JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, December 3, I 10. FOR GOVERNOR, PETER S. MICHLER, OF NORTHAMPTON. Subject to the decision of the 4th. of March Convention. The Monthlies. Wc are already in possession of ihe Decem ber number of our several Magazines. Godey's Lady's Book, as usual is freiglned with many good things. Its papers are all original and unique, from the pens of our ablest authors ; whiUt the embellishments aie as attractive as vcr. Godey closes the year as spiritedly as he began it, and promises many additional in ducements, for subscribers to his next volume. We will endeavor to publish his advertisement oori. The Columhian Magazine, also sustains its high reputation. It is undeniably the best work of the kind ever published in New Vork. The tales are of a superior order, and the embellish ments cannot be surpassed. We will also en deavor to find room for its advertisement soon. We have also received No. I of Godey's re print of the "London Ladies' World of Fash ion," and No. 2 of "Blackwood's Magazine" .They are furnished at the low price of $1 per year, each ; or SI, 50 for bo'h. Any person desirous of possessing a foreign periodical can not do belter than subscribe for either one or both of these reprints. They are as interest ing and entertaining as they are cheap and hnndsomely got up. "Courtship of the Widow Wicks." Wilson & Co.'s great Pictorial Double Bro iher Jonathan for Christmas, (which wo have just received,) contains the whole of this admi rable story, with portraits of the widow and her lover. There is also a new and highly finished picture of Santa Claus on Christmas eve, which occupies the entire first page of the Jonathan ; likewise a most excellent likeness of Old Rough and Ready. The remaining outer pages are filled wiih rich and well-executed engravings, appropriate for the holidays. The price is 12 1-2 cents only. The Convention. Our State Committee have issued a call for the Whig State Convention to assemble at Har risburg on the Ninth of March next, to nominate candidates for Governor and Canal Commis sioner, to be supported by the Whigs and the friends of the Protective Policy, at the ensuing General Election. Jtansel Webster. The complimentary Dinner, to this distin guished Statesman, by the Whigs of Philadel nhia. was to take place yesterday. It was no doubt a brilliant affair. Our Candidate. Tho name of Peter S. Michler, Esq., as a candidate for Governor, is favorably noticed by most of the Whig papers in the State. They all admit that he would make an unexceptiona ble candidate. JXS Gen. Scott, it is said, is to take com mand of the 7000 fresh troops just ordered into the field. Latest Intelligence from Mexico. Another Revolution Almonte going to England Trouble about the Stolen Money. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, sends the following intelligence received in that city : Washington, Nov. 28 -p. m. 1 learn that important despatches have this day been received from our squadron in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mexican administration is dissolved, and Almonte is going to England. Santa Anna has been compelled to refund the two millions of dollars which he recently stole from a conducla. The English Minister in Mexico, Mr. Bank head, has probably interfered with the course of Santa Anna. Mexico is in a bad condition. .Letters from Washington state, that it is in contemplation to amend the Sub-Treasury bil in such a way as to suspend its operation du ring toe war, so jar as u relates to trie specie clause. f Gen. Taylor is a liberally educated man, and 18 a good Greek and Latin scholar. This wil account for the simplicity and elegance of his despatches. Departure of Gen. Scott for the Seat of War. We learn from Washington that Gen. Scott has at last been ordered to lake command of the Army in Mexico, and has actually departed for Tampico. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore American, under date of the 24th inst. says : General Scott and his staff are ordered to Mexico, to give addiiional spirit and direction to ihe Army. This new movement is the re sult of the recent communications and confer ences of which I made mention in my letter of this morning, and has grown out of recent events in Mexico, and advices from the head quarters of the Army. General Scott was to leave in the mail boat this morning, and has probably gone. His des tination is Tampico, but with large additional powers To control his actions when on the ground. From both the Navy and War Departments, I learn that every preparation is making for an attack upon Tampico. The force commanded by Major General Patterson will march from Matamoras down by the coast through Tamau-lipas." Franklin W. Bowdon has been elected a Representative in Congress from the seventh district of the State of Alabama, to supply the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. McCon nell. He is n Democrat, as was his principal competitor. North Carolina Senator. The Hon. George Badger has been elected United States Senator, by the Legislature of North Carolina, in the place of Mr. Haywood resigned. Mr. Badger, it will bo recollected, was Sec retary of the Navy under Gen. Harrison, and gave promise of being one of the most efficient and popular Secretaries that had ever been at ihe head of that Department. A Locofoco Region. The Louisville Jour nal thus gives up a section of ihe country to the Locofocos: The country lying round the head waters of Salt river has become the most unmitigated Lo cofoco stronghold in tho Union. Whatever other victories the Whigs may achieve, it is pretty certain that they will never again have a majority there. There will be 30 States represented in the next Congress, and the number of representa tives they will be entitled to is 230. Of this number, 116 constitutes a majority. Wreck of the Steamer Atlantic. The city papers of Monday give full accounts of the melancholy casualty which befel the steamboat Atlantic, which was totally wrecked in Long Island Sound, during the gale on Thursday last. There were about eighty persons on board at the time, and the destruction of human life was dreadful. About forty it is supposed perished. among them the Rev. Dr. Armstrong, Secreta ry of the American Board of Missions. The recent assessment in the Stale of Ohio gives the following results : Yalue of real property, $324,000,000 personal, 79,177,484 $403,177,484 Being more than four hundred millions of dollars, and the wealth of the State increasing rapidly every year. It appears from the recent statistics, that ihere are in Connecticut, 137 cotton mills, 123 woollen mills, 37 paper mills, 187 tanneries, 6 carpel factories, 32 clock factories, 323 coach and wagon factories, besides factories for the manufacture of sewing silk, pins, machinery, and " Yankee notions" of every description. Ii is stated, says the New York Mirror, that a large portion of the white sugar in the market has a large admixture of floured marble in it say two or three ounces in every pound. England admits her dependence on the United Slates for BREAD. Locofoco paper. And i.j return you would have tho United Slates admit her dependence on England for clothing. The Whig policy is for the UnileO Stales to not only feed England's starving poor, but to clothe them also, and let the nabobs pay for it. Ducks Co. Intelligencer. An extraordinary memory. Miss Louisa West, a girl fifteen years of ape, at George town Kentucky, committed to memory accu rately the whole New Testament in six weeks, at the same time attending to her other domes tic duties. JJj3 A wriier in the New Orleans Tropic avers thai the $2,000,000 seized upon by San tti Anna, was laken with the sanction of Great Britain. IMPORTANT FKO.TI IflEXiCO. Tabasco bombarded by Com. PerryOne Brig, jive Schooners, two Steamers and other craft capturedLieut. C. M. Morris killed"-American brig Plymouth captured. Office ofthe N. O. Picayune, November 13, 1846. J We have been furnished by an officer of the army who arrived here this morning in the schr. Portia, Capt. Powers, six days froiii-St.- Lizar da, who was engaged in the affair of Tobasco. with the annexed summary and sketch of the proceedings of Com. Perry, with iho detach ment of vessels under his command. Tho ex pedition was entirely successful. The object of ihe expedition was to cut out certain vessels anchored ir. the river there, which were all ta ken. When ihe city was summoned to surren der, the people were all in favor of yielding, but ihe Government and soldiers opposed it. Time vas given for all peaceable persons, women and children to get out of harm's way, but the Gorernment would not allow any one to leave, so that it is feared that most of their kill ed during the bombardment were not soldiers. Some of the regulars were killed, and had it not been that the executiunfcwas principally done upon inoffensive persons, the city would have been demolished, with the exception of the residences of foreign consuls and hospitals. The squadron, consisting of tho steamship Mississippi, Com. Perry ; the Vixen, Como. Sands ; the Bonita, Lieut. Comm'g Benham ; the Reefer, Lieut. Sterrett ; the Moniia, Lieut. Hazard ; the revenue cutler McLean, Captain Howard ; the revenue cutter Forward, Captain Nones, and two hundred seamen and marines from the Raritan and Cumberland, under com mand of Captains French and Forest, Lieut's C. II. F. Linslow, Walsh and Hunt. Capt. Edson and Lieut. Adams, of the ma rines, left Antonio Lizardo, on the 6th inst., and arrived at Frontera on the 23d, having cap tured steamers Peirita and Tabas Yeveno, and several small vessels. On the 24th and 25ib, the expedition ascen ded the river, twenty-iwo miles to Tobasco. The current being very rapid, the vessels were towed by the Petril and Vixen. Passed De vil's Turn at 2 P. M., landed and spiked two twenty-four pounders. Arrived off Tobasco at 6 P. M. and anchored in line ahead at a dis tance of sixteen yards from ihe shore. Sum moned the city to surrender. The Governor refused. We fired three shots from the Vixen; one cut the flag staff, and as the colors fell we thought that they had surrendered. An officer then came off and requested that we would spare their hospital, which was granted. At five o'clock, landed two hundred seamen and marines, but as it was too late to attack the fort, they were ordered on board again. Some skirmishing ensued, but none of us were injured This was Sunday, and the Commodore was somewhat reluctant to commence the attack on that day, we had captured three schooners be fore wo arrived at Frontena, and another on our passage up the river; making in all, one brig, five schooners, two steamers and many small crafi and lighters. Monday, Sept. 26. At davlisht wo sustain- tained a sharp fire of musketry from the shore, which was answered by our great guns, when ever we heard a report. The firing continued for some time at intervals, when a white flag was displayed by some civilians on shoie, (no doubt by consent of the Governor,) and a re quest was sent oft' to the Commodore, to spare the town, which he granted, adding that he on ly desired to frighten the soldiers. Whilst white flags were flying all the while, Lieut. W. R. Parker got on shoro with his prize vessel, and was attacked by about eighty soldiers, whom he beat off with eighteen men, having but one killed and two wounded this affair lasted 30 minutes. Lieut. C. M. Morris was despatched to him with orders, and in passing ihe heavy fire of ihe enemy was wounded in the neck by a musket ball. Lieut. Morris stood up in his boat and cheered the men most gallantly, until he fell into the arms of Midshipman Keever. The Commodore then commenced cannona ding in earnest from the Vizen, Bonita, Monita, and Forward, and in the space of half or three quartera of an hour almost demolished the city, sparing the houses of the foreign Consuls, and such as appeared to bo inhabited by peaceful citizens. At about midday ihe fleet left Tobas co, and as it passed the different streets at an gles with the water, fired musketry and greal guns, and swept ihem completely of every liv ing thing. Lieut. Morris died on the 5th, on board the Cumberland, and was buried with the honors of war at Lizardo. It will bo seen by reading; this cursory re port, that the Commodore spares the city out of feelings of humanity. The inhabitants could not leave, as the Governor would uot permit them; hence they sought refugu in cellar.3 dur- ing the cannonading, and thus escaped destruc tion. Had it not been that we were necessarily obliged to kill many innocent persons before taking the city, Tobasco, at this moment would be ours as it is, we have paid them dearly for the shot ihat deprived us of Lieut Morris. Long will they remember and dread the return ofthe Americans The Mexican force was 350 regular troops, with four pieces of cannon, besides an un known number of armed peasants, all of whom were posted on strong military works, or in the occupation of stone or brick houses hence we could not reach them with our great guns, and we were at eveiy disadvantage. STILL LATER ! Tuna pi co taken without firing a xesn ! Tho squadron under Com. Perry, says ihe N. O. Delta of ihe 20ih, arrived off Tampico on the 14ih inst. A messenger with a flag was im mediately sent on board the Commodore's ship offering, in the name of the authorities, the sur render of the city. About 400 men sailors and marines were then sent ashore from the squadron, who look, and hold, possession of the place without firing a gun. Some five or six guu-boais were seized and, as far as found available, incorporated with the squadron. Afier making such arrangements as the case rendered necessary, Com. Perry, on board the U. S. steamship Mississippi, sailed for N. Or leans, touching at ihe Brazos, where Lieut. An derson was landed to inform the U. S. authori ties there of what had transpired. The Commodore reached N. O. on the 20ih. Health ofthe squadron good. A farther reinforcement of 200 men from the fleet had been ordered to garrison Tampico, and the object of the Commodore's visit to N. O. was to obtain men and munitions for the garrison at Tampico, and the N. Orleans pa pers state that some four or five huudred troops would leave for that destination in a day or two; and it is farther stated that Gov. Johnson, of Louisiana, had tendered for the use of the U. States, six 6 pound and three 9 pound brass pieces, together wiih one hundred rounds of ball for each gun, and 50 round of grape shot. Tampico contains about 4,000 inhabitants ; but there are two towns adjacent, almost con nected with it, called Peublo Vieja and Alta mira, which considerably increase the popula tion on that part of the Coast of Mexico. Securing an Empty Pnrse. There has been a deal of noise round the Subtreasury in the city of New York, for a few days, caused by "ihe clink of hammers closing rivets up." An examination discovered work men busy in putting bars and iron window shut ters upon the room holding the iron Subtreasu ry, with "nothing in it." We also saw many very busy at a lock upon the door, but much examination here was forbidden by a watchman, who kept the curious ofT while the smith pui on somo famous lock. At the last returns the keeper had $1,800 in his box, but we daro say it has since become " small by degrees and beautifully less." At present we think a man of small ability only is necessary lo keep the Subtreasury, and, should any one hesitate about taking the office through modesty, let him take courage, for, like Fortunio, "his duty he can learn in half a minute; 'tis but to hold a purse there's nothing in it."N. Y. Express. A First Rate Chance. A bookseller in John (street, New York, advertises for salo "six hundred volumes of tho most famous sermons in the language, any one of which is sufficient to establish a first rate reputation for a young clergyman." Tho locofoco papers are exulting over an an ticipated triumph in 1848. They,aro howover probably counting without their host. The people of ihe Siaie have effectually ropudiated locofocoism a species of disease something liko the small pox, which, when once got rid of, there is no danger of taking again. &tm aw-Ii3st. Mr. George Turner of Leeds, Eng., has dis- ! covered an explosivw compound cheaper than j that from cotton. Instead of cotton he uses Saw dust or any fibrous vegetable matter which hc immerses from eight io ten minuies in equal measures of nitric acid, specific gravity one and a half, and of common oil of vitriol. A slight incroase of the latter increases the rapidity of combustion. With this prepared saw-dust, Mr. Turner discharged a pocket pistol loaded wiih ball, wiih force equal to ihat of gunpowder. Weight for weight, he thinks the saw-dust will prove the belier projectile. Tho Indians on one of the islands in Lake Huron, made thb pre&ent yesr 100 tons of ma pie sugar. Hfixv Carriage Wheel. Mr. C R. Connelly, of New York, has in vented a wheel for carriages, which is made entirely of iron, and so put together that the danger from ftacture of any of the pans is guarded against. The hub is made wiih an outer shell, wiih holes drilled through at tho proper places for ihe spokes. Each hole is countersunk on the inner side, and the spoke, having a head like a screw, is pushed through the hole and screwed into the tread or tire of the wheel, no fellies being used. The spokes are screwed until the shaft of ihe hub is brought exactly to the centre, ihe spokes straining equally from it and upon ihe tire at all points. Inside the shell of the hub, which is made con cave, the real hub fits, and the axle bein in. seried and the linch-pin adjusted, a cup screws over all, and holds the real hub tight in ju place in its shell. Among ihe merits of this invention are that the upper spokes aid io sus tain a load, and that the wheels can be con structed in this manner, twenty-five per cent, cheaper, and lighter than the wood and iron ones now in use. Savings ISimks. It is gratifying to know that all the Savings Banks in this city are in a flourishing condi tion, and few, if any, pay a dividend of' less than five per cent. The practice of saving monev among mechanics, females and industrious peo ple generally, and particularly among emigrant who know how to appreciate American wages, is becoming quite general, and it is productive of the very best results. It is almost stanliii" lo see the amount (six or seven millions of dol lars,) deposited in ihe several Saving- Banks of the city, and gratifying at ihe same time. n witness ihe spirii of economy which prevuiU in every direction. A great number of terv;ims have 100 dollars and upwards deposited. Hun dreds have sufficient to buy snug linlc farms, and some have capital enough to commence ;i safe business, and thus all may lay the founda tion of fortunes and future happiness. X. Y. Sun. The Land of the Moslem. A Protestant Church is in progress of erection in Alexan dria. Mahomet Alt is a wonderful man. Hi liberal policy will do much to dispel the dark ness of intoleration. Mexican Names Chihuahua is pronounced Che-waw-wam, equal accent on the last iwo syl lables. Monterey, Mon-te-ray, accent on jh second syllable. Saltillo, Saul-teel yo, accent on ihe second syllable. San Luis Potosi, Saurt Luis Po-to-ste, accent on the second oyiiahie of Potosi. Guanaxuaio, Gwan-a-trat-o, half ac cent on the first, and full accent on third sylla ble. On the 28th nit., by ihe Rev., J a inc.- Y. A-h-ton, Mr. John D. Fisher, of Stroud townhip, and Miss Sussanna Reigle, f Northampton county. On ihe 21st ult., by tho Rev. G Yanhorne, Mr. Augustus B. Carmer, of Sussex county, N. J., and Miss Elizabeth Steel, of Piko county, Pa. tt As Christmas and New Year is draving close to hand, and our county is filled with so many young folks, who are looking for something nice for a present at that time to strenghten their friendship, we would advise them to go to Jtfc ick's Fancy Store, where they will find tho hand somest assortment of pretty things ever exhibited in this county. Parents who want the smiles aid good feelings of their children, would be paid ten fold for the trifle they spend for a small present for them He has, wc say, a good assortment of Fancy Goods. Call and see; he charges nothing for showing them. Clocks and Watches cheap. NOTICE. The Monroe County Bible Society will meet in the Church, near the Rev. Mr. Heilig, in Hamilton, on Thursday the 17th instant, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to attend to business important n the Biblo cause in Monroe county. John D Morris, Esq. will address the meeting. WM. P. VAIL, Sec. December 3, 184G. MONEY WANTED. POSITIVELY LAST NOTICE. All persons indebted to the late firm of Gm H. Miller & Co., either by notour book t. count, will pleaso call on the undersigned m1 make payment on or before the first day of Jan uary, 1847, or their accounts will be placet! in other hands for collection, without respeci to persons. GEO. H. MILLER. Slroudsburg, December 3, 1846. -Whereafmy wife RACHEL, has left mf bed and board, I hereby forbid all persons trus1 ing her on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting after thi dat- JOHN H. GROOT. September 19, 1S46.
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