JEFFERSONIAN KEFIJ&Lie
Thursday, January 20, 1848.
Terms, $2,00 in advance. $0,25 half yearly ; and $2,50 if not
paia aiuorc me end 01 inc year.
Q5.L. BARNES, at Milfordfis duly author
ized to act 3 Agent for this paper; to receive sub
scriptions, advertisements, orders for job-worK,
and payments for the same.
Uj3 The name of ihe Post Office at Mount
Ppcono, tMonroe county, Pa.,,has been changed
by ihe Department, and is now called Mer?
vinsboro.
We learm from'Harrisburg, that the Senate;
on Monday last, on motion of Wm. Ovetfield,
went into Executive Session and confirmed
the nomination of Henry M. Ladarj as Asso
ciate Judge of Pike county.
Election of State Treasurer.
.The members of both Houses met.in the Hall
nf the House, on the 17ih inst. and proceeded
to the election of State Treasurer. The vote
being taken it appeared that A. Plummer, (Lo
cofoco,) of Venango county, w as duly elected
Sate Treasurer, haying received 75 votes, John
Bank?, Whig.) 53. Each candidate receiving
his stiict party vole.
JLeni Lenapee Literary Institute.
On Friday evening (21st inst.) a lecture will be
delivered before this institute, at the Court House
in the borough of Stroudsburg, by S. C. Burnett,
Esq., on" "The American Republic and her Insti
tutions." The public are respectfully invited to attend.
Counting the Vote for Governor.
The Harrisburg Correspondent of the Cour
icr, Enquirer, of the 14th inst., says : Yes
terday, the Convention, composed of the mem
bers of the two branches of the Legislature,
which met in the Hall of the House of Repre
sentatives, for the purpose of counting the votes
given for Governor of this Commonwealth at
the. election in October last, took a recess un
til half past three o'clock. And having re-assembled
The President announced that the tellers
agreed in their tally on the second count. The
result was declared to be as follows : !
Francis R. Shunk had received'-l 46,081 vdies.
James Irvin,
Emanuel C. Reigart,
F. J. Lemoyne,
George M. Keim,
Abijah Morrison,
123,148
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.Shunk's majority oyer Irvin is 17,933.
The Speaker of the Senate, accompanied by
the members of that body, after the announce
ment had been made, returned to the Senate,
which on motion immediately adjourned.
Value of the Notes of the Banks that have
slopped payment, as quoted in. New York, Jan
uary 18th, 1848:
New Hope and Delaware Bridge, worth 25
Susquehanna, do 20
Ailaa Bank, Clymer, N. Y. do - 60
The James Bank, Delaware, do 50
Northern- Exchange Bank, do 75
'It is reported that the Susquehanna Bank is
redeeming its notes as usual, at the 'Bank in
Montrose. The notes of the Northern Exchange
Bank, it is also stated, are worth about 80 cents
on the dollar.
JSore Bank FailHses.
Another New York Bank went by the board
in Wall street, on tbe 10th inst. The ifcmh
ern Exchange Btflk ceased redeeming. Look
out for the next customer 1
We regret to learn that the Hon. John W.
Uornbeckt representative in Congress from the
districtrof Bucks and Lehigh; has relumed to
nis nome in Aiiemown, in a tow state oi jieaiiu.
Mr. Hornbeck is a new member, a man of sound
principles, unbending integrity and high prom
ise. We regret that his district, the Slate and
the Union are not likely to Jure the benefit of
his services in the Councils of the Nation.
We have just received the Alientown Re
porter, giving the mournful intelligence of the
.deat.h -of Mr. Hornbeek. He died at his- resi-
j C.J.. : i e.
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fHis age was about forty-five years.
-Epsicn WKig,
" JfpThe 4hird number of ihe 41 John Don
ucuuu. uu uuiiunv oven nflagK . uf cossunniion.
key," has just appeared. It i full rof amUBihg
matter.
Oome of ir.e nysct!
Court Proceedings.
Reported I fortthe Jcffersifaian Republican.
y,. l'heJanoary TerofuherseveraFCpurts of
Monroe county,rcoirujejiiced onthe''10ihinst.
tPre9njJCidder(--C'oo1baugh and Merwine: The'
Grand Jurors were called 23 of whom an
swq:cd to their names, and after a verry'able
charge by his Honor, L. Kidder, Jos. Trach, of
Hamilton, was chosen Foreman. During their
deliberations they found several true Bills, and
allHe'same time ignored a number of others,
among which, was one against the individuals'
who participated in the destruction of the "Dem
ocratic Press." in Stroudaburg, fi June last.
The Constables were called, who; came, forth
as the standard bearers of the public peace, and
rendered an account of the deeds done in their
respective oaihxcicks. Three of them were
then directed to take their poles, keep order in
the Court. room, and whenever the "Elephant"
appeared'to have him caged
The first case called for trial, was
Michael Meisner, administrator of Ezra Bates;
dee'd, vs. Jacob Young, administrator of, Nich
olas Young, dee'd. This was a Foreign at
tachment for the recovery of an alledged debt
duo, owing and unpaid to the plaintiff. Ver
dict for defendant. Porter for plaintiff, Davis
and Reeder for defendant.
Laurence Serfoss vs. Dawall-Fisher, admin
istrator of Michael Hawk, dee'd. Laurence
Serfoss on ihe 12th day of June 1843, entered
a judgment in the Common Pleas of Monroe
county, against his son, Peter L. Serfoss, for
$3,000. Subsequent to the entry of said judg
ment', Michael Hawk recovered a judgment in
the same'Court against Peter for $600, Mi
chael Hawk, jdied shortly after, and Dawalt
Fisher became his administrator, who made ap
plication to the Court to have Laurence's judg
ment opened and the creditors let into a de
fence, upon the ground that it was given with
out a valuable consideration, and for the pur
pose of saving Peter's property from subsequent
udgment creditors. This case occupied nearly
three days. The jury returned a verdict for
defendant. Reeder and Davis for plaintiff. Por
ter atid Wahon for defendant.
Thomas Krum and Phtneas Driesbach vs.
Lewis Sox and Wm. F. Edmunds. Action of
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trespass. Lie wis oox ana o tt. iieaney,. naa
an execution against John Driesbach, in the
hands of Wm. F. Edmunds, Constable. , The
Constable was indemnified, 'and at request of
the defendant levie'd upon and sold 4000 shin-
gles which they supposed belonged to John
Driesbach; but, which the Jury found was the
properly of the" plaintiffs. Duringthe progress
of the trial, sihe following lines were written by
one of the Counsel J'. M. Pi
" Four thousand shingles From theTlaintiff's claim,
To get their value, secmsto be their aim,
But should the Plaintiff's in their suit succeed,
There are five Lawyer's in it to be feed. .
The Plaintiff's then will only get the shavings,
If they must take this batch of Lawyer's leavings."
Verdict of S39 for the Plaintiff's. Reeder,
Dirhmick, and Dreher for plaintiffs, Porter . and-
Walton for defendants;
Augustus Bowers vs. Charles Hawk and Joel
Berlin. Ejectment fur a tract of, land in Ches-
it ' -nuthill
township, ina the possession of the de
fendants. We have no room to comment upon
this case. Verdict for defendants. Reeder
and Dimmick for plaintiff, Porter and Davis for
defendants.
Wm. Huston and John Huston, administra
tors of Wm. Huston, deceased, vs. James Ga.n
noni Foreign attachment. Defendant left
this neighborhood in 1837 or '38 and left two
small children with Wm. Huston, dee'd, who
fed and clothed therri for a number of 'years.
This suit was brought tpc recover out of his
property tho expenses of their keeping. Ver
dict for plaintiff $132. Dimmick for plain
tiffs, Reeder and Shaw for defendant.
The Court, after gomg throu'gh wifh part of
the Argument list, adjburhe'd on Saturday night
about 11 o'clock, having done a good w;eek's
work.
Geu. Scotls J&ecall. "
The Washington correspondent of the North
American makes-- these extraordinary state
ments :
Washington, Jan, 10.
Things are taking a seriQiis turn. On Thurs
day it was determined in Cabinet to recall Gen.
Scott' from 'ihe command of thu Army, arid a
specfaj messenger was despatched with the or
der. as sloPPed at. Richmond by a tele
graphic eomi4Junic8tioni,and:recalted, as intelli
gence, had been, received that Gen.; Pierce was
hurrying on, and it was deemed advisable to
take his .opinion in the premises. Gen. Pierce
had not yet arrived, aid it is probable that there
will-be 'a suspension of further action-for the.
present. This comes from high Democratic
authority. '"' '
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Doctors. One hundred nd fiftpMlfrree 'doc-': a-ratfworanduin ho-bsd feieivedwhilh sealed
tore VTfe-f e Thwaeiniedica ttfefVahie, whicrVhe thought sufficient ly'Vu
college of the univerarjv of Pennsylvania. ' in&" and important d 'incoriKirare ' in'o clii' 'u
J"rom;the New York Tribune, 12th inst.
ExteiiKioii of the New-York and Erie
V- w m
That porlmn of the iNew-Ybrk taid AErie
Railroad -exjending from Otis'ville to PfiriJi-rvU;
on the Delaware having been at lengtrt comple
led, the Directors and some forty or fifty other
gentlemen, at the invitation of the officers of
the Company, went over the Roa'dyesterday
for the. purpose of viewing the work and nqting
the obstacles which have been overcome in its
construction, The company left the .City ,in
the steameV'Si. Nicholas at 7 1-2 o'clocli and
after numefotis stopp1agesfcarriv'edrat'iPorrJA1rMs
a littlo after 112. ' The distance1' between- the
two places is.98 miles ; that betweeh Piermont
and Port Jervis 71. Among the gentlemen of
the Company, beside the Directors and officers,
we noticed Peter Townsend, Eq.,-Gardner-G.
Howland, Esq., Saul Alley, R'otie'ri'-D;1 Week's;
James L. Morris, Daniel Jackson, of Chester,
Major Winslow and others. , . . ,
On arriving at port Jervis, the company were
met by a large-number of the citizens' of that
place and vicinity, and about one hundred gen
tlemen sat down to an excellent, dinner provi
ded bv the landlord of one of the hotels. in tho
village, whose name we have unfortunately for
gotten. The bracing 'Winter atmosphere and
the long ride gave to e'ery pne an excellent
appetite, and the good things provided by ihe
host were duly hononed. Dinner being over,
Benjamin Loder, Eq. President of ihe
New-York and Erie Railroad, addressed ihe
Company, lie commenced by congratulating
the Directors, Stockholders and ihe public upon
the extension of the New-York and Erie Rail
road to the Delaware River. From the com
mencement of the work this point has been
looked, to as one of great importance ; and in
view of the great obstacles and embarrassments
that had to be overcome, the opening of this
section of the load was an importani event in
the history end progress of this great work.
At this point, continued Mr Loder, we arrive
within hailing distance of portions of the States
of New-Jersey and Pennsylvania. To tile in
habitants of each' ve extend a fiaternal hand
and inviie all. who desire to avail themselves of
the privileges and advantages of this road, to
participate in its benefits. And after bringing
this road to the borders of a sister State with
the capital of our own citizens, intending soon
to complete a portion of U in that State, it is of
great importance that mutual confidence should
be enteutained and that no cause of jealousy or
distrust should exist, and that fair and honorable
dealings should mark the intercourse of all par
lies from the beginning. We .therefore invite
and welcome her citizens to an equal participa
tion with our own citizens in all" ihe benefiis
and advantages of this road.
Mr. Loder then proceeded to give a brief his
tory of the section just completed, and slated
'the' length of ihe road from Piermont to Port
Jervis to be 74 miles, which, though it must
appear a short distance- when compared with
the whole line yet to be constructed, it must not
be overlooked that it is by far the most difficult
and expensive portion of the whole road, to
Lake Erie. Lest some of the friend- of ihis
great enterprize should think that the Directors
had not urged on the work with sufficient en
ergy, he deemed it not improper to remark that
the stockholders and the public were not proba
bly fully aware of the numberless difficulties in
cident to the prosecution of a work of such
magnitude, nor: of the amount of labor perform
ed and expenditure incurred upon this line; since
the Directors were relieved from the delay and
embarrassment growing out of the question of
location. Nearly half tho time since the pas
sage of the-law of 1845 was lost to the Com
pany by the delay in settling' that question.
Since its final settlement, however, the Direc
tors have urged on the work as rapidly as it
was possible.
The difficulties 'hat had been surmounted in
v;.
passing over the Shawangttnk Motintaju,, could
hardly bo appreciated- by .those unacquainted
with the details, and particularly as to that por
tiori of it from Otisville to Port Jen ts, a dis
tance of 13 miles. In relation to that work, it
was proper to remark that there was no other
portion of ihe road to Lake Erie of Uke distance
in a continuous line, so expensive 'ai.d difficult
in its character'. Mr. Loder then staled some
facts in .relation to this ivmk fiom the pummtt
to that place and' said that had the . same a
mount of labor and expenditure been made on'
tho line west of Binghamton, '50 mil6s'6t1,more
would, have been completed'. The Directors
;had determined on the outset, to. expend, their
money only whore it lyould.dd sucre.Vsive and
continuous portions of tho main lino.
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. 'Mr, Loder said, that to Mr. Silas Seymour,
iJ'Sitnurintendini? Engineer, he. was ind'Hhim! for
ark". The memorandum contained statisu'es
as "
in relation logins 13 miles of the road. JtfaD-J
pears .that :in its' construction no les than 3l7,-!:
000 lbs. of powderhad'tjeen expended; 210,000
cdbie ards oTfsoltd: fbek arub730,ffp,0 yardjs of
earth had been excavated, 14,000 yards of slope
wall had been constructed, 300,000 dayj' labor
had been bestowed upon it by jS.OOQ- laborers,
and 30,000 days' labor by hoises. I hevpeak
er compllhiented' in the highest terms the ener
gy, perseverance and efficiency of Mr. S. Sey-
hnour, to whoirt jhe.'saiiliim'mUch praise could
not be given.
From this point to Binghamtnti, a distance.!
of about IdO miles, nearly every se'etton is be
ing Worked," and -a largfcpon'ionf' wbe r&iSy
for the superstructure by ihe month of Juno or
July, and before the 1st of January next, unless
unexpected difficulties shall occur, ihe Direcr
tors intend to have the cars running to Bing
hamton, if ndt fariher.
The eartiiu'gs of ihe road now' in use, durin
the Vear just paused, had far exceeded the' ex
pecianorls of the Directors, being1 $25 1 ,00U.
against' S'i"85,5r6' for the preceding year an
excess of" nearly $j65,0t)0. For the coining
year he estimated ihe receipts from $300,000
to 350,000 when the earnings will be exceed
ed by only one Railroad Company in"ihe'&ta!e
of NeVv-York ; and, when ii shall be extended
to Binghamton, the earnings will be more than
double (hose of any other Railroad in the State.
To reach a point so important in the inter
ests of the Company, all the energies and ef
forts of the Directors arc devoted, i;i, order to
accomplish the vvoik at as early a day as pos
sible. And as it is a principle generally ad
mitted; that the longer the line of a Railroad,
ihe more profitable to the stockholders, it is be
lieved, when ihe road shall ever reach Bing
hamton or Elmira, such results uilT'be attained
as will justify the highest expectations of it
friends, and that the merchants and business
men of New-York, who have so creditably to
themselves coninbited iheir means to carry for
ward a work so important to our City and State,
will be fully satisfied as to the character aiid
value of their investment.
Mr. L. said ho wodld close what he had to
say, in the words of a portion of ihe address of
the present Board of Directors to the publicj
viz: "That the present Board of Directors are
fully determined to leave nothing undone, which
they can do, to carry forward this great enter
prise to an early completion;" fully enduring
ilie statement contained in another portion of
the address, that "What the Erie Canal has
been, in its important consequences, to the Ci
ty and State'of New-York, the Erie' Railroad
we believe will be, when -once opened from the
Hudson River io Lake Erie."
William E. Dodge, Esq. being then called
upon, spoke for the space of fifteen or twenty
minutes in glowing terms of the fluttering pros
pects of the Compart. He said that with this
six feet track, a road 450 miles in length, passing
through the most beautiful and ferule valleys,
connecting the great Lakes with the great Com
mercial Emporium of ihe Western World, no j
man could be found wild enough, enthusiastic
enough to estimate the receipts and revenue
ten years afteriis completion.
Major Winslow asked to be indulged in a
single remark. Me was perfectly astonished
at the results of the last few months' labor on
the Road, the evidences of which lie had this
day witnessed, and in behalf of the stockholders
he was prepared to say that the Officers and
Directors had done iheir duty.
Mr. Norman White, after some general and
appropriate remarks, said that he did not see
any grounds for the astonishment of his friend
Mr. Winslow. How could he, when he had
just heard from the President the enormous
amount of ammunition used, and knowing as
he did tho ability of the Loder.
Daniel Jackson, Esq. of Chester, after
a few pertinent remarks, gave the health of H.
C. Seymour, the able Superintendent of the
Road, and Mr. S. S. Post, tho efficient agent
of transportation.
Mr. Pierson gave a toast to the -Contractors,
after which the company rose and proceeded
to ihe cars, arriving in the City about 9 o'clock
in the evening
The section between Otisville and Port Jer
vis has been mainly constructed- since June
last. The President having determined, to com
plete the work by the. 1st of January, 13,000
laborers were ent over the Road gratuitously.
The contractors, CarmichaeL & Stranahan,
M. C. Story, and Thomas King, deserve cred
it for the energy and enterprise with which
they have fulfilled their contracts. The gra
ding alone between Otisville- and Port Jem's
cost $40,000 per mile. The rails were man
iifaciuered ai i.he Lackawanna iron Woiks, in
ho Wyoming Valley.
The chief obstacles in (he way of this great
work have now been surmounted in the con
nection formed between the Hudson and the
Delaware. Let its friends, therefore, take
courage. The day is not distant when this gi
ganim enterprise will bo consumatedand the
.stockholders and public reap the immense ad
vantages of such a connection between the
Commercial Cupiial and the Lakes of the West.
Under the wise and energetic management-of
the pre-ent officers, the work will be pushed
forward with all possiblo dispatch.
" Boy,' said a traveller io a little fellow
whom he nisi clothed in pants and roundabpiit,
" No other !" exclaimed TnV urchin' Whh iii-
IWi-iKinr scorn? '--would' yoVi ani "a body', to
but minus another very neessry articju ofap
parel, 41 Bov, wherv your shirt V ' :
Mammy washing u.n,
Vl But have you no. .other 1" "
and the Keltic.
G(lvtrpi"e' at Washington ha faVor
fed theXwofld wjth the correspondence between
'Mr. S.ecreiarypf State Buchanan, and Mr
Bancroft, minister at ihe Court of St. Janie
acting under his instructions, on the one side
and Lord Palmerston on the other, toui-uju
mer Tevioi," who couitnitied the outrageous
act of landing General Paredes at Vera Cruz
"The case was a perfectly clear one, jo s'roito.
ly put by the American fuiictiijuarieilun Ii0f(j
Jgiiiit1rstoiiV4v.hov-A- ii ha I l-liici-rall!i-aiitJ 'epe.
ci?iiy hL? figliiigl;ptipeiftiiiffs,s.eeiwf to liavB
had no desire jo defend, the act or screen ihe
cilprrt,- gave him up. at once to punishment .
and accordingly. Captain May walks the plank
or walks it no linger, the directors of the
Royal Mail Steam Packet' Company, tin Lwd
Paimursiun's summons, .immediately suspen
ded him from his command.
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Indeed, it was scarce possible the Brui
Goverumeut's'hould 'ha c done !essafter such
a powerful representafion of Captain Mav's of
fence, as was made both in Mr. Buchanan's
and Mr." BancrVfis,ileifer's, that offence being
ihBlahdiiig'lir"a'ii
manner of a nofed, 11'iflue'imai and. dangerous
enemy of 'the Untied States.
" Thai ihe capiam of ihe British steamer, by
this conduct," says Mr. Buchanan! "has been
guilty o( a grave and serious violation," &c,
" can neither be doubted nor denied. h is
knovvruio ihe world-ihat General Paredes, as
President of -Mexico,- was the chief author nf
the existing war between that republic and the
United .States, and thai he is the avowed and
einoiiiereu enemy nl our country. 1 lie Brm
captain must have known that all his influence
would be exerted t.o prolong and exapenuc ilt'i
war. I; is, indeed, truly a'sionUhiug, that, wi
a knowledge of these facts, Its should haiy
brought this hostile Mexican General, under
an assumed name, on board of a British mail
steamer,, to Vera Cruz, and aided or permuted
him to land clandestinely, for the purple nf
rushing into the war with the United S'.a'es"
Mr. Bancroft's letter is not quite so forcible;
hut he siill expresses' his indignation and de
mands the punishment of the "British officer
who thus; treacherously Tnirodueed into .Mexico
the " avowed and embitfered3euerriy" of the U
niied States.
Now we are hot at ail surprised that the
American "ministers should have acted so
promptly and energetically in ihe case of Cap
tain May, of the Teviot. But what does sur
prise us is that they forgot, whifc their hinds
were in, to bring before his lordship the simil.tr
but more glaring offence of one Captain Polk,
whointrodncedjntoiVfe'L-o, in the steamer Arab,
in the same claudoiine manner, the much
more noted enemyol'!he Umred Stales, Gen
eral Santa Anna, 11 for' the purpose" (the same
purpose) '"""bf 'rushiiig inro9fie?"war ui h t he
United States." Who 'know but that. Lord
Palmerston would have suspended Captain Polk
also? Will not Mr. Buchanan take the case
inio consideration ? It should be remembered
thai Cnpiain Polk was' a previous offender, and
that Captain .Aay may have thought he wa
following a good example.
, North American.
A StreetConfab Peter Jumbo, had you
seen a cow widout any' horns go past here to
day r ....
" No Quomino, I no see 'ematt-AVthy you ax
dat?"
' Bekase I lose my cow" las: night, and dar
was sich a high wind, 'spect dai it blow her
horns off."
Poetry is ihe flower of literature; prose is
the corn, potatoes, and meat ; saure is the aqua
fortis; wii is thespice and pepper; love letters
are tho honey and sugar; letters containing re
miitances are the.appludumplings !
Western orators have said a great manv smart
things, but it was a domestic Irishman who said
" Sir. 1 was born at a very early period of
life, and if ever I live till ihe-day of my death,
and ihe Lord only knows whether I will or not,
my soul shall see swate Ijeland.before it leae
Ameriky."
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and every ache, in all cases, proceeds from
impurity of the blood-
VVrigbt's Indian, Vegetable Pills are a certain
cure for all kinds of inflammation and pain; be
cause they purge from the body those moibid hu
mors which are the cause not, only of the above
painful complaints, but of every malady incident
to man. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills also aid
and improve digestion, as well as purify the blood,
and therefore not only make a speedy, safe, and
certain cure of Toothach, Fareach, and every
ether ache, but will most assuredly give new life
and vigor toUhe whole frame". -j ;
JSexoare of Counterfeits, of all fond I Some are
coated with sagar ; others are made to resemble
in outward appearance the original medicine.
The origihaPgenuine "Trulian Vegetable Pills
have the signature of William Wffgh'C written with
a pen on the top label; of each box. None other
is genuine, and tq counterfeit.th,is,is- forgery.
For sale by George. Ii. Miller, whcv-is the only
authorized agent for StrQudaburg ; see advertise
ment for other aoencTes in another column.
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