JE FFETIS 0 NTAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, February 11, 1847.
Terms, 52,00 i advance. $2,25 iialf yearly; and $2.50 if not
ji.ud before Uieciul of the year.
FOR GOVERNOR,
PETER S. MICIILER
OF NORTHAMPTON'.
Snttjcot to the decision of the 4th of March Convention.
Whis Slaic Convention.
A Sate Convention, to be composed of Del
egates from the city of Philadelphia and the
Mivcrnl counties equal to their Tepresentation in
the General Assembly of this Commonwealth,
will he held at Harrisburg, on TUESDAY, the
0th day of MARCH next, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose of selecting candid
ates for Governor and Canal Commissioner to
o supported by the Whigs and the friends of
iho Protective Policy at the next ensuing elec
tion, and to transact such other business as may
be deemed important to the success of the Whig
cause.
J. P. SANDERSON,
- SAMUEL D.KARNS,
. JOSEPH KONIGMACHER,
.MORTON JHcMJCHAEL,
GEORGE ERETY,
H.JONES HHOOKE,
THEO. D. COCHRAN,
JAMES FOX,
JAMES MARTIN,
WILLIAM BUTLER,
J. J. SLOCUM,
JOHN R. EDIE,
EDGAR COWAN,
JOHN B. JOHNSON,
Wm. J. HOWARD,
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Whig Slate Committee.
JJJ Wo are indebted to the Hon. R. Brod
head, for several public documents.
Adjournment c the Legislature.
The Senate, on the Gth inst., passed a reso
lution to adjourn on the 16th of March.
The House has concurred in die resolution,
so that the legislature will adjourn sine die on
me IGih of March, making the shortest session
held for many years. In an early adjournment
the Whigs in the Legislature have carried out
their principles and the wishes of the people,
and will save a large sum of money to tho tax
payers. rrtin cy0f nf or"it.
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The interest due the holders oi fennsyiva-
nia bouds.-falling due on the 1st of February,
has beeo duly paid. The State Treasurer was
iu this city, and attended at the Bank of Penn-
tvlvania iu person, to see thai all despatch was
used. We record this with pleasure, as many
had expressed doubts as to whether the inter-
est would be paid. The August interest will
also be paid on the proper time ; and no appre
hension need be entertained for the faith in fu
ture. ScolVs Weekly Paper.
Arkansas Election.
Thomas W. Newton (W.) has been elected
to Congress from the State of Arkansas. The
Louisville Journal of Saturday says, " He pass
ed up the river yesterday, on his way to Wash
ington." The vote was as follows
Thomas W. Newton, (W.) 1745
C. F. M. Noland, (W.) 708
Geo. W. Paschal, (L. F.) 1 1722
Albert Rust, (L. F.) 1648
H. Harralson, (L. F-) 136
Hurrah for the first Whig Representative
from Arkansas.
WIio is James K. Polk?
The Governor of Delaware thus speaks in
his recent message of the I resident. lo Hints
, at his origin, of course.
" Let us all unite in teaching the man in pow-
er, who has dared to tell us in an executive
message, that represent his Mexican war as
unjust or unnecessary, is one of the most effec-
tual means of committing treason; that we are
ihe sons of the men who were not of tho tory
stock ol tne revolution, .,u c .-,,
and if need be die, as ireemen, uu g u
low the lory doctrines ,ui jiaaai.o "u.u.i.D
non-resistance, and utterly detesting the princi
ple of that man who has thus dared to renew
the old tory doctrine that "the king can do no
,,w long
i The P.oor of Kcw YorK
. The total number of persons relying directly
tinnh ihe citv for support is 7491 : of whom
5021 are dependent on the Alms House proper,
and ihe remainder, on .out-door relief. Scarce
-lv a day passes, in which qne.or more families
-ire not nicked up -in the streets in a tate
Me mosi pitrhbfc desiituVibn in some cases ac
Wly starving; and this within three or four
Uvs fttmi their landing on our shores.
"Looofoco 'Neutrals.
The New York Tribune thus notices the
course of the "Public Ledger," one of the most
unscrupulous upporters of Locofocoism :- .
" It is unfair in the Philadelphia Ledger, to
torture the facts which we chronicle in relation
to the business and commerce of this city, into
admissions thai the measures of the present
Administration 3re less destructive than was
predicted. The country is prosperous in spite
of these measures, by reason of tho peculiar
situation of all Europe in regard to breadstuff's.
A short crop of Wheat, Corn, Potatoes, &c.
abroad, and a short crop of Cotton at home, has
produced results which have neutralized the
mischievous effects of the Tariff, the Sub
Treasury and the war. Tho Tariff has no
more to do with the price of bread-stuffs and
the consequent import of specie, than it has
with the height of the mercury in the thermom
eter, and the Ledger knows this perfectly well.
Gen. Taylor's Letter. The New York
Express learns from Washington, on undoubted
authority, " that Gen. Gaines submitted this let
ter himself to Mr. Polk and to Mr. Marcy, and
in their presence avowed, that byliis authority
it was published, and the only disavowal there
was, related to the editorial comments. The
Administration, therefore, if it has any ven
geance to inflict upon any body, ought to look
to Gen. Gaines, not to Gen. Taylor. The rem
edy, if he has done wrong in vindicating the
fame of a fellow soldier, is another court mar
tial." Gcu. Taylor ami the Volunteers.
The correspondent of the New Orleans Del-,
ta, writing from Victoria, describes tho follow
ing scene as having occurred shortly after Gen.
Taylor's arrival at that place:
" Gen. Taylor visited tho Illinois Volunteers
yesterday, and the way tho boys crowded around
him threatened immediate suffocation. By way
of salutation, I verily believe tho old General
pulled at, his cap five thousand times, and I was
looking every minute to see him pull the front
piece off. - The General was mounted on a
large and gentle mule, whilst his Orderly rode
a splendid dragoon horse, and was himself
dressed in a clean and handsome uniform whilst
the GeneraPhad on that same old black frock
coat, and a big Mexican straw hat. Mr. Fan
nin, the orderly, got about six salutes to Tay
lor's one, tho "Suckers" taking him for the
General, and wondering why they called him
old Taylor. When at last they found out that
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1110 Otu rancnero was wie sure-euuugu ucuuim,
lUn vrtfnt-t-Afl Cmm liic nlain nnnp.nrnnnp. lliat it
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shake, and they went.at it with such good will,
uy tne time me iu regiment. uu....u
squeezing i, there could have been hl.le feel-
'S
who wondered whether that was the animal on
allien no cnargeu tne ivi,Ca.
Gambling.
The House at Harrisburg have passed, by a
unanimous vote, a bill to suppress gambling,
It makes gambling a penitentiary offence, and
authorizes the officers of the law to break open
houses to search for gambling apparatus, upon
the oaih of any person made for the purpose
before a! Justice of the Peace, and also subjects
the offender to heavy fines for breaches of the
law. The bill also provides, that if any person
shall invite another to a place of gambling, he
shall be held personally responsible for all
losses the person thus invited shall sustain, and
be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor
less than fifty dollars.
Government Postage.
During the year ending 30th June last, the
treasury department paid to the post office $250
353 33, postage on mail letters received at
Washington city for officers of the Government,
wu0 under the old law, received their letters,
a( ,he eXpense 0f lne p0St office depart-
,nenl Of this sum, $169,816 40 was for mat
ef recejvej by the postmaster general, $22,
34g 14 Tjouae of Representatives and
. cierfcSt $7,282 80 by the Senate and its
derks, $724 68 by the President and Vice
Pres,dent, $2,034 by the becrctary 01 the n
vy S2,031 50 by the Secretary ol btate, and
787 44 bv the Secretary 01 me 1 reasury
WcaUii oi Individuals.
There is no denying the fact, that wealth ii
n.nnrltr rltocmrtitialnrl in fhl l:iril r i f rnilh
f ' J . . '
licauism. It is asserted a truth that Peter C,
-r kt... tn
DrOOuS, Ol lew JCillglilllu, la i'mu vrumi
$7,000,000 ; J. P. dishing, S2.000.000 ; Ab
bolt Lawrence, $2,000,000 ; Amos, at $1,500,-
000 ; and William, at 1,000,000; T. H. Per
- kins, $ 1,500,000; Daniel Sears, $1,500,000;
the three Appletous, SI, 000,000, each ; Jona
of than Philips, It. O. bhaw and W m. bmrgis
- the samn sum. Twenty-two millions of dollars
owned by thirteen men, certainly too much mo-
ney to be posseted uy so lew uiumuudia.
3cat!i of iflouroe Edwards.
Col. Monroe Edwards, whose crimes have
given hinj. a. reputation far more wide'ihah en
viable, died at the Sing Sing Siate prison, at
an early hour on Friday morning week. He
has been declining iu health ever since his in
carceration, but for tho last two years he has
failed so perceptibly as to cause general remark
among those acquainted at the prison. His
disease, it is said, was consumption, brought on
by a habit prevalent amongst prisoners iu all
State prisoners. He was warned of his dan
ger a long time since ; he ackaowledged his
fault, but still persisted in the practice until he
was past the reach of medical aid. For a num
ber of weeks past he has been delirious at
times; when, however, he was eloquent on tho
history of his past life, and his plans for the fu
ture; he would not contemplate the fact that he
was about to die. The chaplain of the institu
tion conversed with the sick man when on his
deathbed; Edwards paid no regard to what he
said, appearing to be in a state of lis'leas in
sanity until the chaplain mentioned the crime
of which he was convicted, when, for a moment,
he appeared to come partially to his senses, and
protested that he did commit the forgeries.
On Thursday night, the hospital was locked
as usual, and the patient was left in charge of
attendants. Towards morning it became evi
dent that tho sick man could not long survive ;
indeed ho appeared to have suffered death
while yet alive, that is he imagined that 0 had
ceased to exist, and appealed to his attendants
to know if it was not so. They told him no,
he was not dead; but this he refused to believe,
and began to bite his fingers, which he said was
wiihouf feeling, and hence he argued he must
be dead ; and appealed to the attendants, asking
them to feel his fiesh, and tell him if he were
not really dead. The physician to the prison
was not with him when he died, nor indeed at
any time during the night. The nurses de
scribe the death scene as being horrible to wit
ness. The dying prisoner protesting that he
was dead, yet filled with the dread of the fear
ful transition, and all the while endeavoring to
bite his fingers or tear hia flesh, not so much
with the intent to injure his person, as'to con
vince himself that the appaiing change from
life to death had taken place, and he had it not
to suffer again; and so he died. What could
be more dreadful I But he is gone, and char
ity may now, at least, claim light judgment upon
his memory. He was guilty, but .he expiated
his crimes in those close gloomy cells, where
for years he suffered most poignantly as a
haughty, active man might bo expected to suf
fer, when brought under the lash of the over
seer and confined within the narrow limits pre
scribed by prison rules. ,
Theft, Assault and Ieatlt of a Coon.
A few mornings since, says the Hagerstown
Torch Light, a real Coon, belonging to Mr.
John Julius of our town, that doubtless has
heard tell of the "milk of human kindness," but
evidently preferred to it, the milk of a cow, was
discovered in the spring house of Mr. P. B.
Small, (by a little girl attached to the family,)
regaling himself upon that delightful beverage.
Annoyed at the interruption, the animal furi
ously assailed the little girl, biting her severe
ly, and severing the flesh from her body in
several places. Mr. Small, who was alarmed
by the cries of the child, rushed to her rescue
and after a severe fight, in which his dog took
part, succeeded in conquering and killing the
vicious animal.
In extenuation of ihe'Coon species, we deem
it necessary to express our fears, that this par
ticular one has had bad training and that, by
some means, Loco Foco principles have been
instilled into its mind. If President Polk could
be guilty of stealing John Tyler's "annexation
thunder," we do not know why Mr. Julius'
Coon, brought up in the same political school,
should hesitate to steal neighbor Small's cow's
milk; and even like Mr. Polk, to fight oyer it if
necessary.
EiOs at Gambling.
Tho Baltimore Clipper Jearns that a wealthy
j young man from Viiginia, about 21 years
of
who i,ad jU5t 'received a portion of his for
in lhe sI 0f $i0,000 cal, lost it all a
few nights sinco at a gaming table. He was
on his way to New York, with the intention of
investing his money iu a commercial house of
which ho had become a partner, when he acci-
1 limn v Cp amonjrihe Phi latines " whoa-
, vu . ' cl, r ;lla.
lowed him to "coin" SI 500 ihe first ntght, as
a bait, and the next night they fleeced him out
of the last dime of the $10,000.
A wedding took place the other day in the
streets of Penn Van, Yates couiny, New York,
ihe 'Sqidie who officiated being called from his
office while trying a suit. The fair bride has
been married to ewhl husbands !
Court commences on ihe 22d instant.
PUBLIC MEETING.
In pursuance of public notice a larnfc and re
spectable meeting of the citizens of Pike county,
was held at the Pike County House, in Alilfbrd,
on Monday the 1st inst. to take into consideration
the several subjects of interest now pending be
fore the Legislature. The meeting' was orirani
zed by appointing Hon. JOHN WESTI3ROOK,
President; Frkdrrick A. Rose and Ephiiaim
TJuakk, Vice Presidents; David VanGorden,Esq.,
and Dr. John Schimmell, Secretaries.
On motion a committee of seven were appoint
ed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of
the meetmg,viz: Henry S. Mott, John JN. Jrmk,
John M. Heller, W. C. Hull, Dr. Hanson A.
Smith, David Burrel and Joseph Holbert. In the
absence of the committee several addresses were
delivered, giving1 a brief and lucid expression of
bur situation and necessities. After a short ab
sence, the committee returned and reported the
following resolutions, which were adopted without
a dissenting voice :
Resolved, That we are opposed to any further
Legislation in relation to the New York and Erie
Rail Road Co.; at least, so far as relates to the
location of said road, and view with astonishment
the attempt now being made, in our Legislature,
to alter the said law so as to allow them to cross
above the Glass House. As this community have
been assured from time to time, by their agents,
that said company was perfectly satisfied with
tho lnw n3 naKsnd fit the last session, sinil it wns
onlv unon the terms of the nresdnt law that the 1
citizens of this county ever would consent to their!
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entering the county at all.
Resolved, That granting the privilege ask
ed for by said company, to wit : that they may be
permitted to enter the State above the Glass
House, would operate as an effectual barrier to
any connection with them by the construction of
a rail road -from Philadelphia or by any other
work the citizens of Pennsylvania might wish to
construct for that purpose.
Resolved, That granting said privilege would
compel the citizens of the valley of the Delaware,
wishing to do business with them, to cross the t
same and he tributary to building up a town on
the York side which would be otherwise it the
law remains as at present.
Resolved, That our Senator and Representa
tive be instructed to use all honorable means iu
their power to extend the charter of the Dela
ware and Susquehanna Rail Road, believing its
passage to be of vital importance to the citizens
oi JNortliern Pennsylvania. 1
Resolved, That we arc opposed to the attempt
now making to remove the seat of justice from
this place, and cannot look upon it as anything
more than a hobby for politicians to ride into of
fice upon ; the proposition, in our opinion, being
too ridiculous to be entertained seriously by sen
sible men in view of the fact that there is not
another village in the county containing fitly
souls, and no place being -named by tbem to
which it would be proper to remove it
Resplved, That a copy of tthe proceedings of
this meeting be forwarded to the Speakers or the
Senate and House of Representatives, who are
hereby respectfully requested to have the same 5
!-r thi fJri,Jhli.mnr whirl, their
nreside.
On motion, A committee of correspondence
consisting of five persons, was appointed by the
r-r t- tt 1 1 t ITT
President, viz : Hon. Jonn 11. xsrouneati, L. v.
DeWitt, H. S. Mott, H. L. Westand J. IL Wal-
On motion, Resolved, That the proceedings of
this meeting be signed by the officers, and pub-',
lished in the several papers of the counties of
Wayne, Pike and Monroe, and a copy be forwar-
tied to our senator and itepreseniative.
(Signed by the Officers.)
Members of Long Standing and Great
Weight. The united weight of seven mem
bers of the Delaware Legislature, from Sussex
county, is 1,392 pounds, or 195 pounds each;'
andVtheir united length forty-two feet, exactly j
six feet each. Such members will have great
weight with them in every thing they propose
IT1ARKIEI,
In Stroud township, on Tuesday the 9th
inst., by the Rev. Wm. Scribner, Mr. Gii.es
S locum, of Kingston, Luzerne county, and Miss
Sarah Rees, of the former place.
WHIG COUNTY MEETING.
The Democratic Whig citizens of Monroe
county, are requested to assemble in general
County Meeting, at the Court-houso in Strouds
burg, on TUESDAY the 23d of February inst.,
at half-past six o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of
appointing a delegate to ihe 9th ol March gu
bernatorial Convention, and attending to such
other matters as may be considered of advan
tage to tho Whig cause.
February 4, 1847.
CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD !
Steam Refined Sugar Candies,
12 1-2 Cents per pound, Wholesale.
J. J. RICHARDSON, No. 43 Market street,
Philadelphia, takes pleasure in informing tho
public, that he still continues to sell his very
Superior Steam Refined Candy at the low
price of S 12,50 per 100 pounds, and tho quali
ty is equal to any in tho United btates.
He also offers all kinds of goods in the Con
fectionary and Fruit line at corresponding low
"pricMi as quick sales and small profits are the
order of lhe (lav
Call or .send your orders, and you cannot fail
10 ho satisfied. Don'i foruet ihe number, 421
MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
J. J. RICHARDSON.
Auffusi 27, 1846.
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English and German
Prayer Book for Children.
The subscriber has just published an edition
of a new hook calculated for the juvenile read
er, bearing the above title. It is intended for
families and Sabbath Schools. For salo at the
office of the Republican, and by the publisher
at ISeihlflhem. Price per dozen $1,25 single
copy 12 1-2 cents.
JL0LIUS W.'HELD.,
October 30, 1S45.
SHERIFFS SALK.
By Virtue of a writ of Plurin Venditioni Ex
ponas issued out of the Court ol Common Pleas
of Pike county, to me directed, will be Mld at
public vendue, or outcry, 011
Monday the 15A day of February, 1817,
at 1 o'clock, P. M., at the Courthouse in Milford,
in said county, all those two rertain traets of
land, situate in the townships of Lackawaxen
and Palmyra, in the county of Pike and Statu
of Pennsylvania, one of them Mirvcyed on a
warrant granted to Jonai Seely, containing
jEight Hundred Acres,
more or less ; about forty acres of which is im
proved land, with a
Frame House,
and FRAME BA RN thereon erect-
ed ; being the premises upon which Solomon
Westbrook now resides. The other, a tract
surveyed on a warrant granted to Robert Sins
Hooper, containing
402 Acres and 53 Ferelies,
with the usual allowance for roads, bounded on
the north-east by laud surveyed to William
While, Elizabeth Chapman, Thomas Bullman
and oiher.-, with about two acres of improved
land, and a small
frame House and Barn, and a bawmitl
thereon erected. The above tracts taken in ex
ecution as the property of Solomon Westbrook.
ALSO:
A messuage or tract of land situate in tho
township of Delaware, in the County and State
aforesaid, bounded and described as follows to
wit: Beginning at a large oak tree standing on
the bank of the River Delaware, marked on
three sides, being the original corner of Wil-
Ham Allen's survey, and also a corner of land
now or late of Daniel W. Dingmnn, north forty-
eight degrees west fifty-six perches to .1 stone
heap for a corner, thence north thiry-evn dt?
grees east sixty-two perches to a black oak tret;,
also a corner of Nathan Emory's laud, thence
along the same north 47 degrees wosi one bun
dred and sixty-eight perches to a stone on the
line of land taken up in the name of William
McPherson, thence along the same south thirty-seven
degrees west one hundred and fifty
eight perches to a stone on the line of land now
or late of Garret Brodhead, thence along the
same south forty-six and a half degrees eat
one hundred perches to or near the main road,
thence along or (nearly so) the courses of the
said road south thirty-seven drgrees west thirty-six
perches to a stone, thenccvalong the linn
of Soferine Westbrook's (now Margaret West
brook's) land south forty-five degrees east on
rt,,u r t
said River, thence up the same the several cor-
hundred and twenty-four perches to the aion-
ses 'hereof to the place of beginning, contain-
ing
3 1 3 ACRES-,
! heina the same tract of land which Solomon
J" r;-Bd Uj Juhn We.-
brook in fee by deed daiod the 17th day ol April
1819, excepting and reserving out of ihe -m
eight acres on the north corner sold to iathan
Emory, and three acres on the east side I.Kiiijr
woodland sold to the heirs of Soferine West
brook, deceased, upon which is about
100 Acres of Improved JLand,
with a two story
Two Barns ifml a Wagon
House
thereon erected. Taken 111 execution as tho
property of John Westbrook.
The above described property will be fold
to the highest and besi hidder for cash only.
LEWIS ROCKWELL, Sheriff.
Sheriff's office, Milford. Dec. 19, 1346.
Great Bargains, in Hats and Caps,
At the old established
No. 196 Market St., 2d door below Sixth,
PHILADELPHIA.
We extend a general invitation to the citizens
of Monroe, and its vicintty, as well as to all
others, to our Store. We have on hand a large
and complete assortment of Hats and Caps of
every style and variety, which we are selling
full one-fourth lower than the usual prices,
namely :
Extra superior lieaver liats, lrom ?kJ,&u to
Brush " " to
Silk " " 1,25 to 2,(W
Molesltin " 2,50 only,
it
it
usual price $1.
Good Hals as low as $1,25 and upwards. Al
so, a complete stock of Caps, cloth, fur trimmed,
glazod, silk oil cloth, velvet and fancy Caps;
fine Otter, Shetland Fur Seal, Musk Rat, H?
Seal Caps, &c. &c, at lower prices than they
ran nnsaiblv be had elsewhere. From our ex-
oil fnr n sm alter tnufo
IGI1SHU Of.l , 11 J vut. "v." I
than others can. Call and be satisgedit i
your interest.
Merchants, Storekeepers, Ffattei-s amf nei,
who hnv to sell apain. summed- on reasonable
terms. Be sure and caMi at No. 195 Mark
Street, second door below Sixth Street.
AlnRNT Xr RROUW
Philadelphia, Aug. 27, 1846.
Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is hereby eiven, that the partners
hip
heretofore existing between Stephen Pnarssanu
George W. Staples, known as the hrmot r
res & Staples, was on the 30th day of M
.omhor lnt ilUenlvfld hv mutual consent
. ti
persons indebted to said firm are requesteu j
nnlro immuclialn navmpnl tn Theodore ScHOC I
OMiVW " " " , j , -i
who is duly authorized to settle the said a
counts; and all persons having demands. a"'fs
said firm will present thont to. the same, 0.
authenticated for settlement.
STEPHEN PHARE&.
, p GEORGE W. STAPLES.
Stroudsburg, December 15, 184G.
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