The Jeffersonian from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 2

4gFFERSQNtAN REP1JBLICAN Thursday, February $2, 1849. Andrew Callighan, lite Irishman, who murdered George Kay, at the mouth of the Lacka-waxen, in Pike county, about two months was tried at Jtfilford ia'st week found guilty x)f murder in the first degree. On Monday he re ceived his sentence. In our next we will en-1 deavor to lay before our-readers a full report of hc trial. 'TCP The Albany kef says it was so old on Monday, that it broke up a marriage that v'as coming the' u'ridjrooms' passions being frozen up.

O3 The route of-ihe Befvidere Delaware" Railroad has been-laid out down the Valley of the Delaware, from Belvidere to Trenton. It lies partly" in Jersey, and part in is f3 miles long. flr The Whig members of the Ohio Legisla lure, have nominated Judge McLean for United States Senator. The day of election has not yet been. agreed upon.

Or Gov. Johnston has nominated Joseph Sutler, as associate Judge for Carbon county. ID3 We have occasionally given extracts from the Jonesborough (Tenn.) Whig, edited by Rev. W. G.

Brownlow, as showing the peculiarities of editorial life in that region. The Reverend editor has a particular spite at that thing called misses no opportunity of giving it a dig in its most vital parts. By the following extract from his paper of the 31st see thai he has not a much better opinion of dancing and the city of Orleans. The latter, especially, would seem to stand in great need of the Parson's reformatory labors A Taylor Ball. A portion of the wicked inhabitants of New Orleanst are to have a Tatlor Ball in that city, on the 25ih of this month.

As all diseases- are just visitations of God for sin, they had better humble themselves in view of the risht-eous indignation and wrath of Heaven, which' are among them in the shape of that dreadful pestilence, called the Asiatic Cholera. If, about the time these srnners get under vvay dancings they should hear of the death of the President elect, by Cholera, they will look like they were shot at and not missed I We were in -New Orleans last and re-nrajned there some two weeks. Our notion then1 was, and still is, that we were a hltle ntartr to Hell than we -ever were before or since I Gold ITIine. In reference to the gold mine'lately said to have been discovered in Montgomery county, the Howard Gazette, published at Ellicott's Mills, says We have information from a gentleman connected -whh the that Mr. Samuel Ellicott's farm, near Brookvilie, Montgomery county, in this State, quite probably contains gold, as we published last week.

The farm contains about 100 acres, for which Mr. E'. paid $10,000. He has had $20,000 bidden for it on risk, and $30,000 if its supposed mineral wealth should be realized. The same gentleman stated to us that a stone had been' found, which contained a hundred dollars worth4 of gold." The Fruits of JLocofocoisnt.

JIarrishurg Keystone, makes the following" confession: Let any farmer, mechanic or' laboring man, lake up the huge volume of acts passed at each session, and turn over the pages from the begin ning to the end, and see how many he can dis-discover in which he'has any interest. He will find them almost wholly made" up of acts of incorporation, or supplementary thereto, and special and local acts, most of which neverrought to have "been passed." Jt will be remembered, the Locofoco' patty has for a-long and-almost unbroken series' of years, the control- of the legislation of the State; yet-is its majoritj'sg, perpetrated these alleged outrages- upon theopje. Before every election, the editorsandiorators-pf jhe party are clamorous in their denunciation of these legislative abominations, and' predict ruin unless the people save the Commonwealth'' by trustlng-to the virtues the patent Derrioqracy. AfteMhe election, according to the Keystone they set vigorously to work to-violate every pledge Ihey haregiven and we-jfind their legislative achievements "'almost wholly made upof incorporation or supplementary thereto, and special and local acts, most-of which' never ought to have been Good Shot. Mr.

William J. Ford, of Queen' Anne's county, killed on his farm, at one shot, a few nights since, seven wildJgcese-, averaging between io and 11 pounds each. Cure for -In flamed Eyer. Piour boiling water on some elder flowers, and steep them like tea when cold, put three- or four drops of laudanum a small glass of the elde flowers, and let the mixture run-into the eves three or luur unies a oay, wntcn win become perfectly strong in the course of a-'week, if UftV remedy is constantly, apphedi. A Character.

A western mansays he once saw in the South prier6f the queerest looking blackies imaginable. face was so black that he couldn't tell when i was morning; his wool curled so. tight-that it made him round shouldered his nose was so flat and greasy he had to, put tar on his fingers when he wanted to blow it his shins were so sharp he couldn't go through a corn-field without splitting the stalks and his heels were so long it was impossible for him to go down hill without tying a couple of stones on them for ballast He died young, of mortification, which commenced in his legs, in consequeri'ce of their being too crooked for the blood to find its way Up.and down! A Pious Sell A Fact. In a neighboring city this fall, an extensive circus company, gave several exhibitions under canvass. At one of these' a missionary entered the showj and taking his stand by the door presented visiters as ihey entered; eacrh with a neatly printed tiact entitled, Sinner, Damnation You Every one supposed ho was getting a programme of the performances, and thfe effect on the audiance may be imagined, when on looking for the particulars of the unequalled display of equestrian, gymnastic arid accfobatic talent" so liberally promised in the large bills, they were confronted by the gratifying piece of intelligence contained in the caption above quoted.

It was a scene for a painter. Cily Item. Poisonous Clams. A worm, very nearly resembling in form and color the common leech, or blood-sucker," is said by the New Haven Palladium to exist in unusual qaantities in the soft-shelled species of clams this season, concealed in the skirts and as the editors are inclined to the opinion that the eating of these occasioned the deaths which occurred in the eastern part of Massachusetts last season, they caution the puhlic accordingly. We never before heard of a couple getting married without even hearing each other's names.

And yet, it has happened, it seems. A party met at a sleighing frolic at a hotel in Kinsbridge, N. Y. the other night. A strange gentleman walked in fell in love with one of the ladies proposed, was accepted and married on the spot the minister marrying this man" to this woman." His name was not at the house, and some inquisitive persons who tried to find out what it failed entirely in their undertaking.

The newly made wife did ntft like to ask so odd a question of her husba'nd, and a whole day elapsed before she was made aware of what her new cognomen was. Of all the hastily concocted marriages that are recorded, this appears to cap the climax. Spirit of the Times. Prince Jolni's Latest. John Tan Buren met Mr.

Fillmore at the time ofhis last visit to Albany. What are you going to do for us, Mr. Fillmore, now that vou are in of-fice said the hopeful heir of honer. Do for you Vice 'President elect, good hu-moredly, we shall do nothing we don't know you." General Taylor will certainly redeem his pledge to us," said John. Pledge what pledge The one he gave at Bue'na Vista', not to leave his wounded behind him." Salt Lake Salt.

The salt found in the great salt lake, in California, is superior to any now in uso for preserving1 butter, beef, It is the strongest salt ever yet discovered. Three barrels of water made one of salt. Slewed Celery. The editor of the Horticulturist gives the following mode of cooking celery, and from long experience' of its merits reebmmends it as a delicious dish Cut the blanched or white portion of the celery stalks in pieces about an inch in length, and put them in a saucepan over the fire with milk and water, in equal proportions, barely sufficient to cover them add a little salt and let them stew gently-until perfectly tender. Then take out the celery, add a piece of butter to" the liquid it was' boileUTn, thicken it slightly with" flour, pour it' over the celery, and serve it up." A letter irom Pensacola, dated the 16th instant, says': "The weather is as pleasant as in May.

The flowers are in bloom. Orange trees exposed to the climate are overloaded with fruit and in high cultivation, bufare- rather sour to the taste the only kind that can'be raised to stand the frost." Length of Days. At Berlin and London the longest day has sixteen and a half hours. At Stockholm and Upsal, the longest has eighteen and a half hours. At Hamburg, Dantzicand Stettin, the lorigesfday has seventeen hours, and the shortest seven At St.

Petersburg and Tobl6sk, the longest has nineteen arid the shortest five hours. At Torneo, in Ffni lahd', the longest day has twenty-one hours and a half, and the shortest two and a half. At Wau- derb'os, in Norway, the day lasts from the 21st'of May to the 22nd of July, without interruptions': aim a.i opiisueigcu, me? iunjjesviasis tiiree ana a half months: To be Investigated The Legihlaiure of New Jersey have passed a law for'ihe appointment of a committee to investigate ih? charges of fraud and peculation made agajjithe DFrectors of ihe Camden and Amboy Uihoad andDulaware and Raritan i i Destruction of the Tea at Green wicli. Theeslniction of the tea at JSostonis familiar to all. It is hot so generally known that we had in New Jersey a little affair of our own, of the same kind The captains of the lea ships destined for Philadelphia, did not deem it safe to land their cargoes there, and most of them returned to England, One, however, in the brig Greyhound, ventured up the Cohansey, and discharged at Greenwich, a quiet little village in the county of Cumberland, where a popular outbreak was never dreamed of.

The tea was landed witljout resistance, and, deposited in the cellar of a house fronting the market place. But on the 22d of 17-74, about forty men assembled in the dusk, of the evening, deliberately took possession of the tea, removed the chests from the cellar, piled them up' in an adjoining field, and made a bonfire of We are indebted to olie of bur venerable Vice Presidents, Col. Robert G. Johnson, for the names bf many of these ardent and resolute patriots. brie of them was the late Ebenezer Elmer, father of the Hon; Lucius Q.

Elmer; of Bridgeton; another was Richard Howell, afterwards Governor of the State; a third was James Ewing, father of the distinguished Chief Justice of New Jersey and a fourth was the Rev. Andrew Hunter a man as distinguished for his piety as his patriotism, and who was a chaplain in the American Army during the whole of the Revolutionary war. Hte second wife was the daughter of Richard Stockton, the signer of the Declaration of Independence and one bf his sons become Attorney General of the State. Suits were, brought in the Supreme Court, by the owners of the tea, for the recovery of dama-ges, against thttse who had been concerned in the destruction of it but the Whigs of the county held a meeting and resolved that funds should be raised for the purpos'e of defending the Joseph Reed and Charles Peltit of were employed by the owners of the tea and Joseph Bloomfield, afterVards Governor of New Jersey, Elias Boudinot of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, of Philadelphia; and George Read of New Castle, were retained on behalf of the Defendants. The suits, however, were never brought to trial.

The plaintiffs being nDrf-residents, a rule was obtained to file security for costs, and no further proceedings appear to have been taken. At the next term of the Oyer and Terminer, for the county of Cumberland, Chief Justice Smyth presided and it was probably the last opportunity he had of making a display of his loyalty from the Bench. He inveighed with much severity against the wanton waste of property" and the flagrant breach of the peace which had been committed and charged the grand jury strongly upon the subject. But the Whigs of Cumberland were as inflexible as those of Essex. The grand jury came into court without bringing in any bills He sent tbem out a second time, but they still refused to fin'd any indictments.

Ex. Pap. A Willing Prisoner. There is a woman named Barbara Donnelson, now a prisoner in Newcastle jail, Delaware, who has been there since the year with but short intervals. She has such a strong desire to stay there, that when discharged by the Judge, as she h'as been several she commences smashing the windows of the citizens of Newcastle, until she is sent back.

She is a Scotch woman, and when in jail, is a neat, industrious woman. Her conduct, apart from her singular monomania to become a prisoner, and smash windows when out of jail, is without reproach. The British Corn Laws. e' perceive, that there is an impression in some quarters that the last vestige of the British corn laws ceased on the first of the present month. This is not so but a fixed low duty superceded the old sliding scale of duties'.

The' duties which are now enforced in England are as follows One shilling sterling per quarter of 8 bushels, on all grain, and four pence halfpenny per on alt meal and flour. The Usury t.av. The committee of the senate on the Judicia ry, have reported a bill relating to the usury laws of the Commonwealth, making it lawful for all, persons to pay and receive such rate of interest for the uso of money, as the parties rriay agree upon, but in all cases where a greater rate of interest tHttn 6 per cerit, is charged or paid, the sum of one mill on e'ach cent of lie additional interestshall added to the present tax for State purposes on money at interest, fq be returned and collected in ihe same manner as the p'fesent llx and a failure to return a true statement of all such mdnied operation-shall nullify to the parties the benefits of these provisions, and subject them to the penalties, of jhe'jaw now in force. No greater rate of interest than ('per ceh't. shall be charged on judgments efiteredYh aliy of our courts', ahtinugh such judgments may be founded upon a writing Mipnlating a higher rale of 6 per cent, shall be disturbed; In all such cases where no special agreement is rrradfr, and irfall suits where in-terei is found to b'edue plaintiff, 6 percent shall continue to'be (he legal, rata of.

interest, Pennsylvania' Telegraph. Washington, Feb. 18, 1849, Mr. Clayton for Secretary of State. Hon.

John M. Cjaytpn has. been offered the of? fice of Secretary of State under ihe new ad inmistration. I have 8een the letter Gen TaVler tendering to thedi'stlnguish'ed Delaware en a tor 'first' nl a 4 i ir i abi Pennsylvania JLcgisiaiurc. HARRisBURcVFebuary- lo.

Senate. Petitions PresentedBy Mr. Oyer-field, several signed by upwards of 2,000 minors and oilier citizens of Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe and Luzerne, praying ihatt a law may ho passed making their wages a lieu upon the real and personal property of their employers. By Mr. Small, from Blair tourity, asking that ihe Consiitu'ion may be so amended as to extend iho right of suffrage id free people of color.

On motion of Mr. Johnson, ihe Senate resolved itself into Executive Session, and unanimously confirmed the nomination of the folio w- ing nameu genuemen as jHugcs John A. Baker, of Perry county; Thomas S. Cunningham, of Mercer county, John Keller, of Northampton, and Joseph Butlej, ol Carbon. The bill supplementary to the act relative to hunting arid fishing in the counties of Dauphin, Carbon, Luzerne, Elk, Mifflin, ana Butler, was taken up nd passed'.

House. The res.oluuont,jcan'irig,upon the Canal Commissioners to ijifjjrm. ihe House whether the tolls on the public works cannot be so raised as to increasethe reyniie'of the State, without detriment to the public interests, was taken up and pass'ed. LOCOFOCO, LOVE 0T ORDER. The friends of free trade', while they 'do all in their power to snatch the bread from the operatives in our manufactories, mines and forges, to swell the riches of the English barorn, do not hesitate to profess a special affection for them, and a hatred of their employers.

They afiect to believe that the interests of the employer and the employed, which every honest mind admits to be identical, are hostile and irreconcilable. When their own policy has led, as the Whigs predicted ii mut lead, to a diminution of wages on the part of the operative, and often to ruin on the part of the employer, Locofdcoism turns up its eyes with hypocritical horror at the cruelty of the lattei, and endeavors to persuade the workmen that" it is a needless act of oppression. It urges the operatives to strike. If ihoso be found who informed of ihe necessity which induces the fall of prices, and with ii of laljor, anrj knowing who are the authors of that calamity refuse to listen to the councils of Locofocoism and starve, but continue to tabor then the true spirit, the anaich party is aroused, and those who engaged in the strike are urged to rfois and outrage, in which peaceful men, helpless women and inoffensive children a'ro driven, with brutal violence, from their labor, and left to destitution and despair. Several scenes bf this character, marked with peculiar atrocity, were some time since enacted under locofoco prompting, in Pittsburgh.

It was vain to allege that thfs violence was unjust and illegal, that it was unmanly and craven, that it was cruel and savage urged by such councils, the inflamed and Ignorant rjerpetrated wrongs at which humanity shudders. number of the offenders were arrested and held to answer. But Locofcoism did not even then relax its efforts to inflame a spirit of resistance to the laws, and to array one class of the community against another. The organ of that parly continued, and still continues, day by day, its vindication of these dangerous outrages, and repeats its appeals to' the worst passions of the unreflecting. So well is this poliry understood by the party, that the press elsewhere has tarred on the Pittsbvrg Journal in its war against the supremacy of the law and the observance of order.

What principle is so sacred, that they would not trample it under foot to win a score of votes 1 jSut they underrate the intelligence and patriotism of ihe great mass of the operatives of Pennsylvania and will learn their folly too late to avert its consequence. Daily News. The trade of China' with the United States, in round numbers, is said to bo worth ten millions of dollars a j'ear, independently of the traffic in opium, which is principally iff the hands of foreign houses. New College. The Baptists of Pennsylvania, ntimbering about thirty thousand comtnuning'members have just.

completed the subscription of one hundrod thousand dollars, to endow Lewisburg tJniver shy in this State. This speaks well for the liberty of thai denomination of Cristains. Goods for California. A New York paper contains a list of articles recently dispatched for California, and among the items we see 819 barrels of rum 601 of brandy, and seen packages of books 873 gold-waahers and 47 ploughs 1 case of must cal instruments and 254 p'k'ges of mediciue; 38 boxes of pipes and 3 hogsheads, 17 bales, and 992 packages of cases of umbrel las and 24 cask's of Crucibles 21 frames of houses and 64 packages of clocks. The Examination of Hyer.

Baltimore, Fob. 17. 1849. ver was Drought tieiore tne uotirt at 1U o'clock this morning. His counsel were Robert McLean and Collins Lee, The inves ligation occupied the attention of (he Court tin ll i ma ill nan-past 1 clOcK, The hearing having been, concluded, the Court pronounced him guilty of fighting, and demanded bail in his owv, recognizance for by others fur "1 000.

Hyer is now at liberiynd is with his family at the States Jrlniel. Great enthusiasm prevails jn his favoHoJopks well, and shows no marks of except that one of his eyes- is slightly' blackened. There is pome talk-' of hit giving spsrring exhibition in one pf our theatres before he leaves our cily. His behavior Vj He w.a?' noble aruj hroughoui. lORnrer xhvr imm .1 rresiuem 01 me united States intends 10 vacaie the Executive mansion on or about the 0f March.

He has engaged rooms at the lrvin0 Hotel, where he will remain with his Family until after the Inauguration of Gen. Taylor J. ter which they will lake their departure fr0ni the city. Will of Peter Miller. Peter Miller, of Easton, Pennsylvania, died leaving about $300,000 worth of propery which by will he directed to be loaned to me! chanics and farmers, and as it accumulated in.

terest, this too should be loaned out. No part 01 tne property was ever to oe sold, but ihe loaning was to be continued perpotually. there should be no persons to loan, an asyIU(n was to be built with the unemployed A few days since, the Court of Northampton decided against the validity of the will, and a nephew of the deceased falls heir to the prim, erty, as his nearest surviving relative. Expenses of war Appropriations f0r the United States Army and iYavy. In the debate on the appropriation bill Congress, a few dayssince, Mr.

Greeley stated Miai uuniig uui euio ui rjusieuce Udder the federal constitution generally of peace with the exception of Indian troubles ihe U. States government had expended For the Aarmy and armed lorces i For the Navy and naval operations 200,991,123 For Pensions, revoIutiohnryand others 01 For the Indian department a Total Here is a fact for the contemplation people, who have had to earn and furnish iln, enormous expenditure. Sven hundred million, of dollars, expended for war in sixty years, i3 a sum that must startle etery one who is con- trbutor to this enormous fund, by the sweat of his brow or of his pur.ie. The 20th Senatorial District. The following are the official rt turns of iie election in the Senatorial district, composed of the counties of Indiana, Armstrong, Cambria, and Clearfield Johnston, (Whig.) Drum, (Loco) Indiana 1756 1307 Armstrong 1210 1367 Cambria 971 1123 Clearfield 374 720 4311 206.

4517 Drum's maj, By this it will be seen that the majority for the Whig candidate in Indiana county, is about half the real Whig majority and that in Clearfield also, the Whig vote is very small. If Indiana had given her usual majority the whig condidate would have been elected, the majority for the locofoco candidate being only 205 in the district. NeW Preserver. A novel exhibition took place on the East River a few days since. Two men, enceased in ludian-ruhber life preservers, made their appearance on the upper deck of the Fulton ferry-boat, from which they leaped into the water when the boat wu under way.

They continued to float and swim about for some time with the greatest possible ease, the size of the dress.being no incumbrance to ihe wearer. A weeks provisions might be stowed away in the interior of this singular ife preserving dress," and in case of shipwreck at sea, a passenger might spread his sail ani start for land "on his own hook. Dispatch. Greece's Poivtit'AL Sagacity. We ha recently sought out a blip (nays the Springfield Republican) containing an estimate made br Horace Greeley, some time previous to tb Presinential election, which we had laidawiy! for reference.

The estimate fiives to Taylor the very States which voted for him the foot ing up being 163 for the former, and 127 for the fatter, as appeared by the final Result. LuzfikNE County. The county of Luzerwi has sixteen prisoners in the Eastern Pertnes-J tiary, and the cost of iheir support during (bsj lasi year, at 24 cents per day, was $974cft- Tl, 1U .1 lOQ.I vi iwu ug uuiuuvu uuo aiiu iu ua jatu ut county ol 545, W7. Governor Edwards, of Missouri, recco! mends the passage of a law to make ihe conj sent of a. wife necessary to legalize an endors'j ment.

such a law would prevent many a row irom Doing ruinea. Important Item. It is stated that chloride of 2inc and liave been recently applied with success cancer, by Dr. Brooks of Cheltenham. EtisM Mr.

Clay in New Orleans. The N. O. Delta, of the 8th, says that Mr.Cb'l continues in that city, and appears to be enjoyl good health. He designs to remain at Nev-tl leans for a considerable time, and will not be Washington on the 4th of March.

An Old Apple. The Portsrp-oUtn Journal sta the family of the late 0rrj3 jobbSi 0r $C' ampton, N. H. nave an apple grown in the 1 nlch 18 still in a eaod state of present in interesting cnua near tne nour ol us w'i i i .1 rtfi'iJ graven me men iresn annia nnn imp marks w-i f-ir teeth still remain, nflHROW PHYSIC TO THE is all the old-faahinnfld nrininrr and na seating conipounds have been the terr of mankind from time immemorial, and inste; tnere.ot, betake yourself to Clickener's Sugary ed Purgative Pills, which are delightful wjP taste and inoffensive to the bowels, as wellj? being the very best purgative and purifying cine that ever rescued a grateful svstem from 1 3 clutches of an untimely death. "Fnr lfi at th Rfinnhliran hv T.

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