JEFFERSP;NIAN UEPITBLICAN "aay, February 12, 1840. Terms, $'.00in advance: $2.25, naif yearly; and $2,50 ifnot Pau befoiethe end of thcvear. 07 V. B. PALMER, Esq. is the Agent for this paper at his office of real estate and Country Newspaper agency in Philadelphia, North-West corner of Third and Chestnut streets ; Tribune buildings, Nassau sU, N. Y.; South East corner f Baltimore and Culvert sts., Baltimore, and No. 12, State street, Boston. Mr. Palmer will receive Tand forward subscriptions and advertisements for liie Jeffersoir.an Republican. Messrs MASON 4' TUTTLE, at 38 William street. Ifew York, are also our authorized Agents, 'o ceive and forward subscriptions and adver tisements for the Republican. We are indebted to the Hon. Richard Brod head, M. C, for a copy of Robert Dale Owen's peech, on the Oregon question. From Carboiidale. We learn that the bodies of five of the men lately buried by the caving in of the coal mines at that place, have been found, with every indi cation that their deaths were speedy, if not in Mantaueous. Four of them were apparently crushed to death by the mass of falling coal, jiiid the fifth was found with his legs broken by a mass of rock that rested on them : his bodv leaning back against a car, with his head sup ported by a raised hand. His sufferings must .have been short, though fearful. There is no Jiope of getting any of those remaining buried In the mines out alive. Appointment bv the Governor. William J$. Irvine, Esq., to be Pxesident Judge of the 19th Judicial District, composed of the counties of Adams and York, m the place of the Hon. D. Durkee, resigned. A Washington letter say, " Among the ru mors afloat concerning a resumption of the Or egon negotiation, is one that Mr. Pakenham has made an offer to the Government of the 49th parallel, with Vancouver's Island the line run ning through the Straits of Fuca eastwardly to the main land, and thence taking the parallel of 49 ; farther, that, as an alternative to this prop osition, Mr. Pakenham has offered arbitration." The Whig State Convention, of Ohio, met at Columbus on the 4th instant, and was oran ized by the choice of Col. Mather, of Licking, as President, and one Vice President from each Congressional District. Two hundred and niaely delegates were present, and on the sec ond ballot for a candidate for Governor, Wil liam Bebb, Esq., was successful in obtaining the highest number of -otcs. He was after wards unanimously nominated. Wr. Bebb was one of the Whig Electors in the late Presidential contest, a good stump speaker, and will make himself be heard to some pur pose, during the contest in which the Whigs of Ohio are about to enter. Late and Important from Mexico. ANOTHER REVOLUTION We are indebted to our friend of the Herald and Tribune, for the perusal of a letter from Pensacola, written on Saturday last, from which we learn that the TJ. S. brig Somers had just arrived at port from Vera Cruz, bringing the important intelligence that Gen. Arista had de clared against the Paredes Government and in favor of the restoration of Herrera ; that through out the country the people were organizing in opposition to the present Administration, as signing as a reason their dread of war and j bloodshed, regretting their having permitted Paredes to overthrow the Herrera Administra tkm. Mr. SlideU was still at Jalapa, with brightening prospects. Such is the brief and hasty account furnish ed by the Herald's correspondent, who wrote just as the mail was leaving, with a promise to furnish full particulars in another letter. From the nature of the intelligence we infer that the people of Mexico are not prepared to encounter a war with the United States, and that that ill fated country is on the eve of another revolu tion. Mobile Daily Advertiser, Feb. 2. Married in Jail. A professor of music was married in the jail of Lycoming county, Pa., week before last. He was committed on a breach of promise, and married the lady for the purpose of getting out of jail, after which he absquatulated. It has been ascertained that the expense of firing salutes by our men-of-war, in honor of the visit of this or that nincompoop, has beer, for the. last year, $10,000 more than the Post Office Department has lost by the introduction of cheap postage. fail Road ttfeetiuff. At a meeting of the ciuzens of tho county of Pike, held in pursuance of previous notice,- at the Court House in Milford, on Saturday the 7th mst., Hon. JOHN H. BRODHEAD, was appointed Chairman, Samuel Dimmick and Wm Brodhead, Vice Presidents, and David Van Gorden and Horace L. West, Secretaries. The object of the meeting having been sta ted, the following gentlemen were, on motion, appointed a committee to draft resolutions ex pressive of the views of the meeting, viz : John M. Heller, W. C. Salmon, J. B. La Forge, H. S. Mott, T. J. Ridgeway, E. B. Eldred and Samuel Courtright. The committee reported the following pre amble and resolutions, which were unanimous ly adopted : Whereas, a Bill is now before the House? of Representatives of this State, which, should it be enacted, would authorize the construction of a portion of the New York and Erie Rail Road through the county of Pike : And Whereas, the People of Northern Pennsylvania, in view of their great and direct interest in the passage of said Bill, have recommended the meeting of a Convention at Dundaff, in Susquehanna coun ty, on the 1 1 tli ins!., 41 for the purpose of con centrating public opinion" in furtherance of their common object : Therefore Resolved, That the said Bill as reported by the Committee upon " Internal Im provements," meets with our entire approbation, and that we await the action of our Legislature upon it, in the full confidence that justice will be done to Northern Pennsylvania, since it has been shown by often repeated and unanswera ble arguments that no other section of the State can be injuriously affected thereby. Resolved, That we perceive with pleasure that the citizens of several of the neighboring counties are alive to the great interests they have at stake, and that we highly approve of the proposed Convention at Dundaff, on the 1 1th instant. Resolved, That the following persons be ap pointed delegates from the county of Pike, to the proposed Convention, viz : Milford W. C.Salmon, H. S. Mott, T. J. Ridgway, C. C. D. Pinchot, S. Dimmick, Har vey Roys, J. M. Heller, J. S Wallace, J. T. Cross, E. B. Eldred, Oscar H. Mott, Dr. John Schimmell, D. A. A. Lines, E. Eldred, J. H. Wallace, C. W. DeWilt, J. B. La Forge, Col. J. Westbrook, James Watson, H. L. West, B. A. Biddis, M. Dimmick, David Wells, Dr. F. A. Smith, J. Cornelius. WestfallUon. J. H. Brodhead, J. T. Quick, D. Van Gorden, R. C. Bull, Cornelius West fall, H. C. Middaugh. Dingman Theo. Bowhanau, J. V. Vanau ken, J. R. Brink, S S. Thrall, G. B. Olmstead, E. Drake, D. Bunell. Delaware O. S. Dimmick, W. F Brodhead, M. W. Dingman, J. B. Westbrook, Benj. Fra zier, W. T. Wilson. - . Lehman Henry Lahar, Jacob Nyce, Wm. Place, G. Brodhead, Dr. J. J. Linderman. Lackawaxen Daniel Decker, John Westfall, A. Shimer, A. Griswold, M. D Graham, E. Kimble, D. B. Ridgeway. Palmyra Stephen Dimond, Rudolphus Bing ham, Geo. Pallet, Moses Killam, Wm Shotise, M. Bingham, L. Westbrook, John Decker. Greene David Carlton, Jr., E. Mott, James Simons, T. J. Dickinson, John Kip. Resolved, That we hereby repeat our request to our immediate representatives in the Legis lature to use their best exertions to procure the passage of said Bill as reported. Resolved, That the proceedings of thi meet ing be signed by the officers and published in the Jeffersonian Republican, and that a copy he sent to our Senator and Representative at Harrisburg. (Signed by the Officers) - ' ' Taxes. The following opinion of the Attorney Gen eral, relative to taxing salaries, will be found of public interest. To Messrs. Justus, Grover and Burk, County Commissioners : Gentlemen : In reply to your nolo of the 21st inst., I have to express my opinion, thajj under the 34th section of the act of 29ih of April, 1844, all persons, whether officers, clerks or others, receiving salaries, or emoluments of office under the regulations of the State, or un der the laws of an incorporated company, are liable to a tax of two per cent, on the amount so receivable annually beyond two hundred dol lars ; and that clerks and others employed in private establishments, are liable to a tax of one per cent, upon the value of their occupation a bove two hundred dollars pur annum. 1 am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, J. K. KANE, Office of the Attorney General, Jan. 22, 1346. r l is said jhjue JoQOO.Odd Fallows in the United Stales. LEGISLATIVE NEWS. Correspondence of the Inquirer and Gazette. Harrisburg, Feb. 7. 1846. The Tariff debate was continued yesterday in the afternoon, by Messrs. Bigharn, Burnside and Burrell, when the committee of the whole rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. The House refused leave to sit again, so the Senate resolutions came up a second reading. Mr. Burrell immediately offered his amendment, which in spirit, accords with the President's Message. When this amendment had been offered, the previous question was called, and sustained by a vole of 57 to 36. By the rules of the House the previous ques tion only cuts off debate, and the vote was ta ken on the amendment pending. The amend ment of Mr. Burrell was negatived. Yeas 37, nays 57. The Senate resolutions were then adopted. Yeas 7-9, nays 13. The resolutions thus having passed .second reading, the rtde was dispensed with, and they came up for final passage. Mr. Piollet then moved to go into Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of engrafting an amendment on them, against a National Bunk, against a distribution of the proceeds of the pub lic lands, and in favor of the Independent Treas ury ! He spoke with great warmth on this mo tion. Ho said the House had adopted the talk ing creed, and he desired to see them enforce the democratic creed along with it. Col. Burn side opposed this motion, but it prevailed by the party vote, and the amendment of Mr. Pi ollet was engrafted. The resolutions then passed by democratic votes, the Whigs refusing to vote on the question, so they go back to the Senate with the amendment attached. The opinion prevails that the Senate will negative this amendment, and that the House will then concur. In this case, the voice of Pennsylva nia will be as it has always been, strong for the Tariff, and for the Tariff of 1842. Is it not queer that the people holding whig doctrines should not employ agents to carry them out ? Why entrust them to enemies ? February 7. Senate. The Speaker presented the pro ceedings of the Councils of Pittsburg, in favor of the right of way ; also a remonstrance against the same from the Commissioners of the dis trict of Kensington. On motion of Mr. Bigler, the Senate took up and finally disposed of the bill granting special compensation to Messrs. McDowell, Mills and Taylor, for their services in prosecuting the Flanagans. The bill passed. Mr. Dunlop again called up his resolution for closing the Senate chamber on Sunday, and af ter another warm discussion, on motion of Mr. Gibbons, it was indefinitely postponed. Yeas 17, nays 14. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Cor porations, reported a supplement to the act in corporating the Philadelphia Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Sullivan (same) reported a bill to incor porating the OIney Manufacturing Company. The Senate then resumed the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bill. The question was on its in definite postponement. Mr. Crab I) took the floor and continued his -speech in favor of the notice until the hour of adjournment. House. Mr. Kunkcl presented the proceed ings and a memorial from the late Convention in favor of rail road to Piitsburgh, middle route. Mr. Means introduced a bill to incorporate the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Carlisle. Mr. Eldred (Jud.) teporled a bill relative to Mechanics' Liens. Mr. Burd (Select) a bill to alter the survey for regulating the Hay Dock. On motion of Mr. Bartholomew, the bill rel ative to the Harrisburg and Erie Railroad was considered and passed. On motion of Mr. Knox, the New York and Erie Railroad bill was taken up, 54 to 31. Mr. Kunkle offered a resolution for the ap pointment of a committee of three, to inquire and report by whom and at. .whose instance cer tain anonymous papers, purporting in he an ex tra from the .Berk County Jefferson Democrat, had been laid on the members' tables this morn ing. There was some debate on the motion, an(l Mr- Burrell had the floor when tho hour of j adjournment arrived Correspondence of the U. S. Gazette. Harrisburg, Feb. 9 noon. House This was petition day, and a large number were forthcoming. On moiion of Mr. Enue, the Commissioners of Philadelphia County were requested to fur nish a statement of the amount of property ex empt by law or otherwise, from taxation in the city and county of Philadelphia. The bill to compensate Thomas C. McDow ell and others for prosecuting the Flanagans in Cambria county, was then taken up and after sojiic discussion paired finally. 1: In Senate After the presentation of peti tions, &c. Mr. Fegely read a bill to extend the time for commencing and completing the Hamburgh and Allentown Railroad. A Resolution was. adopted to meet in the af ternoon to consider private bills. The Tariff Resolutions were then taken up, when a question of order being raised by Mr. Gibbons as to the amendment added by the House on Saturday, the subject was laid over for the present. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bill was then taken up. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. Washington, Feb. 2, 1846. Senate. Mr. Miller ptesenteil resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, remonstra ting against the repeal of the pilot act of March 2, 1837. Mr. Greene presented resolutions of the Le gislature of Rhode Island, against any increase of the present rates of postage. Various reports were received from Standing Committees, but none of them wero of tpecial importance. House. Resolutions on Oregon were sub mitted by Mr. Dargin of Alabama, Mr. Tibbatts of Ky., Mr. Pettit of Indiana, and Mr. Brown of Va. They were all referred to the Commit tee of the Whole and ordered printed. Mr. Winthrop of Mass. presented the peti tion of the widow of Capt. Gray, who discov ered the mouth of the Columbia River. It was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims and ordered printed. Mr. Harper of Ohio presented the Resolu tions of his State Legislature, in favor of erect-j ing a bridge over the Ohio River, on the Na tional Road, at Wheeling. Tho House then went into Committee of the Whole. February 3d. Senate. Nothing1 of importance was done. The debate on the Navy Steamer bill was laid over on account of Mr. Wescoit's absence. Mr. Calhoun presented the. proceedings of the Mem phis Convention, and the Senate soon after went into Executive Session. HousE.-Mr. Dromgoole introduced a bill ab rogating the Convention with Great Britain rel ative to Oregon, which was read and referred, A resolution was offered and laid over, calling on the President for information as to our rela tion with Mexico, ami particularly whether any part of the army and navy had been ordered to move towards Mexico, with the reasons for such proceeding. A resolution was adopted calling for information from the President con cerning the State of our relations with Great Britain, on the Oregon question. The Oregon Debate was then resumed by Mr. Leake, of Va. who spoke in opposition to the Notice. Mr. Strong, of N. Y. followed in favor of the Notice, in a speech consisting chiefly of extracts from public documents. February 4th. Senate. Johnson, of Maryland, presented a memorial for the adoption of international rules for the settlement of difficulties between nations. He also presented a memorial for the assump tion, by the United States, of the unpaid Mex ican indemnity. House A resolution to stop the debate on the Oregon resolutions, on the 9th inst. was of fered ; and on motion, laid on tho table yeas 53 nays 91. So the Oregon debate is to go on ad libitum. Mr. Bell, of Ky., made a speech in favor of claiming Oregon to ihe greatest extent. In giving the notice he would add to it anything honorable which might tend to preserve peace. Did not believe that war would follow the giv ing of the notice. lie is a young man of abil ity, and speaks fluently and well. Mr. B. had not concluded when this report closed. On McNuhy'a return to Mount Vernon, Ohio, he was saluted by 36 rounds from an old field piece and escorted to the Court House, where he delivered a speech on politics, morality, &c. and berated Mr. Leonard, one of his securities Exchange Paper. A r.- I . ..f I . r i- t i i.iir hiiuipiu in ijocoioco morality L.et a man steal the public funds, or plot treason against tho Slate, he will ho received wiih ev ry public deinonstraiion of joy by the party, and the example held up as worthy of imitation. That McNulty siole upwards of $30,000 of the public funds, there is no doubt and it is well known tjiat he slipped clear only because thero was no law to punish him in the district. So completely reckless had ha bocomo before tri al, that even his security delivered him up to the puhlic authorities; yet this man is received with processions, amidst the" firing of cannon ! Shame! Shamk! ! SMA.MR !!' .New York Market. Saturday, Feb. 7. FLOUR. Wheat Flour $5 62 a 5 56 per barrel. Jersey Corn Meal is $3 75 a $4 00. Buckwheat of prime quality is scarce; $4 00 a 4 25 per barrel; bags 1 87 a 2 00 per hundred. GRAIN. Sales of 6000 bushels Southern Corn at 64 ctB. weight. In Wheal no opera tions have been made public. Rye is nomin ally 80 cts. Oats Northern 48 a 50; Southern and Jersey 40 a 43. FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MARKET BEEF Good Beef is now worth 7 1-2 cts. and brings that readily. Poorer qualities rango down as low as 5 cents. SHEEPThere is great variety in the price of Sheep, and they can be bought for from SI to $15. A fair average for fine Sheep, however, is $4 to $6. PORK- Fresh is worth $5 1-2 cents and plenty. There is a great deal in market, and sales are sometimes made even lower than our figures. VEAL. Good Veal is scarce, and Calves in good condition sell readily at 5 cents. FISH. There is an excellent supply and variety of Fish in Market. Boston Cod aro worth $4; Live Cod 5; Bass 8; Perch 4 50 per ICO ; Smelts 8; Eels 5 and slippery at that. CHICKENS- Good nice chickens are n scarce as buttercups, and sell quickly fur 46 a 75 cents per pair. " TURKEYS. Are worth 9 cts. per lb. By the piece they are retailed at 88 cts. to SI 25 the fattest ones being gobbled up by the Hotel-keepers to be gobbled down by their guests. DUCKS. Aro worth 75 cts. a SI per pair. GEESE. 62 1-2 a piece. Some of ihem are very strong and hearty. BUTTER The best quality of Butter is worth 22 cts. per lb. From that it ranges down to 14 cts. The market is not very well sup plied. EGGS. Are worth SI 87 cts per hundred, and scarce. CHEESE. Sells readily at 7 a 9 cts. POTATOES. Bring SI per bushel, and not very plenty. A Business Card. A New York Carman issues the following "Card," doubtless hoping thereby to get patron age from all good tee-totallers : GEO. T. HALL, Cart No. 3015. Residence, 45 Elizabeth street. Old Alcohol I will not cart, But all things else with all my heart ; Old Dick and I have now good dinner?, Come sign the pledge, ye drinking smneia. The Court of Errors, now in session at Tren ton, have recently decided a case commenced some 40 years ago. The lawyers must be re luctaul to part wirh so "long tried" a lrtend. Two hundred Mormons residing in Wayne, Oakland and Lapeer counties, Michigan, have lately left to join their brethren uow about imi- grating to California. In a late experiment, seed Corn from the small end of the ear, produced only half ai much corn as seed selected from the middle of the the ear. This is worthv of special notice A young woman at Meriden, Conn., recent!) walked a distance of twelve miles through the snow for a wager of $500, which was prompt ly paid her "and no questions asked." The St. John's (New Brunswick) Observer! of the 2.0th ult., has the following : "Supreme Court.- Yesterday, Andrew, Ferguson was fried for the murder of his wife, in August last." I kt n n . n . n . iitiim. .... I nno I .fill I1J 1 - I . II I ... li ruraim vi,vou glasses ui rum wiiiiiii uiit 1. n I non i -1 il.irir.t v years, and is not satisfied yet. Fiddling by Machinery. i aii mgeiiiuus Virginian lias imvgiiigu which is played by keys like a piano, and t f i 1 uraiiH, on iue principle oi wie uanu uig- worKs rapiuiy, we unuerstanu. oieam p""" we suppose is applicable. A paper in the West abuses a profm!"11"' gentleman as a " briefless lawyer. im i'"u isville Journal takes his cotemporary t 13si admonishes him never to abuse a man triM?4 a cause. i tie waaningion union cans tne voie m houses of Congress, by which the public ing was given 10 mat paper at rates oi i r r . n cent, nigr.or man otners onereu to no n. t t i l it T triumph of the spirit of union in the hepttw parly We think the people will consul' the triumph of the spirit of plunder in il1P publican party .-:Lowell Journal.
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