JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, June 7. 1849.
C? We observe by the Easton papers of last
week, that the Town Uouncilmen ot that place.
have assessed a borough tax ot hall a cent on the
dollar ol the vaiuauun vi laxaoie property.
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Counterfeiters Arrested.
Two individuals calling themselves Wm. Bas-
hinder and Wm. Colbert, were arrested and com-
mined at Haeerstown. Md.. a few davs since,
upon the charge of passing counterfeit money. In
the bed of one, at a hotel, $780 of the spurious
notes were found, mostly in 5's of the Harrisburg
Bank, of Pennsylvania, letter H, dated March 4,
1815, and some of the North-western Bank ofVir-
oinia, letter L, July 1817. Paper light, and engra-
ving badly done in both cases.
Newspapers in Europe are not as cheap
as2in this country. The German dailies cost
from $22 to $36 per annum.
Elopement.
We codv the following from the Belvidere in-
tilliecncer of Thursday last.
An incident of unusually painful nature occurred
in. Lower Ml. Bethel on Sunday last. It appears
that an individual aged about 45 years, styling
himself Dr. Andrews, has been for some time
travelling through this county and in the adjoin
ing district of Pennsylvania, under the pretence of j
practising medicine. In the course of his travels,
he forced himself into the family of a wealthy far
mer in Lower Mt. Bethel, Pa., proposing to effect
a cure of a son who was afflicted with a white
swelling. The parent after much persuasion per-
milled the quack to take the case in hand: but
when the treatment had been fairly tried and found
ineffectual, he reouested the emipiric to cease his
visits. He refused to do so, until he received a
for rf Otnn At- 1 liic true A ante A t It Q TJr VnlVorl
revenge, and to procure it, resolved upon kidnap-
rinrr r oniirinfr .wav a vnnnfr rlaimhiAr of the.
farmer; and it was not long since he was baffled
in an attempt of the same kind. On Sunday last,
having laid his plans, and obtained the assistance
of a number of confederates, he for the second
time, seized her, wiihin a short distance of her
father's Hwellincr. nlnceri her in n rarrinire and left
with so much rapidity for parts unknown, as to
completely elude all pursuit. The parents, it need
not be said, are plunged in the deepest grief at the
incident : and their anxiety is enhanced by the
worst suspicions as to the moral character of the
impostor.
The next Apportionment.
It will be the duty of the next Legislature to
apportion the State for Senators and Representa
tives, and this duty will render the session one
of more than ordinary importance. The Whigs
should therefore be active, and select their best
men to represent them. They should Tesolve,
moreover, to secure a clear majority in the lower
House, as the best means of securing the State
against another disgraceful gerrymander, to which,
if, they have the power, the opposition will resort.
There were in New York on Monday last, re
ported twenty five new cases of Cholera and
sine deaths.
E? Herkimer county, New York, and adjacent
counties, have been covered with myriads of
pigeons. The sportsmen have made great havoc
among them.
The New Orleans papers mention as a new
danger from the overflow of water, the large num
ber of snakes which have been brought into the
streets from the swamps many of them of the most
venomous kind. Two persons, a man and a boy,
had been bitten while wading in the water, and
died from the effects.
The Illinois Locofocos are now putting forward
John A. McClernand, for the vacant seat in the
U. S. Senate, abandoning both Breeze and Shields.
Moving. A constant stream of drays and other
vehicles, laden with household furniture, was yes
terday to be observed coming from the inundated
districts. Multitudes of persons have already de
serted. The population of the city will thus ne
cessarily be crowded into a space much too small
for jts accommodation. The result of this must
be discomfort and inconvenience, at least. It
may be much worse. Every one agrees that
crowding a great number of persons into a small
2space, is productive of effects very deleterious to
health. Such may be the case in the present in
stance, yet being forewarned we are forewarned,
and therefore take active measures to avert an
evil which our neglect would at least aggravate.
JV. 0. Crescent, May 23.
L The Legislature pf Rhode Island have ad
journed after a session of four days. Here is a
good example to follow. We never heard that
Khode Island was deficient in laws, one even at
one.iime had a double sett two Legislatures, two
..Governors, and two Constitutions !
Suawberriea
arc 2b els. a quart in Balti
more green peas, 37 ds. a peck. Ripe cher
Vies arc abdmlanl in Norfolk, and have leachfld
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FRO in EUROPE.
The National Intelligencer of Saturday last
says the Telegraph announces the arrival at Hal
ifax of the steamer Niagara, with a week's later
news from Europe. Up to the hour of putting this
paper to press, however, we had received only the
annexed despatch, giving a view of the Liverpoo
markets on the 19th ultimo :
A belter feeling prevailed for grain' and flour. -
Baltimore and Philadelphia flour 23s. to 23s. 6d.
best Ohio 24s. Corn had further advanced; white
32s. to 33s.: vellow 34s. to 36s. Der ouarter.
Sales of American wheat at 5s 10d. t0 7s. per
b . , Tnere was a eneral decline in all kinds
nf . nnV.es reperfin markets well sun.
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No improvement in commercial affairs; money
plenty. Consols closed foi the week at 915-8
French three per cents, closed at 58fr. 80c; five
per cents 88fr 95c. The chief demand for Amer-
lean securities was on urerman account.
There was great complaint from the manufac
tunng districts of the smallness ofprofit3 on goods
sent away.
A second despatch gives us a glimpse of the
political news, as follows :
The election for members of the French Assem
bly took place on the 13th. In Paris nine Social-
ists and nineteen Moderates wete elected. The
result in no other department had been ascertained.
M. Faucheke, the Minister of the Interior, had
resigned, and it was supposed the other Ministers
would shorlly follow suit-
The French army had not entered Rome , The
Itallan question had been further discu ssed in the
'encn Assemoiy ana me ministry again oeieaiea
bJ a majority ol 38.' It appears irom the debate
that no instructions had been given Gen. Oudinot
to enter Home. On the contrary, he was expect
ed to remain at Civita Vecchia, to march to the
city only in case of necessity.
The French Government had written to London,
St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Venice, strongly de
ploring the interference of Russia in Hungarian
affairs and sayinfi that wil1 Put a st0P t0 il h7
diplomatic means ; and m case oiiauure, will ap
PlJ t0 the National Assembly for advice.
The brave Hungarians are still victorious, and
apparently defying the combined powers of Rus-
sia and Austria. They are said to be within a
ew days' march of Vienna, to which the Russian
army is marching with the utmost speed. It is
supposed a terrible battle will take place there.
The Neapolitans had again been defeated.
Sicily is again in a state of insurrection
The Danes have suffered another defeat, and it
is supposed have accepted the mediation of Eng-
land
There has been renewed disturbances in vari
ous parts of Germany. In Frankfort the revolu
tionary movement is more and more decided.
A Singular Request of a Ulan Con
demned to be Hunc.
Since the conviction of Conrad Vintner, for the
murder of Mrs. Cooper, in Baltimore county, Ma
ryland, and his confinement in his cell, awaiting
the expiation of his crime upon the gallows, he
passes most of his. leisure time in performing on
the accordeon. Fearing that all hope for the
commutation of his punishment from the forfeiture
of his life upon the gallows to the Penitentiary
for life is in vain, he is composing a dirge which
he asks permission to perform, on his way from
his cell to the place of execution. A most singu
lar request, truly, and one which will no doubt be
readily complied with.
TIi us is Life.
If we die to-day, the sun will shine as brightly,
and the birds sing as. sweetly to-morrow. Busi
ness will not be suspended for a moment, and the
great mass will not bestow a thought to our mem
ories. " Is he dead .?" will be the solemn inquiry
of a few, as they pas3 to their pleasure or their
work. But no one will miss us, except our im
mediate connexions ; and in a short time they will
forget us, and laugh as merrily as when, we sat
beside them.
Thus shall we 11, now active in life, pass away.
Our children crowd close behind us, and they will
soon be gone. In a few years not a living being
can say "I remember him." We lived in another
age, and did business with those who have long
since slumbered in the tomb. This is life. How
rapidly it passes ! O, blessed are they who are
held in everlasting remembrance.
The Rush for Mincsota.
It is said that accommodations cannot be had at
the hotels in St. Paul's at any price, so great is
the rush of emigration. A gentleman who recent-
ly returned, states that some of the strangers there
have provided themselves with tents, being the
best accommodations that can be procured at
present ; men are doing their own cooking, and
overseeing the household affairs. Board is $5
per week, whether you sleep on a bed or under a
counter. Chicago Journal.
A Good One.
A Correspondent of the New York 4t Spirit of
the Times" relates the following : Some years
since, a Carolina lawyer, yet living, undertook to
convince a Methodist preacher of some celebrity,
that his manner of preaching, in threatening his
auditors with damnation, was injudicious; and that
arguments and exhortations of a milder character
would be more successful. After listening pa
tiently, the preacher replied "My friend! you are
mistaken. Sin is a terrapin you may exhort,
admonish, even kick him. and he will not move,
but merely draw his head within his shell, and
your iabor is lostbut place-a-cwflo" fire on hie
back, and he travels;' - .
Farther" Items from California.
The" New-York Tribune of the 2dTinst.; . says :
From John Parrott, Esq.,i U. S.' Consul at
Mazatlin, who is now at the Astor House, we have
obtained some interesting items of late California
intelligence, in addition to those which he kindly
furnished us yesterday. Mr. Parrott, we may re
mark, is intimately acquainted with all parts o
California, and gives a more thorough - and satis
factory account of affairs than any one who has
reached here since the discovery of the Gold Re
gion.
He informs us. that the ruling idea of the coun
try is the wealth so unexpectedly opened to it. r
Government is scarcely thought of ; all other in
terests are swallowed up in this absorbing mania
for gold. A Convention has been called to meet
in August, for the purpose of effecting a political
organization, but it will not be able to do much.
There has been considerable complaint among the
inhabitants that the laws of the United States
have not yet been extended over them. They are
however too strongly bent on digging to take the
trouble of forming a Constitution of their own.
Gen. Smith is unsupported by any military force,
and can do nothing at present.
In the gold districts a tacit system of individual
right has been agreed upon, and is preserved with
the most honorable exactness. Each man who
enters upon new ground has the privilege of mark
ing out eight yards square and digging upon it so
long as he chooses; his premises are never inva
ded. He is at liberty to dispose of his right eith
er by sale or lease, or drop it entirely and try a
new locality. The sense of justice among the mi
ners has thus far prevented all trouble or dispute.
The moral effect of a general enrichment of the
whole population, is worthy of notice. In the ab
sence of all law except such as is administered
by the Alcades, hundreds of persons have volun
tarily discharged debts contracted many years
ago, and which their creditors in many cases had
given up as hopeless. A man who is industrious
and temperate has no difficulty in obtaining credit
to a large. amount.
The U. S. ship Ohio will proceed to Mazatlan
shortly, that the crew may have their stipulated
term of liberty out of the reach of temptation. It
is nevertheless feared that a great part of them
may succeed in escaping.
Mr. Parrott exhibited to us a number of interest
ing mineralogical specimens from California and
Mexico. In addition to samples of gold from the
wet and dry diggings, he brought a piece of coal
from the surface of the bed just discovered on the
coast, between Monterey and San Luis Obispo.
It is of bituminous character, and is found in great
abundance. It was tried in a blast furnace on
board the Ohio and proved to be of very good
quality. We also had a sight of a genuine ruby,
picked up in the diggings. It is the first one found
of a pale crimson color, and about the size of a
pea cut in half. Mr. Parrott intends to have it cut
and set in a ring of California gold. He also
brought with him specimens of cinnabar, the ore
of quicksilver, containing 50 per cent, of the metal
and some very fine samples of silver ore from
30 to 75 per cent. Some of these were imbedded
in prismatic feldspar, in crystals of an amethyst
tint. Among other curiosities we noticed an ear
of corn from the -Sierra Nevada, 9,000 feet above
the sea. It was about four inches long but the
grains were upward of an inch in length. This
corn is said to yield remarkable crops, and its
cultivation in this country is worth a trial.
Mr. Parrott considers the introduction of Sla
very into California as an impossibility, from the
nature of the case. The inhabitants are all strongly
opposed to it, and no man taking slaves with him
would be able to keep them long. He is of the
opinion that the territory must of necessity be
come a free State, with or without the action of
Congress.
Tobacco and Mortality.
At a meeting of the Academie des Sciences, a
paper was brought forward by M. Carbonnel, upon
the effect of tobacco on the workmen employed to
make cigars and prepare tobacco. It would ap
pear that out of 420 females whose husbands fol
lowed the occupation, 356 had twins ; but with
regard to health, outof 1000 workmen 340 be
came emaciated to the highest degree, and 64 in a
secondary manner. French paper.
IV. Y. & E. Railroad.
The section between Binghampton and Owego
will be open to the public on Friday of the pres
ent week. Great preparations have been made by
the citizens of Owego to impart eclat to thd occa
sion ; and what they attempt, they accomplish.
Both the Goi'ernor and the Lieut. Governor of
the State of New York, will be present, together
wnn many omer persons ol eminence.
Warning for Calithumpian.
In Dark county, Ohio, a number of individ
uals have been indicted and found guilty of
riot, in serenading a wedding party with tin-pan
music. The Judge (Holi) in his charge thus
comments upon the custom :
" Some of the witnesses have spoken of a
custom in that neighborhood to honor weddings
wnn music oi tnis Kind, auch a custom is il
legal ; it belongs not to civilization, and should
not receive ihe sanction of a court and jury
silling in a civilized community. It has been
said that
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.'
It must indeed be a savage breast that can
be soothed by the hideous sounds of cow-bells,
horse-fiddles, rams -horns, and like instruments
rattling, rjnging, and commingling together, and
fntrapersed with the occasional explosion of
.gun-powder."
A eonpliment to John Smith..
A trn voller? whn hna ntihlifthed A sketeh'nfl The mnriovnaa. nftlia Now tfnna rti. '
his journey from Eeaton to Wilkes; Barre,
ihe Easton Seniinel; compliments very highly
James Ely of Rosscommon, and John: Smith
of Pocono, as accommodating landlord whose
lables furnish every ihing a traveller could ask.
Especially does he pay a high compliment to
ihe heart of John Smiih. It seems there was
aboard ihe stage an Irishman, thinly clad, and
evidently moneyless. At Smith's tho pasaen-
gers, except him, had a sumptuous dinner.
As they were gelling into ine stage io resume
their tourney, it was noticed that bmith called
the Irishman into ihe house. The traveller
thus chronicles what followed :
" in a short time ine driver called 'all aooaru
J D.i Anmn st.it nf ilia tirtnto nn tVio nrtrill
his mouth full, eating as fast as he could, and
his hands ful of bread and butter and cheese,
He got into the stage and off we were, Pal
saving An oui uiai lanaiuru is u cicvcr man.
I suppose he saw I was hungry and he thought
t . . i . i i l
1 had no money and he gave me as mucn as
could eat and a ha'pworth he charged me lor
it and well he did not, for 1 had nothing to
pay him for it but my thanksmay ihe Lord
bless him, Dutchman as he is, for being so
kind to a poor Irish boy." Amen, said I, John
Smith is a good fellow."
A rich and merited compliment, many will
say who knew John Smith. How many there
are in this world who would take from a poor
man his last cent for a drink of grog, and then
...... .
bid him beeone. but John Smith finding one
hungry, gave him that which was belter, be
cause he had no money wherewith to buy it.
mechanics' Lien.
The Supreme Court of this State on the 22d
ult. made a decision ot some importance to
many of our readers. Judge Coulter delivered
the opinion. It was in the case of Landis et.
al. an appeal from the District Court of Lan
caster , and derives its interest from the faci
thai it makes the distinction between building
a new house and repairing an old one. The
Court say, " In tho case before us, it was es
sentially, practically and ornamentally remodel
ling and repairing an old house. The front
wall was taken down to the cellar, and the
roof taken off except ihe rafters; but there
stood the other walls on the tame spot, and the
foundation the front wall was modernized
and deprived of its old fashioned and pent roof
ihe floors remained. Eterv passer-bv would
say Mr. Howett has remodelled and repaired
his old house.
" The lien of the mechanic and material man
oughi not to be extended beyond ihe terms of ishing them. He considers it quite antidemo
the statue, because it is often a secret lien, ex- cralic to gram any set of men exclusive privi-
tending back from ihe date of its entry and pub-
lcity, over-riding honet and fair judgments
The decree of the court below is reversed,
and the clerk of this court is directed to make
a decree awarding the money to the other lien
creditors according to their priority on the rec
ord."
XJCT Splitting the Differexce. A nice
young gentleman, not a thousand miles from
this, after a long and assidious courtship, found
himself, one bright evening the betrothed of a
pretty girl, the very pink of modesty. One
night he was about to take his departure, and
after lingering about the door for some time in
a fidget of anxiety, declared and protested lo
Miss Nancy, thai he could not and would not
leave until she kissed him. Of course, Miss
Nancy blushed beautifully red, and protested
in turn, that she could not and would not do
that. She never had done such a thing and
never would until she was married so now he
had it. The altercation and debate became dee
per and exciting, until the betrothed buffed out-
right, and declared if he couldn't kiss her he
couldn't have her and was marchine off.
She watched him to the gale, and saw the
" fat was in the fire, unless something was
done.
Come back, then, said she coaxingly, "I'll
split the difference with you you maysqueeze
my hand !
List of Whiff Off ice-Holders
ON THE PUBLIC WORKS OF PENN
SYLVANIA.
On the Eastern Division Canal 0000
" Western Division Canal 0000
" Portago Road 0000
" Columbia Road 0000
" Delaware Division 0000
" Susquehanna Division 0000
" North Branch 0000
" West Branch 0000
Total 00000
We believe this lo be an accural tiatement :
but in order to leave no room for a charge of
misrepresen'ation in the matter, we invite any
of our Locofoco contemporaries to point out rphe steam-engine, that grand invention of mod
any errors we rnay have made, nd we shall JL ern times, is a machine envolvin? great
promptly make the correction. Hollidaysburg
Register. "
We suppose if the Whigs should get a majority
in the Canal Board, and anooint a dozen or
wenty men of their own party to offices on
ho public works, a simultaneous howl of "pro
scription would he sent up from the whole
Locofoco press; just as we now see in reference
to appoinments by the general Administration.
Land Warrants.
The whole number of land warrants issued
up to the 1st of May, was 55,000 of 160 acre
warrants, and 1,000 of 40 acre warrants. A
close estimate of the whole amount issued and
to bo issued is 85,000 160 aore warrants, and
5000 40 acre warrants, leaving 30,000 of ihe
latter vet to be. issued. Them arr about 9.500
w i
applications beforeJDepartment. The new
applications averaflK) per day, and the issuot
anout 140 per da
( . New Hope Delaware Bridge.
in Bridge company, have taken possession of ih
bridge in consequence of the company hain
failed to pay thai inierest on their mortpa0
Since-the stoppage of the Company's bankm
operations, a year ago last December, scarcely
any money has been received for toll but J.
own notes, which were not bankable wiih iha
mortgagees. The mortgages, with the interest
due, amount to nearly $19,000, and one held
by the Messrs. Halcombe, of Huntendon coun.
ty, j. j.
The Cholera at the West coniiniiej
though several towns heretofore afflicted ar
now exempt, among them Liouisvuie, and mv.
I Bill Tftr T hor. ..a ICQ k9MI Qi T
during the week ending at noon on the 22U
la decline of 78 from the preceding week, thouoh
in the latter few days the mortality had greaik
I j mi co r .
increaseu. xuera were uo casus .ui cnoiera
and 10 deaths, on steamer Atlantic, arrived at
i at. L.outs witn duu emigranis. i wo cases of
cholera had occurred at Hannibal, Mo., down
to the 17th. The cholera had re-appeared
Nashville on the 24ih six out of nine casei
proving fatal. Six or seven new cases, with
two deaths, occurred, in the lunatic hospital at
Lexington, Ky., last. Thursday. Among ifo
California emigrants, though there were somB
cases near the towni, 80 or 90 miles out there
was no sickness.
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l he Commerce of unglaxd. i ne mer-
- chant fleet of England numbers between 1,000
and 25,000 vessels, with a tonnage o: d.QOO,.
000. London alone, in 1842, had belonging
to il 3,000 merchant vessels, with crews amoun
ting, in the aggregate, to 35,000 men and hoys;
and the cusiom duty of that poH in 1844 wa.
above 1 1,000,000. So great an amount of
shipping and commerce was probably nerer
before concentrated in any single port in the.
world. The official value of the imports in(
Great Britian from her colonies in 1S42 was
between 30,000,000 and 40,000,000.
GoiNG the Whole Figure. Major Lewis
Fie?, of Nelson county. Kv.. who claims to
Ha I h a r An I nnri rrnnntna re m QPn IMIlpr
i i t -it
offers himself as a candidate for the Conven
wv uu icai aim goiiuiuu a wwui j
tion to remodel the constitution of ihat State
He announces thai he will not only advocat
the election of judges, magistrates, d-c, &c
by the beople, but will also go for the election
of preachers, schoolmasters, tavern-keepers.
As to sneritts, constables, 6Xc, ne regard
them as nuisances, and says he will go for abol
leges, merely to bedevil and harraas other peo
pie about paying their debts, while tney never
la - a
pay their own !
A Fair Hit. There is quite a strife in
Bridgeport to see who can build the highest
steeples. The Congregationalists say that they
will have the highest steeple in the State. A
few days since one of the CongregauonalUts
met an Episcopalian, and pointing to their now
church, now in the course of construction, he
remarked, " There, look at that high belfry
We shall put 160 feel more on the top of that,
and thus have the highest steeple in the State."
" Yes," replied the Episcopalian. " and you
would brobably make it still higher if you could,
but that is as high up as your society owns !"
Albany Exp.
Runaway Match and Death. A colored
man, accompanied py a white woman, who bad
eloped together from the northern pari of the
State, arrived al Cincinnati on the 16th instant,
were both seized with cholera on the 1 7th,
ana both died and were buried in one gravoon
he tame day. A sad finale to a strange elope
ment.
Large Calf. A cow belonging to Cyrus
W. Wilkins, of Middletown, Mass., had a calf
a fw days ago, which weighed one hundred
auw mii jr jjuuiius av iia un hi.
Colored Physicians.
We are informed that Messrs John V. Da
Grasao of our city, and Thomas J. While of
Brooklyn, two ,of the colored medical students
of Bowdoin Medical College, Brunswick, Me.,
have received the degree of M. D. at the cloie
of the last term. Mr. De Gresse was a un
dent of Dr. S. R. Childs, and Mr. White a stu
dent of Dr. W. C. Roberts, boih of this city.
Notwithstanding the doors of the Medical Col
leges of this city were barred against them,
they have pursued a regular medical course,
and now have their diplomas in hand, inten
"'n IO 8 lo ,n neir respective ...
1 ne-; are J??? 01 inieil,gence ana raui"
wort" - Tribune.
power with constant motion. What power is to
the steam-engine, life is lo the livins? machine; o:
T.ather life is power, which, through the interren-
tion of machinery, produces regular and sentient
action. This machinery, )ike that of the steam
engine, is susceptible of disarrangement, and muM
in time, wear out. Both require attention tokee,
them in good condition ; each have governors,
condensers, escapements, valves, &c, all at work,
and all important; and accident to either weakens
or destroys its motions. The human machine,
from its superior, complex, and delicate contri
vance, is easily disarranged. Remove the ob
structions, lessen the friction, let the valves work
freely, and health is again restord. To effec
this, use Clickener's Sugar Coated Vegetable Pills,
which have attained great reputation for their cur
a!,,Te PJPPrtfe. They remove from the system
all seeds of diseasa without irritating it, and are.
therefore, suited tp all constitutions, and in all
stages of complaint.
v For sale by T. Schoeh, who is.he only author
ized agent for Stroudsburg ; see advertismont for
other agencies in another column,
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