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. ,
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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
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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 !
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oiauiuuu mo
uw. v uwu.ui. i in juimiui woo iiiiuicuiaic:i v
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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
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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
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(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
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,U"aM"hW UUIUIYi fl l tlfly Ibll OIJU1I J UW V III
, cursh Hia wralbfuj declamation lasted a
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" 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
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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
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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
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but too much reason to apprehend the nearan-
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: proach of another crisis, similar to that-from
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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 ,