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Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
THE CHoLERA--The latest accounts

The CHoLERA.-The latest accounts
! from Cincinnati, Nashville, and St. Lou
is. show an increase in the number OF
cholera victims in those cities. A few
cases are reported at Louisville.
4 Cincinnati, July s, p. NJ.
I The Cincinnati board of health repor.
tied 81 deaths in twenty-four hours end.
ling this evening, 4S of which, were
{ from cholera.
q The Louisville Journal of the 9th says;
4 We have received no Nashville papers
: for three days. A gentleman who called
{ at our office last night informed us that
ssthe epidemic was raging so violently at
& Nashville that the newspapers had sus'
@pended publication.
4 We learn from one Of our citizens who
Tacame from Shelbyvllle last night, that
gthe cholera was abating there. Ten
Edeaths, one white and nine blacks, had
occurred.
4 A deck passenger died of cholera On
aboard the North River night before last
ION her trip down from Cincinnati
4 The Maysville Eagle of last Saturday
gsays:
a L I've VI SlA pGISOil~ nave oiCu VI CHOi'
sera at Rock Spring Mills, in Bracken
scounty, in the past week.
4 The following dispatches are from the
& Memphis Enquirer:
] NasAUille, July II.
4 Twenty five interments yesterday--1e
ssof cholera, It is difficult to determine
awhere or when it will stop Thirty
1inches water on the shoals
4 A friend has favored us with the sub.
sjoned private despatch from Nashville,
! adated the l lth:
j Eighteen deaths from cholera on Mon.
aday-9 on Tuesday-on yesterday. "a in'
stermeRts, 1S of cholera. Threatened
awith cholera at Tyree Springs, but have
|. s.heard of no deaths there yet.
4 Nashville, July 12.
4 Interments for the "a hours to 4 O'clock.
ssp. rn., yesterday, eighteen; all of cholera
During the week ending on the 0th
sinst., there were eighty-thfee deaths from
Scholera, at St. Louis.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

HORRIBLE IF TRUE.-The steamer
West NeUton, at ST. Louis, reports nav
ling passed the bodies of SIX persons ioa'.
ling in the river between Cairo ana tiia'
place. The Republican is at a loss 10 ao'
count for it, as there has been no caiaii'i-
Ity lately in that part ol the rlVer, "
(which the circumstance can be at'iiou,
ted. Other boats up report having hle'
numbers of bodies in the same distance.
lit has been intimated in st. LOUIS tha'
they were thrown off OF boats 10 saw
the trouble OF burial. and to escape quar-
|antine regulations.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24


FOUND TREAsURE.-The Savannah Re
4 publican contains the following item OF
the reported treasure of the pirate Gibbs
said to have been buried on Cumberland
Island:
ave understand from gentleman who
Icame passenger on the Florida boat OIL
Saturday, that party who had been ex
3cavating on the South end of Cumberland
Island for some time past, succeeded ii
finding and carrying off a large amount
1of treasure. The existence of this trea
1 sure has long been a matter of specula
|tion, and many persons have hitherto been
attached to the place by reports of Its
whereabouts, but have been unsuccess
full ia their attempts TO discover it. The
present party, it appears. procured thei
information in regard to its locality from
an old man, long suspected of having beeI
connected with piratical operations, anc
have thus been successful in securing the
long hidden treasure.
A schooner had been lying off and OF
the south end of the Island several days
whose movements created some surprise
She at length came in. took the party OF
board, and sailed for parts unknown
I'VE understand the party consisted o
Fifteen persons"
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

STRANGE DEvELoPMENT.-Thec citizens
3of Cleveland, Ohio, have recently been
startled by some singular discoveries,
(which have resulted in the arrest of one
5of the most prominent, wealthy and re-
2spected business men of the county, for
spetty theft. He was seen to steal trunk
full of goods, from warehouse, put it in
his buggy, covert it with buffalo robe,
and drive off. An officer, armed with a
'search warrant, was sent to his residence
land discovered a secret loft filled with a
variety of articles, most of which were
found to have been stolen. 1t was dis
,covered that this system of pilfering had
been carried on for several years. The
name of the individual is Horatio N.
Ward, of Ohio City. He was held to
|bai on two charges of theft and failing
Ito give it, was committed to jail for ex-
'amlnation. A strange and sad case of
human in6rmity.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

SINGULAR SUICIDE.-The St. Louis In
|telllgencer Of the I'd instant says:
A German named Henry Lammert,
swho resides near the head of Carondelet
Avenue, committed suicide OH last Mon
sday night by shooting himself with a
lpistol loaded aoith lcater., In the day he
had bought the pistol and at eight o'clock
at night, while in his brothers. room, he
took an ordinary charge of powder, which
he poured into the pistol, ramming wad
| down after it. Then nearly filling the
barrel with water, he secured it firmly
with second wad, after which he hand
led So to his brother. with a request that
he would give it to some person to whom
Hit was due, and rushed into his own room
At the report of the pistol when his bro
/ 5ther followed him, he found the unfor.
3tunate man lying on the floor with his
upper lip, the upper part of his face, and
nearly half of the skull blown away
THE effects of the pistols contents were
most terrible. Lammert had been mar.
fried but four months. Jealousy is a.
amongst some OF the causes adduced fol
I his self destruction.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
FOR SHERIFF.

USWe are authorized to announce w. w. u
COLLINS as candidate for the office of Sheriff OF
Hampstead county.
IyWe are authorized to announce JOHN Il.
SANDEFuR as candidate for reelection to the
Office of Sheriff of Hampstead county, at the
August election.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

A SAD While Coroner,
at Cincinnati, recently, was engaged in
holding an inquest ON the body of man
found drowned in the river, young man
stopped to see what was going on, and
after while recognized the body as that
of his father, whom he had crossed the
locean in search after.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
WISE, THE ERoNAUT.-We copied,

] WISE, THE ERoNAUT.-We copied
/ the other day, an account of one DIR
I Bells success in steering a balloon
Through the air over the city of London
Wise, our American aronant it appears,
I has been busy preparing for a grand en-
9terprise which shall embrace air navica-
! tion in its greatest extent. The Lancas,
ater (Pa Gazette informs us that two bal
SlooDs are being constructed in that city,
one fifty feet in its greatest diameter, and
] from thirty to forty in its transverse; and
1.-THE other of smaller size. The unpar-
aalleled success which has hitherto atten-
eded Wise's Bronautic experiments, has
induced him to engage in this, his great
! lest, with the confident hope that it will
senable him to prove not only the practi-
zcability and safety OF aerial navigation,
abuc also the ability to steer aud propel
abaloons in any desired direction.
The two balloons will contain over
IL 500 yards of silk, and the capacity of
Rthe largest will be sufficient to enable
Mr.. Wise to take with him six passen
gers at least in his 1rial voyages; as III
will contain 30,O cahic feet of gas
with an ascensive power Of seventy
fpounds to the 1000 feet By this means
1 sparties of pleasure and invaids will
shave an opportunity of testing the pure
+ air of the upper regions while to the
man of science it will open boundless,
Sfield, hitherto wholly inaccessible save
to a favored few, In order that the safe
gty of an ascension may be fully apparent
. the balloon will be permitted TO rise sew
Seral hundred or over a thousand feet, and
! Abe made to decend at the pleasure of the
avoyagers by means of cord and wind
slass. Where it is desired, MIR. Wise will
I Ike excursions Of FIVE hundred or one
Thousand miles, without any of che APP
Spllances for descent at pleasure but those
usually employed by 9ronauts-
valve, &c.
BY these lengthy excursions, say from|
aCincinnati or St Louis 10 the Atlantic|
sea board, he wishes to demonstrate the|
aentire feasibility of crossing the AtlantlcI
ocean, and circumnavigating the entire|
3globe. Nor is this all. Mr.. Wise has
always contended Cor the practicability|
aof steering and propelling balloons in
sany direction. The smaller Of the ball
looms now constructing is designed to aid
shim in proving the truthfulness of this
theory. In his recently published audi
1highly interesting work he has most
clearly demonstrated the possibility O.
varying at will, from a straight course
thirty Or forty degrees from the latitude
1 OF departure"
The enterprise has been undertakeul
10y five scientific gentlemen, Including
l Mr.. Wise The cost of the two bal
looms cow constructing will exceed So,
1000. and one sufficiently large and safe
Ito cross the ocean and circumnavig gate
1.-THE globe wonid cost about ten thousand
dollars. Such a one this company pro-
sprose ultimately constructing.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

UTWe are authorized to announce Capt. VIM.
A. LACY, of Union county, as candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney in the Sixth Judicial Circuit
nWe are authorized to announce Gen. GRAN
OLSON D. RoYsroN as a candidate for Prosecuting
Attorney in the Sixth Judicial District.
II We are authorized to announce E.. 4.
WARREN, of Camden, us a candidate for Prose-
cutting Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of
Arkansas
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

r' We are authorized to announce HENRY P.
JOHNSON as candidate for Treasurer of Hemp
stead county.
o. We are authorized to announce DAVID
BLOCK as a candidate for election to the Office
Of Treasurer Of Hampstead county.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
FOR CLERK.

Q7We are authorized to announce SIMON T.
SANDERS as a candidate for re-election to the
office of Clerk of Hampstead county, at the elec
on in August next.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
1t appears, from the published dot

1t appears, from the published docu-
ments, that President Taylor instructed
our Minister at Constantinople to procure
|permission for kossu:h and his friends to
|come to America, placing The steamship
Mississippi at their disposal. The Porte
felt bound by its obligations to refuse the
request, but hopes are still entertained
that on the expiration of year, the Hun
garians will be allowed to cross the At
|lantic.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

TRIAL OF THE MoNTEsoUIoUs.- St.
Louis Republican, Of the 29th ult., says;
"The jury in this case up to late
;hour last evening mad not agreed upon a
verdict There were various rumors on
the street. yesterday, as to the division OF
the jury. all of which, however, are con-
jectural. So far as we can learn, the
guilt or innocence Of Gonzalve was first
taken uo, and is yet undisposed of. We
further learn, that upon the first poll OF
Ithe jury, the vote stood ten for convlctng,
and two for acquitting.
The Republican OF the 3Oth says
THE Jury in this case, after an absence OF
! forty hours were yesterday discharged, be-
ling unable to agree upon verdict The
vote stood, at the time of discharge, nine
for acquitting them. We learn that the
next trial will be upon the indictment for
sklling Albert Jones, upon which sever
ance has been granted, and they will be
tried separately. The late trial occupied
1.-THE court four weeks.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
More STATE ARMS MIsSING.-S

More STATE ARMS MIsSING.-Some of
the Mississippi papers are making an out
cry about their State arms, which, it is
said, are missing. The Yazoo Wing
learns "from a Democrat who held high
office under the last administration, 'that
there is not stand of arms in Jackson,
and asks "where are they"'
Probably Governor Quitman can give
the desired information.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24


Ozan Township.
To THE VOTERS OF HEMpsrEAD COUNTY:
Conceiving that in the Democratic Caucus,
held at Washington on the Cd inst, nay claims as
a candidate for the House of Representatives, were
not treated with that fairness and impartality that
my friends, well as myself, had right to ex-
pect, and having since, been urgently solicited by
numerous freads, to continue in the field, have
determined to appeal from the decision Of that
Caucus, to the Independent voters of the county
l am therefore, still candidate for your suffrages
and with your verdict, whatever it may be, will
most cheerfully acquiesce. Intending to address
you at the different precincts in the county on
the days fixed by the candidates for that purpose,
where l can more fully explain my motives for
the course l have deemed it proper to pursue,
1 remain,
Respectfully, &C.,
WILLIAM SISSEL
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

THE KENTUCKY MoNUMENT.-The Frank
fort Commonwealth, speaking of the
monument erected in the cemetery a
that pace in houor of Kentucky's Illus
ltrious dead, now nearly completed. says
The whole work will be finished dur
ling the present week, and it is believed
that on Friday next the statue of Victory
(which crowns the column, will be eleva.
ted and placed in position.
The material Of the monument is the
!purest and richest monumental marble W e
have ever seen. free from adj blemishes
land perfectly uniform in color, and was
as we are informed by the sculptor, impor.
ted expressly for the purpose, from the
celebrated quarry Of G Fabricotti Cara.
|ra The statue Of Victory which crowns
the work, and the four eagles which
guard each corner Of the die, were sculp-
tured in Italy, from models prepared by
Mr. Launitz. The basso-rellevo figures
on the pannels and the coat-of-arms were
sculptured, and the rest of the marble
|work was executed in the shop Of MIR
'Launitz, in New York.
No kentuckian can gaze on this work
without feeling proud of his native State.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

I5PWe are authorized to announce LEWIS AL
LEN, as a candidate for Justice of the Peace fol
Ozan Township
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

The first number of the Southern Press,
a new paper started at Washington City,
to be devoted to the advocacy Of Southern
rights and interests, has been issued. The
Editors are Elwood Fisher, and Edwin
DeLeon-the former Democrat, and the
latter whig.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

A dispatch from Washington dated July
5th, states, that of the l 3 temporary clerks
dismissed by the Post master General on
the 1st inst, all the Democrats have been
reinstated, the Wings being positively
refused.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
C A N ID I ID A Il T. s !.
FOR THE SENATE.

NPWe are authorized to announce Col. SAMUEL
McKNEELY, of Sewer county, as candidate fol
the unexpired term of A. ]. Armstrong in the
State Senate, from the Senatorial District com
posed of the counties of Sewer, Lafayette ane
Polk.
HENe are authorized to announce HENRY P
PoINpExrER as a candidate for reelection to the
State Senate, from the District composed o.
Hampstead and Pike counties.
1--WE are authorized to announce CHARLE'
b. MITCHELL as candidate for the State Senate
from the Senatorial District composed oil Nemp
stead and Pike counties.
IPWe are authorized to announce JOSIAH
n Wilson, of Lafayette, as candidate 1or the
unexpired term of A. j. Armstrong in the State
Senate, from the district composed OF Sewer, folk
and Lafayette counties.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
MIR. E1rER-You will please annoTnce me as
an independent candidate to represent 'he Peopie
of Hampstead county in the lover orahch VI Tue
aext Legislature.
Respectfully. &c. &c.
EZEKIEL Trustworthy.
nTWe are authorized to announce ColRICHARD
d. PURpoM as candidate to represent Hampstead
county in the next Legislature
GFWe are authorized to announce HARVEY Y.
SMITH as a candidate to represent Hampstead
county in the next House of Representatives.
fFWe are authorized to announce T. nj. X.
BANKHEAD as candidate to represent Hampstead
county in the next Legislature.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

To- We publish in another column
to-day. the reports of the examination OF
our schools.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

Thomas Boyd, the mail robber who
was arrested some time since by L. D.
Stickney Esq, special agent in the
Post Office Department, has been tried at
Springfield, ILL.,, convicted and sentenced
to serve ten years in the penitentiary.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

A monster OK is being exhibited at
Buffalo, N. Y. He is said to be IA feet
long, 10 feet girth, and 6 feet high and
TO weigh 1890 pounds
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

&c. Bartlett, Postmaster at Montague
Mass, was arrested recently, charged
with taking money from two letters
He waived an examination, and in de-
fault of bail for $4,000 was committed
for trial.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

The Grand Jury of the United States
court at Little Rock, are examining wit
nesses relative to trespasses committed
on the public lands by cutting timbe,
therefrom.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

HYPccnlsY.-lt is a fact stated by Hon.
II. A. Wise, in recent speech at Rich
|mond, Va, that of twenty vessels delec,
tied in the slave trade, nineteen were
from ports north of Baltimore. This
shows what amount Of sincerity there is
lin the professions of many northern men.
While some of them are denouncing the
|institutionsof slavery in the south, anoth-
Ter portion are stealing negroes from Afri-
lea, and violating the laws and constitu-
|ton of the United States.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

SENTENCED.-John Abrams, a mer-
chant of Philadelphia, has been sentenced
Ito the penitentiary for four years, for
|assaulting with intent to kill George
Weaver, another merchant. He plead
guilty, but made statement to the
court charging one of the witnesses sub
pened by himself with perjury.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

A REPUBLICAN.-Louis Napoleon says
3he cannot live upon his present salary,
/ and the Assembly has accordingly voted to
increase it to 100000 of francs per
Iannum, or about Szrteen hundred doZIays
per daY. In what simple and unosten-
.atious mode he must live upon such a
meagre allowance.
--O-o-~OO>-~-~-o--->~-~->-~>
A fire broke out at Brooklyn, N Y. on
the 7th inst. which destroyed property
estimated at one million Of dollars
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24

The GALPHIN CLAIM.-Mr. Burt, as
an elaborate report in Congress against
/ the Galphin claim entirely denying the
nstice of it, The Republic publishes a
! letter from Mr.. Burt to one of the parties
i in 1S4S, congratulating him upon the
passage of the law authorizing its settle
ment.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-03-14
NOTICE.

The undersigned respectfully informs the
people Of this county, that he will be al David
Keer's Horel. in Sroudsburg, till the last OF
February next-his attention will be given
principally 10 all operations for preserving and
beautIfying The natural teeth All persons
having operations performed, will also receive
advice in reference 10 the care OF the teeth, the
general health, and The cure of bad breath, from
whatever cause arising. The great importance
of the teeth for purposes of masilcalion and
speech, contributing 10 the charms of beauty,
and when lost delfaoting lheTelrom; and, TO
svold that hell o. a diseases" should induce
especially the young 10 have them attended to
Ny practice in This county already speaks for
itself My prices are the lowest for which
good service can be done-no variation, excepi
gratis in case Of the poor.
Let no unpractced hand guide the steel,
Whose polished point must carry wo or veal
shall be in this county often enough 10 al
tend 10 all matters in my profession
O. A. JARVIS,
DENTAL Surgeon of New York.
January "a 1850
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-03-14
TREASURER'S SALE
OF
4 gnseated Lands i'm Monroe County.

Notice is hereby giren. that agreea5y 10 an
acl Of General Assembly OF The Commonwealth
Of Pennsyivania, passed The 3lb day of March,
1915, entitled All Act to amend The act enti-
lied an act directing the mode of selling un
seated lands for taxes and for other purposes"
and of an act passed the 18Th day of March
1917 "a further supplement, 10 an act to amend
the &C, entitled an act directing the mode Of
selling unsea:ed lands for taxes and for other
purposes" by the Act of General Assembly
passed the ninth day of March, in The year OF
our Lord lS47, entitled " An act in relation 10
,he sales Of unseaied lands in the several coun-
lies of this Commonw eaIth," The following tracts
of land will be sold a, public vendue, on The
second Monday of June next. at the Courthouse
in S!roudsburg, in The couty of Monroe, for
arrearages Of taxes due, and The costs accrued
on each lol respectively.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-03-14
NOTICE..

The undersigned, having purchased The en-
tire stock Of goods Of Stokes & Staples. and
having jus, received from the cry fresh and
full supply of Dry Goods, Groceries Hardware,
&c, &c, hereby respectfully inform The public
that they will continue The Mercantile business
the old stand where they will be happy TO
see their friends-and hope, hy srlcl attention
TO business, and at all times by keeping good
and cheap assonmen. of goods, 10 merit con-
tinuance of The liberal patronage heretofore ex-
tended 10 The irm.
ABRAHAM BUSH,
DANIEL STAPLES.
CtronJ hu,o Ia,narv IT 1870
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-03-14

The Partnership hefe'olore exIsIing under
the firm of Stokes & Staples, was dissolved by
mutual consent on the lst day Of January,
1850 The Books. Noes, &c. are in The
hands of r. S. Staples. for settlement; and
all persons indebted to- The firm respect
fully requested to call and make settlement, i'm
mediareIy, as he intends to leave he place in
a short time STOGDELL STOKES,
RICHARD S. STAPLES
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-03-14
MONROE COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance COMPANY.

The rate Of Insurance is one dollar on The
thousand dollars insured, after which payment
no subsequent Tax will be levied, except TO COW
er actual loss or damage by fire, that may fall
upon members of the company.
The melt profits arising from interest or 9th
erwise, will be ascerlained yearly, for which
each member in proportion TO his, her, or their
deposite, will have a credit in the company
Each insurer in or with The said company will
be member thereof during the term of his or
her policy The principle of Mutual Insurance
has been thoroughly tested-has been tried by
the unerring test of experience, and has proved
successful and become very popular 1t af-
fo'ds the greatest security against loss or dam
age by fire, on the most advantageous and
reasonable terms
Applications for Insurance to be made in
person, or by letters addressed 10
JAMES II. WALTON, Sec'y.
MANAGERS.
Jacob Goetz Michael H Dreher
John Edinger Jacob Frederick
James II. Walton George B. Keller
Edward Pos,en Peter Shaw
Robert Boys John Miller
Richard S. Staples Jacob Shoemaker
Balsar Feiherman.
JACOB GOETZ, President
JAMES H. WALTON, Treasurer
Sroudsburg, January 81, 1850.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-03-14
Musical Exhibition.

The Singing Class at S'roudsburg under The
tuition of MIR. J. S. p. FoUsT, will give an ex-
hibtion in the Cour, House, on Monday eve-
ming lSth of March 1850. at Z o'clock The ex-
erclses of Tie evening will be inerspersed with
Instrumental Music. They will be assisted by
Mr.. O. ToMBLER Of Freemansburg, who will
preside al The MeIodean. As some expenses
have been incurred in geluing up this exhibition
The price of admission will be ;uelUe and hait
cents Children half price. The lovers of mu-
sic are invited 10 be presenl. March 7.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-03-14
rg, January II, $50.
oysters! oysters :!

The undersigned has jns opened an oyster
shop at his residence, IN Franklin street. near
the Courl House, where he will have constant
Iy on hand The best quality OF prime oysters
prepared in every style. lie has also pri-
vale room for the accommodation OF Ladies.
The public generally are respectfully invited TO
rive him call. DAVID STARNER
Sirondsb December 3, lS49.