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JEFPERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, April 6, 1848.
Terms, $2,00 in advance. $2,25 half yearly; and 52,50 if not
paid before thd end of'tlie year.
L. BARNES, -at Milford, is" duly author
ized to act as Agent for this japer;to receive sub
scriptions, advertisements, orders for job-work,
and payments for the same.
ir?-E. W. Cabr, Esq., of the city of Philadel
phia, is authori2ed to receive subscriptions and
advertisements for the " Jeffersonian Republica?i."
Office. Sun Buildings, corner Third and Dock
streets, opposite the Merchant's Exchange ; and
i-Jfl North'Fourth street.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
' NER MIDDLESWARTH,
OF UNION COUNTY.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
Thomas M. T. M'Kenwax, of Washington,
, Joiix P. Sanderson, of Lebanon.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1 Joseph G. Glurkson,
2 Johif P. Wetheriil,
3 James M. Davis,
4 Thus. W. Duffield,
5 Daniel 0. Hinter,
(i Joshua Dungan,
7 John D. Sterele,
8 John Landis,
9 Joseph K. Smucker.
10 Charles Snyder
11 William G. Hurley.
12 Francis Tyler,
13 Henry Johnson,
14 William Colder, Sr.
15 (not filled)
16 Charles W. Fisher,
17 Andrew G. Curtin,
18 Thos. R. Davidson,
19 Joseph Markle,
20 Daniel Agnew,
21 Andrew W Loomis,
22 Richard Irving
23 Thomas H. Sill,
24 Saml. A. Purviance.
Ten Hour Bill Passed.
The ten hour bill, as it came from the Senate,
passed the House on the 27lh ult., by a large ma
jority. As friends of the rights of labor, we are
gratified at the passage of .this bill. It provides
that ten hours shall constitute a day's work in cot
ton, woollen, silk, paper, bagging and flax facto
ries ; that if any employer or owner of such facto
ries employ a minor more than ten hours a day, he
shall pay $50 fine, one half to the party employed;
and that after the fourth of July next, no minor
shall be admitted into such factories under twelve
years of age.
The provisions of the bill are wholesome, and
will lend greatly to ameliorate the condition of the
minors who are employed as factory operatives.
The Charlestown (Ya.) Free Press says: The
iron establishments in our own county have been
4 lying on their oars' for some time past. Their
hands are in effect tied. They cannot begin to
afford to manufacture such iron as is sold In Bal
more for $25 per ton, at less than $35.
Two of the smallest dwarfs in the world little
women petite and beautiful as fairies, are said to
be on their way to America.
During last month, 4396 emigrants anived at
New York.
Franco and Freedom.
Death of Mr; Aslor.
John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest man on the
- American continent, died' at His residence in
New York on Wednesday last in the 85th year
of his age. Great curiosity was evinced to!
know-what disposition he had made of his m
(jinense estates ; but at our last dales from the
city his will had not been opened.-
Kew Counterfeits . ,
Gkautauque County Bank, Jamestown, N. Y.
'2's letter A. "Vignette, female with one arm
resting on a shield. Impression pale and exe
cution miserable.
Erie Bank Erie, Pa. l's. Purport to be
notes payable on demand. '
2's. This bank has never issued notes under
5's, except Relief notes. Bich Rep.
Benefits of Advertising.
. John Derby, of Ware, Mass,, advertised for
a wife, and received seventy-five applications.
. Some" of these applicants pressed their claims
with such vigor that poor John, to get out of
the scrape, placed a rope round' his neck and
hung himself.
JJj3 The population of Louisiana is now es
timaied at 427,755; of-which number 2ir,483
are slaves.
Perils of llie'Wlialc Fisheries.
A letter received at Horieedale, Pa., announ
ces the death of Jonathan Salmon, second mate
of'the ship Arabella, of Sag Harbor, who was
killed by a whale, off the Southwest coas't of
South America, on the 8tb of December last.
He was in the act of lancing a whale, when
ihe boat was struck by a sudden blow, with
suci force as to ihrow him into the water. He,
however, regained the boat, -and was in the act
of getting into it when the whale struck him
again and instantly killed' him. The- accident
happened on the day the deceased was, twenty -
etght years old.
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The glorious tidings by the Caledonia of the
complete and orderly establishment of Democ
racy in France is received by our citizens with
general and lively gratification. Among jhe
reasons for ihe universal joy, the following acs
prominent :
I. The new Revolution was effected -with
very little bloodshed. A monarchy combining j
in a high degree all the physical elements ol
power, including Four Hundred Thousand of
ihe finest' troops in Europe, One Hundred
Thousand oCthem stationed in and aroundParis,
with its immense Fortifications, with all the
cannon, catridges, and nearly all the swords
and fire-arms of any kind within reach, has
been overthrown in its own capital by the day
laborers of that capital, unarmed, unskilled, un
directed. On one side were able generals, the
prestige of authority, and all the costly and
powerful machinery of scientific warfare ; on
the oilier, an unorganized, undisciplined multi
tude, fired by love of liberty and indignant ai
the perfidy of Louis Philippe. This multitude
struggled on, scarcely knowing each other's
resolution, entirely in tho dark as, to the result
of their efforts, until the National Guards and
even the troops of the Line were won over to
their side, and from soldiers ashamed at the
thought of discharging murderous volleys into
an unarmed rabble, were transformed into citi
zens warmly sympathizing with that rabble, and
with them at all hazards the downfall of despo
tism. Then melted into vapor the Throne of
the Barricades before the fiercely indignant gaze
of the men of the Barricades, and ihe new era
of Freedom for Europb stood revealed to an
astonished world.
11. There is no longer room to doubt the
completeness of the Revolution. From no coro
ner of France do we hear of a murmur of oppo'-'
sition to the Republic or to the Provisional
Government, of necessity so irregularly consti
tuted until the People can elect new and true
Representaiives of their wishes to establish a
legitimate Government. On the contrary, tho
Republic is proclaimed as fast and as far as the
tidings of its establishment at Paris are con
veyed by telegraph or otherwise, und all classes
Peers, Deputies, Generals, Admirals, States
men of all shades of opinion unite with the
common people in hailing the new day-spring
of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Beyond the
late Royal Family and Ministry, we can hear
of scarcely a fugitive from France on account
of. the late Revolution; not one open contemner
of it.
III. The Revolution has been eminently
humane. The whole number killed and wound
ed during the eventful three days, iri alUParis,
in consequence of the, Revolution is said to be
less than five hundred ihe killed being less
than one hundred. Who ever heard of a great
victory of Royality over Liberty, in open and
doubtful conflict, achieved with so small an ef
fusion of blood ! We cannot hear that one in
dividual has been harmed or endangered since
the victory, because of his prior opposition,
however deadly, to the popular cause; nor can
we learn that one act of vengeance or of cruelty
has. stained the laurels of the victors. On the
contrary, the proclamation of a universal am
nesty for Political offences and the utter aboli
tion of Capital Punishment for such offences,
mark the ascendency of a spirit of gentleness
and humanity which Monarchy may vainly re
trace its bloody annals to parallel.
IV. The new Revolution is eminently 'prac
tical in Jrs aims and tendencies. Universal
Suffrage absolute Liberty of the Press Abo
lition of all titular Nobility Abolition1 of Sla
veryAbolition of Stamp' Duties establish
ment of Banks of Discount in aid of the Nation
al Industry the National Guard to be com
posed of the whole people Reduction of the
Hours of Hired Labor Abolition of Capital
Punishments sale of the Royal Palaces for
the benefit of disturbed or depressed Industry,
and the conversion of the Tuileries into a hos
pital for Working Men these are among the
first fruits of the People's Victory. Who does
not hope and trust that the noonday of French
Liberty will fully justify the promise of Us glo
rious morning ?
V. The effect of the Revolution on that great
majority of Europe which is still m fetters re
mains to be seen. 1 hus fur, it would seem to'
have been most salutary. In Bavaria a Con-
hiitution has been extoned, apparently without
bloodshed, from the .King by thp People of
Munich; Italy, Prussia, Ireland, and even Aus
tria are convulsed by tho astounding proclama
tion of the French Republic. Italy and Ger
many will very soon be two great Federal Re
publics, in substance if not in name. There
Have been turbulent gatherings in England anif
Scotland, but with no clearly defined purpose
andjn no formidable force: From Poland, we
have as yet no advices ; but we trust her inde
pendence and lhat of Ireland are among the
necessary consequences of that of France.
Yet we do not hope nor desire to hear thai an
insurrection has broken out in either. Ireland
must be free whenever her Millions really will
it; she cannot be while her people are divided
into miserable factions impelled by ihe most
deadly hatred ol eacir other. She has but to
be ready and speak, arid her chains must he
shivered." Until she is ready, Insurrectionary
outbreaks would be a wanton and culpable pro
vocation to slaughter. When the time shall
haye arrivedi-the'Liberty of .Ireland will cost j
little bloodshed.
A tingle cloud obscures the horizon of Re
publican France. We do not fear a coalition'
of despots against her so long as she preserves
her freedom unimpaired; if their dear-bought
experience did not suffice to warn them offthis
rock, the poverty of their Finances, thepeirlof
Revolutions at home, will' deter them effective
ly. There may be wars, or rather hostile col
lisions, growing out of premature attempts at
revolution, but any serious, concerted effort
'overthrow Liberty in' France is too palpably
chimerical to he undertaken, since Put and
Castlcreagh are in their graves and Metternich
a wretch and a shadow. The flay for govern
ing Europe by Holy Alliances is past.
But ihe Finances are the present difficulty
f aitie! Webster,
On the 23d ult. made a speech in the Reflate,
on the loan bill. It was one of his mightiest
efforts and in comparison with his great pro
eductions the'speeches q all other public men
and the deraugemeilt of Business the real dan-; in the country seem weak and little, work. In
ger of the French Republic. For several vears
the Receipts into the French Treasury have
fallen far below tho Expenditures ; now comes
a season of uncertainty and apprehension, which
must diminish the income while tending to 'in
crease the demands upon it. It will be fortu
nate for Franco if the falling off in 1818 as
compared with 1847 is not fully ten per cent.
Many odious taxes have been already abolished
modified, while none can be safely imposed ;
and ihe Funds have so fallen that a new loan
is virtually impossible. What shall be done '
If regenerated France has but jthe courage and
foresight gradually to disband her Standing Ar
my, trusting to her Five Millions of National
Guards fur Protection; and to abolish so much
of her Police as is occupied mainly with espi
onage into Political movements and opinions,
her initial difficulty may soon ba obviated. As
of lhat which threatens her on the side of Bti-i
siness and Industry but we leave that for a
separate article. iV. Y. Tribune.
Embezzlement, Forgery, si n d Fraud.
A cas'e of embezzlentent of very considera
ble magnitude has just come to light in the city
of New York. Marvin McNultv, the con
fidential clerk of Messrs. Vyse &' Sons, silk
merchants of that city, has absconded, after
having embezzled from and defrauded his em
ployers to a very large extent -so much, ac
cording to some reports, as $75,000 or $100,000,
while Messrs. Vyse themselves say they have
discovered to the extent of $28,000. The mo
dus operandi was sending goods to auction and
pocketing the proceeds without the knowledge
of Messrs. Vyse ; receiving the sums due upon
acceptances and not, accounting for thetri ; in
one case altering a check ; and borrowing sums
of money from every one'who would lend as
many persons, since his departure,' have come
to inquire for 3300, $500, $600, &c. which
he had borrowed front them.
The first suspicion Messrs. Vyse had that
all was not right was on' Friday last, when they
questioned Mr. McNulty with regard to some
transactions. The next morning he did not
present himself at the sjore; but a note arrived
stating, that he would consult with his friends,
and see Mr. Vyse again on Monday. Soon
after a messenger arrived from his residence,
stating lhat he had not been at home all night,
and his family were afraid he had met with
some accident. It turns out that he had sailed
on Saturday for Matanzas, unde'r an assumed
name. The fugitive is a widower, and left
four children behind him.
his efforts there is, so to speak, an omnipotent
power of talk which no other orator approach-
Two declarations made in this speech will
attract general-notice. The first is that he
would not vote to ratify any treaty whereby ter
ritory would be acquired ; .and the second is,
that while there is reason to believe, as now,
that a treaty of peace will soon he concluded
he will not vote to increase the military force.
Prayer in Paibiic Bodies.
The daily meetings of the General Assembly,
during the preHmt session, have been opened
by prayer, the resident clergymen at Harrisburg
officiating alternately... At no. former .session,
have the meetings of the Legislature been Com
menced with religious observances.
A shipment of apples has been made from
the United Stales to China, to which country
lhat fruit had never before been transported.
Strawberries are said to be abundant in Sa
vannuh.
TJJj3 At a review of 1G0.0U0 troops, lately,
in Russia, the Emperor said, "This is not mere
theory. In two years, I will lead these troops
to glorious conquest. I atn not pleased with
mv neighbors."-'
Practical Joking.
A wag in" a country bar-room, where each
man was relating the wonderful tricks thev
had seen performed by Sig. Blitz, and the rest
of the conjuring family, expressed his comtempt
for the whole tribe, declaring thai he could per
form any of their tricks, especially the one of
breaking a watch in pieces and restoring it
whole. At once several watches were pro
duced' for the experiment. He selected ihe
best, put it into a morter and pounded away
"There are the pieces!" "Yes!" all ex
claimed ; " now let s see the watch. He used
various mysterious words, shook up the frag
ments, and at length threw down tho contents,
of the mortar, observing, " Well. I thought I
could do it, but by George f can't !" The loser
of the watch betraying a desire to pound' him
he very soon departed.
A Heavy Estate.
The Lebanon Courier says ihe real estateof
Thomas R. Coleman, deceased, has been ap
praised at four hundred and eighty-five thousand
dollars. It comprises Cornwall and Colebrodk
Furnace, with the invaluable Ore Bank of Corn
wall ; Castle Fin, Speedwell, Hopewell and
Spring Forges, with about thirty thousand acres
of land, situated hi the counties of Lebanon,
Lancaster, York, Adams, Dauphin and Berks.
The personal property of this estate is, we un
stand, equal in value to the real.
A"Washing(on letter in the N. York Tribune
has this passage :
And now look at the Loco Foco 'party as' they
stand. They have rung the changes on ihe
dangers of foreign iuterfeience on thjs Conti
nent, on the enormity of having foreign capital
ists hold stock in our banks, &c&c, till echo
has grown hoarse with the repetition. Now
thpy receive and ratify a treaty diclated by
Briiih influence, and they rejoice that the
RothchiUls have taken our loans. St), -the " hon
orable, Pe,ace" wo have gained is consummated
by paying Mexico $20,000,000 for, a Province
that was independent before we went to war
and England lends us money 10 pay for the
hatd bargain which she has dictated to us.
XS' A hill has past the Senate of this State,
abolishing Militia trainingvntid imposing a tax
of 25 cents on each individual subject to mili
tary duty, to be applied to' the eitjLMnir aliment
of volunteer companies, v
The French Throne.
A gilded chair, covered with velvet, and the
letters " L. P." (Louis Phillippe) on the back,
surmounted by a golden crown, ,con-tituted the
ihrone of France, which the people destroyed
in ftont of the palace on the 24th of February.
Escape of iLouis Phillippe.
Louis Phillippe in his flight from Paris had
so little time for preparation that he departed
with only one five franc piece in his pocket.
A Paris correspondent of the Newark Adver
tiser says
The King during his flightwas disguised in
such a manner that even his most intimate
friends could scarcely recognise htm. He wore
the dress of a common laborer, and having his
whiskers removed and his face grimined, pre
sented a sorry figure for a king. As soon as
he stepped on shore in England, he expressed
his gratification in exclaiming, " Thank God I
am on British soil ! I am safe now? 1 know I
am safe now "
The National says : " The flight of Louis
Phillippe was marked by an incident which
dues too much honor lo the spirit ofour popu
lation for us not to be desirous to mention it.
At the moment at which the ex-King escaped
from the Tuileries", by the gate of the Pont
Tournament, lo reach the little carriage which
was wailing for him, he was surrounded bv the
people, who Ijad precipitated themselves on' his
passage. The second regiment of Cuirassiers,
which was stationed in the Place de la Con
corde, hastened to protect his person ; bill in
the situation of things it was powerless to re
move him from the vengeance of the people.
However this brave regiment, which did not,
and would, not make ue of its arms, endeav
ored to facilitate the passage to him. An offi
cer, seeing ihe peril, cried,," Gentlemen, spare
the King !" to which a Stentorian voice in the
crowd answered, " we are not assassins let
him go !" " Yes ! Yes ! let him go ! became
the general cry. The people had been too
brave during the combat not to be generous after
ihe victory."
Escape of the ministers.
The Mode says : " M. Guizot escaped on the
evening of February 23, from his hotel by a
back door and sei out in a cabinet-courier
caleche for Calais, where he has, it is supposed,
embarked for London, the same evening, M
Delessert left the Prefecture of Police in dis
guise. About 10 o'clock the same night, M
Hebert quitted the Chancellery by tho door of
the Rue Neuve du Luxembourg. He sent sev
eral times to the Etat-Major and to the Chateau
to demand a reinforcement of troops. He com
plained boih in his own name and in lhat of
MM. Duchatel and Guizot, of having been so
gravely led into' error by the Minister of War
and Gen. Sebasliani as in' the feeling ofilite ar
my. The Ministry loudly attributed lo Louis
Phillippe the responsibility of all the measures
of rigor which had been adopted."
A Revolution Matron Gone.
Died in Niiw Prospect, Bergen county, N. J.
on the 24th ult., Mrs. Charity Berrv, at the
extraordinary age of one hundred and ten years!
She was married during the Revolutionary
War, and was the mother of thirteen children,
all of whom still survive ! Her husband Was
Captain of a Militia Company ttr active service,
and who aided in driving iho British troops
from Hoppertown benerala VV Washington, and
Lafayette together diited with her one day
uqder the shade of a btately elm tree near her
door, a circumstance she was fond of relating.
Her eyesight never failed in. the least until
her death; and she was able to go about until
about five years back, since which' she had Iain
in bed the greater pan of the time, though en
tirely free from diseaso. She was remarkable
for one thing wjich may account ina remark
able measure for her prolonged life she waa
noted for her. opposition o tight lacing.
WET FEET. It should be remembered that
colds, coughs, consumptions, inflammation
of the lungs, pleurisy, and many other fatal disor
ders, are often the result of catching cold, in con
sequence of wet feet, damp clothes, &c.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills are undoubted
ly the best medicine in the world for carrying off
a cold, because they purge from the system those
morbid humors which, when lodged in various
parts of the body, give rise to every malady inci
dent to man. A few of these Pills taken every
night on going to bed, always afford relief, and, if
their use be persevered in, a radical cure will be
the result.
Beware of Sugar Coated Counterfeits. Re
member, that the original and only genuine Indian
Vegetable Pills have the written signature of Wil
liam Wright on the.top label of each box.
For sale by George II. Miller, who is the only
authorized agent for Stroudsburg ; see advertise
ment for other agencies in another column.
Office and general depo 1G9 Race st. PliH'a.
,ACADEM
The Spring Session of the Slroudsbu Acad
emy will open on Mondny the 17ih insi., when
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic will b
taught for $2 per quarter of 12 week. Gram
mar and Geography, with the use of ihe glohe-
and maps, $2,50 Algebra, Astronomy, Bot
ony, Mensuration, Book-keeping, Philoso
phy, &c. $3. Beginners in Latin and Greek.
for $3,50.
All pupils charged from the time thntj enter tin
til the end of the quarter, except in cases of sick
7iess. The principal hopes by properly and sea
sonably imparting instruction to the young, pa
tient endurance in moral i raining, ami unwea
ried diligence in the various branches of In-,
profession,-to mem and obtain thai patronage
and support which the arduous duties of an in
structor demand.
' THOMAS HARRIS,
Stroudsburg, April 6, 1848. Principal.
AGENTS WANTED
To canvass for some Neio and Popular
Works, in every County throughout the United
States. To Agentsj the most liberal encour
agement is offered with a small capital of from
$25 to $100. A chance is offered, whereby
an Agent can make from $10 to $25 per week.
For further particulars, address (post paid.
wm: a. leart,
No. 158 North Second Street, Philadelphia.
April 6, 18483H1.
F. Hi SMITH,
Pocket BookaiMi H5 obocco Case
M&nufacfiircr,
Has succeeded B. P. SI STY, at the OU
Stand, 52 1-2 CH ESNUT Street. Philadelphia,
Pocket Books, Bankers' Cases and Portfolios
of every description. Port Mannare, Ivory Tab
lets, Card Caes, Drest-ini; Caes, Seyar do.,.
Writing do., Backgammon Boards and: Chess
men, Gold Pen, Snyder's, Chapman's and
Saunder's Razor Strops; Fcnny's Tally ho Ra
zors, Roger's, Wade & ijuidier's, Jaefcsoru
Chinese and Egyptian Razors, Pen Knivevind
Scissors, of every description, Bowie and Dirk
Knives; also, a large assortment of Fancy Sta
tionary, atthe lowest rates.
Jobbing done with neatness and despatch.
April 6, 1848. 3m.
. NOTICE TO
merchants, Shopkeepers and
Xiaiulloi'ds.
CRACKER BAKERY & GROCERY.
The subscriber having purchased the Bakery
recently started by L. Vauderbeck, in Strouds
burg, Pa., second door west of Stogdell Stokes
& Son's Store, has on hand at all limes a full
assortment of
Soda Biscuit, Butter Crackers, Water
. Crackers, Sugar Crackers, Boston
Biscuit and Pilot and Gra
ham Bread, .
made of tho very beat materials. All those
who1 deal in tho articles will do well to pur
chase of this establishment, as he intends to
sell as low as can be purchased in Philadel- '
phia orjelsewhere. Also:
GROCERIES
of all kinds, at 'the lowest market prices. Or
ders thankfully received and punctually atten
ded to. Please call and examine the articles,
and you will be satisfied thai it will be to your
inierest to purchase. A liberal deduction will
be made id those who buy'by ihe quantity.
JOHN J. TITUS.
April 6, 1848.--3m.
" J rll XJXt V4 JU-JU y
and House and Sin Fainter,,
Monroe Street, (near the Methodist Church,)
Stroudsburg, Pa.
Respectfully informs the citizens of Strouds
burg and vicinity, that he has removed to the
house formerly occupied by Abner Gorden, on
Mpuroe street, near tho Methodist Church,
where he will be in readiness to fulfil such or
ders in his line of business, as he may bo hon
ored with. Being thoroughly acquainted with
his business, and having had' considerable ex
perience, he is prepared to warrant all work,
done by him.
March 3Q, 848.--ly.
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