6 JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, January 18, 1849. Wood. A few loads of wood wanted at this office immediately. Those subscribers who have .promised us the article would accommodate us by bringing some soon. ID The latest intelligence from Harrisburg an nounces the election of Gideon J. Ball, the Whig candidate for State Treasurer. The Pennsyfvaf nia Inquirer says Mr. B. is an accomplished man, and will make an efficient officer. Whiff Almanac for 1849. We are indebted to the publishers, Grcely f McElralh) for a copy of this popular and useful annual. Like its predecessors, it contains the usu al astronomical calculations for the year, the offi cial returns of the Presidential election in all the States, a full list of the members of the 30th and 31st Congress, District elections for Congres--sional Representatives, the Treaty of Peace be tween the United States and Mexico, able arti cles on the Revolutions of Europe, and the elec tion of 1818, and a vast amount of other useful in formation which can be obtained in no other way. We consider it one of the best of the series. It is sold at 12i cents for a' single copy 12 copies for $1, and 100 copies for for $7. Address Greely & McElratfr, New York. Gold Seeker's Guide. By reference to the thrrd page of this paper it will be seen that a magnetic instrument, called fie Goldometer, constructed upon philosophic prin ciples, invented by Signor Jose De Alvear, is of fered for sale. Persons going to California, should not fail to supply themselves with all the necessa ry articles which will facilitate the business of gold finding. The inventor of the instrument is said to have discovered the gold in California long before it was known' to-the citizens of the United States. This gentleman; after a short residence in California, amassed gold ore to the- amount of one million of dollars through the instrumentality of the Goldometer This is a sufficient incentive to induce persona to procure an article of the kind before starting for the dold Region. Lafayette College. We undetstand"that the pecuniary difficulties; in which Lafayette College, at Easton.has been in volved, are removed by the liberality of a few of the trustees, and that the institution being now also free from other difficulties will, under the ad ministration of its-public spirited board of trustees, extend its advantages-over a still wider sphere of usefulness, than heretofore. (tF' Morris Longstreth, one of the Canal Com missioners, of this State, still" continues ill, at his residence in Montgomery county, and it is doubt ful if he will be able to take his seat in the Board of Commissioners, this winter. We understand that considerable embarrassment exists in the Board, constituted as it 13, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Longstreth. Importation of Breadstnfft. An independent farmer of the State of Delaware, who has read all Polk & Walker have had to offer on the blessMngs of Free-Trade to the farming in terest, bufwho, finding it contrary to his own expe rience and knowledge, do n't believe one word of it, recently had the curiosity to-extractHhe starch or sizing from a yard of British' plain Cottons -(called 4 Ohio Extra Sheetings though manufac tured in England) and weigh the product. The cloth weighed one quarter of a pound ; he washed the starch out of it and found it had lost 184 grains' by the process. He thence computed that if our whole- Cotton-crop were manufactured at home instead of being mainly aent abroad, and if our manufacturers stocked it as much as the British do (but they don't begin to) the amount of Flour required for this single purpose would be- equal to 2,560,000 bushels of Wheat. I n stead'of supplying this, however, to say nothing of the' mucb greater quantity which our manufac turing population would consume while producing the cloth, we are'uow actually importing annually a large quantityof British Flour in the shape of cotton fabrics; The profit1 or wisdom of sending our Cotton and Flour to -England to be made up into cloth for ouruse we never could imagine. Another- Error- of' Millions. Our readers-will recollect that an error of sev eral millions of dollars-was discovered in the Re port of Mr. Secretary Walker, at the-last session of Congress, which wasuo manifest, that he4 was forced to acknowledge it. Another' small error of only THIRTEEN MILLIONS 'of DOLLARS, has been discovered m hisiate-Report to Congress a report which has-been lauded to the skies by the sycophants of the fallen dynasty. This Walk- er is the leading spirifof the free-trade' party, and yet he cannot make up a 'plausible statement to sustain his doctrine without misrepresenting to the amount of millions. A few millions seem to be a small matter to these Locofoco rulers, when it comes off of the people. They evidently think Uncle Sam is a .good natured old fellow, thus to K suffer from ihe ignorance of those who have the manarjen ent ol his affai rs,- Lebanon Courier. The Cholera mode of Treatment. The best and most reliable cure of this disease, as Slated jf i)r Whiting in his reportto the New York Board of Health, is calomel, administeerd in moderate doses, with morphine at short intervals. Recoveries have commenced in every case from the moment the slightest billious evacuation was produced. He also states, as a remarkable fact, thai worms bave been discharged, either' by vom iting or the bowels, in a large majority of cases. One-third of the whole number of patients at the' Quarantine Hospital have been children under 14 ears ofgigbiJoxirnal of Commerce. 05 The people of New Jersey a"re buisly agi tating the subject of a mbre extended and thorough system of free schools throughout the State. Later from California. The New Orleans Bulletin contains later advi ces from California via Mexico. It is stated that still more discoveries of gold have been made, and that the Supply is literally inexhaustible. About $100,000 worth is gathered daily ; but there is much sickness and suffering at the " diggings," on account of the scarcity of the necessaries and comforts of life. Two barrels of brandy were lately sold at the mines for $14,000' (fourteen' thou sand dollars !) in gold dust. There is a rumor that the government have later and more glowisg accounts from the gold region Official Tote for Governor The official .returns of the several counties of the Commonwealth were opened and read in the House of Representatives, on Friday, in the pres ence of the members of both Houses, as required by law. The aggregate vote is as follows: William F. Johnston, Morris Longstreth, Scattering, Total vote 168,522 168,225 72 336,810 297 225 Johnston's majority over Longstreth Over all otheis Rapid Increase of Population The Camden Democrat, says that one of the physicians of that town during a single night, a fev weeks ago, ushered into this breathing world seventeen- infantile responsibilities ! Verily, Cam den is a " progressive" place. Its next census will present a: favorable report, if matters go on in this way. Singular' Ca.'se op Dropsy. A man residing in Greene county, N. Y. wlib ifer forty years of age, has been under treatment for dropsy for the last two'years. The patient has undergone the oper ation of tapping 185 times, and the amount of water taken exceeds 600 gallons or 4810 lbs. Notwithstanding this the patient is in a tolerable state of health and itf is supposed will finally re cover. .. Specimen from I lie Dead' Sea. On the' southern coast of the Dead Sea there is a range of elevated country which is known throughout the region as the Salt Mountain. One sitle of this mountain is washed by the waters of' the sea, and at this point the cliffs are some three or four hundred feet high, and composed chiefly of a species of rock salt. Mr. Passed-Midshipman Richmond Aulic (who accompanied Lieut. Lynch on his recent expedition to the Dead Sea) has placed a specimen of this formation in the Library of Congress, with a correct drawing of the cliffs. A Fruitful Vine. The Rev. J. P. McColIey, of Milford, iJer.'-says, that from a single' pumpkin vine that come up voluntarily in his garden last Spring,-he gathered thirty-six pumpkins, weighing altogether four hundred and ninety-six pounds and were all perfectly matured: They were the old yellow pumpkins. A Gold-Digger's Mercy. The "following incident of gold-digging on the Sacramento is related by a cerrespondent of the N: Y. Courier and Enquirer at Monterey : " Provisions ar&very-scarce, and to obtain them many murders have been committed, or the pur chase' of them, at exhorbitant prices, has indirect ly but eventually led to murder. One story re lating to an affair of this kind may deserve aplace here. A man' who had what is called ngood'hole had been digging incessantly for two days, when he was accosted by one carrying a bucket' con taining food of some kind.- The' whole of this" the digger purchased" for'about'orie hundred dollars in virgin" gold ; and whilC'devburirig it the man who had sold the provisions, took pdsession of the hole. After finishing hisi repast the gold-hunter ordered ' the fellow out : but on his positively refusing to come, knocked his brains out, with a pick-axe. took from his pockets the virgin gold that had pur chased a meal, and then dragging the body out of the hole, himself continued the digging. This I believe', isTeally true, just as I halve told it. Sleighing with a Tiger. Ar novel exhibition w&s- presented in Washings ton street and on iha Neck-yesterday, which drew: off attentidn for'a timCfrom the raeefsr Herf Dfriesbach made his appearance in an elegarit sleigh with his pet tiger" by his side J 'not the tiger of English' comedies, but1a bona-fide four-legged tiger. - lie seemed to enjoy the sleighing highly, and leaped upon his master, licking his face and showing other signs of excitement Drie'sbach flighted with his tiger at'the Tremont House, and taking hirh juto one 'of the apartments, invited gen tlemen to walk irl and be introduced ; but there were few,. who seemed anxioUs to avail themselves of the opportunity-. Best Trans; Jan: 9 Cac of Conscience. Mrs, Mary Dickson, the Post-Mistress of this city, acknowledges, through the letter-box the re ceipt of at, anonymous letter, enclosing fifteen dol lars, in gold. The writer says : M It was unlaw fully taken from you about ten years ago, for which I ask your forgiveness and also that of my God, in whose presence'I shortly expect to appear." The receipt of the letter and money is acknow ledged at the writer's request. Lancaster Herald. Something; Curious. Mr. Samuel Davison, of Greece, left with us yesterday a srtrall phial, containing some fifty or more small worms, preserved in spirits, which he scraped up frbm the snow, on the morning of the 5th of December, last: They are about half an inch long, and about as large arourtd as a common needle. Mr. Davison informs us that they came down with the snow in innumerable quantities, and were found for m'ore than half a mile from where he first observed them, in Some places al most covering the surface. They Showed signs of life, and on being put into warm water, became quite lively. Rochester Democrat. Precise Enough. In a recent case tried in Cincinnati to establish the precise time of the death of a man who with his wife, were blown up by a steamboat explosion, an Irishman' was put on the stand who was also blown upi but escaped. Said the attorney to nim, When did you last see the gentleman alive " " Sure, your honor, as me and the stovepipe were going up, we met him coming down." The President of the United States has issued the usual Circular to th'e Senators of the United States-, requesting them to meet in' the Senate Chamber on the 5th day of March next. It is then customary to receive and act upon the nomi nations which the President may make for mem bers of the Cabinet, &c. The following is a copy of the Circular above referred to : To the Senators of the U. S. Respectively : Washington,-January 2, 1849. Sir : Objects interesting to the United States requiring that the Senate should' be in session on Monday, the 5th day of March next, to receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the Executive, your at tendance in the Senate Chamber, in this city, on that day, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, is accord ingly requested. JAMES K. POLK. The Cholera in New Orleans: Conflicting statements in regard to persons attacked by the Cholera, in New Orleans, hav ing been published, the following statement of the Commercial Times, a very respectable jour nal of that city, will be interesting :- There is, however, one feature in the" histo ry of Cholera, during its present visit, wnich is peculiarly significant. Those classes of so ciety, that by their social positions and worldly means, have it in their power to avoid exposure to tho inclemency of the weather; who prac tice temperance ; and take the usual precau tions against infection, bave been hitherto al most wholly exempt from its attacks. Princi pally, the poor, the houseless, ihe intemperate, have been its victims ; and, as a remarkable fact, we may cite our Creole population, who are, constitutionally, or by hereditary habit, temperate, both in eating and drinking, as hav ing up to the present moment, passed unscathed by the scourge. Although the circumstance of of one or two cases of temperate persons hav. ing been carried offby Cholera, since its ad vent here, may be adduced in evidence, to contravene the position which the above re marks go to establish, ytH they form but an ex emptibh to a rule, -wnich seems' to us to have great force. At all events, there' is more hope, at all times, for him who' practices judicious self-restraint, than for the votary df excess; and, now, when death is stalking abroad, and no one knows whom'he may strike next, it be hooves us all to keep within reasonable bounds in all things. Itifbi-ris and Willis' Home Journal for 1849. The first number of the new series of this excellent family newspaper has just appeared. It is beautifully printed On fine white paper and new type, and is as handsome a specimen of the " art preservative of all arts" as we have ever seen. The literary contents are"1 spark ling and bright' as usual ; and the " new fea tures" promised in the prospectus, are of the most attractive description. Among them is the commencement of an original novel, from the j en of Miss Fuller; the Western Fair Sfar, who has recently made such a sensation in the literary circles the first number of ihe "Bel le of out Time," by N. P. Willis', and a de ligtofuliy written' description, from ihe same graceful pen, of the much talked infancy ball recently given by Mr. Stevens, of New-York. There are many other original papers of pe culiar merit in ihe'irnpression before us ; bin having said, we think1, quite enough to whet the appetite of the litear epicure, we refer him to The Home Journal itself for the rich banquet which nur wbrihy and indefatigable comempo rarfes have prepared for" the reading community. We agree in the opinion mo generally expres sed, ihatTH.E HoarE1 Journal is by far the best periodical ever published by Morris and Wil li, and as it is the cheapest, (the terms being only two dollars a year,) we do not wonder at its universal popularity and widespread circu lation. Those who wish to procure an eniiro volume of this valuable journal, have now the opportunity of doing so, by addressing the edi- tor, Morris and' Willis, at 107'Fulfon-srcet,; Now York Albdny-Argus. t State Treasurer's Report. We are indebted to the attention of our cor respondent at Harrisburg, for the following sy nopsis of the annual report of ihe State Treas urer, which was laid befure, the Senate, on Monday, last : .The balance in the Treasury on the 30lh day of November, 1 847, was $680,890 85 The receipts at the Treasury dur ing the fiscal year ending on the 30th November, 1848, amount to 3,831,776 22 Total amount of revenue for 1848, $4,512,667 07 The payments from, the Treasury for the same time amounted to $3,935,376 63 Balance, $577,290 39 Leaving a balance in the Treasury on the 30th November, 1848, of $577,290 39. To this balance the Treasurer has added the esti mated receipts for the next fiscal year, ending on the 20th November, 1849, which amount to $3,852 300 ; and deducting therefrom the es timated expenditures for the same period a- mounting to $3,528,500, we have a balance in the Treasury on the 30th November, 1849, of $901,090 39, or an increase over the present balance of $323,800. 44 From this exhibit," the Treasurer remarks, " it will be seen that the revenue to be derived under existing laws, if properly applied,- 'will .enable the Stale to meet all fta liabilities, and promptly pay the in terest upon the public debt as it falls due." The total amount of the abatement of five per cent., allowed under ihe act of April, 1844, to such counties as should pay into theTreau ry within a certain period, their quota of tax, is $41,522 11. In reference to this system, ihe Treasurer, whilst admitting that it aids much in Bringing funds inm the Treasury, during the fore part of ihe year, suggests that perhaps some means might be devised whereby the whole amount of Slate tax from ihe respec tive counties might be brought into the Treasu ry within the year, and at less expense. The cost of bringing money into the" Treasury under the present system, is eleven per cent, upon the amount collected, and he thinks some plan might be devised by which the amount of taxes may be apportioned to the respective counties, and each required to levy, collect, aiVd pay into the Treasury its appropriate amount semi-annu ally to meet the interest upon the public debt. Ihe amount of relief notes now in circula tion, is according to the report, $702,674, and the Treasurer is inclined lo believe that pub lic opinion" requires their immediate withdraw al as a'circulating medium. IT they were with drawn, the law, inflicting a penalty for every attempt to circulate a note of less denomination than fire dollars, shduld be strictly observed. IT the means in'the treasury aire not sufficient to warrant their immediate redemption, he re commends that a' loan be authorized for thai purpose-Vat art ihte'resi of six pVr cent., free from taxation, and reimbursable in two or three years. 1 he only Bank that has availed itself of the provisions of the act of the 11th. of April 1849, authorizing the issue of State stocks bearing an inteiest of six per cent, per annum, on con dition of its redeeming its relief issues, is the Bank of ihe Northern Liberties. That institu tion on the 18ih of May last, 'presented to the Auditor General, the sum of $40,000 of the notes issued by it under the act of May 1841, and received therefor, certificates of State stock. The receipts for the fiscal year from the pub lic improvements, amounted to $1,550,555 08 The sum expended for repairs and motive pow-' er during the same period amounted to $1,008,-1 429 78 leaving a balance of $542,125 26 de rived from the improvements. I he report recommends the passsage of the revenue bills submitted to the last Legislature, by the late Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Auditor General, and the late State Treas urer, and also a slight alteration in the present revenue laws, so that the tax imposed upon debts due from solvent debtors, may be levied for State purposes only. Ihe 1 reasurer concludes by expressing his confident opinion that the State debt can be paid within twenty-five or thiny years, if the proper Legislation is had upon the subject, and that withdut increasing the burthens of taxation now resting upon the people. Daily News. .. . ........ -. - -- The Pottsville Journal says that "at Danville two Furnaces have gone in to blast, because the laborers have offered to work at greatly re duced wages so low that the proprietors have :een induced to avail themselves of the capital invested, add make an effort to compete with the .foreign manufacturers of Iron. In many instances, our informant from Danville states, that men offered to work for but little more than heir board, but could not obtain employment. In ihis Region also, we learn that one of our operators started a Colliery, a few days since, at the earnest solicitation ot the hands formerly engaged at the works the laborers agreeing o work at -$3,50 per week't and take pay in store goods ! and even at'iheatf low rates he cannot sell his coal at a profit, and is stacking it up. We are rupidly approaching the Euro pean standard of wages, and there is no hope for improvement until the law of 1846 it wiped off the statue books of the Country." A Material Difference. A clergyman of a country village desired his clerk to give notice that there would be no ser vice in ihe afternoon, as he was " going to'oi ciate for another clergyman." The clerk, as soon as the service was endnd, called out, I am desired to give notice that there will btf" no service this afternoon; as Mr. L is going-ajA-ing with'-anoiher clergyman !" Cultivating Fish. The Bpston Chronotype says that in countries a practice is introduced nf cnh... ' u-u an a urupj wiucji luigui peruaps De T)fie bly imitated. A spot of poor land, commanded w .. iiiMin uvuici, auu au miviroueu mat ub ctiauy uvernowea, is seieciea. ay m9i a dam or erabarkment, the water is easily rai iu ine requisite neignt, ana a eoou IriahU l ' -vauki. oi n-ui is iiiuuuucea, mai son wnicn ha. l iuuiiu uj wApwi iviiww in mo nci y liuur iinnri i. " ! Tit . n "wvu n best atiapiea to me sou. i no hsh rapsdlvn, j wii in. years ihe place is constantly cropped, wiih.t - 1 III same son oi nsn. ana a pooa nroni matin , , a i ra t auu ai u auuii At iu liiiu tb iiati lllll nm . . . . . . . . " -") ' "'laa;! nrtitictttltr nn fnnd stiifti t h m Aral m!aii.! ter a considerable rotation of fiih crnru .-J proved condition to be cultivated with r. bles. Facts in Pruning. Lin d ley says the action of roots and ik- leaves are reciprocal, n vou atmirmw r t If . -.. quantity of foliage, you will proportionally sen me increase oi ine roots, n luurnnr... ilip fiiianlitv nf rnnfu ma rip hv a iron mt. J -.WW TIIMI, iis innate, men ou win reoreseni tne nm,. of roots formed by a tree similar to ihe o hf every respect, except in having the product-; of foliage repressed, by whatever nvai-: O ' - f M li,' one half. You will, therefore, perceivo thai; summer pruning, both roo's and tops are eq Iv reduced, and that what rmv be tennel , balance of power between these h st H mi lained. On the contrary, if you prune only winter, the roots are, in consequence hut affected, their increase for the season har been completed in the previous su:umpr;a in the following season the whole amount force, exerted by the full complement of r;,i is brought to bear on a top limited by win pruning, and this force is evinced by over It uriance. Conclusion of the Season--Potati Crop, WITH GENERAL REMARKS ON THE POTATO, The year 1 848 will long be remeinbereJ, least in central New York, for its cool sumt and autumn. The occurrence of a few days in June, connected with frequent, audi extreme changes in that month, and the a half of July, (see remarks on the season your October number) very seriously threat!: most annihilated the crop of melon, squash w. w. ...w w. . . ... - , Liu imiaiii i k vimii hii iMri iiiiuiiirii ' wiup una jcai uas ucoii oujjciiui iu mai via .l f iv. Cl.. C.:il : .. . i mild iui iuui ui lilt, icai3 kj in in mm rich soil, and more efpecially in cases of -M planting and tender vavietien, the disease been very fatal. A season moderately rnnisi, cool and stei: such as is favorable to wheat, oats atid "n will be found highly appropriate to po'a'oe while one hot and dry, such as is fitted to m ture corn, melons and potatoes, will be foe unfavorable. Such, however, is the great n. tural vigor of this plant, that it has, until late withstood the unnatural treatment to w Inch have subjected it; in planting it in tite h: soil and climate with corn. The ancient F: ruvian Indians, the earliest cultivators of it plant of whom we hae" any knowledge, co! vated this crop higher up on the mountains:: than corn, and not corn only, but also higl up than where the Spaniards subsequently tt tivated wheat and barley. Our unnatural treatment of it connected w! our iieglect lo renew it frequently from vigorc healthful- seed, has well nigh ruined the to. As, however, we cannot always chtw such a soil and climate as we could desire! this most valuable crop, we may still hope succeed as we formerly have done, by a selection of soil, exposition, and early planus and especially by the renewal of our seed fro: vigorous sources. C. E. G. Among the archieves in the District &' at New Orleans, there is a lawyer s bill, feet seven inches in lengih ; and for two y professional services $9,000 are charged. In Australia wheat weighs sixty-six powl to the bushel. The annual crop of wool j the country is valued at 105,000. In 1H there were, 38,000 horned cattle and 650,01 sheep in a prosperous condition. Important Discovery. It has been ascertained that the Newfotff land fishing banks extend eastward across Atlantic, to within one hundred miles of 3 coast of Ireland, and that fish enough to sufrj all the markets in the world can be procsi on that coast-. Massachusetts. Messrs. Bnggs andR hnvn hnnn olonfarl ClriVnmnr am I.IRIlI. ernor bv the Legislature of MassachuseH Tn I ha Qnnnta ihn vntA W9( linanimnill. Briggs lacked some 388 votes of an elej by the people. " The Queen of England has purchaJt-j French piano, constructed entirely ofivoi) The Irish population of Boston and iwv amounts to 34,000. A great Hog? for his Age. fienjaman A Hams, of Eiizabethtown, slaughtered a p1?' the 2d insl., 9' months old within 8 day, w'H ing 374- pounds-., exejuajve of the rough fa' I
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