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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

NJ According to previous notice. the patrons of
the School under the superintendance of OILS B.
GORDON, were favored with an exhibition in the
Court House, on Thursday evening of last week.
We cannot notice minutely all the exercises of the
evening, but will say that every thing passed OF
10 the evident satisfaction of all present. We
highly approve of the course adopted by the In
siructor, with regard to occasional exhibitions,
it effectualy generates spirit of rivalry among
his pupils, and furnishes powerful incentive, to
pursue with unwearied diligence the road tha, leads
to the portals of knowledge. From what we could
learn on that occasion, he has completely gained
the affections of those under his charge, while he
carefully prevents his authority being weakened
by familiarity. This is the secret of success, and
tends to tighten materially the burthen that must
necessarily fall upon the Instructor in his arduous,
but honorable profession,-a calling which, evolv-
ing as il does, the moral and Intellectual culture
of the rising generation, imposes upon those who
righifully pursue it, duties and obligations only
second to those of the Mother, the tutelar goddess
of every household. We would take occasion to
say that much praise is due Messrs BREmER and
EYLEsBERGER for their unremitting exertions in
the improvement of the musical talent of the Ju-
venile class. They gave us, upon that occ aston,
some splendid tunes, scientifically performed. =
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

The House Of Representatives therefore con-
sisted OF sixty.two members the Senate-two
from each State--of twenty-six. g
By the act of June, '42, apportioning represen-
tatives under the sixth census taken in 1910, the
ratio of representation for the ensuing decade was
fixed at representative for every seventy thou
sand six hundred and eighty persons.
At that time thirteen new States had been add
ed to the Union Just doubling the original num-
Der. The annexed list furnishes Tin italics) the
names of the new States, the periods of their adj
mission, and the number of the representatives. to-
gether with that ofthe old States. So asa
Dafe of dd. fa# Date of dd- HG-E
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

SUICIDE by sHooTINe.-We lean bs
young man named Howell. aged l9. rs,tq
in the adjoining town Of Clifford IN Susqusiu
ma county. committed suiclde last week nd
the following circumstances. He was na
attached to young girl of some Is yeas
age, who lived in the neighborhood, bsisa
W hom and himself there is understood TO h
been an engagement Of marriage. Al lhs q
iod of their last interview, however. she 4
him she had changed her mind about bsI
married, or something TO that effect, whereas
he returned to his home much dejecisd A
ter supper, as vas some lines his custom, /
took down his rife, loaded ii, and went Osr|
the woods the family supposing thai be
gone for The purpose of shooting bird, \
appearing at night, search was made il !
morning and his body found. 1t appear |
bad attached fish line TO the lock Of h. d
and stretched himself on, with its muzls1
gains, his iempIes,-one pull Of the line Y
sufficed TO send his soul into eiernily.-LTd
,Danna Journal. '''--
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

Dr. v. M. Swayze, Surgeon Dentist is now in
Stroudsburg, and will remain here for week or
two only. Persons wishing their teeth attended
to or artificial ones inserted, will please call on
him His acquaintance with the people. and his
well known reputation as Dentist. i, is hoped
will serve as sufficient recommendation to all
who may require his services. His rooms are at
Mr.. Hollinsheads Hotel.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

ABUSE OF MAeNEsiA.-People shoIa
very careful in the use of Msgnesia, ,,
very dangerous substance 10 use. and lns'. !.
too many. We believe, Who rse il for losI. !.
ach for heart burn" " 40 do not know 'a' :"
gers attending lie empIoymen, for that pup, w
The use of Il has been the cause oil "aD}
Sos OF stons," and il has been discover (
the terrible disease ip Switzerland eal'I
ire, is due to the action of magnetism '',s Y
the system Of The inhabitanis-lhe calls =" =
found in solution with the waters Of The .
valleys. Fl p
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09


Thus then in half century, the United States
had doubled in numbers-its Senate was composed
of SO instead of 26 members, its House of Repre-
sentatves of223 instead of So members, and its
ratio of representation was near II 900 instead of
10000.
Another ten years have almost passed, and we
are now thirty States.--F7orida admitted in March
AS, with one representative Teras, admitted in
December, As, with 2 representatives; Wisconsin,
admitted in March, ~, with representatives, and
Io,oa, admitted December, '46, with representa-.
tive. w k s3e .74
Our Congress, therefore, now consists of sixty
Senators and ts0o hundred and t,oenty-n,ne Repre-
sentatives. The Congress which is to commence
its existence next December, will settle the new
apporsionment of members under the census to be
taken next year. California will then be added to
our Constellation Of States, and possibly New
Mexico; and who shall say that in the course of
the two years during which tire XXI Congress
will exist, the British North American Provinces
may not fall within our sweeping and swelling
orbit1 e9
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09
Progress Of the United States.
From the Ne,v York Enqui,

In 1890, when the first act for taking the census
was passed, there were yet, as during the revo.
lutionary contest, only thirteen States, with the
following representation in Congress, as fixed BY
the Consttution-the ratio being one representa-
tive for every thirty thousand inhabitants-bu
each State, whatever its population, to have a
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

Whig county meeting was held at the public
house of Henry Wagener, in the township of Beth
lehem, on Saturday last, of which the Hon Pete,
S. Miehler. was chairman, Henry Desh and Hen
ry P. Osborne were vice presidents, and Josiah p
Hetrech and Christian M. Anstett. secretaries.
The following among other resolutions was
adopted by the meeting.
Resolved. Tha, Josiah p Heirich and Chris.
tian M. Anseu. with Delegate 10 be selee.
ted by the Wings of Monroe Cosniy, be the
representative Delegates 10 attend The, Whig
Stale Convention.
Rssolued, That in case Monroe County shall
send no Delegate, the Delegates now appoin.
ted have power TO appoint one, 90 iha. the Rep.
reseniatisa from this Representative Disiric,
be full.
During the absence Of the Committee, Henry
d. Maxwell, Esq, addressed the meeting. and
read the following lie tier from Cen T. Taylor
President Of the United States
WAsHINeToN. .. c.
Hsr. July 81, fs49. :
Sir: have had the honor to receive your
communication Of the 18th instant, enclosing
the Resolutions of the Whig Executive Com
ninse OF Northampton County. inviting me to
visit Easton. beg tha. you will convey to the
Committee my most sincere thanks for their
kind invitation. /, is my expectation soon to
visit the State Of Pennsylvania, and twill af-
ford me great pleasure to include Eastop in
my tour if practicable. consistently with other
engagements. eas a@
Be pleased. sir. to accept my grateful ac.
knowledgemsnis for the handsome terms in
which you have rendered the inviiatien Of the
Committee, and believe me,
Your obliged friend and servant. -
4.oi9c q. TAYLOR.
H. D. Maxweli Esq Essaon. Pa is
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

H. The Cholera at the Bucks County Aims
house, has ceased. Since our last publication
two deaths have occurred at the Institution, one
Of Cholera and the other of Dysentery. These
were all the deaths that occurred at last accounts
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

A rather singular case of conspiracy occurred
in Yates County the other day. A ran named
Davis induced his wife to swear before magis-
trate that number Of the most respectable citi-
zens in the county around had been sustaining an
improper intimacy with her. His object was to
put money in his purse," ," fol he Immediately sent
letters to a number Of those implicated by his
wife's oath desiring to compromise the matter BY
their paping him 500 each. This failing he vis-
ited them himself used threats. &C., but with no
better success, for having embraced so many in
his conspiracy the whole community also became
personally interested, and came down on him like
/" a cart-load Of bricks" A coat oftar and feaff-
ers was to be applied, but he made tracks before
he could receive his deserts s--Sracuse Star. &
An Ohio editor says that he knew Shakespeare
when he lived in Pennsylvania, and that his name
was not Shakespeare, but VIM. Speare--rhat he
afterwards moved into the State of Michigan,
caught the fever and asne, aad was ever after
nick.named Shake-Speare. 11
We have heard of man who once listened to
some Conversation about the French Revolution,
and then enquired 'aes '-as'44 ..''ae
]" Who was this Robert Speare Was he
brother 70 Shake !''
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

Among the visiters a, the White saPP'
Springs Of Virginia. arc r. Taylor, ESQ., :
Of the President; one of ex-PrssidenI :,
Bursn's sons the Russian and Spanish y '
re,aries Of Legation. and number otpa,l..
military officers. Mr.. Clay ia sxPec'sa I"
sooon. ss
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

PRAIRIE INDIANS Mayor Thomas FafP'
rick, U. S. Indian agent at Santa Fe, in'P
lication in the 81. Louis Republican ofhl n''
in regard to our Indian policy, says; "ia1, y
10 at this time, to the bes, Of my knos'a:]
not less than twenty FIVE thousand indians
the Upper Arkansas. and its vicinily-eonP''1
of Chyennes, Arapahoes. Apaches Nav
Camanchss and Sioux. amongs, whom Y
the past winter, and all Of them behaving. :"
ing the time Of my sojourn. in the most a''1
ious and friendly manner, insomuch thai j
ties Of traders. coming in this spring never J
or guarded their stock during the whole Y
and never lost one animal by lhe Indians
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

: b TRY IT.--We find in one of our exchanges the
following process for multiplying almost indefn-
itely crop of Cucumbers, and as now is the sea.
son for them, will some Of our friends try it and
furnish US with the particulars of the result. Il
says; When cucumber is taken from the vine
let it be cut of with knife, leaving about the
eighth Of an inch fthe cucumber remaining TO the
stem upon which it grew, then slit the stem with
knife from its end to the vine, leaving particle
of the cucumber to each division, and as many
Sits or divisions as are made in it there will be
new cucumbes, as large and fine as those ths.
grow in the natural way. s
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09
North CaroIfna.

The returns of the Congressional Election are
not complete from any district, and out little car
be judged as to the result aoet sia asfl4i
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

HsrRy CLAr is at Saratoga, where he will re-
main = few days, and then proceed TO Newport,
Rhode Island, tias aae ,sa. s7e ssll.,ss ~
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09
Progress Of the CI.olera.


On Thursday morning last, about 1-2 o'clock,
the early train from New York for Philadelphia,
ran off the track about two miles this side Prince
ton, N. j., in consequence of the switch having
been displaced, causing most terrible disaster.
The locomotive, tender, baggage car, and the for
ward pass enger cars, were thrown into the Della
ware and Raritan canal on the bank of which the
river for some distance the former being lit
orally crushed together. The cars were crowded
with passengers, and as the forward passenger car
ran upon those before it the Car next to it was
raised up by the concussion, tearing away the
roof, and sweeping the seats and passengers into
dense mass, killing two persons instantly, and
seriously injuring some twenty Others Wm Con-
over of Trenton, carpenter in the employ of the
company, was instantly killed, as was also Ger
man whose name was unknown. Captain Ship
jured aud his life is despaired of. The following
is lis, of the persons injured, many of them hav
ing either their arms or legs broken -
James Holngsworth and his wife, Sarah Ann,
Matthias North, Eliza Bryan. Charles Maslbury,
VIM Milkburne, Martin Merrill or Merrett, Mrs.
Mary Lindsay. Eliza Hand Barbara House and
child, Mary Ann Garrison, Of Philadelphia, Thom-
as Glassep, Joseph or Joshua Glassup, of Frank
ford, Pa, Simon Griswold, of New York, Patrick
McPorri of Williamsburg, L. l.. w. R. Waters,
of Pottsville, Penn'a.
These are all the particulars of the disaster we
have been able to collect. The injured were ta-
ken to the depot near Princeton. where every pos
.;hio at.ant;op ,v.e ro;d ~ tha., Tho concn,cv
Offer reward of 81 900 for the arrest and convic-
ton of the person who removed tho switch from
its proper position. a AS'.'t '@@ %
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09
STATE CONVENTION.

At The last meeting of the Wing State Gen.
trail Committee held at Harrisburg. in pussu-
auce of public call, j, was on motion,
ResolUcd, Tha. 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
the Court House, in Harrisburg, a, o'clock,
A. NJ. on THURSDAY, the 10Th day Of AU-
GUST next. for the purpose of selecting can.
didate for Canal Commissioner, and TO do such
other business as the interest of The country
may require. -sa
By order OF the Committee,
GEORGE ERETY, Chairman pro TEN.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09

The reports are favorable to the election of ths
Locofoco candidate for Governor. sfa a ela3
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-09
Payment OF the State Interest, g.

Payment Of the State Interest, &c.
The payment on the State debt of Pennsylvania,
falling due on the 1st inst, was paid at the Bank
Of Pennsylvania in gold and silver. The payment,
under the peculiar circumstances reflects the high
est credit upon Mr.. Ball, the very efficient State
Treasurer, while the manner in which it has been
made, win silence the objections which have here
tofore been raised by the holders of our State
loans, and tend greatly to give increased value to
our securities To show the energy with which
Mr.. Ball has conducted the affairs of the Treasury
Department, the Pennsyluan,a Telegraph states
that when he took charge of the Treasury, on the
7th of May last, he received of Mr.. Plumer in
available funds, SIoe,494,l7. On that same day,
a loan which was made to pay the February inter-
est, fell due, amounting to 100000 90
Also another loan to pay laborers, &c. $4,000 90
Interest on both for 90 days, = ..-.e 3,675 90
Total, 25S,S75 90
Deduct sum received of Mr.. PIumer, l00 ,494 II
Leaving to be raised and paid on these gH .es2
loans the sum of sa sIso, $50 So
In addition to this there have been paid
the heavy demands of the Canal
Commissioners, amounting to 4ss.9se 90
Also the other current demands on the
Treasury, amounting to at least 100000 90
Also the interest on public debt due
ist August, amounting to 500 PAS SO
Total, $I,94O,O0U 90
From which it will be seen that Mr. Ball, in the
short space Of s6 days, has paid out more than
$T,s400o0, state Of affairs which has no parallel
in the financial history of Pennsylvania. This
has been done, toor in spite of every embarsass-
saent which has been thrown in the way of the
Treasurer, amounting, ia fact, to an organized ef.
fort on the part of the opposition, and especially
the effice- holdess on the public worksto defeat, If
possible, the paymen, of the august interest but
falling they now endeavoring to deracs, as far
possible, from the credit due to Mr. Ball for his
patriotic exertions.
In this the true character Of LocUiocoism is
strikingly manifest. It would have afforded them
sincere qualification, had net the interest been paid
They would then have charged it upon the inca
paeity and want Of energy Of the Wing State ad.
ministraiion, hoping terefrom to derive political
profit With them the credit of the State, her
prosperity, and all the great interests Of her peo
pie. ale regarded as proper and legitimate SUBJ
jects of sacrifice, ifsuch sacrifice can in even the
remetest degree, contribute to the success Of Lo-
= f.. {. s.f 3 81 i
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"The day is not distant when Quacks only will
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Show can consider it [blood- letting] a
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Dry Goods Dry Goods ~ Dry Goods III
TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH
II OF FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, at

Dry Goods Dry Goods II Dry Goods II
TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH
il OF FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, at
unheard of low prcesIn order TO reduce our stock,
which is very large and complete, we will com
mence this day TO run off entire stock OF goods
greatly reduced prices for cash In store may be
found
1900 yards new style French Bareges, from ~ to
so cents
$500 yards style French Lawns, from 10 to
% cents
Embroidered Muslin Dresses and Robes, bcaut-
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Rich ohangesble and figured Silks, very cheap
Rich black Gros de Rhine Silks, all widths and
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Black Silk Laces, Fringes and Gimps
Swiss, Book and Jaconet Muslins, plain, plaid
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Black Alpacas and Bombszines, very rich finish
Ginghams and Prints extra cheap
Hosiery and Gloves, all kinds and qualities
Fine Corded and Grass Skirts
1000 yards Beached Cotton Skirtng and Sheet
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1000 Yards 2, "A, and sd Brown Cotton, to 10
cents
Damask Linen Table Diaper and Cloths, great
bargains
Scotch, Birdeye and Huckaback Diapers
A large lot OF Bonnets, Ribands, Psrasols and
Parasolettes with many other goods too tedious to
mention, which will be sold extremely cheap for
cash, or approved paper at short dates.
HYATT h FRAZIER,
Penn. sv., between Stb and 9th SITS,
June 10 Opposite Centre Market.
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LIFE ASSURANCE.
National Loan Fund Li6e Assurance Society,
26 CORNHILL, LONDON, AND n WALL
STREET, NEW YORK.

| National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society,
26 CORNHLL, LONDON, AND n WALL
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CAPITAL, f5O0,0OO sterling, 800 900.
~ (Empooer,d by act Of Parioment,) ID Vie.-
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UNITED STATES BoARp OF Local DRKeToRs
New YoRK.-C. Edward Habicht, CHAIRMAN /;
John S. Palmer James Boorman, George Barclay,
Samuel S. Rowland, Samuel M. Fox, William Van
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PmLAprLpmA.- c. Biddle, George r.
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BAITIMoRE Jonathan Meredith, John McTsvish,
III. b. NJ. Consul,) Donald McIyain, Samuel Hof
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Franklin Dexter, Benjamin Seaver, Elijah ID. Brig
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J. LEANDER STARR, General Agent.
EDWARD II. RICHARDSON General Accountant
for the United Sfofss and b. ~. A. Colonies.
Pamphlets containing the rates Of premium, pros
pectus, examples, names of Agents, medical exam
liners, &c, can be had free of charge application
at III Wall street, and Of agents.
Part of the capital is permanently invested in the
United States, in the names Of three of the local d
rectors Understandable always to the assured
in cases Of disputed claims (shoud any such arise)
or otherwise.
Ihrty days arc anO"ed, hter caCn payment Oh
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Medical examiners attend daily, at O'Clock, p.
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All communications 10 be addressed TO
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MONTGoMERy's PATENT TUBULAR
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