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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, June 8, IS;I8.
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FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
jTEIL MIDDLESWARTH,
OF UNION COUNTY.
SEJfATORrATi ELECTORS.
Thomas M. T. M'Ivex.van,-of Washington,
Jonx Pi Sanderson, of Lebanon.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1 Joseph G. GlarkisonJ
2 John P. Wciherill,
3 James M. Davis,
4 Thos. W. Duffield,
5 Daniel O. H inter,
( JoMhu'a Dungan,
7 John D. Steele,
S Jnhn Landis,
9 Joseph K. Smucker
10 Charles Snvder
1 1 William G. Huilevj
12 Francis Tyler,
13 Henry Johnson,
14 William Colder, Sr.
15 (mil filled)
16 Charles W. Fisher,
17 Andrew G. Curtin,
18 Thos. R. Davidson,
19 Joseph Marklc,
20 Daniel Agnew,
21 Andrew W Loomis,
22 Richard Irvin,
23 Thomas H. Sill,
24 Saml. A. Pnrviance
Great Fire in Allonlowii. Best part
of the Town Destroyed.
Oil Thursday afternoon last, about 3 o'clock,
a fire broke out in a frame siable, near the cen
tre of the town, and raged frtr two houts before
it could be arrested, rendering about forty fam
ilies houseless, and destroying, besides a large
number of stables and outhouses,- the following
buildings : The Bplehded new Odd Fellows'
Hall, (which was nearly ready for dedication,)
occupied by Weiss and Lochtnan's shoe and
varieiy store ; Keek's tailoring establishment,
and H. Nagle's oyster cellar ; Grim and Reu
ninger's siore ; Selfridge and Wilson's store ;
James Trexler's hotel ; Ycager and Weidner's
store ; Joseph Weiss' jewelry store ; Thomas
Gingkingcr's tin and stove store ; Gang-
wer's millinery shop and residence ; Thomas
New hart's tailoring establishment : Dr. Don
nosky's drug store ; Meiz & Weaver's sioro ;
Wagner & Hoover's store ; Ed. Newhart's
hardware store ; ihe Post-office ; Geo. Lucas'
shoe store ; Nathan Jersh's clothing store ;
Mrs. Brown's millinery ; J. Q. Cole's cedar
ware establishment : J. F. Ruhe's tobacco store ;
Reuben Rice's, chair manufactary ; Charles
Scholl's tailor shop ; together with the follow
ing private residences ; "Daniel Keiper'a, Mr.
Keiper's, Peter Hoover's and granary, Joshua
Hams', MrsHecksman's, Dr. C. H. 'Martin's,
Joseph F. Newhart's, Mrs. Catharine GrofT's,
Dresher & Wobdrihg's and Mrs. Moyer's.
The progress of the, fire was so rapid that little
property in its paih was saved. The loss is
estimated at $150,000 about one-third said
to be covered by insurance. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused'by some boys play
ing with cigars and fire crackers in the stable.
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Michigan.
A c'rirrespondent of the Buffalo Express, w riling
from Michigan, says :
"You may rely upon it, that in no state in the
CCThe Old World continues to be sadly ag
itated. The intelligence by the United States is
by no means favorable to peace. Great Britain
and Russia ate evidently watching the progress
IT
and in no citv W admirpd thnn in itW in iwi dffalrs w,lh lhe deePest interest-eager and
The National Convention
The Whig National Convention met at Phila
delphia yesterday, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for President and Vice President
Next week we will lay before our readers the re
sult of their labors.
(tr5 Miner S. Blackman, Esq. of Wilkesbarre,
committed suicide by cutting his throat, on the
night of the 25th ult.
Sale of Peale's. 3fuseum.
We learri from the Philadelphia papers, that
Peale's celebrated Museum, in Philadelphia, will
be sold in that ciiy to-day, at Sheriffs sale.
The Portrait Gallery consists of upwards 200
portraits, chiefly of distinguished American states
men and heroes of ths past and present, painted
by some of the best" artists in the country.
Gen. Cass resigned his seat in the United
States Senate, on the 29th ult.
IE? The N. Y. Herald of Friday last, publishes
Gen. Cass's letter io the officers of the Loco-Foco
National- Convention. He evidently intends to
follow the Polk line of policy with regard to letter
writing, as this letter, he remarks, closes his pro
fessions of .political faith. What those profes
sions are, is made partially apparent in the follow
ing passage
A Aul for the Curious.
To the Editor of the Bucks Co. Intelligencer.
A singular phenomenon occurred this spring at
the farm of Martin Mull, Esq., in Falls township.
His orchard is composed of the usual varieties
The blossoms on one of the Fall pipin trees, which
bears excellent fruit, has been peculiarly fatal to
nearly all the bees of every description that have
visited it the bumble hees in an especial man
ner. The ground is thickly strewed with the
dead. Th'e bees after visiting several blossoms in
their usual way, would be apparently attacked
with vertigo, as if they had taken some deadly
narcotic,and descend in spiral cycles to the ground.
Some would be dead very soon, others would lin
ger a considerably time before they would die ;
and but few would recover 'to escape. The tree
is now thickly set with young fruit. No other
trees in the orchard produced such, or similar ef
fects on the bees, nor was-it ever observed before
on the tree in question. -
he has lived for thirty years, and amassed a.prin
cely fortune without illustrating his life by a sin
gle act of munifience or generous public spirit.
With either Gen. Taylor or Scott in the field against
him, Michigan may be set down as a Whig Stale."
cseU's Opinion of Marcy. ,
As Mr. Marcy has recently made himself some
what notorious, by his blackhearted and malignant
attacts upon Gen. Scott, and his attempts to rob
him of his well-earned fame, it may be interesting
to know what manner of man he is : to know
what the world in times past thought of him, and
to have hispblitical and moral physiognamy held
up to public view. This has been done with the
spirit, truth and skill of it master mind by the late
lamented Wm.' Leggett, a political friend of the
Secretary of War; and the New York Auburn
Advertiser brings, the picture to light after having
been for some time withdrawn from' public views,
for the purpose of letting its readers see who and
what -the man is that has taken upon himsW the
task, of maligning and villi fyjng Gen. Scott. Mr.
Jjeggett, who knew him well, thus describes him
in the Plaindealer, Vol. 1 p. 450 : -
44 He is a weak, cringings indecisive man
' the mere tool of a monopoly junto, their con-
anxious to mediate and soothe, but at the same
time prepared for any emergency. The late scene
in Paris, in which the government was overturned
for the moment, and the recently elected Chamber
of Deputies compelled to yield to the mob, cannot
but be regarded by the friends of hberal princi
ples with alarm. And yet we may hope that the
government having witnessed the temper and dis
position of the more radical leaders and popula
tion, will profit by experience, and guard against
any such discreditable exhibitions for the future.
The immediate cause and pretext of the outbreak,
was a desire on the part of the " blouses," that
the government should interfere at once and by
force of arms in behalf of Poland. The Europe
an Times, alluding to" this matter says,
" The turbulence of the Parisians in agitating,
bv a mob1 demonstration, for the interference1 of
the government-in the restoration of 'Poland; is
clearly doing inischief for the sake of mischief.
For France to interfere she must march an army
of at least 400,000 men acrossGcrmany, amidst a
hostile population, to be received by the Russians
in a position of almost impregnable strength. .At
present such an enterprise, would be wild and im
practicable. Indeed, the rebel Poles in Prussian
Poland have laid down their arms, and have no.
The New York Barnburners, it is said, will
hol"d a Convention on the 22d inst., to nominate a
Presidential candidate to suit themselves.
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Death warrant. The Governor has issued a
warrant for the execution, on Friday, the 29th of
September next, of Harris Bell, convicted in Wayne
county, of the murder of Mrs. Eliza Williams,
wife of the Rev. Mr. Williams, of that county.
Another new Planet.
It is enough to astonish the public, even in
these days of surprising events, to see how thickly
our solar system is' becoming studded with plan
ets. A few years ago a half dozen of planets,
I have carefully read the resolutions of the , rolling around the same centre, were considered
Democratic National Convention, laying down the
platform of our political faith, andl adhere to them
as firmly, as l approve them cordially. Arid while
Thus adhering to them, I shall do so with a sa
cred regard to " the principles and compromises
nfahe Constitution," and with an earnest desire for
their maintenance " in a spirit of moderation and
brotherly love, so vitally essential to the perpetu
ity of the Uni&n and the prosperity and hainess
of our common country" a feeling, which has
made us what we are, and which, in humble reli
ance upon Providence, vve may hope is but the
beginning of wllat we are to be. If called upon,
hereafter to render an account ofTny stewardship,
in the great trust you desire to commit to me,
should I be able to show that I had truly redeemed
ihe pledge-thus publicly given, and had adhered
to the principles of the Democratic party with as
much fidelity and succees as have generally marked
the administration.1 of the eminent men to whom
that party has hitherto confided the chief execu
tive authority of the Government, I could prefer
uo higher claim to the favorable consideration., of.
the country, nor-to the impartial commendation of
history."
lie also announces his intention -of following
the example, of. lus;' predecessor in the nomina
tion," in declining to be a candidate for re-election.
Peace I Peace ! I Peace 11 1"
THE TREATY RATIFIED.
By a latkrrival at New Orleans, direct from
Mopico, the intelligence has been received, that
the Mexican Congress has ratified the treaty of
peace, and the messengers are on their way to
Washington. The news is so well substantiated,
that there is little doubt of its entire correctness.
The vote on the ratification of the Treaty was
taken in theMexican Chamber of Deputies on the
17th of last month, and stood yeas 51, nays 35.
No doubt existed that the vote would be approved
in the other branch of Congtess by a large major
ity. ; Orders have been issued" calling in all the
out posts of our army in Mexico. Gen. Smith has
been appointed to superintend; the embarkation at
Yera Cruz. ,
a respectable brotherhood, but the ideas' of the
astronomers of the present day have greatly ex
panded, arid they look for numbers"1 to correspond
with this enlargement. Accordingly, in the last
year or two, they have nearly doubled the num
ber of known planets; and we see by a note in the
National Intelligencer from Lieut. Maury, of the
National Observatory r with the accompanying ex
tract from a French paper, Le National, that' an
other asteroid has been discovered, which makes
the nurrfber of this interesting group as great near
ly as that of the regular planets :
"Two jiew Stars have been seen in the heavens,
One, discovered on the night of the 27th of Apirl
by the Irish astronomer, Graham; probably be
longs to' the group of small planets, already so
numerous', situated between Mars and' Jupiter ;
the other', observed in London by Mr.,IIind, does
not manifest any peculiar motion; and seems to
be one of the fixed' Stars."
venient instrument ; and whilst he gives his sane
tion to their unworthy measures, toe survey him ! scttCti .P'an of action whatever. The opinion,
with contempt, and can offer no better excuse for ' however, gains ground, that the Emperor of Rus
his conduct than that "his poverty and not his will ! sia wi,l integrate Poland as a separate monarchy,
consents." under his son in law, the Duke of lieuchtenberg.
This is the portrajt.of Wm? L. Marcy the man 1,1 tllis event, Prussia will run the chance of los-
who once stooped.to'the meanness of charging the inS Danzic, arid perhaps Stettin, as the penalty of
State fifty cents for mending his breeches, and to ! lier rash quarrel with the Danes ; since Russia
the infame of trying to rob an old war-worn vete- ue 100 Slad 10 se.'ze lis long looked for op
ran of the fame he has spent a life to acquire. Is, portunity to enable her to secure for herself those
I !. A .1 . : . i i lmnnrtnnt nnrto in ttm Rolfio "
lii&tvs iiib xuveriiaer; irut auuu u uase, crinmnsr, '"'r" " j-no m .wuu.ii
mercenary poltroon, the appropriate tool for the
dirty work he is used for ? Harrisburg Telegraph.
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The Second Pennsylvania Regiment.
Col. Geary has furnished Governor Shunk with
a list of all the casualties which have occurred
in the regiment from the date of its organization
to the 31st of March inst. The regiment, when
it left Pittsburg numbered 1137, including offi
cers. Its effective strength on the 31st of March,
was 639 the number of ordinary deaths, 214 ;
killed in action, 8 ; died of wounds, 18 ; dis
charged 131 ; transferred, 13 ; deserted 110, re
signed, -2. Total, 408. . The Harrisburg Union
says the list of casualtiesembraces the names' of
the voluntee, the date and place of their decease,
&c. and the company to which they were attached,
and that all desirable information will be furnished
persons asking it, by addressing H. Petriken; As
sistant Adjutant General, Harrisburg.
Pretty Old People.
Kentucky appears to have an unusual share of
long lived persons. A gentleman of Green coun
ty, in that State, has sent to the Louisville Jour
nal for publication, the following list of old per
sons living in that county :
Stephen Riggs, 93 ; Thomas Parsone, 100 ; W.
Thayer, 93 : James Warner, 97 ; Mrs. Thurman,
101 ; Mrs. Emeury, 94; John Mann, 96; James
Turpen, 92 ; Peter Dispain, 90. Their united ages
are 856 years, and the average -is a-little more than
95 years. Three persons have recently died in
that county, whose ages were as follows Mrs.
Speaker, 113; John Miles, 93; Mrs. Sands, 105.
"Old Ilunkers and Barn-burners."
1 The New York Herald undertakes to enlighten
the people as. to the origin" of these designation of
these two sections of the Locofoco Party of "New
York. It says that lf Hunkers" are so designated
from thfeir, devotion to the spoils, always taking
care to supply themselves' with a " hunk" from
the public treasury. That lhe "'barnburners" are
those who, disappointed "in the endeavor' to obtain
a " hunk," are disposed to burn down the house
which contains the. spoils. That the one party are
the rats .who have possession of the grain in the
barn; -and the other. those rats who being unable
to obtain entrance and a share of the spoils, would
rejoice to see-the barn consumed, that the buttons
might go s'upperlessto bed" as well as themselves.'
The Court of Enquiry, before which Gen.-Scott
was arraigned, adjourned from Mexico to New
Orleans, and thence to Frederick, Md., where
they met last Week and adjourned for a few days
to await the arrival of Gen. Pillow. Gen. Scott
was in attendance", but has returned to Washing
ton. Every where as the veteran moves about the
country, he is met by the enthusiastic greeting of
his grateful and admiring countrymen. Gen. Tay
lor, it is said, has been summoned to appear be
fore the Court. .
Prince Lucien Murat, a nephew of Napoleon,
who sailed -from this country upon the first report
of the breaking out of the French Revolution, has
heen elected to tlie National Assembly.
Andrew Jackson Ogle, of Somerset, has been
nominated for Congress in the 16th district of this
State, now represented by the Hon. Andrew Stewart.
Novel Invention.
MV Robert Criswell, living at Buena Vista,
Franklin Co., Penna, has invented a combined.
Plough and Planting Machine, answering for
corn,-potatoes, &c. &c. The instrument is so
constructed as to scpre out two rows for com,
potatoes, &c, (at1 a time), to drop, cover, and
roll them as it passe) along droping at any re
quired distance apart, and. covering to any re
quired depth and as the hoppers drop opposite,
and at the same .time, corn can be planted so
as to farm it botrrways, without having to score
the ground out in an, opposite direction previ
ous to planting; and by a peculiar arrangement
the rows are kept straight.'and parallel, without
using pules io score,-by. With this instrument
one-man and team pari plant from 12 to 15 a
cres per day : whereas it would require four
men and teams a dayto score that number of
acres both ways, aird eight or ten persons to
plant and cover it in the ordinary way. After
planting, the hoppers, wheels, &c. can be ta
ken off, and the plough will accomplish double
the amount of labor per dav that a aommon one
will.
The division in the iYIcthoist Church.
At the Methodist General Conference; now
in seseion at Emsburg, the Commitee on tho
state of ihe Church have reported on the "Plan
of Separation," passed by the General Con
ference of 1844. They declare it to be of no
eflbci ''null and void" for reasons which they
aasigh at some length.
Passengers were carrie1
up and. down the
north River last week for nothing. -The Aj
bany Knickerbocker'thinks iln-y will yet a dol
lar a piuce to make, the trip before Jong.
In Berlin, also, there has been more excitement.
A letter under date of the 12th ult. says :
" The ministerial address, and royal and some
what harsh reply of the King, calling back the
Prince of Prussia, have created great sensation.
Placards cover the walls and trees, condemning
this measure. " The King," says one of them,
" has recalled. the Prince of Prussia. The Minis
ters are responsible for this act. Let those who'
disapprove of it abstain from to-morrow's parade.
The people are alone entitled to decide upon this
matter."
A postscript is to the following effect :
" A meeting is now going on at the Tzelten.
The president of the club chapter declared the re
call to.be unlawful, and against the will of the
people (loud acclamation.) He farther p'rop'bsed
a deputation of the whole assembly, some two or
three thousand, to march to the minister Camphau-
sen, and demand a repeal of the King's order'.
The whole city is in a state of great excitement,
and for the present, at least, the Prince of Prus
sia's return may be considered as hazardous for
himself and the tranquility of this city, whose in
habitants are all pouring toward the Thier Gar
den." In England, the Reform movement is progress
ing. The New League already embraces nearly
one hundred members of Parliament; and Mr.
Hume has given notice of his intention to move
for leave to bring in a bill to extend the suffrage,
to establish the vote by ballot, to limit the duration
of parliament, and equalize the members in pro
portion to the' population.
A Correspondent of the Daily News pun
gently remarks that there are only two men
who have written very bitterly against General
Scoti. They are Santa Anna and Wm. L
Marcy ; and of the two, Marcy seems to be the
bitterest Mexican. It is a beautiful sight to see
ono of the cabinet writing with Santa Anna to
put down the commander of our Army ; but' it
won't take. The people will have a word to
say -in that little matter. The boys will be
about when the proper time comes.
Hastings, that naughty wag of the Albany
Knickerbocker, perpetrates the following droll
'un : .
"We thought that we had heard of a good
many green people in our lime, but there is a
young lady in Pleasantville, Ohio, that beats
our time considerably. She got married the
other night,..and the next day appeared! before
a magistrate, io enter a complaint against her
husband for 'taking liberties with her.' "
A nice point of law It has been suggested
to our Irtend Mr Briefless that his opinion
would be very valuable on the question, wheth
er a man who dies before he h&s settled with
his creditors may be considered to have shown
an undo preference, in paying the debt of Na
ture before his other liabilities V
The newest luxury in New Orleans pn the
1.2th ult., was watermelons, brought from the
valley of Jalapa, in Mexico".
Pol Ash pounded and placed in Tat holes is
said to be very effectual in driving them away,
t -
A new fruit has been introduced at Charles
ion, S. C, from Japan. Ii is an evergreen,
and bears flowers of a delightful almond-like
fragrance, twice a year. Last summer, the
fruit in small quanity came to maturity in July.
This year it bore more luxuriantly, and the fruit
is now ripe. It is of a rich orange color, about
the size and shape of the iiugianne, although a
!iulcMnore;longaieil.
The "Barnburners" and "Old IXmj.
Iters."
The term Barnburners is known only asaiu.
nificaut of a faction in the Democratic party;
but hundreds a&k what does it mean ; how d:il
it originate ?
The origin of the term barnburner was, w,5
believe, this : In the State of New York it u
well known that politics were for very many
years arranged and directed hy a class of men
called the' Albany Regency. .They held ihn
State offices and parcelled them out as their
own domain Of course this in time l egat jeal
ousy,3and opposition. The young and new
members of the party could see jieither justice
nor propriety m ihia sort of political aristocra
cy ; and many of the old ones, who had fought
long unrewarded, took sides with (hem. This
manifested itself in the Legislature; A radical
faction was formed, and the great point of ilia
dispute was, as it has always been, the offices.
" Ah, (said the radicals) what right have these
old fellows these hunkers iobe forever suck
ing as the public crib, while not a teat remain
for us V It was a sore grievance and a trying
tirrre. What could be done 1 Nothing deemed
possible. The Hunkers held. on with a grip
like a vice. They acted most emphatically on
the doctrine, that " a bird in the hand wa.i worth
two in the bush." At length, seeing there was
no chance without force, a leader of the faction
rose and said .
" Mr. Speaker': I see that ihe gentlemen
who hold the Regency power have taken their
course, and are not to be moved by persuasion
or ejectment ; they are no sooner driven out at
one corner than they come in at the oiher.
Sir, 1 see no way to get them out but to serve
them as some fellow did the rats. He wai
troubled excessively by rais in his barn: he tried
all sorts of vways to gel ihom out ; he set trap.
for them ; he got a terrier dog, he sent in a
weasel, and he put poisun in their way ; but all
in vain no sooner did they go out one side
than they came in the other. The traps they
would not enter, the poison they would not eat.
He resolved what he would do; he set fire to
the barn, arid burnt barn, rats, and all ! This
is what we will do, sir. In the masterly lan
guage of the immortal Jefferson, sir, 4 few men
die and none resign.' We must trv a more
summary method we will bum the bam, rats,
and all."
The Hunkers understood the game, and re
solved to anticipate a liule ; so at the next
election, when the great chief of the Barnburn
ers (Silas Wright) was nominated, the Hunk
ers quickly gave him a stab under the fifth rib,
and laid him low lit political death. 44 Ven
geance!" then said all the Barnburners.
44 Justice to Silas Wrighi now requires that we
should immolate a hecatomb of rats." 44 The
barn must be burnt !" And it was. Nothing
but its ruins remain, whilst hundreds of Hunk-,
er rats, all nicely fawed, expired in the flower
of polifltia' martyrdom. Cincinnati Chronicle.
A lady eighty years of age was asked by a
little girl how old a person had to get before a
desire to marry left them. Ho. child,' said she
you will have to ak some one that ii older
than I am.
Three kinds of Dbctors --Tti thle of Doc
tor is thus defined by a Texan editor : A doc
tor of divinity is a friend of God, a doctor of
law is a frieid of the Devil, and a, doctor of
physic is the friend of Death.
A Whole Family Poisoned A family by the
name of 13esy, living m Winnebago co., III.,
were recently poioned by eating ham, which
was found to be impregnated wjta arsenic.
Three of them died, and ihe others were not
expected to recover. A neighbor, suspected
of the diabolical act, was arrested and com
mitted for tral.
Great quantities of maple sugar is produced
in Canada. In the the parishes of Saint Joseph
and Saint Francois, many farmers have made
from 3 to 5000 pounds, and 300,000 pounds
have been made in two' parishes.
Potatoes sold at Sandwich, Mass, last week,
at the rate of two dollars a bushel.
A New Orleans paper advertises the sale
of "one undivided half of a slave."
It is stated that the cost of new buildings
now in progress of erection in the city of New
York will be at least four millions of dollar..
MARRIED,
Oh Saturday, the 3d inst. by M. D. Robeson,
Esq., Mr. Benjamin Tock, of Stroudsburg, and
Mrs. Sally Ann Azer, of Hamilton township.
On Sunday, the 4th inst., by trie Rev. Ed
ward Barras, Mr. Heniy D. Bush, of Siriids
burg, and Miss Sarah J. Angle, of; Middle
Smithfield'.
On the same day, by Jacob L. Houser, Mr. Pe
ter Myers, of Hamilton township, and Miss Susan
White, of Stroudsburg.
COMPLEXION. Wright's Indian. YegetahNi
Pills, are, the best cosmetic a the world
because they cleanse and purifv the body of ihtvS8
Jmorbid humors which, if lodged in the cutjele, arft
the cause hot only of yellow or swarthy complex
ipn and roughness of tho skin, but all kinds pf
eruptive diseases. Wright's Indian Vegetable.
PillSjnso aid anq improve digestion, as. well as.
cleanse and purify the blood, and, therefore, giye
health and vigor to the whole frarne which ir
turn, wiU be sure to give a clear and healthy CQnw
plexjon.
Jiewqr4 of Sugar Coaled .Counter) e
member, that the original and only genuine Indian
Vegetable Pills have the written signature of Wikm
mam Wright on the top label of each box.
For sale by George fl. Af7er, who is the. nnjy
authorized agent for Stroudsburg ; see advertise
ment for dther agencies in another column.
Office and general depot, jqa R,ace s, fWs