- "Well, here is her portrait," handling her a
miniture case. She touched a spring and it
iiew open, and in a little mirror, -awe saw her
vnfacel Now trie ciimson came -over iter
beautiful face, and the tears came thick ami
fast, and the trembled ; but I believe she aur
vived the -shock-; for the last time -I was that
way, 1 saw the conscientious young lawer and
his charming wrfa living at blm ulen : and 1
q
beard them speak of his first law suit !
JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, March 1, 149.
Court The February term of the several
tGourts of Monroe county, was commenced at
Stroudsburg on Monday last. The proceedings
vill be laid before our readers next week.
j.
Ohio V. S. Senator.
The Ohio Legislature on the 22d inst. elected
Salmon P. Chase, a U. S. Senator for six years
from the 4th of this month, in place of Mr. Allen,
whose term expires. Mr. Allen was the Locofoco
candidate, Mr. Chase is a Free Soiler.
Off for California!
The ship Elizabeth Ellen sailed from New
York for San Francisco on the 16th, with one
hundred and eighty passengers. Among the num
ber, says the Ilonesdale Democrat, were J. W.
Kinney, A. W. Genung, Frederick L. Chapman,
and Joseph M. Gustin, of Honesdale, and David
'Cramer and Wm. H. Manning, of Betheny.
Retaliation.
The Legislature of Ohio is sorely displeased
with the contemplated revocation, by the -Legislature
of this state, of the grant of right of way to the
Ohio and Erie Railroad Company, and threatens
to retaliate by suspending the connection between
the Ohio and Pennsylvania improvements. It is
a most miserable policy that which has generally
been pursued by this state to interpose hindran
ces in the way of all improvements except such
as tend to swell the importance of the central coun
ties and of Phiiadelphia in particular ; but Ohio
swill not be guilty of the like folly, though in a mo
'ment qf excitement her Legislature may threat
en to.
Another Rogue Caged.
Samuel Waters, confined in the Bedford county
.prison for some time past upon a charge of rob
bing the County Treasury, in August last, con
fessed his crime before the Criminal Courty last
week, and was sentenced to two years and six
months imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary,
at Pittsburg.
Mr. Waters was formerly Steward of the Poor
House of Bedford county, and while acting in that
capacity was charged with certain mal-practices
or misdemeanors by the editor of the Bedford In--quiver,
who was-prosecuted for a; libel and had to
pay a fine of $250, the court refusing to admit the'
evidence he offered to substantiate the charges he"
had made. Emboldened,, undoubtedly as Waters
ovas by the result of the prosecution against? the
editor of the Inquirery he'plunged'deeper in crime,
tind was not checked until he had robbed the Treas
ury of the county of about $3,000 for which he was
apprehended, and after confession, has been sen
tenced as above- Justice is sometimes-slow, but
sure;. 'Telegraphs
(L The Erie Gazette- thinks the Legislature
very remiss in not doing, or not attempting to do,
what the people expected. It however seems to
Jiave forgotten that there is a stubborn locofoco
IIouse, which, full of venom, does all in its power
to..thw.art and defeat every measure that is or may
be brought forward for the public benefit or- re
commended by Governor Johnston.
A Male Cat in the Mail;
' The Montgomery (Ala.) Gaz., of Saturday, says
that quite an extraordinary event occuried at the
post office, in that city, on Friday evening, after
ihe arrival of the northern mail. On opening one
of the large brass-lock letter bags in the distribu
ting room, the crowd of clerks were thrown into a
stale of no little wonderment, by the promptleap
ingi therefrom-of an apparition in the shape of a
Jarge Toni-Cat hat'ing come thus- ensacked all
ithe way from Augusta, Ga He oame without la
bel or direction,.and seemed to. be none the worse
pfor his trip.
Beauties ot the Sub Treasurer.
' nun u.ui uiuiivy mantel to
flight, and banks and capitalists restricted in their
operations by the scarcity of specie, says the New
, York Sun, nearly three milUon& of, dollars' lie
..hoarded in the bowels of that hard-fisted,, griping
old monster, the Sub-Treasury, accomplishing no
.earthly, good but a- vast evil, compared ,with what
its circulation might do for commerce, trade- and
business generally. This money which, while
forking for public good might be-attracting inter
est to the treasury by safe loans of it to the-banks
' and' capitalists, is hoarded until the Secretary of
Treasury sees fito loan it in fat lumps, to some
, favorite operator operaiion, and instead of aid
ing the interests of commerce at a pinchacts di
rectly against them. The Sub-Treasury 'is thus
made asysteinatic commercial nighi-uiare by gross
intrigue-. "V -
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Department of the Interior.
The House -of Representatives by a deicisive
role of 11 1 --to 76 .'has passed a bill to create a new
Department, to be called the Interior Home De
partment, and a new Cabinet Minister, to be called
the Secretary of Interior or Home Affairs. This
Department is to be confined exclusively to inter
nal affairs, and is to be formed by detaching vari
ous 'bureaux, now improperly connected with
branches -of the public service with which they
have no affinity.
ft?" The Boston Transcript tells .a good story
of a man who had engaged passage and shipped
his " effects" for California, bul having a variety
of pecuniary obligations about town, yet undis
charged, he found the constable on his wake to
arrest him. To escape the net which indignant
creditors had spread for him, he got a friend to
nail him up in a sugar box, but let the Transcript
tell its own story :
The cover was nailed on with business-like ra
pidity by his friend, who pushed down the head
and arms of the struggling inmate with very little
ceremony for time was somewhat precious.
Having nailed him snugly down, he seized his
marking pot, wrote the words " Medicinethis
side up with care," upon the box, called a hand
cartman, tipped him a wink, and gave him a half
dollar, to hurry the precious consignment on board
the Duxbury. The handcart arrived just as the
last rope that,bound the ship to terra firma was to
be cast off. The sherifFs officer who was pacing
the wharf in the futile attempt to keep warm,
glanced carelessly at the box and continued his
strides. An unexpected obstacle now occurred
The mate refused to receive the box, not believing
that it belonged on board. But after a variety of
winks and blinks from the handcartffian he began
to understand the " dodge," and the ' medicine
box" was carefully carried on board, "this side
up." Of the scene that transpired on its being
opened we as yet have no account; but the sher
iff 's officer continued to shiver and kick his heels
on the wharf, till the ship Duxbury was out of
sight, and then he retired disconsolate home, little
suspecting what a trick had been played upon him.
Extraordinary Development.
Diplomatic Smuggling. We have seen a letter
from one of the Northern European capitals, in
which is disclosed a fact most humiliating to our
country. It is alleged that the diplomatic repre
sentative of the United States at one of the North
ern courts, having been for some time unsuspected,
has at length been detected in smuggling British
goods laces, calicoes, &c, to the amount of 20,-
000 rix dollars ; supposed to be a joint concern
with some traders in the capital referred to. .
The ten large boxes containing the goods were
represented by the diplomatic gentleman to con
tain only supplies for his own family, such as su
gars, &c, but one of them' was accidentally broken
open in the custom house, and the discovery was
made. The custom house authorities took pos
session of the whole.
The discovery is said to have produced' the
deepest mortification among, the Amrican resi
dents. N. ,Y. Com. Adv.
Prairie Hens.
Much curiosity and attention have been excited
wkhin the last day or two, by the exhibition-in
front of HarmerVCoffee House, Chesnut street be
low Third.Philadelphia, of more than 200 pairs of
these delicious game birds called Prairie Hens, or
American Grouse. The whole were consigned to
Harmer from Illinois, and owing to the extremely
cold weather, they are in fine condition. An equal
number of canvas-back ducks from Chesapeake
Bay, alongside the game of the-prairies, presented
a rich, rare and varied display of land and water
fowl. foutiiftil Gamblers-.
At New-Orleans; on the 9th ult , a crowd of a
bout thirty boys none of them above twelve or
fourteen' years of age, and the majority of them
notfmore than nine, were discovered in a coffee
house, corner of Camp and Girod streets, engaged
in gambling and- drinking. Ten of them were ar-rested.-
A Mit! G Gr. White states, in a letter addressed
to the LariceU that the rumbling- sound' perceived
on stopping the ears with the' fingers proceeds
from the circulation of the blood.
Poisoned Toys.
It'hasr-bsen elicited that many- children's toys;
sold inXotfdon; areprepared and ornamented with
substances-Kighly deleterious and prejudicial to
the health. The white, iiriilation rabits, in partic
ular, are dusted over with a preparation of arsenic
and lead. Liable as children are to put toys to
their mouths, great care should be taken to pre
vent'anyrpoisonous vehicle being,employed-in their
manufacture.
Economical hair was Jr.
Take one ounce of borax,- half an- ounce of
camphor -r ponder these ingredients fine, and dis
solve them in one quart of boiling water ; when
cool, the solution will be ready for use damp the
.hair frequently. This wash- not' only effectually
cleanses and. beautifies,-but-strengthens the hairr
preserves the color, and prevents early baldness.
This, w conceive, cannot be too' generally made
known.
fn the Delaware . Legislature on Friday last;
John Wale, T,sq., of Wilmington, was elected
'United States Senator, in place of lor. John M,
Clayton, resigned? '- ,
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Efom lhc National Intelligencer. '
Arrival off General Taylor.
After a very long and tedious journey General
Taylor has finally reached the metropolis. At
four o'clock on the 23d inst. he and his suite ar
rived at the Relay House in an extra train from
Cumberland. At that place he was welcomed by
Committees of the Corporation and of the Rough
and ready Club and other citizens of Washington.
Before the party left the Relay House, an extra
train of cars arrived from Baltimore, and the con
course of people which there assembled, including
a large number of the yeomanry of Maryland from
the neighborhood, could not have been less than
three thousand. The enthusiasm which prevailed
seemed unbounded ; and, as the party was com
pelled to wait somewhat over an hour for the reg
ular evening train from Baltimore, a partial oppor
tunity vyas given to the multitude to congratulate
the President Elect. He was ushered jnto the
parlor of the hotel, and there welconied by a par
ty of ladies..
On resuming his seat in the car, the multitude
still continued to press about him, when Z. Col
lins Lee, Esq. stepped forward and delivered a
short speech of welcome. The reply made by
Gen. Taylor was brief, but full of excellent feel
ing, and to the point. He alluded to his military
career, and said that the battles attributed to his
valor were won by the bravery of the soldiers he
had the honor to command. He also alluded to
the high station to which he had been elected by
the American People, and could not but hope that
he might succeed in allaying the asperities of party
and promoting the best interests of his country.
He intended to do all in his power to benefit the
American People; but if he should commit errors,
as he necessarily must, he would depend Upon the
magnanimity of those who had placed him in office
to attribute it to error of judgment and not to his
heart This speech, and every sentence, in fact,
which the General uttered, was received with deaf
ening applause. During his brief stay at the Re?
lay House he had a number of conversations with
the people who crowded around him, and uttered
a number of exceedingly happy remarks.
A gentleman who accompanied Gen.- Taylor
from Cumberland informs us that his car was lit
erally waylaid by a party of miners in the vicini
ty of that place, who determined to have a single
sight at the General. In a few remarks that he
made to them he uttered the following sentiment :
he said they were the men who developed the
wealth of the country, and added that good roads
and good laws were all that we wanted, for the
American people knew how to take care of them
selves. Gen. Taylor, we are happy to state, is in the
enjoyment of hi3 accustomed good health, though
he suffers some inconvenience from the lameness
of his right arm, which was unfortunately injured
by an accident which happened to him on his
journey, riis suite consists oi me louowing in
dividuals:
Mai. R. S. Garnett, U. S. Army; Col. J. T. Van
Allen, of New York; Judge Winchester, of Lou
isiana: J. P. Benjamin, Esq., of JNew Urleans;
A. C. Bullit, Esq., of New Orleans; Dr. McCor-
mick. U. S; Armv, and lady: Uol. James layior,
of New York, and daughter; Howard Christy
Esq., of Kentucky, and lady; Miss Jonnston and
Miss Wickliffe, of Kentucky.
Among the gentlemen who came from Baltimore
to meet Gen. Taylor was his brother Col., J. P.
Taylor and Maj. Dusenbury, U. S. Army.
As the cars from Baltimore Were a little de
layed, General Taylor, with his party, came into
Washington after nightfall, but the stars shone
brightly and the railroad track was occasionally
illuminated' by bonfires on the route. By bonfires
also, and the roaring of cannon and flights of bril
liant rockets, was the' General heralded into the
city, and' the mass ofhdman beings'which blocked
up the Railroad Depot, Pennsylvania avenue, on
his arrival was greater than any vVe have wit
nessed on any- forrrier occasion. The immense
multitude accompanied the General's Cortege,-.to
his lodgings at Willard's Hotel, wliere, after a
short lime,-he stepped out on the balcony and re
turned thanks to the people for their enthusiastic
welcome, which were received by deafening huz
zas from the immense crowd.
Spring' has set in at-New Orleans: The Bee of
2d ult. says : f Vegetation is luxuiient-;- flowers
aye and fruits, are to be gathered by the industri
ous ; violets and roses fill the baskets of the may
cliandas ; white strawberries constitute the desert
of every epicurean don vivant. Our spring, which
is always precocious in its comingT has, this time,
driven winter away long before the peribd'usually
assigned to the despotism-of frost' and ifce."
More Prosperity. The New Jersey Iron
Works at Boonton, Morris County, have just stop
ped work, and would Have stopped five months
ago hut for fortunate contracts entered into in-1847.
The stoppage of the rolling mill, says a corres
pondent of the Newark-Daily Advertiser, (writing
from Boonton,) throws about-250 men out of em
ployment directly-, and a much larger number in
directly. On the 7000 tohaof railroad iron which
we made last year; not less than $50 per ton,
amounting to $350,000; was paid for labor in the
different branches of manufacture and transporta
tion of material ; giving employment to not less
than 1,000 men and support to their families.
ID3 The editor of aweelIy. paper ip- the most
barren part of Long. Island-, vvfrs recently present
ed'by his wife with four fine childrenr-lhfee girls
and a boy, What a windfall for a poor fellow,
who advertises that, he will take eggs, butter, bees.
waxrauy'ciderjV9ubscriptidhdubY'''
California Gold at the Mint.
The amount of California gold deposited at. the
mint in Philadelphia for. coinage, up to Wednes
day last, was-$58,522. The only coinage of Cal
ifornia gold is in quarter eagles, and amounts to
0,897:50. Of these, the pieces transmitted to
John Y. Mason, Esq., the Secretary of the Navy,
were marked with the letters " Cal." over the head
of the eagle. The other pieces, with a few ex
ceptions, had no distinctive mark.
05 Gold in New Jersey. The editor of the
Rahway Republican is informed that Gold ore has
been discovered on the farm of Mr. David Melick,
of that township. It was" 'discovered ' by Mn M.
about two feet below the surface, while digging a
hole in a springy piece of ground at the foot of
a hill, near his residence.
A Singular Mistake.
Burying a Wife and finding her alive. A
most singular circumstance occurred in this- city
last week, towards the close, that has been the
subject of remark among the high officials at the
court house, and in several of the churches. The
story runs thus : A young married woman called
on Hon. Judge Saffih of the Court of Common
Please for permission to enter the Commercial
Hospital, which was through his kindness, imme
diately obtained: After remaining there a few
days, Mr. Doolittle, the very efficient Steward of
the institution, called upon the Judge, stating that
the woman for whom he had obtained admission
into the Hospital was dead, and said he was seek
ing information respecting the woman's husband,
stating at the same time, that the woman was. a
foreigner, and was expecting her husband here ;
during her watching for him she become sick and
destitute, and applied as above. Judge Saffin
took the trouble to advertise in one of the Ger
man papers for the person; and the advertisement
had the effect of finding the man early next day,
and ihe sad news was told him. The husband
lost no time in repairing to the place where the
corpse laid. He kissed her cold lips " that laid
death cold in clay," to use the very impressive line
of an old nursery ballad, and did the necessary
burial after taking the body to the church, and do
ing all the necessary ceremonies peculiar to his
belief and duty in such cases. The corpse was
interred in a respectable burial place and the hus
band returned to the hospital to enquire if there
were charges, for which he in honor stood bound.
On his return, instead of going to the "Dead Room,"
as he did in the first instance, he was shown to the
" Convalescent Department." What was his as
tonishment and delight how his heart leaped
with joy in there finding lii wife, into- whose
arms he fell with a wild joyousness, not to be de
scribed in a paragraph, or exhibited in a drama'!
The body that the kind' and sad husband has- in
terred by mistake was that of an unknown' anti
friendless' female. The world may be canvass'e'd'
for a more singular incident in vain, and the works
of the fictional drama present nothing to rival it.
Cincinnati Commercial.
JjA singular incident occured a short time
back, on the railroad near Tullyiown. A team
ster, with four mules, was drawing a log, on
wheels, and in order to gel to the saw mill he
had to cross the railroad, which at thai point is
iaised to a considerable elevation above the sur
rounding surface of the ground, making quite a
steep ascent on boih sides of the track. When
the fore wheels had passed over, the log, by
swagging some in the middle, came in contact
with the rails, bringing the whole concern to
a dead halt, from which poshion all' the efforts
of the animals were unable to remove it. The
driver (a siout Irishman,) was scracely aware
of his situation, ere the whistle of the cars
sounded in his ears, and warned htm that grea
ter perils were at hand. With commendable
presence of mind he immediately disengaged
the beasts from tho wheels ami removed rhem
to a safe distance, by which time the train was
in sight. He jumped upon the log and beck
oned tor them to stop ; bul no attention was paid
to him, as the "fiery steed" came puffing and
snorting along at His usual impetuous rate, fear
less of danger and defying opposition, until
within about a hundred yards of the log, when
the engineer discovering the nature of the ob
struction, immediately endeavored to stop the
speed of the train, in which he partially suc
ceeded, and when within a few feel of the log
he jumped from the engine, no doubt consider
ing it wise policy to take care of number one,
even ihough the whole train of cars, passengers
and all, should go to destruction together. The
engine continued with sufficient speed to lift
the log (a pretty heavy one,) with the hinder
wheels, clear from the ground, and carry them
about orie hundred yards, smashing fence,
poles, and trees, hi their course, in a most beau
tiful' style. The "cow-catchor" and parte of
the engine were considerably injured, but no
further damage was done to the train, though
much alarm1 was created amongst the passen
gers, and after a detention of about half an hour
they again got under way. No person being"
injured ihe people in ihe vicinity were highly
graiified by tho incident, a9 the perfect indif
ference and even pleasure with which cows
and horses have beep run down, maimed and
killed, has created among the peoplo a feeling
of hostility towards the conductors of the train
on this rpute, and led them to rejoice that for
once they have run against a snag not quite so
easily demolished as a cow or a horse. G.
Bucks County Intelligencer.
Queer Place for a Clergyman. Rev.
Dr., Francis Wober, has been ento the work
hoiiMi in Washington Ciiy, for twenty days,,
'defaultiqf s'eturiiy fqr bis 'god behavior! .
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Harrisburg, Feb. 22, 1 849.
dentate Petitions Presented. Mr. O
fifid, for the construction of a bridge over th
ocnuyiKiu, near Mauch Chunk.
Mr. Sterrett, for a law to reduce the standard
weight of corn, and also one for a law to close
the pubicworks on the Sabbath.
Mr. King, from Blair coumy, that the bill 0
incoYporate the Harrisburg and Lewistown Te.
egraph Company may be so amended as to ex.
tend their lines of telegraph to Pittsburg.
Bills read in place By Mr. Forsyth, suppie.
mentary to the act to incorporate the borouajj
of West Philadelphia. 3
By Mr. King, supplementary to the act re.
iating to lunatics and habitual drunkards. AS(J
a further supplement to the acl to regulate the
free bill.
By Mr. Small, joint resolutions relative to in.
ternational exchanges.
On motion of Mr. S. tho rule requiring bill,
or joint resolutions to lie on the table one day
was suspended, and the resolutions were taken
up.
Messrs. Small, King, and Konigmacher mada
a few remarks on the subject, and then,
On motion of Mr. Konigmacher, ihe further
consideration of the subject was postponed, and
the resolutions were referred to the Committee
on Finance.
The Senate resumed, on second reading, the
consideration of the bill to incorporate the Oink
of Danville.
A long discussion ensued on the various pro.
visions of the bill which was participated mbj
Messrs. Smyser, King. For-yth, Crabb, Small,
Best and Konigmachar, when it was read a
second and third time and passed yeas I6f
nays 8.
House. Prayer by Rev. Mr Coil
North Branch Canal. On motion nf)r
Swarizwelder, the House re-considereJ tlm
vote of yesterday, negativing the 1st section of
the bill providing for the completion of the North
Branch Canal, by a vote of 43 to 39, and the
bill was postponed for the present.
Mr. Little moved to make the bill for ihe ap
pointment of Commissioners to assess damages
thai have occurred in the partial construction
of N. B. Canal the special order for Saturday
nexi ; 51 for it, 29 against ; not two-thirds-lost.
Erie and Ohio Railroad. On motion of Mr.
R. R. Smith,- the House took up the bill to re
pel, the charter of the Erie Railroad Company.
Mr. Ball made a set speech against tho bill.
The Previous question was then called and sin
tained, and the. main question was ordered,
yeas 44, nays 38.
The section was passed without division,
and the rule was dispensed with, and the bill
read a third time by its title.
Mr. M'CuIloch moved to go into Committee
of the Whole, to insert an amendment, provi
ding for the continuance of the act proposed i&
be repealed, by fmp'osing taxes upon carrying
passengers and tonnage. After some debate,
this was lost, without a division.
Mr. Ball offered another, providing that this
act shall noi go into effect until the Pennsyl
vania and Ohio Railroad shall agree to pay i
tax upon mercnarcaize. j nts was penuin m
a quarter oi la, wncrr ine question was post
poned for the present.
Mr. Cooper (Select) reported a series of
resolutions, (,Mr. Small's,) relative to interna
tional exchanges. Also (Com on Banks) a bill
to re-charter the Banfc of Germatnown. Alio,
a bill (Ways and Means) relative to'Sullhrao
county. Several petitions were presented.
22d, In Sen-ate, the bill to incorporate tb
Bank of Danville was passed, 16 to &.
The Farewell Address of President Wash
ington was read and the Senate adjourned.
In the House, little was done. Washington'!
Farewell Address was read at noony and the
House adjourned.
Harrisburg Feb 23.
SENATE. The Speaker presented the annu
al report of ihe Schuylkill Navigation Company
and the proceedings of a meeting held in 11
county, in favor of the removel of tho coumy
seat.
Petitions Presented. By Mr. Crab, a remon
strance from the trustees of the Bank of th
United Sates, against ihe pasaage of an act for
the relief of the creditors and stockholder; anJ
also one from citizens of Moyamensing auaim'-
granting the Commissioners of said Dutrio
power to borfow money.
By Messrs. Forsyth, Overfield, Streoier.Mi
son, Sterrett, Drum, Lawrence and Lewis-fa
the removel of the seal of Justice from Ki'
way to St. Marys.
By Mr. Rich, from Bucks, asking that &
Busileton and Sumneytown Road Compaq
may be allowed to extend their road ; and N
for a law to close the public works on the Sit
bath.
Reports. Mr. Crabb, from the Commit
on Banks, reported a bill to extend tho charts
of the Farmers' Bank of Bucks county. Mj
alao, from the same comtnitiekFeponieiihftt$
for the partial restoration of ihe Banks of P8
sylvania, as committed.
Bills read in place, Mr. Small to fncorp
ale the Olnoy Classical Institution of I'liilaJ'
phia. Also, a bil to incorporate the Passy
Railroad Co.
Mr. Boas, to authorise the corporation of
borough of JEaslon to borrow money.
House. Mr, Overfield, on leave read tj
place, a bill to incorporate the Anthracite 0Jtl
of Tamaqua.
The bill to extend tho nhartflr nf the Ba'
of Chamberaburg was passed. Yeas 17, na)'1
mr. ocnoonover submitted a resolution i
ling on tho Auditor General to furnish an eJ
male of tho revenue thai would accrue to 1
jtte under tho acis recommended by him"'
and the Slate Treasurer last session ; wn'
was adopted.
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