I
a rope ladder the following: evening from one of
the windows in the room adjoining , but having
loosed the bars of the window the same evening
e instrument for the purpose was put mto her
l ands, she determined not to waitHilftthe ijfollow-
ing evening for the promised ladder, not knowing
Lut the plot of the servants might be discovered
by her uncle, or bv some of his children, and she
accordingly went to work-making a rope (if such'
it may be called) from her bed clothes, by tear
ing them in strips and. tying the ends together.-
After a few hours labor, she completed her rope,
but, fearing it might not be strong enough to sup
port her, jt was. some time before she dared at-
icmpt a descent. Jiut preiernng death to a longer
nfinement, and fearing that she might be deF
ing herself into the hands of Him who is the o
phan's friend. She rdi d make the attempt an
was successful. Yes, she was liberated from a
prison in her own house, where for filthy lucre's
sake, she had bqen confined by her own uncle,
but once more breathed the pure air o.f freedom.
This was about daylight. She immediately bent
her steps towards the wharf where the Boston
vessel lay ; and from that period in her life till
she ushered her husband into her own house the
reader has already an account of.
The surprised and horror-stricken uncle stood
in mute astonishment for some moments after . be
ing informed by Eliza of her marriage. She again
repeated her demand, "Leave my house in an
hour thou monster," and then returned to her hus
band, when the promised explanation was made-
. The amazement of Tudor and the transport of
his wife, at the sudden change in their foitunes
and conditions, may possibly be conceived, but
they certainly cannot be expressed. Being in
competent to the task, I will not attempt to de
scribe the scenes that successively followed, the
embraces of the happy couple, and the kisses ex
changed the joy of the servants at seeing their
old mistress once more set at liberty the chagrin,
mortification, and disappointments of the inhu
man uncle, and his family the kind congratula
tions of old friends and acquaintances the par
ties that were given by Mrs. Tudor, as well as
those attended by her and her husband their
many rides into the country, &c. &c.
One pleasant morning some four or five days
after the marriage, the attention of the officers and
hands belonging to the Boston vessel was direct
ed to a splendid carriage, drawn by two cream
colored horses richly compartsoned, which was
approaching the wharf, and in a few moments
halted iramediatelv in front of the vessel. The
driver dismounted the box and lei down the steps
of the carriage, a gentleman gorgeously dressed,-
stepped out, and assisted the ludy with corres
ponding habiliments to alight; they then stepped
on board the ressel, when the gentleman asked
the captain what port he was from, how many
days he was performing the passage, when he in
tended to return, the amount of fare for passen
gers, -and other questions of like nature, receiving
appropriate answers to the same, asked leave to
examine the cabins and other accommodations of
the vessel, (all the while avoiding as far as possi
ble, the scrutiny of the captain) which were very
corteously shown him. He then observed that
he and his lady had some thoughts of soon start
ing for America, and in case' they concluded to
do so, assured the captain they would take pas
sage with him- They then left the cabin, but be
fore leaving the vessel the gentleman turned to
the captain and said
" Capt. , (calling him by name) before leav
ing your vessel, permit me to make you acquainted
with Mrs. Tudor J"
, Jt was not till that moment, that the captain and
those around him, recognized in the elegantly
dressed gentleman, their old friend and compan
ion Tudor the cooper ; they supposing that some
sad if not fatal accident had befallen him- I
once more leave the reader to judge the congratu
lations that now followed, and the healths that
were drank.
The remainder of ray imperfect sketch is soon
told. Tudor distributed the wages coming to him
among his former associates, bade them good bye,
but not however, until he had extricated a promise
from the captain and his crew to call as often as
possible upon him before sailing left the vessel,
entered his carriage, and was driven to his own
door.
Tudor and his wife lived through life upon the
most amicable terms, and were blessed with pros
perity and an obedient and respected circle of
children. Some 3Tears after his marriage, he re
turned to his native place, Boston, where he built
two or three wharves, that bear his name to this
day. They afterwards returned to London where
they died as they had lived, since their union, hon
ored by all who enjoyed their , acquaintance.
'"'J Credulity in Berlin.
" A "wonder-working girl," named Louisa Braum,.
who tells her followers to go home, have faith,
and be healed has obtained so much credit at Ber
lin, that many sick have been seen rubbing their
heads against the wall of her dwelliugPin the full
belief that they will thus be cured of their diseas
es. So many have lately performed' tins singular
operation, that the police have at last interfered,
..and have threatened to confine the girl in an asy
lum if she should continue her practice.
An old lady combating the idea of the moon
being inhabited, remarked with emphasis that
the-idea was incredible t "for." said she, "what
'becomes pf .the people in the old moon when
jthcre is nothing le,ft .of it but aiittle sireak 2"
tot?
tFEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, May 10, 1849.
jT No Court.
Shbiff Kemmerer has received a notice from the
!&Kocia'te Judges to countermand his "orders for
uthe holding of a Com in Stroudsburg, to com
mence on the;21st inst., which he does in our col
umns to-day. The recent Legislature has changed
the time of holding the Courts in Monroe County,
from the 3d to the 4th Monday in May.
K Appointment by the Post Master
General.
Prge' H. "MiLiiER, to be Post Master at
Stroudsburg, in place ofjGeorge Malven, removed.
Borough Election.
At an election held at the Court House in the
Borough of Stroudsburg,- on the 7th inst, the fol
lowing persons Were duly elected Borough officers
for the ensuing year, viz:
Chief Burgess,
Samuel Si -Dreher, Esq. . '
Council mem
John H. Melick,
" Joseph J. Postens,
Morris I). .Robeson,
'Charles Musch,
James Palmer.
'J'f
High Constable.
Daniel Huntsman.
Toivn Clerk. ''
William Carey.
The Editor of the New York Tribune has seen
a letter from Montreal, dated Thursday after bur
ning of the Parliament House, which states that it
is almost impossible to describe the depth of feel
ing which pervades the people of that place, in
relation to political matters, and that the general
cry is for annexation to the United States. The
writer is an American merchant, and has resided
in Montreal several years.
The Susquehanna Register, published at Mont
rose, Pa., has been enlarged, and is now printed
on new and beautifulype. We congratulate the
editor upon this evidence of his increasing pros
perity. Some interesting statistics are furnished by the
recent annual report of the N. Y City Inspector.
The whole number of deaths during the year 1848,
is repoited to be 15,919 or only 112 over those
of the twelve months preceeding. Black persons,
782 ; men, 3695 ; boys, 4,638 ; total males, 8,343;
women, 3,325 ; girls, 4,251 ; total females, 7,576.
Important Decision.
The important case vs the Delaware and Hud
son Canal Company, in which $84,000 were in is
sue, has been decided, as we learn by letter from
Harrisburg. A verdict was rendered for the de
fendants agreeably to instructions from the pre
siding officer, Judge Pearson. The grounds as
sumed by the defence were,-that the State of Penn
sylvania had not the power to tax dividends de
clared by a company incorporated by a sister State
although a portion of the works may be located
in the State so taxing, as that would be an in
fringement of the compact between the States.
Law against Arson.
There was a law passed at the recent session
of the Legislature, which provides that any person
who shall wilfully burn any building, pile of lum
ber, boards, &c, shall upon conviction be subject
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years,
and shall forever thereafter be deemed incompe
tent to be an elector, or witness, or to hold any of
fice of honor, trust or profit ; and any person at
tempting to fire any building, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction be
subject to imprisonment at hard labor for a term
not exceeding ten years "
Virginia.
The returns of the Virginia election look bad
enough for the Whigs, and better for the Locofo
cos than they expected. The Whigs, through their
own dissensions have failed to elect in several
districts where they ought to have succeeded.
Only one Whig is elected to Congress, arid he is
the independent candidate in a district where the
Locos made no nomination, but voted for him be
cause he was more favorable to slavery-extension
than the regular Whig candidate, Hon. John M.
Pendleton. The Delegation in the last Congress
but one stood as it will now only one Whig.
The Whigs have gained in the legislature, but
not enough to effect anything.
The miners and laborers at the Goal mines at
Pottsville have turned out for higher wages de
manding an advance of about 40 per cent.-
Franklin, (La.) April 17,1849. I write-amidst
gloom and death on every side. The cholera is
sweeping through our midst like a destroying anr
gel Whea it strikes, it destroyes. Both sexes,
all classes, ages and conditions are alike its daily
victims. The negroes suffer most extensively,
but every day sees the scourge extend itself a
mong our population.
Rone, (Loco.) .is elected Governor ofArkansas
by 50. to CO majority. .
.
donnecticnt Election of Governor.
There having been no choicefor State officers
,at the recent election in Connecticut the1 two
:houses of the Legislature met in Convention on
Thursday, and proceeded to an election.1 For.Gov
ernor, there were cast 232 vote's, of which Hon.
Joseph Trumbull received 122, For Lieut. Gov
ernor, 240 votes were cast, of which Henry D.
Smith received HI. For Secretaryof.State-239
votes were cast, of which Roger H. Mills received
123. For Comptroller 24l votes were cast, of
which Abijah Catlin received 122 and all were
declared duly elected. These gentlemen, with
one exception, were the Whig caiididatesjbr the
several offices. Henry D. Smith, the Treasurer,
is a Locofoca. On the ballot for Governor, 11 of
the Free Soil members voted for the Locofoco
canditate, one for Mr. Trumbull, six blanks, and
three did not vote at all. ,
In tne. afternoon of the .same day the oath of-
office was ' administered to Gov. Trumbull, by.
Judge Storrs, after which the usual inaugural ad
dress was delivered. A large portion of this ad-,
dress is devoted to the relations between the free
and slave states, in which we need scarcely say
that good sound Northern doctrines are firmly
but temperately advanced. The capital of the
school fund is $2,077,631 19 ; the amount divided
between the school districts during the "year was
$133,366 50; the number of children attending
schools, between the ages of four and sixteen,
were 88,911. The balance of money in the.State
treasury on the 1st of April, 1849, including
000 borrowed within the year from the school
funds was $20,241 96. The whole amount of in
debtedness from the State to the school fundfor
money borrowed at various times, is $46,212 43.
The judicial expenses for the last year amount
to $41,374' 81, exceeding by about $4,000 the ex
penses of'theprgceding year.
-
.''A Mr. Miller, residing near Harrisburg, has
had a prodigious piece of luck. On Monday
morning last, his wife was obliging enough to give
birth to five, boys, all of, whom the Philadelphia
Ledger says " are alive and doing well."
What makes the case singular, or, rather plural,
is, that she produced twins on one occasion, and
a trio on another, making altogether, with the last
consignment, ten children in four years ! Great
Jehosaphat ! If we had such a wife, we should
exclaim with the afflicted Millerite "Blow your
trumpet, Gabriel I'm ready to go !" Dispatch.
The Number gone to California.
A list of the vessels and passengers who have
left the United States for Calfornia, sums up as
follows : ,
226 vessels, via Cape Horn, passengers, 14,191
51
11
II
3
2
o'
1
1
(
Chagress,
Vera Cruz,
Brazos,
Corpus Christi,'
San Juan River,
Tampico,
Galveston,
Lavaca,
2,517
698
118
87
86
122
'it
tt
tt
tt
tt
it
CI
108 vessels passengers, 19,717
The emigration overland will, from all accounts,
greatly exceed that by water, and will give a tol
erably correct idea of the numbers that"1 will soon
be congregated 'in the valley of the Sacramento.
Singular JLake.
. About ten miles to the south-west of Saratoga
springs, N.- Y., there is a small lake, well worthy
the attention of the curious geologist. Aroundit,
for a considerable distance, stretches a valley
that shows many indications of having once been
full of water, but which had been drained by the
bursting of the southern boundary, towards the
Mohawk river. In the centre of deeply shaded
woods, lies the present lake, no more than a quar
ter of a mile in width, but about three miles in
lengh. The shape is serpentine, and, though sev
eral streams empty into it, its outlet has been dis
covered. Very slight changes only are percepta
ble in the water-mark even at the period of the
spring freshet. No sounding has been made in it
yet, although deep sea-lines have been used. The
shores are bold and perpendicular as a well, de
scending downwards thus to an unknown depth.
The mightiest ship that floats could much the
shore in any place in safety. The surface is as
calm as a mirror, for it is seldom touched by the
boisterous 'wind. The water though seemingly
clear, looks black, from the great depth and the
shadows of the trees on the shore. It has nothing
of the dish shape usually pertaining to lakes, or to
seas and oceans. It seems like an immense crev
ice in the solid crust of the earth's surface, thrown
open by a convulsion of nature, as an earthquake,
long centuries ago. When our planet was young
it underwent shocks such as would crumble the
mountains that now bristle along the surface and
to one of those convulsions this curious lake pro
bably owes its origin.
The National Reformers have called anoth
er general Convention, or 'Industrial Congress
as ihey style it, to be held at Cincinnati, on the
first Wednesday in June. It will continue for
seven days or more, and its main object is ro
r ominaie candidates for the Presidency and
Vice-Presideney'of the United Slates. This
is getting in ihe field early.
SPECIE is flowing into New York from the
West in considerable amounts. The receipts
are not less ihan half a million per week. A
large proportion of ihis specie is foreign . coin,
including considerable silver. . .
Substance of J. Mf. Porter's Remarks?
Made at the. Exchange, Philadelphia;, April 10,
1849, in relation to the importance to Philadel
phia of the completion of the Belvidere Dela
ware Rail Roud.
This road is to oxtend from Belvidere, in
Warren county, N. J., 13 miles above Easton,
on the Delaware, to Trenton a distance of
61 miles.
From Trenton to Philadelphia there is a rail
road, which on ihe Pennsylvania aide is about
27 miles in length.
The entire descending grade from Belvidere
to Trenton, is, on the Delaware, about 200
feet an average of something more than 3
feet to the mile, and the road can be construc
ted without any undulations The inclination
of the road is all one way, southward, and the
proposed route will have in no one mile more
than 6 feet grade.
The estimated cost of the road is -$1,547,-507
30, or at the rate of $2j,369 per mile.
The survey and estimate are by Ashbel Welsh,
Esq., an experienced Engineer, in whose state
ments implicit reliance can be placed.
This estimate includes the' engines, cars,
&c, for the trade and travel of the road, and
the necessary depots.
There has been about $100,000 .stock sub
scribed by individuals, and the Camden &
Amboy & Del. arid R. Canal Co., have agreed
to subscribe $500,000 more, tinder an act of
the Legislature of N. J., passed for that pur
pose. It will be seen that about $950,000 more
will be necessary to complete the road and put
it in operation.
Is it the interest of Philadelphia to urge on
rhis work to completion ?
If it will tend to promote her prosperity ; if
it will add to her trade and commerce, it is un
doubtedly her interest to do so.
The city of Boston has gone into the mea
sures of constructing rail roads centering in that
emporium of New England, and irr the increased
business of the place is reaping a rich reward
for her enterprise.
And such will ever be the case.
Were this rail road never io be extended fur
ther than Belvidere, it would pay an interest
on the investment in the passengers alone.
Yesterday morning there started from Eas
ton, in stages for Philadelphia, 29 passengers,
and4here were seven or eight disappointed in
getting seats. It is probable that an equal
number left Bethlehem and Allentown, all of
whom, it will be shown, would come to this
-city by the rail road.
AH experience shows that travel is at least
quadrupled where a rail road is constructed.
If 50 passengers are sent each way now with
out a rail road, and the number would be quad
rupled by a rail road, then we. should have
400 passengers per day, or 200 each way at
$2 each, amouniing to S800 per day. This
would be $240,000 per annum.
But if yesterday's travel, which is taken at
random, should be one-third higher than the
average, if you deduct one-third it would give
$160,000 per annum for travel, and taking half
that for wear and tear of road, engines, cars,
hands and other expenses; it would give more
than six per cent, on the investment.
This is not an over estimate for the way
travel would be immense. You pass through
or near to, Yardleyville, Taylorsville, Titus
ville, Lambertville, New Hope, Prallsville,
Lumberville, Finesville, Phillipsburg, and Eas
ton, between Tienton and Belvidere.
The trade along this line is immense. Be
ginning at Durham, we have the Durham Fur
nace, the furnace of the Messrs. Cooper at
Phillipsburg, and the three furnaces at South
Easton, to wit ; Mr. Thomas's and the Glen
don Works, belonging to Mr. Jackson of Bos
ton each making at least 100 tons of metal a
week with each stack besides numerous
foundries. If to those be added the Allentown
and Craneville works on the Lehigh, we have
at least 500 tons per week additional making
1000 tons of pig metal per week, that for six
months in the yaar must use this railroad as
their route to market.
Besides this you have all the rich agricul
tural products of ihe region bordering on the
Delaware and Lehigh.
The portion of the Kittatinny Valley which
finds its outlet to market at Easton is unusually
fertile. It is certainly as good a wheat grow
ing country as any in the world, and as a proof
of it there are annually sent to market from the
vicinity of Easton, 100,000 barrels of wheal
flour, besides rye and corn meal.
The lime burnpd in the neighborhood of Eas
ton, destined for Bucks and the upper end of
Philadelphia county, in Penna., and the coun
try in Jersey from Lambertville out id New
Brunswick and across to Bordentown, Mount
Holly, &c , aldreudy amounts to upwards of a
million of bushels a year, sent during half the
year by the unsafe mode of water communica
tion. '
We have besides salt and other minerals on
the Delaware, and lands well calculated for
dairies.
And here the remark mny be made, that the
facilities given by rapin communications with
large cities aflbrd new objects for trade and
markets.
From Orange county, in N. Y., several
years since, I counted 275 ten gallon-cans of
milk, for half a day s supply of New York
some of it sent 80 miles to market milked in
the morning and sold the same afternoon. A
like amount was milked in the evening and
soiu in iew York the next morning ; making
55,000 gallons of milk.
This article alone, I was told by the con
ductor, paid $30,000 a year for freight and
transportation, and paid the farmer a better
price than to make it into butter, and send it in
that concentrated' form to market.
; Our natural uiarkeus Philadelphia. There
ur Vtatra K m.'mn'trf mlnmprl In Irnrto n.1 . 1
" . . . u ne m
tegnty and fair dealing of her merchants
always jnsura the continuance of our ,ta(j
here, if we can trade upon any thing hke eqQa'
-ci mo.
If the facilities, however, are not aff0rijBi
our trade will be diverted to New York '
Already the Elizabethtown and Sumervj
Rail Road is extended to the While Hon, 9
within 25 miles of Easton. e
The Morris and Essex Rail Road is exten
ded to Dover, and next season will be oxten
ded to stannope, wunin zd miles oi the ya,e
Gap.
Tk M-i Vnrlr ami T?.ri Rail :
i iiu l i u ty a win - ibv iuii way 13 av
tendedTo Carpenter's Point, at the N. E COf
ner oi our State, and tnence up tne- mer e.
aware to Deposite thence to the Great Benj
and Binghampton, and the next season wi
completed to Elmira, and very soon thereafter
to Dunkirk on Lake Erie.
By these avenues N. Y., approaches penn
sylvania, to draw off her trade at two points m,
the luttainny. vauey, ana at ner iNorih Eai
em corner giving inai cny me auvaniaDe r.J
. . .1 t ".I TkT . O'Of
almost tne wnoie traae oi me iNorih iastetB
portion of the State,, and exclusively so for
northern counties as far as Elmira at Ian.
The principal of Belf-preservation, therefore
demands of Phila, that she should adopt mea.'
sure to retain the trade of that portion which
she has heretofore had, and to prevent its jf.
version:; 'whilst a due regard to her oi?n m.
terest shpuld induce her to strive to secure to
herself a portion of that which she licretofors
has not enjoyed.
All this can be done by constructing 3 r,j
road up the Delaware, to connect with ihe New
York and Erie R. R. at Carpenter's Point, 0f
somo plate west of it. And in this mcamt8
ihe Belvidere R. R. is the first and principal
link.
There probably is not any other route nut of
Philadelphia which affords the same facility
for constructing a rail road for ihe same dis
tance. From the city of Philadelphia to Trentonths
route is a dead leyel tide flowing up ihe Del
aware lo that point. From Trenion to Easton,
a distance of 50 miles, the ascent is 159 feet;
from Easton to Carpenter's Point, a distanceof
67 miles, .the ascent is regular and amounts to
196 feet average a little leas than three feetta
the mile.
No other route cm be shown for the sanii
distance with so low a grade.
Nor is this all. At Carpenter's Point ontta
Delaware, you are 435 feet above title, 93
miles from New York, and 144 miles froo
Philadelphia by ihe coarse of the Delaware.
It is said lo be a " fixed fact" among engin
eers, that every 20 feet rise in a road is equal
to a mile in distance, so far as power and time-
are concerned. If this be so, then the freight
and passengers can be transported as quickly
and as cheaply from Carpenter's Point to Phil
adelphia aB to New York.
Then if the road is completed along the Del
aware from. Trenton to Carpenter's Point, th
entire irade of the nonh-easiern counties nf
Pennsylvania is secured to Philadelphia, ar.J
she stands upon at least equal terms for U
trade of all ihe southern tier of counties of
New York and all the northern counnej ol
Pennsylvania or. the Lake Erie, and for lie
Lake trade itself.
An act has been passed at the present jes-
sion of the Leglsiajure of Pennsylvania for in
corporating a- company to be. called the Cobb's
Gap Rail Road Co., which authorizes the con
tinuation of the Belvidere road from its termi
nation to Carpenters Point. The books of the
slock will probably be soon opened, and Phil
adelphia can then complete this connection.
The Whole of which will be nearly if notquiu
I of equal importance to the Central Rail Rod.
With this difference, that the whole of At
road along the Delaware can be completed for
from one and a half to two millions of dollm
expended by Philadelphia, whilst the other
will cost her ten millions or more. This routs
will shorten (he distance to the Great Bed
from Philadelphia, some 35 to 40 miles, an!
open to the Delaware the stores of anthracite
coal found in the Lackawanna valley.
In short the sum required is comparatirelj
small ; the result certain as lo the profits of ihe
investment, and in the value of the trade ani
business which it will retain and increase for
Philadelphia.
The facts being before Philadelphia, H
will be for them to say whether they will cofl
plete the great work. Easton Sentinel
A MfssouRiAN'a Account or California
Thn TndAnanr?anrn TTnnatinr rnnfntns 3 It'
,W..W .. WW..
ter from Mr. T. McCIellen, a gentleman ofi
telligence and veracity, who, with hi fanoH
went to California about a year ago. He!
the trip out overland, in 5 months and 5 daj
with the lost of one animal. He says :
" I brought every apeciei of property I
tod with, which is worth more here in IP
than all I ever was worth put together, in
life. I sold, when I landed in the mines, &
waggon I bought of Oldhan, and three ynk
oxen, for $1000 in gold, and was offered'
200 for the other waggon and oxeat but I w0"1
not sell it ; it is worth as much to me
steamboat is to ts owner on the Missouri n,,r
1 have given it to young Nottingham,
drove out for roe, on the halves ; he hauls fl3
U Tll 1 1 ?1 . CnltPlI
mo jcjmoaroaaos, a town lam out ai ,
Fort, forty miles from the mine-, and the he
of navigation at this time ; .ihe road is be,M
than the road from Lexington to Independency
he hauls from thirty to forty hundred, and ls
price vanes irom io 5au per iw ",-
that he clears for himself orer$50 per
Mi