JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, January 28, 1847. Terms, $2,00 In advance: $2,25 half yearly; and 2,00 if not paid before the end of the year. FOR GOVERNOR, PETER S. MICHLER, OF NORTHAMPTON. Subject to the decision of the 4th of March Convention. Whig State Convention. A Stale Convention, to he composed of Del egates from the city of Philadelphia and the several counties equal to their representation in the general Assembly of this Commonwealth, uill he held at Harriaburg, on TUESDAY, the 9ih day of MARCH next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purposo of selecting candid ates for Governor and Canal Commissioner to bo supported by the Whigs and the friends of the Protective Policy ai the next ensuing elec tion, and to transact such other business as may ho deemed important to the success of the Whig cause. J. P. SANDERSON. SAMUEL D. KARNS, JOSEPH KONIGUACIIER, MORTON McMICHAEL, : GEORGE ERETY, H. JONES BROOKE, - - THEO. D. COCHRAN, - JAMES FOX, JAMES MARTIN, WILLIAM BUTLER, J. J. SLOCUM, JOHN R. EDIE, EDGAR COWAN, JOHN B. JOHNSON, Wm. J. HOWARD, Whig State Committee. State Treasurer. We learn thai Judge Banks has accepted the ofiico of Stato Treasurer, but that in conse quence of some pressing private business, he will not be able to enter upon the duties before the 15tli of next month. The well known ability and high' standing of Judge Banks will be received as a guaranty requiring no endorsement, that the faith and honor and funds of the State have been placed under the control of one in whom the people have the fullest confidence, and who will guard them all with a devotion and wisdom that can not be surpassed. James ill. Mason, was elected United Slates Senator from Virginia, on the 21st inst., in the place of Senator Pennybacker, deceased. Interesting to Farmers. We see that many of our contemporaries are publishing (no doubt for the benefit of their ag ricultural readers,) an opinion lately delivered by Judge Lewis, at Lancaster, to the effect that a tenant is not entitled to remove the hay or straw he may raise on a rented farm. This j to manage the Mexican treasury. It is sup opinion of Judge Lewis is exactly contrary to posed that this will be the speediest way of a aecision oi uie oupiciuc vuuu in x cuuaji vania, and also to the views of our Court in a case tried a few years since. The law of Pennsylvania, as affirmed by the Supreme Court, is that a tenant is entitled to the straw of the way-going crop, in the absence ; jof a special contract to the contrary ; and far - mcrs would do well to avoid being misled, to iheircost, by the opinion of Judge Lewis. Bucks Co. Intelligencer. t r cf. f . T D ..! I ILcgisIative. Wo see nothing of general importance in the proceedings of the, Legislature of last week, except the passage in the House, of resolutions, in favor of the Tariff. The vote on them was of a party cast, only ono Locofoco (Mr. Klin gensmith) voting in their favor notwithstand ing similar resolutions have formerly passed our Legislature without a dissenting voice. Such is the force of party drill thai what was "democracy" a year or two ago, is now the rarjkest "federaJism."--76. Sordid Ambition. A low paper published at Doylestown, and called the Democrat, is struggling hard to at- i tain notoriety by its noisome and vulgar vitu- i operation and mendacity. And it certainly de serves the infamy to which it aspires; for, so fur as our knowledge -emends, there is not pub lished in this country a sheet so utterly stupid, ' grovelling and abusive. The following speci- men is clipped from its columns: FEDERAL TICKET. ' v . FOR PRESIDENT ' .'GEN. SANTA ANNA, OF MEXICO. FOR VICE PRESIDENT mmh WEBSTER,, OF MASSACHUSETTS. FOR GOVERNOR RH O'A'ES IRVINE & r - ' 1 v-f-., The Whigs and the War. The.attemp: to represent the Whig majority of the American people as recreant to the duty which t'hey owe their country in the present contest, shows to what baseness a desperate faction may be driven. Yet the calumny has been confined to the lowest and most degraded of the party, to wit, James K. Polk and his pal ace guard of pensioners. The falsehood is dis proved by the gallant deeds and noble sacrifi ces of Whigs, by their readiness to bear any burthen (save a violated Constitution,) to bring this unhappy war to a speedy conclusion. The real difficulties in Congress" spring almost ex clusively from Locofocos : the Whigs- would prosecute the war to the uttermost. The Whig press is almost unanimous in supporting ihe pa triotic course of our Whig representatives. The courso of this journal has on this subject been decided and consistent : it has opposed the usurpations, the treacheries and imbecili ties of the President; but has never uttered a word which can be construed into opposition to a vigorous prosecution of the war. On the contrary, the dulness and feebleness of its pros ecution by the Administration have been the theme of our constant complaint. Journals thai represent us in a different light, do so from the very wantoncss of mendacity. North American. From Mexico. The following items of intelligence from Mexico have been received at the office of the New York Sun by an armal Irom Havanna. The Congress was in secret session debating upon the measures necessary to be taken in the present state of affairs. An express had been received from Santa Anna demanding eight millions of money, or the country was lost. It was understood that the confiscation of the church property was contemplated, in order to procure funds to carry on the war. The clergy were of course violently opposed to the measure, and wore threatening excom munication to the Government, Congress and ihe Armv, if it was carried into effect. General Scott. The Washington Union speaking of General Scon's departure from Brazos Santiago, says, he is now "Commander of all the land forces in Mexico." The movement of the army will therefore of course, be directed hereafter by him. We find the following amusing little para graph in a letter from Washington to the New York Tribune. The suggestion is a good one, so far as the interests of this country are con cerned, and we are happy to see that it comes from the Locofoco side of Congress : " One of the Locofoco Senators intends to recommend to the Senate, that Mr. Polk, hav ing appointed Santa Anna to command the Mexican forces, should send Robert J. Walker bringing the Mexicans to terms." Shocking. The California!!, (published at Monterey,) of 12th Sepiember, gives the following account of a horrid butchery committed by a pariy of Mex icans, under one Padilla, on two young men, named Fowler and Cowrie: "The party after keeping the prisoners a day or two tied them to trees, then stoned them; one of them had his jaw broken, when a rope was made fast to the broken bone, and tho jaw dragged out; they were then cut up, a small piece at a time, and the pieces thrown at them or crammed in their throats, and they were eventually despatched by cutting out their bowels." This murder was avenged by a small pariy of the revolters, headed by Capt. Ford, who pursued tho Mexicans, overlook and atiacked them, 4G in number, against 18. The Mexi cans were routed, with 12 killed and several wounded. American Women in Mexico. When General Worth was entering Saltillo, four young women in the dress of our country were discovered on the side of the road. Cu riosity having been excited in the columns as to who they were,--it was ascertained they were natives of New Jersey, and had come to that far off place to assume ihe direction of the female operatives in a cotton and woollen fac tory in the vicinity. Before the column had m passed by, it is said, they asked to hear the na tional air, Yankee Doodle. The amounts remitted in small amounts to Ireland from this country, in 1846, may be -judged of from the fact there were sent from New-York $808,000; from Philadelphia, $170, 150, and from Baltimore $23,500 in all, SI,- 001,050, sent by poor people from these cities in ibis country in the course of twelve months. FOREIGN NEWS. Arrival of the IlibcrsiiaV. Important commercial lews--urca rise T luur ana KjOU'ju topccic L.w I . . . . 1 i A . .1 The steamer 41 Hibernia" arrived at Boston at an early hour on Monday morning. She brings the following important intelligence. Corn had advanced, the best quality closing at G8s. to ?2s. Flour has also advanced, the best closing at 37s. to 38s. per barrel, in bond. Cotton New Orleans and Mobile, G 5-'8d. and 7d : do fair 7 -2d. to 7 3-4d.; do uood-8 1-4 av8 1-2. The Money market quiet, with but little fluctuation. : - The Hibernia brought from 200,000 to 300,000 in specie. Large sales of Lard in kes 48s. to 50s. American beef and pork in excellent 'demand Supplies large, and prices firm. Cotton more animated, and a large business had been done. Politically, the news is unimportant. . The President's Message gives hopeful as surance in England, that low duties on British goods will be maintained, and has given the English manufacturers cheerful prospects for their trade during the coming spring. The Paris papers assert that the French go vernment intends proposing a reduction in the duties on foreign corn. There has been a terrible inundation in the Roman States, occasioning great diotiess and extensive loss of properly. The new Pope is mitigating these hardships, by donations from his own purse and personal exertions. He had also reduced the duties"On foreign grain. The President's message had been assailed by the whole British press, and ugly names are given to his reasons sustaining the Mexi can war. The annexation of California is more unpop ular in England than the Texas annexation, and severe comments are made upon the Pres ident's declaration that the war was not under taken with the view of conqiffest. The distress existing in Ireland is the absorb ing topic, and the number of deaihs by starva tion, is on the increase. The people are going over to England to escape from the horrors ex isting in their own country. There is also great distress in the Highlands of Scotland. The Government have offered a pension of 100 to Father Mathew. Elections in Arkansas and Missis sippi. The Memphis Enquirer is assured by gentle men direct from both these Stales, that Whis have been elected to Congress at the last spe- cial elections held therein. iNewton. in Ar- kansas.'and Starke, in Mississippi, both Whigs, are saiu to oc certainly cliosen. Olose shooting. in the attack on 1 obas- .uuy .xC,7tu,0 mCA.udn uagsiau was U - D..rV. 1, !,1..: t . rc I " 3 'u,UJ"'l""a" """I"""' who is a son of Mr. Simpson, the proprietor of ine rant ineaire, in ino city o iev York. . i r t mi i . The Home Journal for 1847. There is no Ragging in this attractive and beautiful family newspaper. All the numbers .hat have vet appeared ( four, we believe., of .h0 MPcn. .,.., .,,. nr i.:u ...j f merit, and richly deserve the encomiums ihev ' O evnrv whr rrmvp Mnrr!, .,., wnn- or. really at home now, and the Home Journal is. without doubi. the best paner thev ever odiied. ft nnnnars in h ihir nri.Io nn,l -fi,r week thev are siring us a broad nnd nmnln 14 ' sheet, well stored with literary gems, and in a typographical dress of surpassing beautv. All that talent, tact, and unwearied industry can do for a valuable and a most delightful public jour- nalisdone for this; and iho very moderate price at which it is published U,nv two dollar. n V3r will onnn nv ,f ,.,!.1. 1 x J ularily and circulation it so pre-eminently de serves. N. Y. True Sun. A Shower off IVeedScs. A Canadian voyageur from Lake Superior relates a remarkablo instance oi" the power of magnetism. It is known that in the ennner country, and particularly on Middle Uland, the attractive power of the load-stone abounding in thai region, exercises a wonderful influence up on small panicles of iron and steel. A mari ner's compass becomes almost useless, and the magnotic needle points vertically. Upon one occasion, tho voyageur declares he had his pen- Irttif-- 1 I rlt nttln i- . . 1 r I " nunc uiiu LiaiiVUIli IIBCUIU milUClCU Oil I OI UlS pocnei ; ana on opening a small paper of fine It . I ll n . . . . . i.. i . .. i uccu.ca, iney aciuany new out oi ins Hands in ii siiower, alighting on a loadstone rock some iwenty leet distant. It was an incident of'this -i v. .,!...-.. . . LUdracer mcu icu to tne discovery ol tho vast quantities plloadslone in Jhat -region. -nS-Sa- Intcrcslicsg cspatches from en. Taylor. Despatches from Gen. Taylor, to "tlie 22d of December, have been received at Washington city. They inform the war department of his - recent movements near Monterey, in conse-1 . .. quence oi ine reports wuicn reacueu mm oi uie advance ofrSanta Anna. He had left for Vic- toria on the 15th, having previously put in mo tion the troops destined for that noint. At Montemorelos a junction was effecied, on the 1 7th, with the second infantry and second Ten nessee regiment on foot from Camargo ; and it was intended, with the whole force, (3,500 men,) to inarch, on the 1 9th, for Victoria. But on the evening of his arrival at Montemorelos a despatch arrived from General Worih, com manding at Saltillo; with the intelligence that Santa Anna designed to take advantage of the division of force towards Victoria, and by a rapid movement, to strike a heavy blow at Sal lillo ; and, if successful then at Gen. Wool's forces at Parras. Gen. Tavlor, in consenuence. returned to Monterey, with the regular force, in order to be in position lo reinforce Saltillo, if necessary. The volunteers, under General Quitman, reinforced by a field battery, were or dered to continue their march and t fleet a junc tion with General Patterson at Victoria, while General Taylor returned to Monterey with Gen. Twigs' division, now increased by the second infantry. " In i ho mean lime, General Btulerand Gen eral Wool, being advised by General Worth of a probable attack upon his position, moved rap idly to join him with all the available force at Parras and. Monterey, while orders were de spatched by General Butler -to hasten up troops for the rear. The latter general proceeded in person to Saltillo, and assumed the command, agreeably to instructions which had been given by Gen. Taylor before his departure to meet a case like this. Gen. Taylor had proceeded beyond Monte rey on his way to Saltillo, when ho was met, on the 20th, by a despatch from the post an nouncing the early arrival of Gen. Wool's col umn, and also that the expected concentration and movement of the Mexican troops upon that position had not taken place indeed, that their advanced posts had rather been withdrawn. Deeming ihe force there and soon to be at Sal tillo quite sufficient to repel any demonstration, at this season, from San Luis Potosi, General Taylor did not think it worth while to throw forward Gen. Twigs' division to that place, and, after resting it a day, designed again putting it in march for Victoria, to which point he was to proceed himself. " General Patterson was supposed to be well on his march from Matamoras to Victoria, when his division, except the Alabama Rangers, (in garrison at Tampico.) will be brought tocher. w;.t. r,tma un,;nn ;,. ,u from Touaf lhe garTison at Tampico may be reduced with advantage to the service." The Murderer met his fate. 0ur . .emembcr lhf. r1asffiriK. cold-blooded murder of the chivalrous son of Gen. t esme Coombs, who had settled in Lo... I " : :. i r 1 i rvn years ago; aim iney win also remember uie T.f llt t 1 u " iUC" P'aC 5 - .1 l. :. . . i r ,MO 'U'UCIB' ' w u Jury uiu ..i ; ... l. : u r . i : i 1,01 aree' 3,1,1 he ll,,,S escaPed lhe Jusl Pumsh men! of his crime. Not w hs t an d ins the disa- I . r . !:. i r t- r . i Sreemeni 01 'nejur.es, tne leenngs 01 uie peo pis f his neighborhood were so hostile against him' lhal he u'as ob,i"011 10 Ieavc' II subse tuenUJr aG'dlS ,flal a,,er 0Ur arm' had taken pusseasiun u. iwiiiamoras, J JjLENNIS SOlIieU : rii. -irt ..1 t i.t .11. Iil-i. inere as a iraucr' om cnteu nimseit so vii lanous,y lhat a few week9 aS() he was ski ad s"me WIlom 11 s supposed ne at ,emp,ed 10 rb r mUrder' II is sla,ed ,hal Jusl uemre ",S URam' "e muruereu a genueman V th "ame f TowSED. who had a claim 8alnsl h,m' and ,ook ,his me,hod "liquidating 1:. ini f 1 1 - .1 1 esc ac,s vo OCOU COmmUIlICalea tO l i ri r t. ..-:... m -t uvu. uuujius uy u irienu ai maiamoras. Crcr- mant. Telegraph, During the last year 115,230 passengers ar rived at fIew York from foreign ports exceed- inS y ver 30,000 the arrivals oLany former 'ea.r 11 ,s an avora!,,e ' v" '100 per day. L-a 1 ampico is spoken ol as a Paradise. Our troops are luxuriating on groen peas, oranges, bananas, lemons, canvass back ducks, teal, snipes, &c which .sell at pricos truly remark able. Wild ducks were only one cent a piece. A new patent siove, for the convenience of travellers has jit been invented. It is placed under the feel, and a mustard plaster upon the . - . . 1 1 head draws the heat through the system. The amonuif-monev annnallv evoniuled for . . J --I cigars smoked in the -United" States, is 'rieaV $10,000,000 - - - Milk for the People. There exist on Long Island, near Brooklyn, several manufactories of milk the process of which should be. known. One of tle dairies covers a space of JG00 feet front by 300 deep, u r i - . carelully fenced in, so as to be as private as possible the business of the people being to drink the milk,, not to know how it is, made-Tin which enclosure 400 cows are kept the whole year round. These cows are fed on the refuse slop of the whiskey distilleries, and it is given io them warm. Each barrel cou six cents, but being adulterated with water and cheap feed, brings the price still less. Such is the 1 fondness of the cows for this vile compound; that afierhavmg fed upon it for a week or more, their appetites become so depraved that they will take no other food. The result is their ; milk producing organs are stimulated to a won derful degree; they yield enormously, but soon become diseased ; their gums ulcerate, their teeth drop out, and their breath becomes fetid. Though thus diseased, they do not fall away in flesh, but on the contrary ptlff up and bloat to an appearance of .great fatness ; their joints become stiff, so that they cannot lie down, and rarely or never como out alive. Bad as this is, the milk is afterward mixed with molasses, water and whiting, and then sold to the people for pure milk ! Any one may observe the thirty-six vans that carry it around every morning. It is of course very injurious to children, who use it in much greater quantities than adults. Some idea may be formed of the profits made by computing one barrel of slop lo a cow, cost ing six-pence, and the milk produced being eighty cents ! New York Paper. Geological Discoveries at Gibraltar. We learn from Gibraltar, that a very arduous and somewhat dangerous experiment has bt.en recently undertaken by a Mr. Risk, a mate in the Royal Navy, belonging to her Majesty's steamer Locust, in exploring an immense cav ern in Gibraltar called St. Michael, which, from the foul air and accidents occurring to persons entering it, was considered unsafe to proceed therein; however, Mr.Risk, we understand, pen etrated to the depth of 550 feet. A quantity of bones of animals was found quite in a fosj.il state, and it is supposed must have existed be fore the flood. It is expected an opening wilt be discovered to the eastward. His Excellen cy the Governor of Gibraltar, rendered Mr. Risk every facility in exploring this cavern, nd much praise is due torim for his bravery. Exchange paper. We once visited this cave, but did not pene trate beyond fifty feet. It presents nothing of an attractive character, excepting its vast ex tent, and its turnings, windings and precipices. It has often been explored to the depth of &oino hundreds of feet, but tho end of the cave has never been discovered. Tradition says that it extends to the African shores, and by this subterranean passage beneath the waters, the Moors escaped from Spain and returned to the homes of their fathers ! also, lhat the monkeys, which abound on the Rock of Gibraltar, and are seen in no other part of Europe, emigrate from Africa by this subterranean thoroughfare. Boston Journal. Street Colloquy. ' Good morning Mr. Smiih on the sick list to day V 'Yes, sir, got the Ague.' "'Do you ever shake?' 'Yes, shake like thunder.' 'When do you shake again.' 'Can't say when shake every day. Why do you ask?' Oh, nothing in particular only I thought if you shook so bad, I'd like to stand by and see if you wouldn't sha"ke the fifteen dollars out of your pocket you have owed me so long.' Mr. Smith sloped. Yankee Trick. A "regular, full grown grind stone," weighing over thirty pounds was recently exhumed at St. Louis from a thin coat ing of beeswax, in which it had been purchased at the rate of 23 cents per pound. About one hundred houses wore destroyed by fire, in Boston, on Thursday night. A man by tho name of Etienne Courcillc, re cently found guilty of murder in Louisiana, ha been sentenced to the penitentiary for 99 years. He will have need of a "second birth." ItIARIiID, At Richmond, Northampton' county, Pa., on the 23d inst., by the Rev. J. Y. Ashton, Mr. William Row, and Miss Elizabeth Smiley, all of Stroud township, Monroe co. On the 14th inst., by Simeon Schoonover, Esq , Mr. Mason Arnst, of Lehman, Pike co. and -Miss Polly TrVble, of Smith field. On tne 23d i(ist.,"hy the R&rr-AVm. Scrir-.er. Mr." Benj.'1 Haxxa and PnoBBKiRwi.v, lot!, of Middle Smithfield. " i
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