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"JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, November 16, 1848
t ID3 COURT commences in Stroudsburg on
Monday next, the 20th inst., which will afford an
excellent opportunity to our patrons of calling
upon us and settling their accounts. Many of
them owe for several years -subscription, which
although comparatively little to them, is collec
tively-large to us. The demands against us for
money, at present is large, and we are under the
necessity of looking about to procure the means to
meet them. We have now plainly stated Low case
to our patrons and hope-they will not be, back
ward in complying with our request.- r
Snow. . ",
The first snow storm of the season visited is.
on 'Saturday evening last, to the depth 7 inches.
Brollier Jonathan for Christmas..
This mammoth pictorial sheet has just bean
sent-us by the puWshers, Wilson & Co. of New
York. It is a monster among: all the former pic
torials of Brother Jonathan. The great feature is
" The Country Sleigh-Ride," a beautiful and life
like picture, so large that it runs across the whole
broadside, or two of the immense pages of the pa
per, ine Uotter's Saturday JSmht" and " The
Christmas Kisssing Party," are also two fine larg
engravings of merit. Jacob Snitch and his Dog
Tom Brown of Shirt-Tail Bend Georse Wash
ington Dixon and some other celebrated person
ages are here, immortalised in song, story and pic
ture. But we have not room to speak of one half
the drolleries of this stupendous pictorial, nor is
there need as it can be bought of the publishers at
J 2 cents per copy, or ten for one dollar.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
Notwithstanding the great space occupied by
.u.jjtai jn.iui3, mere is nearly an acre oi
room.left in this immense sheet, which abounds in
lun, irouc aticJ Christmas sayings and doings o
every description. The agereirate number of en
ravings in the Christmas Jonathan is over one
nunareci. uour. $ Knq.
There ate also several classicaf enrrravin(ra
rich scenes from the works of d
and other celebrated scholarswhich we have-not
ivuui io aescnoe in detail. N. Y. Tribune.
We laughed until our sides ached ovei the droll
adventures of Tom Brown of Shirt-tail Bend.
e.Th? J?S picture, representing, the Country
. ,uc,-'"cuijr a masier-piece ot Jun
.in u vyuiisuuas irouc. livening Jrostl
ine nristmas jokes both in picture and
mere are some scenes of a graver-character.
The Cotters Saturday Night, the Universal Prav
er, and Consolation to the Dying, are engravings
of rare beautv and SDirit. JTnr T,-7 6
M ..w W VM lU-fr
Poor Mr. Snitch and his dno- nr? T.rr Tl,rr.
of Shirt-tail Bend, are among the Christmis tit
ous presemea in tne Urother Jonathan, this year.
N. l . Herald.
IE? The directors of the Easton Bank, .on the
7th inst, declared a dividend of five per cent.,
equal, to two dollars and fifty cents per share, on
' the business of the bank for the last six months,
payable to the stockholders after the 17lh inst.
fl?-The Whigs of Pike county contemplate
holding a grand Jubilee at Dingmans Choice, on
Saturday, November 18th, in honor of the glori
. ous victory achieved by the Whigs in the late
Presidential contest The Whigs of Monroe are:
v rcrpectfully invited to join with them on that oc
casion. Growth of Ohio. ;
The State, of Ohio is now in her 61st year, or
rather it is now 61 years since the first white citi
zen moved into -what is now that State yet she
polls a vote approximating to 300,000. The fact
abundantly shows the rapid progress of the coun
try. arew York City,
The great fraud that was practised in NewTork
in 1844 to defeat Henry Clay, is now 'exhibiting
itself.
Jn tnis. great and growing 'city the: vote
nnHpfl fnV PrscJr.r.- I -I - . . .
r-... ivwwn ib 1CJS uiiui ii was jn itjs-jas
iollows:
In 1848
In 1844
53,154
54,681. Decrease,
.1523
It has alwas been "the impression that the. whole
majority that Polk Teceived in the State in 1844,
were fraudulent votes, manufactured in the City
of New York, and this result would seem to con
form the impression.
7 Shouldn't wonder if their wassome " noise
and confusion" at Detroit about these days ?
Hope " circumstances" won't put it out of Gen.
Crss's powerto'hear it. N. Y. Tribune.
The Election being over, the question as
,to whether the Hunkers wilL take back the Barn
burners, or the Barnburners the Hunkers, into
the. party', is next in order: Doubtful as yet
which is Jonah and which the whale. VVe decide
in tavor 01 mo nuukers, on the griwnd ihat those
who awallowed Cs, can swallow anything..
la favor of tho Hunkers, on the ground ihat those
jtive.-thedtlowinl'r esults; a ascertained.
Pcitnsylv&Mik. ;
Uhe t)ld Keystone vyrll be gpodttafifeast'lS
:000 1 majority. JThe" official returnt'ajreustbeglri-nmg-Jo
. come in, and a soon, as received :w ill b&laid
IbVfcre our readers, v 't v; . ' '
iOMislmiJir.r. ':
The majority for Taylor, in lK)uraiaha wiiLbia at
least i200, it may reach 1500. ' -V '
Indismna ns.t.,-:fT- ,
The reports lead to the belief that the- tote of
this State has been given to Cass. .
Hfcw Jersey.
This noble old State, never forgetful of duty,
gives, over 3000 majority for Taylqr and Fillmore
. Maine,
In 226 towns, the vote stands a .folio wt : .
Taylor. Cas's -
28,303 9,687
The net Taylor gam in the above, towns" is
4133. There are aboni as many, mor towns
and plahtaiioti8 to bo heard from, most of them
small ones. They cannot have gained enough
to overcome the nine thousand loco puraltty in
the Sta'e, 1 hough they have probably, reduced,
it to i very small amount, . ;
jXcw Hampihire
, In T34 towns the vote stands as follows ;
; Taylor. Cass. Van Snreri Scott
' 10,697 " 19,552 5358 '.' 756
; This is a Taylor net gain (if about' 1 650.-
Last March ihe remaining towns gave 1800
majority for loco Governor.
Ternaont
In 112 towns the vote slans as follows :
Taylor. Cass. . Van i Buren.
14.736 5,777 , 7,384
This a net Whig gain of 2716 since the Sep
tember election.
ITIassacliii$elt
Returns from all ihe State, except six towns,
give the following result :
Taylor. Cass. " Van Buren.
61.877 34.922 38,075
This defeats an elecnon by the people, buf
the Legislature, at a called session, will choose
Taylor electors, without ihe least doubt.
Connecticut.
The result in this S'ate is a plurality for.
Taylor of about 3300. We have only "the ag
gregates of majorities received as yet.
New York.
It is diffcult to say what Taylor's plurality
will be in this Stale. It is variously estimated
from 40 to 100,000.
Delaware.
The pet of the sisterhood of Slates will give
Taylor a handsomely increased majority.
Maryland.
This State gives over 3000 for Taylor and
rillmore.
Tennessee.
The Nashville Whig says the. State is sure
for 5000 for Taylor, and upon that assurance
our friends no longer send the particulars by
telegraph.
JuTJssissippi.
We have but eight or ten entire counties and
some precincts Teported. The Taylqr gain is.
steady, and it looks as if the State were goine
for Taylor.
Alabama.
In about half the Slate Taylorts nett gain is
2680, but the sirong Locofoco counties yet to
come in, can hardly be expected to keen un
the same ratio of gajn.
Florida
We are wiihout returns from this State as yet.
Texas
We have nofhing from Senator Dickinson's
black-eyed sister. The Free Soilers hope to-
carry the electoral rote for Van Buren, as the
State is mostly peopled by his absconding sub
treasurers. Illinois
This Slate has not yet learned its true in
terests, but votes wilh a blind devotion for Io
cofocoism, worthy of a better cause.
iffissouri
Since Mr. Benton joined the Cas cortege
from Washington to New York, after his nom
ination, we liave looked for nothing better from
Missouri than blind obedience, to party orders.
Arkansas
A despatch from Memphis says that the few
votes heard from in Arkansas" show a Taylor
gain, but the returns are very scattering
Michigan
This Stale has gone for Cass. If it had been
properly organized the Whigs could have car
ned it as easily as they did for Harrison. .
Wisconsin
'The returns from this- State are very few;
Van Buren is somewhat ahead, but the final
result is very doubifulr' - ' . : j
f Iowa
There will fee, a close contest here between
J.lie rival factions-ofjocofocoism, and if ihe Tay-
ior men stand firm, the State will be earned.
South Carolina
Of course has gone for Cass where should she j
go tut with ihose she most despises. ,
Virginia. . ltosJ
In Virginia., 88 counties hearrj. from give, a!
Taylor gain of 2500. . ....
Some returns from the Western pari of Vir
ginia show considerable Tayhjr, gains, andtrcn-,v
er the rpsuii in ihe State a matter of uncer
tainty. X- the iorty counties to be heard from
come in as expected, the electoral vote-of the j
State will be given to General Taylor. .
Ohio
Cass' majority in this State is estimated at
4,000,. . . h :.. . . . , - .
Kentucky ,
Taylor's majority in this State will exceed
10,000 votes. '
' Worth Carolina
Pnrty-ihree counties (full) heard from, which
show 'a gain' of 4.503 for Taylor rv.r Angut 1
JelectionF The StateiMgrkdVor'80oVmaj:.
N
What! ChapmanJead! ;Jiy don't you flap and 'crow!
. Wtfo cut your comb, and mus&'d your feathers.so ! v
Hast had the pip,2r has that. "Whig CdonZaclC, .
Put down his buceye foot upon your'back ? ' ' ' -
Old Cock, y.our-strutting, fighting days arc done".
. -Your Keystone gaff is gone your raceds, run -
E'eace to your carcase ! on your dung'hilWajVt
i WJierc coons "muy read "your epitaph K-liK!.
TIic General Kcsult.
JAYLOR.
CASS.
23
New Jersey,
7 ,
36
26
3
iNewyork,'
Pennsyivaniar.',
Delaware, ""''4
Massachusetts
Maryland,
Connecticut,
Vermont,
North Carolina,'
New Hampshire
Maine,
South Carolina,;
Alabama,.
Missouri,
Michigan,,
lllinpis, f ' 4
f 6"
9
9
9
7
.5
8
6
: 11
9
3
.4
Rhode island
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Tennessee,
Kentucdy,
Florida,
1 exas,
6 ,
12;
84
163
DOUBTFUL v
17. Indiana,
. 6 Iowa,
4-
Virginia,
Mississippi
Wisconsin, V
12
, 4
43
The Frauds iu Schnylkill.
At the late election for Governor, when
Schuylkill county gave a majority of726 for
Gpv. Johnston, ihe Locofoco leaders charged
that this result was produced by fraud, and ihe
honest people of that county were insulted by
Judge Chaaipney's and others coming amongst
them jo investigate and expose these frauds !
The Judge, however, found nothing but a "mare's
nesi," and went home with "a flea in his ear."
The people lold them then if they would wait
until ihe 7ih of November they would explain
the matter ; and they have done it, no doubt
to their entire satisfaction. They have prop
erly rebuked these insolent intermeddlers by
rolling up the magnificent majority of 1250 .for
GEN. TAYLOR i
We have heard-the last of frstdds in. Schuyl
kill. Now let them explain their own foul and
infamious conducr in Philadelphia county.
(t5 " Well boys, I must go in," said a little fel
low the other evening as his Free Soil grandmam
ma, was calling hirnV"T must go in ; but first let's
give three cheers for Old Zack !" " Don't you do
it,ir quickly ejaculated the. old lady: "if you do
you shall go to. bed without your supper;" Noth
ing daunted, the little reprobate rejoined : " Well,
here goes supper or ho supper, three cheers for
oid Zack r :." -
U? Gov. Johnston is now at his residence at
Kittaning, Armstrong county, where he will re
main till about the first of December, to settle up
his private affairs preparatory to taking- up his
residence at the seat of Government.
The pholera (says the Boston Medical and sur
gical Journal) will soon be in the United States,
but its ravages here will probably never equal those
in Europe.
Recovered Lake.
A singular accident occurred on the Michigan
Central Railway. It became necessary to carry
a grading orembarkment of fifteen feet high, across
a low piece of ground, containing about 100 acres,
nearly dry enough for plough-land. When they
had progressed with the grading for some distance,
it became too heavy for the soil to support, the
crust of the eartlrbroke in, and the embarkment
sunk down into sevenly-mne feet oj 'water i It ap
pears that the piece of ground had. been a lake, but
had collected a soil of roots, peat, muck, &c, on
its surface, apparently from ten to fifteen, feet thick,
which had become- hardened and dry enough for
farm purposes. Mr; Brooks thought it would'have
supported an embarkment of five feet thickness;
and that if it had'not been necessary for them to
havcone-much'heavleri it would have supported
the road, and ttie' iactmight never Have been dis-.
covered that it reste'd'on the' bosom of a lake.
4 - -
The Elephant and the apple Woman.
' On Friday, while Raymond and Waring's me
Jnagerie vyas passing through Harlem, the big el
ephant, Tippoo Sultan, in the most unpoetic man
ner encompassed with hijs, enormous proboscis the
.contents, . of an... old. lady's .fruit, stand, making a
mere mouthful of her whole stock in trade. But
the must ungracious'part of the. transaction was,
that not content, with devouring the poor woman's
pippin's and gingerbread, his highness had the im
pudence to break her table and chair and gave
the unfortunate bankrupt a turn ofo'd'trie. 10 or 15
"feet' out of thexdarf. " ;.
tfj Jt is worthy of notice that Cen. Taylor has
beaten Mr. Van Buren in his own town, Kinder
hook, the vote, standing, Taylor "295, Van Buren,
244, CassJ69. In I844-the,towh:gave a majority
of 75 for Pol kt ' 4 k ' . - jt V..-i-
ATay oh the Erie Railroad.
Tne.0ffice;rs 'ofrtherNew- York and s Erie Rail
road Lo; marJetan excursion "on-SStiirdayast, to
Port Jervis, th&'preseht: terminus the road, in
Company with anfigmber of invited guests. It
was our good fbi tune to1e among "the latter, and
we have rarely passed a day more, pleasahtly:
Leaving the City at 7 a. M. jn the boat for Pier
mont; we had' a ja'irrt glimpse of the sunrise j(ffnu
sual 5ightrlo morning Editors !) through themow
ing mists, and pur appetites for breakfast were'
keenly sharpened bythe ffesli damp breezes of the
Hudson. The palisades looked sterner ami more
rugged than usual, stripped 'of their Autumrf fol
iage, but the advanced reason had not changed
the varied and cultivated beauty of the opposite
shore1. At least, we looked on its familiar sce
nery with as much pleasure as.ev&r, especially af
ter breakfast. . , j
Leaving Piermont at 9 o'clock in a special tram,
we threaded-the Palisade Tidges uid entered "the
picturesque hilly region of Rockl'andi Co, The
ascending grade is very heavy, r.and the, roadjs
built upon piles for sorne distance, apjrpss.the ele
vated and marshy country which lies between the
Hudson and the" Ramapo range, ;-hw was very
speedily passed, and the bold oujjinef tha.range
rose' before us, presenting a seemingly; impassable,
barrier to farther advances in that direction. , The
villiage. of Ramapo, with its clusters of old, red,
one-story houses sprinkled along the mer, stands
in the- very' mouth of the narrow pass which winds
through these mountains the only place in ttieir
whole extent where the construction oa railroad
is practicable, and even here, the difficulties to be
overcome were very great. This was an impor
tarifcspot during one period of lhe Revolution, and
the remains of a bastion, built by the- British, are
still to be seen in the neighborhood of the village.
For about ten miles the road follows the wind
ings of the Ramapo River, through some very fine
scenery. The stream is in some places hemmed
by the narrowness of the glen, and forms broken
cascades . in others, it is dammed to feed saw
mills, and reflects the mountains in it3 clear depths.
The curves of the road are numerous, and . the
grade heavy, but we sped on at the rate of 30
miles an hour and entered the rich, rolling pasture
lands of Orange Co. .jvhere the substantial farm
houses, broad fields spotted with clumps of trees,
and luxuriant meadows gave an air of comfoit
and prosperity to ihe landscapes which flew past
us. Large quantities of Orange Co. milk were in
preparation, in the pastures, and at Turner's, where
we stopped a few minutes, we found pippins of an
unequalled plumpness and flavor. After passing
Goshen and Middletown, the road approached the
Shawangunk Mountains, which stretched away
to the nonh-east, where we had a. misty glimpse
of the distant Katzbergs. The appearance of this
range is trulysubline. Rising to the height of
2,000 'feet, iheir sides covered with the primitive
forests, in whose deep recesses the' panther still
makes his lair, and the wolves howl through the
Winter nights, they impressed us quite as strong
ly as the CatskillS themselves. The scenery took
an addional grandeur from the gloomy hajze. of the
day and the clouds, which already began to gather
about the highest summits.
The road runs along the mountainside, spanning
deep and precipitous ravines by narrow arches,
looking from which on the top of the forest be
neath him, and the valley -basin of the Minmsink
spread out far below, the traveler involuntarily
shudders. In other places we passed through
spurs of the mountains', by deep cuts in the solid
rock. The clouds hung on the hiehts above us.
-w P 1
and for several miles the road was bounded by
the original forest gnarled, mossy and old, as if
a human foot had never invaded its solitudes.
This was to us a new experience in railroad trav
eling flying by steam through an unsettled wil
derness, and under the very skirts of a mountain
cloud. When the great attractions of this road
are more generally .known, the amount of travel
during the Summer months must become very
great. We know of persons familiar with the
finest scenery of Europe, who went into ecstacies
about this part of the journey. ,
The descending grade, for the last ten miles, be
fore reaching Port Jervis, is upward, of 45 feet to
the mile, ancLthe wide curve which the road makes
to reach that place, enables the traveler to look
back on the line he has passed. We reachecLthe
station, a distance of 74 miles from Piermont, in
two hours and a half,: whichr considering the na
ture of-the road, is a remarkable speed. -The1 train,
however, was ran two miles, to tho :end' of the
trackj-after whichHhe company were taTfen in car
riages to the bridge now being-erected dver the Del
aware, about a mile farther." This" strucrWferVhich
-wjll be completed in forty days, is 600 feet in
length. The piers, which.arepvery long; are con
structed in such a m'anh;et:r$s,: to Witnstanclthe
heavy freshets which are so common bh-the D'ela
jvvare, and the unusual lowness of the water for
some time past, has greatly favored theimasons in
their labors.
The mists which had been gradually sinking
for an hour or two, now turned into a drizzling ;
rain, and we returned to Port Jervis where an ex
cellent dinner had been provided by Mr. Foster,
the landlord of the new and commodious hotel
which has been erected there, Tho Railroad sta
tion fs large and well-arranged, and the town itself,
situated on a terrace at the foot of the. mountain,
contains many handsome dwellings. Among oth
er evipences'ot progress in this secluded spot, we
noticed a gong, a bowling-alley and a bar-keeper
with mustachios. The .second rfdge of the Shaw
angunk, looking southward: frbfrT the 'hotelfis'in
trje State of Nev; Jersey, while the bluff -highi to1
rtK'n wafcttBtiirH.nnmb-rtrtnrn n (i Tli.1....
jitia of naked precipices, form the north-eastern
extremity of Pennsylvania; The geographical
position oEthe place is thus quite interesting, antl
its fresh healthy atmosphere in Summer, will no
doubt attract many visitors-m jhe luture.
We left at three a!clock,- and riot withstanding the
state of the Weather, reached Piermont at s
Avherejhe bcrai was. waiting for us. A'.comforta,
ble fire in the luxurious cabin and a handsome sup.
Der. served soon after starting,- kept up the snim
I 9 w- V'"
and good humor ofthe guests, iintill we reached
the pier at Duane-st. Much of the pleasure of
the trip was due to the attention of N. Marsh Esq.
Secretary of the "Company, and Mr. SeymocrI
Superintendent, Who were unremitting in their en.'
deavors to secure the comfort of all. The arrange
ments. were, admirable in every respect, and speak
well foe the system of management practised on
the road.--IV. X. Tribune.
Iftosf Darius Robbery in Detroit
t A. daring jobbery was committed, in Detroit, on
Thursday .night of last week. The . Broker's" and
Exchange, office of E, prentice was- entered by
boring the door with .a brace bit, and forcing tha
bolt and Lockr. A,large- amount of money in gold
sjl.v.er. uncurrent bank notes, internal fmprovemeiU
warrants, and sold ? bo&ffly .land warrants, were
deposited in the sale-, and nearly the entire con.
tents taken from ft. The robbers, after gettfm
inside of the office, had, with a large morticing
chisel, managed to get to the key hole ofthe safj,
and filled up the lock with powdery that was pro.
bably ignitedjy the means of a slow match, blow,
ing the door open, and almost entirely destroy,
ing the inside work-of the safe. The noise of the
explosion vas distinctly heard by several in tha
vicinity ofthe building, and from the manner i
which the fragments were scattered around trw
office, we should suppose n large quantity of po;v.
der had been used in the operation. The lock
was, from appearance, well filled with powder, and
the key hole then snugly covered with putty to
make the work more complete. The slow match,
was set on fire, and the robbers undoubtedly, re
tired to watch the progress of affairs, and after the
explosion had taken place and all was considered
safe to venture, forth, the money then taken by these
accomplished scoundrels. Five persons were ar
rested tin suspicion of being in some way connect,
ed.with the affair, but as yet nothing definite has
been found out Theirnames are Barney McDer
mpnt, John Franklin, Thomas Edwards, W.
Brown and John Harn'3, all of them stopping at
the Commercial Hotel.
Jtfiiicsola.
This is the euphonious name given loan ex
tensive region lying north of Wisconsin and
Iowa, iu which, as Western pappra advise us,
incipient steps have been taken toward the for
mation of a Territorial Govenwnent. Several
promising settlements have already been mads
within the bounds of the new Territory. The
soil, for the most part, is rfpresewed to be very
good, the country 13 finely watered and tim
bered, and the climate u milder and more go
nial than in the corresponding latitude in New
England. We well remember it was but a
few jears ago when flour, pork, and potatoes
were sent from Buffalo for the supply of the
few families settled where now is the beautiful
and flourishing cily of Milwaukie. Iowa was
then unknown, save as a wild hunting-ground
ofthe Indians, and we remember publisdiing,
by request, the proceeding at Dubuque then
without the limits of ihb organized Stat3 of
Territories of the Union of a self-constiuned
court to try a man accused of murder. ''The
few people then at that remote point, though
beyond the jurisdiction of law, elected a juJijf,
sheriff, and prosecuting attorney, empanelled
ajury, assigned ihe prisoner counsel, tried, con
victed, and hanged ihe murderer; and, to show
that every thing had been done light, sent us
a ceruneu statement 01 all their proceedings lor
publication. This was but lutie more than ten
years ago. Now, Dubuque is a flourishing
town in the limits of the State of Iowa. In a
few years more Minesota, whose name sound
so strangely, will be knocking for admission
into the Union as a sovereign Slate. No'hmg
in history surpasses or even equals the growh
of the Far North west. The ear scarcely be
comes familiar with the names of its Territories
and geographers are at a. loss to define their
limits on the maps that grace our walls, when,
like Minerva springing into life in full panoply,
they challenge our admiration, 'as firmly con-
siuuiea, prosperous, and independent common
wealths. In truth, we have a great and gloriom
country. Its history is a romance, surpassing
in its facts the wildest creation of nciion.--Buf-
falo Com. Adv.
Ql?" So .'The Boston Post says a. man ousfc'
to; be ashamed of himself to run away with anoth
er man's wife, when there are so manv maiden-h
dies iwith their trunks all packed ready for a start.
miifis vviinin nrm imur. hm Kaon. mnni n,nv
phshed by the celebrated horse- " Trustee" over .U
FT T . - . - .
union-course, L.ong Island, Aevv York.
Treasure Tvoyc.
A. person in Englandt 'lately' -rumWging-amon
tils lamitv documents. TOunrJ writ)rrr rm hnrl
of an' old deed some words ihdidating that a pc
of gold was buried in a certajn place in the gardes
It was at first regarded as a hoay, bu,t on diggin?
-K w omu nuii uut Lan r in iitrnr rnninillii
15,000 guineas, and a scrap of parchment mucS
J 1 1 1 T . . -.il
uecayeu on wmcn was written, " The devil sh
have it sdoner than Cromwell."
ID" The number of lergvmen of all dunomin3'
j?e over oiv