rirf a Thursday, May 11, 184S. 'Terms, ?2,00 in advance. $2,25 half yearly: and $2ttO if not paid before the end of the year. (7 L. BA.ItNEsTat Milford, is duty author ize J to act as Agent for tin's paper;to receive sub scriptions, advertisements, orders for job-work, anil payments for the same. ID3 K. V. CXta, Esq., of the city of Philadel phia, is authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements for the " Jeffcrsonian Republican." Office. Sun Uulldings, corner Third and Dock' streets, "opposite the Merchant's Exchange; and 4-fO North Fourth street. lOR 6 ANAL CUMMtSSIONER NEE. MIDDLESWARTH, rOF UNION COUNTY. SENATDli TAL ELECTORS. Thomas M. T. M'Ken.van, of Washington, John P. Sanderson, of Lebanon. DISTRICT ELECTOR'S. . Facts for Workmen. We avail ourselves of the figures of the Tribune (to a now the flood of goods that have been poured upon our market through the opeialion of the tar iff of 1846. No one can 'read the details of the operation of this lawiihd resist 'the" conclusion that home labor has been sadfifldd without the least return. jEFFSftSONlANREPTjifciCANL I84G 1817 Increase. Yards 10,040,215 41,519,244 ;30,879,02D An increase of nearly three hundred per cent, in oris short year. Under the old law, which made 'Tie plain calicoes pay a specific duty, things were not so, as the fi res demonstrate. Exports to the United Stales. 1844 1845 1840 Yards 9,661,820 12,112,981 ,10,640,215 Do' not these figures show that the old law reg ulated the imports, prevented excesses, and kept our home labor harmless comparatively from the pauper labor of England. We now give 'the figures in relation to the ex port of lace to us in the same time : ' 1846 1847 Increase. Yards 4,052,498 821,838 4,669,340 An increase of one hundred per cent. Now, let us take the export of cotton thread: 1846 1847 Increase. Pounds 422,462 842,407 419,945 and we have another hundred per cent, increase. See how regular the export was under the old law : 1843 1844 - 1845 1846 Pounds 388,779 509,069 423.999 422,462 The laborer can see that the free-trade tariff has robbed him of the labor of making in one year the following articles : Calico, yards 30,879,029 Lace, do ' ,4,669,340 Cambrics and muslins, yards 1,048,654 Cotton and linen, do 518,381 Cords, velveteens,, &c, do 200,082 1 JnVeph G. Giarkson, 2 John P. Weiherill, 3 .lames M. Davis, 4 Tl.os. V. Duffield, 5 Daniel 'O. Hinter, ( Joshua Duncan, 7 John D. Steele, 8 John Landis, 9 Joseph K. Sinucker ! 10 Charles Snyder 11 William G. Hurley J 12 Francis Tyler. 13 Hemy JohnSon, 14 Wlljiskm 'Colder, Sr. 15 'not tilled) 16 Charles W. Fish'eis 17 Andrew G. Curtin, 18 Thus. 11. Davidson, 19 Joseph Markle, 20 Daniel Agnew, 21 Andrew W Loomis, 22 Richard Irvin, 23 Thomas II. Sill, 24 Saml. A. Purviarice. Fourth of July the Nation's Jubilee. Messrs. Wilson & Co. of New York are already in the field with their splendid large Fourth-of-July Brother Jonathan. Judging from the speci men engravings sent to us, they are going to give this year the most costly and beautiful sheet ever issued from their office. Th'e attractive feature of the paper is an immense engraving of the Assault xon Chcpultepcc by the American troops. This oc cupies near two entire pages, running across the whole broadside. The Jonathan will also contain fine original portraits, the .size bf life, of the fol lowing distinguished statesmen, Viz: Messrs Clay, Webster, Calhoun,- and Benton. One whole page of the paper is to be occupied with an engraved fac simile of the original Declaration of Independ ence in Jefferson's hand writing, with all the ori ginal signatures. The paper is sold at 12 cents percopy. Calicoes, printed and dyed, yards 30,868,508 flQ-5" The Washington Correspondent of the North American cnarges President Polk with hav ing taken steps to prevent the' return; of General Scott until after the meeting of the National Con ventions for the nomination of candidates for the Presidency. Mr. Polk, it is sard has not the cour age, or the reliance in the justice of his outra'g6s on the victorious General, to meet the popular judgment and he is loo much of an intriguer to hazard 'it, by the presence of the man whom fte and the country rWe so much of gratitude end admiration. Total yards increase (58; 183,904 Threads, lbs". ' 419,945 The increased export of the above goods to the United States gives to every good Whig and "De mocratic inhabitant, men, women, and children, more than three yards each ! The time has gone by for pretending that James K. Polk, or any of his political associates, are as good tariff men as the men the Whigs would put in charge of the Government. The tariff of 1846 has shown its rotenness, and the fact is but tb'o ap parent that foreign labor is swamping us. Shall we suffer it ? Piilsburs Gazette. A Good One. The Louisville Advertiser having told a story o'f a volunteer who said that the wound he received in Mexico let all the whig blood ontofhim, Mr. Prentice, of the Journal, rem'arked that the ball must haw tarried away jnost of Ihe felloios brains. It is stated in the New York "Express" that more than threS thousand men' are now Engaged upon the enlargement of the Er?e Canal, and con siderable portions of the enlargement are to be brought into use this season. Retrenchment Needed. The Editor of ihe New York Tribune, wri ting from Washington, advocates a reduction oT Another Senat or Dead. J the pay of members of Congress, in order" to Mr. Ashley, U. S. Senator from Arkansas, died 1 shorten sessions and economise time. He says at W ashington oh Saturday a-week. But a few days before his death he was in perfect health. lie is the second Senator and sixth member of Congress Svho died the present session. John N. Purviance has been re-appoihted by Governor Shunk, Auditor General of Pennsylvania, for three years from the 1st instant. The Banks of the city of New York, Ka've 86, 000,000, in specie, in there vaults. Stage Accident. Mr. Gilbert Knapp attd'his'wifeofthTs bdrbugh; were considerably injured by the upsetting of the .stage a short distance this' side of Mil ford , on Fri day night last. Comfng'dpthe hill from the ferry across the Delaware the driver would have tipped .the coach over the precipice but for the timely in terposition of the ferryman, who was just behind. For several months complaints have been ex ceedingly cornfflon and bitter against the" company owning the stage's which run between this place and the railroad, 'and the agent of the company in the city of New York Honesdale Democrat, 3rf. I. O. of O. F. Grand odgc of Pa. The annual election fof' Officers of the Grand Lodce of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania, was held at the Odd Fellow i&U'Philadelphia, on Monday evening, April 24th: . -T4ie election excite'd considerable"mterest among ' tile persons concerned, and upwardsdf 900 votes were polled. The following is the" result: M. W. Grand Master, Daniel Baker";- M. W. Deputy Grand Master, Dr. Henry S Patterson ; M. W. Grfcnd Warden, George S. Morris ;J1. W. Grand Treasurer, F. Knox Morton ; It. W.' -Grand Secretary,-William Curtis; R. W. Representatives, Major Peter Fritz, and William D. Baker, Esq. Trustees James Smiley, J. Alex, SimpsonAn , d'rew Steiff, Peter Weikel, and James Lowry.- , After the election the Grand Officers yei'e'in atat'led. . ' '. $v .' ;. many pocket $56' a Week, who vlou'lrf have" to look very sharp to pick up S25' a week else where ; and continues " The Mileage is a still less excusable abom ination. Texas sends hither two Senators and two Representatives, who receive, in addition to their pay, some $2,500 every Session for merely coming here and going away again (4 would sooner pay them twice the money to stay away) S10.000 in all for traveling expen ses whieh are not actually $1,000. Arkansas will take 6,000 out of the Treasury this yeaV merely for the travel of her Senators. When we come to' have Senators and Representatives from Oregon and California', we shall have to negotiate a loan expressly id pay the Mileage of their Members. Nobody preierid's to justify ih'tF, and yet' it defies every effort to reform it. A member starts up from Bangor, Maine, and1 conies here in some two days and a half; paying' some $25 and pocketing some $250 clear profit. Com ing from Galena' or Chicago, or NaTches, or L'ntle Rock, he will clear from $75' td $150 per day, lounging on a steamboat and living like a prihee, or he takes the cars at Auburn in the morning, has a capital night's sleep' On the North River, and next morning awakes in NeW'Yorlr, h'-ning' in one day cleared over $120. Diies anybody imagine iliat those who make money like iHis will' c'a'refuNy watch the '.Treasury against the inroads of others ! Polk and Santa Anna. - The Albany Journal says : It now give's" ihe llnion " satisfaction" to Icntfw that SanliT A'iiria' has gone lo Jamaica ; and it" will give" the people "'satisfaction"' to know, next autumn, that Mr. Polk, Santa' An na's friend, has gone back to Tennessee. Great Pail' Fatory John Paterspn', of' Buffalo, has nearly completed' a pail' factory calculated lo- turn out 1000 pall per day, and give einployment-to 100'handsl The whole' e. Gen. Taylor's Position Defined. The New-Orleans Picayune of the 27th contains tlie following letter from Gen. TayIor to Capt. Al lison, his brother-in-law, defining more fully than, he has heretofore done his pos'ittoh in regard to the Presidency. It will bseen'tfiat Gen. T. says thai having, at the solicitation of many of his-countiy-men, taken his position as a candidate, he does not feel at liberty to surrender that position until his friends manifest a wish that he should do s'o. Jfe One More letter from Gen. Taylor. Baton Rouge, La. April 20, 1848. Dear Sir : Your letter of the 10ih inst. which alludes to cer'.ain statements that have recently been made in some of the papers at the Norih, and which submits several inquiries for my consideration, has been received. To your inquiries 1 have respectfully to, reply: First That if nominated by the Whig Na tional Convention I shall,nol refuse acceptance, nrovided 1 atll It'll fret if ll ttloflm.il mill nur reiterates that 'he ft a Whig, but not an ultra ;niied , m;lilllaln the n , nfiH' h ' . . 1 " Whig1 "that if elected he wrll administer the Gov ernment Independent of party. Thinks the Presi dent exercises an undue influence, through the Veto Power, which ought to be curtailed. On the "subject of the Tariff, Currency, Internal Improvements, &c. the General does not seem yet to have fd'rmed ahy fopinion, but thinks the will of the people as expressed 'through their Representa tives in Congress, should prevail in snch matters, lie thinks War at all Vimes a National calamity, and that the principles and policy of this Govern ment are opposed to the subjugation and dismem berment of other nations by ( conquest. " Baton Rogue, April 2, fS-lS. Dear Sir : My opinions have recently been so often misconceived and misrepresented, that I deem. it clue to myself, if not lo my friends, to make a brief exposition of them upon the topics to which you have called my attention. I have consented to tne use of my name as a candidate to the Presidency. I have frankly avowed my own distrust of my fitness for that high station ; but having, at the solicitation of many of my countrymen; taken my position as a candidate, I do not feel at 'liberty to surrender that position until my friends manifest a wish that I should re lire from it. I will then most irliftllv do so. I have no private purpbse to accomplish, no party pro ject's to build up, nb enemies to puninsh nothing to serve but my country. 1 have been very often addressed by letter, and my opinions have been asked upon almost every question that might occur to the writers as effect ing the interests of the country, or their party. i l i- i . I have not always responded to, these inquiries, for various reasons. I confess, while I have great cardinal principles which will regulate my political life, I am not suf ficiently familiar with the minute details of legis lation to give solemn pledges to exert my influ ence, if I were Pesident, to carry out this or de feat that measure, 1 have no concealment. I hold no opinion which 1 would not readily proclaim to my assembled countiyrnen ; but crude impressions upon matters of policy, which may be right to-day and wrong to-morrow, are perhaps, not the best test of fitness for office. One who cannot be trus ted without pledges' carinot be confided in merely on account of them. I will proceed, however, now to respond to your inquiries. First. I reiterate what I have often said I am a Whig, but not an ultra Whig. If elected I would not be tjhe meie President bf a party I would en deavor to act independen't of parly domination. I, should feel bouud to administer the Government unlrammeled by party schemes. Second The veto power. The power given by the Constitution' to the Executive to interpose his veto, is a high conservative power ; but in my opinion should never be jexercised except in case of clear violation of the Constitution, or manifest haste and want of consideration by Congress. In deed, I have thought that, for many years past the i known opinion's and wishes of the Executive have of all parties in which ihu rxnnln miff mv own sense of duty have placed me otherwise I shall ret use the nomination of any convention or party. . Secondly I do not design to withdraw my name if Mr. Clay be the nominee of the Whig Notional Convention and, in this connec tion, I beg 'permission to reimirk that the state ments which have bee'n so positively made in some of the Northern prints, to the effect shouifl Mr. Clay be. the nofhihee of the Whig National Convention" I had. .stated, " thai I would not suffer my name to be used,'" are not correct, and have no foundation in any oral or written remark of mine. It has not been my intention at any moment, to change, my po sition or to withdraw mv name from the can vass, whoever may he the nominee of the Na tional Convention, either of the Whig or Dem ocranc party. Thirdly I have never stated to any one tlia't I was in favor of the Tariff of M6 of the ,Sub Treaury, norxthat I originated ih war with Mexico. Nor, finally that I should (if elected) select thy Cabinet of both parties. No such admissions or statements were made by me, at any time to any person. Permit trie, however, to add that should such high distinction be conferred upon me as that of elevation to the Executive. Office, the Consti tution, in a strict and honest imerpretaiion, and in the spirit and mode in whieh it was acted upon by our earlier Presidents, would be my chief guide. In iliis, I conreive to be all that is necessary in the way of pledges. The election Tf another candidate would be no mortification to me, but to such a result, as jhe will of the people, 1 .should willingly and calmly submit. As I have had no ambition to serve, but in the deife to serve the country, it would bring to me no disappointment. With sentiments of high respect and regard,' I remain Your most ob't serv't, , Z.TAYLOR. 0. P. Baldwin, Esq. or Ro. II. Gallahcr Esq.: Editors oj Richmond Republican, Richmond, Va. The Tariff of 1 846 After speaking of the great falling off in the (nice of breadstuffs since last year, and assign ing the true reason therefor, the York Repub lican says It is not the Farmers alone who are taught by the events of one year that the Tariff, of 1846 is base deception. The Iron and Coal interests of Pennsylvania are like wise suffering tinder the development! of the same truth. The Railroad" mania in j&ngland has come to an" untimely end, after bringing al most universal banKruptc.f upon the Coinmer- exercised undue and injurious influence upon the i c,al and Financial interest of that countrv legislative department ofthe Government; and for j'fhe demand for Irmi there and the increased this cause I have thoutht our system was in dan ger of undergoing a great change from its true theo ry. The personal opinions of the individual xuho may happen to occupy the Executive chair, ought not to control the action of Congress upon questions of donestic policy ; nor ovglil his objections to be interposed where questions vf 'constitutional power have been settled by the various departments of Govefiinient and acquiesced in by the people. Third. Upon the subjects of" the tariff, tlve cur rency, the improvement of our great hTghways, rivers, lakes and harbors, the will of the people, as expressed through their Representatives in Con gress, ought to be respected a'nd carried out by the Executive. Fourth. The Mexican war. I sincerely rejoice at the prospect of peace'. My life has been devo te"d lo" arms, yet I look upori war at all times and under all' ciVcumstances aVa national calamnity,' to be avoided if compatible with national honor. The principles of our Government as', well as its true policy are opposed to the subjugation of their nations and the dismemberment of .other countries by conquest. In the language .of the great Wash ington', " Why shguld we quit our own to stand on foreign ground t" In the Mexican war our nation al honor has been vindicated, and in dictating terms of peace we may well afford to be forbear ing and even' magnahimous to bur fallen foe. These are my opi'nibns'upon the subjects referred to by you ; and any reports'or publications, written or verbal, frohi any source differing in any essen tial particular' from what is here written, are unau thorized 1nd untrue. 1 do not know that I shall again write upon the subject of natibnal politics. 1 shall engage in no schemes, no combinations, no in'rigues.i If the American people have no confidence in me they ought' not to give me their suffrages. If they do' not, you know rrie well enough to believe me when' I declare I shall be content. 1 am too old a sol- dier to murmur against such high authority To Capt. J. S. Allison. Z. TAYLOR. Washington National Moniiinent, Tin? ex cavation of the foundation of this work, gom menced on Tuesday las.1, at Washington. 'i he ceremonies of laving the corner stone' will tak'e place in that cii)1 on the 4th of July next The Obelisk is to be carried to an elevation of live hutidred feet. lahlri'imK'nt -will' eo'$relivVt'u,; $2d;'0OJ' and Immense Business'. The American Tract Society of New York", hasprinied during the la.st year seven and a Half millions of books and tract publications, averaging more tKan 27,b'(j0 per day during the yeah Of these, 737,800' were hauduincs. hound volumes. Buriiig the year past, the Socie'iy have' circulaied'40,000,000 pages grat-utiouslj-, value'd at $''27,000. . r Efutir-I Sit) per barrel' tu the eny uf Me'xi- price which that demand caused, have both ceased together; and ihe results is that British Iron, manufactured by pauper labor awl" .Mr. DuV cha'nau's "ten cents a day" men, is now being poured into this country, under a reduced duty, at such low rates that it is impossible for out Iron masters, paying full republican, freemen's wages to compete with it, and thus the foreign' articles undersells the domestic in our own market. The Coal interest is also suffering' for Nova Scoria Coal from the late Duke of York's mine undersells the Pennsylvania An thracite, in all the Eastern markets. Thus the wealth of our hills is being made comparatively unproductive, and the mineral deposites of Pennsylvania are to be left unwfougKt under the policy which has been established by the men now in power. . Such are facts with' "regad to Mr. folk's Tariff, stated' in general terms. JJet them be pondered by the people, and compared with the exulting boasts of the Locolocos last year. The Boston Post, in announcing a Locofoco meeting in Boton, at which "the distinguished Senator ajid hero," Sam Houston was to be pres ent and speak, says that " a very "romantic in terest is attached to Houston." Tlfat is true. A very romantic interest is attached to Houston. He has performed many romantic deeds. While quite a youth, he run away from home and went anil Ijved among the lndTans, thus gratifying his instincts for savage life at the ex pense of all filial and fraternal feelings. Sub sequently he married a most interesting lady, and a few hours afterwards abandoned her. That was a most decidedly ' romantic" act Scorned by .all cnilized men, he painted his fare, wrapped himself in a blanket, and impo sed himself on a tribe of Indians a second lime. More' recently he made a most ''romantic" spe.e-h in New York, in which he declared that it is all right and proper in Anglo-Saxons to chetit and steal from Mexicans and Indians. Such are some of "the Big Drunk's" romantic achievmenis which have taken hold of the af fections of the Locofocos. However "roman tic" Houston's career may be, it is much less so than ihe career of many a scoundrel that has dangled at the end of a halter. , ' - Lo'ti. Journal. The Duke bl Wellington' has received, for sal&ry as-military commander, -sirred his appoint ment to the army, ihe enoPmVi's s'urii of nine millions of dollars. 'Resides this, is now in the annual receipt of dhorn $60,000, on account of the; ariou stale offices which he hold' No wonder that there are so may miserably poor workpeople iir-tho British dominions. Presidential Aspects at thtf Metrop olis. Editorial Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune. Washington, Saturday, April 29. I have now teen long enough in Washington to have-learned something of the more recent manifestations of public sentiment collected or reflected here with ,regard to the Presidency. There is, however, no opinion predominant here just now, and the most contradictory ru mors chase each other through the dark, re sounding passages of the Capnol in rapid con fused succession. I would not deny thai, the larger (orjouder) number of voices here pro nounce Mr. Clay not available ; but ak those who declare tthis so confidently to say who is available, or even more available, and iho an swers wiM be almost or quite as various as tlm answerers. One is perfectly certain that Gen. Taylor must be the man ; the next is equally sanguine that Gen. Scott is the available ; while-, some rnore quietly but not less confidently in dicate Judge-W Lean, while Mr. Wehsftr has also advocates. Mr. Corwin, I understand, on leaving recently forOhio.intimated ihni'his namer should not be allowedio come into the canvass. Thus matters stand here at present. Out of Washington, however, I understand that the People are. thinking more of Clay ami Principle and less of asserted Availability. A leading Taylor man from Maryland, who is per fectly confident that the Whig party is ruined li riles Gen. Taylor is nominated, informs .thai his Slate will pretty surely cast us volt in Convention for Mr. Clay, thouoh he asserts that Mr. C. would be defeated before the l't;o- ple ! while a gentleman just from New-Orleans assures us that jr. Clay will have ihe vote of that Stale in Convention, and is decidedly stron ger there than Gen. Taylor or anybody else. Georgia, too, I am assured, will send Clay Del egates ; so will North Carolina; so will Ala bama ; and even Tennessee (which has been the nest-egg of Taylnrism here all Winter) is confidently reported as fully as likely to send a majority of Clay Delngaies as otherxvi-e. If so, what Whig State, or. State likely to be Wliio, will be eft to sustain Den' Taylor I Name i! I wish to make no one-sided statement to encouruge no false hopes I will add, there fore that ihe current reports from Ohio, Penn sylvania and Indiana are not so favorable as 1 had anticipated ; Ietinsylvania, it is said, will be represented in the Convention by 1(J Clay, 10 Scott and 6 Taylor iheti. But the Clay men were elected as ClaJJr hien, and iHey represent nearly every Whig strong-hold in the State ; while the Delegates for Scott and Taylor wer mainly chosen as impartial, and represent main ly Locu-Foco Districts. Indiana," it,is said here, has virually pronoucetl for Judge tvi'Lean'; in Ohio, some Scott feel ing has been 'deVeloped, while lM'L'ean 'o'f course has friends 'there. These are all ihe. unfavora ble indications I have heard of. 1 think there is no State, unless it be Massachusetts or New Hampshire, which has not chosen more or few er Clay Delegate. Even from Imliaua, which I have just mentioned, I know at least two Clay Delegates, and there are doubtless more. One of these is the Editor of the Wabash Express, who in his paper says, in the midst of a long and strong article : " We have examined the fancied propriety of looking afier a candidate with a view to his availability, as fully as we are capable and have had opportunity ; and we. feel warranted in as serting, there is no individual living, who is a fair exponent of the principles of the Whig par ty, who will be more likely to succeed m the coming election than Henry Clay; and indeed we .believe there is no other man in the Whu party who can obtain so large a vole as he, should he be nominated." Such are the facts which I have been able to gather during ihe last three days ; I will not say that they indicate that Mr. Clay will cer tainly be nominated, but I do say that it seems to me a moral certainty thai Gen. Taylor will not be. 4 II. G. We learn that Mr. Cjay received a fee of $8000 (not $10,000 as previously reported) for his services on behalf of Houston and others, in the suit against the City Bank, wherein he gained a favourable decision, a few days ago, in the Supreme Court of the U.S. Oui of this fee, it is understood that Mr. Clay will have to pay the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, who was As sociate Counsel in the case, a fee of $1000 or $1500. A sailor named Luther Toole, who was brought from Rio Janeiro, to testify against William Brown in a slave case, has presented to the U. S. Circuit Court, a bill for the mil eage. The amount allowed witness for mileage is five cents per mile circular that is corjjing and going. The disiance from Rio Janeiro to this port is in the neighbourhood of ejeveu thousand miles, and if the claim is 8ystaiud the amount due the witness will be over $1 100. A pretty profitable voyage for a Yankee sailor An Amputated Liiing. The following notice of a singular and' sue-, cesful operation wo find in the Cincinnati) Commercial Advertiser: When Barnard, a young man in this city, was stabbed in a fracas not long ago, Dr. E. K. Chatnberlin was seyt for, and found that a portion of one of the Iun,ga was protruding some two inches from the wound, u having been forced out,prohably, by respiration. As the case was a ciiticah qrie1 and requiring immediate operation, the ("qcror resorled to a new, method of treatment. Tshe end of the protruding lung, which h,a,dibqen injured by the shot, was bound with, a, silk; thread, the injured end cut emiely off ajnijjihe remainder forced back into its natural, Inqatioiu Barnard ia npw in the enjayment of gofd;h(ea,llu The doctor h.a.a the amputated; feng i li-j posse&siuiu
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