JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, May 4, lg-9 Terms, $2,00hi advance. $2,25 half yearly; and $2.50 if not paid before the end of the year. ZJ L. BA.RNES, at Milford, is duly author ized to act as Agent for .this papr;to receive sub scriptions, advertisements, orders for job-work, and payments for the same. ID3 E. W. Cauii, Esq., of the city of Philadel phia, is authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements for the " Jcfersonian Republican." Office. Sun Buildings, corner Third and Dock Streets, opposite the Merchant's Exchange ; and 't-iO North Fourth street. FOIl CANAL COMMISSIONER jTER MIDDLE SYARTH, OF UNION COUNTY. SENATORIAL ELECTORS. Thomas M. T. M'Ktjnnan, of Waohingion, John P. Sanderson, of Lebanon. DISTRICT .ELECTORS. I Joseph G. Glarkson-, . 2 John P. Weiherill, 3 James M. Davis, 4 Tlnx. W. Duffield, 5 Daniel 0. Hinter, (i Jnhua Dungan, 7 John D. Steele, 8-John Landis 9 Joseph K. Smncker. 10 Charles Snyder 1 1 William G. Hurley. 12 Francis Tyler, 13 Henry Johnson, 14 William Colder, Sr. 15 (not filled) 16 Charles W. Fisher, 17 Andrew G. Curlin, IS Thus. R. Davidson, 19 Joseph Markle, 20 Daniel Agnew, 21 Andrew W Loomis, 22 Richard Irvin, 23 Thomas II. Sill, 24 Saral. A. Purviance. AT" The Odd Fellows' of Easton, have fixed on Thursday, the 18th inst. as the time for dedi cating .their new and splendid Hall, which has just been completed in that borough. Extensive arrangements are in progress, to render the occa sion worthy of the order. ' dCf" Virginia. The returns of the election held in Virginia on the 27th ult., as far as received, show a small gain for the Loco-focos. The las legislature was Loco in the Senate and Whig in the House. Old Stoxis3Ton in Connecticut gave at the pre sent Governor's election 369 Whig and 223 Loco votes Whig majority 146. This says a contem porary was the town in which the woman took off her flannel petticoat, to make wadding for the can non fired against the British fleet in 1812. We advise all Locofoco Editors to copy this vole, as the most conclusive evidence that they can get, "that the Whigs are federalists ! The State off Wisconsin. Governor Dodge, of ihe Territory of Wis consin has just issued his Proclamation de claring that the Constitution lately submitted to the. people of that Terriiory for adoption, preparatory to their assuming tho position of a Siate' of the American Union, has been ap- proved by a majority of 10,293 votes, out of 22,591 votes cast. The Louisville Journal, alluding tb'Henry Clay's recent manifesto, says: "Mr. Clay, it will be seen, neither seeks nor de clines a nomination for the Presidency. Proba bly the position he assumes is the right one. There is no- reason whv the Whig National Con- vention, now soon to assemble, should be debar red from the presentation of any man as a candi date, whom, after full consideration, itjnay deem the most likely to succeed." Receplionvf Gent Scott. The city authorities of New Orleans are making extensive arrange'menis to give Gen. Scott an appropriate reception on his arrival from "Mexico. ..Bennett of the N. Y.. Herald says, "Mr.- Polk will be renominated" rery likely " and elected, not so likely. The efforts of 90,000 oflice holders, with the expenditure of $50,000,000 go a good way towards helping a President to a nomination, and give him a great advantage over all rivals. The General Assembly of tho Presbyterian Ghtirch in America, wili'convene in Baltimore un the ISth of May. A Large Hog. A hog was slaughtered on the . 1st day of December last j by Dr. S. Shaw, of . Wareharn, (Mass..) weighing seven hundred and forty four pounds, after he was' dressed. Last April he weighed only 140 pounds,-and therefore lias gained 604':pounds in seven months, an aver age gain of nearly three pounds per- day. Bos ton Traveller. FOREIGN. NEWS. Arrival o? the Steamer America. The British mail steamer, America, arrived at Jersey City, on Saturday at noon, with Liv erpool and London dates to the 15th just. .oho week later than the Acadia. The news is high ly interesting. The Liverpool market had im proved 2d.per 70lbs for Wheats and 6d. to'ls. lor Flower. Cotton slightly depressed. England. The great Chartist meeting took place on the 1 0th of April. Tho London Times, the great government organ, states the numbers at 20,000 only Jialf of which actually partici pated. -Others estimated them at 50,000. The excitement in London was of course very great. The government had prepared to quell any out break ; and had stationed many thousand troops in various parts of the city concealed. It is stated that 150,000 special constables were en rolled in the police. The Government informed the leaders that no objection would be made to the holding- of the meeting, and the presenta tion t)f their petition in Parliament ; hut that the procession would n6t be allowed. This was submitted to with a good grace, and every thing passed off quietly. The affair was splpn did and imposing. The petition, after the ad journment, was carried to the House of Com mons, and presented by Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who rose amidst breathless silence, and said " Sir, I rise, to present a petition, signed by 5, 760,000 persons ; also another petition, signed by 100,000 persons, whose names are not ap pended to this largo muster. The petitioners pray for annual parliaments, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, equal electoral districts, no pro perly qualification, and payments of members. 1 beg, sir, to state that from the courtesy I have already received from the House, I shall say no more than simply move that the petition be ead by the clerk at the table." The petition was received and read with due respec and all excitement subsided. Complaints are made of the influence of for eign emissaries in Ireland. The Irish are get ling more restless, and things there seem to be approaching a crisis. The disaffection in the army is increasing, and the cry for " Repeal" is more violent. Meantime disease nd famine are spreading, and deaths from starvation are recorded. Commercial affairs wear a belter aspect in France and Belgium. There have been seribus disturbances at Pe tersburg. Disturbances have also occurred at Cologne. ' Vast military preparations were in progress in Russia and France. A revolution had taken place in the Hesse capital. The city was m the bands ot the peo ple who have declared for a Republic, and com pelled the military to retreat. tt -ii i i -n i - ! .. M riOllanU anu rieigium Biill remain iriimiuii. Turkey has finally acknowledged ihe French republic. Austria has prolessed its willingness to ac knowledge the independence of Lombardy. At the last dales Madrid was quiet. Hungary has declared its independence, and chosen the Archduke Stephen King. The King of Denmark has left Copenhagen to pu himself at the head of the army. Disturbances at Havre havo occurred among the laborers. Large bodies of troops are concentrating on the Sardinian frontier. Hostilities have commenced in earnest be tween Denmark and her revolted provinces, and a desperate engagement had taken place be tween her armies and those of bleswick liol stein, in which large numbers were slain, arid the latter defeated. Russia is about to take part against the Danes. Tlie Common School's; The following section in relation to ihe Com mon School System of this Slate, was incorpo rated in the General appropriation Bill, and is now a law. It is worthy the attention of ihe friends of education : That the Common School System from and after ihe pasbage.of this act, shall be deemed held and taken to bo adopted by the several school districts in this Commonwealth, and that the school directors of th respective school dis tricts from which the undrawn school appropri ations were taken by the act of ihe 29 of April, 1 844, entitled 4 An Aei to reduce the State debt, and to incorporate the Pennsylvania Canal and Railroad Company,' shall, during the month'of' May of the present year, levy and ajses3 a las as required by existing laws to enable school districts to receive their portion of the Slate appropriation, and each of said school districts in which a iaxrshall be so levied and asessed as aforesaid, hhall 'hereupon receive its portion ofthe aforesaid appropriation of $200,000, and shall be eniitlt d to a deduction of iweiity-five per cent, of all moneys paid into the county treasuiy by such district for state pnrpuses du ring the; two next ensueing.school years, which money so deducted shal be paid tu fhe Board ol School Directors of such school district, and shall be exclusively appropriated to the erection That Fat Porker. The Chatham Democrat " "says, that a hog, raised by John Flint, Esq., of Canada, was killed lately, and weighed when dressed, one thousand and six jounds. This at si r dollars and fifty cents per hundred pounds, would bring sixty-Jive dollars and twenryinine Cents. Columbian Rep The' Cincinnati Commercial announces a tbcybaby": -fifteen ..month" old, and1 weighing .pury.-.Bje.v.en .pounds, i-0" his .yv.y to PorinsyL vtiia.' . , ', The two Heroes. Gur readers, upon Jlrst siht,ot the above cap tion, will take it for granted we are going to speak of General Scott and General Taylor. We are sorry to deceive them our theme possesses 'only half the expected grandeur ; we are going to speak of General Scott and General Pillow. There is but one step between the sublime and the' ridiculous. ' ' . Read, Americans! the report, as extracted, on our first page, from the New Orleans Picayune, of the proceedings before (he Court of Inquiry, in the case of Major General Gideon J. Pilldw' : examine the testimony which .Mr. Trist, the 'Peace Com missioner, bears to.the character and acts of that redoubtable champion, the favorite and " near neighbor" of Mr. Polk, who has discovered the easy way ofjyriting himself down a hero; by means of a little sf glo'rificatiori in the newspapers. Read that, and decide who or which should blush. the American army, which has had the honor al most of being commanded by this heroig individ ual ; the American people, upon whose history he must figure hereafter forever, a blot upon the grandest chapter, of the Mexican' war; or tl American President who dragged him from' the ob scurity in which nature designed him to. live and die, lor the purpose of sending him, a truncheoned Major General, to Mexico, to revive, in his extra ordinary person, the recollections of all the Boba dils arid Falstaffs,the Parolles and Ancient Pistols, that ever shocked belief in the page ol comedy 1 We do not ask whether General Pillow himself ought to blush ; it is very clear that he is beyond the reach of such an infirmity. We are much afraid, however, that, whoever ought, the Ameri can people will. The-testimony of Mr. Freaner, previously pub lished, was bad enough. That or Mr. Trist is con clusive, it is overwhelrhing. It must be remem bered that Mr, T. was, and still is, for his commis sion seems never to have been revoked, a high di plomatic and the confidential agent of the Presi dent, General Pillow's friend ; and it appears thai he was even " prejudiced in Gen. P.'s " favor,'' having been placed on very intimate personal re lations" with him by the President, and preserved those relations until shocked into contempt by what he calls " the unimaginable and incompre hensible baseness of his character," and -the dis covery of a " scheme of v'illany." " a scheme of imposure for passingMiimself off upon the country for a skilful general and able commander," and an attempt even to render Mr. Trist himself " an accomplice and tool in villany." What Mr. Freaner swears inregard to the pri vate newspaper bulletins of General Pillow, and his contemptible object in sending them, Mr. Trist fully substantiates ; and thus General Pillow is exhibited before the world in a scandalous attitude riot onty as a trumpeter of 'jhis own fame, but a very pickpocket, of glory,- the pretender to and robber of other men's merit, the hero Mr, Polk's hero who had the ineffable unworthiness and in credible stupidity to resolve to carry off, and to think he could carry off, the immortality of the battles of Mexico by smuggling into the'papers the first account, and to creating the 'first impressions,' " all for his own benefit.' The miles gloriosus has always been a favorite character with the dra matists ; but, in real life, there was "never before, in all history, such an extraordinary representation of it as that enacted by General Gideon J. Pillow, who " made Mr. Polk president." And this General, be it observed, is the creature, the favorite, the pet, the minion of the President .ofthe United States ; of that President ofthe Uni ted States' who sent to Mexico the Court of Inqui rybefore which the favorite is stripped-so igno- miniously of his borrowed plumes to disgrace and crush. General Winfield Scott, a hero not of his creation a soldier who learned the act of war not in a county court house, but amid cannon, and bayonets, and blood, on twenty fields of battle who never commanded in battle that he was not victorious, who never' wore a trophy which he had not won, who never coveted or denied a lau rel achieved or deserved by another, the hero of two wars for Scott was a hero at Niagara, thirty-four years ago, and who, stepping out of the past into the 'present a complete warrior in his ancient harness, went to Mexico, not to write but to fight ; to plan, to marchto charge, to storm," to drive the Mexicans- out'of their strong-holds, to occupy their cities, to capture their capital, to over throw and utterly subdue.them, and thus compell them to the " peace'" which hs had been sent to " conquer'." g These are the two heroes of whom we meant to speak,-T-the one a thing of feathers and epaulets, a" counterfeit presentment" of a'general who wins renown by writing letters, or procuring, letters to- be' written for publication, in his own .praise, and is honored therefor by the President; the other a great captain, worthy to be compared with the most illustrious in history, whose name will be identified, henceforth, through all time, with the Wester u Enterprise.. , , Beloit, Wisconsin, 1848. Perhaps no place in the West affords a better demonstration of Western enterprise, than the vil lage of' Beloit, situate upon Rock river, Wiscon sin, at the point where the Turtle empties into the Rock. No one who has travelled through the West need be told that the valley of Rock river is hot excelled by any portion of the Great West, or even ofthe World, for salubrity of climate, beau ty of scenery, or fertility of soil. It may be true that our scenery does not partake so much ol the romantic and sublime, as that -of more rugged and mountainous regions, but then there is a beauty and softness, to our scenery, rarely equalled and never excelled, and a view of our noble prairies and mighty riveis partakes not a. little of the sub lime. Beloit, is situated sixty miles directly west of Southport, on the Lake, and about the same dis tance east of Galena, on the 'Mississippi, and is the most populous and the largest business town between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi. The first white man settled at Beloit in 1830, and from that time to the present, Upgrowth has been grad ual aqd uninterrupted,- and its present population numbers IS00 inhabitants The Situation of the village is beautiful, lying upon both sides of Rock river, and between the Turtle and the Rock. The streets are wide and Trapping a Bird. The Boston Athenceum tells a story of an ex tensive sleigh maker, in a town of Masiachuetla, whose clerk oold a sleigh to a leek, genteel looking fellow, and took a short, note hr his pay. The man turned out not to be worth a pine chip, yet the principal was determined not to give up all hopes; and going ovefto the town in which his customer lived, and hearing that he had gone over to Boston in the sleigh, and where he would liktiy put up, he started after him. The maker contrived to meet him the next day, accidcnlaly, and said, "Frieiul, do you know of any one that's got a good sleigh thai he wants to sejl ?" "Yes," replied ihe un suspecting fel ow, "I've goi one." They both went where the new sleigh was stored, and af ter some time had been spirit in examining the property, the maker concluded to lake it for the exact sum named in the note. It was fastened on the one he came in, and, the horse headed the right way. " Oh !" said the ma ker, as of a sudden thought, "I suppose it will make no difference if I pay you with a good note, thai has but a short time to run against one of your townsmen?" " Just as leave have it," was the answer. He handed him his own note and left him, pale with wonder, and'wilU eyes like saucers! A Cliawcc for Tealiers., Young men in all parts ofthe United S'atesT I who have received a good English education, regular, the buildings ure tasteful and ndat, and ; an(j are accustomed to teach, will receive many of them elegant and expensive. Among j information which they can turn to their advan the churches we already ntifnher one Congrega-1 lage, by applying immediately by letter, post tional, one Baptist, one Methodist, and one Epis- j paid, M box 1913, New York Po,t Office. copalian, all of which are elegant and substantial ! Applicants must remember, however, io send superstructures, three of them being bulit of ham mered stone, and one of brick, and the congrega tions worshipping in all these different churches are able to sustain their own ministry, and con tribute for the support of the Gospel elsewhere. We have in successful operation a flourishing Academy, comprising departments fur both sexes, and now numbering among its pupils over one hun dred young, ladies and gentlemen, enjoying all the advantagfsipfor instruction afforded by the best in stitutions of the kind at the East. We have also a variety of select, schools, of a high order, and excellent tfommon schools, and our village has lately, by an appropriation of $5000 to that object, determine to adopt and carry into .operation the union system of common schools, so successfully in operation at the East. We-have also a College located in our village, liberally endowed ; to accommodate which, largo and expensive buildings are gjow being erected, and the institution is expected to go into opera tion next fall. So that, so far as religious privi leges, and advantages for education are concerned, we are not behind the most highly favoied villa ges at the East. To business men' also seeking a' home m the West, our village holds out uniivalled advantages'. Nature, it would seem', has deterrhined that this point should be the great centre for the trade of this fertile region. Both the Rock and Turtle rivers afford almost any extent of water power at this point, and on this account our "Village has of ten been denominated the Rochester of Wiscon- m rt' 1 1 i- r i sin. 1WO iiounng muis nave ior years oeen in. successful operation upon the Turtle, withfn the village limits, and a substantia! dam across Rock river 'is now combleted, affording power sufficient for all manufacturing and mechanic purposes: and a large amount of machinery of different kinds is alr'eady propelled by that power, and we antici pate that the present season will add one more to the number of our flourishing mills, and witness also the erection of one or more large manufac turing establishments' upon Rock river in our vil lage. We certafhly have the substantial to make a great business place, but we need a little more capital to help put on the fixings. Will nbt busi ness men of the right stamp take Beloit in their" tour for location! If they will but come, we shall certainly make as sure a conquest .of them, as Caesar did of Spain, when he wrote that memorable letter "Vcni, Vidi, Vici." A. B. C. respectable references, wiihout which, no com munication will be attended to. Tho references ouhl lo be tn persons interested in education. Those who wish to avail themselves of an opportunity to obtain a respectable livelihood, will do well to write immediately, as many of the best situations in dlTereni pans of the Union are being filled up every day. Rmember, box 1913, New York Post Office. Editors are re quested to copy this paragraph, and thus point out to thousaikls of young fnen now seeking employment, where to find it. N. Y. Herald. Emigration Extraordinary. The Cad do Gazelt ofthe 8th inst, says: The Monterey brought up on Tuesday night about SO French emigrants on their way to Fannin county, Tex as. We understand that theyare mostly males, having left their families in France until they make preparations for their reception. They will fje followed in the course of time, by twelve thousand, who will colonize themselves in Fannin. Tnt Polar Expedition. Sir J&hn Rich ardson has reached Buffalo, where he is to be joined by Dr. Ray and about iwenty men from Montreal, who' together will set out for Hud son's Bay, Via1 Detroit and the SauU St. Marie, in the prosecution of that voyage uf exploration, in searih of Sir John Franklin's exploring ex pediiio'ii. Sir John Franklin ei out on this, his fast voyage of discovery, in the year 1814. A Rival to Ciilorpforsn. A new agent for producing" inenibiliiy to pain, has lately been discovered and tried with much success in Norway. It .is said to consist of Sulphate of Carbon, which may be obtained in" abundance from charcoal, with ve ry little trouble, and at small cost. i A patent steam-cannon, recently invented, is stationed at the Broklyn navy-yard; New York. No powder or other explosive sub stance is used a steam engine U the mechan ical agent that supersedes deadly saltpetre. With this force applied, the canuiiou bails are thrown with much more force and at a greater distance, than can be thrown with powder. of school houses in feueh school'district. The following was incorporated in another glory of hiscountry and the recollection ;of Mexico, Act and ljas also become a law.: .That the directors ofthe several school dis tricts in this Commonwealth, excepting ihoe in the city and county of Philadelphia, shall not be required lo admit children inni ihe public schools who are under iheage of five years, and that so much of any law or laws as is consistent with ihe provisions of this section, be and the taiiie is hereby repealed. In Wotern Virginia, -H is advertised 'that a man of family who will rnove on, can have 50 acre of land for noibinj. 'The settler to have the privilege of buying from the owner 100 or more acres adjoining, at $1 .prr aci, jwyablf l-i 1 1 ihjree and four years. s I- and Who is rewarded for his great act3 in that country by the same President who honors Gen. Pillpw by the disgrace of a removal from hi& commartd and a recall to Washington' " to await further" orders at the Department."" Fortunately for justice, fortunately, at least, for Winfield Scott, there is a tribunal, above that of the President, which will decide the important question as td the relative merits of the two heroes, That tribunal is the tribunal of the American peo ple. North American J De Puy' Davis, mmi of Charles DaK R-q.,)! Reading, has beeriHppjtiiijed VJLicu fsiuent inthe United-Sta;i Arfny.- ., Hore Trouble. Polk seems to be in a " peck -of .trouble," and every step he takes to extricate himself, only involves him the deeper. First he orders a court of inquiry to try Gen. Scott, and the trial involves his relative, Gen. Pillow and proves upon him not only the authorship of a libelous letter, but also in his denial he is guilty ofthe grossest falsehood. In this trial Mr. Polk's friend, Mr. Trist is called as a witness, who tells a few plain facts respecting the admioistratiQii and Gen. Pillow which was not proper for the public ear. Then Mr. Polk sends despatches by Mr. Freaner to Col. Butler, to ar rest Mr. Trist and send him home. What next? Why of course Mr. Trist will claim a trial, and then such corruption as will then be disclosed will consign Mr. Polk "and his administration to the same oblivion that covers the glory of his relative, Mi. Pillow. ' Tlie Potato 56l. We notice in Agricultural works various sug gesiion4 to preserve the potato crop from the fatal disease so pievalent within ihe last few years. It appears lo be generally conceded, that ihe best and surest plan is to plant the crop as early as possible, in order lhat ihe po tato may be ripe and taken out of ihe ground previuuiio the rains in the latter part of Angus!. Lasi year in this country, persons, in mosi ca !es, who had iheinpotaioes taken out the ground before ihe heavy rains4 in August and Septem ber, were not troubled with ihe roi. We notice tin? --pring. a general disposition prevails among our farrnuni fur early planting experiencedem- oiviia !ng thai thl is .the bo!, plan. A Second Heat. The usually well informed correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot has the following item, which, in connection with the reported rupture betwen Messrs. Polk and Buchanan, has much significance. If Mr. Polk is" indeed in a frame of mind io be easily persuaded to run again, he will be a formidable competitor at Baltimore, and he has a skilful and efficient partisan in Gen. Walbridge. Says 'Potomac:' The allusion of Mr. Webster to the action of the forthcoming Baltimore Convention, in his speech to-day, reminds me to say, lhat Gen. Walbridge, one of the leadidg politicians of the Tammany Hall party in New York, and an open and avowed advocate of the nomination of Mr. Polk for re-election, has been here, as-busy as a bee, among certain members of Congress. Gen. Walbridge is a capital stump speaker, and will travel ihis whole Union over, like Major Davezac, if necessary making speeches, all the while, for James K. Polk's nomination. But he thinks that will not be necessary, for ihe Convention will be obliged to call upon Mr. Polk to stand another term, in such an impera tive tone, that he cann'ot resist the call! i A Hard Question A Si. Louis paper nfk.i the Union whether ihesendiug Lieut Gillepief disgusied as a merchant through Mexico to Cal ifornia, to join Lieut. Freemonl, who was sur veying in California, and both to act vigorously there six months before the commencment of hostilities, was right or wrong, provide Jtf Polk had not determined to commence the con-, quest of that country ao soon as he could pro-, voke'hosulilies? Santa Anna has published a long farewell address to his countrymen, reviewing his pub lic life, complaining of !he injustice that has been done htm, execrating the peace which the Mexicans have consented to make, and de claring. his inteniiao to exile himself from hi country. ' 4 "3 -:', .
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