- JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, August 19, 1847. Tanns, $2,00 in advance: $2,25 half yearly; and $2,50 if not paid before the end of the ye.ir. Democratic Whig: Nominations. j? FOR GOVERNOR. JAMES IRVIN, OF CENTRE COUNTY. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH W. PATTON, OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. OCT L. BARNES, at Milford, is duly author ized to act as .Agent for this paper; to receive sub scriptions, advertisements, orders for job-work, and payments for the same. QThe production of "N. II. D.?' enme to hand too late for this week's paper. It shall appear in our next. The Tories. The Editors of the Monroe Democrat, who with a kind of "stop-thief" audacity have been calling the Whigs TORfES, are very much out of humor with us for reminding them of the fact that James 1C. Polk's grandfather was a TORY, during the American Revolution. We have a few more equally pointed reminiscences in store, which we will Le induced to revive for the benefit of our neighbors, unless they speedilv assume a more be coming editorial deportment. A word to the wise, &c QjT' The Hon. Henry dlay arrived in Philadel- nVIri rtrt fsnturfln tr laat ntnA vene U'plcnmprl hv J large concourse with the utmost enthusiasm. Counterfeits. Well executed counterfeit $5's on the Middle town Bank, in this State, have appeared. Also $3's on the Mechanic's Bank, at Newark, N J. The Car.al and Railroad tolls of the present year, on the Pennsylvania Line, up to the end of July, amount to $1,019,551,. being $307,970 more than the same time last year.. Iiook Out ! The Harrisburg Telegraph, says : " We cau tion the Whigs throughout the State to be on their guard against reports,, circulars and hand bills, is sued from the Locofoco press, retailing all man ner of base and unscrupulous falsehoods against the Whig candidates for Governor and Canal Com missioner. We are already apprized of a splen did edition of Roorback's, now in process of con coction, with which the State is to be flooded dur ing the few weeks that remain of the present Gu bernatorial canvass. They are to be printed in both German and English, and to be secretly .dis tributed by paid agents. To the getters up wc say,, "cease vipers, you bile a file" (L7 DR. V. SWAYZE, Surgeon Dentist, has arrived in Strouds"burg, and located himself at Mr. Hollinshead's Hotel, where he will bo ready to wait upon all who may need his services. The Doctor is a very skillful and easy operator, and his previous visits to this place gave general sat isfaction. We would advise those who wish their teeth fixed to give him a call. Tfe will probably remain about two weeks. Election R'ews. TENNESSEE.. Contrary to all expectations, Neil S. Brown, Whig, is elected governor of Tennessee by a ma jority of near 2,000. A very heavy vote has been polled in the state, equal to that cast for Clay and Polk in '44. The result is a most glorious and un expected Whig triumph. , To'Congress 4 Whigs and 3 locos are elected 2 districts to hear from. KENTUCKY. The Whigs have elected six members of Con gress and the Locos four a Loco gain of one. We have few returns for the Legislature, but U is Whig, of course. A large majority was giv.en in favor of a Convention to revise the Constitution. INDIANA. In this State the Whigs have got three of the ten members of Congress a Whig gain of one.- The 'Legislature Is very close, and believed to be Whic. NORTH CAROLINA. The Whigs have- six of the nine members o Congress-T-a Whig gain of three. IOWA., J The Locofocos have elected one and probably both. members of Congress. ALABAMA. . . : The Wbigs have elected two .members of Con gress a gain of one. They also run'the Locofo -co candidate for Governor very close, but they let him in. "Hurrah for Shunk, the poor man !! and -Morris. Longstreth.-ihe rich one ! ! Here is a licket to suit everybody.?' This U a. sort of chip-trap the Federalists are thra'TsIJ trying to gull the people of Pennsyjva nia with Wonder wtaiher.ijiey, l.eal)y expect the people Jo wallow the hook!' FOR THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN. ITi i! ford and its Morals. We were not led to this, by any purer motives than should have actuated others more capable of making a proper defence of our morals as a place ; but they, have thought it unworthy of their se rious attention perhaps. Nor have we come to plead in behalf of our morality, but to preach against such open immorality and vice as we have amongst us, and to assign a reason or two for the name we bear abroad. We verily believe there is something in a name, and have undertaken to defend this, Tather, than to defy oux traducers to the charge ; for indeed as a village, we are not so hedged about by virtue and morality within, that we can withstand every encroachment from without; and it is quite enough that we bear the burden of our own iniquities. But if we are to endure all. the reproach brought upon us by "rowdies" from every State in the Un ion, who choose to visit our place to hold their "wakes" upon the Sabbath, regardless of order or decency, we had as well withdraw our claim to civilization at once. But it would be wrong to. charge the whole upon foreigners, while we keep open doors, and open bars, and have so many kindred spirits amongst us. By the way, we would inquire why the au thorities who can authorise men by license, to open the flood-gates of rum, or rum, upon week days, cannot with the same authority order them shut down again, at leasrupon the Sabbath 1 or is it because the law already made is not enforced? Perhaps it is ; and if the proper officers will stand aloof with their oath of office and allow the laws of God and man to be openly violated, it is time utheks use the " strong arm" in defence of the peace and quiet of our village. What else can be done, when men have respect for neither things, or time sacred, nor shame to check them in their ungentlemanly conduct but to use means suited to the ends, and until an ef-. fort is made to restrain the few in their open acts of vice, a reproach may be rightfully laid at the door of every inhabitant of the place. There is a time when "forbearance ceases to be a virtue" and we think with us that time has past and a stigma yes, a dishonour rests upon us for so long neglecting to rebuke these distur bers of the peace, by the sternness of the law. We--hope a friendly warning will be the "end of the law" in its fulfilment. , tj A CIJPIZEN. Milford, August 17. Public linner. Notice is hereby given that a Public Dinner will be given to Lieut. Wm. Schoonover, late of the American Army, at the Public House of ohn O. Ryer, in uie Borough of Siroudsburg, on Saturday, the 21 si insi., as a token of regard or his patriotic and gallant services in the bat tle-fields of Mexico. A general invitation is hereby tendered to the citizens of Monroe Coun ty, and elsewhere4 to join in doing honor to one who has done honor to his native county. The Hmner will bo ser.ved up at 3 o clock, By order of the Committee of Arrangements.) An Affecting Letter. . Lieut. Fletcher, of the Alton (III.) volunteers, was among the killed at Buena Visia. Re was a widower,, and the father of a little girl two years old. His remains, with oihers, were re cently buried at Alton, and his little daughter, accompanied by her grand parents, attended the funeral. The night before the battle, Lieut. Fletcher wrote the following letter, which pre sents, in a gratifying light, his parental affec tions ; - CXmp Huena Vista, Mexico, ) January 14, 1847. Dear Colonel : To-morrow we expect to have an engagement with a superior Mexi can force, and, on the eve of the battle, I have thought it proper to address you a lew lines. As you are well aware, the object nearest my heart is the welfare of my little child; and so far as I have been able, 1 have provided for her. My wages, to the amount of $280, are. due from the Government ; besides a small sum ow ing me, as well as the contents of my trunk, and the books and the other articles I may own, 1 have, in a memorandum in mv trunk, left to her, and placed the whole in the charge of C'apt. Baker, to be forwarded to you in case I should fall all of which 1 doubt not you will most re ligiously see appropriated to her use, as may seem m and proper by you and mother. And now, with respect to the child : should I fall I leave her entirely to you and your wife ; but 1 have written to- my brother, requesting 4iim to throw his brotherly protection over her ; and if, at any time,-you think fit to send her io him, he will receive tier as his own child, and proiect her as such. Should she remain with you, 1 wish that she should receive as good an education as the Iinlo means left her will afford ; and, above a!4 things, teach her that truth and virtue are io women what the soul is to the body ttie life of its hie. leach ner that to be lust to all in thought in word in deed, is the true the. great aim of a good mind ;; and those who strive to accomplish that purpose seldom fail to live at peace withthn world, and accom plish the " Great Destiny" for which they are created. I wish to say a thousand things more about her, and my wishes for her, but thai would :b'e. superfluous, so I will revert to other subjects- In -death as in-life, ever yours, E. F.FLETOHE'R- Hon.John Qumcy Adams completed his80.ih year.iOirSun'day, the ilih July. Gov. Slihssk upon Hie Slump. We see'it announced that Gov.Shuhk and Morris Longstreth will be present and address a meeting of the Locofocos of Berks county, on ihe 17th inst. This we believe is lho first instance of a Governor of Pennsylvania taking the stump in advocacy of his re-election ; atid it shows most clearly that a desperate neces sity exists for something 10 save the sinking cause. Gen. Irviai and his Slanderers. The unostentatious charity of Gen. Irvin is one of the highest traits in his character. In the rough canvass of a poiiiical campaign, it would perhaps have been the best. policy to leave untold the recital of his generous acts. But his friends and supporters are so truly proud of his private worth, that many incidents have found their way to ihe public press, the promulgation of which, we are. confident, Gen; Irvin would have avoided, could he have con trolled it. Among these acts of private munifi cencef wo recently copied one from the Penn sylvania Telegraph, which wa3 to the effect ihat Gen Irvin supported at his sole expense, at Lafayette College, a Chinese youth, who was studying for the Christian Ministry. We are always in the habit of recording such deeds wherever we meet them, as they are honor to human nature, and little did we think that party malignity would endeavor to distort or falsify the facts. The Easton- Argus, a violent and unscrupu lous Locofoco paper, published at Easton, where Lafayette College is situated, immediately con tradicted the story said it had made inquiry of the officers, and found no such youth there; but admitted there had been one last winter an swering the description, and' still denying that he was supported while there by Gen. Irvin. This article from the Easton Argus having found its way into Centre county, the editor of the Bellefonte Whig felt called upon to inquire into its truth. In the course of his inquiries he was referred to the Rev. James Linn, the Pres byterian Minister at Bellefonte, who gave the following facts : In November last, the Rev. William Ches ter, D. D., Agent or the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church, addressed a letter to Gen. Irvin informing him of the arrival of the Chinese youth in this country with the Rev. Mr. Wilson of his desire to have an educa tion of his high character as a youth of piety and good natural abilities and the strong pros pect of future usefulness, held out if he should return to his native India as an educated and en lightened Christian Minister. We insert an extract of ihe letter referred to: "It will requite $75 a year to educate this young man for the Gospel Ministry ; and my object in writingrm the second place, is to pro pose to you lo place in the hands of the Board of Education $75 a year, until his education is completed, which will be from 5 to 7 .years. If spared to preach ihe Gospel in India, he will accomplish more than three fold more than any American Missionary, and be sustained while engaged in his work, at least at half the ex- pense. 1 Know no inougnt mat would oe sweet er to your heart when called to lay your head on that pillow on which every head must rest and every eye be closed, than that, though dead,-you will speak through the lips of one preaching ihe Gospel in a land where the paths of life are unoccupied and unknown." This appeal, so beautifully and touchingly made, found ready response in General Irvin's heart. He handed the letter to Mr. Linn, re questing him io inform Mr. Chester that he would furnish the required means for ihe young man's education;. Mr. Linn accordingly wrote to that effect, and on the 14th January last Mr. Chester answered that letter 'r and as the an swer is short, we copy it, as containing the most satisfactory" and-conclusive evidence upon the subject. Philadelphia, Jan. 14 1847. " Rev. and Dear Sir I have delayed an swering your truly kind and acceptable letter, until my return from Easton. Dr. Van Rens selaer, and myself returned last week from pay ing a Pastbraf visit to the young men under the care of the Board' of Education, at Lafayette College. While engaged in that work, we saw and conversed with Adam James Irvin. We found him all thai 'Dr. Wilson had represented him to be. Dr; Van. R. and myself thought out of nearly thirty young men we conversed with on the subject ot personal piety, not one appeared so well as this young man. He is the first scholor in his class. He appears humble, meek, docile, and 1 do hope that Gen. Irvin will'see that God has made him the instrument of raising up an able and faithful minister to the New Testament. ' ' Please to say to Gen. Irvin that the lime he designated to pay the $75, either May or June, will be as acceptable to us as any oth er pan of the year. We have no preference. I hope he will consult his own convenience as to the time. Your's truly, WM. CHESTER. The first yearly payment of $75 was paid to Mr. 'Linn by Gen. Irvin in June, and the ac knowledgement of it will be found in the 'Pres byterian of the 17th of July, u!t.f among mon eys received by the Board of Education, in June a9 follows: 'Bellefonte Ch. Pa., a friend, for a Scholarship, $75. In the whole proceeding Gen. Irvin request ed that his name" should not be made known, not desiring to be1 at all public in the business, and it found hs 'way imo the papers Without the slightest agency or wish" on hi part ; hut hav ing been brought before the 'public, and its cor rectness denied, it seems to Im no more than proper that the truths should' bo told. North American. , - .:.., Farmers 8e not Deceived. The Albany Journal slates that there are two or three facts which seem to be overlooked or forgotten by those who anticipa'e a permanent increased demand for agricutural produce in Great Britain. 1. The soil has lost none of its fertility. 2. The improvements in agriculture, and the land brought into cultivation, secures an in crease of production equal to the increase of population. 3. As ihe manufacturing laborers of Great Britain are not provided with more than half employment, twice the present amount of man ufactures could not be produced, without di verting a single laborer from agriculture. 4. If no laborers are diverted from agricul ture, and. the soil has lost none of its virtues; the aggregate product will be just as great if we import fifty or five hundred millions of man ufactures. 5. If the wheat regions of Europe were suc cessful competitors wrth us under the corn law restrictions, they will continue to be under free trade. 6. If Great Britain has never procured hor bread from America except from compulsion, she will not do so now merely to oblige us. 7. If she heretofore imported but 14,000,000 bushels of wheat per annum and only l-7th or 1-1 0th of this from the United States thme is nothing to induce the belief that she will im port more hereafter. 8. If farmers expect the tariff of '46 to se cure them a large permanent foreign demand and high prices, they will be as completely humbugged as were those, who believed Mr. Polk a sound Protectionist because be wrote the Kane letter. The humbugging propensities of the Loco Focos is admirably hit off in the following par agraph from the York Republican. " Our Loco-foco friends are in imminent dan ger of wanting a " Cry" for the next election. The politicians of England are just now, on the eve of a general election for members of Par liament, in the very same straight. Heretofore, they have resorted ihere to such catch-words as " No Wooden Shoes !" " o Popery '!' and the like ; But fhese seem to be worn out, and they can't contrive a new one. Here the Lo cofocos have had " No Banks !" rt Pplk, Dallas, Texas, Oregon and the Tariff of 1842 !" " 54 deg. 40 min. or fight !" " the Whole or None !" The virtue of all these has- passed away, the three last. especially having.-, been- deserted by their own professed champions, they then got up something like, "The Tariff of 1;846 and High Prices for Grain Vs a capital humbug, they thought, to catch farmers but litis bubble has burst before it was( half blovwil-ithe. high prices are gone already. 1 " i r i American Mechanics and Laborers. We copy the. following paragraphs from the letter of the New York correspondence of the National Intellrgercer: ' The greal influx of foreigners here oper ates hard upon American laborers and mechan ics, by reducing their wages almost below a living point. These foreigners, accustomed to small pay and poor living in their own coun tries, are ready at once to underbid the Ameri can laborer, and deprive hirn of his employment and his family of bread. Or if the Americans continue to get work, it must be at too low a rale to supply him with ordinary comforts of American life. I his is an evil which presses with great soverity upon the American laborer and mechanic in this city, sometimes driving them almost to desperation, and if some remedy is not provided, may in the end lead to lawless violence and popular outbreaks. In connexion with this subject, I see it slated in a Philadel phia paper that the Secretary of the Navy has determined to withdraw the contracts for ma ming clothing for the United States Navy from Philadelphia, and transfer them to New York, for the reason ihat, owing to the great influx of foreign tailors to New York, trie work can be obtained cheaper here than in Philadelphia. It is a matter worthy of reflection whether or not it comports with a wise and patriotic ad ministration of the Government to 20 round cheapening the labor of mechanics in the pub lie service, screwing them below a living point and finally giving the jobs to freshly imported mechanics. " If is evident', that,. 10 complete successfully with ihe foreign laborers and mechanics who are coming to this country by hundreds of thou sands annually, American workmen will' have to forego many of the comforts and luxuries fo which they have hiiherfo been accustomed. An American mechanic is in the habit of living comfortably and respectably, and of educating his children for future usefulness. To have these employments he must receive a farr com pensation for his labor a compensation- not graduate by the usual mode of living of a? srrar lar class of society in' Europe, where one house. will suffice for several fumiliea. The great in- flux of foreign laborers and mechanics, with'Jsole means of securing lho grand object of his their different mode of living, muar, then,-ne-ambition, ihe Dictatorship. When Congress cossarily reduce the pricos of labor, and com pel American workmgmen to curtail their ex pences ; to diminish their comforts, and bring up their children in a manner at variance with their wishes. The Influence of this immense immigration in lessening the prices of labor, and trr deprivirig American workmen of advan la'geous employment, is not felt in New York alone it exieilds, more or loss, lo all the prin cipal cities of the Union. I t is seriously felt in Baltimore, and is jnsily complained-of ; but we apprehend that no-remedy will be applied." Professor Morse has bought a county peat on ihe Hudson, nwar iPoughkPhpsie, N. Y. ; For 100 acres-of land he paid $17, 500. ' MEXICAN NEWS. "s Richmond. Angus! 13. The Picayune and Delta of the 16th inst. contain intelligence brought by the arrival at New Orleans, of the steamer Ohio, from Bras- sos. The Matamoras Flag stales that it had been rumored there for a week, that Gen. Scott had reached the city of Mexico with a loss of 300 men, and it now learns on good authority that positive intelligence had been received to that effect ; but whether a fight had occurred at the Rio Frio, or at the city itself, or "at what, time Gen. Scott arrived there, are matters still more uncertain. It was also asserted that Gen. Valencia had left Sun Luis for the capital, with a large force. Qen. Hopping received information that fjr rea was this side of the mountains with 4003 men. Gen. Hopping immediately sent to Mat amoras for a squadron of dragoons, but only one company was sent him. Caravajal, with about 250 men, had been seen 25 leagues beyond Matamoras, and had detained a large number of mules laden for that place, beMdes 100 wagons of goods sent from Matamoras for Monterey. It was rumored at Buena Vista, that Gen. Russ, with a force of 3000 men was on hi inarch, and that troops were also moving on Partas. . ' A company of mounted men had been sta tioned at the Pass below Saltillo, and pickets posted on the road to Nueva, besides other measures taken to guard against any sudden movements. Captain Ruckerr with two pieces of artillery, was sent out to reconnoitre : out notning nau been discovered. Information had been re ceived from -Mexicans at Parras, that the Iu dtans had destroyed three rancheros, and killed 300 Mexicans. Apprehension's existed of an attack being maile on the depot at the mouth of the Rio Grande, where there are seventy luad's'of pub ic property, guarded by only 15 men. FARTHER NEWS FRO.TJ MEXICO! Gen. Scott, still at Pueblo Failure of the Peace- Proposals. Richmond, Aug. 14. The New Orleans papers received this morn I announce ihe arrival of the steamer Fash ion, with Vera Cruz dates to the 2d in?t.. Gen. Scott was at Puebla on the 30th of July,. but there was a probability of an immediate ad vance. Gen. Valencia Vas reported-to be'in.the u cinity with 4000. Gen. Pierce. hid arrived-at Perote after, an action with the guerrillas near the National Bridge. . t . Lieutenants Tipton, of Indiana, and Sturgeon of Pennsylvania, had-died. The courier of the British Legation arrived' al Vera Cruz on the 31st, with correspondence from the Capitol to" the 20, Puebla to the 30 h, Mr. Kendall represents the chances for peace as unfavorable, but says Scott will march im mediately on the arrival' of Getf. Pierce, cer tainly in the first week of August, and more than probable the hardet fight yet will take place at the city of Mexico, that the -Mexicans are p'repared to meet him, having nil their forti fications completed and twenty-live thousand men as the garrison. He also stales that the British legation wero secretly exerting every influence to keep the Americans out of the capttol. Oiher letters in the Picavune. represent tho chances of peace as more favorable, atid think that the resistance to Scon's advance, will bo almost nominal. The Mexican Congress had referred Mr. Buchanan's letter back to ihe Executive, and thrown on him the responsibilities of ihe war. The peace party in the capitol.is strong, and increasing rapidly. They have no faith in their Generals. The Sun of Anahuac says, in describing tho guerilla attack upon Gen. Pierce, that a body of 600 Americans approached under a brisk fire until about a hundred yards from the Mexicans, when a heavy fire was opened upon the enemy, forcing them to commence a hasty retreat. At this moment a spirited charge was mado upon the retreating Mexicans by the American cavalry, in which at least one hundred qf the enemy were cut to pieces. The position occu pied, by the Mexicans was one of the strongest in the country, but the Americans passed the bridge, after the engagement and arrived in safe ty at Perote. The Commercial Times considers the news a full confirmation of ihe failure of Mr. 'Prist's mission and that all prospects of peace were dissipated. lis correspondence states ihat thero has been a contest of etiquette about constitu tional rights between Congress. and Santa An na, each charging the other with the responsi biliiy of making peace. It is however shrewdly supposed ihat the lat ter personage sincerely desires patching up ihe difference between the two countries, as ihe was dissolved, it was done by ihe withdrawal of such a number of members as, to leave tho remainder too few lo form a quorum. Santa Anna held a counsel of his general officdrs, when it was resolved to try the effect of another struggle, either by marching out to meet Gen. Scon al Puebla, or, rejecting ihe propositions of Mr. Trist, calmly toa'waifScoti's advance, and act upon the defensive. In order to be free to aci, the Government has issued a decreor suspending the publication of all the newspapers except the Government organ. The Delta says that the Congress had" met and adjourned without Bding on the peace pro positions of our Governmem thai all their Jei- 1
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