JEPFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, October 29, 1846.
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The Official Vote.
The official returns from every county in the
Siaie have been received at Harrisburg. They
show that Mr. Power, the Whig candidate for
Canal Commissioner, has been elected over his
Locofoco opponent, Mr. Foster, by the hand
some Utile majnriiy of Eight Thousand Nine
Hundred and Sixty-Two votes. The Whigs
have elected 16 Congressmen, 13 Siaie Sena
tors and 56 members of the House. We hope
to be able next week to publish a table of ihe
Canal Commissioners vote, and a corrected list
of the elected Congressmen, and members of
ihe State Legislature.
New York.
The election in ihe Empire State will be
held on Tuesday next. A Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor, are to be chosen this year.
Both parlies are warmly engaged in canvassing
ihe Stale, and hope for victory. Which of
ihem will secure it, we are unable to sav but,
we need hardly say, we trust it will be the
Whigs. A few days will tell.
Vote for SenatorOfficial.
Pitman. Overjield.
Schuylkill, 2554 2141
Carbon, 350 - 414
Monroe, ,231 576
Pike, 168 245
3303 -r-
3376
3303
Oreifield's majority.
73
maine,
As far as heard from the Whigs have elected
56 members of Assembly, and the Loco Focos
52. There are yet 44 vacancies lo be filled.
Maryland Election.
Senate. The Senate consists of twenty
ono members, one-third of whom are elected
every second year. There were nine Senators
elected this year seven for terms that had ex
pired, and two vacancies. Of those elected,
four are Whigs, fire Democrats ; holding over
nine Whigs, three Democrats ; total thirteen
"VVhigs, eight Democrats.
House of Delegates. The House of Del
egates consists of eighty-two members. The
following is the result in the whole State :
.Whigs fifty-three; Democrats twenty-five; In
dependent four; Whig majority twenty-four,
which is twenty more than last year.
Florida.
Another Whig Congressman elected. The
Florida -papers give returns of the election
which leaves little doubt of the election of Mr.
Cabell (Whig) to Congress. It now remains
to be seen whether a subservient party can le
gislate him out of his seat again.
Honor to Ohio.
The Ohio election results in a tie in the Sen
ate. The Wbigs have a majority of 10 in the
House of Representatives. For Congress there
ane 1 1 Whigs, 9 Locofocos, and 1 Independent,
(Lahm) who is said to be a Whig.' The ma
jorjty hi Governor is 2,000.
Thanksgiving Day In Pennsylvania.
It will be seen by the annexed official proc
lamation of the State Executive, that Thursday
the 26th day of November next, is designated
as a day to be publicly dedicated throughout
the Commonwealth, to the duties of prayer,
thanksgiving and praise.
PENNSYLVANIA, ss.
In the name and by the authority of the' Common
wealth of Pennsylvania.
By Francis K. Shunk,
COVERNOR OF THE SAID COMMONWEALTH.
A PROCLAMATION.
L. S. Whereas, the public and grateful ac
knowledgment of the goodness of God, the
confession of our sins, and the supplication of
his continued favor, is a duty, not more imposed
by the obligations of religion, than sanctioned
by the dictates of reason : And Whereas, by
the general observance of a day devoted to
these sacred duties, we may hope to avert mer
ited judgments, secure ihe blessings HIS good
ness has promised, and bind ourselves together
as a community in our allegiance lo HIM, who
is rightful sovereign :
Therefore, in accordance with my own
sense of propriety, and the solicitations of a
large number of respectable citizens, I appoint
and recommend,
Thursday the 26th day of November next,
to be observed by the people of this Common-
wealih.as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty
God, for his goodness vouchsafed lo us during
the past year in continuing to us the blessings
of civil and religious liberty in preserving us
from the ravages of malignant disease in load
ing us wiih the fruits of his bounty in furnish
mg so abundantly the means of individual, do-
mestic and social improvement and enjoyment;
and in continuing among us the institutions and
ordinances of our holy religion, in all their pu
rifying and elevating influences; and while thus
with grateful hearts we thank him for his good
ness, let us acknowledge our sins, invoke his
forgiveness, and supplicate his continued favor
to our beloved country. Let us humble our
selves before him, that in his holy providence
we have been involved in war with a neighbor
ing Republic. In our thanksgivings for the
victories he has caused our arms to achieve,
let us commend to his compassion the hearts
that have been made desolate by the ravages of
the sword ; and earnestly pray that a peace,
like honorable to both nations, may be restor
d ; and shat the whole family of man, united
in the bonds of fraternal affection, may go for
ward in the cultivation of every peaceful and
useful art and science, in the advancement of
civil liberty, and the universal diffusion of a
pure and undefiled religion, correcting whatev
er is wrong in ihe condition of human society,
to the achievement of that high and holy desti
ny contemplated in ihe purpose of infinite be
nevolence. fit
Given under my hand and ihe Great Seal of
the State, at Harrisburg, this twenty-first
day of October, in the year of onr Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and of
ihe Commonwealth the seventy first.
By the Governor. J. MILLER,
Sec. of the Commonwealth.
Santa Anna's Passport.
The Havanna correspondent of the New Or
leans Picayune, writing on the 1st inst., says
that he has been informed that Gen. Sania An
na did not have a passport from the government
of the United States, but a letter of recommen
dation from President Polk to the Commodore
of the blockading squadron.
We are somewhat curious to know what "re
commendation" President Polk could have sent
to Com. Connor in favor of Sania Anna ; an en
emy lo the country, and one of the most impla
cable of our foes. This is very strange intima
cy for our chief Executive. Can the Union
explain its nature 1 North American.
A Nut for the Pennsylvanian. The
Alexandria Gazette says : The greatest farce
of the day is the attempt on the part of the ad
ministration journals to account for their defeat
in Pennsylvania at the recent election, by the
state of the weather ! It is the first time that we
have heard of the "uhterrified democracy" be
ing afraid of a shower !
The Washington Union, alluding to the cap
ture of Santa Fe, says : "The provisional and
temporary government of the territory in a state
of war is one thing; its ultimate destination at
the conclusion of peace is another. No milita
ry power and no executive power can perma
nently annex new territory lo the Union. That
act must depend upon the other constitutional
authorities of our country, in connexion with
ihe executive power."
It is stated that Capt. Taylor has contracted
with U. Stales Government to take the Prince
ton steamer and another vessel over the bar at
Tampico, by means of marine canals.
i FOREIGN NEWS.
Arrival of the Caledonia;
fifteen days later:
The Steamship Caledonia, from Liverpool
afternoon of 4th irist., arrived at Boston at half
past 11 o'clock, Tuesday night. She had ra
ther a rough passage, having encountered a se
ries of westerly winds. She biings one hun
dred and ten passengers.
The most important news is the loss of the
steamer Great Britain on the coast of Ireland
on the night of Sept. 22d. A full account of
the disaster from Willmer & Smith's European
Times will be found below. Passengers and
crew all saved.
The state of trade at Manchester had im
proved. A belief was prevalent that the Amer
ican cotton crop would prove an average crop.
In the manufacturing districts, trade was still
dull, and there was but little alteration.
The prices of Cotton, and of Corn and Flour,
had improved the latter articles materially.
The rate of discount in the London money
market remained unchanged, but the demand for
money had improved, and the funds wero dull
and neglected. The state of Ireland, and the
relations of Europe, arising out of the Spanish
marriage, had had an extensive effect upon the
market.
Ireland was in a stale of famine, and great
exertions were making for the relief of the
people.
The steamship Britannia, from Boston, ar
rived at Liverpool on the morning of the 30th
tilt., in thirteen and a half days. She encoun
tered severe weather, which protracted her
passage.
The papers announce the death of Thomas
Ciarkson, the well known philanthropist.
Dr. Cox, of Brooklyn, was to preach in the
Scotch Church, Liverpool, 4th October, on the
providential escape of (he passengers of the
Great Britain.
The first number of Dickens's new "Serial,"
called Dealings with the firm of Domeby and
Son, was published on the 1st inst. and copies
of it were undoubtedly received by the steamer.
The following letter of a passenger, gives a
brief account of the lost of the Great Britain:
We left Liverpool shortly after eleven o'clock
with a fair wind. The day was fine; we were
in good spirits, and all were expecting a pleas
ant and expeditious voyage. At 12 o'clock we
went down to lunch, and at four o'clock to4din
ner at seven o'clock we sat down to tea, both
before and after which tfc were delighted by
the performances of some of the ladies on the
piano, accompanied by singing. I remained in
the cabin till near nine o'clock, when after ta
king a turn on deck, I retired to bed ; and I
should say that not more than half an hour
could have elapsed before I was alarmed by
hearing much confusion on deck, and the men
calling to 'stop her.' Immediately after, she
took the ground at which time the wind was
blowing very fresh, and occasional showers
were falling. The night was dark, but not so
much so that we could not clearly see a light
on shore, but could not tell what part of the
coast we were on. The tide was flowing at
the time, and, of course, it tended to drive us
farter toward the mainland. In company with
one or two other passengers I remained on
deck during the next four hours, when the wind
having moderated, and all danger as regarded
life being at an end, the life-boats were put in
readiness for immediate service if required, but,
thank God, it continued comparatively calm, and
at low water in the morning we were so near
the shore that carts and cars could approach
within a short distance of us, and the passen
gers with their luggage were in a short lime
landed. The Tessel is now lying between the
Coast Guard House and the Cow and Calf
rocks. Had she struck on any of the numer
ous rocks in the neighborhood, she must have
been knocked to pieces, and in all probability,
many lives would have been lost; as it is, much '
will depend on the weather whether she will
or will not be got off. She was, when I left,
totally unmanageable. Captain Hosken is ac
knowledged on all hands to be an able and ex
perienced seaman, and he will bo able, no doubt
more fully to account for this accident.
The reported call on Pennsylvania and other
States for volunteers lo reinforce the army of
Gen. Taylor is contradicted by the official pa
per. Thai paper says: " Whether or when
ihe Government will call for home volunteers,
we know not, and it is possible they have not
yet decided; but no such call has been made."
The Union also gives a qualified contradic
tion to a rumor circulating in the papers on the
imputed authority of Lieut. Berryman, of the
navy, that ihe Government had ordered an at
tack on Vera Criiz.
A letter to the Tribune eiaies the number of
our troops, on the sick list, at Matamoras, at
about one thousand.
JJjVe commend the following anicleTfronfi
a French paper of the highest grade, to thecal
tention of those folks who believe that the in
creased value of grain in this country is occa
sioned by the new tariff.
From La Pressc.
The European Harvest.
We are about to enter on one of those ca
lamitous years in which the ordinary resources
are not sufficient for the food of the people.
The crop of 1845 is entirely exhausted, and
that of 1846 has produced lens than a fair av
erage. The rye harvest has so completely
failed throughout France, that ii will scarcely
produce sufficient for seed for the ensuing year.
Some farmers have not threshed their crop, as
they found it would not pay the expense.
Wheat is in general of good quality, but, con
trary to the sanguine expectations of the far
mers, the produce is less than that of the year
1845. The oats have been scorched by the
sun in several departments. They are inferi
or in quality and quantity everywhere, but par
ticularly in the department where they serve
for the food of the inhabitants. Dry vegetables,
such as peas, beans and lentils, will not pro-j
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uuce a sumcieui supply ior u.c ensuing
Cabbages and carrois are exceedingly scarce.
Potatoes have been attacked with the prevail
ing disease in twelve departs, and cause seri
ous apprehensions for the future. So much
for France. Let us now examine the pros
pect in foreign countries. In Belgium there
are no complaints of the harvest, but it will not
produce any overplus for exportation. In Hol
land no decline in the price of provisions is ex
pected. It is further said that on the opening
of the states general the government will de
mand an extension of the bill passed last year
to encourage the importation of foreign grain.
Portugal is menaced with an approaching fam
ine, and Spain is too poor to assist her neigh
bors. Switzerland will be compelled to seek
provisions from abroad. Among the countries
which commonly export corn, Pomerania has
no wheat to spare, Mayence cannot suffice for
the demand of Switzerland and Alsace. Alex
andria and Odessa have no wheat in their stores
and the prices were generally rising even be
fore the failure of the potato crop in Ireland
was known. It may therefore be assertpd as
a general proposition, that Europe is placed in
a difficult position with respect to the supply of
her population.
France, particularly, has reason to be seri
ously uneasy. Let us suppose in fact that the
present harvest is merely bad, and that even if
we do not take into account the loss of potatoes
and other vegetables, we should require accor
ding to the calculations of M. de Montveran, a
supply of corn for fifteen days. But to this
ucuueucy u. ....ecu uda,w must auuaueasi
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the crop of 1845. France must therefore find
a month's supply from abroad. We must con
consequently import during the course of the
year about 6,000,000 hectolitres of grain. But
all Europe has never collected in her stores
more than 14,000,000 hectolitres for sale
merely a trifle more than double the quantity of
which France has need to complete her slock
of corn. But let us admit that foreign coun
tries can supply us with the grain necessary
until the next harvest, and let us see whether
our merchants are capable of fulfilling the du
ties of a national purveyor. We can refer to
one year in which the imports approached lo
the amount required at present. In 1832 we
imported food for twenty-one days, amounting
to 4,767,793 hectolitres of corn, weighing 32
563,000 metrical quantals. There were 3575
ships, of at least 100 tons each employed to
convey this grain. This year we must employ
one-third more, and we may add that this im
mense enterprise will require a capital of 120,
OOO.OOOf, and that the consumers must support
a surplus of expense to the amount of 30,000,
OOOf. Had we wished to penetrate into ihe
details of the corn trade had we taken into
calculation the influence of the deficient mode
communication, of the poverty of the small cus
tomers, and of the rapacity of speculators
ihe picture would appear overcharged, and we
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snouio ueieai our omeci; inn ii is sumcient lor
us to have demonstrated that the situation of
the country is grave, and merits the anxious
attention of the government. A firm and prov
idem activity will be sufficient to orercome all
difficulties, and to carry us to the next harvest.
Alabama Another Victory.
An election was held on the 13th for a Mem
ber of Congress in the Hid District, to supply
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
William L. Yancey. In ihe four counties
heard from Beman, (Whig,) has 140 majority.
Beman gains about 1,700 thus far on last
year's vote when the Loco majority was only
1,300. Beman is no doubt elected; as the re
maining Counties usually are about even,
A Dirge from the Palace Elarpcr.
we greatly apprehend that the eclipse of
the Pennsylvania Democracy, nn Tuesday, has
been nearly total, and that neatly all parts of
the State hare shared alike in ihe interesting
phenomenon. Whiggery has contrived not on
ly to carry the Canal Commissioner, but also a
majority of the Congressmen, and we fear of
both branches of the State Legislature. It
would be an idle affectation on our part to dis
guise that we feel not only disappointed but
deeply mortified at this result. Ii has taken
place in the face of the previous information
we had received; and let the National Intelli
gencer now twit us as it may let it bring up,
if it pleases, the sanguine predictions which
were made in the " Union", yet wo frankly and
conscientiously assure ii, we participated in
the mistake with some of our political friends
who have been long and particularly conversant
with the politics of Pennsylvania ; am! that we
would not have dared to express such presenti
ments about a State with whose localities we
were not acquainted, unless we had relied upon
gentlemen of acknowledged integrity and infor-
ma,ion' 0ne of ,hesB has emphatically in-
I formed US. to-dav. that hp. never wsn mnri rli-
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I aPPoin,ed in hia life." The Union, 16th inst.
JXS This comes of trusting exclusively to
tide-waiters to make a Tariff, and then relying
on their judgment as to how the People will
take it. Won't the organist know better next
time ? Tribune.
The North American asks the following per
tinent queries :
Is it Free Ttade? Flour has declined to
Five Dollars ; a few week inee it was Fivh
dollars and a half. Is this owing to the British
Bill of '46, the recent elections in Pennsylva
nia and Ohio, the rain of the 2 3th inst., or the
potato rot? Will the Pennsylvanian elucidato
this knotty point and enlighten the farmers I
Another Exciting Rumor.
The Mobile Advertiser, in noticing the ru
mored attack on Gen. Taylor by the Mexican!,
from the New Orleans Delta, says:
" We have also had a rumor here, brought
from Matamoras in the McKitn, by a passenger
direct to this city, that the Mexicans of that ci
ty had accounts that their countrymen had been
reinforced had attacked the American army
and obtained great advantages. Both rumor
are probably derived from the same some, tlm
prevalence of a report among the Mexicans of
Matamoras. There is no sufficient ground fur
giving credit lo either version. We may, how
ever, calculate on any amount nf faiihleue.v
among officers and men of that treacherous race.
These rumors give painful interest to the
daily expectation of news from the army. V
. ,0(jk for ,ha GalvesUm shorIjy with aiI0thur
weej.,s ja(er a(vice8
More Rejoicing.
We stated yesterday that the Locos in Penn
sylvania had one matter to rejoice over : 3
Whigs had lo cross a river to vole, but "couldirt
gel across." We find they have another. They
, camed a cO"nly a"d thereupon one of them
writes as follows to the Philadelphia Pennsyl
vanian :
Edensburg, October 16, 1846.
The returns of the election in this county are
all in, and I am happy to say that the victory
is complete. We have carried the whole dem
ocratic ticket, and left the Whigs without hope
for the future. As a party, the Whigs are
completely disbanded and cut up, so that to el
feet an organization hereafter is impossible.
Who held this man. while he wrote this let-
ter ? He had surely to bo held, down, then.-
When he got the news of the Stat he must
have started off at a gait that has by thta tinio.
taken him to the very source of Salt river.
Bait. Patriot.
Executors Notice.
Letters testamentary upon the last Will and
Testament of Henrv C. Middanoh nf vr.
fall township, Pike county, deceased, haviri
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been issued by the Register of said county to
the subscribers, all persons having claims or
demands against said Estate are requested to
present them to the subscribers fof Davment.
!and al1 Per30ns indebted to said estate are re
1UCJIU lw ",aKC johXt OUIOK
LEVI T. QUICK.
Westfall, Oct. 26. 1846. Executors.
NOTICE,
The Monroe County Bible Society will moet
on Tuesday evening, the 3d of November, at
the Presbyterian Church in Straudsburg, for
the purpose of electing officers, and for other
important business. As it will be during Court
week, a convenient opportunity will be afforded
for the attendance of persons jfromTHmorg-paris
of the county, which it is earnestly hoped ihey
will embrace. WiVL P. VAIL, Sec.
Stroudaburg, Oct. 22, 1846.
JOB WORK
Neatly executed at this Office,