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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, February 17 184S.
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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,
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A vein of Stone Coal has been discovered
near Nazareth, Northampton county ; and an
other in Plainfield township, in the skme coun-
y-
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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.
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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
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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