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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
Locofoco state Convention.

This body re- assembled in Harrisburg,
on Thursday last, for the purpose of NOM
mating a Canal Commissioner, in the place
of Mr.. Searigbt, and candidate for Su-
preme Judge, in place of Judge Coulter.
Almost one half of the delegates we're sub
stitutes. Judge Woodward was nomina-
ted unanimously for the Supreme bench.
And on the third ballot, William Hop
kins, of Washington, was nominated for
Canal Commissioner Resolutions endors-
ing the Baltimore platform were adopted.
No enthusiasm was manifested, which
may be accounted for from the fact that the
Buchanan men had it all their own way,
are not at all pleased with the treatment
received by their leader at the Conven-
ton in Baltimore.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

that it could not be justified by any au~
thority short of a special act of the Leg
islature. / could see neither principle nor
policy in closing the business of carrying
passengers on the great highway of the
State against all save favored few"
1t Is manifestly the duty, as it should
be the pleasure, of those entrusted with
the management of the Public Works, to
change and reform the present defective
system of superintendent; and, on the
one hand, by the introduction of system
of retrenchment and practical economy,
curtail the actual expenditures to the low
est standard. consistent with the success
full operation of the works; and the 9TH
er, by exacting from the employers, strict
accountability and an honest and faithful
discharge of their various and respective
duties, increase the net revenue to an a.
mount approaching, if not equal, to that
required for the payment of the interest
ON the public debt; and justify the appi-
cation of large part, if not the whole a.
mount derived from the collection of the
State taxes; to the speedy extinguish-
ment of the public debt.
That this suggestion, in favor of meas
ure so ardently to be desired, is found in
a. a.practicat idea, is prored by the fact, that
during the recent session of the Legisla-
ture, powerful effort was made by an
associated company, composed of two for
mer Canal Commissioners, Zone of whom
had just retired from Office, practical
Engineer, Superintendent, and several
transporters, to obtain lease on the Pub
lie Improvements for term of ten years,
at net rent of one million of dollars per
annum. And, it will scarcely be conten-
ded, that these gentlemen were not fully
informed of the value and productiveness of
the Public Works, or, that they were not
equally confident of realizing profit, un-
der proper and economical system of
management, equal to. the rent proposed
to be paid to the Commonwealth; as, it is
not likely, that they would be willing to
encounter the risk and furnish the heavy
capital required for their successful ope-
ration, without receiving corresponding
benefit. 1t is for them to satify the pub
lie in respect to the extraordinary discre-
pancy between the annual amount ac-
counted for to. the State in their capacity
of public agents, and that offered by them
as intended lessees and private indiyidu-
ais.
| have thus given you an outline of
my views in respect to matters contained
in your letter, in the same spirit of frank
ness and freedom in which they were soli-
cited. You are at liberty to make such
use of them as, from your greater expert
ence and better Judgments, you may
deem proper. write nothing in regard
to public matters, which l am unwilling
should meet the public eye
| remain, dear sir, with great respes,
your obedient servant.
Js HOFFMAN,.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
The Registration Act.

The Registration Act, passed at the
last session of our State Legislature, con-
tains the following provisions:
Section l Provides, that the Register
of each county shall keep record of all
births and marriages.
Section 2. Makes it the duty of every
Clergyman, Alderman, Justice of the
Peace, Clerk or keeper of the records of
the religious society of Friends, and eve
ry other person or society, before whom
any marriage may hereafter he solemni-
zed or contracted, to make at once a rec
ord of the same in book to be kept for
the purpose, within the space of thirty
days after such marriage, to return the
same in the form of certificate, duly
signed by the person so certifying. to the
Register of the county in which such mar
riage shall have been solemnized or con-
tracted, which said record and certificate
shall set forth, as far as the same can be
ascertained, the full name of the husband,
his occupation, and the name of his place
Of birth and residence The full name of
the wife, previous to said marriage, the
names ofth parents of said husband and
the parents of said wife. Also the color
of the parties, and the time and place of
ceremony, where and by whom, and if
pronounced by any clergyman or other
person as aforesaid, the place of residence
of such person.
Section g. Makes it the duty of Ply
sicians to keep record of all births, and
return the same to the Register within
thirty days, duly signed; such record to
set forth name, color, occupation of pa
rents, names of other children living, and
the full name of the mother before mar
riage.
Section 4. Provides that Physicians or
Surgeons hereafter, who shall have been
at the death of any individual, dying with
in this State, shall make record of such,
and return them duly signed to the Reg
lister, which record shall set forth the
name, color and sex of such deceased and
his or her age, the name of his or her
parents occupation, the cause of death,
burial ground, &C.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
Murder at UhIersyille,

EAsToN, August 23rd.-At Uhlers-
vile five miles below Easton, last night at
IL o'clock, man named Jeremiah Thatch-
er, a blacksmith by trade, native of
Bucks county, was dragged from the
house into the road by two men, and
there pounded with club or kicked with
heavy boot until he was dead, then ia
ken about a quarter of mile and thrown
in the woods, where he was discovered
this morning. The murderers have not
been heard of.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
Barney andrews Sentence.

The 'Eastonian says Barney Andrews,
who was found guilty of Murder in the
Second Degree, received his sentence on
the Goth ult. from Judge Mccartney in
the following words, "that you undergo an
imprisonment in the Penitentiary for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the
County of Philadelphia, hence to be kept
in separate and solitary confinement at
Labor, and be fed, clothed and treated as
the law provides, for the period of 10
years to be computed from this day.
That you pay the costs and stand COM
mitted till this sentence be complied with"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
~The Yilkesbarrs Farmer. in

~The Wilkesbarre Farmer, in noti-
cling the death of Mr.. Searight, the loco
foco candidate for Canal Commissioner,
says that. /" his sickness was partially In
duced and greatly aggravated by the ex-
citement consequent upon the unmeasured
calumnies heaped upon him by the Fed
eral Wing Press which steadily pursued
him to the grave" Il then goes on to
demonstrate against all abuse of candi-
dates for Office, In order we suppose to
illustrate its sincerity and decency, in the
very next column it denounces Mr.. Hof-
man, the Wing candidate for Cana. Com
missioner, as "a vicious, pettifogging,
greedy, note shaving lawyer of Berks
county, who preys upon the needy after
the Quirk, Cannon and Snap fashion, in
that and the neighboring counties"-as
an "unprincipled character, stepped in
stateless avarice, and bilious with the reck-
less political corruption which ever ac-
companies such appetites."
We do not know how it was in Wilkes
barre, but we do know that when the news
of Mr.. Searight's death was received here,
the faces of the locofoco leaders were as
luminous as Mr.. Webster's was said to be
when Gen. Taylor died We heard many
of them say they would not have voted for
him had he lived-and that he would have
been justly beated by fifty thousand.
With Mr.. Hoffman we have only slight
personal acquaintance, and that has
left favorable impression of him upon
our minds. But We know that he has
three or four times come within few
hundred votes Of being elected to the Le-
gislature from Berks county, over differ
ent locofoco nominees. Two years ago,
he was the whig candidate for the Sen
ate against Mr.. Muhlenburg, locofoco,
who is a very reputable man, and stands
well as politician. In that contest Mr..
Hoffman was beaten only FIVE hundred, in
county which generally gives locofoco
majority of near five thousand. This is
the best evidence that could be adduced
that at home, where he is best known, he
is highly respected, not only by his polit-
ical friends, but likewise by his political
opponents -H0neSlaIe Democrat.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

RT The Lexington Sentinel says that
there is now living in Holmes county,
Miss. a woman who married her first
husband in September, 1882 She sub
sequently parted with him; and from
time to time married three others, with
al Of whom she separated. On the day
twenty-five years from he first marriage.
she parted with her fourth husband, at
tended the funeral of Der second, was mar
ried to her first, and the marriage cere-
mony was performed by her third hus-
band. She is now living with her fifth,
or rather her first husband, and doing
well aud is some sooD1an get.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
The Fishery Difficulty.

The New York Express says -" We
have received some information of de-
cisive character concerning the matter in
controversy between the two governments.
Letters have been shown to us, from high
and reliable authority, which give the
most positive assurances, to their CORES
pondents here, that The fishery question has
been satisfactorily adjusted between the
American Minister and the British Gov
ernment, and that dispatches to that effect
were transmitted by the Asia"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
Pest Office Department, Aug. II,
Jx xHOFFMAN

10 the Editor Of the Repubiic
SIR:-Please caution the public, through
your paper, against the use of aca1 seals
on letters which are to be transmitted a.
cross the Isthmus, either to or from the
Pacific.
The postmaster of San Francisco reports
under date of 18th July, that "the then
last mail from New York contained a
large number of letters thus Sealed, which
lowing to the melting of the wax it was
impossible to separate without injury to
portion of them"
Similar complaints have been received
from other quarters, and particularly from
England, in respect to letters sent sealed
in this manner from California
Editors of newspapers generally, would
do public service by calling special at
tention to this matter.
| am, respectfully, your obedient SER
want,
n. K. HALL, Postmaster General
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

bG- The Hartford Couraau states
aew enemy to the potato, black bug, has
made Its appearance in Simsbury Conn.,
HI is in length from one half to an inch,
with a somewhat large body, but small,
slim head and neck. As seen on the vine,
It appears to be striped; its body is ash
color. In that town it is confined to pie
ces on or near the mountain. It strips
the potato tops of the leaves, taking the
whole piece ia succession, in some cases
nearly an acre, while other pieces in the
vicinity are untouched. 1t has appeared
also in Granbury, and on the mountain.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

The execution of the Liquor law in
Massachusetts appears to be attended with
considerable excitement Neither it's
friends nor its enemies seem very cool in
the controversy AT Salem, on Tuesday,
the Marshal and his posse broke open by
force the doors of Mr.. D. B. Gardiner,
and found quantity of liquors, worth
about 81 600, of which they took posses
sion. A clergyman named George Ward,
who had distinguished himself by his zeal
in the enforcement of the liquor law, was,
on this occasion, pelted with eggs by the
crowd.
An attempt has been made to prevent
the transportation of liquors, in the case
of one Williamson, an express carrier
He was tried at Canton, in Massachusetts,,
on Monday, Before Justice Noyes, who
decided that, not being seller of the
commodity, he was not amenable to the
law, and he was therefore discharged
At Newton, meeting of two hundred
people of the place was held on Tuesday
evening, and speeches made and resolu-
tions passed denouncing the liquor law.
At Watertown, the liquor dealers have
begun to carry on their traffic notwith-
standing the law.
In Rhode Island frequent cases of Vi
olation of the law arises, and numerous
seizures of liquors are made under the
law. The liquors are destroyed as soon
as the court gives judgment of forfeiture
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
From tie Erie Gazette.
Testimony of n Soldier.

Testimony of a Soldier.
We have been favored by our feIlov-cit.
izen, j. B. Smyth, Esq, with the follow.
ing letter addressed to him by his brother
Mark ". SMITH soldier of twenty FIVE
years experience, now connected with the
Ordnance Department of the United States
Army, at Fort Griswold, New London.
Connecticut, having charge of the Militia.
ry Stores of Government. Mr.. Smyth, 50
far as we can learn, has never been iden.
tilted with the Wing party, and supports
Gen. Scott from conviction of his emf
nent personal worth, and superior fitness
for the Office for which he is candidate
His testimony is diSect, pointed, and in
the highest degree complimentary. Read
it one and all:
august l. 1852.
"DEAR BROTHER You rightly con
lecture that am in favor of the election
Of Gen. Scott, to the Presidency of the
United States. If Military tai ents are
a qualification for that Office, there is no
man living at the present day that pos
sesses them in greater degree. But he
possesses other qualifications that fit him
for the Office He is not the mere dem
agogue that would pander to the pride of
any men to increase his own popularity,
but in every instance of his public career
the welfare of his country has shone out
conspicuous. But | purpose to speak of
the charge, so often brought against him,
of being proud and naughty. am a
ware that at first sight he may appear SO,
but to those who have seen him as | have
seen him, the mere suspicion of his being
proud and naughty yanishes ikd the
morning. 1t was my fortune, as you know
to serve under him in the Black Hawk
war, and in circumstances calculated to de-
velope the feelings of the man, and let me
say, that while he was strict in every duty,
his kindnss was with us a proverb. The
conduct of Gen. Scott during that time
has been truly given in Mams6eld's Life
of General Scott. But [ will state some
incidents that came under my own obser-
walton. Day by day, as the cholera ragged
in our midst while crossing lake Erie, and
afterwards, he was seen at the side of the
sick, feelingly inquiring into the condi-
ton, encouraging and directing, and By
his manly bearing, infusing confidence in
to the breast of those who were despond,
ing. / have served in the army seme %
years, and have been under many officers
and consider it no disparagement to
them to say that | have found Scott more
easy to approach than any officer have
ever served under, and this, to my knowl.
edge, is the testimony of thousands in the
army.
Before close, 1 must refer TO the fact Of
New Jersey farmer, recently in my hear
ing, bearing decided testimony to his
kindess as neighbor Those who ae-
cuse him of haughtiness, fear, are gov
erned by rule which should not be toll
Grated, viz, that all is fair in politics.
I remain, dear Brother, Yours, &C.,
MARK W. SMYTH.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

Ten THOUSAND MEN WANTED.-The
Superintendent of the Illinois Central
Railroad has advertised for 10000 men
to work on that road. As there are over
700 miles to be completed, and as the COM
pany has ample cash funds in hand, an
excellent opportunity is offered for en-
ployment for two or three years.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
n@Gen. Franklin Pierce having d,

@Gen. Franklin Pierce, having de-
MED by letter to Mr.. DeLeOn, of Wash
ington City, that he ever uttered the Anti
Slavery sentiments alleged to have been
spoken by him in popular address at
New Boston, n. H., in January, 1851
the editor of the Mannhester IN. H.
Democrat joins issue with him, disputes
his veracity, and adduces the afidavits of
seventeen respectable citizens of New Bos-
ton and Cofstown, to prove that be did
utter the very sentiments which he now
denies and repudiates! The editor furth-
er says that there are Developments yet
to come which the General will not like
to look in the face.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02


nI~ Secretary Robert j. Walker, when
the tariff of SAG was proposed, based his
argument in favor of its enactment upon
the ground that it would promote the ex-
port of our domestic productions by fur
nishing them a market in England, and
that our exports
In ls4s would be s222 ,s9s, ,35s
Is49 329,445 ,056
1850 ASS, ,446, ,954
Walker was false prophet, for the ex-
ports, instead of reaching the fabulous
sum, he predicted,
In 1S46 were S132 ,904,I21
lS49 l23,666, ,925
1850 1876, SAC, 1922
The tariff of ls46 has thus signally fail
ed to produce the result which its friends
confidently predicted, and upon which
they mainly relied, namely, large in
crease in the sale of American wheat, corn,
&C., in foreign markets, to counterbalance
the largely increased purchases we have
made of English manufactures. Yet, in
view of this failure, Locofocos still insist
that the tariff should remain unaltered,
although its tendency is to cripple domes-
tic, and benefit foreign, industry,
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
pw-There are about $4,000 Norwegi-

bI-There are about $4,000 Norwegi-
ans in the Milwaukee district Of Wiscon-
sin. A mission has been in operation a.
mong them, in charge of Rev. Messrs
Willerup and Agrelias, for some time ,and
$50 persons have gathered in. The mis-
sion has had the effect of awakening a
general inquiry among them about the re-
ligiOn Of the heart, which is a strange
thing among them. Wr. Willerup has
commenced and completed a church at
Cambridge, Wis, of stone, "A by 46,
neat, plain and substantial, at a cost of
over $4,000; 50 900 of which has already
been paid, the remaining 81 900 is now
due.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
n. K. HALL, Postmaster General

A Grand Mass Meeting of the Wings
of the City.and County of Philadelphia
will lbe held in independence Square, on the
evening of Wednesday the lst September
The object is to receive the Wing men,
bers of Congress on their way home from
Washington. Several eloquent speakers
will be present and the attendance will,
no doubt be large.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02
A Plain Question
For Free Traders TO AaSrner, and Work
ing Men to Ponder on.

F0r FTec IT0deTS 10 -dnS1EeT, 021d Work
ing Men to Ponder on.
The expense of sending a ton Of iron
from Schuylkil County to New York or
Boston, is the same, in fact little more
than the expense of sending ton of iron
from England, Scotland or Wales. Now,
if labor in England is only ftty cents a
day, and one dollar here, how is labor to
be kept up here without putting tariff
of duties on the foreign article to make up
the difference! Or how can the price of
labor be kept up here above the rates
paid in England, or on the Continent,un-
der the Free Trade system? Let the Free
Treaders answer these questions.
The same questions are applicable to
every other branch of industry.
Since the above was in type We have
seen the following table of wages paid in
Belgium, published officially by the Gov
ernment They are appropo to the ques-
tions asked above:
EUROPEAN WAGEs.-Tbe correspon-
dent of the New York Tribune gives the
following Qffc5al Statisticts of the rates of
wages paid in the kingdom of Belgium
This last embraces the whole mechanical
operations, as well as common laborers:
MEN
$3.50 men earn from 5S to 78 cts per day
lS0, 0,440 80 to 40
II3,95O 20 to 80
WOMEN.
l52 women earn 40cts & upward pr day
37,72l 30 to 40 cents per day.
29,62O I" 10 to 20
1852 less than 10 cents,
BOYS.
$500 boys sarnfrom 20 to 80 cts pr. day.
I2,459 " 10 to 20
1881 boys earn less thanlO cts. pr day
GILRs.
1855 girls earn from 20to 80 cts. pr. day.
6,346 +" 10 to 20
%, ,53s girls earn less than 10 cts. pr day.
"The above figures do not represent
the whole working population of Belgium
of course in fact they exclude the whole
agricultural class, which would have made
the statistics still more melancholy; but
they represent, without doubt, fair av-
erage estimate of town wages throughout
the kingdom"
Wages are pretty fair in the Coal Re-
gions this year, but next year, when the
markets will be glutted with coal again,
wages must inevitably 60 down under the
present tariff PottsciHe Journal
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

NEGRO VoTING.-Negroes are permit
ted to vote in New Hampshire, but Gath
olics denied the privilege of holding office.
General Pierce, says bis Biography, has
command of the state. Why has be not
changed this state of things in4eat State.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

NOmanatedfr Congress.-John P. San
derson, Esq, one of the editors of the
Daily News, was on Wednesday evening
last nominated by the Wings of the third
District, Philadelphia, as their candidate
for Congress.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

William r. King, the Locofoco candi-
late for Vice President, during his servi'
ces in the United States Senate, voted for
the General Bankrupt Law, and the Uni
ted States Bank charter.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

a@ On Friday, 3,623 immigrants ar
rived at New York from Europe,
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

S9- The cholera is raging at Paris,
KY, and some of the most prominent cit
izens have died
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-02

HIIt is said Mike Walsh will be NOM
mated for Congress in New York.