity of all. Shall not the rebuke be
speedy and effectual ? Will not every man,
whether' Whig or Democrat, who regards his
own interest , who loves his Stale, and would
sec it free from the embarrassment of debt, and
its people thriving, successful and happy, 'repel
this monstrous aggression upon the protective:
policy ?
In this emergency it behooves the Whigpar
ty lo act promptly, and with vigor. The State
Administration has truckled to the free-trade
policy of a Southern President, and a strong
reproof from the Whig party, and from all who
A'.
who wereuaken out were also injured by j,e
rushing of the air. About one hundred anil (if.
ty inetwho were at work mining, some distance
rom Jthe 'fee the accident, escaped, but
horrible to reJate.TlFTEEN PERSONS, who
were at work propping up the mines, were ei
ther crushed instantly, or are walled in without
anyjippe of being rescued, as it will take weeki
to remove the immense mass of slate which has
regard the substantial interests of the State, fallen in; and if yet alive, will be compelled to
moie than adhesion to party, should be given die one of the most horrible of all deaths, that
without delay. We trust that the voters of .of starvation ! We have been furnished wiih
Pennsylvania will be no longer deceived by the
falsd professions of political leaders we trust
that every man who reads and thinks, will ex
amine and see for himself, this political treach
ery we trust thai the intelligent voters of eve
ry county, township and ward, will rally as one
man, denounce the shameful derelictions of
Locofoco leaders, and unitodly sustain, with a
cordial action, the Whig policy of a Protec
tive Tariff a policy essentially necessary
to develope the resources, and secure the pros
perity of the Stale, and properly to reward the
iudustiy and enterprise of the people.
In view of this position of affairs, the Whig
members of ihe Senate and House of Repre
sentatives, believe it lo be their duty to suggest
that the Whigs of the State meet in Siate Con
tention, for the purpose of nominating a Can
didate for Canal Commissioner of delib
erating upon subjects essential to the welfare
of the State, and of making arrangements for a
strong, decided, and overwhelming expression
POISON ! ! !
We think a man who will make and palm upon
of opinion at the ballot-boxes in October. They ; an unsuspecting person, a " Sugar Coated JPill,"
the . names of jhe.missing persons fourteen of
whom have families they are as follows:
Anthony Welsh, Mark Bre.nuan, Wijarn
Clines, Patrick Mitchell, Patrick Leonardo,
Henry More, James McGath, Michael Fahn,
Henry Derney, John Farrell, Patrick Walker,
Peter Crawley, John Hosey, Benj. William,
and a Son of Widow Brennin.
We are informed upon good authority, that
this accident will not retard the operations of
the Company.
' PL S. Since the above was in type, wB
learn that Mr. John Hosey, has made his way
out, having by Ins own exertions dug his wav
through the fallen slate with his hands oniv,
after having been incarcerated about 48 hours.
Two Doctors had a fight in Baltimore, on
Friday night last. One lost his spectacles in
the melee, and the other his hat. Nothing else.
accordingly recommend, (hat ihe usual number
of delegates be immediately chosen in the sev
eral counties of the Commonwealth, and that
the State Convention assemble in Harrisburg,
on Wednesday, the 11th day of March
next.
Senators. , . . .
Thomas Carson, John Morrison,
William A. Crabb, Joseph F. Quay,
John P. Sanderson,
A. Herr Smith,
C. C. Sullivan,
J. Wagenseller,
Win. Williamson.
Robert Darragh,
George Darsie,
James D. Dunlap,
Charles Gibbons,
Benjamin Jordan,
Members of the House oj Representatives.
John Brough,
Benj. Bartholomew,
Thomas J. Bigham,
H. M. Brackenridge,
John Bassler,
Christian Bentz,
Thomas G. Connor,
Theo. D. Cochran,
John R. Edie,
Alex. Hilands,
William W. Haly,
John B. Johnson,
Thomas B. Jacobs,
John C. Kunkel,
John Larkin, Jr.,
George Ladley,
George Morrison,
Benjamin Matthias,
M. Dan Magehan,
John M'Crum,
Jacob M'Curley,
John M'Farland,
Daniel M'Curdy,
Thomas Nicholson,
John M Pomeroy,
Thomas Pomroy,
William Price,
Lyman Robinson, -Reuben
Strouss,
Jacob G. Shuman,
John Stewart,
Thomas C. Steel,
Philip D. Thomas,
Charles B. Trego.
Harrisburg, Jan. 15, 1846.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
The most important incident of the week is
the defeat in the Senate of a pugnacious Joint
Resolution brought forward bv Mr. Allen, re
specting the interference of foreign powers in
the affairs of Governments on this Continent.
The motion for leave was laid on thelable 28
to 23, Messrs. Calhoun, Chalmers, Haywood,
McDuffie and Westcott voting with the major
ity. The debate on the Oregon question has
occupied much time of the House. Powerful
speeches against giving the "notice" have been
made by Messrs. Hunter and Bedinger of Vir
ginia. A large majority of the Virginia mem
bers appear to be in favor of peaceful measures.
From the Wayne County Herald, of the 4th inst.
Distressing Accident ! Shocking Ca
tastrophe !
Fifteen Persons, Either Buried Alive
or Crushed to Death!!!
It bcoomes our painful duty as faithful chron
iclers of the times, to record one of. the most
distressing and heart-rending accidents that ev
er has occurred in this country within, the pe
riod of our recollection. We have taken some
pains lo get the true particulars, as near as may
be, under the immense excitement which the
accident has occasioned. We gather them
jfrotn a gentleman who arrived here from Car-
bond a It; lal evening
On Monday an iminen-e mass of slate, about
jseven ncres in extent, fell from the roof of one
of the mines of ihe Delaware and Hudson Ca
nal Company, at Carbondale, upon the work
men below. The spot where the slate fell was
nearly a mile from the mouth of the mine.
Three persons were taken out seriously injured,
one of whom, a boy, died soon after the acci
dent, the other, hopes are entertained of their
recovery. The boy who died, was rfding a
horse at the time of ihe accident, and is sup
posed lo have been killed by the force of the
air rushing towards the mouth oT thymine; the
horse was alu killed. The other two perWns
not having on the box, Dr. G. Benfn Smith's sig
nature, would not hesitate to sell poison, regard
less of all consequences. No "Sugar Coated
Pills" can be relied upon, unless Dr. Smith's sip
nature is on the box, and fjj all others are either
imitation or counterfeit, and of course dangerou
to use.
Dealers furnished at the New York College of
Health, 179 Greenwich street. New York, ami
sold by
Agents in Monroe Co.
Schoch & Spering, Stroudsburg.
R. Huston & Co. do.
J no. iMarsh Co. Fennersville.
IC? CAUTION. As a miserable imitation has
been made, by the name of" Sugar Coaled Pdls,"
it is necessary, to be sure that Dr. G. Benjamin
Smith's signature is on every box. Price 25 cents.
Aug. 14, 1845.
MARRIED,
In the Presbyterian Church, in Milford, on
Sunday evening- the 11th inst , by the Rnv. Mr.
Pelobet, Mr. Oscar H. Mott, and Miss The
odocia A Clark, both of Milford.
NOTICE. .
The undersigned, the Auditor appointed bv
he Orphans' Court of Monroe county, to make
distribution of the remaining assets, to and a
mong the creditors of George Ruih, late of the
township of Hamilton, in said county, deceased,
will discharge the duties of his appointment on
Monday the 16ih day of February, 1846, at 10
o'clock a. m., at his office in the Borough of
Stroudsburg, where and when, the creduors,
and all persons interested may attend.
MORRIS D. ROBESON.
January 22, 1846. Auditor.
A Friend to all Nations.
WAR OR NO WAR I
NEW LINE.
The accommodation line of Stages bctwepn
Stroudsburg and Easton, will leave the home
of Edward Postens. Washington Hotel.) m
Stroudsburg, on Mondtty, Wednesday and Fri
day of every week, at 8 o'clock, a. m., and ar
rive in Easton at 2 o'clock, p. m , in time for
dinner ; returning on the following day, leaving
D. Connor's American Hoiel, on Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday at 8 o'clock, atul arri
ving at Stroudsburg at 2 o'clock, same day.
The subscriber begs leaye to inform ihe pub
lic, that he fras purchased the above line "t
stages from Messrs. Connor, Postens & Co,
the former proprietors, and that he is now abl
to carry passengers in as comfortable and. con
venient a Btylej as-any other route in the coun
ty. Fare through S 1 25.
ROBERT C. SLEATII,
Sole Proprietor and Driver
Stroudsburg, Jan. 22, 1846.
Dissolution of Partnership
The Co-parinership heretofore exiting be
tween ihe subscribers, under the name and fit"1
of Roys & Heller, is this day dissolved in"
mutual agreement, and all Notes and Hook ac
counts, due said firm, will be settled by
either of ihe subscribers.
HARVEY ROYS,
JOHN M. HELLER.
Milford,' January 15, 1846.
IVOXICE.
Th'e Carriage a'ud Wagon Making binine
will in future be conducted by the subsctiber.at
ihe old stand, who tenders his grateful acfcnnl"
inents for past favors and respectfully solicits
continuan.cq,of public patronage.
k,. JOHN M.. HELLER
Milford', January 15, 1846. 5t.