JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, June 24, 1847.
Terms, $2,00 in adrance : $2,25 half yearly ; and $2,50 if not
paid before the end of the year.
Democratic Whig Nomi nations.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JAMES IRVIN,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
'FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH W. PATTON,
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Conviction for Mtirder.
Martin Shay, charged with murdering John
Reese, near Poltsville in December last, was on
Thursday of last week found guilty of murder in
the first degree. The Miners' Journal says, that
when the verdict was rendered the sister of the
unfortunate man gave a heart-piercing shriek and
fainted away. The prisoner was much more com
posed than was anticipated.
A Rebuke.
The " Union Times," one of the mosl respec
table and ably conducted journals of the Loco
loco party, severely rebukes those rekless and
unprincipled Locofoco editors who have as
sailed the private character of Gen. IRVIN
with all the fury of maniacs. We commend
the following article from the " Times," the Lo
cofoco organ published at New Berlin, to the
especial attention of such papers as are exten
sively engaged in the work of detraction against
the Whig nominee, and hope they will profit
by the wholesome truths it inculcates. The
lime has gone by when vulgar personal abuse
will advance the interest of any cause :
The Campaign. We are sorry to observe
in several democratic papers, an attempt to in
jure the private character of the opposing can
didate for Governor, by foolish and absurd sto
ries about his manner of living his occupation
as an iron master his bad treatment of his
hands, &c., all of which we feel certain will in
jure instead of benefiting the democratic cause.
Gen. Irvin does not belong to our party, but
tbat is no reason why his private character
should be attacked. His character as an up
right, honorable and fair man is well known at
home, and although we differ widely in our po
litical views, yet we will not degrade our col
umnsas we have been urged to do by giving
publicity to such groundless and ridiculous sto
ries as we have alluded to. We profess to be
governed by principle, and to have some worth
contending for. Do not let us, therefore, ta
citly confess we have none by descending to
low and vulgar abuse of private character, nor
by attempting to raise prejudices against any
particular pursuits in life. .All branches of le
gitimate business in this republican country are
honorable if honorably pursued by the persons
engaged therein.
rrL T) 1 .1 A II.. -f.U 1
That Marshall Maekey, the son of a wealthy
farmer in the vicinity of that village, and1 him
self a man of property, attempted suicide by
hanging, on the afternoon- of Thursday last'
He was discovered by his family, and' cut down
after having been suspended about two minutes,
and by prompt surgical assistance restored la
consciousness and' placed on the road to recov
ery Mental alienation- is the cause assigned
for the desperate act.
Country Newspapers.
The following excellent advice to the Whig9
of the country in supporting their local news
papers is from that able exponent of sound whig
principles the North American.
We hare ever impressed it upon our Whig
friends of the interior as their first duty, to sup
port their local newspapers;, that duty performod,
we shall be pleased, to place them on our daily
or weekly list. But- we doubt the fidelity of
that man- to his party principles who is either
remiss or lukewarm in subscribing to-the paper
of his county advocating- those principles.
It is not often you hear a city paper speak
ing thus in- favor of supporting papers from
the country first to the exclusion of their own,
and when they do; such editors should receive
the thanks of the whole country pres3.
JJj3 A Locofoco Editor out West is at a loss
whether to support Gen. Taylor or Silas Wright
for the rresidencv rrenuee sees no reason
why be should hesitate-. The habits and char
acters of the two men are different. ' A' little
more grspe, Captain Bragg ! --that's Gen. Tay
lor. ' A little raorejutce of the grape,. landlord!
that's Silas Wright.
UjThe Federal candidate for Governor is
now in the eastern counties, visiting the various
iron establishments. Huntingdon Globe.
The Globe is mistaken. The Federal Mex
ican candidate for Governor, Mr. Shunk, left
here two weeks since for the west, on an elec
lioneeriog tour, and has not yet returned.
Jiarrisburg Intelligencer.
The ProctiFe Policy.
We have recently seen anrarticle "going the
rounds" of our exchanges, the paternity of which
rests, we believe, with our neighbors of the
Pennsylvanian. The perport of this is a sneer
ing reference to the supposed abandonment of
the Protective Policy by the Whig party, and
a laudation of the working benefits of the Ta
riff of 1846, as developed by the high prices of
breadstuffs, and agricultural productions gener
ally. We had supposed that the elections of
the last eight or nine months had most defin
itely settled the public opinion on the issue of
Free Trade or Protection; for the people, witn
unprecedented unanimity, have visited upon
their representatives, who abandoned the prin
ciple of Protection, the weight of popular re
buke. Locofocoism has felt this rebuke mosl
keenly, and for a long while was dumb under
its infliction. But recently it has made an ef
fort to arouse itself, and the selfishness of the
farmer is appealed ;o, and ingenious sophistry
used to gain his support to measures which
ultimately must involve him in common and
inevitable disaster.
It is a question, as crfriouS as interesting, to
ascertain who are she persons most concerned
in the adoption of the Protective Policy, and
who will derive most benefit from its effects.
A9 a community cannot all be manufacturers, ag
riculturists, planters, mechanics, or merchants,
and as, without the existence of the numer
ous trades and professions, we cannot hope to
bo prosperous : and as one cannot flourish in
dependently of the other, it follows that w.here
our productions are inadequate to our wants,
we necessarily become poor and dependent
upon those who supply us with the difference.
If we turn our attention solely to agricultural
pursuits and depend upon the necessities of
other countries for our market, it follows that the
prices of our products must fluctuate, while
what we receive in exchange,must increase in
value. But when a people is naturally divided
into various iradeB and professions, the farmer
is much more secure than any of his neighbors;
for in lhe manufacturer, the mechanic, and the
members of the various occupations of skill and
science, he finds the consumers of his produce,
and if he pay cash for his iron, his shoes, his
clothes, his groceries, or even his luxuries, it
reverts to his pocket in return for the necessa
ry products of his farm. But if he sends his
wheat, rye and corn to a foreign market and
receives in exchange the articles he consumes,
he destroys the home market for his slock, his
truck," and lessons the ability of his neighbors
to enter into competition and keep up the priee
of his produce.
The protection, then, that becomes necessa
ry to sustain the manufacturer and mechanic,
ecures more certainly to the farmer the value
of his entire stocky by giving to the consumer
the value of his labor and regulating the stand
ard of wages. But if Iron, for instance, or any
other article, is rated above the actual labor of
production,, the keen-eyed sagacity of the en
terprising is al'ways on- the watch, and compe
tition brings it to- its level. Trade, as surely
as water, will find its level, and when we look,
as Mr. Dallassavs, "at the whole country," we
nd the farmer is the one who actually derives
he most protection from Protection. The
Ianter of the South, having his labor secured-,
s the only one who really enjoys a monopoly.
f he, having the raw material and the labor
both secured, is not prosperous, it is dwing to
lis indolence and not " the monopoly of the
manufacturers."
The South opposes the Tariff systems, be
cause in this opposition it thinks it recognises
Protection to its planting interests, it it should
ever turn its attention to manufactures it will
clamor more loudly for Prohibition than it ever
rias for Free Trade. In its efforts to protect
its Cottony it would leave to the mercy of the
seasons, the chances of short crops and calam
ities like the potato rot, the entire agricultural
industry of lhe north and west. How can the
manufacturers of New England attorn to com
pensate the wheat grower of the west, if wa
ges are to be cut down to the low standard of
Europe ! How can the rron fields and coal
mines of Pennsylvania take their necessities
from the Mississippi and Ohio at remunerating
prices, if Queen Victoria's Duchy. of Cornwall
and the Duke of York s mines at Pictou, lur-
nish our country with Iron and Coal!
Protection is independence: Protection is
trulv a national measure: Protection is essen
tially the policy of a Democracy. By it we
live within ourselves we secure ourselves irom
all foreign fluctuations we render ourselves a
unit. The various stars of our confederacy are
clustered together in one constellation,, and its
central sum, from which' it draws Hie, vigor,
warmth and the power to produce, is the great,
generative- principle of Protection. We cannot
wonder that this question absorbs all others.
We look upon it as the vitality of out national
ity. We see its effects, and cling devotedly to
the cause which produces such effects. In the
mythus of jhe olden time the Earth was a God
because when the' seed was laid in its furrows
it germinated and gave increase ; or the Sun
was a Dignity because its influence quickened
into-life the fruits of the husbandman's toil.
So-when we see the effects of Protection un
folding the germs of prosperity and diffusing
its blessings on every side, we look to it as the
"Lares" of domestic comfort and the Optimus
Maximus of the Republic.
The Whig Party has never swerred from its
attachment to this policy. Foreign famine has
postponed the effects of the law of 1846 and
given an appearance of prosperity, which is but
temporary. Let an abundant harvest bless the
toil of the European husbandman, and the mis
erable trickery of Mr. Walker's plan for degra
ding American labor and making n Fubjct lo
Yortittin capital, wii be fu'lv exposed. 1 here
are but few who are now deceived by it with
the light of experience upon us, its condemna
tion v ill be universal. North American.
Burking.
The advocates of the election of Francis R.
Shunk, says the Bellefonte Whig, knowing the
barrenness of anything productive of good in
their candidate and his principles,-are resolved
to carry on the Gubenatorial eontest in the ba
sest' manner and by the most unscrupulous
means. Even the sanctity of the grave is to be
invaded in their desire to retain that power
which they feel crumbling to a fall. Their pa
pers have for some time been attacking Andrew
Gregg, the fatherin-law of Gen. Irvin, who was
once a candidate fur Governor of this Common
wealth. We do not allude to this matter for the pur
pose of defending Mr. Gregg. It would be an
act of supererogation in us to do so. He passed
from the stage of this world some ten or fifteen
years ago, after the smoke of political excite
ment had passed away, enjoying the respect
and esteem of all who knew him, and leaving
the well-earned reputation of an Honest man.
Without instituting a comparison of his politi
cal consistency with that of his opponent, we
may say, with truth, that the opinions he enter
tained he frankly expressed, and those he ex
pressed, at the time he was a candidate, he re
tained till the close of his life.
Our object in referring to this subject, is to
call upon this community and upon the people
of Pennsylvania, to discountenance a system of
electioneering that would burk the bones of dead
men from their graves and hold up to obloquy
hose whom the rising generation has been
aught to emulate for their virtues. In all ages
of the world and among the most barbarous
ribes as well as the most civilized naiions, ihey
who have passed from the turmoil of political
strife, have been suffered to rest in the slumbers
of the grave, and we trust the people of Pennsyl
vania will not now change the practice which
custom has so long sanctioned.
Prospects in Blair comity.
So far as we are able to form an opinion of
he psospects of IRVIN and PATTON in Blair
county at the present time, we say with confi
dence that they are most cheering indeed ; no
candidate's were ever brighter. Unless some
unforseen event occurs to change the current
of popular feeling, they will receive larger ma-
orities than have ever been given in the same
m . - 1 1 II TTT
territory. lnis we speaK auviseuiy. we
know of changes taking place to justify all we
say. Polk's Administration, whichis approved
and sustained by Shunk & Co., is extremely
odious to thousands who haveheretofore voted
with the miscalled "Democratic Party." Shunk
himself has not come up to their expectations
at all ; his office-holders are disliked, and the
whole policy of the party, since the last Presi
dential and Gubernatorial election, has been
such as to create a deep seated dissatisfaction.
On the other hana, time has vindicated the
cause of the Whigs. Many of the most preju
dicial slanders retailed against them by the Lo
cofoco orators and presses, are no longer of any
service; and in additon IRVIN & PATTON
are personally highly acceptable and largely
known. Blair is O. K. and no mistake, and it
she takes the banner, no one need be astonished.
General Scott found some important docu
ments among Santa Anna's private property,
one of which was the indentical pass granted
by Mr. Polk, authorizing the admission of Santa
Anna into Mexico:
TTT3 Some of our farmers, who are used to
plain business transactions, are curious to know
what has become ol the three millions oj dollars
which Congress placed at the disposal of the
President, and which-he appeared to be confi
dent would prove effective in securing peace.
An " Odd Fellow," Tiioma's Crane, at
Baltimore, sued his lodge, (Washington Lodge)
for twelve dollars, alleged to have been due him
on account of three weeks' sickness. The
Lodge resisted the payment, and brought the
bye laws and constitution of the order to sus
tain their refusal. One justice decided against
the Lodge, and they appealed from the deci
sion. Before Judge Purviance, the lodge took
the ground that,.by the act of incorporation and
the constitution, all appeals Irom the acts of the
subordinate lodges were to be made to the
Grand Lodge for decision, and consequently
that, as a member of the compact, he must sub
mit to the laws governing the order. After
considerable discussion and deliberation, Judge
Purviance reversed1 the decision of the magis
trate, deciding that the court had no jurisdic
tion in t-iie matter until it had first been decided
by the Grand Lodge.
The Hanover Gazette of May Gdt says that
in consequence of the extreme scarcity of food
in that section horse flesh had been introduced
among the population "with the best effect!"
It adds that 5000 lbs. of this kind' of food had
been sold within a fortnight for consumption, in
the different towns ol'the kingdom.
The Wonders of the Human Form are
both various and striking. Tom Thumb, the
Ohio Fat Girl, the Kentucky Giant, and the
man withoni legs or arm, are all wonderful ;
but they are nothing compared with Major Ed
son, who is now exhibiting in New York. He
is 39 years old, 4 feel 6 inches high, and weighs
only 35 pounds in short, is a perfect living
hkeleton. Talk of drumsticks his legs would
shame them. The above worthies combined,
would make a nice company for a small party.
There is a man in jail at Pittsburg, charged
with having three wives, all living within 10 miles
of that place.
The Prospect for Harvest.
The Miltonian, (Northumberland coonty)sajs
We have had delightful growing weaiher for
the past week.t Vegetation of every descrip
tion is coming on fast.
The (Chester county) Village Record says-r-The
crops in Chester county are very uneven.
The wheat, in general, will fall far below an
average so with the grass. The grass is thin
and dwarfish. There are exceptions, howev
er ; there is an occasional good field of both.
The late rains are benefiting the Spring crops
oats, corn and potatoes, will probably be a
full yield.
The Lehigh Register says After a spell of
hot weather, we again were blessed with sev
eral refreshing showers, which had a surprising
effect on vegetation. Were it not for the fly,
the wheat crop in our section of the country
would have been an extraordinary one. The
fly and the blight have of late years done more
or less injury, but notwithstanding, the wheal
crop from present appearances, will be fully as
good, if not belter, than last season. Clover is
rather short. Timothy looks remarkably well,
and promises an abundant crop. Potatoes, oats,
and corn, all look very promising, and' all that
is asked for, is seasonable -weather, until har
vesting time, "and then all will be well."
The Hagerstown (Maryland) News says
It is now confidently predicted that there will
not only be a larger crop of wheal in this coun
ty this year than last, but it will be of superior
qualtty.
The Frederick Examiner says The cool'
weaiher and the refreshing showers, within
the past three weeks, have imparled a health
and vigor to the growing grain, working almost
a miracle. The wheat is not so thick on the
earth as could be wished, but remarkably well
filled and the heads large. The average yield
will be as good as last year, perhaps belter.
The Greenville, (S. C.) Mountaineer of the
1 1th, says From almost every section of the
Southern States, we see accounts of good
Wheat' crops, and harvest Jias everywhere com
menced. In our own immediate section, Wheat
will be a fair crop- some fields are excellent.
The late varieties of wheat, especially that
which was late sown, will1 be injured more Or
less by rusi.
The Richmond Whig says? w We are grati
fied to learn, from all quarters,- fhat the pros
pect of a full crop of wheat, and!of fine quality,
in this part of Virginia, continues, icy be most
flattering."
Farmers have commenced cutting their grain'
in several parts of Virginia. The. harvest will
be more than an average. The quality of the
wheat is said to be-superior. The gram is ri
pening fast in the vicinity of Fredericksburg
and along the Rappahonnock. Preparations are
making to commence harvesting in all quarters.
The weather has been very fine and favorable
to the farmers. lhe uorn and Uats look very
promising.
Caught by the Telegraph.
This invention of modern times, besides convey
ing intelligence in the "twinkling of an eye," ope
rates in various other ways. One day last week,
a swallow m the- neighborhood of Franklin and
7th streets, was performing its gyrations in the air
above the wires of the Telegraph, with which it
came in contact, and whether by the magnetic
fluid or the force of the concussion with the wire,
we do not pretend to decide, it was thrown vio
lently to the ground.- where it fluttered for some
time in great agony. It was picked up kindly
treated, and again' put on the wing by the gentle
man who witnessed the circumstance. It flew
away, no doubt fully satisfied with its conflict with
the electric conductor. It had doubtless received
a " shocking idea," which nearly deprived it of
life. Dan. Press.
The Maryland Whig Gubernatorial Conven
tion which assembled at Cambridge, a few days
since, for the purpose of nominating a candid
ate to be supported by the Whig party for the
office of Governor of that State, has nominated
WILLIAM T, GOLDSBOROUGH, of Dor
chester county, as the candidate of the pany at
the ensuing election in October next.
The decline of prices in New York from the
3d to the 1 7th inst., is in Flour $1 25 per bar
rel; Wheat 45 a 50 cunts a bushel; Corn 23 a
25 cents; Oats,. 10 a 11.
A gentleman residing. at the west part of the
city, who has been very much annoyed by ped
lers, has placed' upon his door the following
notice 4 Pedlers and Thieves are requested
not to ring the boll, as the occupant of this
house declines dealing with them.'
Boston paper.
JJj3 Ohio is a great place for Strawberries.
One cultivator, near Cincinnati, has 100 pick
ers engaged on a patch of sixty acres, who
gather 100 bushels of the delicious fruit a. day.
MEXICAN NEWS.
Fredericksburg, June 18,15-17.
The schr. Zenobia, arrived at New Orleans,
brings Vera Cruz dates of the 3d inst. The
American Eagle of the 2d, contains the letter
of Santa Anna, resigning the Presidency, un
der lhe date of lhe 29th ult. Congress had not
acted upon it at the latest accounts. The Ea
gle says that his resignation has been followed
by that of General Bravo as Vice President ;
but there is probably some confusion in this, a
the Vice Presidency was abolished in order to
get rid of Gomez Farias, and had not been es
tablished again. Bravo was recently in com
mand of Puebla, and yet more recently at ihe
head of lhe army of the Centre.
The Eagle says that the election of Presi
dent was to take place on the 15th ult., mean
ing, probably, that the votes would lhen be of
ficially counted and the result be made known.
The paper thinks Herrera will be President.
Gen. Scott reached ruebla on the ZBtij, tin?
day before Twiggs arrived there. Everything
remained quiet in the city, our soldiers and too
inhabitants being upon the best terms.
A small reconnoitenng party of our troop
had been sent some twenty miles beyond Pue
bla, and encountered no enemy thus far.
I he Mexicans are erecting works a shore
distance this side of the capital, but the Eeaglo-
treais them as unimportant and not likely to be
completed.
The Eagle gives a report that Almonte had
been imprisoned on an accusation of holding
corre8pondencewith Gen. Scott.
It has been ascertained that only one man
it .i . -i c
was Kiiieu ai tne time oi. oower was mur
dered.
The schr. Morris, arrived from Tampico,
brings dates to the 3d mst.
The health of that place was quite unfavor
able. Many cases of yellow fever had oc
curred'.
Frckericksburg, June 20ih.
The steamship Fanny has arrived at New
Orleans from Vera Cruz, bringing dates io the
6th inst. Nothing later has been received from
Gen. Scott's army.
The fever was increasing at Vera Cruz, and
the heat was intense.
A large train left on the 5th for Puebla with
the mail and $300,000 in specie, escorteed by
800 men.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Arrival of lhe Cambria,
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The mail1 steamer Cambria arrived at Boston
Harbor at 6 o'clock on Thursday morning !a-t,
bringing Liverpool and London dates to the 4th
inst. a passage of 13 days.
DEATH OF MR. O'CO-NNELL.
Mr. 0'Connell died1 at Genua-on' the loth of
May. He has directed his heart to be deposi
ted in Rome, and his body to be buried in Ire
land. Lord Besborough la succeeded as Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland by Lord Clarendon.
The first meeting of the Irish Council, a con
federation of all cla-STjes for national purposes,
was held orr the l'sf. ft professes to combine
Irishmen' of every grade and section of opinion,
to watch over the rights and' interests of the
country, and to create, foster and develope a
sound Irish public opinion.
DEATH OF DR. CHALMERS.
Dr. Chalmers, the' eminent theologian, died
on1 the 31st of May.
Liverpool, June 4th, 1S-17
Corn Market. Not wi:h' standing the strong
expectations entertained previously to the de
parture of the last steamer, that the corn mar
ket would maintain its upward tendency, the
unusual fineness of the weaiher, which pormises
a favorable home harvest,-had the effect of ma
terially depressing prices, and of course con
tracting the extent of average transactions.
The advices, however, brought by the Cale
donia, of light slocks in the American ports
have created considerable activity, aided by the
decided relaxation that has taken place in the
pressure of the money market, have largely ten
ded to re-establish a- previous desire to specu
late. The reports, though' unauthenticated, of a
probable failure of the poiatoe crops, both in
Ireland and' Jersey, have also had their influ
ence. The markets here, in point of fact, have
fallen 20 shillings per quarter from the highest
point ; but though flour had declined to 40 shil
lings per barrel, it is now worth 42 shillings,
and may be fairly quoted at 43 shillings for
best western.
Flour averages from 37 to 38 shillings per
barrel. American Wheal 10s. 6d. to 12s. 6d.
per 70 lbs. Indian Corn is tolerably steady at
52 shillings for prime or yellow, and in some
instances, owing to the increased demand from
Ireland', has commanded 2s. per quarter above
the currency of yellow corn.
Meal ranges between 28 shillings and 31
shillings, with a tendency to the higher quota
tions. The total export of breadstuffs from ib
Til. S. to Great Britain and Ireland, from 1st
Sept '1846, to 14th of May 1847, appears toba
Flour 1.656.802 bbls., Corn Meal 434,432
bbls, Wheat 1,513,274 bush.,Oats 271 ,555 bush
els, Barley 145,942 bushels.
The tone of tho Coiton'Market since the de
parture of the last steamer has materially inv
proved. The apprehension of short receipts
and of the backward season for the growing
crop have caused a decided advance.
Provisions. The supply is moderately
fair but the demand languid. Beef is not plen
tiful nor is it in much demand. Butter aiF
Cheese maintain a fair price and the consump
tion has been unusually great within the last
three months.
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Hams are generally dulj. wih- tendency to