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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-09-11
Queer EeGislali0n in Florida.

When the youthful Stale of Florida adopted
the motto, lie, us alone" we expected to see
her do some queer things, buI the strangesl act
for young state, is that which she was guilty
of at the last session OF the legislature, which
compels all the girls to remain without annexa-
ton until The legislature meets again. The
laws forbid, under severe penalties, the marry
ing of persons without license obtained from
the Clerk of the County Cour, of the county
where the marriage Is to lake place. and during
the session Of the Legislature, which has just
closed, law was passed TO abolish all these
Courts, after the Is, of October, without ap.
pointing another officer to gran, marriage llcen
ces. The consequence will be, that all single
persons al that time must wait for the action Of
future legislature, before they can marry
Wha, young girl Of spin, would live in such a
state' Unless the legislature minds what 1t is
abou, the stale will indeed be " le, alone"
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No. l5.

parties, and vote for me. Try no once. aud
see if don't suit you to gnat's heel feel
good deal like | shall shine oul----lIke ib,
boys are with me. The votes nf he poor I
claim, who like myself have norhing- n"t
of those rich rascals Of either party. Aud If
country!
Respectfully your Fellowci,iz~n,
w. G. BROWNLOW.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-09-11

PRENTICE, of The Louisville Journal, gives
the following humorous aecoun, of Mr.. PokI
new collector al Cincinnati. who displays Tho
usual Loco-foco thirst for The "spors"-ths
"laas,"-as he calls them.
The New CINCINNATI CoLLEcToR.-When
Pat Collins got his commission as collector Of
the port of Cincinnati. he sucked in about ole
half Of the voluminous lower lip in which he
reoces, and walked down to the collectors OF
fee. He entered the room, glanced al the gem
lemen present, look chair, placed his old
weather beaten hat between his knees, and
bending forward very gracefully. cleared his
lhroa. and became reire,hingIy vocal as follows:
FAX, but Id like TO be afther looking at
the faas"
"AHer wha, !" inquired gentleman present.
"The faas iv ye pIaise," said Pal pleasantly.
"Wha the devil does he mean Z" said the
gentleman wonderingly.
a maan." said Pat, ",ha, my names Path
rick Collins. and I'm jis, been appointed col
ec,hur in Mi,lher Wings place, by his excel
ency Mr.. Polk, an l jiss slept in to see about
the faas of my Office"
81 reckon he means fees" suggested another
gentleman.
"Adzacily," replied Pat. can iv ye'se gor
lis. ov 'em stuck up like the jury faas in The
courthouse. Id like 10 be al!her seeing EN-
Arah, my honey, but see 'em over here"
Up jumped Pat and walked across The room.
and after looking earnestly at the counting
house calendar for while, remarked:
Nv these is The faas, by Saint Paihrick but
can make neither heads nor tails out v 'em,
and I'm ia rayIher bad way 10 find out what
the Offices worth, nov I've cot H."
One of the gentlemen, taking pity on Mr..
Folks new collector. very benevolenIly Infnrri-
ed him lha, he had been examining counting.
house calendar with great mlnu'eness, and then
proceeded 10 inform him of rhe probable value
of the office which the President had conferred
on him. 10 all Of which Pa. paid particular at
lenIion. his little eye aud big lip watering with
delight all The while.
Having 60, The desired information Pat shuf-
fed himself out of the Office, greatly edited
and pleased with the interview.
Pats love of The faas" of Office is truly Lo-
coish, bu, we hope he will no, become so enam-
ored of them 10 pocket more than his share
and start hastily for California, to The great loss
of the Queen city and all the lovers Of Irish
wit, fun. humor, palhos and eloquence.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-09-11
UNPARALLELED Liberality.

A few days ago, says the New York Herald.
boy picked up gold watch down town, worth
abou. hundred dollars, and spent several hours
in finding The owner, which he al length sue
ceeded in doing. He carried the watch 10 him.
and upon presenting it, was scoded by the
owner for not returning it sooner; but releniing,
he pu, his hand in his pocket and gave him, as
an encouragement for his honesty, the enor.
nous sum Of tlrenty.fus cents
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as you think for III be. hundred dollars this
is real brilliant


is real brilliant
The bet was taken up in an instant, the
others offered TO the amount of five or six hum
dred dollars more; all of which were promptly
met by the Sou,herner. The stakes being put
up, out sailed The sponsmen to find ieweer
The frs, they questioned pronounced it to be a
fine diamond and worth from four to five hun
dred dollars; 80 SAID the next, and the next -
The heuers stood aghasl it .Das diamond,
and no mistake and as the Somherner pock-
eled the tin, he coolly observed. Il told you
gentlemen that had travelled some
The following day he took the stone back to
the jeweler of whom he had borrowed it, and
had the composition counterfeit replaced in
the ring, and ia the evening he .ough, the re-
saurant for the third time The same SET
were again there. but looked somewhat crest
fallen. After joking them for some ,me our
hero gravely addressed The cute gentlemen from
whom he had purchased The ring, after this
fashoe
Well, my dear fellow. have had my laugh
out OF you don'i want 10 rob you, and don't
want the ring. Marquand has offered me three
hundred and fifty dollars for it +; you shall have
it for TWO hundred and fifty dollars, and you
can go 10 him 'o-morrow if you like, and make
cool hundred out of it,
The offer was 100 tempting to be refused.-
The shark bit, and the Souiherner received two
hundred and fifty dollars worth of gold, and The
sharper fifty cents worth Of paste. The nex'
morning the Carelnian was non est inuentuS ;;
and the overreaci,ed sharper found lying on
his table beautiful billet, sealed with per(umed
wax, and stamped with the figure OF Mercury,
The God Of thieves. On removing the evelope
the note was found to conlaR only three words,
viz:
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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY
SCHOCH d SPERING.

TERMS.-Two dollars per annum ia advance-Two dollars
| ouarier. half yearyand If PAD before the end Of
me wear Two dollars and half Those who receive their
napers BY carrier stage drivers employed by the propre
iorIS will be charged 81 10 cts per wear, extra
No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid excep
s, the option Of the Editors.
u7AdveremenS not exceeding square (sxteen lines
| he inserted three weeks for dollar TWENTY-FIVE cents
m every subsequent Insertion larger proportion
i,nera discount witt be made to yearly advertisers
7A letters addressed TO the Editors post paid
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DnRRHGA.-A simple cure Is proposed in
The Albany Argus for this disease. Three
Strawberry leaUes eaten green, are said to be an
un(aillng aud immediate cure for summer COM
plant, diarrhea and dysen'ery. Strawberries
are out of season. bu. We presume the green
leaves can be had,
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-09-11

Not many years ago, pair OF miserable leas
horses, that looked as though the next gus, of
wind would take them into the air. aud who
were, already waiting 10 have their understand
ing secured by few nails. allracIed the allen-
lion Of wag. while passing by backsmilh's
shop. The fellow paused moment, and ex
smiued these objects Of anatomy, then stepped
into the shop. do you build horses sir!"----
" Build horses" exclaimed the as,onishsd soa
of Vulcan, taking off his paper cap and length
ening down his round good-na'uEed face
"buiid horses sir! what do you meaa! Why"
replied the wag, :" saw couple OF frames
standing a, the door. and ,bough' I'd enquire"
The aggregate population Of New York ia
estimated TO bs over three millions.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-09-11
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.

This was puzzle bu, the first jeweller to
whom our sporting man showed the ring ex.
planned The mystery. The victim unable TO
bear up against The rldlc"le brought down upon
him by this denouement, has left town a few
weeks oa urgent business.
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Sorrows of SenSibility.

BY FACTORY GIRL.
Oh, why was feelings finer sense
To q weak mortal given!
When al each slep in hfe's dull path.
Some quiv'ring chord is riven.
The soni's deep gushing sympathy.
Meets no response on earth,
And dreams of Natures inner life
Are rudely crushed at birth.
wandered late. oppressed and sad,
Inlo lonely wood,
Where only Zephyr's gentle sishs
Disturbed The solitude.
Melhought some hidden dryad lay
Where gorgeous leaves " here suewed;
The trembling foliage fell: gazed,
And forth there hoped toad
Oh YEARLY turned me then
And sought the mighty sea;
What solemn music then arose!
The sea nymphs called 10 me!
spread my arms in eager haste,
And murmured, Here | ann
faint death shrek / heard: slipped;
I'd trod upon q clam
A form elherial crossed my path
lovely cherub child:
Her lips were wreathed with sunny smiles;
Her glance was brightly mild.
SAID, Fair child, come view with me
Yon glorious sunset skyp
can't: for NANNY said Ied haze
At tea, some pumpkin pie %
wandered where stranger stood
With earnest heavenward gaze;
As if some vision mystic lay
Beneath the horizons haze.
His eagle eye met mine; he spoke;
stood en,ranced and dumb!
It's gUtne 10 rain like strty. gal!
You'd better dig for home =
All me ah me where shall Hy
CongenIal scenes 10 Ind I!
cannot wsken sympathy
With groveling human kind.
Bah what an onion-odored gale!
And Sue, with greasy hand,
Screams. Pork for dinner Let me 60
And dwell in fairy land
We find the following bustltng article in tn
Salem Gazette -
MYsTERIoUs.--.Found, thing without I
name, so far as our experience goes. IL is o
'ne feminine gender. luna-like. crescent-shsped
string pendant from each extreme; when viewed
eOgwIse, meniscus formed. opake---sofi is il
aod Iealy or cotton stuffed. Reasoning "a
pos'erlori," it is of no possible value TO any DO.
Oy Ou' The wearer, 1t is probably an article o.
attachment, or TO he attached NOT sheriff wise
.Ofporally horlzonial, since siring-provlded....
whoever has lost. may find. and by proving
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GOLDEN AGE.

The Asylum Journal, Cor Crazyman's pa
.per;) published at Brattleboro', Vermont,
very truly remarks that various people have
various ideas respecting what constitutes
rs the golden age" and instances the follow
ing as proof. That crazy man "knows a
thing or two," evidently -
Preachers Idea of the Golden Ago.-When I'll
the world is converted. and / get two thousand
dollars year
Publishers Idea When authors can be cheat
ed with impuniiy. and can pirate books and
steal copyrights without ruurmur from any body
Authors ldeas.-When Magazines have at
least one page devoted to common sense-and
when will get fair chance by means of an in
iernaiional copyright.
Horses Ideas. --When the devil gets ali the
omnhuses and can ride in a carriage drawn by
the cab.men who used tn drive me-
Our Friends Idea When he ia released t.,
enlighten the world, aud I.unatic Asylums are ap-
propriated to the safe keeping of political wran-
glers and social reinrmers.
Mr.. Caudle's Idea.-When women learn "a
thence and silence, and wives become dumb wal
ters Ia their husbands
Mrs. Caudle's cav hen husbands furnish,
all the money their wives want without asking
mperlnen, questions; and eat what's set before
them without grnmhng.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HIPS N. Hampshire Patriot, thinks there
is no doubt of Woodbury's election to Con-
gress, by some or 800 votes, over the
combined influences of whiggery and aboli-
ton The Patriot is full of able comments
on this election, which assures us that the
Democracy are firm and invulnerable as the
granite hills of their State. The following
paragraph will give some idea of what our
friends had TO contend with in that election.
Two hundred democratic farmers in Concord
staid away from the polls who were not less tho
roughly disguised with Abolitionism than they
were with the dictatlon OF certain clique polii.
clans who first declared annexation of Texas to be
50 black as ink and as bitter as hell -
an ' incendiary torch thrown into the democratic
ranks" and afterwards ordered them to oppose
John ?. Hale for carrying ont their own Texas
doctrines. These voters thought it more mpor-
tant to secure their crops in the busy season of
harvest, than TO crafty the wishes of cli9ne poll
ticians who blow hot or blow cold on the great
question of Texas annexation
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Congress, committed suicide by blowng ont his
brains with pistol, at his residence in Rich.
mond. Ky. The Observer remarks that pecuni.
airy embarrassment was supposed To he the cause.
but positive was known for the deed
letter from Col. Irvine gives the following mar.
ticulars:
90 The manner of his death renders it doubly
deplorahle. For -ome months his health has been
very feeble. accompanied by great depression or
spirits. He returned yesterday about 2 O'clock
p. NJ. from holding the Blealhitt Court, not, as
MS Physician thought. any worse than when he
left about week previous. This morning he seem
ed TO be somewhat worse in body and mind, hut
not 10 such an extent as To create any alarm in his
family. He remained To day mostly in one of the
chambers of his house, until about ) o'clock, p.
NJ, when he shot himself with pistol in the
right temple, the ball cunning out AT the back part
of The head on the left side, and expired imme-
diatety"
Mr.. White was at the time of his DEATH Judge
Of the 18th Judicial district, to which station he
was appointed by Gov. Owsley just before the
Termination OF the last session of Congress. He
represented the district in which he resided fur
the last ten pears in the Congress of the IT, S.
Bali. Sun.
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THE FIRST OF OCTOBER.

Hereafter, having given the morning paper
fair trial, with heavy labor, and intense APP
LEGATION, and not receiving the additional pat
ronage which will warrant such an expense,
besides putting us just twenty-lour hours
behind the mails, which, of course leaves
our readers that much in arrears Of the world,
we have determined to issue after the arri-
val of the Baltimore boats, which will give
to the public all the news received that day.
We trust that this will meet with the appro-
baton of our patrons, and will induce an
increased advertising patronage, as it cannot
fail TO increase our readers, not only by tens
but by hundreds. Arrangements will soon
be made to bring fresh additional talent into
the paper, as we are determined it shall go
ahead of every thing that has vet been done
In this section.
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THE MCKENZIE PAMPHLET.

Mr.. Mckenzie, in letter to the Tribune,
exonerates Mr. Van Ness, Mr.. Bogardus, the
two Messrs. Tyler, and indeed everybody
else, says the Baltimore Sun, from having
any part or lot in obtaining the letters ofMr
Hoyt composing his book, or in its publica-
tion-the entire honor of which achievement
Mackenzie claims for himself He further
says that ne is to realise no pecuniary bene-
fit from the publication, and claims to have
acted perfectly right in obtaining the letters
in the manner he did, and in spreading them
before the world; that his motives were
purely patriotic; and had money been his
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ELOPEMENT lN HlGH IIFE

The wife Of gentleman, who has long
since retired on fortune, made in the South
ern trade, and the mother of three fine chill
dren, whom she has abandoned, says the
New York Sun of Saturday, eloped on
Thursday last from the splendid mansion of
her lege lord, in one of our most fashiona-
bic streets, during his absence III the coun-
try, IN company with young man from
Philadelphia, whose acquaintance she made
ONE iwo or three weeks ago, at the house
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From the New York Globe.
FACTORY GIRLS IN PITTsBURG

We are sorry To learn that the puor oppressed
factory girls. at Pittsburgh, have been compelled
10 ioregn their strike and return to their labor,
which the masters, with petty malice have in
creased an hour daily. Some four years ago they
took the lead in den0uncing the truck and order
system, and the hest articles in opposition to that
infamous mode of doing business. that appeared at
that time in the public journals, were written by
and the best speeches made on their wrongs were
spoken by factory girls and their efforts gave such
~ shack tn the order system that it fell to the
ground. The Pittsburgh Chronicle, speaking of
one OF their professions, says number of them
were beautiful. You might he sure of it. but if
you knew how many of them toll their lives out
for sick parents-tur aged and widowed mothers
and for weak and helpless brothers and sisters.
you would see n higher kind OF beauty than mere
regularity OF features or elegance of form. They
have been previously wronged-wronged by men
who pretend tn he christians. some of whom even
claim 10 be ministers of the gospeI-who have
robbed these poor girls of time for mental culture
have shut them up for ~ or Is hours in i'm
pure. confined rooms, and at the very time they
were holding firth the motIos, NO reduction of
,cageS, Protect labor Sc, are slowly murder
ing their victims for the profits Of their excessive
toll.
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object, he has sense enough to krow that he
could have made more by the 6" black mair'
operation than by the publication. Proceed
ings have been Instituted for the purpose of
bringing the matter before the grand Jury in
relation to the appropriation of the letters by
Mackenzie and their publication. Mr.. Mat
thew l.. Davis was supbOned before one Of
the police Justices on the question, and it APP
peared that neither did Mackenzie knew him
nor did MIR. Davis know Mackenzie. 9th
have also received subrenaes, and proba-
bly, the whole matter will come up before
criminal court in short time.
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ABOLITION RIOT ON THE ATLANTIC.

The New York Herald learns that Cap
tain Judkins, of the steam ship Cambria, one
of the Boston and Liverpool mail packets,
on her last trip to England, had a negro
named Douglass, among the passengers
When half way over the Atlantic, Captain j.
brought Douglass forward on the quarter
deck, and called the passengers together in
order TO have an abolition meeting This
step, of course, lead to difficulty, and as the
negro abused America and the Americans,
there arose general uproar. The ladies
were much alarmed, and had the Captain
persisted i'll his abolition efforts there would
have been a serious riot in the midst of the
oceans roar, and the negro tossed TO the
sharks. IL the Cunard steamers are to take
negro passengers and have riots in the mid
die of the Atlantic, very few whites will go
in them.
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HAGUE'S HOROSCOPE.

Hague's Horoscope for October NAV be
had at the several bookstores, after O'Clock
this afternoon. We have glanced through
its pages, and find it well Gled with inter-
esting aad instructive matter. The politician
will find much To interest him.-Keusione.
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OF casual visitor. Although he passed as
bachelor here, it is rumored that he left a
rather elderly wife in the city OF brolherly
love. The partner OF his flight is about
thirty, whilst her lawful spouse is more than
twenty wears her senior.
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THE MCKENZIE BOOK.

1t having been insinuated that the late Col
lector of New FORK might have been connu-
SAINT to the manner in which Mckenzie OBJ
tanned possession of the letters and papers of
Jesse Hoyt, Mr.. Van Ness has come out with
the following note in the New Y ork papers
Mckenzie also denies that Mr. Van Ness
had any knowledge of the intended publica-
ton, or knew any thing of the letters being
in his possession.
STATEMENT BY Elk COLLECTOR VAN Ness.
"A few weeks before left the Office of collect
or, person not connected with the Custom house
Informed me. in a casual conversation that he
understood some important private correspondence
of Jesse Hoyt, Esq, and certain Of his friends,
had been discovered among the archives of the Cns-
tom-hOuse by Mr.. Mackenzie. | Immediately
sent tor Mr.. Bogardus the assistant Collector,
and requested him to employ confidential clerk
to make private examination in the room where
MIR. Mackenzie with other clerks was employed
and where the papers, if any, were supposed to
have been found and, if there were any private
papers, to have them secured and taken care of
for the owner, whoever he might be- Some DAYS
afterwards Mr. Bogardus informed me that he
had caused the examination to be made by a trus
ty clerk, and that letters and papers belong
ing probably to Mr.. Hoyt, had been found in a
large chest, but that they were of no apparent
consequence. Believing that there was really
nothing Of importance in the matter, and being
then preparing TO leave the office, gave it no
further attention.
This is all had ever known or heard upon the
subject until the appearance of Mr.. Mackenzie IS
book, which surprised me as much as it can have
done any other person in the world
g.. p. VAN NESS.
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF
GEN. JACKSON, In FoREIGH PoRT.-Twen-
ty-one minute guns fired on The lth Of Au-
gust. by the United States ship jamestown.
Commodore Skinner, in obedience to a general
order Of the Navy Department, AT Porto Grande.
on the receipt of the Intelligence of the death of
Gen. jackson. Upon learning the cause of the
salute. the Governor of the Island of ST. Vincent,
ordered a salute of twenty one guns to he fred
at noon of the same day, from the port of the
town of Porto Grande: and the Portuguese col
ors were hosled at halfmast for a week follow
ing the saute.-.N Y. Globe.
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BUSTLES.

Bustles arc all a hceting show
For mans delusion given;
They're stuffed with bran, and filled with tow
Stick out about feet OF So
They're all cheat, by heaven
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LARGE CATTLE.-The Portland Advertiser
notes ionr oxen ct mammoth proportions, now in
Portland, and en- route for Boston One pair lust
8 feet 5 inches, and the other 8 feet Q inches
They were raised by j. II Underwood, Esq, of
Fayete, Maine, who has ever been celebrated
Tor fine oxen. And we doubt much whether any
State fair has presented any exhibition exceeding
some of the County fairs Of Maine, in the show
of Working oxen. So much is shown in them,
that stranger would suppose each team. in some
of the neighborhoods, to be premium cattle, and
they would be, out of the Siate.-,N y. Jcfer-
souinn