the boots, to be sure, but only in joke. 'How
far did you carry the joke?' asked the judge.
Not over fony rods,' replied the culprit, stretchi
ng, not the distance, by any means, but the
ruih. 'Thai was quite too far for a joke, grare
y responded the judge.
We submit that the Tariff joke was carried a
pretty good stretch in the article above quoted,
ami in thousands of the same pattern we con
sider it over the forty rods, but Pennsylvania
must decide for herself. She ought to be con
vulsed with meriment at the funny ways of her
chosen leaders
JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, August 6, 184G.
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FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JAMES M. POWER,
OF MERCER COUNTV.
JJj3 We aro indebted to Hon. J. A. Rock
well, of Conn., for a copy of his speech on the
Tariff
JJj3 Hon. R. Brodhead will please accept
our thanks for a copy of Hon. S. Cameron's
speech.
Congress will adjourn on Monday next,
nftcr having been in session 36 weeks.
The State Interest.
We learn that a large sum on account of the
August interest on the Slate Debt, was paid at
the Bank of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, on
Saturday last.
Death by Drowning.
A boy, named Joseph Learns, was drowned
in Brodhead's Creek, near Siroudsburg, on Sun
day afternoon last. He was one of a party
who were bathing, and in attempting to cross
the Creek he was washed down the stream and
sunk in sight of his companions before they
could reach him. His body was shortly after
recovered.
The Reward of the Traitor.
The Harrisburg Intelligencer, of Friday last
says : An effigy of Vice President Dallas
was suspended from our market-house this
morning with the following inscriptions :
" The Political Death of George
M. Dallas!"
"Let Traitors Beware of the Death
of a Traitor !"
" Peace to his ashes .'"
Verily, the Traitor is receiving his reward.
But there are other betrayers who equally mer
it the contempi and indignation of the people.
The proper place however, to visit it upon them
will be the ballot-box.
Important from Washington.
Passage of the Sub-Treasury and Warehousing
Bills.
In the Senate, on Saturday, the Sub-Treasury
Bill was, after being variously amended,
passed finally by a rote of 28 to 24. It was im
mediately sent to the House, where the amend
menls of the Senate were ordered to be printed
in tbe House, the Warehousing urn was
passed finally by a voto of 117 to 52. In the
Senate, a Bill authorizing Dry Docks at Phila
delphia and Pensacola, was passed by the cast
ing vote of tbe Vice President.
$500 REWARD Will be paid for the most
plausible LIE to be told to the people by the
Loco-foco party at the next election. It must
be adapted to the North, and prove that the par
jy supported the Tariff in Congress and that
Polk and Dallas were better Tariff men than
Henry Clay.
N. B. Letters to John K. Kane are not ad
missible. Apply at the office of the " Union,"
Washington, D. C.
It is rumored that a discussion is shortly to
come off in Pennsylvania, on the grave ques
tibn whether James K. Polk is a bettor Tariff
man than Mr. Clay. James Buchanan and
George M. Dallas are to take the affirmative
and John K. Kane is to be the referee. Rare
sport may be expected ! Richmond Whig.
Terrible News from Washington.
Passage of the Free Trade Tariff Bill Penn
sylvania in Sackcloth.
We have to communicate to our readers the
lamentable intelligence from Washington, that
Polk and Walker's Free Trade Tariff Bill, has
passed the Senate by a vote of 27 to 28, by
means of the casting vote of Vice President
Dallas ! On Monday last the bill was referred
to the Committee on Finance with instructions
to discriminate in favor of the raw material, and
against British Manufacture, and at the same
time to increase the revenue so as to provide
more adequately for the support of the govern
ment, by the following vote :
Ayes. Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Berrien,
Cameron, Cilley, J. M. Clayton, Thos. Clayton,
Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Evans,
Greene, Huntingdon, Jarnagin, Johnson, of La.,
Johnson, of Md , Mangum, Miller, Morehead,
Niles, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Stujgeon,
Upham, Webster, Woodbridge 2S.
Nays. Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison,
Atherton, Bagby, Benton, Breese, Bright, Cal
houn, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickenson,
Dix, Fairfield, Hannegan, Houston, Lewis,
McDuffie, Pennebacker, Rusk, Semplc, Sevier,
Speight, Turney, Westcott, Yulee 27.
The opponents of the Bill considered this a
favorable system, and entertained strong hopos
of its final defeat. But yesterday morning the
Finance Committee reported back the bill with
out amendment, and were discharged.
On motion of Mr. Webster, the 9th section
of the bill which authorizes the Custom House
officers to pay five per cent, premium on fraud
ulent invoices, was stricken out by a vote of 28
to 26 Messrs. Benton and Jarnagin voting yea.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Reverdy
Johnson for recommitment to a select commit
tee, with instructions to amend by inserting a
clause, making a discrimination in favor of raw
materials, which was rejected by the casting vole
oj the VICE PRESIDENT the vote being
27 to 27, Mr. Jarnagin being absent.
Some further amendments were offered by
Mr. Cameron and rejected, discriminating in
favor of iron and coal.
The question being then taken on ordering
the bill to be engrossed for a third reading, it
was decided in the AFFIRMATIVE BY
THE CASTING VOTE OF THE VICE
PRESIDENT ihe vote of the Senate being
again 27 to 27, and Mr. Jarnagin being absent.
Mr. Dallas gave his reasons at length. He
had he said, a great responsibility to assume ;
but after calling to his aid the best lights with-
n his control, he was prepared to meet the
emergency and the hazard.
To his mind ample proof had been furnished
that the majority of the people are in favor of a
change in the mode of assessing the duties on
foreign imports. Six States are equally divided
on this question ; eleven States are in favor of
the bill, and eleven are against it ; and of those
opposed to the bill, Pennsylvania is the only
Democratic State.
He spoke for nearly half an hour, and con
cluded with the remark that ie would prefer
the greatest obscurity of private life to political
elevation, acquired by the perpetration of an act
which his conscience would not approve.
Thus has Pennsylvania been deceived, be
trayed and sold by an unworthy son a man
who often received but never deserved the least
favor at her hands. He has fully proven what
he is, a wretched demagogue a base truckler
to power a small intellect encased in a bust of
pompous clay and a man "of principle in pro
portion to his interest." The South have flat
tered him with the hope of being elevated to
the Presidency, and he has basely bowed the
knee, and sold Pennsylvania to secure his own
elevation. He well knew the consequences
that will follow hut he has no sympathy for
the State or her interests, and he disdains the
rough hands of her manufacturers and laborers
who have called upon him to stand by them in
the hour of trial. He is, however, politically
dead, as he should have been long ago, and the
next state will immediately follow when hi:
traitorous spirit quits the miserable clay tene
ment that it occupies. Harrisburg Telegraph.
The Santa Fe Expedition.
At the last accounts from Fort Leavenworth,
an express had arrived from Gen. Kearney's
army, but without bringing any news of special
interest. The progress of the expedition was
considerably retarded by the bad condition of
the horses many of which had given out. It
was understood that Gen. Kearney would halt
at Bent's Fort, for the purpose of rocruitjrig his
men, and to await the airival of Col. Price's
regiment. When united, his whole force wil
be about 3,200 men a force sufficient, unde
ordinary circumstances, to resist any army which
may be sent to meet him, and quite equal to the
conquest of New Mexico, if no reinforcements
are sent iruo that department from other dis
tricts.
From the New York Tribune.
The Sub-Treasury Passed!
Hurrah for the second, third, fourth, fifth or
fiftieth Delecration of Independence ! (wo for
get the number:) the Senate passed the Sub
Treasury bill by a strict party vote 28 to 24.
1 Now,' says a verdant and hot-heated Loco
Foco, 'we have got the Banks on the hip!
Down with the Rag-Milla ! Down with Rag
Money, for ever and ever !'
Softly, my enthusiastic friend; you have got
the Rag System down just as the General Del
uge dried up all the streams and lakes on the
face of the earth. The Government has re
solved to discountenance other people's Rag
Money, and manufacture reams of such itself!
Congress has passed a bill directing that Bank
Notes, based upon and payable in Gold and Sil
ver, shall not, after a little while, be received
or disbursed by the National Treasury, and in
the same breath opened the flood-gates for the
emission of millions after millions of Treasury
Shinplasters, payable on demand in nothing
whatever, and only redeemable at the pleasure
of the Government itself or receivable in pay
ments to it. The Government is about to evince
its horror of Shinplasters by covering itself all
over with them eating, drinking and sleeping
upon them. Such is the consistency of that
sort of Loco-Focoism which now flourishes in
(he high places of the land.
A Hard Money Sub-Treasury that is a Go
vernment receiving, keeping and disbursing
Coin only in all its pecuniary transactions is
a very serious affair, but its a straight-forward,
upright, downright contrivance every body can
understand it. If we were hostile to all Paper
Money, wo should be in favor of this. But,
sincerely believing that Paper Money Issues
have done good and are capable of doing still
more good, though certainly liable to abuse, we
are very earnestly opposed to a Sub-Treasury.
We respect those who honestly differ from us
on this point; we are willing their project should
be fairly tried, for we believe a fair trial would
settle the controversy as we think it should be
ettled. If it should settle it the other way, by
proving the superiority of an exclusively Hard
Currency, wo should rejoice at that, too ; for
the truth is the best thing for us and for every
body. Let some scheme bo fairly tried, so that
something shall be settled. But this plan of
denouncing Banks and creating a Government
Bank stopping the receipt of unexceptionable,
specie-paying Bank Notes at the Custom-Hou-
ses, Land and Post Offices, and at the same
lime vomiting forth Rag issues of the most un
substantial and vicious sort evidences of in
ability of the issuer is preposterous, monstrous.
It is as though some desperate, notorious, bank
rupt gambler should advertise the public that
he could not venture to take the notes of John
Jacob Astor or the Bank of New-York, and had
concluded to accommodate the public by issu
ing some of his own, payable at his conven
ierice, instead. It cannot be that an intelligent
People will approve of this.
We wish those who hold the views opposite
to ours on the great fundamental questions of
practical Government could for once elect func
tionaries who would give their principles fair
play. Either the views we have ever advoca
ted aro sound or absolute Free Trade, with Di
rect Taxation and the Revenue receivable in
Hard Coin only, is the true policy. There is
no middle ground on which an honest man can
stand an instant. We stand on our own pro
per ground; we believe the great mass of our
opponents wish to stand on theirs. But dem
agogues without faith in their principles with
faith only in the potency of their votes stand
between them and their measures demand by
their principles and prevent any consideration
of those measures. They shake their heads
mutter, " These abstractions will never answer
too ultra altogether they'll ruin the party,"
and so the multitude behind them are kept for
ever wrangling through controversies in which
nothing is clearly at stako and winning victor
ies in which nothing but victory is gained.
That is, nothing is gained by the rank and file
the leaders gain the offices, which is all they
wanted.
Mr. Clay always insisted, and in his great
speech on the Sub-Treasury demonstrated, that
J , , ... eighteen men; but one American, named Perrv,
Ireasury was a Government Bank, of which!. , , . , y
., . , ., . ' , belonging to the Princeton was wounded.
uiuy were io ue me ivireciors, uincers anu
beneficiaries. This we are now to have in a
shape that Law himself might have envied.-
Sir Robert Walker is President, and what sort
of a financier he is, the records of judgments in
Mississippi, Tennessee Louisiana and the Dis
trict of Columbia boar witness. We believe he
is bankrupt for not less than 8300,000 or was,
at least when appointed Secretary of iho Trea
sury. Mr. Polk and his Cabinet are Directors
of this Bank; the Mexican War is ihe guagc of
its line of discount; popular credulity its capi
lal. If Fifty Millions shall he issued, this will
naturally cause a general inflation of the Cur-
rency; and if ever the Government shall under
take to pay up or fund this enormous debt, a
general contraction is equally certain. The
Banks, as usual, will be cursed alike, for. the in-"
.i
flation and contraction; some of therri will be
broken by the latter, and then a yell of 'Down
with the Banks !' will be renewed with greater
intensity than ever. We can only foresee and
deplore; those who rule will have their own
way, as the People have determined. All we
ask is that the responsibility of the result shall
be brought home to the proper quarter.
The following from the Philadelphia Spirit
of the Times, of Wednesday last, will show in
what light they view the destruction of the Ta
riff of 1842, and the treachery of Pennsylva
nia's ungrateful son, Vice President George M.
Dallas :
Passage 'of the Tariff Bill in the Senate
Treason to Pennsylvania! The infamy has
i .-.ii l u.. . t. r r
J i
Mifflin Dallas of Pennsylvania! The Old Key
stone has been blasted by the ingrate hand of a
treacherous son. Like that of him who fired
the Ephesian dome, the fame of Geo. M. Dal
las shall be immortal; immortal to execration,
immortal to infamy. The Commonwealth that
had given him birth, life, favor, wealth, station
and power, called upon him to stretch forth his
arm and save her; he has answered the call as
the assassin responds to the mercy of the help
less. Alas! poor Pennsylvania ! An empire
within herself, possessing more of the real ele
ments of wealth and greatness than the entire
Union besides, she has been sacrificed to the
dogmas of the South; prostrated and trodden
down to the earth by those who were pledged,
orally and in writing, to stand by her. The
fraud must be wiped out ; Repeal is the word
and we set the ball in motion, even though we
stand "solitary and alone." But we shall not
be alone. The rough stout arms of sixteen
thousand iron-workers and miners, will roll on
the ball, nor will it stop till justice has been
done to Pennsylvania.
Tennessee ! What shall Pennsylvania say
to her? We gave her a President to whom
she has refused her vote ; she has given us by
the instructions of her legislature, the enviable
tableau of a ruined and disgraced Common
wealth. Well may Pennsylvania exclaim in
the language of the simple Thracian,
"There are no gods in heaven."
Burnt is Effigy. George Ml. Dallas was
burnt in effigy on Thursday night last, in "Ken
sington. Correspondence of the U. S. Gazette.
Baltimore, July 28 8 o'clock, p. m.
Skirmish between the Boats of the American
Squadron at Vera Cruz and the Mexicans
Eighteen Mexicans Killed, and One American
wounded. The Barque Eugenia sailed for
iew lork.
The editors of the Baltimore Sun have kind
ly allowed me to copy a letter received by them
to-day, from an officer on board the U. S. Fri
gate Potomac, received by the arrival of the
Princeton, dated 13th inst.
From this letter it seems that the reported
skirmish, between the Mexicans and the boats
of the squadron was of qoiie a serious charac
ter. On the first day they obtained three thou
sand gallons of water, and took with them a
bullock which they had killed the Mexicans
refusing to take pay for it, as it did not belong
to them.
On the second day, as the boats reached the
shore, they were saluted with a heavy shower
of musket balls, and having no ammunition with
them, were compelled to retreat to the Prince
ton. After obtaining a supply, to enable them
to return the fire of the Mexicans, they returned
to the shore, and a few well directed shots from
the Princeton scattering the enemy, they se
cured several thousand more gallons of water
without molestation. This was kept up for
three days, until eighteen thousand gallons of
water were secured.
On the last day, great numbers of the Mexi.
cans were stationed in the chapparel and opened
a brisk file on the boats, but several shells
struck in the midst of them, causing great hav.
oc killing, according to the Mexican accounts,
The letter also states that the barque Euge
nia, which forced the blockade, sailed from Ve
ra Cruz on the lOih ins:., was overhauled by
the John Adams, and after being detained twenty-four
hours, was permitted to set sail for New
York. " -
Milk and Eggs. Very few are aware of
the enormous amount of edibles devoured by
the voracious New Yorkers. It has been ac
curately estimated that the annual consumption
of milk in that city amounts to twenty-seven,
million gallons. The number of eggs annually
consumed is put down at six millions.
LATER FROM THE ARMY.
Camargo lakenIT. S. Troops moving
Forward.
The steamer Fashion arrived at N. Orleans
from Brazos St. Jago on the 25th tilt. She
brought verbal reports that there was a general
movement of the troops up the Rio Grande
General Taylor remaining at Matamoras, send
ing the troops forward as fast as his m-sans
would permit.
Advices had been received of the taking of
Camargo without firing a shot. When the- fj.
States troops arrived at that place, Carrajabal
was on the opposite side of the River St. Juun,
but offered no resistance.
Gen. Taylor had received advices by scout's
that there were only about three hundred troop
in Monterey. The general impression wa
! that there would be no resistance to the U. S.
troops this side of that city, on account of the
j quietness of the enemy the impression ga:n-
tiir? ftrAtinit l rt Inn nrmv thnt nfirrntratirwia me
6 u uti u iii iiju ui ...J w v. j -q v . . t V 1 w
peace were on foot.
It was said that Paredes was afraid to leavo
the capital, on account of a suspected attempt
hi revolution in his absence
There was a report that Mr. Lumsden, of
the Picayune, and his party, had been cut off
by the Indians, but it was not credited.
The volunteers were suffering from diarrhoea
otherwise the health of the army was good.
IKovemenJ of General Taylor upon
Monterey.
The proposed movement of Genenl Taylor
upon Monterey, says the New Orlenns Pica
yune, is well known in all parts of Mexico.
Letters from Monterey represent that ihe in
habitants of that city were much alarmud at the
prospect, as they possessed very slight means
of defence. All the accounts represen that the
Army of the North, formerly under Arista, but
at present under Mejia, was concenfrated at
Linares to the number of 4000. A paper from
the city of Mexico devotes a labored article to
prove that it cannot be the intention of General
Taylor to perfetrate to Monterey directly, leav
ing this force to operate upon his flank tnd rear.
It considers the command of Mejia qui e suffi
cient, considering the strength of Linares and
the natural difficulties of the country, to hold
Gen. Taylor in check, or io harass hixi upon
the march, so that ample time will be ifforded
to lake up a second and more solid line of de
fence. To Wine-Drinkers.
It is not generally known that wine baths
are quite common in France- nevertheless,
such is the case. The Duke of Clarence is
not the only gentleman who has enjoyed an im
mersion in Malmsey. Punch has tried it with
the very best Sherry. Only imagine' Punch
the veritable English Punch swimming in
French wine, and kicking, and laughing, until
the tears ran down his cheeks, and never think
ing of the expense a five franc piece !
" What ! a five franc piece for a tub full of
wine ? Hurrah ! t Vive la France !"
" Gently -gently. At least fifty other
bathed in the same wine after Punch. The
keeper of the bange had a preference for Punch,
and gave Punch the first dip. Afterhxm came
fifty others making- in all fifty five franc pie
ces. A good price for the tub."
" The wine was then thrown out ?"
" Not at all. Not, by any means."
" What then V
" Bottled ! Bottled, of course."
" Bottled ! And for what purpose ?"
" Why, for drink, to be suro."
" Drink ! Who would drink such stuff!"
" Why, the English do the Yankees do f
The latter import it in large quantities. It is
a great favorite in Yankeeland.
" Now, dear wine-drinking friends, anti-temperance
friends, when you next smack your lips,
over a glass of Champagne or Burgundy, re
flect thata Lyonese alderman may hare bathed
in itj and see if the reflection will assist you in
appreciating its flavor. Sunday Times.
A man, his wife and six children lately pass
ed through Louisville on their way to the west
some seven hundred miles distant. A w.b.eel
barrow contained their youngest child, and nil
their worldly possessions, which, propelled
in turns by the company.
The Odd Fellows aie, perhaps, the most nu
merous and important body enrolled together
for mutual assurance in Great Britain. Orv the
1st of January, 1846, they had 3,884 lodges,
in 386 districts, and their members numbered,
259,374.
The Columbia,. Pa., Spy, of Satujday, says ;
" We regret to state that tho disease known
as tho " Rot," has suddonly seized upon the
early potatoes in this section of country, rjd
threatens dessruciion to ihe 'hale crop."