4U JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, Septerilfbcr 21, 1845 WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENTS ' General ZACIIARY TAYLOR, Ut LOUISIANA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, IIoii.ITIILLAROFIILOIORIV of new york. SENATORIAL ELECTORS. Thomas M T. M'Kenwan, of Washington, Jours I3. Sanderso.v, of Lebanon. DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1 Joseph G. Glarkson, 13 Henry Johnson, 14 William Colder, Sr. 15 William M'llvaine, 16 Charles W. Fisher, 17 Andrew G. Curtin, 18 Titos. R. Davidson, 19 Joseph Markle, 20 Daniel Agtipw, 2 John P. Wetherill, 3 James M. Davis, 4 Thin. W. D!fneid, 5 Daniel 0. Huner, Joshua Dutiann, 7 John D. Steele, 8 John Land is, 9 Joseph Sdimucker, 10 Charles Snvder 11 William G." Hurley. 12 Francis Tyler, 21 Andrew W Loomis, 22 Richard Irwin, 23 Thomas H. Sill, 24 Sainl. A. Purviance FOR GOVERNOR, WILLIAM F. aroiiNSToar, OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY. FOR CA.VAL CO.MMISEIONER, IEB MIDDLESWARTH OE UXION COTNTY. FOR CONGRESS EARL WHEELER, OF VAYNK. IEF We call ihe particular attention of our read ers to the articles in to-day's Jeffersonian, they are all excellent, and will amply repay an atten tive perusal- The letter on the first page, from John Cooper, Esq.--taken from the Miners' Jour nal will commend itself to the sober considera tian of the communltVi ' Congressman. The Whig Conferees of this Congressional Dis trict, met at the house of James Ely, at Ross Common, in Monroe connty, yesterday, and unan imously nominated EARL WHEELER, Esq., of Honesdale, Wayne county, as a candidate for Congress. Mr Wheeler is a gentleman of mature age and experience, and stands confessedly at the head of the legal profession in that county. He is a man of irreproachable character, posesses a strong discriminating mind, and is highly es teemed by all who know him. We expect him in Stroudsburg during the course of the next week Exhibition There will be" an exhibition of the Students of the Stroudsburg Academy, in Declaration, Dialogue, &c, on Saturday, ther 30th of September, ihst.f to commerrce at 7 o'clock, KM. Air persons favorable to the cause of education, and especially the parents of the pupils are cordially invited to attend. The Brass Band from Tannersville will be in atten dance to increase the attraction and enliven the spirit of the exercises. To defray the expenses of the exhibition, it is hoped the good people of Stroudsburg and1 vicinity will bs willing to corr tribute. Admission fee, will- therefore', be 12 1-2 cents. Children 6 1-4 cents. Air apology might be mader for not having the exhibition-free, but it is deemed' unnecessary. it. The Whig State Convention of New York has noffliated the Hort. Hamilton Fish, now. the Lieu tenant Governor of that State, as their candidate' for Governor at the ensuing election. Vermont. The result of the elections in Vermont, for Gov ernor, Members- of Congress, &c. turn3 out glori ous for the Whigs. The Locolocd vote for the stsre has gone down vto a-" mere anatomy." Good News from Itfatirfr. t Returns from 169 election districts in Maine show a' plurality against Dana, the Cass and But ler candidate for Governor, of 4,483 votes ! Lo cofocoloss since last year about 4,000 ! It looks very mach as if " Old 2kck" would carry M"aine ! The New York Erie' Railroad Company" is now laying down the iron upon various sections between Poit Jervis and1 Binghatnton. Several miles of road is now ready for theiron, and thtfl-st of January r 1849, will see the" track to Binghattit. ion ready for operation, The best friend of the" xoad, or of the-interests of the community, could not wish Jbr more energy and business- t&ient than is shown by the managers of tmjRoadi. 7" It is estimated that the harvest of thVTJni'- led Stales this season is sufficient' to feed1 half the , people on the globe, abundantly, ' j A freight depot is novy being Constructed at Albany, N. Y,, which will require l',0,'0p6 brirk, to. complete if, and, will .cost ,one bundled ,tboU6&nd dollars. Jt will be .completed in Nn': vember, and irilbe $&hxgn$b&ing jniAupj ' ' f Jra. . the ilkesb'arre Advocate bai,feVfoU6.wirig notice of the ttorairr&ioh 'of his leditorrai neighbors for office : t s- -$-tbx R. M. Frick, !Esq;.b'ftVe'Milforiian, has l'beeii nominated for State Senatora 'g'ofod selection. James W. Chapman, Esq., of the Montrose Register, ;has been nominated : fol-Register and. Recorder, Another capital selection. If wo had a'right to visit the ballot boxes of those counties, we could Vote for both with greal pleasure. - ; ' v " Questiotis for working Men. Will you buyabritish coat of an American, coat ? Will ybu clothe yourselves with the pro, ceeds of British labor 'of of American labor - What is to become of your own made cloths, cas simeres, muslins, prints Are they not made to supply your own market as well as to be, sent a bioad ! . England keeps her market to herself, and i& deceiving you out of yours. This is Loco- foco doctrine) avowed at .the Harrisburg Locofoco Convention. If it-is advocated by our working men, it -will but make little odds to them where cloths or cottons- for their clothing is made, wheth er in England or Belgium 'for they will have no money to buy them. "Tod Rich." Last fall, when General Irvin was the Whig candidate for Governor, the Locofoco papers from one end of the State to the other, rang the char ges on Gen. Irving's great wealth. They said he was "too rich" to receive the votes of poor men, and called upon this class to come out and oppose him. Now, however their views of rich men, ap pear to have undergone a great change. They are supporting a candidate, for President, who is worth about HALF A MILLION of dollars, and who is notoriously one of the most high strung AR ISTOCRATS in the country. Not satisfied with this, they have nominated for Governor a retired City Merchant, who possesses more than TRE BLE) the wealth of General lrvin, and who, pre vious to his election to the office of Canal Com missioner, was living in luxurious ease at his Princely Country Seat, in the county of Mont gomery. "Consistency," thou art indeed 'a jewel !" Lewis Cass and Morris Longstreth, the candidates of the pure Democracy ! .0, Moses ! Huntingdon Journal. It is laughable to hear the" locofocos who have heretofore been northern doughfaces, ' talk about the great question of keeping slavery within, its present limits.' They appear to be in such a state of exaltation, because they now profess what we have always acted out, that they really believe they are more holy' than theif neighbors and ask us to desert all our other good principles and follow them, merely becajusre' they have, at this late day, adopted one of ours. The present impudence of these fellows, is equal to their former ignorance. Patterson Intelligencer. The Foreign Coal Trade. Beauties of Free Trade ! A gentleman from the East, states that upwards of two hundred vessels, laden with Foreign Coalf have arrived at Boston and vicinity within a short time! The extensive Iron, establishment near Boston, the. machinery of which-Was manufactured at the establishment .of Messrs. Haywood & Sny- derr in this borough, now uses English Coal. If any person should doubt this (Statement, we refer him to Mr. Geo. W. Snyder, of this Borogh, Who recently visited the above works', and which, we may add,-were; erected to use the, Pennsylvania? Anthracite', but the, proprietors state that they can procure the' Foreign article cheaper, under the) present Tariff law,) even at the present low rates of our staple which- is- purchased this4 year or cheaper terms in Boston, than" it ever was before f The other mills in operation, also use Foreign Coals; Our impression- is clear that, notwithstanding the' unparallelled depression of our domestic trade, the' importations of Foreign Coal-for the current year,- Will exceed the quantity imported in any previous' year, since the foundation of our Government f People of Pennsylvania ! what think ye of this! Shall this ruinous system continue i: Minors' Journal. All for Taylor. The Wayne Guards of Blair county, it appears returned from Mexico, unanimously in favor of Old Rough and Ready. "Capt M'cKamey stated' in a speech the other day that he did not know of a" single member of the Company which he had" commanded, who1 would not cast his vote (of "Ofd Rough and Ready." Doe's this look1' like " the yolunteers going for Cass f" From1 the Blair County Whig. The Voice of Freemen ! jfr: Editor, We the undersigned,, formerly be longed to what is called the" Democratic party, feel called upon to state that! we Voted for Polk and Dallas in 1844, upon the' assurance of the" papers and leaders, of the party, (particularly in Holidaysburg,) that they were' the firjends'of the' Tariff of- 1842. We are now fully satisfied that vVe were wilfully and knowingly deceived, not driiy iron the fact" of thaf Very Tariff bill beintr jepealedj'but from finding those who published jn; then? papers, proclaimed onttie stump, and car ried on their banners" Polk, Dallas, Shunk- and the Tariff of lSiS' are now denouncing it, and advocating the BritisH' TatifT of 1846. We are fren to acknowledge that: by deception -they in duced us once to voteh favor of English-interests ; that was their fatilt if they do so, again if will be ura: . . " - tfEREftCE BRANDY, MO'MXS o'BRTNE, 1 ; v v JOHN CUNNINGHAM. s F&'u5R.' BOYLE, JQSfePfl GILL. Holfy-kyiiburf , Sept, Jgt, J848, ' if., i- - 'From ihe Pehria. Inteljigericer.' I 1 ' Relief ftotcV -, Wehaye rarely seen even in tnJcqtcrmris of thatpaper an; editorial more -replete witb.f corrupt denunciation ami vulgar assertion than'the lead-, ing article of the ' Pennsylvanian' of the 12th inst. 'on the subject of Relief Notes. It asserts that the present Federal 'candidate fdr Governor has se cured for himself an infamousimmortality, by the relief la,w of HH? It 'aiserts th'at it was a ,s.ch;eme of financial -villany, and ''the t only one who flourished upon it was the broker.' It asserts that ' it was a baso invention,' and that "the ' far mer 'and, mechanic' were, plundered by- the, law pi" neat "nine" millionsfxrf dollars;' Theseiare grave charges, and should be toade only oiuthtclearest. ;proof. An editor, cautious of his character, and unwilling to dee'eive the public would accompa ny these assertions with 'direct, incotftrovef tible 'evidence of the facts stated. He 'would not rely on assertions merely ; particularly so, when his own credibility was doubtful; and carried with it a suspicion, that would prevent him from testify ing in a Court of Justice. The author of these as sertions is well aware that the General Govern ment is his employer, and pays according to the faithfulness of the calumniator. We speak riot of the man, but of the editor arid politician. A plain statement of facts will give to the pub lic the .reasons for the passage of the lawwhat were its uses and benefits, and by; what party It lias been fostered and sustained. Prior to the passage of the Relief Law of 18,41, the Tariff act of 1833, commonly called the 'com promise law, passed by Congress to allay the ex citement of the South, had done iis work. The manufacturers of our country, unable to stand up against the influx of British goods-, had stopped their works. The British manufacturers had the market to themselves, and while their goods flood ed the country, the gold and silver necessary to the business wants of the community, were expbr ted to Europe. The Banks of this Commonwealth feeling the general pressure, found themselves un der the necessity of stopping their discounts, or suspending specie payments. Knowing the ruin that must fall on thousands, were they to call in their notes, they chose .the latter alternative, and suspended. We were without a circulatino medium. Who does not remember the state of things existing immediately prior to May, 1841 i Who forgets the irresponsible paper with which the country was flooded ? Commissioners' notes Borough notes Individual shin plasters, were the miserable substitute for a currency. By a resolution of the Legislature, approved April 3rd, 1840, the Banks of the State were required to re sume specie payments on or before the 15 day of "January, 1841, or their charters were to be for feited. This was requiring of them an impos sibility ; and by the same act it was provided thai if ihe said Banks should loan to the Com monwealth the sum of three millions of dollars at an interest of five per cent., 'the said Banks shall be authorized to Unue theif own notes, arid make and declare new loans and divi dends, nut etceeding six per cent, per annum, iri the same manner as if the said Banks, during the same period, continued to pay their notes, &c, in gold and silver.' The 15th Jan nary, 1841, came and the Banks had failed to resume specie payments or to loan to the Com monwealth the sum required. What was to be done ? The State was baukrupt, and could not borrow a dollar ; the public creditors were knocking at the door of the Treasury, and de siring the payment of their acknowledged dues; the inierssi due to widows and orphans was un paid, and these helpless people implored the Siate in vain to save them from destitution. The Banks were without the means (o take the' loan even on the terms offered, and the people were suffering ail the evils of the worst kind of depreciated currency. It was io..remedy these evils that the Relief Bill of May, 1841, was passed. Where was the Editor of the Pennsylva nian' then ? What prevented his voice from being heard against this now odious bill, at the the time of its passage f Why does he not now proclaim the 1 infamous immortality' of Vi?ham Hopkins, W. T. Rogers and David R. Porter, who signed the resolution of April,-1840', upon which the act of May, 1841, was founded It requires a large share of sturdy hardihood for the editor to assume his present position. A moment's attention to the resolution of A pril, 1840, may not be thrown away. t re quired, as before stated, the Banks tor resume specie paymerH3 before the 15th Januafy, 1841? it pointed oat a: convenient and effectual mode by which the charters should he declared forfeited, in case of non-resumption ; and it then legalized the suspension of specie pay ments until the I5th' day of January,-on condi tion of a pro rata loan o the Comrhoftwealth'of $3,0000.00. Ii provided that when the loan' should be made, ' certificates of stock shall be issued, in buch sums as ihe lenders thereof may require, and be transferable in such manner as ihe Governor may direcr,- reimbursable at such time, not exceeding twenty-five years ffom the date thereof, as may be agreed upon between the Governor and the Banks taking such loan.' Here is the' origin of the act of May, 1841, passed by a, Democratic House, a Democratic Senaie, and approved by a Democratic Govern or. The real difference between this Demo cratic act and the act of May, 1841, i, that the former could not be cafried: into effeci,- while the latter was effectual Jnr giving relief tor the State and the people. That it had lis uses,- and was at the rime beneficial to- all concerned', may well b re membered by every claa of our citizen. The firsi great effeci, was? to relieve the State from its manifold embarrassments, ,and to enable it to meet its engagements with, the public cred itors. Ii enabled .h to appropriate, and it did appropriate, as follows : To Common School purppse-r, GftiGQW Colleges,; Academies and Female' Semi naries, 45 (too Pensions arid Gratuities', ' 60 000 Repairs of Railroadsr and Canals, 400 000 TJebts due' for repairs prior to1 1840, 268 003 urpnan Aylum and House of Refuge, 7 000 To expenses of Government, I . 330 000 Lock keepers collectors, weigh-masters and other persons necessarily employ -ed on the" public works, ' " 'QOO. These, beside aiumber of oher we have not room to mention, were the paymeiVi made by virtue of ihe bill, aW which would not hate been; made had the bill passed. Its second use was in -dm ing that flood of irresponsible pape.r money by which we were inundated, out of circulation, and giving to the people a better, safer and more responsible cur rency.'1 Such was'itar iiridoubled effect.. It-a!-so gave, to ihe Banks the opportunity and time to leiieve themselves from the pressure which was upon them ; to draw in their discount lines , withquunjuryto f the community; and, finally to resume specie payments on a basis secure toth'emselvesati to the people. No suspension of specie payments has occur red since Iho passage of that bill. Will ihe Lock-keepers, collector and others necessarily employed on the public works, re spond to the assertion of the 'Pennsylvanian that it was a scheme of -financial villany,' a measure giving to its author an 'infamous im mortality' to enable the. Slate to pay to them the wages of their toil ? 4 Was H 'financial villany' to secure for the use of common schools, . the sum of three hundred and thuty thousand dol lars 1 Will the old soldiers uf the wars of ihe revolution, and of 1812, and the bereaved wid ows of those who .died in the service of their country, be found aiding the. editor of the Penn sylvauian,' in his abuse of the man, whose ef forts secured to them the small allowance which the State furnishes as pensions and gratuities ? Let these answer to the charge. It would doubtless be considered a sufficient answer to this charge against Governor Johston, were we to Stop here, and leave to the people the duty of deciding on the propriety of the measures. A few observations on the course pursued by the party, of which the 'Pennsyl vanian' is the organ, will close our present re marks. This abused law, which i to bring 'infamy' on its author, was passed on the first day of May 1841. The notes authorized to be issued, were by the terms of the act. to be redeemed by the, State at the end of five years. They might have been redeemed earlier- "at the pleasure of the Legislature," but it was peremptorily f'e'qtlired that their redemtion should take place at the end of f tie years. The period allowed by the act expired on the firt day of May 184b Did the Slate at thaj time ; did the Democratic party, having the same holy hdrror with the editor of the Pennsylvanian, of the original issue, redeem and cancel these notes ? In 18jl6, if we roriibinber righily, the Democratic party was in the ascendant in the Slate, had a majority in both branches of ihe Legislature,- and a democratic Executive officer. Can any man believe,- after reading the editor ial of the Pennsylvanian, thai the democratic party suffered their Relief notes to remain un cancelled, thereby 'plundering the farmer and mechanic,' arid infringing upon the Constitu tion t Gentle reader, be not surprised when informed that on the first day of December 1847, not a year ago, there' wore ffelifef issues in circulation to the amount of NINE HUN DRED AND THIRTY.ONE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED A$D SlXTY-FdUR DOLLARS! Where is the evidence of in dignation in the editor, at the Legislature and the Executive, for continuing in circulation a currency so detrimental iq the public interests l "The process of this plundering system," says the editor,- ''was curious, but simple." "The heavy manufacturer bought up the depreciated paper, to pay his hands at the end of each' week, at the value on the face of each note,- and his poor workmen itt buying the necessaries of life,- were shaved the full amount of the' dis count aporr every dollar." This is his homily. A democratic legislature has suffered ihiS system Uf continue for two whole yeara, with out even 3ft attempt to' cancel the issue, and relieve the' people. Do they riot thereby make the act complarnd of their own ? At any time during the period of the five years mentioned in the law,- the legislature had the authority id redeem these notes : why, we. would ask, if they were so oppressive to the poor, to' the far mer and mechanic, were tbev not cancelled 1 PUBLI&US. JfjThe Locos are Chuckling otef the move rh'ents of a few fanatical Whigs in New York who nominated Mr. Glay for President. They will derive but little consolation from this,- as the effect of it will be rather beneficial than inju rious to' Gen. Taylor. Even the Tribune it-selfj-.the hea'd and front of the opposition tor Old Zack, doubts the policy of the movement, and advises against it ! Despite of all the Whig fanatics of New York, and the vindictive Loco focos of the whole Union, Gen,- Taylor will walk irr triumph over the course, to the White' house irr Washington. JJJ3 In oar visit to the southern section of this county, tho past few weeks, we were well pleased with the symptoms of Taylorism, in thai section. The best feeling prevails through out, bo far as we could see and hear. We did not see nor hear of the first Whig who will not vote for Old Zack ; and we could say farther if we wished. MommviLft Inquirer. Hj-3 Quite an extensive fire, occurred in Brooklyn, on Saturday uifihi a week, about 11 o'cloukyand destroyed about two hundred houses, ami boui one million of dollars worth of prop peny. So says report. Three churches were burned.- The fire spread more rapidly on. icr count of tfre' dry whather. The cooper ore from Cliff Miner Lafte Su perior, is being smelted at Piiisburgv Pa. It yields from eighty to ninety per cent, pure cop per, in addition to a email qpantity of-silver. The Rockvillt (Md,.)i Journal itya that a merchant of' trial town sold last year 1500 wonh of Sumac. The Journal ftrjjjfft th tanner' pUu cpunty to' jpifn ' : "kSvelre Kmwms for Supporting Gen. Taylor. Governor Johnston attended the great Whig meeting at Lancaster, on the 5th ult., and de livered an able address, in the course of which he laid down the following reason for voting for Zachary Taylor for President : 1. He will be bound by the Constitution and by theGonstiiution, as it is expounded and explained by the Judiciary of the U. States. 2. He will be bound to take for his guide, in his administration of the National Govern ment, the rules and doctrines established and held by our first Presidents. , ti,r 3. He w'ill enter his office without pledges thai he may be free io carry but the wishes of the people at expressed by their represen tatives. 4. He will not attempt to influence the ac. tion of Congress by foreshadowing his own peculiar notions on mooted questions of doubt, ful policy, further than required by the Con. stitution nor will he permit his cabinet to do so. 5. He will not embarrass the action of the people's representatives or 'defeat iheir will by -ihe exercise of ihe Veto Power other than in cases of extreme hasty legislation, or clear" violation of the Constitution. 6. He will carry out ihe wishes of the peo ple as expressed-through their representatives on the subject of the Tariff and if the Whigs succeed in giving to. ihe country the principles of the Tariff aci of I842,byv the repeal of the Tariff act of 184G, be will sanction thJtr legis. lation.- 7. He will not Veto nor prevent the passage of laws passed by Congress in reference to Slavery, or the improvement of river." and har bors, or any other matter that constitutionally belongs to them to settle. 8. He will prevent and overthrow all th schemes and plan for the conquest of other countries, or fur Hiiuexing the lands of other nations to these State. 9. He willl prevent, war because having truly toiled through its desolating walks, and witnessed its 'sad Imvoc of the fireside and heart-stone of his fellow man, he feeU that it is an evil constantly to be avoided, unless tie cessity requires its existence. 10. He will administer the government! faithfully and fearlessly according io the Con stitution. During hl.t long lifo of arduous and trying service, he never failed to perform all his duties well and faithfully. 11. He will proscribe no man for a consci entious difference of opinion ; being a lover of liberty of thought himself, he can afford io tol erate it in others. 12. He will, through his great popularity, be enabled io govern our country without the aid of "organs" or irresponsible cabals ; but being the President of the people, to ihem alone responsible for his actions, without a cringing subserviency to platforms, erected to misguide instead, of informing the public mind. Correspondence of the North American and TJ. S. Cazette MONTEREY, UP'PER CALIFORNIA, July 2d, 1848. t Messers Editors : he mineral wealth of California is being daily developed. Mines of silver, quicksilver, coprper, zinc and lead hae been, found in our m'ormtains. Fron one quick silver mine alone they extract daily three hun dred pounds of me'reury and ihis wiih" the roost rude machinery. With a good apparatus they mrght easily extract a thousand pounds a day, and from that tofive thousand. Coal has also fte'en found, but the bed not of sufficient depth to work to' advantage. But a recent gold discovery has thrown all Others into the shade. The sands which bor der Feather River and the American Fock abound in particles of gold resembling in shape tno'w-fiakea. These are separated from the sand by stiring them in water in a basin or bawl. A person will collect by this simple process from one to two ounces of gold a day some have gone as high as six and eight oun ces. 1 have just been conversing with a man who,- in six days, gathered five hundred dollars worth'. Htf has one piece which weighs an ounce. There are probably now not less than five thousand persona, whites ' and Indians, gathering this gold. San Francisco, Sonoma, Santa Cruz and San Jose, are liberally deser ted by their inhabitants ; all have gone to tho gold regions. The farmers have thrown aside their ploughs, the lawyers their briefs, the doc tors their pills, the priests their prayer books, and all are now digging gold. The diamond broached gentleman and the clouted Indiarr work side by side, loveningly, as if tbey had been rocked in the same cradle. Tin pans, to wash the sparkling sand in hae sold as high as eight dollars a-piece, shovels for ten and wooden bowls for five ! L trough scooped Uom a hollow tree, ten feet 'long, and with a willow sieve attached, sellf, for a hundred and twenty fire dollars. Boards are five hundred dollars for a thosand f'eet, A tery larg6 company left Monterey to-day for the gol.cl scene some on horses, some ib wagons ( some in cartn, some on foot, and soms on crunches. The tract of land whrrw the goM is found covers a hundred miles, in one direc tion and I fiT in another. It is said that ten thousand men in ten years could not exhaust it,. As soon as the news reaches Oregon we shall have a large emigration from that quaiier-.. Nobody thinks of fighting here any longer the natives have gone for gold, the sailors ha,?' run from iK khips, and the soldiers from tWt camps, for the same purpose. The last vessel thai left tfie, coast was obliged to ship an ntira new erew, and, pay each fifty dollors,a rapn'k No one can be hired to dig gold sb.ori of teen or iweiy dollars a dayr-he ptefen work ing on hi own hookh way make l-- ban that, bit ht has k tkiMt f aku much inwrs. - bbbbbbbbbbIbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
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