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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, July 12, 1849.
STATE convention.
"At ihe last meeting of tho Whig Stale Cen
iral Committee held at Harrisburg, in pursu
nnca of nubiic call, it was on motion.
Resolved. That the friends of the National
and State administrations, in Pennsylvania, be
requested to meet in the several cities and
counties of the State and select delegates equal
in number to their representation in the State
Legislature, who shall meet in Convention at
i he Court House, in Harrisburg, at 11 o'clock,
A. :M.. on THURSDAY, the 16th. day of AU
GUST next, for the purpose of selecting a. can
didate for Canal Commissioner, and to do Buch
other business as the interest of the country
may require.
By order of the Committee,
GEORGE ERETY, Chairman pro tern.
We understand the citizens. of Snydersville cel
ebrated the glorious Fourth in a truly patriotic and
rational manner. The exercises toot place in a
quiet, rural retreat, where a stand, seats, &c, had
been erected fqr the occasion. Every thing passed
off with the utmost harmony and good feeling, al
though the occasion was not marked by the boom
ing of cannon display of firework s or the pomp
of martial array. The following gentlemen took
their places at 2 o'clock as officers of the day
Anthony Major, President, J. H.-Fetherman and
Dock II. J. Weller, Vice Presidents, and Jacob
Stackhouseand George Werkheiser, Secretaries.
The Declaration of Independence was then read;
after which addresses were delivered by S. C.
Burnett, and S. S. Dreher, Esqrs., which were
listened to throughout with profound attention and
admiration.
ID3 Two new post-offices have been established
in this county, in Price township, one called
" Covcsvillc," George Ink, post master ; and the
other called " Priceburg" John Price, Esq. has
been appointed post master.
KT We observe by the Easton Sentinel of last
week, that the Directors of the " Easton Bank,"
give notice that they intend to apply to the next
Legislature for.a renewal of its Charter, with the
same capital and its present title, location and
privileges.
(TJr Theophilus Fenn, editor of the " Harris
burg Telegraph," has associated with him in the
publication of that paper, Alexander W. Rea.
1 Tlic Will of Peter Miller.
The Supreme Court at Harrisburg, has affirmed
the decision of Judge Jones, recently rendered in
the Common Pleas of Northampton county, setting
aside the will of the late Peter Miller, of Easton,
and awarding his entire estate to the nearest heir-at-1
aw. It will be remembered that Mr. Miller was
a wealthy old bachelor, of Easton. and devised
his estate amounting to about $350,000, to exec
utors and their successors, in trust for no one,
but with directions, to invest and accumulate the
profits upon the principle, in perpetuity.
Foreign News.
. The steamship Canada arrived at Boston on
Thursday last, with news from Europe a week la
ter than we had by previous arrivals.
XHT The intelligence by the Canada is both in
teresting and important. In a commercial point
of view, it is quite favorable. Money was still
abundant, and discount easy. The Cotton Market
was steady, firm and buoyant. Corn was more
active, with a slight improvement in prices. The
French had not yet succeeded in entering the
Eternal City. Gen. Oudinot was exerting him
self to the utmost to accomplish his object, either
bv force, fraud, or persuasion. The Romans had
manifested great spirit and heroism. The ac
counts from Hungarv and Austria are contradic
tory. Several skirmishes and battles had taken
place. But the details are not sufficiently authen
tic and positive to authorize a confident opinion.
One report, through the London Globe, is, that
the combined forces of the Austrians and Russians
had been' defeated with the loss of 23,000 in killed
But this is improbable. The battle is said to have
taken place on the 13th and 15th, on the plain be
tween Raub and Weisselburg, with a loss to the
Magyars, of 8000, Doubtless a fight took place,
but the positive results have vet to reach us. The
recent insurrection at Paris was followed by s
like demonstration at Lyons. The troops and in
surgents fought in the streets of the city, from the
morning of the 15lh till a late hour in the night,
when the latter were overpowered, and order was
restored. Ledru Rollin had not been arrested.
The cholera was declining at Paris. Nothing im
portant from England.
Interesting Co Immigrants.
A letter from Strasburg, Lancaster county, says:
"I see by the papers that you recommend im
migrants to spread through the country to. seek
employment ; there is much demand in Lancaster
county for females to do housework ; I have no
doubt that a great many, both male and female,
w.ould meet with immediate employment in this
section of the country."
Tlie Cholera.
NewYork.
Cases. Deaths.
. Phiia..'
.Cincinnati.
Cases.
65
66
47
53
34r
40
23
Deaths.
25
21:
20
19
12
9
10
Deaths;
134
127
130
137
91
85
July 2,
3,
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108
5&
71
67
43
39
26
27
26
21
22
27
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7,
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The cholera has been fearfully prevalent at
Rondout, the terminus of the Delaware and Hud
son canal, where a large number of vessels are
constantly lying, taking in coal.
St. Louis, June 30th, 75 interments, from Choi
era; July 1st, 95; 2d, 128. p
The steamer TJncle Sani, arrived' at "St. Louis
from New Orleans, on the 28th ult. Ofjhe 350
passengers, 75 died of cholera on the passage.
The St. Louis Reveille of the 27th ult., (Wed
nesday) says: According to the daily, returns, the
mortality for the week ending, on Monday last,
would beeight hundred, and ten in all,. of which
six hundred. and forty-five were cholera-case's.
This .must be somewhat incompletej as several
cemeteries, on different. occasions, failed to report.
The total mortality, we. presume, will reach about
nine hundred.
The St. Louis Union, of the 26th, says :
The whole number of cemeteries of the city re
port for the week up to Monday last, 25th the un-
parallelled number of seven hundred and sixty-
three interments, of which five-hundred and eighty-nine
died of Cholera and of children one hun
dred and sixty-four under five years of age. No
mortality equal to this has ever occurred for one
week in St. Louis heretofore, and it is to beJioped
will not hereafter
The week after this, as we learn by the tele
graphic despatches, the number of deaths was
949. The population of St Louis has been de
creased from seventy to fifty thousand by families
leaving in consequence of the ravages i of the cholera
In Cincinnati the total number of deaths for the
week ending July 6th was 1047, of which 799
were by cholera.
Pittsburg. July 1, 5 deaths by Cholera ; 2d,
3d, 4 deaths ; 4th, 13 deaths; 7th, 2 deaths.
Brooklyn, N. Y.rJuly, 2d and 3d, 7 cases and
5 deaths by Cholera; 4th and 5th, 12 cases 7
deaths.
Albany. July 2, 7 cases and deaths ; 3d, 11
cases aud 4 deatns ; 4tn, o cases ana l aeatn ;
7th, 16cases, 9 deaths.
Richmond, July. 6. There were 11 deaths by
Cholera on the 4th and 5th:
Washington, July 6 The Board of Health re
port 13 cases of Cholera and 7 deaths, from the
25th ult. up to to-day, mostly colored persons.
05s' St. Louis continues to suffer fearfully by
the cholera. The public journals of that city teem
with melancholy details. Business is completely-
at a stand, and many of the citizens have left, in
the hope of escaping the epidemic. The Era of
a late dale says :
u Many of us have relied too much upon the
prevalent idea that the epidemic has sought and
found most of its victims among the poorer class
es in our midst, and consequently there was less
necessity for the adoption of rigid sanitary meas
ures among the more favored portions of the com
munity. The mortality that is now daily transpir
ing among all the classes and conditions in soci
ety, and which must come under the observation
of the most superficial observer, deprives us all of
any such fallacy.
The alarming augmentation of interments that
are daily occurring, the flight of families from the
city, the consternation that is depicted upon every
countenance, and the united testimony of all our
physicians, admonish us that far more systematic
and beneficient.measures must be taken, both by
the people and our city authorities before we can
look for any amelioration of the epidemic."
Cincinnati. It is staled that there are 259
houses for rent in Cincinnati, the tenants hav
ing fled from the cholera. It is estimaied that
the ciiy has lost about 1300 inhabitants from
this cause, and four or five times that number
by the ravages of the cholera.
Saved from'burying alive. A most sin
gular case6f trance occurred, recently at St.
Louis. A Miss Taylor, who had been attacked
by cholera, and was supposed to have died on
Sunday, but her brother insisted lhat she should
not'be buried until the next day. and on MonT
day she revived, and to the astonishment of
every one, has recovered.
Pigeons abound in great numbers in Wiscon
sin, some portions of the State being complete
ly covered with them. The sporimen were
slaying them by thousands.
Illness of Mrs. Harrison. The Cincin
nati Commercial of the 2nd instant, says ihe
widow of Ex-President Harrison, is lying at
her residence, in North Bend, Ohio, very low
with cholera.
Cholera JPreventivc.
TJiese .cholera times, all, cures for this fear
ful disease, are anxiously looked for. The
Reading Journal, whoso editor is somewhat of
a " Quaclc, sayi that an inlallible cnolera pre
ventive has at length been discovored. It is
simply a receipt for the advance subaciipiion
of a newspaper! It has been ascertained, by
aperies of careful pradical observations lhai the
epidemic never overtakes an individual who
carries a charm of this kind about hm.
FromHh'e Pennsylvania Telegraph.
State Treasurer aud the Laborers on
the Public Works.
The Locofoco press over the State, taking its
cue from the Keystone of Harrisburg, is filled with
abuse of Mr. Ball, the State Treasurer, charging
him with withholding the appropriations made for
the payment of payment of the laborers on the
public works. Having seen these repeated at
tacks made upon that.officer, as we believe with
out ground or reason of any kind, we addressed
him the following note :
Harrisburc, June 30, 1849.
G. J. Ball, Esq.? Sir : Haying seen, it stated
in the public press repeatedly that you have re
fused to pay appropriations made from the State
Treasury for the payment of he laborers on the
public works; if the charge be not true, I will
thank you to furnish me with a statement of the
amount of money drawn from the Treasury since
you have had charge of it, by the Supervisers on the
public works, for the purpose above mentioned.
Very respectfully, yours, &c,
THEO. FENN.
To which we received the following reply :
Treasury Office, July 3, 1849.
Dear Sir : In reply to your note of the 30th ulti
mo, I herewith send you a list of the Supervisors
and Superintendents, on the public improvements
who have drawn money from the Treasury, and
the amount drawn by each since the adjournment
of the Legislature. The total amount so drawn is
$305,434.92, from which it is easy to judge wheth
er a sufficient amount has been drawn to pay the
laborers on the public improvements or not.
Yours, &c, G. J. BALL.
The following is the statement that accompanied
the above answer :
Amounts drawn by Supervisors from April 11th,
to July 3d, 1849 :
J. P. Anderson
James Turner
John Maglauchlin
Wm. English
George Blatenberger :
$23,900 00
11,000 00
25,014 00
104,175 92
6,450 00
76,300 00
1,000 00
19,800 00
5,795 00
9,900 00
13,600 00
8,500 00
$305,434 92
Thomas J. Power
Canal Commissioners
Thomas Bennet ,
J. H. Jenkins
Jacob Ulam , ;
4tp
W. K. Huffnagle
Wm. McPherson
Total
Here is a lamentable, picture of Locofoco prodi
gality and abuse. In the short space of eighty
three days the Locofoco officers on the public
works have drawn from the State Treasury the
astounding sum of more than THREE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS or THREE
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
DOLLARS PER DAY while at the same time
the Locofoco press is filled with abuse of the State
Treasurer because he will not furnish the officers
with money to pay the laborers on the public
works ! ! !
This fact discloses a scheme of villiany uripai-
allelled, we believe, in the history of Locofocoism
in this State. The sum of $300,000, formerly was
all that was annually appropriated for the ordinary
repairs of the State canal and railroads. This
sum was for a whole year.
This amount has already been drawn from the
Treasury for that purpose in a little over two
months! What has been done with it? That
is the question. Have the laborers been paid 1
The Locofoco press says they have not ! Have
the public officers been using this money, and tell
ing the honest laborers that they could get no
money, while they have drawn the enormous sum
of nearly one-third of a million 1 If the Locofoco
press tells the truth, it is so. If it is not so, then
they have been concocting and circulating the
most enormous lies ; and with the concurrence;
too of the officers on the public works, otherwise
they would voluntarily disabuse the public mind.
One of two things are, therefore, self-evident, and
cannot be controverted : either the Locofoco offi
cers have paid the laborers on the public works,
while they have given currency to a vile and in
famous libel upon the State Treasurer ; or they
have used the money drawn from the State Treas
ury for purposes of speculation ; and to screen
themselves from the just censure of those from
whom they are fraudulently withholding their just
dues, have put into circulation a falsehood against
the State Treasurer. Either horn of the dilemma
wia hold them up to public anathema and indigna
tion.
It will not be contended by the most hardened
and unscrupulous Locofoco plunderer, lhat the
sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN EIGHTY THREE DAYS, or
THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY DOLLARS PER DAY, is not suffi.
cient to meet all expenses and 'pay all the laborers
on the public works ! No one will pretend that
one-third of that amount has been expended with
in the time ; and if the " poor laborers" have not
been paid, and promptly too, there is gross fraud.
The sum of $300,000 was never before drawn from
the State Treasury, on account of ordinary repairs,
in the same time, nor can it have been required.
It is idle for Locofocoism to attempt to justify this
enormous draft and expenditure on that account
There has evidently been a settled and deter
mined purpose on the part of the Locofoco wire-
workers since Mr. Ball came into office, to run
upon the Treasury and break down the credit o
the State ; and this unprecedented draft of $300,
000, in less than three months, for the public works
alone, and the false hue and cry raised that mon
ey could not be obtained to pay " the poor labor
ers on the public works," is one of the schemes
fixed upon to carry out the design.' No man of
any party, acquainted Avilh the facts, can doubt
this.
Some other remarkable facts in relation to the
financial condition of the State are worthy of no
tice. ' .
When. Mr. Ball came into the Treasury there
was not $50,000 of available funds in it ; while at
the same time there was a loan of upwards of
$260,000 due to the banks, which had been bor
rowed to meet the interest on the first of Februa
ry. The Treasury was therefore more than $200,
000 in debt and had it not been for the efforts of
Mr. B., who obtained an extension of time from
the banks, there would not have been one dollar
in the Treasury that could have been appropria
ted towards to the public works up to this time, as
all the revenues were specifically pledged and ap
propriated to meet this loan, by the act authon-
zing it. Thus Mr. JBall, instead ol oeing censuraDie
or not giving out money to pay " the poor laborer
on the'public works," is entitled to their gratitude
and the thanks of the people for effecting such an
arrangement as would enable him to furnish the
Supervisors and Superintendents with the means
of paying them. He has evidently been their only
true friend ; while the disbursing officers have
withheld from them their just and .needy dues.
We are however, glad to be able to state that
the loan from the Banks is nearly paid, notwith
standing the efforts made to draw from the Treas
ury within the short time mentioned, all the ap
propriations for the year, besides the judiciary
and other current expenses as fast as they accrue.
We know that the difficulties encountered by
Mr. Ball have been great, and that he has devoted
himself to the duties of his office with an assidui
ty, zeal and energy unsurpassed by any one who
has ever filled that post ; and as he is entitled to
the confidence and respect of all men, we trust
that the effort made by the dishonest and unscru
pulous knayes who have entered into an extensive
scheme to embarrass him in the faithful perfor
mance of his duties will not prove successful.
" Truth is mighty and will prevail."
Henry Itt. Fuller, Esq.
There seems to exist a general disposition among
the Whigs throughout the State to concede the
next candidate for Canal Commissioner to the
North, and the Whig journals of the interior, al
most without an exeception, unite in urging the
nomination of the intrepid young Whig whose
name we have placed on the head of this article.
This unparallelled unanimity, says the Shippens
burgh Neius, augur well for the Whig party. Mr.
Fuller, it adds, " is a young man of brilliant tal
ents, an eloquent speaker, and should he be select
ed as the Whig Standard Bearer in the next cam
paign he will carry it through in triumph. He is
a whole team, on the stump, an ardent and devoted
Whig, and would rally around him all the patriot
ic, enthusiastic, active young Whigs of the old
Keystone, and conduct them to certain victory.
So far as we are conversant with the sentiments
of the Whigs of this country, they are unanimously
in favor of the nomination of Mr. Fuller and the
same unanimity of feeling appears to prevail
throughout the State.
Ifo tidings of Sir John Franklin.
Letters have been received at Montreal from
the Hudson's Bay Territory, by way of Saut St.
Marie, bringing intelligence from Fort Simpson of
date the 4th of October last. The writer of a let
ter from that post says :
Eighteen men of the expidition arrived here
yesterday from Fort Confidence, sent to be kept
during winter. They went round from the mouth
of the McKenzie to the Copper mine, but no ves
tige or word of Sir John Franklin, or any one else
except Esquimaux, who they saw in large num
bers. A very large party of those daring rascals
met the expedition at the mouth of the McKenzie,
and as on a lormer occasion wanted to mane a
prize of the boats and all that was in them. But
nothing; serious happened. Sir John Richardson
is to proceed to Canada as soon as the McKenzie
breaks up next spring. Ree is going with one
boat again to the coast."
A despatch from Louisville, Ky., states that the
Hon. Henry Clay was attacked with the Chole on
Tuesday of last week.
A later despatch says We are happy to state
lhat the Hon. Henry Clay who was announced,
by telegraph, as having been attacked by Cholera
is recovering, and his physicians have pronounced
him out of danger.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Harrisburg Keystone says that the cars
will commence running on the Pennsylvania rail
road, as far as Millerstown, sixteen miles above
the mouth of the Juniata, on the 15th of July ; and
that the entire line to Lewislown will be ready
for use by the middle of August. The bridge
across the Susquehannah is nearly completed.
California. The proprietors of the New York
Tribune, for the purpose of obtaining accurate in
formation concerning California, have sent J. Bay
ard Taylor, one of the editors, to San Francisco.
On his arrival there, he will traverse tlm mnnirv
in every direction, and send the result of his ob
servanons nome. This is an enteroriBa of a mos
commendable character, and Mr. Taylor has been
yen wiusen ior me periormance of tne dinicul
duty. ' '
Montreal. Annexation to the United States is
still the topic of discussion. It is advocated, by
the press of lhat city generally and 3 paper is
uuuui parting ior its support,
Locofoco State Convention.
. , Pittsburgh, July 5.
The Locofoco Slate Convention to nominate
a candidate for Canal Commissioner, met in
ihis city yesterday and organized by eleciintr
ihe Hon. T. M. Pettit, of Philadelphia, Pre,
dent. Th8 first ballot resulted as follws
For John A. Gamble, of Lycoming, 82; Gor
don F. Mason, of Bradford, 24 ; Isa Dimock,
ef Susquehanna, 17 ; F. W. Bonman, of Lu
zerne, 10. There being no choice, the Con
vention adjourned over until to-day.
Upon the meeting of the Convention this
morning, several addiiional delegates offered,,
and another balloting having been gone into,
resulted in the nomination of Mr. Gamble by
25 majority. The ballot stood as follows.
For John A. Gamble, of Lycoming, 7f
For John H. Broadhead, of Pike, 33
For Thomas M. Pettit, of Philadelphia, 13
Mr. Gamble was therefore declared duly nominated.
Recommendation of President Tay.
lor for Day of Fasting and Pray
er At a season when the Providence of Got!
has manifested itself in the visitation of a fear
ful pestilence, which is spreading its ravages
throughout the land, it is fitting that a people,
whose reliance has ever been on His protection,
should humble themselves before His ihrone,
and, while acknowledging past transgressions,
ask a continuance of Divine mercy.
It is, therefore, earnestly recommended that
the first Friday in August be observed through
out the United States, as a day of fasting Ihk
miliation.and prayer. All business will be
suspended in the various branches of the pub
lic service on lhat day, and it is recommended
to persons of all religious denominations to a(,.
stain, as far as practicable, from secular occu
pations, and to assemble in their respeciire
places of public worship, :o acknowledge ihe
infinite goodness which has watched over our
existence as a nation, and so long crowned m
with manifold blessings, and to implore the Al
mighty, in His own good time, 10 stay the de
stroying hand which is now lifted up against
us. Z. TAYLOR.
Washington, July 3, 1849.
Great Robbery & Wholesale Arrest.
Information was received in N. York, a few
days since, from Philadelphia, that the exten
sive jewelry establishment of Hendeburn and
Brothers had been robbed of jewelry and mon
ey to the value of $20,000, and that two notor
ious English pick-pockeis, named Jew Mike
and Charley Williams, were suspected of beinj
concerned in the affair. The matter was placed
in the hands of officers A. M. C. Smith and
Read, who succeeded in arresting ihe accused
at the house of William Fox, 79 West Broad
way. Several other noiorious characiers weie
also arresied at this house, among whom were
Jack Roach, Bill and Fred Evans, John Mc
Donald and an old English thief named Shan
dy, upon whose person were found two gold
watches and $305 in gold. The keeper of tho
house, William Fox, was also arresied for har
boring such bad characters. These fellow
are all in prison, and it is hoped that the siolea
property may be recovered.
The Boston Post, the champion of democ
racy in Massachusetts, facetiously remarks:
We wish the whig papers woulun 1 send us
their ' extras,' filled wiih nothing but six or
seven columns of government advertisements
they are not agreeable to our eyea-they remind
us of ' scenes once so charming, now solon
banished."
The Cincinnati Enquirer tells of a mosUJ-
tonishins leap of a Mr. GrofT, a railroad con-
ractor. He was standing on a plateau,
alarmed by a rumbling noise, and looking up
wards saw a large portion of the bank breaking
away, which must bury him underneath if bs
remained on that spot. He was near the bnns
of the plateau, and saw that his only escape
was to lump down the declivity, a distance w
fifiy-five feet as quick as thought his resolu
tion was formed, for he was in a situation ion
did not allow him time to swap horses, and ha
made the leap, alighting fortunately on some-'
loose sand, unhurt.
The following is said to be the rates of tlio-
ner bill furnished a California pilgrim during 1
short stay at Rio Janerio : Six eggs, SI j
one beefsteak, $12 ; radishes, $6 ; bread, SI 1
one bottle wine, $10 ; segars, $4 SO; consft
$1 ; milk for coffee, $2. Total, $59 faU.
An Irishman, at a recent religious meeiiD?
at Cincinnati, got up and began an addresi "
follows : My friends, the profligacy of w
times is such, that Utile children, whocanDei
iher walk nor talk, may be seen rihning
the streets cursing their Maker !
An Earnest Prayer.
A man named Riley was hung at Jackal
1 enn., on ihe 8th ult., for murdering a
Willis. He was a hardened wreich. A &
menl before the wagon started lhat con"V'l
upon her knees, and grasping one of ihe ur
offered the following prayer : ,
" Oh, massa God, lei ihis pool bruJer
has a anul to save, whelhor thou art wiliiof
not, save him from the torments of beHl
by golly, broasetl massa God I lf you 60
tank vou thousand times, and ask you nQ P
favors, now nor never more. Amen,.
The 4 Down-East Debating Society, IftVfoS'
missed the question, ' where does the foe ge
...l. : - ... 11 Uoo rrnt O 110117 nnfl T ,nrt II
citing one up : " Where a house Is, d' gtroJei:
fire does it burn up or does it ' t0icttr
will probably be awarwj deb.a. -Qn (is qoes&