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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
Singular Lake.

About ten miles to the south west of Saratoga
springs, N. Y, there is a small lake, we'll worthy
the attention of the curious geologist. Around it,
for a considerable distance, stretches valley
that shows many indications of having once been
full of water, but which had been drained by the
bursting of the southern boundary, towards the
Mohawk river. In the centre of deeply shaded
woods, lies the present lake, no more than quar-
ter of a mile in width, but about three miles in
lengh. The shape is serpentine, and, though sew
eral streams empty into it, its outlet has been dis
covered. Very slight changes only are percepta-
BILE in the water-mark even at the period of the
spring freshet. No sounding has been made in it
yet, although deep sea-ines have been used. The
shores are bold and perpendicular as we'll, de-
scending downwards thus to an unknown depth.
The mghtiest ship that floats could touch the
shore in any place in safety. The surface is as
calm as a mirror, for it is seldom touched by the
boisterous wind.-The water though seemingly
clear, looks black, from the great depth and the
shadows of the trees on the shore. 1t has nothing
of the dish shape usually pertaining to lakes, to
seas and oceans. 1t seems like an immense crew
ice in the solid crust of the earth's surface thrown
open by convulsion of nature, as an earthquake,
long centuries ago. When our planet was young
it underwent shocks such as would crumble the
mountains that now brstle along the surface and
to Of those convulsions this curious lake pro-
badly owes its origin.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
Law against Arson.

There was law passed at the recent session
of the Legislature, which provides that any person
who shall wilfuly burn any building, pile of lum-
Der, boards, &C., shall upon conviction be subject
to Imprisonment for term not exceeding Is years,
and shall forever thereafter be deemed incompe-
tent to be an elector witness, or to hold any Of
fee of honor, trust or profit; and any person at
tempting to fire any building, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction be
subject to Imprisonment at hard labor for term
not exceeding ten years.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
Virginia..

The returns of the Virginia election look bad
enough for the Wings, and better for the Locofo-
cos than they expected. The Wings, through their
own dissensions have failed to elect in several
districts where they ought to have succeeded
Only one Wing is elected to Congress, and he is
the independent candidate in district where the
Locos made no nomination, but voted for him be-
cause he was more favorable to slavery extension
than the regular Wing candidate, Hon. John M
Pendleton. The Delegation in the last Congress
bat one stood as it will now-only one Wing.
The Wings have gained in the legislature, but
not enough to effect anything.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

A MfssoURIAN's ACCOUNT OF CALFoRSA
The Independence Exposi'or contains ~
ter from Mr.. T. McClellen. gentleman oil ID
telligence and veraci,y. who. with bis fanl'
wen, to California about year ago. He mad
the trip out overland, in months and day
with the loss Of one animal. He says:
9" brought every species of property 'lH
ted with, which 10 worth more here IN g''
than all ever was worth pu, together, in AIM
life. / sold, when landed in the mines y
Wagon bought Of Oldham, and three yoke :
oxen, for $1,000 in gold, and was offered 81
200 for The other Wagon and oxsp, but W03'
not sell it; it is worth a. much 10 me ~
steamboat is to It's owner on The Missouri f''
! have given it to young Nottingham, W.
drove out for me. on the halves he haOls l'''
the Embarcados, town laid ou. at Su'IsIjI
Fori. forty miles from the mines, and the n'@
OF navigation at this time The road is OS''
than the road from Lexington to lncspends.n'.',, !,
ne hauIs from thirty TO forty hundred, and :,
price varies from $50 to $50 per 100 lO', :
,ha. he clears for himself over $50 per a'
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
Important Decision.

The important case the Delaware and Hud-
son Canal Company, in which Ss4 900 were in is-
sue, has been decided, as we learn by letter from
Harrisburg A verdict was rendered for the de-
PENDANTS agreeably to instructions from the pre-
siding officer, Judge Pearson. The grounds as
sumed by the defence were, that the State of Penn
sylvania had not the power to tax dividends de-
clared by company incorporated by sister State
although portion of the works may be located
in the State so taxing, as that would be an in
fringemen mt of the compact between the States.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

= A Mr.. Miller, residing near Harrisburg, has
had prodgous piece of luck. On Monday
morning last, his wife obliging enough to give
birth to five boys, all Of whom--the Philadelphia
Ledger says" are alive and doing well."-
What makes the case singular, or, rather plural,
is, that she produced twins on one occasion, and
trio on another, making altogether, with the last
consignment, ten children in four years Great
Jehosaphat! If we had such wife, we should
exclaim with the afflicted Millerite-" Blow your
trumpet, Gabrlel-I'm ready to !"-Dispatch
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
Observation-Disclosures of Governor.

There having been no choice for State officers
at the recent election in Connecticut, the two
houses of the Legislature met in Convention on
Thursday. and proceeded to an election. For Gov
ernor, there were cast 232 votes, of which Hon.
Joseph Trumbull received l22 For Lieut.. Gov
ernor. 24O votes were cast, of which Henry d.
Smith received Ill. For Secretary of State, 239
votes were cast, ofwhich Roger H. Mills received
1913. For Comptroller 24l votes were cast OF
which Abijah Catlin received l22-and all were
declared duly elected. These gentlemen, with
one exception, were the Whig candidates for the
several offices. Henry d. Smith, the Treasurer,
is Locofoco On the ballot for Governor, III OF
the Free Soil members voted for the Locofoco
candidate, one for Mr.. Trumbull, six blanks, and
three did not vote at all.
In the afternoon of the same day the oath OF
office was administered to Gov. Trumbu, by
Judge Storrs, after which the usual inaugural ad-
dress was delivered. A large portion of this ad-
dress is devoted to the relations between the free
and slave states, in which we need scarcely say
that good sound Northern doctrines are firmly
but temperatey advanced. The capital of the
school fund is $2,O77,631 l9; the amount divided
between the school districts during the year was
$l33.366 SO; the number of children attending
schools, between the ages Of four and sixteen,
were ss9ll. The balance of money in estate
treasury on the lst of April ls49, including $la,-
900 borrowed within the year from the school
funds was S2O,24l 96. The whole amount of in
debtedness from the State to the school fund, ,for
money borrowed at various times is $462I2 43.
The judicial expenses for the last year amount
to $4l374 81, exceeding by about $4,000 the ex-
penses Of the preceding year.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
Credulity in Berlin.

"wonder-working girl, named Louisa Braun
who tells her followers to GO home, have faith
and be healed has obtained SO much credit at Ber
lin, that many sick have been seen rubbing theil
heads against the wall of her dwelling, in the full
belief that they will thus be cured of their dseas
So many have lately performed this singular
operation, that the police have at last nterfered
and have threatened to confne the girl in an asy
lum if she should continue her practice.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

The Editor of the New York Tribune has seen
a letter from Montreal, dated Thursday after bur
ming of the Parliament House, which states that ii
is almost impossible to describe the depth Of feel
ing which pervades the people of that place in
relation to political matters, and that the general
cry is for annexation to the United States. The
writer is an American merchant, and has resided
in Montreal several years.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
Borough Election.

At an election held at the Court House in the
Borough of S,roudsburg, on the 7th inst, the fol-
lowing persons were duly elected Borough officers
for the ensuing year, viz: 9 .".
Chef Burgess,
Samuel S. ,Dreher, Esq.
Councilpnen.
John H. Melck, a,
Joseph J. Postens,
Morris d. Robeson,
Charles Musch,
James Palmer.
High Constable.
Daniel Huntsman.
ToWn Clerk.
William Carey
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

FRANKLIN. (La.) April II, 1871 write amidst
gloom and death on every side. The cholera is
sweeping through our midst like a destroying an
gel When it strikes. it destroyes. Both sexes,
all classes ages and conditions are alike its daily
victims The negroes suffer most extensively,
but every day sees the scourge extend itself a.
mong our population.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

Some interesting statistics are furnished by the
recent annual report of the N. Y. City Inspector.
The whole number of deaths during the year l848,
is reported to be l5,919-or only liz over those
of the twelve months proceeding. Black persons,
1872; men, 1896 boys, 4,63s; total males, s,343;
women, 1895 girls, 4,25l total females, 1876.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

An old lady combating The idea Of the moon
being inhabited, remarked with emphasis ,ha,
the idea was incredible: "for. said she, "what
becomes Of the people in The old moon when
there is nothing lefi Of il bu, liule streak 2"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

The Susquehanna Register, published at Mont
rose, Pa, has been enlarged, and is now printed
on new and beautiful type. We congratulate the
editor upon this evidence of his increasing pros
perity. 3a
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
REPUBLICAN
Thursday, May 10. 1S49.
No Court.

SHeRIrF KEMMERER has received notice from the
ASSOCIATE Judges to countermand his orders for
the holding of a Cours in Stroudsburg, to COM
mence on the 2lst inst, which he does in our col
umns to-day. The recent Legislature has changed
the time of holding the Courts in Monroe County
from the Sd to the 4th Monday in May.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

The National Reformers have called anoth.
er general Convention, or industrial Congress, ,
as they style it, to be held al Cincinnati, on the
first Wednesday in June II will continue for
seven days or more, and its main object is tc
dominate candidates for the Presidency and
ce-Presdeney of the United States This
is getting in the field early
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

l09 vessels passengers, 1917
The emigration overland will, from all accounts,
greatly exceed that by water and will give toll
erably correct idea of the numbers that will soon
be congregated in the valley of the Sacramento.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

The miners and laborefs at the Coal mines al
Pottsville have turned out for higher wages-de-
manding an advance of about 40 per cent.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

Specie is flowing into New York from the
West in considerable amounts. The receipts
are not less than half million per week. A
large proportion of This specie is foreign coin,
including considerable silver
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

y Appointment by the Post Master
General.
GEoRGE H. MILLER, to be Post Master at
Stroudsburg, in place Of George Malven, removed.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10

Rome, Q.oco.) is elected Governor Of Arkansas
by SO to 60 majority.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-10
The Number gone to California.

A list of the vessels and passengers who have
left the United States for California. sums up as
follows:
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24
From the London Punch.
Father Mathew and Slavery.
To MAssA PUNCH:

To MAssA PUNCH:
'SAR,-Him see by de Times correspon-
dent at New York, dat some gentmen, mem
bers oh de Massachusetts Anti-Slabery Soci-
ETY., wait on Fader Mathew in Boston, and
ask him 10 tend anniversary in celebrashun
OF de abolishun OBJ slabery in de British West
lngis. De berry rebberend Pader say no.
Cause wy? Perhaps you tink him at work
at him Pledge and him Pump. Not a bit oh
it, Massa. Dis de way him trow cold water
on abolishun:
He abruptly declined the invitation, OBJ
serving to the Committee that he was not
aware of any passage in Scripture forbid
ding the existence of Slavery"
Begin pardon oh Massa Mathew, de
great Divine, me tink dere am passidge some
wher dat tell you whatsoever We would that
men should do to you, do We even so to
them." How Fader Mathew him like to be
a slabe? Whose niggar, tink you, him wish
TO be?
Your humble serbent, Massa Punch,
'SAMBO.'
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE,
PUBLISHED EvERY SATURDAY, AT
SALEM, COLUNBL4N:4 CO., OHIO.

$3.50 per annum, if paid within the first six
months of the subscribers year.
Ii paid before three months of the year has
expired, a deduction of twenty-five cents will
be made, reducing the price to $1,25.
II payment be made in advance, or on the
receipt Of the fest number, fifty cents will be
Deducted, making the subscription but 81.
To any person wishing to examine the char
acter of the paper, it will be furnished six
months, for fifty cents in advance; to all others,
sevcnty-ive cents will be charged.
No deviation from these terms.
" We occasionally send numbers to those
who are not subscribers, but who are believed
to be interested in the dissemination of anti
slavery truth, with the hope that they will eth
or subscribe themselves, or use their influence
to extend its circulation among their friends.
tv Communication intended for insertion,
TO be addressed to OLIVER JOHNSON, Editor.
AL others to JAMES BARNABY, Publishing Agent.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24

EVIL THINGS 30 ToGETHER.-Ihe Rev.
DIR. Shannon, President, we believe, of Ba-
con College, KY, seems intent on degrading
Humanity. He is an advocate of Slavery, on
Bible principles, and also holds that as wo-
man was " first in the ~transgression, and hav-
ing beguiled man, she is put in bondage to
his authority" See how he loves Slavery:
"The wide-spreading contempt for this
statute, exhibited by the politico-rcligious ia
naticism and infidelity of the age, is one of
the most alarming symptoms of approach
ing anarchy, and the overthrow OF our liber-
ties. The attempt which is being made in
these United States, to elevate the wife to a
political equality with the husband, or to
change III any respect the relation establish
ed between them by God himself, is rank in
fidelity, III matter what specious disguise it
may assume; and it cannot fail TO be replete
with mischief TO both parties, and to the best
interests of the family, the State, and the
Church. For the punishment, then, as well
as for the cure of her sin, she was put in bon
dage to her husband. And, though infidel
fanaiicism may blasphcme, enlightened Chris
tan philanthropy will always say amen to
the Divine statute"
1t is precisely such reverend libellers of
Gods Word, and enemies to the dignity and
rights of Humanity, who are making infidels
by thousands.-.Ndt. Era.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24

FRoM South AMERIcA.-We have advices
from Rio 10 Oct. A, Montevideo TO Sept. Is,
and Buenos Ayres to Sept. IL. At Buenos
Ayres extensive naval preparations are ma
king, as is supposed, against Brazil. No pro-
gress has been made toward settling the diff.
ficulty between Moutevideo and Buenos Ay-
res. The elections in Brazil occasion a good
deal of disturbance in some districts at Ma
racaibo a~ssassinations were frequent. The
invasion from Uruguay into Paraguay is
strengthening, and an insurrection is expect
ed in Conientos. The Sandman brig Rosa
has been wrecked on the Brazilian coast;
the brig was a total loss. The U. s. ffigate
Brandywine was at Rio; all well.-M Y.
Tribune.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24

A CoRRUPT TREE CANNOT BRING FORTH
Coon FRUIT.-Do Education Societies, Peace
Societies, Prison Discipline Societies, Tenn
perance Societies, Moral Reform Societies,
Missionary Societies, Bible Societies, origi-
nate in the Slave States? Do even learned
and philosophical Societies, for the study of
Letters, Science, and Art? No. They can
hardly find root on a soil blasted by the ST.
moon of Slavery-much less are they indig-
enous to it. All these noble enterprises are
put and kept in motion by the Free States
When any thing is contributed in aid of them
by the South, it is as a covert bride to "daub
with untempered mortar her hideous crime
Theodore Pnker's Letter.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24

LAWYERS IN CALIFORNIA.-Captain Tobin,
on his way to California, is writing letters for
the N. o. Delta From one dated Tobage,
we extract the following:
"Of nearly two thousand passengers be-
tween Chagres and Panama, there are about
six hundred lawyers, and of them four hun
dred go 0ut with the expectation of being
returned TO Congress or the Legislature al
least: seventeen are electioneering for the
gubernatorial chair, and twenty-one embryo
senators are already calculating the savings
to be made on the mileage allowed by Uncle
Sam from San Francisco to Washington, and
back. Blessed are those who expect moth
ing for they shall not be di appointed"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24
From the Pennsylvania Freeman.
Lynch Law for Boston.

following: N "N' "0
~CowHIDING PRoBABLE.-It is said that
a boston gent, not u~nconnected with the
press, mas within n short time earned for
himself the vaccine remedy for the imperfec-
uonso the law, by the ruin of one young
iauy IN Boston and his polite attention to
o'ncis ut Newport and Jamaica Plains. We
iorei "ater-cllre to vaccination any how /;
pu' "hen q man makes a regular smallpox
10 uhsuspectlng and innocent families, we
are not prepared TO say that vaccination, peH
dl"tmiSTed, and popularity reported by he press,
WNould not be better than no cure at all. We
hope he may catch Il.
S'Sh a sentiment from an enraged Vicks-
purg or Charleston STAKEHOLDER would not
nave surprised us, even in this age of the
world, but for a Massachusetts editor-a pro-
iesseu relormer, and peace man, an old time
aDoiltonlst, once the object of mob-violence,
10 recommend the adoption of Vicksburg
Lynch law IN Boston, is as melancholy as il
Is surprising. Is this The Elizur Wright who
ohce stood so nobly armed with the simple
weapons of truth, and faced the bowling
MOB, and their cunning and more guilty in
stlgatofs' the Elizur Wright whose name
sun stands upon the Declaration of Senti-
lnehtS OF the American Anti-Slaycry Society a?
HOW has he fallen since he declared with the
martyr-heroes of f33, that our principles for
Did me dong of evil that good may come,
ana lead us to reject, and to entrcat the OPP
pressed TO reject, the use of all carnal wea-
pons for dclivercuce from bondage relying
solely upon those which are spirituel, and
mighty through God to the pulling down of
strohSholds.' Our measures shall be such
only as the opposition Of moral purity 10 moral
coTTnPtiOn-the destruction of error by the
potency of truth-the overthrow of preiu-
dice by the power of love-the abolition OF
slavery by the spirit of repentance.
If MIR. Wright may deal out lynch law al
ms discretion, upon others, others MAJ do the
same upon him, md every one else wlo
offends them. Once admit the right of mobs
and the lynch code, and it is left entirely to
the people or any number of them to Judge
iGhen, for Whdt, and upon whom TO infict pun.
ishment, and how much to punish.
To-day we shall see thieves, gamblers anC
libertines mobbed, and tomorrow the advo.
Gates of honesty and moral purity; now kid
nappers and Shareholders, then aboIitionists
nov temperance men and then rum-sellers
now Protestants, then Catholics, now Wing
andh@- democrats. Every petty dissensiol
andlocal dispute will breedfights and blood
shtf Right will give place 10 might, ju'
Turcc, ana wo TO him VIII is rot Il
strongest! 1t is the doctrine of anarchy, al
would turn Society into a huge Bedlam.-
Docs the path of politics lead down so low
Does the Chronotype trust 10 such a moralit
TO reform the world? Why, it is leagues be
low the moral standard of the corrupt, re
vengeiul and selfish world and church,
Should Mr.. Wright hereafter be cast upo
the mercies of an intiIriated mob, as is pos
sible, he can console himself with the tho
that he is drinking the cup he has mixed 70
another.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24

THE KENTUCKY CONVENTION has deter
mined upon the organization Of the Court OF
Appeals us follows:
]. The Court of Appeals is to consist of
four judges elected by the people-three TO
constitute a quorum.
2. The four Judges TO be elected in four
districts, one in each, and to serve for eight
wears. of those first elected, one is TO go
out in two years, one in four, one in six, and
one in eight years-to be determined by
lot.
8. The judges TO be removed by a vote of
tlro-thirds of the General Assembly, for any
offence not impeachable.
This is the chief practical result reached
by the convention. The Louisville Examiner
is surprised at the great indifference with
which its proceedings are viewed.-Erd.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24

HEADING OFF THE UNDERGROUND RAIL
RoAD.-We find the following in the last
number of the Iiagerstown News:
"The farmers of the eastern shore of Ma
ryland are projecting a magnetic telegraph
from Snow Hill, north, across the State, to
intersect the great Atlantic line ut Elkton.-
The particular object is its agency in appre-
hending a%bsconding slaves, who, enticed by
the promises of the abolitionists, are constant
ly making their way into Pennsylvania. II
ampton and Accomac, IN Virginia"
So it has come to this, that slave property
is so Geeting in Maryland that the agency OF
lightning must be invoked TO keep it from
running away. Good!
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-24

o. travelling correspondent of the
~Chronotype, writing from Georgia, says of
the working men Of that State:
"This class, in which | embrace all who
get their living by their own manual labor, is
the snbstratum of the white population of the
South. The white %workingman performs the
same kinds of labor as the slave, labors side
by side with the slave, and is degraded in
his w eyes, in those of the slave, and in
those ofsociety, by the contact. The work
he performs is degrading, because Slaues per-
form ii. The poor workingman has nothing
to incite him to any efforts of selfelevation.
He may, possibly, educate himself and be-
come wealthy; but the disgrace of ,cork will
still cling to him. The slave does not envy
him his lot. OF all white men that | have
yet seen, the workingmen of the South, with
rare exceptions, are the lowest and most de-
graded. Many of them are as ignorant and
nearly as stupid as the blacks. They are the
most unfortunate of all the victims of slavery.
The Printers are an exception to all that
have said above. Negroes are not allowed
to learn the printers trade, and the printer is
not brought in contact with them. A prin,
ter is-a printer, everywhere, and | am.