i X JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, February 17 184S. Terms, 82,00 in adrance. $2,25 half yearly; and $2,00 if not paid beforethe end of the year. - - L. BARNES, ai tilftfbrVT, is duly author ized to act as Agent for this paper.to receive.sul) scriptions, advertisements, orders for; jobrwork, and payments for the same. Hj On Friday (10-morrow) evening the 1 8th inst., at 7 o'clock, t. m. at ihe Court-house In this borough, Dr. J. V. Mattison, will de liver a lecture upon Geology, which will be followed by the ' usual exercises of Ihe Lini "lieriapee Institute. The public generally are respectfully invited to alicild. 'Strbudsburg, February 17, 1848. 'Jgj3 James H. Walton, Esq. has been re--appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for 'Monroe county. Money at Interest.. A letter from the Auditor General has been published, in which he gives i"as his opinion, that money at interest is not taxable for bor-!ough-, road or poor purposes, under existing Uj3 The Whigs of Pittsburg, held a large and enthusiastic meeting on the first inst., at which a resolution, nominating Henry Clay, for President was unanimously adopted. We like the spirit of the Mercersburg Journal. The ediior says he frequently hears persons call themselves "Scott Whigs," "Taylor Whigs," " Clay Whigs," as if they belonged to Scott, Taylor, or Clay. Now, after all, the best kind of Whigs are whig Whigs Whigs who are willing to sacrifice their private preferences for 'men, to secure the succes of Whig principles, rio matter whom a National Convention shall appoint me sianaaru nearer oi ine party. Brooks' American Musical Journal. The above is .the title of a new semi-monthly rpappr, ihe first number of which is on our ta - bie. It is exclusively devoted to the science of . ivlusic Each number will contain several pie ices of Sacred and Secular Music; Biographic Val -sketches of eminent composers, criticisms, manecdotes, togoiher with all the musical news J'of the day. Edited by "Brook's". It is pub lished by Dr. John Deichman, Lower Mount Bethel, Northampton county, Pa., to whom all orders must be addressed, post paid. Terms $1 per annum. JXS3 The Whigs of Centre county, held a t, meeting on the 26th ultat which resolutions f complimentary to Mr. Clay, Gen. Scott, Gen, Taylor and Gen. Irvin, were adopted. The Hon. Andrew Stewart was recommended as the . Whig candidate for Vice President. A Bill has been introduced in the Kentucky " House of Representatives laying a specific tax ' on old Bachelors, over thirty years of age, the proceeds to be applied to the support of indi gent widows and orphans, and for other pur poses. Presidential Statistics. The New-York Herald thus classifies the politics of the members of the 30th Congress: Taylorites,. 60 90 21 41 22 20 Clay men, Polkites, Van Buren men,, Cass men, Buchananites, Abolitionists,. Scott men, Dallas men, Nondescript, 19 A vein of Stone Coal has been discovered near Nazareth, Northampton county ; and an other in Plainfield township, in the skme coun- y- .i.- j . t A Gang f Robbers, CaHglti. The .town of Wilkesbarre, Pa.r has been set all agog by the perpetration of a series of rob beries and the discovery of ihe gang. The silversmith shop of J., W. Linds, the shop of Page & Marsh, gunsmiths, and .the stores of C. Geits, Myres, and J, Cpons, were all bro ken into and robbed of a large amount of valu sble goods. The perpetrators are an organized fang oi thieves, among whom are four brothers named Lee, with their father and three others who were arrested and the goods found in their possession. . Judge McLean has, contradicted the report that he wrote & feller to the President approving oMhe war. M 1 1 , iniiitn!' ii ifa , .Blunders of Mr .Walker. . MrJVinlqn, Ghairmariof the Committee of Ways and gleans oC the House of Representa tives, made a speech the other day, in. which he exposed some of the falsehoods and inaccu racies in the late report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and administered a withering re buke to that officer. Notwithstanding the as sertions of that officer to ihe contrary, he showed that a deficiency of upwards of $14,000,000 existed in the. Treasury for jhe last year ;. that allj.Ue- estimates pfAihejjxpense3j3f .g&yrnment, proved erroneous and insufficient, and that the present year's, expenses, all, things, considered, .will amount to at least, upwards of one hundred and fourteen milliovs of dollars ! That there has been ,gross mismanagement in the Depart ment is obvious from the glaring and repeated .errors committed. In, the late annual Report, seven millions of dollars were unaccounted for, and shortly afterwards four millions more had to be entered upon the books, which had been previously neglected!, Such, errors as these never occurred before. Errors will and must occur sometimes but neglect, to have sums of such enormous amount promptly entered, upon the books, exhibits a laziness or incompetency altogether inexcusable in a high public funcion- ary. At this rate, there is little propriety in making rqports for no. one can tell whether they are correct or not. The Locofoco papers are still ciying aloud for a "vigorous prosecution of thtf war. W wish they would tell us vhat they mean by a vigorous prosecution of the war under existing circumstances. We have serious difficulty in understanding how our troops can prosecute a war' vigorously when all armed opposition to them has ceased, and they can find nobody to fight when they meet with no more resistance in marching to and fro than a sword encounters in passing through the air. They cannot un der such circumstances fight vigorously, though, to be sure, they can march vigorously that is, they can march at the rate of six miles an hour over every plain and through every chapparra! in Mexico, and then hurry back again at an increased speed; and they "can scramble with tremendous energy up every hill and mountain in all that country, and then precipitate them selves down again like an avalanche. If this is what the Locofocos mean by a vig orous prosecution of the war, a campaign, con ducted upon "their plan, will be a vastly inter esting one. Our Government will be at ho. ex pense for powder and ball, though, to be sure, the consumption of shoe-leather will be tre mendous. We suppose that most of the pres ent officers of the army will be recalled and some of Mr. Polk's leg-treasures appointed in their place, as better adapted to the new plan of a vigorous prosecution of the war. Louisville Journal. Bank of Susquehanna County. The Susquehanna Register of the 10th inst., says: Some of the city papers and some remote country papers have persevered with the most dogged obstinacy, in reporting the Bank in this place as broken,1 in spite of the fact repeated ly attested by gentlemen of the most unimpeach able integrity in (his place who know, that the Bank has continued to redeem her notes at the counter without interruption ever since the pan ic began. The Lewisburg Chronical, however, gives the following just remarks upon the sub ject :. " The Philadelphia papers have for several weeks quoted the notes of the Susquehanna County Bank, at Montrose, with a , or as failed,' 1 closed,' or broke,' or at best 50 or 75 per cent, discount. The money shavers there must have made a fine speculation out of 4he panic thus got up. As evidence of ihe soundness of the Bank, we copy from two let ters received by us from good authority. 1 Montrose, Jan. 23. The Bank of Susque hanna County has continued to redeem its bills in specie at its counter dollar for dollar and will continue to do so-, notwithstanding all thai has or can be said. She is sound, and has proved herself so by . redeeming in two or three weeks $05000 out of a circulation of $75 or $80,000.' 4 Tunkhannock, Jan. 26. There were bad reports about the Susquehanna Bank, but they are paying gold and silver by the wholesale, and it is good as gold here now " This Bank has been managed by sagacious . 1 ..... . ! .. -and-prudent persons, for the accommodation ofof,he Confederacy, urging their co-oiieraiion. the merchants and drovers of -that region, and i Guatemala, in whom the chief power is cen region not for speculation, and has proved its entire soundness. In addition to the Philadelphia Brokers, the Bank of Northumberland has join ed in the hue and cry (by which doubtless many people have sacrificed their money) by refusing the notes of the Susquehanna Bank." Ximbs of the L.av. There are 3,500 attorneys in the -State- of New-Ydik. " Gbd'savu the Commonwealth' - 'Blessings of FreejATrade.'x Every day furnishes us with additional evU dence of the practical tendencies of the present' locoloco tann. Until very recently, it had not sufficient time to unfold itself but it is now stretching out its full length over the eniire land, ! and its, poisonous breath is already blighting eveiy description of business. Agriculture, though not exactly prostraie, will soon weaken flour, six months hence, under ordinary cir cumstances, wiil not be worth $5 per barrel! Commerce isveakfreighls are e von jiojv. low enough, -and decreasing. Manufactures are sufficiently crippled that nothing, remains but. a reduction of, wages of twenty-five per cent, or immediate suspension of operations ; and the same may be said of mining. In the East es pecially every kind of Manufactures "is pros irate failures are daily occurring and .the fac- tories being closed ; and those that still con tinue are making arrangements to curtail' their business and reduce the wages of the opera tives to save themselves from ruin. Some of the most powerful companies at Lowell have lost within iheiast six months, the entire profits of the previous year and a general movement is now on foot to save themselvesfrom a threat ened wreck. In Iron manufactures there appears to be lit tle encouragement. One of the most intelligent gentlemen in this State, of great practical ex perience in that business,-casually .observes in a recent letter to one of the editors : " We are already feeling the " blessed effects" of that Tariff. Railroad Tron is now offered by the Agent of the English manufacturers, dehvera ble ai New York, at a price less than it costs us to make it, "at the present wages and costs of the raw-material ; and unless a specific duty is laid on iron imported, high enough to protect us from the surplus product of the foreign man ufacturers, our " occupation's gone ;" for even with a reduction in the prices of the raw-material and of wages, it is doubtful whether many of the mills can continue to compete with the English and Welsh manufactures. At the rate rail-road mills have been and are being erected within the riwo years past, (no thanks to the Tariff of '46, but to1 the demand for Iron in Great Britain and the Continent, until the re cent depression there) the home competition would at once and always keep prices down to a degree that only a reasonable profit would inure to our m&iiufac(u'iei&"--Miners'Journal. Treasury Notes. The Treasury' notes now in circulation, a-, mount to the enormous sum of SI 5,000,000, and it is proposed by tlie Secretary of the Trea sury to add ten millions more to it. Here is a paper currency of many millions issued by the Government for purposes, in the advantages of which, if there be any, none of the people, ex cept merchants, brokers, &c, can participate. Why not put down the denominations from S50 to $10, or S5, and make them redeemable in specie at. agencies in our principal cities, so that the people generally can handle some of them 1 (ermnntown Telegraph. Weights and measures. All families ought to be provided with scales and weights for the purpose of weighing ingre dients in general use -r but as many have not,, the following table from the New York Tribune, will be found useful : Weights. Wheal flour, 1 lb. is one quart ; Indian Meal, 1 pound 2 ounces is 1 quart ; butter, when soft, 1 pound 1 ounce is 1 quart ;. loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is 1 quart ; while sugar, powdered, 1 pound I ounce is 1 quart ; eggs, average 6ize, 10 eggs are 1 pound. Liquid Measure. Sixteen large table spoonsfull are half a pint ; eight table spoonsfull are 1 gill ; four large table spoons- full are half a gill; a common sized, tumbler holds half a pint; a common 8'zed wine. glass holds half a gill, . The Position of Giiatcmitla. The exact relation in which the "SiaVes of Central America stand toward Mexico, has been but imperfectly understood, and it was ap prehended not long sinco that they might make a common cause with her against the agg'res hions of the United States. The Pre:ideni of Honduras, in fact, expressed a strong hosiihry toward us, io his proclamation, and an offer of assistance was made by that Sia'e-io Santa Anna, as well as a call upon iho other portions tered,' has just answered id this application, and in a manner which leaves the position of the Central American Republic no longer doubtful. She disclaims, any binding mutual relations with Mexico, farther than those of commerce and navigation, dnilares that she is bound bya treaty of permanent friendship to'the II. States, and avows her determination of remaining en tirely tieutral. The other Siales'tiP thn Con. pVilnraiioh will be governed by this dejebion. sy t .Fr,omHEIarrisburs;v ' . ry ,. ' February 9, 1848. JHouse Mr. Schoonover presented two pe tiljons.relating to theright of way of the New, York and Erie Rail Road Co. in this State; al so, one relating to the repeal of the law author izing the erection of dams in the river Delaware. On motion .of Mr. Long, of .Bujrks, the House went into committee of the whole, (Mr. Zeigler iti the chair,) on bill entitled a supplement to the act authorizing the construction of an out-let lock on the tDelawarer division of the Pennsyl vanfa Canal, approved April 20th 1846, which was reporiedwjihout amendment and .jcoining up on 2dreadingt Mr. Bowman moved to postponethefurther consideration of' the bill for the present 'which was not .agreed to. ; "f . Mr. Fox wanted ihe reasons staled fo.r the repeal of ihe jaw. "T t. . Mr. Hill said the only question was whether .the navigation of the Delaware river should be left open, or be obstructed, that was all. " It was for tjie House to, decide. " '. -. Mr. lCrick said that he considered ihisqucs- tion easily understood, it was !,o benefit a few at the expense-of the" many. He believed that the people along that river had a right' to the blessing and benefits which the God ;6f nature gave them. The question was purely whether. iIia rri.nnv linnpl nrwT infJiKtrinns- nilizpris alorto i that river' should yield to ihe especial benefit of: J ..w M..v. - - - the lew.. J ins bill was sprung upon tne people in a former session, contrary to :iheir ivishes, and he would cheerfully vote for its repeal; Mr. Bushnell said he deemed the time of this House precious, but, situated as he was'in regard to the said dam, he felt bound to cast his 'ote for the bill. The industrious popula tion in North Eastern Pennsylvania Were deep ly interested in the free and unobstructed nav igation of the Delaware river. Natural obstruc tions had been removed from that river at great expense ; artificial obstructions had been put in, by the erection of dams and bridges, render ing the descending navigatiun not only difficult but extremely dangerous. The Jumberinen upon, and adjacent to ihe river Delaware in the sections of the State which he so poorly represented, are as industrious and worthy a class of men as can be found on the globe, and he was not willing they should' be compelled to submit to large annual losses in consequence of those obstructions: Nether was he willing the water should be diverted from the channel. Mr. Long of Bucks, urged the passage of this bill and the repeal of the old law. If per mitted to remain, it would desfroy, ihe fisheries on the river as well as other properties. He was opposed to having any obstructions in the river, inasmuch as none'were needed. Mr. GofT, expressed doubts as to the propri ety of repealing the law. He thought all ihe difficulties complained of might be remedied without destroying this act of the legislature. It seemed to him that the attempt was made for the especial benefit of those who obtain liv ing by stealing shingle limber, and floating hemlock boards on the Delaware River. He thought the legislature were about to legislate wildly. Mr. Schoonover, replied with spirit to the charge made against the lumbermen. He pro nounced them as honorable and as honest a body of men as any in ihe commonwealth. He also contented ihal the dam at wells falls would be productive of great and serious inconve nience. The bill was read a third time and passed finally. February 1 I. On motion of Mr. Bre.identhall, the House went into Committee of ihe Whole, on bill to prevent the hunting.of Deer with dogs in Hunt ingdon county, and for the preservation- 6f Pike in the Juniata river and its tributaries (Mr. Benedict in the Chair ). The bill was amend ed by extending its provisions so far as. the hunting of Deer or Elk is concerned, to Dau phin, Mifflin, Luzerne, Carbon and Elk coun ties. Mr. Schoonover, moved lo amend the bill so as to regulate fishing and protect the fish in Brodhead's and McMichaePs creeks in Monroe county which was adopted, and the bill was reported to the House, and coming up on sec ond reading, was passed finally. It is slated by authority that the total amount expended for building the Girard College, has been $I,9S3,821 78. which is $66,178 22 with in the sum specified by Mr. Girard for the erec tion and endowment of the institution. The loss on the sale of stocks at the executors' valu ation, was $900,813 30. The amount expend ed by i he trustees and directors, disconnected with the building of the College, is $51,835 22; leaving an unexpected balance of the ap propriation $2,887,648 59 of $1,178 22. The richest man in St. Thomas, one of the principal ports of the West Indies, is as black as ebony. He is said to be worth not less than three millions of dollars, and has acquired his wealth by trafficking in persons of his own color. i JVItitrimoiiial Hints. TliCf.editor of the Onedia Morning Herald, having la'ely committed matrimony, breaks torui in tne lonowing solemn and impressive strain. " When a man gels married it behooves vhitn to keep his boots blacked. Respect for the new estate uppn which he has1 entered, as well as for her who shares it with-him,. demands thai Minie more attention should Ije paid tOjtho personal appearance than is usually bestowed in !a heloihood." "I--, .D . w v A Female JBrouaut. In noticing the intention of a female to uiako a balloon ascension in New Otlean, the Delta say.v: Wefare; told that this lady is as com- ageous as she is beautiful, and that, in her a3. ceusions, she has been highly successful. Jt will be a rare and beautiful sight for a thousand ladies who will there be assembled, io see one of their own sex gently rising in her cerial car to ihe sapphire dome of heaven, and getting s0 near the sky that she might almost touch the stars ! jnbrrfsjflfe' Willis' Home Journal. ; We" are'gratified to l.ear,n that the. circulation of 'this' brilliant and delightful periodical U in creasing in a manner to realize the highest hones of its able and accomplished editors. jjtHKe somewiere! says in at u is a tnisiaKe to T- I. t . 1 . ?. ? . I 3Ujij;UJC i u at uiuuu-iiuioso aic uui a 3 auie (j cope with the toils and drudgery of the road as .... I 11 1 1 liltintl-htipaad n m n n I ri - nkl. .'' . . r animals of ig nobler breed ; in drays and carta they wiil vindicate their superiority as well as upon the race-ground; the only regret is thai they should bo put to such services. The m lelligence whtcli once charmed America with it3 Pencilling s bythe Way" and the sentiment ,,.1ii,-ti 1.,".,I il,.,.....!. TP.,,, n nnnn iW nr. ' If 1 1 1 I- .V-1HJI.U Illlt.UII liUI"Ub Ufll. " MUtCS ' 0f "Woodman spare that Tr6e"' still asseri their ! un'dirniniahud vigor and ele'gandein ihe column of'thi weekly journal; "and however much for, the -c'attse uT' high ait in prose and poetry, wfe I may lament the direction of such powers upon objects so fugitive, we'eannot the less exult mj the lustre which thus wanders through regions rarely illuminated by such rays. The image i and ' spirit of society never lived in literature with more' exact and vivid interest than the lone and interests of the higher circles of the me- tropolis aro reproduced in this Home Journal, j and yet the paper has everything that can m please, and. edify the .country reader. We must call attention particularly to a feature of unusu al attraction which the pr.es'ent volume of the Hojlje Journal presents 11 An Original A men. can Novel." It is founded on events connected with -thei history of the revolutionary war, ami upon occurrences which, actually took place in New-York and its vicinity. It is full of inter est, and is written with great .elegance ai;J spirit.; A new volume of this valuable and cheap family newspaper was- commenced on ihe first of January, and new subscribers caul be. furnished with ihe bark numbers. iha terms are only two dollars a year. Address! Morris. .& Willis,, New-York. True San. The Knickerbocker lells a story of a witness who .made a very nice distinction in the shades . . .1.1 Ol lying. iJulllg ijucsiiuiicu ujr a. lavrjrci as in . i .. r i . . L f . . n im .. I 1 . n .( V . . . ll .. IP n f. ... A w wavs truth, the witness was asked whether the in ihR opnrr rpnmai on 01 anoiner witness tor dividual was a notorious liar. Why." said he, rolling an immense quid of tobacco in hts mouth, " not exactly, so ; but he is what I call an intermittent liar." The latest Invention is a sort of mill turned by a crank, by which.three school children can be licked at a lime ! In this; way much labor is saved to the school teacher in the discharge of his arduous duties ! Ax Editor, summing up the virtues of a soip boiler, lately deceased, concluded his eulogy with the usual phrase of ''peace be to his ashe!" The remark gave great oflence to his family, one of whom threatened the editor with person al violence; Surying Lawyers. A gentleman in the count ry who had just bu ried a rich relative, who was an attorney, wa complaining to Foole, who was on a visit to him, of the very great expenses of a country funer al. "Why, says Foote, "do you bury attor neys here V1 "Yes, to be sure we do ; how elsel" "Oh; we never do that in Londpn."- "Now!" said the other, much surprised, "hoff do you manage 1" " Why, when ihe patien: happens to" die, we lay him out in a room over night by himself, lock the door, open the sasr and in the morningjie's entirely otT! "Indeed.' said the other, in amazement; "what become1 of him?" "Why, that we cannot exactly ie. not being acquainted with supernatural causes All that we know of the matter is, that there'.5 r. ovnnn- email nf hrtmvfnrip in thn rnnm thp n't, 14 Oft. 1(1 Offlbtlf J . ... J trW. ... . "I.U . VVIt bill. morning! SUDDEN CHANGES. There is nothing more trvihff to the humao constitution than sudde changes of weather; Heat rarities the blood, anv increases the perspiration ; but when sudder..' checked, those humors which should pass off big the skin, are thrown off inwardly, causing cougtvj colds, consumption, difficulty of breathing, wa'.ej ry and inflamed eyes, sore throat, and many otk complaints. Wright's. Indian Vegetable Pills are a delight: medicine for carrying off a cold because theye pel from the body those humors which are t cause of the above complaints. Four or five said Indian Vegetable Pills taken every night t' eoiner to bed wilL in a few days, carry off the mc.; obstinate cold ; at the same time-the digestive or-; gans will be restored to a heathy tone and ne life and vigor will be given to the whole Irame Beware of Counterfeits of all kind I, Some ari coated with sagar ; others are made to resembl&J in outward appearance the original medicine. The original genuine Indian Vegetable ?' have the signature ofWiUiam Wright written i a pen on the top label of each box. Nuie '' ia'genuinej- and to counterfeit this is forgery For sale by George H. Miller, who is the o- authorized, agent for Siroudsburg ; see advert 5 ment.fqr other, agencies in anotner column. Office and gojierabdcpot, 169 Kacc st. I,,,r
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