JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, April 9, IS16.
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Democratic Whig Candidate.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JAMES M. POWER,
OF MERCER. COUNTY.
JTJpThe school in the Stroudsburg Acad
emy will be opened on Monday the 13ih inst.,
under the care of Mr. Thomas Harris, of New
ton, N. J., a gentleman who has been the as
sistant of the Rev. Mr. Dunn, principal of a se
lect school in the latter place. Mr. Dunn has
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tui uiaiivu iKtituiiii" luaiiiiiuuiiiis ui uju uersuuui
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worth and the competency as a teacher, of Mr.
Harris. It is desirable that the inhabitants of
Stroudsburg and vicinity should duly appreciate
the advantage of having a good school estab
lished, and give it a liberal support.
More Free Trade.
We had occasion a few weeks since to com
pliment our neighbor of the " Monroe Press" on
his candour in respect to the TarifT. He had
openly avowed himself in favor of a " revenue
tariff," in opposition to a "protective tariff? and
we took the liberty of saying, in substance, that
if all his loco foco cotemporaries would be half
as honest, the Tariff question would soon be
settled in Pennsylvania,
Our compliment, however, does not appear
to have been relished by the editor of the
4' Press," he having received it any thing but
graciously. Why this should be, we are at a
Joss to determine, unless it is to do away with
the force of his previous remarks, and yet we
can hardly suppose this, as he again distinctly
avows himself in favor of a mere "revenue" ta
riff, and that he would rather have a direct tax
laid by the General Government, than tolerate
a tariff for the sake of protection.
His remarks are altogether inexplicable, un
less we put this plain construction upon them,
-viz.- The -editor of the " Press," like all other
3oco foco editors, is at heart opposed to protec
tion, and takes every opportunity to make a
deadly thrust at the principle. Still he is aware
that the people are of a different way of think
ing, and that it requires no little management
lo hoodwink and endeavour to keep them in ig
norance. Hence, whilst he is continually pub
lishing articles against protection, and labour
ing to obliterate erery feature of it from our
revenue laws, he is also in the haoit of repre
senting that the Whigs are opposed to Protec
tion, and are guilty of double dealing on the
subject. To strengthen Tits articles, moreover,
he condescends to garble extracts from the
speeches and writings of eminent Whigs, which
when taken out of their proper connexion seem !
40 favour his position. But his device is too
shallow to escape the penetration of the wise '
and considerate, and he will receive for his
pains, what he deserves, their pity and con
tempt for this artifice. j
The question may be easily and truly solved
in this -simple way. The professions of the
Whig and the Loco Foco parties are directly
che opposite of each other on this important
question. If then, the Monroe Press represents
the professions of its party truly, (and who will
dare to say that itdoes not?) the Loco Focos
hate Protection so much that they would rather
-have a direct lax laid for the support of the
Federal Government, than tolerate it. The
very words of the Press, therefore -prov that
its party is opposed to the principle of Protec
tion, and as a matter of coursetthe 'Whigs must
be in , favor of it. This is plain and incontro--venable
reasoning, which no one can gainsay.
Yet our neighbor is not willing to let it rest al
.this, even although he repeats what he has be
fore declared in the very act of disputing it.
S.trange how these Loco Foco scribblers are
ready and willing, for the sake of their party,
to write themselves down, in the expressive
language of Dogberry, " asses."
As to the fling at the $nd:or his article about
the ".b-p-y," we buijno; JlR-shawZwetare
abovkenoticing?such ',' baby Jalk?1 I 'if
On motion of M. M. Dimmick, Esq., Samuel
S. Dreher and Nathan Huston were admitted
to practice in the several Courts of Monroe
County.
UjT'Wc are indebted to Col. Snyder, of the
House of Representatives, for public documents.
Oregon.
On Wednesday last, the Hon. Thomas II.
Benton made an able and elaborate speech on
the Oregon Question, in the Senate, in which
he took the ground that our right in that Terri
tory was doubtful above the 49th degree. This
declaration coming from such a distinguished
member of the Administration party, is entitled
to more than ordinary consideration.
Rhode Island.
The annual election in Rhode Island, for
State officers, &c, took place on the 1st inst.,
and resulted in the complete triumph of the
Law and Order Party, over the Liberation Par
ty, by a small majority. J. Diman, (L. & 0.)
is elected Governor over Charles Jackson, (L.)
by 173 majority. The Law and Order majori
ty in the Legislature is about 25. Last year
Jackson, the Liberation candidate, was elected
Governor by a small majority.
The Sab-Treasury Bill.
This odious measure was taken up in the
House of Representatives, on Monday last, and,
by the application of the legislative screw, the
discussion was brought to a close on Thursday,
and the bill passed by a majority exceeding fif-
. . rnt - t ii r .1- i
ty votes. This is a bold step of the dominant
party in Congress, after the emphatic manner i
in which the scheme was denounced and repu-
diated by tho voice of the country in 1840. kers and Barnburners at the Locofoco County
One currency for the Government and another AIee,ig of the day previous. The Argus al
for the People is a system obnoxious to our ,eges ,hal an armed company of the liarnburn
free institutions, repugnant to public sentiment, ers 8m earlX possession of the Court House.de
and will never be tolerated in a free country, j rmined to maintain it with force. Wo copy
If we are permitted to augur the future from the , a Parl of ,l,e account of this most disgraceful
past, public indignation will pronounce upon it m0D : JP-
and its authors a final doom in 1S48 Mr- Jas- R- Rose who was peaceably look-
The bill was received in the Senate on Fri-j ing on wa9 struck and knocked down, by Ed
dav. read bv its title, and referred to the Com-hvaru Brinckerhoff, a member of the so-called
mittee on Finance. As debate is free in the
Senate, we presume that this measure, fruitful
as we hold it to be of great evil to the country, ;
will receive a full discussion in that body, al
though its principles and effects are already too
well known by all who remember its prede
cessor during its short existence. But it is
proper that the public mind should be kept
alive to the subject by the fullest discussion of
it; for, although we do not know that any dis
cussion can, at present, break through the en-
thralment of a rigid party organization, and de
feat.this favorite measure of the Executive :!
yet, as with the people at large resides the
power to demolish party trammels, we invoke
the use of every argument which may lead to
a better result at a future and no very distant
day. National Intelligencer.
Late from Mexico.
The New York Gazette and Times says
" We are indebted to a gentleman who arrived
here to-day from Havana, via Charleston, in
the short passage of eight days, for the follow
ing important intelligence:
"The Juniata arrived at Havana on the eve
ning of the 22d ultimo from Vera Cruz, which
place she sailed from the 16th ultimo, bringing
advices up to that day, and by the Captain we
learn that a great change has taken place
in
the state of our relations with Mexico.
" It appears that Paredes has been induced
t0 al,er his l0nc' owing 10 s,ron8 manifestations
exhibited against a war with the United States,
and that Mr. Sltdeil, our Minister, had been ' down and stamped upon, and three of his teeth
duly notified that the Government werc ready to knocked out. It was reported last night that he
consider any propositions he had lo make on bc- died of his wounds.
half of our Government, and that there existed j Mr. Hungerford, also of Bern, was scarcely
no doubt but that the matter would be speedily , less brutally beaten. Alfred Phelps, D. B.
adjusted. Arista, and the troops under hisjJewett, and G. Van O'Linda, of Watervliet,
command, had pronounced against Paredes and
the war party."
Mr. Clay left New Orleans on the 22d ult
after a sojourn m that city of more than twojaml Gallup, severely. These are respectable
months. He intended to stop a few days at and niuch csteemR(t citiztins of ,lcir respecIjV0
Natchez, visit St. Louis, and then return home IownS an(1 nU)3t of lhem sui)iIanlia and neace.
to Ashland. He was in excellent health. I farmers."
It is estimated by the Buffalo Commercial
.1. . 1 " - i-
iuai mere is now waning stiipmcnt at the vari
ous ports on Lake Michigan 1 ,550.000 bushels
wheat, 90,000 bbls. flour, and 24,000 bids, pro
visions, ashes, &c. If the stock at Detroit is
included, the aggregate of Hour would reach
200,000 bbls.
M. Gaudin, a French chemist, has invented
an inextinguishable light, from a combination
of oxygen and ether, or alcohol, which, he says,
can be distinguished at a distance of 50 miles.
Glasjs Milk Pans are highly spoken of in
iEnglaud. -Thisis a ve,rylt;aiiairdfpure
"tdfpure a tibs
sianca'furaniilk'f - -n.s'
Increase of the Army and Navy.
Special Message from the President.
On Tuesday last a special- Message from the
President was transmitted to the Senate, rela
tive to the increase of the Naval and Military
forces of the country. The Message states,
that in view of our relations with Mexico and
the extensive preparations for war which Eng
land has recently been making,it is the judgment
of the President that the naval and military
force of the country ought to be strengthened.
There is no doubt that prudence requires a
large increase of our navy at the present time.
We may not have war with England the prob
abilities are that we will not but it is well to
be prepared for any exigency that might arise.
We do not see, however, that the same neces
sity exists for an increase of our army. Our
country need not fear invasion. If we should
have war with Great Britain, the struggle would
be principally if not altogether upon the ocean.
If a war with Mexico should occur, and troops
were wanted to invade that country, our citizen
soldiers would promptly respond to the call,
and an army of any magnitude might be raised
within a few weeks. We say, then, let the
Government build war steamers, and increase
the Naval force of our country, but let the army
alone. It can be made large enough on an
emergency. Every American is a soldier when
his country demands his service.
Miners'1 Journal.
"Infamous Outrage and Ruffian
Atrocity."
Such is the fit title of a full account in tin
Albany Argus (Locofoco) of Wednesday last,
01 ,nc nerce and Woody fight between the Hun
"general committee." The majority proposed
to take another room, and. organize a peaceful
democratic convention
Meanwhile the delegates from the country
and cil' who werc j"stly entitled to seats in the
convention, to the number of 48 (the whole
number is 70,) assembled in an upper room in
another paTt of Mr. Clark's tavern. They had
in no manner, not in the slightest degree, pro
voked assault. .They had only temporarily or
ganized by the appointment of A. C. Disbrow,
of Westerlo, Chairman, when a gang of ruffians,
tCbh from ,heir employers, nished into the
room, armed with clubs and knives breaking
the door from its hinges.
The assault, although apparently indiscrim
inate, seemed to be aimed particularly at the
country delegates, many of whom were seated.
Grey-haired men were knocked down with clubs,
and with broken pieces of furniture, (the chairs,
tables, stove-pipe, &c, were smashed by the
: assailants,) and others were kicked and stamped
' upon, and others were struck and wounded in
the head and face, and cut by a small spring blade
attached to a ring on the finger, and the ruffi
ans were armed in other respects, a sheath
dagger and a pistol having been picked up after
, the affray. Of course every man's life was in the
hands of these brutal and unprovoked assailants,
there
being no
egress from the room except
j through the door, which a portion of them sur-
, rounded. Lawrence Van Duscn, an esteemed
i Democrat of Bern, a conceded delegate, elected
by the unanimous vote of the. town, waj knocked
Lewis M. Dayton of Renssolaerville, Peter A.
Van Wie, of New Scotland, Col Vcrplanck of
Coeyman's, and Albert Gallup, of Albany, werc
all more or less hurt, Messrs. Phelps, Van Wie,
j T1C ArSus atJds ,1,al "among the official, per
sons in attendance, not one of whom attempted
in any manner to restrain those outrages,," were
the Attorney General, District Attorney, Canal
Collector, a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, &c. &c. Democracy and Mobocracy
are fast becoming synonimous terms, and it is
no longer a matter of doubt whither "progres
sie democracy is tending.
Accounted for. The Salem Regisier says
that one of ihe parly in that region gravely" pro
tests that the late unparalleled freshet in iho
Merrimac, was caused' by the tears of the Dcm
ocrnts shed for tho downfall of ihuir tiron-hull
The tatc Works.
We find the following in the last Harrisburg
Telegraph : "',.
We are informed by the State Treasurer'' that
from the best information obtained, the damage
to the State Canals by the late disastrous flood
will require an expenditure of about one hun
dred thousand dollars to repair and not lo ex
ceed one hundred and eighteen thousand. This
together with the loss of iranspor'ation on them
at the commencement of the season, will ren
der the payment of the August interest very
doubtful.
Canada.
The Liverpool Stai.dard, of the 3d tilt., pub
lishes an address from Canada to the. Conserv
ative members of the British Parliament, in
which it is said : " Whether, therefore, Eng
land wishes it or not, Canada will certainly cut
her connection immediately. The Canadians,
by joining the United States, will continue all
the privileges which England's colonies enjoy
under a free trade system. In losing the Bri
tish American colonies, England will lose em
ployment for 30,000 sailors, and the finest na
val nursery in the world, tho amount of tonagc
in that trade, being greater than that oj. the
trade to all India and China. But it is not a
simple loss to England; the command of the
St. Lawrence will give a gain to America equal
in extent to our loss, thereby trebling her naval
power, while it leaves her with no rival or en
emy in the North."
I?Iorc Iron Ore.
The Reading Journal stales that Mr. John
Himmelreich, has recently discovered on his
premises, in Centre township: an inexhaustible
bed of superior Iron Ore, at a depth of sixteen
feet from the surface. There seems to be no
end to the mineral wealth of Old Berks.
Coal Transportation.
The amount of coal which has passed thro'
the Delaware and Raritan canal, for the last
! five years, is as follows :
JS4 ,
1S42,
1S43,
1844, .
1 19,470 tons.
171,75-1 tons.
198,332 tons.
267,490 tons.
1845,
372,07 1-1
Pkxnsvlvania produces annually fifteen
millions bushels of wheat, and about fifty mil
lion bushels of Indian corn, rye, barley, buck
wheat and oats, and is capable of increasing
the amount fourfold. She sends to market an
nually two million tons of coal, and manufac
tures three fourths of all the iron made in the
United Slates.
An Extensive Factory.
There is a factory in New Haven, Conn., in
which, it is said, 120,000 mineral door knobs
are annually made, in nine diflerent styles. A
clock-maker there employs 75 workmen, at
$40,000 per annum, and makes 200 clocks per
day, or about 20,000 a year. He uses 30,000
plates of looking-glass, 10,800 bis. of glue, 15,
000 lbs. of wire, 1,500 gallons of varnish, 1,500
boxes of glass, 300 kegs nails, assorted sizes,
100,000 ibc. brass, 200 tons iron, 200,000 feet
of mahogany and other veneers, 'and 500,000
feet pine lumber per annum.
P'our millions of dollars were expended last
year in carrying on the government of the city
of New York. The city debt is $12,681,750
The tax required this year will be nearly equal
to the rate of SI upon every SlOO's worth of
properly ! There are now in the 8 institutions
belonging to tho Alms House Department, sup
ported by the city, 4,S28 inmates, more than
one half of whom are foreigners
JVJacIiinc for Sowing Grain.
A correspondent of the Evening Gazette says
that a new machine for sowing wheat has been
invented in England which distributes the grain
equally over the whole surface of the ground
It has been found that with the use of this ma
chine there is a very great saving of seed. Mr
Drtimtnond, a very clever writer on this sub
ject, remarks, that "tho introduction of the use
of this important machine will save much lime
aud -labor, and will, in addition, save-to the Uni
ted Kingdom five millions of bushels of Wheat
annually in the quantity required fur seed."
Tho .New York Mirror says, that on Friday
tho mock auction store of Pollard, 180 Broad
way, was attacked by a crowd of persons
the windows were broken, and the fixtures in
the storo destroyed. A countryman had boon
victimised mere, and this was ihb modo that
the public took to show their sympathy for him.
Such lawless proceedings, however, should be
discountenanced as an application lo the pro
per authorities will generully afford a remedy
to muse ulio hare beon foolUh enough to be
'taken in' at these places, notwithstanding the
continued warnings thai arc "iron.
The New York correspondent of the Nation.
al Intelligencer says : In Charleston, (S. fj.)
there havealready been more than a dozen fail,
ures f some of them heavy. One firm has
slopped, who";' it is said, within three months
have purchased goods in New York, Philadel
phia and Baltimore, to an amount not less than
two hundred, possibly three hundred thousand
dollars.
Butter is preserved for a long time, and with
out salt, by melting it over a slow fire, which
expels all the water from it. This is practised
by the Arabs and by many in Europe.
A Mason or an Odd Fellow is bound to ren
der assistance to his brother in no;d, in ;1Itv
pari of the world; why is it not so among Chris
tians ? But let a Christian go from this State
to New Orleans, and be taken sick and net-dv
and make himself kn$wn to the churches ;u a
Christian, and who would come to his aid on
that account ?
Profits of the Slave Trade.
It appears by the papers found on board the
slaver recently captured, that the slaves cost on
the coast $15 to $20 each, and will sell in any
part of Brazil for $300. If the Pons had
reached her destination in safely, she would
have cleared about 250,000. If the Panther
had been successful, she would have made
$350,000 abovo all expenses.
The Mobile papers announce the appearance
in the markets of that city, of ripe strawberries
and new potatoes.
Water running up 121 II.
Dr. Smith, in a lecture on geology, at New
York, mentioned a curious circumstance cn.
nected with the Mississippi river. It run fnui
north to south and lis mouth is actually f .r
miles higher than its source, a result due to il;e
centrifugal motion of the earth. Thirteen miVs
is the difference between theequatorial and po
lar radius; and the river in two thousand mile-.
has lo rise one-third of this distance it being
the heighth of the equator above the pole. If
this centrifugal force was not continued, the
river would flow back, and the ocean would
overflow the land.
Floated Off.
A small frame house, we are informed, fi at-
ed past the city early this morning, having on
boaid a family of a man, his wife and two chil
dren, who cried lustily for help. Aid was im
mediately rendered by boats from this and Cov
ington, and they succeeded in towing the habi
tation to the shore on the Kentucky side, about
two miles below Kenton point. The story of
these unwilling navigators is, that their dwel
ling " b'longed" on " Raw hide run," a small
tributary of Silver Creek, itself an ininificani
little limb of ihe Ohio river, some seventeen
miles above this city. The man's name is Uob
erds, or Roberts, and he states that soon after
twelve o'clock on Tuesday night his woman
waked him up and told him that she "b'leevet!"
the river had riz, and that he'd better get up
and see ater the 11 things." He immediately
uncoiled his self, and on opening the door db
kivered water all round, and that soon af:er.
while debating with his wife as to what h.rl
better be done he felt the house move off. The
dwelling, we learn, is a neat little frame, with
out any chimney, a stove having always been
used by the family. These folks were taken
up to Covington, quite well, if we except the
effects of a severe fright. This expedition vi
bo something for them to talk about all their
lives. Cincinnati Times.
Important if True.
When tha Hindosten steamer was lately put
into dock in London it was found that some
chalk marks which had been made on the cop
per more than a yaar before, retained all the:.'
freshness, and that the copper beneath thes
marks had not been at all worn, but retained it
original thickness. It follows from this tL
the chalk had protected the copper, and thai:
may prove a very important discovery. To
test the protective properties of chalk under
such circumstances, the copper of a vessel just
built has been chalked all over.
A Bandbox, a Bad Box.
The Lehigh Bulletin relates that a .Mr M
cungie of that county, on his return from a t
to the city, whilejiding along was accosteJ
a white female, and requested to carry l'
bandbox. He complied, and offered her a sea
in his wagon into the bargain, but she refiise'
As requested, ho carried tho box to the nx;
tavern, handed it out, and waited for the b"
to como up. After his own and the patience
tho innkeeper was exhausted by her delay, i
box was opened and had in it not a new t:,
or bonnet but a jet black chil&ifast asleep r &
is perhaps unnecessary to state that the "lady
never came to hand, audi the infant was uk
to tho poor house of, Lehigh county.