JE FFERS ONI AN REPUBLICAN
TIiursday September 21, 1846.
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Democratic Whig Candidate.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JAMES M. POWER,
OF MERCER COUNTY.
Ail Opposition Ticket.
We observe in the Easton Whig and Jour
nal, of this week, the call for a County Meet
ing of the people of Northampton, opposed to
ihe Delegate Ticket, recently formed, lo be
held at Bath, on Saturday next, at 1 1 o'clock.
The object of the Meeting is to form a new
ticket, to be supported by the voters of that
County, and of this Representative and Con
gressional District. The people of this, and
the other counties, forming the Districts, are
invited to be present and participate in the pro
ceedings.
An Assembly Ticket will be then formed,
which will no doubt give general satisfaction to
the people of that and this county, and upon
which we can all unite to defeat Dr. Bush, and
Messrs. Jacoby and Vliet. who were last year
beaten by a handsome majority. A large ma
jority of the voters of Monroe, we are persua
ded, are opposed to the Regular Ticket recent
ly nominated, and our information from North
ampton is, that the locofoco party there are still
more dissatisfied than they are here. We,
therefore, want nothing but a good Ticket to
defeat their nominees.
For Congress, it is probable that Henry D.
Maxwell, Esq., of Easton, will be the candi
date opposed to Mr. Brodhead. He has been
recommended for the station, by a public meet
ing in Carbon county, and we are informed that
he is altogether acceptable to the people of
Northampton and Wayne counties. We have
no doubt he will be equally acceptable to the
people of Pike and Monroe, and if he runs will
receive a large rote. Mr. Maxwell is a gen
tleman and a scholar, and would make an ex
cellent Congressman. We hope he will con
sent to be a candidate.
Glancing over the editorial of the Democratic
Press, of to-day, published in Stroudsburg, our
attention was arrested by a sentence so rich,
eo curious, and so characteristic of its able con
ductor, and his no less able coadjutors, that we
cannot resist the strong desire we feel to com
me tit somewhat upon it. Besides, as we are
somewhat addicted to fun and merriment, we
positively cannot let the article pass. It will
do our patrons good to read it, and shake their
tides over it in fact it will. Laugh and be fat,
says the proverb. No doubt laughter is promo
live of health, and we are decidedly in favor of
laughter, in moderation. Our neighbor of the
Dem. Press deserves the thanks of the public
for his liberal contributions to their enjoyment.
Now for the thine itself. The editor sends
forth an article on " The Ticket," in which he
takes occasion to speak of the harmony yes,
the harmony of their party, (don't laugh about
this kind readers,) then he goes on to talk
about the merits of the respective nominees, in
order how that they are exactly the men for
the offices they want, and all that sort of twat
ile. After glorifying Mr. Brodhead, and Mr.
Overfield, &c. &c, he delivers himself thus in
relation to Dr. P. M. Bush.
" Dr. P. M. Bush, is a new Candidate, but
of the right stamp, and we hare no reason to
doubt, that he will not make an able member
and do justice to his constituents."
There you have it. We have no reason to
doubt, says he, that he will not make an able
member, and so on, and yet he is of the right
stamp, and will do justice to his constituents.
What will Dr. Bush say when he comes to see
that. Deliver roe from my friends, was the ex
clamation of somebody, in circumstances simi
lar, we should judge, to those in which Dr. B.
find himeelf placed, and we have no doubt he
will say what amounts to that, when he comes
lo read the above flattering notice.
-j0f It its reported that Mr. Ritchie is about to re
tire from the editorial charge of the Union.
Read the Advertisements.
In another column is an advertisement head
ed "Agent wanted for this County" which is
worthy of the attention of any enterprising man
of business, who has time to attend to the bus
iness therein specified. Search for it, and read
it. It may be of advantage to you.
FOR THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN.
Church music.
We seem at present almost to have forgotten
that devotion is the original and proper end of
our Church Music. Hence that dull and lach
rymose style of singing, which we hear in some
choirs in north-eastern Pennsylvania, which
disgusts every rational hearer, and dissipates,
instead of heightening, true devotion. If our
teachers and choristers are lovers of poetry,
(without which we may dispute their love for
music,) or indeed if they have any well-directed
passions at all, they cannot but feel some
elevation of mind whilo directing and helping
the devotions of the Church. But if they feel
not this divine energy in their own breasts,
it will prove a fruitless attempt to raise it in
that of others. If it be asked, who are the
proper persons to commence a reform in the
style of singing Church Music ? il may bo an
swered, the teachers and directors of Choirs.
They should instil into the minds of their class
es, the importance of fire and spontaneity. We
cannot do without the presence of the electric
spark of soul in Church Music; mere words
do not suffice us. We do believe that there
are Choirs who, if beguiled and admitted to the
heavenly courts on high, could not refrain from
taking a pleasant "nap" in the midst of the
"Hallelujahs." Never can the writer forget
one night when the Boston Academy was per
forming " Luther's Judgment Hymn." When
the Society were giving forth the sublime and
soul-stirring harmony of six hundred voices in
this master piece, and while the performers
were calling on the great trump to sound, and
the dead to arise, the teacher commenced cloak
ing. The ladies seized their hats, in order to
secure the best opportunity for retiring. This
dull, unfeeling performance of Church Music is
unpardonable. Let me hear a Choir burst out
in a deafening chorus when the music will ad
mit, and anon die away to a low, soft, plaintive
murmur, just as the words may demand. Who
that has a spark of feeling can listen to a Choir
singing such words as "Thy throne, 0 God,
forever stands," in a dull, unmeaning manner,
when a world wide gush of soul, equally mag
nificent in the poet and musician, demand it to
be sung in " Loftiest songs of highest praise."
BROOKS.
Arrival of the Cambria.
Fifteen days later. The Cambria arrived at
Boston on Friday morning. Her most impor
tant intelligence is that Great Britain has do
termined to offer her mediation between this
country and Mexico. The two factions into
which the Irish Repeal party is divided, con
tinue to maintain a hostile attitude towards each
other. Certain of the priesthood in the county
of Limerick have originated a subscription to
the Dublin Nation, the organ of Young Ireland,
thus indicating their determination to array
themselves on the side of that faction. In
France, Henri, who made the last attempt to
assassinate the King, has been condemned to
the galleys for life. A husband has at length
been found for the young Queen of Spain, in
the person of the Duke of Cadiz, eldest son of
the Duke de Montpensier. The English grain
market was active, with prices on the rise.
Bel. Apollo.
Ittaine Election.
The Locofoco party has been handsomely
thrashed in Maine, as we hoped, but did not
promise. Mr. Bronson, of Augusta, was the
Whig candidate for Governor, and Mr. Dana,
the Loco. There were divers others, from the
abolition down to the red-pepper candidates.
It does not appear that Mr. B. is chosen, but it
is pretty certain that Dana is not. We incline
to believe that only one Whig, Belcher, in the
Third (Kennebec) District, is chosen. We
have only one (Severance,) of the same district,
in the present Congress. But in the Fourth
District, Morse, a' glorious Whig, has a plural
ity, and will be elected at the next trial. There
are seven Congressional Districts it is doubt
ful whether the Locos have carried a single
member. The character of the Legislature
must be determined by future elections, as there
are a vast many towns in which no choice was
made. U. S. Gazette.
The Belvidere Bank has declared a dividend
of 4 percent, for the laaisix month, which will
be paid to the stockholders on the 1st of October.
Tho newspapers are telling of a man in Hal
lowell, Me., who ate beef till he had horns
gow out of his forehead ; and he afterwards ale
sausages till he barked like a dog.
Important from the Gulf Squadron.
Arrival of the Steamer Princeton -Mexico de
clined proposals for Peace- Important des
patches to Government.
Baltimore, September 20, p. m.
The editors of the Baltimore Sun have re
ceived the following interesting letter from their
correspondent on board the U. S. Frigate Cum
berland, dated at Point Antonio Lizardi:
Frigate Cumberland )
September G, 184G. f
The despatches brought by the Legare were
sent up to Vera Cruz with a flag of truce, on
the 25th of August, and were immediately for
warded to the city of Mexico.
On Friday, the 4th of September, about 5
p. si., a Mexican boat, bearing a flag of truce,
visited the Commodore, and the bearer of the
despatches presented the answer of his gov
ernment, the contents of which are not known
positively, but it is rumored that the Mexicans
decline receiving or sending a Minister to the
United States, until the United States withdraw
all their force from the country, by land and
sea. The bearer of the Mexican despatches
was a young naval Lieutenant, accompanied by
an English gentleman as interpreter.
The Princeton immediately received sailing
orders, and should have sailed yesterday, but
she was detained by a Court Martial pend
ing on board tho Steamer, and her officers for
ming part of the Court. However, it was for
tunate, for about 6 p. si. yesterday, another des
patch arrived from Mexico, and the Princeton
will, no doubt, sail to-day. Lieut. Purviance
goes in the Princeton as bearer of despatches
to Washington, and she will, no doubt await
his return at Pensacola. 1 have no doubt they
were of the utmost importance, and will either
put a stop to the war or call for more active
measures on the part of the naval force at all
events, the Potomac sailed last Monday for Pen
sacola; her crew being very ba'd with the scur
vy. The Commodore has received a letter from
Capt. Carpenter, of the Truxton. He writes
from Tuxpen. He says that the health of the
officers and crew is excellent -that they are
well treated by the Mexicans, and their private
properly respected. His letter is written sub
sequent to the destruction of the brig, so that
the officers of the Princeton were deceived by
the soldiers, at the mouth of the river, who in
formed them that our prisoners had been sent
to Tampico.
I perceive the New Orleans papers have not
spared the squadron for our abortion, as they
call it, at Alvarado; but the Commodore, I have
no doubt, has fully justified his conduct to the
Department. But the failures in lime of war
are productive of many little soubriquets that
are long remembered, and Com. Alvarado Con
ner is as indelibly placed upon our list of Post
Captains, as if he was thus baptised in all the
churches of Christendom. However should
the war be prosecuted with vigor, 1 have no
doubt he will give us all plenty to do ; but no
thing will be done until the return of the Prince
ton. 1 have no doubt the despatches will be
published in a few days after the receipt of this
so you must be on the qui vivc. No more of
importance. Yours, &c.
P. S. The Court Martial on board the St
Mary's, convened for the purpose of trying a
seaman by the name of Johnson, for striking the
first lieutenant, Mr. Taylor, has not made any
public decision yet.
LATEST FROM THE ARMY.
The Movements of the Troops.
The steamer Sea, Captain Jenkins, arrived
yesterday afternoon from Brazos Santiago, via
Port Lavacca and Galveston on the 9th. Among
the passengers she brought to this city were
Maj. McRea of the army and thirty discharged
volunteers. She also brought three companies
to Indian Point, who are to proceed to San An
tonia to join Gen. Wool's command.
N. 0. Picayune.
Camargo, Aug. 31, 1816.
Gentlemen: Thus far into the bowels of the
land have we mached on without impediment.
The First Brigade, under Gen. Worth, is now
well on to Monterey, and the second, under
Col. P. F. Smith, and Third, under Col. Gar
land, are expected soon to follow. Capt. May,
with the Second Dragoons, and Maj. Monroe,
with tho Light Artillery, are to move forward
in the same direction. These, wuh the Tex
ans, Ohio and Kentucky volnnieers, all under
the command of Old Rough and Ready, will
constitute an effective force of 7500 men. But
a portion of these, however, will proceed to
Monterey, the remainder will be stationed at
dfTerent posts in the rear, to guard them and
preserve a communication with the supplies.
This is not a pleasant service for those who
are -'eager for the fray," but it can't be helped
The want of proper means of land transporta
tion is severely fell; although General Taylor
has an effective force of neatly 15,000 men,
not a single additional wagon has yet arrived,
and the conveyance of baggage and accoutre
ments is effected exclusively by mules, of which
some 1,500 or 2,000 have been hired or pur-j
chased from the Mexicans.
You have doubtless learned ere this, that on
the 24th, Gen. Worth arrived at the town of
Salado, some 70 miles distant, and there awaits
the arrival of ihe main body of the Army.
Lieut. Kane, is here with 150 men tb guard
the public stores. Gen. Taylor is confident of
reaching Monterey by the 15th of September,
and by the 1st of October, will probably be at
Saliillo, sixty miles from Monterey. He an
ticipates no resistance to his progress to the
former place. We learn that there are some
three or four thousand Mexican soldiers at
Monterey, the command of Mejia, but ihey are
wholly inefficient, and scarcely kept together
by force. They will disperse at the first rumor
of our approach, or I am seriously mistaken.
Yours, F. F. C.
,atc and Important from Mexico.
Arrival of the Arab Santa Antia's Admission
at Vera Cruz -Confinement oj Paretics at
Perote New Pronunciamtnto for Paredes.
The British steamship Arab arrived off the
Bulize the night of Wednesday last, the 9th
inst., having left Vera Cruz on the afternoon of
the 31st inst., at 4 o'clock. The Arab, it will
be recollected, is the vessel which conveyed
Santa Anna to Vera Cruz.
The most important news by the Arab, touch
es the arrival of Santa Anna at Vera Cruz.
On this point we are able to speak upon the
authority of Mr. O'Neil, one of the owners of
the Arab, who made the voyage from Havana
with Santa Anna. The General had previous
ly assured Mr. O'Neil that there would be no
occasion to run the blockade that the vessel
would be permuted to enter without any diffi
culty. When the Arab arrived ofl Vera Cruz,
they descried the St. Mary's, and the Arab im
mediately bore up for her. The St. Mary's
sent a boat to the Arab, with a first lieutenant
on board. Upon reaching her he encountered
Gen. Almonte, whom ho recognized, with whom
he exchanged salutations. By Gen. Almonte
the lieutenant was conducted to Gen. Santa
Anna, who was lying in his berth quite ill.
Then a short interview took place, and when
the lieutenant reappeared on deck, he gave the
owners permission to pass the blockade.
An account received by a commercial house
represents that the suite of Santa Anna evinced
much emotion and even alarm, when boarded,
but that the General himself was perfectly calm
and apparently expected the visit. It is further
added that the General delivered a letter lo the
officer who boarded the boat, which produced
the desired effect.
Recurring again to Mr. O'Neil's communica
tion to us, we learn that when Santa Anna lan
ded he was received but by a few friends that
the reception was not a public ono, and that it
was not marked by much enthusiasm. Santa
Anna himself was evidently disappointed by
the reception given to him. His health con
tinued infirm up to the time of the departure of
the Arab. He was able, however, after his
arrival, to entertain at a public dinner at the
palace in Vera Cruz, a large number of civil
dignitaries and military officers. At the dinner
a more favorable disposition was manifested
towards the General and there was some ap
pearance of enthusiasm.
Subsequently, on his way to the capital, he
stopped at his hacienda, El Encerro, in the vi
cinity of Jalapa, where he remained up to the
latest accounts received from him. He would
leave there for the city of Mexico at the ver
earliest moment bis health would permit.
That his presence in tho field may be ur
gently required, is manifest from another im
portant fact which wo learn by his arrival.-
Tho army stationed at San Luis Potosi has de
clared again in favor of Paredes! Paredes, by
tho way, is a prisoner in the Castle of Porote,
as was rumored when the Daring left Vera
Cruz. The declaration of the army at San Lu
is in favor of Paredes was generally believed in
city of Mexico when Mr O'Neil left there, and
we learn by a commercial letter from Vera
Cruz that it was also fully credited there.
Mr. O'Neil represents that it is extromely
difficult to arrive at any conclusion as to the
state of popular feeling in regard to the differ
ent aspirants for power in Mexico. Among
commercial men, and in fact among all classes
not immediately connected with the military,
the utmost apathy and indifference appear to
reign.
The day the Arab left, a flag of truce was
sent ashore by Com Conner, and the same oc
currence had taken place on two or three oc
casions previously. We have, of course, no
clue to the communications interchanged, but
as the Daring arrived at ihe mouth of the river
ihe day prior to tho Arab's departure, it was
conjectured that the Commodore might have re
ceived by her communications which controlled
his conduct. N. O. Picayune, llth inst.
Battle at Wauvoo.
From Twelve to Fifteen Killed
By the St. Louis Republican, of the 14th
inst., we learn that a battle took p'ace between
the Mormons and the ami Mormons, on the llth.
It appears that the anties, who had encamped
the day previous within about three miles of
the city of Nauvoo, on the morning of the llih
took up their line of march for the city.
On ascertaining ihe movements of their foes,
the Mormons beat to quarters, mustered be
tween three and five hundred men, and went
forth to meet their adversaries.
The antagonistic parlies met about one mile
east of the Temple, when a battle commenced.
The "Saints" and "Genites" fired upon each,
other for two hours, but the distance was m
great that their leaden missiles were materially
deprived of their death-dealing properties.
Having somewhat appeased their wrath, the
belligerents drew off, each party reluming w"
its original position in the morning.
The Mormons in this affair had one man
killed and two badly wounded.
The anties, numbeiing upwards of eight hun
dred, returned to camp, with a loss of from
eight to fifteen killed.
The excitement was very great in the vicin
ity, and it was generally supposed that the bat
tle would be resumed, either that evening or
the next morning.
The Tariff Fraud.
The following extract from the Lexington,
(Mo.) Expositor is to the point. Speaking of
the Tariff fraud practised upon ihe people of
Pennsylvania, it says:
"As little as we know, away here in tho
west, such gross falsehoods could not havu de
ceived us. Every reading man in Missouri
knew that Mr. Polk was a British Free-Tradw
Taiiffite. The Locofocos of the Slate voted
for him because he was a Locofoco, aid becau(
he lived within a few miles of Gen Jackson's
habitation. They cared nothing for hi princi
ples, other than " Texas and Oregon," and if
he had favored the idea of erasing this tariff-law
from the statute book, the Locofoccs of .Mis
souri would have supported him vith equal
promptitude. Our Locofocos don'i vote on
principle they vote for Demagoguery of all de
scriptions the greatest demagogue always se
curing their votes. Pennsylvanians have grcni
er interests at slake, and ought never to suffer
themselves to be deceived by demagogues and
political charlatans. Pennsylvania has joi her
dose in the new Tariff, and Missouri ht-r por
tion in tho Veto on the River and Harbor bill.
They have iheir deserts." .
Canal Commissioner.
We extract the following article from the
Sunbury American, a paper of ihe Polk party.
The American is in favor of the Protective Pol
icy, and is more consistent in its advocacy of
that Policy than any other paper of that party,
wo see.
Canal Commissioner. The time is
now approaching when we shall be called upon
to vote for a man to fill this office. It is not,
and ought not properly be considered an office
of a political character, more than a supervisor
of roads. The legislature, a fcM years since.
passed a law to elect a Canal Commissioner
every year, believing that the old mode of keep
ing men in office, where so much responsibility
and power rested, tended greatly to fraud and
corruption. The spirit and intention of the law
was that one new man should be elected every
year, similar to the manner of electing cotiruy
commissioners. But Mr. Foster wishes to
break down this law, by forcing himself upon
the people through a nomination procured by
the control of the Canal Board. There is ano
ther serious objection to Mr. Foster. He is a
free trade man, and his election would be hailed
as a triumph of Free Trade. If the tariff men
of Pennsylvania wish to have the tariff amend
ed so as to protect our iron and coal, they must
show their determination not to submit to the.
wrongs imposed on them, by some public de
monstration; and they never can have a better
opportunity iban by opposing the free trade Ca
nal Commissioner. Let our farmers who Sti
pend on the coal and iron trade for a profiialrl
market, remember these things. It'U well
enough for officers, like Mr. Foster, who live
off the public, and have salaries, to support free
trade, as they have nothing to lose, but every
thing to gain, by getting provisions,, &e. cheap
er, at the expense of the farmer and1 mechanic
Up to the first instant, 15,000'barrels of-ash-os
have been shipped this seastai at Montreal
being 5,000 barrels less than last;year to same
dale, Last year there were 3,(52.0.. barrels on
handnow there are 4,693.