JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, Iff arch 5, 1840. Terms, $5,00 tn advance: $2.25, imlf yearly; and $2,50 il not paid befoietlic end of the vear. ff V. B. PALMER, Esq. is the Agent for ihis paper at his office of real estate and Country Newspaper agency in Philadelphia, North-West corner of Third and Chestnut streets ; Tribune buildings, Nassau St., N. Y.; South East corner of Baltimore and Calvert sts., Baltimore, and No. 12, State street, Boston. Mr- Palmer will receive and forward subscriptions and advertisements for the Jeffersonian Republican. Messrs. MASON $ TUTTLE, at 38 William street, New York, are also our authorized Agents, to receive and forward subscriptions and adver tisements for the Republican. UP Hon. R. Brodhead, of the U. S. House of Representatives, and Messrs. Eldred arid Snyder, of the Penna. Legislature, will please accept our thanks fur public documents. The Oregon Question. The debate on the Oregon Question in the Senate, is still progressing. Oji Thursday last a strong effort was made by Messrs. Webster, Calhoun, and sevral other Senators, to have he question taken on the -subject of giving the ' year's notice to England to terminate the Treaty of joint-occupancy, but the particular friends of' ibe President were afraid to meet it, and il was j therefore postponed, and that body adjourned ! over to Monday. It is now conceded by every i nnp that ihn miPMinn nfenniin will Ua noec.j i -..w - - -J - . . . .Um..u ,4 w JUOOUU by a handsome majority. And what may ap pear somewhat surprising to the Loco Focos, many of the Whig Senators are more anxious to record their votes in lis favour than some of' jheir own parly. Tlie IlSonrcc i,JLyre"--aaiii! We neglected in our last, to notice an article vhich appeared in the Monroe "Democrat," alias Monroe " Lyre," of ihe previous week, in which the Whig members of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and the Whig party generally, are most grossly misrepresented on the subject of ihe Tariff". The veritable editor takes hold of the circumstance that the Whig members of the House of Representatives, on the 12th of February, did not vote in favour of the Resolu tions instructing, our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress to vote in fa rour of sustaining the Tariff". In commenting upon this, however, he con ceals, with a tjS loco foco policy the most im portant facts ifironueciion with it. He forgets, entirely, to tell his readers, that his loco foco j friends amended the Resolutions in such a way ! that no Whig would know them for his own, and for which no good Whig could vote with out a sacrifice of principle. Schoonover, very carefully neglected to tell, that a clause in fa vour of the Sub-Treasurv and against the Distribution of the proceeds of the Public Lands, &c, was added to them. This changed their complexion entirely, and the Whigs refused to vote for them. How could they do otherwise 1 As well might you expect the Bank haling locos to vote for Reso lutions in favour of a United States Bank, or for the veritable and candid editor of the "lyre" to publish a fair and honest article in relation to the Whigs. The Columbian magazine. The March number of the Columbian has been received, aud is a truly splendid-affair. Jt cdniains two beautiful engravings, one of " Rip Van Winkle," and the other of " Gen. Gage and the Boston Boys." The reading matter is excellent. Canal Commissioner. The Loco Foco State Convention to nomi nate a candidate for Canal Commissioner as sembled at Harrisburg, yesterday. It was thought that William B. Foster, the President of ihe present Board, would be nominated for re-election.. Nearly a majority of the Dele gates were instructed to vote for hira. Sleighing. We learn from an exchange paper, that the people of Portland, Maine, have had eighty eight days of sleighing this winter, with ihe prospect of nearly half as many more. The good people of Stroudsburg are not far behind them. But, although fond of the sport, none of ihem desire even quarter as much more as they have had. They would be glad to .see ihe carih carpotted wilh green, and bid adieu lo the snows and frosts.ifor a twelve month. Gen. R. M. Saunders, of N. C. has been ap ointed,,AmbassadorJo Spain, in place of Wash- jngton Irving, jecallcd at lusawn request. &argc Hail Stones. It hailed at Mobile on the 19ih of February. when stones fell as large as hens' . eggs, and done "reat damages. LEGISLATIVE NEWS. Harrisburg, Feb. 25, 1846. Senate. Mr. Anderson from the Commit tee on Corporations, reported a supplement to the Plymouth CoalCompany'a charter. Mr. Sullivan, from the Judiciary Committee,: . reported a bill relative to Justice's of the Peace. Among the prh'ato bills passed yesterday through final reading, was one to - incorporate the Olney Manufacturing Company. House. Mr. Hill, (Montgomery) read in place, a new bill to reduce the expenses of Go vernment. Mr. Eneu, in place, a bill granting the election of Inspectors of the Philadelphia County Prison, to the .County Board, Mr. Merrifield, a bill relative to the use of Locomotives by Companies using connecting j railroads; Mr. Fernon, a bill to prevent Millers and Packers from using old barrels in packing! flour. I he General Appropriation Bill was then , ', . again taken up. I he question was upon an , . . amenumeui ouerea ny ijr. ivnox, appropriating money to pay the salaries of the Judges accord ing to the decision in Judge Hopkin's case. Mr. Burrell opposed the amendment at length, not approving of the decision of the Supreme Court in that case. Mr. Burnside and Mr. Mageehan spoke at considerable length in favor of the amendment, and Messrs. Hill of Montgomery and Nicholson opposed the amendment. The amendment in creases the salaries of eight President Judges to $2000, and interferes with no others. The question pending. On motion of Mr. Dnnlap, the Judiciary Com mittee was instructed to enquite into the expe diency of bringing in a Bill authorizing the tri al of misdemeanors by a jury before Justices of the Peace, where the defendants elect to pro ceed in that wa) A communication was received from the State Treasurer and Auditor General in reply to a resolution of the House, giving a tabular statement in relation to the taxes assessed, col lected, and outstanding in the various counties of the Commonwealth; 200 copies of which were ordered to be printed. February 27. The bill to make an outlet at Wells Falls on the Delaware Division of the Canal, was un der discussion. House. On motion of Mr. James It was or dered that the House hold afternoon on Fridays hereafter. sessions Mr. Burnside (Judiciary) to whom was re - ferred the petition of colored citizens of Alle- j gnany, asking tor an amendment to the Consii- j which shall be mutually advantageous ; which tution to allow blacks to vote, reported that it is J shall be, on the whole, (and I am not for con inexpedient, and moved that the Commuted bo ceding more,) as advantageous to the interests discharged from the further consideration of the j of this nation, to every class of industry here, subject. as j, sj,a (je ,0 them. 1 have not considered, A letter was received from the Secrelary of1 the Commonwealth, in reply to a resolution of the House in regard to the number of bills passed and signed, but not enrolled or printed on accouni oi ine non-payment or tne Mate lax 'qucstion when it comes up. The whole bur thereon. j jeu 0r my argument had reference to the Ore- i f r I77i7 r r v i g(,n question, and that is one which should Jas. McDowell (Ex-Governor of irginia,) b , , . , . , . k u i.j . i a13"" y elf and oe judged by us own merits. P.L I "ecu ciuuicu, wiiuuui unpusilIOU, lO V.On- i gress, to supply the vacancy occasioned by ihe death of Mr. Taylor. Hj3 The duty proposed to be imposed by;u!tl I10t oe yielded up. If Great Britain WalkerTs British Tariff" Bill, averages 1 9 73-100 should throw open her ports it will have nothing per cent being less than 20 per cent. At this j to do with this question. In reference to that, rate it will require an importation of foreign ar- iny "pinion is that we should treat with her, tides to the amount of about one hundred and fifty millions of dollars to defray the expenses ' of Government from duties. As our exnorta-' .: n,i . . lations and importations are now ncarlv nnim f-amoun.in to about $1 1 7.000.000 this hill wiii x a , , j throw the balance of trade against us which will soon drain our country of all its specie and bring about another general state of Bank ruptey Miners' Jouranl. Winch is the British Party Country ? in Read the following notice of Mr. Locofoco Walker's report, from an English paper, per Cambria, and then see the difference between the locofoco party and vihat are called by them "British Whigs." "The new policy of the U. S., as indicate in the report of the American secrelary of the treasury, has commanded much attention in the British Parliament. Sir Robert Peel spoke highly of the report m the great speech, in wuivu-uctiiiMuuubuu mo uc ami, auu suusc- quently, at ihe request ol Lord Monteagle, the government consented to reprint the document, and place il on the tables of both houses of par liamentan honor which was probably never awarded to any similar document before." A Senator in a 2i!casima. THE OREGON AND THE TARIFF. We invite attention to the following passage in the ptocoedings .of the Senae a day or two ago, as reported by the National Intelligencer. It will be seen thai Mr. Clayton put some ra ther puzzling and searching questions to Mr Dickinson. Mr. J. M Clayton. Will the Senator per mit me to ask a single question ? 1 understood him to say yesterday, in speaking of this sub ject, that, he was willing, if a commercial treaty j was proposed by England to meet her half way. Ami to understand by this that the Sen ator ts willing to yield free trade, if she offer free trade to us ? Mr. Dickinson. I will endeavor to make myself understood. I felt the same difficulty in the discussion of the question that the Sen ate did in listening to it. The interest had ne cessarily passed away, in the protracted dis cussion which has taken place. 1 felt bound, ! nevertheless, to express my views upon the cllKltvrt !U Milim'ilP.I i C tv 1 : tc ft tax F x?tti TLJ ,. , , . ,'. What I intended to say in relation to a treaty , T ,, ' . , . , ...... , , , , spirit in which any advance may be made by , 1 T ,. , . , , J her. 1 did not propose either free trade or a! u'nc i rnn hi nintul h nnlntwl in tlici cfiinu propose eitner iree trade or a protective tariff. I proposed reciprocal atlvan - tages. 1 proposed to treat her as becomes an enlightened commercial nation, in a spirit of re ciprocity. Does the Senator understand me? Mr. Clayton. The gentleman will under stand to what I allude. In the report of his remarks I find the following : " Whenever Great Britain shall propose a commercial treaty, interesting to this Govern ment, 1 hope we shall meet her half way ; 1 hope we shall meet her in the same spirit of concession, of compromise, and good feeling which should characterize two great nations. I hope we shall enter into it, in a spirit which becomes us as a nation." The Senator afterwards remaiked: The Almighty has created mouths there, land materials to feed them here. The territo ries of this continent are destined for the pro duction of that material, not under her Govern ment, but under a Government of freedom " Taking these passages in connexion, I un derstood that he was ready to make a commer cial treaty on the subject of the tariff and I wish to know if he is willing to make a treaty tariff! Mr. Dickinson. I will answer the Senator. I had no allusion to any particular kind of trea- ty, nor to any particular kind of tariff; nor can I now Jje drawn into discussio'n upon any. 1 ! meant that 1 would meet England, as 1 said, half way. Mr. Cj.AyroN. In what kind of commercial ireaty? Mr. Dickinson. In th nd they propose, nor am I now able, nor disposed in this discus- sion if I were able, to consider precisely what ' kind of treaty should be made between the two nations, il will be time enough to discuss that IThe territory should be retained by us if it be ,, . , , , , . , longs to us, if not, it should be yielded ; but I insisted it does belong to us, and therefore and meei her at least half way. " T Doctor Irrankltn answered this question in a .i 1 single "ntenco : " Tho foolish part of mankind, says tho Doctor, will make wars from timo 10 timo with each other, not having sense enough other wise to settle their differences." A Democratic meeting was held at Somerset 3m llii!c0un,.v a- a fevv a's since, when the fol lowing among oilier resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That Oregon is ours up to 54 dec. J 40 min. north latitude that we will have our own, peaceably if we can, but have it we will Resolred, That Mexico shall never, wnh our consei.t, be governed by a crowned head though England, France, and Spain, with a (ripple cord, should attempt lo bind it there. Resolved, lhal lhe free soil of the American Continent can never he the tramping ground of j European monarchs--nor can the citizens thero 0 ever oe tne sutjects ol u IS-iug, or submit to mouarchial dictation Toll Rkduceu. Tho .Canal Commission ers have reduced the rales of Toll on the Statu workb abutil 20 nor com. - j ILatc froiis Ptluxicu. -' The Hon. Mr. Sltdell left the city of -Mexico to return to the United States on the I7th Jan uary. The passport for which he applied was refused by the government, but he was fur nished with an oscort to Vera Cruz. The pass port was refused upon the ground that he was not a Special Minister of the United States for the settlement of the affairs of Texas his ap pointment being that of a Minisier Plenipoten tiary, which was in violation of the agreement made with Herrera's government to receive a Special Minisier for a special purpose only. The Corpus Christi Gazette, extra, contains intelligence brought by despatch, which, if any reliance can he placed in i, would go to show that Purodes i endeavoring to raise a heavy force to act against Texas. On the 14th of January, the Minister of War issued an order fur all the unattatched officers (oficiales suelio.-) in depot, to repair immediate y to the frontier, and jnin the army concentra ting upon the Rio Grande, for the defence of th eir national rights in Texas. The present number of these officers is about 5000. These alone are sufficient to officer an army of 100, 000, j un me same uny, a circular oruer was is- ' sued by the Minisier of ihe Interior to the Gov ernors of Departments or Siates, that all the an cient presidial cavalry, regular troops, about 3000 fctrong should be immediately mustered into service for the invaion of Texas and de fence of the Rio Grande. On the 15th January, Gen. Paredes issued a circular order to all the Governors of States, that wiihin forty days .from that date they shall furniMithe necessary quota of men infill "P the army of invasion to a war complement- 60,000 men. The present army does not ex- ceed 40,000. The troops now at the capital are constantly drilled with a view to act in large bodies. 35ow England obtained lyelaml. The venerable John Quincy Adams, in his able speech in the House of Representatives, recently while urging the validity of our title to Oregon, said: " The Pope was in the cus- torn of giving away not only all barbarious coun- tries, with their inhabitants, but, at limes, civ- ilized countries, loo. He dethroned sovereions. , - . D I j laid their kingdoms under an interdict, and ex communicated them; and all this was submit ted to. And the government of Great Britain, at this day, holds Ireland by no other title. Three hundred years before the grant lo Ferdi- ' nand and Isabella, Pope Adrian gave Ireland ; to Henry II, of England ; and England holds j the island under that title now, unless, indeed, ', she sets up another title by conquest: but Ire- land, if in form conquered, has been in almost : perpetual rebellion ever since. England has been obliged to reconquer her some half dozen i times, and if she means to do it again, now, she must begin soon. The question has been raised whether Ireland shall be independent, and, if we get into a war with England, it will bo a pretty serious matter lor her to maintain her title." A couple of Rocky Mmmtain Wolves esca ped from their cage in the .menagerie of Herr Driesbach, at Zanesville, Ohio, n few days since. The Gazette gives the following ac count of the conflict to secure them : Ai the time, there were four men in the buil ding, llerr Driesbach, Paul Morgan. Abraham Shinier, and Arthur Crippen, but unaccustomed as they were to such animals, they thought on ly of saving the smaller animals that were fas tened to different pans of the bmlding, without apprehending personal danger to themselves. Crippen ran out of the building to get a pitch fork, when closing the door after him it fas tened itself, which kept him out. Morgan has tened lo take care of the tiding monkey, when one of ihe wolves attacked him, and got him down, and as Shinier ran to Ins assistance, he was attacked and overpowered by the other wolf. Ai this moment Driesbach was the only? one li. engaged, and picking up a chaiMho dashed tt lo pieces, to obtain a rounder a club. With this at one blow he disabled the wolf that had attacked Shinier, but other held wiih a deah grip, and required -fopeated blows; nor did he relinquish the attack until he was knocked dead rhe disabled oni? was af - terward shot. The . men were badly lihten. and had 'they been alone, would inevitably havo been killed, lor one of them was already faint mg. Sl)OtS OH tl.C SUII. Several dark ppots are now visible disic of the sun. The area of one of them uj greater than, that of .the American continent. Two of them may bu seen distinctly through lhe smallest telescope ; but ihe eye should sbei carefully protected while observing them by means of colored or smoked gluss. onho A Strange Genius. The N.-Y. Globe d raws the following picture of a disciple of St. Crispin in that city, wt 10 takes an occasional jaunt among the " Upper 1 en 1 housand. A little cobbler of the upper part of our city is so anxious to be up in the world, that he will work industriously for several weeks until h0 has earned six or eight dollars: when, renoun cing his apron and last, he dons a first rate suit and takes board at the Astor, where he may be seen strutting about with the utmost conse quence giving orders like a lord to the servants and exhibiting himself with a cigar and opera glass on tho Astor House steps until his mnnrv runs out, when he again turns to his work. bench to save enough for another "bio he calls it. a United States IHiut. The President has transmitted to Congress a report from Mr. Patterson, the Director of iha Mints, which states that the whole coinage for the year, at the three mints in operation,. mounted to $5,068,595 comprising $3,755 - j 447 in gold, $1,873,203 in silver, and S30.0B in copper coins. Portable Saw Hill. A portable horse power mill, for saw inn limber, has been invented by Mr. George Paj;e, of Baltimore The mill is said to be capable of cutting with a four horse power, from uu thousand to fifteen hundred feet of timber rr day, or from eighteen hundred to two thousand feel per day with a horse power. One great advantage it possesses is the facility with which it can be removed to any point, making it m- vaJUabIe lo persons owning targe timber tract, , aving lhe ,rouble auJ expenae of fmm.. jjeavy j03 The Anderson, (S. C.) Gazette says: "We learn that there is great distress in some of the districts east of this, on account of the scarcity of corn, while cattle and other stock are said f to be dying for the want of provender, and it is 1 with difficulty that many can obtain bread for j their families. With us times would have leei quite easy, had not other districts drawn on us j largely for supplies, which has raised the price of corn to one dollar per bushel, and scarce at that. Alilwaukie, Wisconsin, is to be made a city. Il has a population of ten thousand. There is a baby three years old at Newcas tle, Pa , which weighs one hundred and ten pounds, aud measures thirty six inches round the chest The opinion has been expressed by many of the first surgeons of this age, thai one half the cases of cancer on ihe lip originates in the pressure of lhe slem of a tobacco pipe upon the Hp. , r It is estimated by the Delta, that there are now in New-Orleans, ai least three hundred professional blacklegs, ihe chief portion of whom board at the fashionable hotels. There has been a shower of worms in Xew Hampshire. They were of a brown color, "with about 12 or 16 legs" apiece. The use of diseased potatoes in IrelanJ by lhe destitute poor is becoming, as was expect ed, a frightful source of fever and disease. A fearful increase in the number of fever patients has taken place in the hospital ofFermoy. Mr. Scofield of Morristown, N. J. advertises for 50 head of catile to bo kept on his farm "nil noxt grass." The advertiser must farm to some purpose. ISARltYEI, On lhe 1st inst., by the Rev. Win. Scribner, Mr. Robert W. Kiple, of Coolbaugh town ship, and Miss Catherine Heller, of Tan nersvillc5 jr . MED, On Monday evening the 2d inst., ai his reM- , denco in Siroudtburg? after t days, DANIEL STROUD, an illness ui a"- it ..r . v ag ..il 7.9 vears. 'J months and 10 days. The deceased was a member of the Society of Friends. He was favorably known by a lnnif rtrnln f nnni!nltmnP4 fil !lill!;t' I ! abroad : and his death, though at a gooJ ' age, will leave a sensible void. AWei lMi"r served his family and socioty in various capa ... . .......... cities, public and private, through a long hfe u honorable usefulness, he was gathered to h'5 fathers, in the blessed hopo of a happy immor tality, grounded solely on the infinitely merito rious atonement of a Divine Redeemer. At Monroeville. Orange county, N. Y.. on urarlnv llm 1 QlVt nil t?i iw mrtit II ALLOCS. I 4 Jl I J . Ml.., ., l 4 t 41 & m - - i.iitlnrtti.nr Ihn Inln Inn.lk.n U-llnnir lOC- II.. I" Slroudsburg, aged 67 years. Tn T-InmHlnn tr nn Tttnreila v ihn "6th I"' Sarah Wkhvhiser. nnnnri nf John WetK'1"' ser, aged ,39 years. If,.' .
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