JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, April 16, 1816. Terms, $2,00 in advance: $2.25, half yearly; and $2,50 if not paui uciotcme cna oi me year. tty 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 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 Jeffcrsonian Republican. Messrs. MASON f TUTTLE, at 38 William street, New York, are also our authorizedjVgents, to receive and forward subscriptions ana adver tisements for the Republican. Democratic Whiff Candidate. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER. JAMES M.POWER. ' OF MERCER COUNTY. The Lady's Book. Godey'a Lady's Book for April, has como to tis dressed in beautiful attire. This popular magazine improves with each succeeding num ber, and monthly becomes a greater favorite than before. We have become so much attach ed to it, and look so steadily for its periodical visit, that if its publication is ever delayed, for even a day beyond the usual time, we are sure to feel the loss. The present number is par ticularly rich in reading matter and embellish ments. The principal engraving is a finely ex ecuted picture of Washington and Mrs. Custis, the beautiful widow who subsequently became that great man's wife. It represents them as they appeared at their first interview, and is of itself worth at least half-a-year's subscription. The number also contains a beautiful plate of fashions, and tales by Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Annan, Prof. Frost, &c. To make the Lady's Book still more interesting in future, the proprietor has purchased the subscription list of Arthur's Magazine, and secured the services of Mr. T. S. Arthur, and his principal contributors, who will hereafter enrich the pages of Godey, by many choice productions. This then is a fa vorable time to subscribe, and we shall be hap py to forward the names of as many, as will order us to do so, for that purpose. Price $3 per annum, single copies. Two copies for $5. The Farmers' Library. The Farmers' Library, by Messrs. Greeley & McElraih, of New York, continues to be regularly published, and to sustain the high reputation which it has so justly acquired. The April number has been received by us; and from a perusal of its.contents, we are sat isfied that no farmer could lay out the price of its subscription to more advantage, than by pur chasing it. We have so often already spoken of the merits of the Library, and urged its gen eral circulation among agriculturalists, that we do not think it worth while to do so again at this time. We, however, invite every one who has a desire to see it, to call on us and exam ine it for themselves. We are persuaded that all who do so will subscribe for it, and after wards thank us that we invited them to it. Foreign Hfews. By reference to the extracts of Foreign News, in another column, it will be seen that our foreign relations are in great danger of be ing disturbed. The refusal of our government, to arbitrate the Oregon Question, has created a jgreat sensation in England; and the Press of that country is loud in its denunciations of the policy of Mr. Polk's administration. The pre parations by the British Government for War, should be met by corresponding preparations en our part. A hopeless revolt has taken place in Poland. Oppressed Poland, we fear, is not yet destined to recover her lost freedom and glory. Congress. The past week has been an exciting one at Washington. In the Senate, Mr. Webster made a reply to the attacks which had been made upon him in regard to the Ashburton Treaty, which produced no little sensation. He was very severe in his remarks upon Mr. Dickinson, of the Senate, and C. J. Ingersoll, of the House. In the House, C. J. Ingersoll, by way of a set-off, has accused Mr. Webster of corruption whilst engaged in his duties as Secretary of State under Mr. Tyler. A reso lution, calling for papers to establish or refuie ihis charge, has passed. In a short time we shall know the truth of the whole matter. In the meantime we have no hesitation in decla ring our conviction that Mr. Webster will pass ihrough this ordeal with aignal honor. Jv, . Adjournment of the Legislature. The House on Thursday took up and concurred in the Senate resolution fixing the 22d inst., as the day for the final adjournment of the Legislature. ItpThe Connecticut Election is still in some doubt, though the probability is that the Locofocos havo carried the Legislature by a very small majority. Although the Whig State officers had a plurality of the votes, yet a Lo cofoco Legislature would have power Jo elect their opponents. Bel. Apollo. Huzza for American Maiiiifaclnres ! The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Patriot, under date of Wednesday, says: " Quite an interesting scene occurred to-day in the room of the Post Office and Post Roads Committee of the House of Representatives. This is tho room in which Mr. Homer, the Agent of the British Manufacturers, has been located for nearly a month past, witlnspecimens of Manchester goods, with prices attached, to aid in the great work of breaking down the American Tariff! This morning Mr. Stew art, of the House, with four gentlemon from Boston, Messrs. Page, Livermore, Fay, and Hovey, whom he and other tariff members had invited to come to Washington with specimens of their American goods, that the same might be compared with the specimens of British goods already exhibited here, visited the com mittee room in question. No sooner had the party entered, than Mr. Homer commenced rolling up his British specimens, for the pur pose of leaving. But Mr. Stewart begged him not to go. He said it would not be fair thus to leave without allowing a comparison of the two kinds of goods to be made. Mr. Homer still persisted, and said he would rather not remain the gentlemen from Boston might have the room. Mr. Stewart still insisted that he must not go, but must remain and aid in the investi gation. Finally, Mr. Homer consented to do so. By comparison it appeared, that prints of the same quality and stamp of those of Manchester, worth 10 cents per yard, are furnished by the Boston and Lowell manufacturers at 11 cents with this difference and it is a wide one in favor of the American side of the question the British articles are "Job Goods," and but 24 inches in width, while the American are of the first quality, equivalent to 10 per centum belter than the " Job Goods," of the same article, and are 27 inches in width. The difference in the width gives to the pur chaser 108 square inches in the yard, or 24,192 square inches in a piece of 28 yards. Mr. Homer could not get over this fixed fact." It was a stumper! There were the A merican and the British goods, and there were the prices of each. Every one could see and judge for himself. The Boston gentlemen ex hibited a very large variety of cotton, worsted and silk goods. It was truly astonishing to be hold to what perfection, competition, fostered by a wise and judicious American Tariff, had brought the manufacture of this description of goods, as well as to what low prices they had been brought. Some very thick, dark and checked cotton cloth, suitable for gentlemen's summer dresses, and so firm that one could not tear it with his hands in any way, was priced at only ten cents a yard. A suit coat, vest and pants costing only GO cents. Some hand some, durable vestings, finely figured, at ten cents each, were exhibited. Coarse cotton cloths, white, and of a substantial quality, at 4 cents, were also to be seen. It is a charming idea truly, that we must break down our Tariff, in order to get those goods cheaper than we can now obtain them! Permanency in the Tariff System is what our manufacturers want, in order that they may feel secure in embarking in the manufacture of the finer kinds of goods, such as those manufactured by France Let Mr. Polk succeed in breaking down our Amer ican Tariff, to gratify the British and those who sympathise with the British on this subject, and our capital will bo cramped and unable to go on in their praiseworthy enterprise. This matter demands the serious and earnest atten tion of the whole American people." There has been recently an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, the first since 1839. Tho streams j of lava, however, ran in the old course, and did no injury. Value of Aconite. This new product of chemical operation, made from the " Aconitum Napellup,"or Wolf's Bane, far exceeds in value any other artificial substance ever made. Twelve grains of the article have lately been received as a large importation, by Mr. Patter son, apothecary, of Albany, for which he paid fifteen dollars in New York. At that rate, an ounce would cost six hundred dollars ; a pound nine thousand six hundred dollars; and a ton .would be worth no less a sum than twenty-one million five hundred and four, thousand dollars. TranTrrtiHV FOREIGN NEWS. Arrival of the Win. J. R oilier. Five Days Later From England. Warlike aspect of the Oregon Question Com ment y of the English Press on the refusal to Arbitrate. The New York papers of Saturday last con tain advices from Cork to the 13th, received by the Adrioudack London to the 10th, and Liverpool to the 11th, received by the Romer. We are indebted to the Tribne for an extra containing the Romer intelligence. Great fears are entertained that the next year's crop of potatoes will be more extensively diseased even than tho last. The sects e-ven from the most carefully selected cuttings are found to bo strongly marked with the mysteri ous rot. In the House of Commons, Monday, March 9, Sir R. Peel said it was intended to reduce the duties on rice, Indian corn and buckwheat to one nearly nominal from the passing of the act. From the London Times March 9th. The Oregon Question. In the way of concession and of argument on the Oregon Question little now remains to be said or done by the British Government. The strongest desire has been repeatedly expressed on our side to terminate this controversy. Our case has been stated with such moderation, and our claims confined to such narrow limits, that nothing but extreme presumption, or rather a species of hostile infatuation, on the part of the American Democrats, could lead them to sup pose we should make any farther abatement of our rights. We aro in actual possession of rather more of the Oregon Territory than we have ever claimed as our own, because as long as the joint occupation lasts, the concurrent rights of both parties extend over the whole country. We have at our disposal ample means of de fending our rights. We had never, at any pe riod in the history of this country, less reason to recoil from war, or to fear the result of a con test with any power, but more especially with the United States. Yet we, on our side, have strenuously and sincerely labored to effect a compromise. We have not alluded to the superiority of our maraiime strength; from a misplaced respect for the American Government, no use has been made of those blunt arguments to which alone they now appear accessable; until at length we learn, with more contempt than surprise, that Mr. Polk and his advisers aro embarking in a course which can only lead, if they are allowed to persevere in it, to aggressive hostilities. We know not what course Mr. Polk may in tend to pursue after the notice for the abroga tion of the treaty of joint occupation has been duly given; and we shall await with more cu riosity than alarm the enterprises which may be projected for the purpose of expelling Bri tish subjects from a district of which we hap pen to command the coast and the interior, the Indians and the forts. The world is perfectly aware that England is not the attacking party, and that wo are content to leave matters in Or egon as they now are. If the Americans mean anything, they mean to dispossess us of what we hold. At the same time if this intention be avowed by the Cabinet of Washington, or if it be disclosed by votes of money and warlike preparations which imply a fixed determination to engage in this absurd and flagitious contest, no State is bound to wait to be attacked. Mr. Polk has instructed the American Minister in London to ask for an ex planation of the activity in our dockyards. His own conscience might have given it to him; his own language has put us upon the de fensive ; and although the termination of the convention of J 827 by notice is no casus belli, yet the disposition indicated by that notice, and the means which may bo taken to carry that disposition into effect, may hereafter furnish ample ground or suspicion, of remonstrance, and finally of hostilities. A bold and manly course on the part of the British Government will probably not be without a good effect in the United States; and it will undoubtedly com mand the unanimous support of the people of England. From the Liverpool Albion. The Oregon Crisis. The resolutions passed on the Dili. of Febru ary by the American House of Representatives have excited as much interest as might bo ex pected from any indication of coming events upon which so much of fortune and property aro staked. In tho present state of our com mercial relations with the United Stales, the breaking out of war would produce a perfect chaos in the mercantile world. No doubt, a certain number of persons, who happen to be holders of cotton at the present low prices, would reap, considerable profits from the rise, but, to ;the majority of the vast masses whoso interests are bound up in the American trade, j ruin and destruction would be (he result. Un der these circumstances it is not wonderful ! that every feather which flies with the wind is watched with imeftse anxiety. From the Liverpool Courier, Mareli 11th We fear thai concessions made to the Amer icans "for the sake of peace," have produced much of the present difficulty. The expedient of sending an embassador extraordinary, to yield to their most extravagant demands, has led them to believe that anything may be ob tained from us by bullying and bluster. For bearance is thrown away on people so inflated with notions of their power and importance. Every offer of peace la looked on by them as the result of fear, and only excites l he en to new insolence and increased pretensions. The on ly chance that remains of avoiding war to show that we are prepared for it. The only argu ment that can meet American rapacity, is the presence of such a force in the Pacific and along their coasts as will instantly crush all re sistance, should they persevere in setting the law and the custom of civilized nations at de fiance. Our government is now sufficiently warned; and we trust that the threats of the American President will be met by the assem bling of British fleets. Mexico and the United States. A year passed since the revolution in Mexi co overthrew a ruinous dictatorship, and nothing has been done to place the institutions on a re spectable fooling. Time has been consumed in useless discussions ; indecision and weak ness have been the sole characteristics of the Government. Thus have the United Stales been encouraged to commit in the face of the world the scandalous robbery of Texas. Thus have all the resources of the nation been wast ed, and money for public purposes raised at an exorbitant interest. Thus have factions been encouraged and subdivided; on every side were symptoms of dissolution, and the nation, in the midst of anarchy and confusion, was daily pro gressing to its ruin. This is all matter of fact, but it would be impossible to say at present what part the American agents havo acted in the scene. They work underground. Can England and France look on with apathy in tho midst of such scenes? London Sun, March, 10 p. m. IVaval Preparations. The extraordinary activity which prevails in all the dock yards, in overhauling and bringing forward frigates of the heaviest class is very ominous, as these are precisely the vessels which will be required in a war with America. In addition to the 44 and 50 gun frigates al ready in commission, the following vessels of the same class are either preparing for commis sion or undergoing careful examination, name ly, the Gloucester, a line of battle ship razeed to a 50 gun frigate; the Raleigh, 50; the South ampton, 50 ; the Isis, 44 ; the Cornwall, 50 ; the Conquestador, 50 ; the Horatio, 44 ; tho Con stance, 50, tho Portland, 50; the Java, 50; and the Alfred, 50. There are already at sea tho following ves sels of ihis class, the Grampus, 50; the Ea gle, 50 ; the Melampus, 44 ; the Vindictive, 50; the Warspite, 50; the Vernon, 50; the Endy mion, 44 ; the President, 50; the Winchester, 50; and the America, 50. Liverpool Times. The Revolution in Poland. The Standard of the evening of the 10th has the following : The Paris papers continue to be chiefly oc cupied with the Polish insurrection, but the ru mors ihey contain on the subject are of the most vague and unsatisfactory character. All parties seem agreed that a more hopeless at tempt it is scarcely possible to conceive. The insurgents are said, howevor, to amount to 40,000 men. The Journal des Dcbats pub lishes a history of the rebellion, from which it appears that it has extended to the Russian ar my, and that it would not have broken out at the present moment had not the numerous chances of detection rendered furthor delay im possible. The Provisional Government of Cracow were acting with vigor, and up to the latest authentic accounts no attempt had beon made by General Collin to attack tho city. It was reported in Paris on Sutujay that tho Russians had assault ed Cracow, reduced half of it to ashes, and driven out the Polos, who, in their retreat, en countered a largo body of Austrians, and de feated them ! The Prussian government, not withstanding tho sympathy openly avowed for the insurgents in Polish Prussia, appears lo bo disposed to remain neutral in tho matter. A Yankee down east has invented a machine that will reap, thrash, winnow and grind; also spin cotton, scrape potatoes, rock the cradle, darn stockings, pare nails, whittle shingles, whistle Yankee Doodle,- play 'checkers, and puff itself in-thet nowspapers; Muncy Luminary. From Ohio we hear complaints that the Sus quehanna County Bank Notes aro too plenty, and our opinion of that Bank is akcd. We know that it was broken that some PhilauYl. phia brokers resuscitated it and that the par ties interested will swear, if occasion requires, that it is a "flourishing institution." The roice of wisdom would say, let it flourish on its own soil its issues ought not to be transplanted. N. Y. Tribune. Onr Foreign Relations. The Philadelphia North American makes tin: following terse and just remarks : If by " foreign relations" were understood our national kindred abroad, it will be concede I that our present policy would soon leae us m relations at all. We have succeeded miracu lously within a twelvemonth in doing more, la bluster, blunder and false pretences to unir sal dominion, towards cutting ourselves off from all sympathy beyond our homestead, than tmr dull fathers could have effected in a half cen tury. Something ahead of the Dasucr:i type. An invention, called the Protescope, is now being exhibited in Boston, by. which the per fect portrait of any person is readily produced as large as life on canvass. A pretty girl in New York city, having mixrd some bread with her hands, it was transformed into sweet cake as if sugar had been put into it. Sweet creature 2 Married. Mr. William Moon to Miss Star'. A wit was of opinion, that the union of a .Moon to a Starr something like a Sun might be pro duced. Query, whether the merging of a Starr in a Moon would give the increase of heat, ne cessary to the formation of a Sun 1 A new sect called the 'Female Kings.' ha- sprung- up in the West. They contend that women ought to bo the heads of their famihei. &c, and that men ought to be their servants. Chandler of the U. S. Gazette, aays that thu men ought now to start an association of malt; Queens, and then we would seo how quick the sects would unite. The Small Pox is prevailing to a considera ble extent in the upper part of Passaic county, N. J. The Paterson Intelligencer says sev eral persons have died of it, and the latest in formation indicates that it may spread widely before it is arrested. Lusus Nature. Mr. Eli Foster, of Wil mington, Del., has a daughter about 17 years of age, between three and four feet in height, and in no wise deformed except of diminutive size, who can sit down or rise up with apparent ease, without in the slightest degree bending the knee joint. Physicians and others have seen the performance, and examined the sub ject, without being able to account for this. strange peculiarity or power. A Live Sloth. They have a live Sloth in the Museum of New York. Such animals are rare in this country. Watterlon attempts to re lieve the poor animal from the odious charge of laziness under which it has so long rested, by imputing its awkward and slow movements to its peculiar formation. Emigrants. Four thousand three hundred and forty-nine emigrants arrived in New York, during tho month of March. Potatoes have become as dear as apples m the Boston market from $1 15 to SI 37 1 2 were paid per bushel for potatoes last week. A pin which had been in a lady's ear twen four years, was extracted recently at the Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston. Our Legislature is composed of 100 Mem bers,; of whom 81 are 'married, and 19 singh". 44 are farmers, 14 lawyers, &c. A specimen of beautiful dark greon marbla has been found in Florida. A letter from Richmond states that tho trial of T. Ritchie, Jr., his seconds and others impli cated in the doath of Mr. Ploasants, W33 brougl! to a close on Saturday, and resulted in a dict of acquittal of all the parties charged. MARRIED, In Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton coun ty, on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr Young, Capt. Joseph J. Postens, of Stroud burg, and Miss Susan H. Bartow, of the for mer place. Country Produce. Butler, Eggs, &c, taken in exchange for )' goods in my line of business. JOHN H. MELICK StTPUsburg.Feb. 12, 1846,
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