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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, April 2ft, 1847.
Tenns, $2,00 ill advance; $2,25 h;ilf yearly ; and $2,50 if not
p;uu ueiore uic end oi tiie year.
democratic Whig Nominations,.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JAMES IRVIN,
OF CENTRE COUNTV.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH W. PATTON,
OF CUMBERLAND COONTV.
C!en. Taylor a Whiff.
Several Locofoco journals the Journal of
Commerce among them affect to doubt that
Gen. Taylor is a Whig. The U. S. Gazelto,
alluding to such doubts, -say:
' " We arc satisfied that wnhin forty days
Gen. Taylor has said to a gentleman about to
.ieave him for the United States, Never mind
what they saj-; I tell you, and you may tell
them if you choose, I am a Whig ; and if they
have any doubt of it after that, tell them I uiu
a Clay Whig.""
Virginia Election.
The returns from Virginia are not sufficient
ly complete to render the result in tany dis
tricts certain.
John S. Pendleton (Whig) has been re-elected
in the Fairfax distrid, without serious oppo
sition. Mr. Pendleton was the only Whig
member of Congress from Virginia in the last
Congress.
John M. Botts (Whig) has been elected in
the Richmond district, by a majority exceeding
three hundred votes! This is a Whig gain.
Messrs. Atkinson, Bayley and Beale, Locos,
from the first, seventh, and eighth districts, are
elected.
Doling and Goggin, Whigs, in the second
and fifth districts, are supposed to bo elected ;
though the Locofocos claim the election of their
opponents.
In the counties heard from, the Whigs have
gained seven members of tho lower house of
the Legislature, and lost four and one Senator.
The Government has called for 6000 more
troops for the Mexican war to fill vacancies,
and supply the places of those whose term of
(service will soon expire.
New Hampshire. The Locos are still harp
ing about their great victory in New Hamp
shire. This is right, perhaps, as there is a
prospect of its being the only one they will have
for some lime. But the fun of it is, that ihey
are -figuring to prove that in 1846, (the only
time the Whigs have. ever elected a Governor
there, and then by the legislature,) the Loco
foco majority was greater than when Polk re
ceived the electoral vote, in 1844. If this be
really the case, we do not see that their victory
this year is worth making a Ai3s about.
Bucks Co. Intelligencer.
The Capture of Alvarado.
- After the capture of Vera Cruz, Lieut. Hun
ter was sent to blockade Alvarado, while Com.
Perry was preparing to sail and Gen. Quitman
to march their forces to invest the place.
Lieut. H. on arriving in front of the townyfired
two guns and summoned them to surrender,
which they did; and when Com. Perry and
Gen. Quitman arrived with their overwhelming
forces, they found the work already done.
Lieut. Hunter was placed under arrest by Com
Perry, for exceeding his orders ; but we pre
sume he will scarcely be punished with sever
ity for his gallant conduct, although his trial
may be necessary to preserve the discipline of
the Navy. About 800 Mexican soldiers were
made prisoners.
Good. The Louisville Ky.t Journal says :
;We think it very likely that the people of the
United Slates will, in 1848, do what tho Mex
icans hare vainly attempted to do run Gen.
Taylor.
We learn that John Cooper, Esq., a highly
talented and influential member of the Bar in
jGolumbia county, has come out from among
ihc foul party," and is stumping it in favor of
" Irvin." This is one instance we know of
others. Gentlemen, the hand-writing is upon
Ihc mil. JDefcat awaits you mark our words.
Easton Whig.
A Nice Place to Live Jn. The Montreal
(Canada) Courier says, that at present, no in
habitant of the city can go out of the-immediate
treeTej either on business or for. a. pleasant
drfve, without the chance. of being robbed and
Slanders upon Gen. Irvin.
The following comments of the Bellefonle Whig
upon a libellous paragraph of the Easton Argus, a
rabid Polk, Shunk, and Free Trade paper, tells
truths that present the character of Gen. Irvin in
a new and most admirable light before the publ-ic,
and augment his claims upon the support of poor
men, a hundred fold above anything that has been
heretofore said of him.
"IRVIN'S TYRANNY."
" It is well known that the "tea and coffee tax
candidate" for Governor is the owner of an im
mense Iron Furnace in Centre county, and em
ploys at almost starving prices a number of hands
In the Presidential campaign of 1844, he made it
a business to tyrannise over the poor workmen in
his. employ, telling them that they must either vote
for the great federal Idol Clay, or be discharged !
Several manly fellows, who were too independent
to-lollow the dictates of their Federal ironmaster,
(in every sense-of the word,) vveio discharged, and
sought a living elsewhere ! Is such a man wor
thy to fill the gubernatorial chair of Pennsylvania
Is he fit to govern a State of Freemen How infin
itely low does he not sink when compared with the
honest and straightforward FRANK SHUNK!"
Easton Argus.
Weak, indeed, must the cause of that candidate
be, whose friends and supporters are obliged to
resort to such falsehoods and slanders as abound
in every line of the above paragraph. Knowing
that the confidence of the people of Pennsylvania,
on the subject of the Tariff, was greatly abused in
1844 by the Kane letter and other deceptive acts
of the party leaders, they now endeavor to divert
attention from the true principles of the contest by
gross personal attacks upon the Whig candidate,
hoping that in refuting these persecutions, the true
issue will be lost sight of, in the excitement they
hope to raise on the personal issue. But the peo
ple of Pennsylvania, having had their eyes opened,
will not fail to examine closely the principles of
the two candidates, and the friends of Mr. Shunk
must not calculate upon passing through the can
vass without toeing the mark upon the Tariff ques
tion.
We know that a part of the system by which
our opponents expect to effect their purpose is to
make attacks, and disregard all refutation, what
ever, of them, as they have already done in the
case of Gen. Irvin's vote on the question of taxing
tea and coffee, but they should remember that
"truth crushed to earth will rise again," and that
when her rays strike the public mind it will be
necessary for calumniators to shrink from the gaze
of an indignaut people. Gen. Irvin's character,
both as a public man and a private citizen, will
bear the test of strict examination, and his friends
will not shrink from the closest scrutiny into it, in
either capacity.
The "immense Iron Furnace in Centre county,"
above alluded to, is what Iron masters term a
"Quarter Furnace," making about twenty-five
tons of metal per week. Gen. Irvin owns the one
half of this "immense" establishment and the forse
and rolling mill connected with it. If the Individ
ual who penned the above paragraph will visit
these Avorks, he will find an industrious and happy
people, too intelligent and independent to brook
undue dictation from any one, and between whom
and their employers, the greatest confidence and
good-will exists. The charge 'that General Irvin
threatened, in the campaign of 1844 to discharge
men in his employ if they did not vote for the
"great Federal Idol Clay,". is utterly untrue, and
we assert, positively, that neither in 1844 nor any
preceding election, did Gen. Irvin threaten his
hards that if they did not vote as he did, they
should be discharged. There are now men in his
employ, and have been for yean, who have regu
larly voted the "Democratic" ticket.
The wages at this establishment have never been
reduced by the Company. A fact came to our
knowledge a short time since which will illustrate
the General's conduct in this respect. During
the pressing times which immediately preceded
the enactment of the Tariff of 1842, an offer was
made him to do certain work at much lower pri
ces than he was paying aman for it who had been
engaged in the establishment for a long time- He
declined the proposal, because he could not re
concile it with his sense of propriety to discharge
the man in his employ. The person thus re
tained has invariably voted in opposition to the
Whig party, except when the General himself was
a candidate.
The "starving wages" spoken of, are but the
fabrication of Locofoco imagination. The work
men employed in this establishment receive as lib
eral wages as are given at any works in the dis
trict, live as well and enjoy the comforts and ma
ny of the luxuries of life. They neither need nor
desire the sympathy of any man. Many of them
have saved, of their earning, sufficient to purchase
for themselves comfortable homes. They settle
with their employers yearly, and are allowed in
terest on what is due them, if they do not wish to
lift it. One of these "starving" workmen left the
works within the last year to purchase land in the
west with two thousand dollars in his pocket, near
ly all earned at the works, and three-fourths of it
paid him by Gen. Irvin in cash, the day before he
started. Another individual has between two and
thiee thousand dollars due him, on which he is
receiving interest, and others have less sums,
earned in like manner, due them. We can point
to individuals who, with the proceeds of their la
bor in Gen. Irvin's employ, have purchased farms,
and are now living in comfortable and independ
ent circumstances.
We now ask the people of Pennsylvania which
of the two candidates is most deserving of their
votes James Irvin the-supporter of the Tariff of
1842; and tbfcpposer of a tax on tea and coffee,
ivhp .wjjhout wronging any pne, has acquired by
iuj,Titmn.iirm!
his own labor and industry, aii estate which he so'
uses as to promote the happiness of others or
Francis R. Shunk, a Lawyer, who' has been in of
fice all his life, who has never done anything to
give employment to or advance the prosperity of
the people, a'nd who is opposed to a Tariff for the
protection of American labor and skill, and who
supports James K. Polk in his attempt to tax tea
and coffee.
The following letter from Mr. Clay acknowl
edges the receipt by its distinguished writer, of
an " office chair, with chirographical appenda
ges" the gift of the Whigs of Aubum,N. Y.
Ashland,-Sth April, 1847.
My Dear Sir: During my absence from
home, to which I lately returned from New
Orleans, your official letter of the 22d Feb. last
accompanied wih the office chair, and chiro
graphical appendages, presented to me by the
Whigs of Auburn, arrived in safely.
As their selected organ, I beg leave to ex
press to you and to them, from the chair itself.
which they have done me the honor to presen
to me, my hearty thanks and respectful ac
knowledgements for a testimonial so very ac
ceptablo and valuable. It possesses exquisite
beauty, and contains every possible convent
ence for reading and writing, down to the mi
ritttest object, and all finished with the greates
taste and elegance which one could imagine o
desire. It is quite .surprising how so much ac
commodation and so many articles of utility
and comfort could be combined in so small
space. Designed and executed by American
artists, and on that account more highly valued
by me, they are extremely creditable to their
judgment and skill.
For the friendly motives of esteem, attach
ment and confidence towards me, entertainer
by the Whigs of Auburn, and which prompted
the oiler of this rich tribute of their affection
I request their acceptance, aIsot of my cordia
thanks.
You express your regret on account of the
unexpected issue of the last Presidential elec
tion. 1 ougnt to feel none for myself, person
ally. Beside being relieved from a vast respon
sibility, it furnished the occasion of the exhibi
tion of testimonials, and the outpouring of affec
lion from the hearts of my friends, and country
I I T 1
men, oi wnicn-i nau no previous conception
that I ever could be the honored object. Their
spontaneous and disinterested manifestations
are worth far more than the Presidency itself.
For our common country I do regret the is
sue of the contest. Had it been otherwise, we
should have preserved the protective policy,
under which we had made such rapid and en
couraging advances ; the march of improvement
in our rivers and harbors would not have been
arrested; and above all, we should have avoid
ed this unnecessary war of aggression with a
neighbor lorn to pieces by internal dissensions.
The brilliant achievements, and the glorious
laurels acquired, during its prosecution, gratify
ing as they are to our national pride and char
acter, can never compensate for the exception
able manner m which it was begun, the brave
and patriotic lives which have been sacrificed,
and the fearful issues which, I tremble in con
templating, may grow out of its termination.
But I have not now a heart to dwell on this
painful theme. I turn from it with hope and
ouuiui suomission 10 mm, wnose no doubt wise
but inscrutable dispensation has permitted this
awlul calamity to visit our beloved country.
1 pray you, my dear sir, to accept assurances
of my gratitude for the kind manner in which
you have executed the duty towards me, assion
ed to you by the Whigs of Auburn, and of my
oemg witn pertect esteem and regard,
Your friend and ob't serv't.
H. CLAY.
Wisconsin Constitution Rejected.
We learn from the Milwaukie Sentinel of the
9th instant that the Constitution proposed for
the people of Wisconsin Territory has been re
jected by nearly five thousand majority ! " Nev
er says the Sentinel did the people render a
more emphatic verdict than that by which the
Constitution has been condemned and rejected.
The east, the centre, and the west have vied
with each other in the good work, and all have
surpassed the highest expectations of our
friends."
The rejection of the proposed constitution
(says the New Yotk Express) is exceedingly
creditable to tho people of Wisconsin ; the in
strument itself being a sort of farrago of imprac
ticable nonsense and outrageous absurdity, to
which nearly all the ismatics of the day had
contributed not the least of whom were tho
" homestead exemption," " vote yourself a
farm" philosophers. A prominent feature of
the rejected constitution was tho Elective Ju
diciary system, upon which wo ourselves are
jti!t about to enter : the territory was to be di
vided into five judicial circuits, in each of which
a circuit judge was to be elected, and to serve
but one year in his circuit, and the whole five
circuit judges were to constitute the Supreme
Court. Another leading feature was iho lack
of any provisions securing ihe purity of elec
tions any one could vole who had resided in
the Territoty one year, and foreigners who were
not in the Territory at the adoption of the consti
tion could vote upon simply declaring their in
tention to become citizens, and swearimr to sun-
port the constitution ! And, as if ihis were not
bad enough, all banks and banking were totailv
prohibited, and the new State was expresslv
forbidden to contract any debt or liability for
internal improvements !
The Postmaster has decided, that sending
several "legal notices" under one.envejppe, is
not a violation of law . . . . "
Wliere are the Polks?
In the VVar with Mexico, why do-we hear
nothing of the Polks ? During the Presiden
tial contest, we werg told that the Polks were a
numerous and patriotic family; yet we have not
thus far found the name among the killed or
wounded in the reports of any of the battles in
Mexico. Have none of them gone out to fight
in this "just and righteous war" ? The Clays,
the Websters, the Crittendens, and hosts of
other "Mexican Whigs," have sent their sons
to aid in extricating their country from the un
necessary difficulty into which President Polk
has got her. Where are the Polks, that their
names are not found enrolled among their coun
try's defenders? Jf aYiy of them have buckled
on their armor, let us know it.
Bucks Co. Intelligencer.
Not to Sie foziud.
We have been carefully examining our Lo
cofoco papers for several days past to secwha't
they could have to say in defence of the attack
of their party in the last Congress upon the fair
fame of Gen.. Taylor. Not a word can we
find. They studiously avoid even an allusion
to the subject. Some time back they tried to
make out that the insult was the work of only
Messrs. Thompson and Ficklin, but since the
production the record, with one hundred and
ten Locofoco votes recorded in its favor, they are
decidedly " mum." Alexandria Gazette.
FOREIGN NE WS.
By the arrival of the steamer Cambria at
Boston, we have Liverpool dates to the 4th inst.
The most important items of'news am those in
relation to the markets. Wilmer & Smith's
European Times says, The. Corn markets are
receding in everydirection, and in some de
scriptions, that of Indian Corn for instance, the
fall has been astounding. The price has re
ced about 24s. The rapid rbe in this species
of food surprised many persons, and, even in
the judgment of the uninterested, exceeded the
necessities of the case. Flour like Indian
Corn, has experienced a considerable fall, and
the existing impression can hardly fail to be in
creased by the fine spring weather we are now
enjoying, which foreshadows an early and pro
lific harvest. The fluctuations during the month
amount to Is. per 70 lbs., on wheat, Gd. per 45
lbs., on oats, Gd. per 60 lbs., on barley, 4s. per
quarter on rye, peas and beans ; 6s. per barrel
and Ss. per sack on flour ; 2s, per load on oat
meal ; 24s. to 25s. per 480Ibs. and 10s. per bbl.
on Indian Corn meal.
Within a few days past a reaction has been
experienced in peas of 2s. per quarter; on bar
ley 2s. per sack ; on Indian. corn meal 2s. per
bbl. Tho trade generally has assumed more
firmness, with some heavy transactions in flour
at 37s. to 3Ss. per bbl. for Western Canal ; for
Philadelphia and Baltimore 3Gs. to 36s. Gd ;
New Orleans 34s to 35s. per bbl. on the spot,
with the usual allowances. American wheat
.rates from 10s. to 10s. Gd. for Southern, up to
lis. 3d. to lis. 6d. per 70 lbs. for Northern
white ; rye 48s. to 50s. per quarter ; barley Gs.
9d. to 7s. per 60 lbs.; beans American white
70s. to 80s., and black eyed peas GO to 70s.
per imperial quarter.
The Cotton market has improved, both in de
mand and price the rise being from a fourth
to three-eighths of a penny, 'pet pound.
The suffering from famine in Ireland, Scot
land, and on the continent, does not appear to
recoive any abatement.
The distress thaLexists in all parts of France
is very great, and in some departments, carts
and boats laden with corn have to be accompa
nied by detachments of soldiers to save them
from being pillaged by the people.
L.SS ($
The Next Congress. The Washington
Union makes out a table of 130 democrats to
110 opposition, in the next house of Represen
tees.
The Union declared that tho revenue of the
Country would be increased under the Tariff of
1846. Its operation exhibits a different result.
I'he same paperralso declared that War would
not follow tho annexation of Texas war in its
worst form did follow, so that very little confi-
dfjuco can be placed upon the calculations of
that paper. The recent elections indicate that
the calculation will bo reversed, and that the
majority of 10 will bo on the whig side of the
House. Miners' Journal.
Painful Intelligence. The Columbia, S.
C. Chronicle says: " Mr. Ritchie has formally
announced his fixed determination of not ac
cepting tho nomination lo Iho Vice Presidency
should it be offered to him ; which act of heroic
self-dental will, wc have no doubt, under the
circumstances, excite very great astonishment,
though the maxim applied to ihe fair sex miht
o some persons seem not inappropriate to the
present occasion, viz : "never to refuse before
being askeij," " ...
Kail Road Meeting.
Pursuant to adjournment, a large and re
spectable meeting of the citizens of this vi
cinity and elsewhere, favorable to the project
of extending the Morf is & Essex Railroad to
the Water Gap, and from thence to the Lack
awanna Coal Beds, was held at the Court
House in the borough of Stroudsburg,on Sat
urday, the 24th inst. Depue S. Miller, Esq..
the President of the former meeting being ab
sent, the meeting was called to order by the
appointment of the following officers:
Hon. M. W. COOLBAUGH, President.
Vice Presidents.
Michael Raxsbukv, -Joseph
Kerr,
Joseph V. Wilson, --
Eleazer Price, .
Charles G. Nebe,
John Edinger, 'f
Aaroi? Croasdale t
Theodore Brodhead;
Benja3iin V. Bush.
Secretaries.. - ir-
L. W. BrodJiecuL
MIf. Drchcr, , ':.
Tames Place, ,
B. S. Schoonovcr. "
When, on motion, several cornmumcati'ons
from capitalists in New Jersey, New York,
Philadelphia andelsewhere,setting forth strong
inducements and assurances in favor of the
contemplated project were read to the meet
ing by M. M. Dimmick, Esq. ; after which
John L. Ward, Esq., of New Jersey, read
to the meeting several interesting communi
cations from gentlemen in New Jersey favor
able to the route giving the strongest assu
rances that the Morris & Essex Railroad will
without delay be completed to Stanhope, as
well as several surveys of the different
routes, when it was resolved that a committee
of 50 be appointed, and as many more invi
ted as will go, to meet the citizens of New Jer
sey at Blairstown, or some other point at a
meeting to be called by them in a short time,
whereupon the meeting appointed the follow
ing COMMITTEE.
M. M. Dimmick, S. J. Hollinshead, M. II.
Dreher, B. S. Schoonover, A. Storm, Samuel
Stokes, M. W! Coolbaugh, Stogdel Stokes, Hen
ry W. Drinker, John Edinger, Benj. Price, Jas
per Cotant, John D. Morris, Ehhu PostenjLuke
W. Brodhead, T. Brodhead, L. F. Franke, John
T. Bell, John Shoemaker, R. T. Downing, John
II. Mellick, J. H. Stroud, J. II. Walton, Petit B.
Primrose, Wm. Davis, Michael Brown, Wm.
Henry, T. McElrath, Franklin Starbird, Jacob
Price, Matthias Brackly, J. V. Wilson, R. Depuy,
M. Ransbury, Charles Palmer, Robert Browit,
Depuy S. Miller, Jacob Singmaster, F. J. Smith,
Joseph Dusenberry. John Boy?, Philip Shaffer,.
P. M. Bush, Peter Yeisloy, Jacob Stauffcr, Wm
Overfield, Charles G. Nebe, Peter Neyhart, E.
Brown, T. Schosh, Samuel Meyer, J. Mackey,.
Edward Postens.
When, on motion it was resolved that the
committee of correspondence appointed hy the
meeting at the Water-gap, be and is hereby
authorized to call another meeting at such
time and place as it may deem advisable.
It was then resolved that the proceedings of
this meeting be signed by the officers, and
published in all the papers in which the pro
ceedings of the former meeting were ordered
to be published, when, on motion, the meeting
adjourned.
(Signed by the officers.)
LATE FROM MEXICO.
Santa. Anna resolved to Fight Preparations
to that effect hls address to tiie peo
PLE. Intelligence from the city of rtfexico to the 2d
of April has been received through Havana pa
pers. Santa Anna, it seems, is about to dispute
Mexican ground inch by inch.
"On the 31st of March was published in Mex
ico the capitulation of Vera Cruz. President
Santa Anna issued an address to his countrymen,
in which, among other things, he says:
" 'Mexicans, Vera Cruz is in the power of the
enemy. It has fallen, not before the valor of the
Americans or the influence of their good fortune.
We ourselves, to our shame be it said, have
brought this fatal disgrace upon our arms by our
interminable dissensions. I am resolved to go
and meet the enemy. Chance may decree that
the proud American host shall take the capitol of
the Aztec empire ; I shall not behold that disas
ter, for I shall first lay down my life in the strug
gle. Yet the nation shall not perish ; 1 swear
that Mexicoshall triumph if my wishes are secon
ded by a sincere and unanimous effort. A thou
sand time3 fortunate for us will prove the disaster
of Vera Cruz, if the full of that city shall awaken
in the breasts of the Mexicans the enthusiasm,
the dignity and generous ardor of a true patriot
ism. It will undoubtedly prove the salvation of
the country.'
"On the 27th of March were already assem
bled some troops at the National Bridge, unilcr
the command of General La Vega and the Gov
ernor of the State, Don Juan de Soto. Between
the 27tK and the 30th two brigades of infantry
and one of cavalry marched from the capitol in
the direction of the bridge, with the correspond
ing batteries, mounting in all to 2000 men.
"On the 1st of April General Santa Anna in
person would set out from Mexico with 2000
more, to direct the military operations in the State
of Vera Cruz, resolved, as he says, to dispute the
ground inch by inch, and die before he will con
sent to a peace his own words, as we find them
both in letters and in printed documents. Enrol
ment of troops is going on at various points.
"The-army of the orth has returned to San
Luis Pdtosi, where it remained at the date of the
latest advices."
Somebody has said that water in which po
tatoes have been boiledsprinkled upon pUn"
of any kind, is sure death to all insects, Ml
cryloge of their, exjstenco,
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