JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, September , 1847. Terms, $2,W in adranco: 2,25 half j-early ; and $2,50 if not paid Dciorc me end oi the year. Democratic Whig IV omi nations. FOR GOVERNOR. JAMES IEVIN, f OP CENTRE COUNTY. TOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH W. PA TT ON, OF CUMBERLAND COUNTV. JO L. BARNES, at Milford, is duly author- raed to act as Agent for this paper; to receive sub scriptions, advertisements, orders for j,ob-work, '"arid' payments for the same. The legislature. On Saturday lasnhe Loco Focos of Monroe county, held, held their annual Delegate Mee ting, and nominated B. S ScIwonovor1 Esq., Mentor Ediior of the " Democrat,'' as their can didate for Assembly. Although Mr. S. is a pret ty clever fellow, his nomination is by no means i he most popular one that could have been made. -There are scores of men in his party, who, if the honor had been accorded tliem, would make a MrongiT run. But of this, we have no fault to find. Judging from the information we have received from the different portions of this Coun ry and Northampton, we are satisfied that he can be defeated, and will be, if a Volunteer Ticket is run. And that such a Ticket will be r n, we have no doubt. Northampton County. The Locos of Northampton will hold their Delegate Elections on Saturday next, and their Delegate Meeting on Tuesday next. We will be able to notice in our next, therefore, who are to have the honor of a place on the Assem bly Ticket with, our friend, Schoonoverr and to share a defeat with' him-. Professor Rogers---Animal Magne tism. 'Our citizens during the last week had an op portunity of "hearing Professor Rogers deliver rwo of his lucid and inimitable lectures on the subject of Animal Magnetism, besides seeing a number of highly successful experiments on . persons wno had never before been magnetised. Previous to ihe Professor's visit, this science if we ma' so call it was treaied by the great er portion of our citizens as a visionary subject, and was loudly denounced as a humbug but -not so now ; thos who were most skeptic are forced to acknowledge that although they do not understand the matter, there certainly is something strange about it. ltjs to-be regret ted that the Professor could not prolong his visit,. as our citizens were just beginning to feel a deep interest in the matter, as his lectures closed. We leatn that he intends to visit the .South during the winter, and we can hardly ex--pect to hear him again before next spring, when -it, is to- be hoped he will favor us with another 'visit. Should the same success,, with' which he met here,, attend him elsewhere, ho will not 4fail to establish the truths of what appears to .be his darling science-. fc The Yellow Fever was still raging without "abatement at New Orleans at last accounts. Froident Polk's brother Wm. H., has re signed his office of Charge to Naples and re ceived the appointment of a Major of Dragoons. In the office he has just given up, it is said he has received1 some $15,000. The Whigs of Philadelphia have nominated Mayor Twift for re-election. The Washington Union says" the War Department-has made a call for five new Regi ments for the Mexican War two from Ken tucky, twG'from Tennessee, and one from In diana. Uj3 Read the "Plain Fads for the People" on our first page, relative to the- life and charac ter of Gen. Irvin, by one of his neighbors. I'i to a conclusive answer to much of the Locofo 'cofcmisrepresentation concerning him. 1 JQ3 Remember, that of the overplus in the S:ate Treasury, 30 to $50,000 is the saving of iu,&r-k Jegitsiaiure wnicn completed' its session in the unprecedented short space of tseventyrone days J Loco Legislatures are always- over 100 days in session, af an immense expense. , ,9 r The Yellow Fever is rapidly increasing at N-ew Orleans. On ihe23d over one hundred deaths 'occurred from it. I'f tirpii triiiii t-t . . The Elections. . Seventeen States are to vole before the twelfth of October next, and in all parts of the country the work of marshalling forces is going on with spirit and promptness. Thus far the Whigs have had every cause for rejoicing, both in their own success and in the stern reproofs of our bad ad ministration which the popular voice has express ed. They are however but the beginnings of the more extended and deeper declarations which are to be made through the ballot-box, and every Whig must feel the responsibility which the time impo ses to rebuke the bad action and prostrate the bad principles of Locofocos and Locofocoism. In Maryland the Congressional nominations have all been made, and it is confidently expected that every district but the third will return Whigs. The following are the nominations : Dist. I. II. Ill, IV. V. VI. Whiff. Loco. No candidate. Edward Shriver. Thos. W. Ligon. Robert M. McLane. R. B. Carmichael. S. D. Lecorapte. John G. Chapman, .T. Dixon Roman, Chas. II. Steuart, John P, Kennedy, Alexander Evans, John W. Crisfield, Member of the last House. Mr. Kennedy has served with disttnetioa in former Houses : the res idue aTe new men. With proper exertions even the third district may be secured, and we hope to see the delegation from Maryland all Whig. In Louisiana the following nominations have been made for Congress : Dist. Whisr. Locofoco. I. E. Montegut, Emile La Sere. II. B. GThibodeaux, Jacob Barker, (Ind) III. Truman Phelps, J. M. Harmonson. IV. John Waddell, Isaac E. Morse. Members of the last House. The Whigs will enter into the contest with the most flattering- prospects, while the Locofoco can didates will experience the disheartening influen ces attendant upon their base attempt to degrade Gen. Taylor, by passing a vote of censure upon him. In New Jersey the Whig Convention will as semble on the 23d inst., at Trenton, for the pur pose of nominating a candidate for Governor. The Hon. Wm. Wright, of Newark, and Judge Robeson, of Belvidere, are spoken of as candidates. Apprentice Case. Judge Kelley, of the Quarter Sessions of Phil adelphia, a few days ago applied the principle of a recent decision of the Supreme Court; that the binding (of an apprentice) must be made by the father, if Jiving, if not by the mother, and if no father or mother be living, then by the next friend. In this case, the step-father hav ing officiated, the mother being still living, the lad was discharged from custody and detention. The First introduction of Anthra cite. The following statement illustrates most for- cibjy how muc'h Iiarde; it is t0 persuade man- k;nd to believe in truth than fiction : and also illustrates, in some degree, the resources of Pennsylvania : It is interesting and amusing to look back to the first a-itempts made to use the anthracite coal, and to bring it to marker. Hon. Charles Miner, of Wilkesbarre, in his published' account of his first efforts, in connection with Mr. Cist, ! and other associates,, relates some pleasant an ecdotes. On the 9th of August, 1814, they started off their first ark from Mauch Chunk. "In less than 80 rods from the place of start ing, the ark struck on a ledge, and broke a hole in her bow. The lads stripped themselves nearly naked, to stop the rush-of water with their clothes."' In six days,, however, the ark reached Philadelphia, with its 34 tons of coal, which. had by this time cost $14 a ton. "But," says Mr. Miner, "we had the greatest difficul ty to overcome of inducing the public to use our coal, when brought to their doors." " We published handbills, in English and German, slating the mode of burning- the coal, either in grates, smiths' forges, or in stoves. Together we went to several houses in the ci ty, and prevailed on the masters to allow us to kindle fires of anthracite in their grates, erect ed to burn Liverpool coal. We attended at blacksmiths' shops, and prevailed upon some to alter the Top-iron, so that they might burn Lehigh coal ;. and we were sometimes obliged to bribe the journeyman lo try the experiment fairly, so averse were they to learn the use of a new sort of fuel." How like a fable all this $eems at the pres ent day! As we sit before our coal fires and think, of no other, how little do we realize that thirty years ago, Mr. Miner and Mr. Gist- were trving the experiment5 of a anthracite fire at Wilkesbarre, and wondering whether they could not float. an-ark load of the roal to Philadelphia? Now we are reckoning the coal trade itv mil lions of tons ! li the Schuylkill' region the effort was made a littje earlier. In 1.812, Col. George Shoema ker loaded nine wagons with coal at the place now known as ihe Centreville Mines, and pro ceeded toPhiladelphia. "Much time was spent by him in endeavoring toinlioduce it to notice, but all his efforts proved unavailing. Those who deigned to try it, declared Col. Shoemaker to be an importer for attempting to impose stone on them for coal, and were clamorous against htm-. Not discouraged' by the sneers-cast upon him, he persisted in- the undertaking, and at last succeeded in disposing of two loads, for the cost of transportation, and the remaining seven he gave to persons, who promised to try to use it,, and lost all the coal aud charges." Exchange paper. A J)uc wnh four distinct wing,, is ex bib, jted'.iij Reading. ., , ... ; , Correspondence of the Jcffersonian Rcpublicau. Pencilling at Random. Patterson Its situation Population and Man ufactures Surrounding Country Passaic Falls, fyc. Patterson, Sept. 6, 1847. Patterson is a flourishing town situated on ihe Passaic River, 16 miles above its entrance into Newark Bay.. It was established by a society incorporated in 1791, the object of which was to lay the foundation of a great manufacturing 'emporium. ihe town is beautifully laid out and well built, containing a population of about 15,000. It is the first manufacturing town in New Jersey. The total amount of capital in- vested in manufactures, comprising those Nof r,ra .nmnri-mo. tlinsAW cotton, silk and woollen goods, machinery, lea ther, paper, &c. together with fulling mills, dye ing and printing establishments, according to the census of 1840 was $1,792,500; we will venture to put it down at present at nearly $3, 000,000. The surrounding country is highly picturesque, and .romantic, and withal fertile, richly rewarding the, husbandman for his toil by an exuberant increase of all kinds of grain commuted to us bosom. Near Patterson are . the celebrated Passaic Falls, visued during the summer months by thousands from every sec tion of the country. "Mr. A a gentleman residing in Patterson very kindly accompanied us to the Falls, and pointed out the principal objects of interest. The first thing presented to the view is a vast excavation whether at tributable to the action of the water or to some convulsion of nature I will not pretend to say exhibiting on all sides huge masses of basaltic rock, that rise perpendicular to an altitude of 80 feet from the water presenting a very smooth surface, their form being rectilinear. Into this frightful gulf,, pour tumultuously the waters of the Passaic River,, except that portion which is drawn off to supply the demands of the mills. Immediately below the Falls a bridge is thrown across the chasm, from which, a fair view of the scene can be had, which is indeed glorious. The dark waters come rolling sullenly on for miles, gathering strength from a thousand rills that leap from every mountain side,, until with in a short distance of the precipice,, when the bed of the River, becoming inclined, they seem to gather new strength, and rushing- on "Like the broken ranks of a numerous host After a hard-fought battle lost," take their everlasting leap; into the profound abyss; lashing the wave-worn rocks with their angry billows, and curling in whitened surges around the base, the whole surmounted with the beautiful tri-colored' bow, gives the finish ing touch to a scene at once awfully grand and terrific. The pencil of the Painter and the pen of the Poet, have at times given high-wrought descriptions of this waterfall which we may call stupendous, when5 not within ear-shot of the thunder of old Niagara but, they have failed to delineate it in the vivid colorings of reality, though guided by the hand of genius herself and clothed in rich and varied hues by highly refined- and prolific imageries. Before any one can have true conceptions of tho scene . . mey musi siauu upon me mwenng suramn, look into .the yawning gulf, see tho dashing spray, hear the loud thunders of the mighty cataract, and in a word catch the spirit o the scene. It is pleasing to view the splendid Parterre bespangled with myriads of wild-flowers, to see the stately trees richly attired in their gasoa mer foliage, and to hea the low sweet mur murings of distant cascades, but how much more elevated' are the thoughts, and how vastly different are the sensations realized by the po etic fancy, to come- " Where retired From little scenes of art, great Nature'dvvells," arrayed in her sterner and more appalling fea lutes. More anon. THE DOCTOR. N1 As a man was driving cattle and wishing to alter their course, he called' out to a boy, at a short distance, to turn them. Says the boy, they are right side out now. Well, head them theih They have heads on. Whose boy are you 1 1 don't know ; I'll go in andask mother. A gentleman,, long, famous for the aptitude of his punsj.observing-a disturbance in the front of a gin shop, facetiously termed it the battle of A-g.in-court. There lies, in DeKalb county,. Georgia, 14 miles below ihe town of Atlanta a stone moun tain, which is a great natural curiosity, and yet very little known. It is in sight of the Rail road leading to' Atlanta. A swarm of bees contains . from 10,000 to 20,000 in a naturaj state, and from 20,000 to 40,00a in a hive. The wife of a black man had presented her husband with male twin children. Meeting, a friend, Sambo was asked if they looked like each other. 14 Yes,, by Golly,' replied. he, " so much that you.can.'i tell them apart ; especially Pomp. ; MEXICAN NEWS. The New Orleans Picayune says that news had been received at Vera Cruz, by a gentle man from Ayotla, who came" by way of Oiiza ba, that the vanguard of Gen. Scott's army had reached Ayotla (which is but 20 miles from the capital) on the 13th to which date not a gun had been fiied. The command of Capt. Wells, was compelled to fight its way to the National Bridge, and made an attempt to pass it, but the heights a round it were all occupied by the Guerrillas wuu upceu a i a y nre upon mem, causing;, excj,ed, perfectly infuriated. He said thai severe loss and killing nearly all the mules and ; aJ opporlUMj,y had been passed by of niakiii ""cmg me wnoio pany 10 reirea.. I A II trtalr urnnnnc nvunnl Aria nfttriinni th. i fr"" ,, 1 -p" "' s 6.r.i. " . ". 1 r r . - possession c . ue enemy. j,i 01 American five or six killed and two or three wounded, and several others subsequently died of fangue. A detachment of 12 dragoons accompanied by SurgeoiiCoopcr, previouslydespaiched by Well for the Bridge, and to report to Lally, has not since been heard from, aud it is stipmcd the whole party have fallen into the - , f I nanus 01 ine enemy. Major Lally is reported to have had a severe skirmish with the guerrillas at Cerro Gordoy i and expected another at Laneria heights. The letters say there is no doubt of the safety of the 'rain. 1 fact t;hit oh of their Iron- Works had given an No news had reached Vera Ciuz in rolation I order for 50,000' tons of Pictou Coal about to Capt. Besancon's company, which had left ' two' and a half per cent, on the probable anihra on a scout at the time that the news of Major cite trade for the year 1847 1 A further scru Lally's dangerous position had reached Vera ; n'ny will show that the-above scheme of Polk, Cruz. It is supposed by some thai this com- Dallas and Walker is now silently, but rapidly' pany fell in with the train at the National Bridge, j working the downfall- of American industry. and had gone with it, but it is feartd by others Among the items of British- i'rrrpofts, we find in that the company has been cut off by the Mex-'ihe single article of calicoes, printed and plain. 'cans- 'an increase of 31,000,000 yards over those of It was rumored at Vera Cruz that Gen. Scott j 1846 ; being more than three fold the entire had met the enemy and been rrpulsed after a quantity received last year, tinder the Tarifl'f sharp engagement, with a loss on our side of - 1S42. Nor is this all. The same suicidal act. 800. The Mexican loss unimportant. The ; admits so many foreign fabrics, such as alpacas,. Picayune's correspondence says there is no mouselines de laine, ginghams, &c. &c , to in- trutn in mis rumor, but places confidence in the statement that Gen. Scott had reached Ayotla on tne idin, wiinout any loss. chester, that it is rapidly driving our small man- The letter writers as well as tho Vera Cruz J ufacturers out of the home market, and lesx-n-papers concur in the belief that the cijy of Mex- ing the number of operatives employed in the ico was in our possession on the 20th there larger establishments. is no positive information to that effect. The Jalapa Bulletin has advices from Pue - bla to the 10th, stating that the last division of import of New York alonn, last spring, was the army, four thousand strong, had left on that 50,000 tons, being an increase of 300 per cent ; ay J thus destroying the home manufacture of those An Execution in the Indlau Country. lil!dispol,aab,.e "-'f , Bu r lhf .ra1ilroaId ma ,PU 0, . . , r . . , - , nia now raging in Lngland, by which rails are The Cherokee Advocate furnishes the fo - , , . , . ? ,S , . , . 11- kept at a very high price there, so as to permit lowing particulars ot a murder and execution r 7 . . u i J t , . u aguu iuu our own manufacturers to retain the home mar- among the Creek Indians, witnessed by a cor- i . r .u . . i . .i i r i , r u . . j ket for that article at present, the iron trade of .Pr .u i PaPer- ne Unj;ed States must have suffered the fate -in me eariy pari oi asi weeK, a uinicu y occurred between two men who were cousins, i; ; i . r r ii ' near the Verdigris, and not far from tho tne j between the Creeks and Cherokees, relative to some property, and in which one stamped the ! ,l.. , ,1,U 'PL. i. - I oiauiuuu mo uw. v uwu.ui. i in juimiui woo iiiiuicuiaic:i v -..,. Q,i ,i ,r, ,1 i arrested, and the next day was put upon trial r, m..i- i ... i it i- -j , for murder. 1 he Jury being equally divided ; i: i l u , in opinion as to his guilt, his brother was called nn ln ...i,. u irii it- i- uL.k .i, .u ci 1 brother guilty, and1 worthy of death. Steps were immediately taken to prepare for the ex ecution, and in. which the doomed man partici- nntort tiv hlirrtrinrr iVirtco ernaniirl In ilmniitn til.. f"' "?"j"'o "'K"Stu u1Kh'S acicucu iuj una jjui.pu&u. vv uch iney reacneu the grave, he seated-himself by the side of it, CA t,;0 v,.f u . i -t - - -"- "f,7 j ' T"'- 7, ' " f (Wsaid il.i h w. rw..- fi..i : ,.; .k. : 11 j 1 even 11 uaiuuu uy 1.1c vt u uuubt u ur - grave in seeing that it was well done and in ! - T i I,- tu.- . i. rr,. , c resentati ves. Let, then, every sincere patriot making every thing ready. Ihe hour for exe- . , . -. . 1 , .,i;nn ,t.;t, u u.r evince a determination to sustain home mdus- cution, wnicn was lo-be by shooiinff, soon ar-1 . , ., , r . ,v.0 u ,ua ... :.u . lry, by giving a decided preference to the pro nved; when ne marched out with two persons J ? , . . , 1 , , , ' , ...a r. mi 1 , , ducts of the American loom. We have la-elv and he fell back along side of his grave, shot j W.,lll ere lo"S' ,han,k us fou such consistent pa through with two balls, a corpse. He was ' t"ollam1; we observe by late advices, that then rolled into his grave, his clothes deposited : En8lad determined at the earhest period to in it with him, and the newly dug. earth rolled Pr0.ve I1" hoy hofror for Amere slavery.js in upon them." A rumor has been in circulation-in New York! to the effect that the government has recently privately removed a large quamiiy of specie from New York 'to New Orleans. The sun- posed cause for this secret removal of specie was to avoid creating a pauic in the money market. The New York Tribune says : " It is true that $2,000,000 in specie were taken lately from this city, and- sent to New Orleans, via Philadelphia, Pittsburg,, and the Mississippi river. It was sent to New Orleans in charge of a clerk belonging to the Treasury Department, and was as stated, taken from- the Treasury a little before midnight to the Phila delphia line. This transaction took place with in a day or two of the promulgation of the re port that an arrangement had been made with Rothschilds, by which it would not be neces- sary to remove coin, and the day after, those who had been in the habit of transporting spo - cie South', for the Department, had been in formed that none would be wanted." Regular "Sucker." The Penn Yau Democrat lells a capital slo - ry of a laborer of lhat village named John Kingsley, who has proved himself ihe greatest u Sllrk fifTO flf hla a UP. flalllno in front nfnno suck egg" of his age. Halting in front of one of the village stores, where stood in full view a pail of eggs, he bantered t he clerk to set a lump ing price for as many as he could " suck" The figure was finally fixed at. twenty-five cents, chickens and all, and ai it he went. After dis posing of twenty-one, he proposed lo quit if the clerk, would give him fifiy conis. The propo sition was rejected, and at ii he went again, and with the cry that " John Kingsloy never surrenders," ho kepi up the fire in front," un til he had swallowed forty-seven eggs, when he left the field, declaring that it was not his in tention o.mahc a hag qj himself b t. Mr. Benton in a ffew Position. The Louisville Journal of ihe 17 h. alludino to a report that Col. Benton h;id. written to Washington, demanding a. Court Martial for the vindication of his son-in-law, Cl. Fremont, and the punishment of his adversaries, m his late troubles in California, adds : " It is certain that Mr. Benton is- pn-paring himself for a terrific attack upon ihe Adminis tration next winter, in the Senate Chamber. At a town in the interior of Kentucky, a few days ago he got into conversation upon the sub- c, ofho Mexican war, andbecan.e immense- , fln ajvam ug and honorabje pi!acet and lh.u I. ... . ... ; he could show ihe fact, and would how it i As lor the. whole management of tne war, he avorred lhal had been utterly disgraceful, ; fle stae( thal ho shoul( lo Washington, and make one speecb npon lbe subjectJLly h ud lfae of fs ,if anJ he was w-m j, sh()ud oe lho , Jn w o( ,he ADdniini3lralion his . ivrTllnnM . r. -7 , f ,nr. ..r,.,,,:,.,,, ,U"aM"hW UUIUIYi fl l tlfly Ibll OIJU1I J UW V III , cursh Hia wralbfuj declamation lasted a 1 c.ii un... T " Effects of the Tariff."' Under this cafftion, a Boston-paper states hn lerfere with ihe products of our own mills, for he special benefit of the millionaires of Man- Again in iron of" light draught," (small st- ;ze8. whose value consists chieflv in labor the . . t ... . so clearly demonstrated in our columns last year, by Mr. Cresson, m his letter to Hon. I. , .,' ir- ro n ,. . , Butler King, of Georgia. From the united op eration of excessive importations (the two items ! . 1..jj . l.i: i:.. .:ii; ... .1... U31 dllUUCU III aUUIIIH llU lllllllUIIS IU I C lin- i . e inicn i l o i 'v t ports or 184b) and the Sub-1 reasury, there is .... u i i , but too much reason to apprehend the nearan- i , r , - - 1 ' - , r 1 : proach of another crisis, similar to that-from ' , ., ' ,- . . . M7,. i which we were so happily relieved by the Whijj ; tariff of 1842. brom the present complexion of the U. S. Senate, there is no hone that a re- peal of the ruinous policy of the Placquemtue President and his satellites could be success- r.,i :r 1,.. .u ru. tj ..c o ... ?e" Pc.m ' b various i .:..! : r : nuiericuii laurius oi cumin, wool aim smk, wnicu cotton, wool and silk, w hich for color, finish aud durability, will successful- ly compare wiTh the best manufactures of Eu- roPe- Lven the rabid politicians of the South ! nrmnnlinrr nam a.lffcmno rC nnf...iin) Inn lVi j . i J q iivt av,u&iiica ui uuiuiiiZjaiivju, linn the avowed purpose of excluding from her mar- kel"th.e b,ood stained products of the guilty ! &outn- Wnere men will our cotton growing i :..i.t ca ! r.. . I. -: . zr iiciguuura uiiu iuiu lur uiuir gieui staple, n, in their hostility to the " cotton lords of Lowell" as Mr. McDufiie sneeriugly calls their best customers they destroy their home market I North American. An Annexation Humbug Exploded. It will bo recollected thai the urgent argu ments used for an immediate and unconditional annexation of Texas was that Great Britain arid-other foreign nations were intriguing to ob tain it ; and lhal unless it was immediately an nexed to ihe U. S. il would become a posses sion of England or some of the other Govern ments of Europe, to be ruled by a King! President Tyler recently reiterated ihis in a letter published in the Washington Union, which inas brought out Gen. Houston in reply, who. declares that there NEVER WAS ANY FOR EIGN ATTEMPT on the part ofr England or anv other -countrv to interfere with Texas in lany way whatever, and lhat her annexation to ;the United States was owing to the iufluento ! of General Jackson's letters in favor of the nro- tject, and to the fact of the Democratic party ..nnn ihn nnnlinn It will be recollected that the reasons urged by Gen. Jackson were that-Texass, if not an nexed to us, would fall into the arms of Great Britain, who was anxious to obtain it. Thus ihis great humbug of Locofocoism, like its fnend ship for the Tariff of 1842,has oxploded at last, and " Like gun we!lr charged for duck or plover, Bears wide and kicks its owner over." Conundrum. What looks most like half a1 moon. Do you give it -up? " Why, i he other half of course."1 ,
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