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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
Codcy'S I.adV'S Book.

Rag- We copy the following from the
"IitSton Ga7dlc," and adopt it as our
own.
Tie Lady's Book for December has
already been received at this Office The
leading engraving, "Christ Healing the
Sick" is the best evidence of the perfcc-
ton of that art that ever came under
our eye, and We believe it is the only cor
rect copy of the original that was ever
taken. The colored fashion plate in this
number the ladies will find Excelsior,
both as regards beauty and fashion; they
will also find forty other engrayings OF
the most useful kind to them, some ot
which are patterns Of embroidery, laces,
network, cdgings, &c. The reader
taste has also been abundantly cared fol
by the many interesting and entirely o
riginal articles which are to be found il
this issue. Cooley will commence in th'
January number the best story ever writ
ten by T. S. Arthur, which is being pre-
pared expressly for the Lady's Book
Now is the time for you to subscribe
Ladies of Stroudsburg with the com
mcnccmcnt of the volume. Our wifi,
would rather 60 without her Young Hy
son any time (and she is passionatel.
fond Of it too than miss the smiles 0
Godey, or a new dress either, than b
without his patterns for making it.
Orders for the Book accompanied wit
the Cash, received at this Office. Sen,
them along.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
EiSfsl. Prices.

Tie New York Tribune descauts in the
following manner respecting the universal
rising disposition everywhere manifest:
"Everything is going up-ezeept NOR
ais, in this city. Houses are going up
Streets arc going up. People are going
up-up town. Rents are up. We do
not know that they can 90 higher. Eve
rything eatablc is constantly going up, up
Flour is so high at the grocer's that it re-
fuses to rise in the kitchen. A good ma
ny viii be put to raise bread, if -four rises
any higher. Coal is SO high that many
people cannot get it to 60 down the coal
slide to the cellar Nothwith- standing it
is constantly falling through the CRATE
it takes great-deal Of money, seven dol
lars, to raise q tun. Firewood must
have grown on tall trees or it never
would stand up at present prices. Butter
is SO high-two and sixpence per pound,
that it will not go down poor peoples
throats; the supply comes from so far ''uI
country" there is nothing low about it.
except quality Potatoes have been get,
ting up ever since they were put into theil
beds They took rise when they were
dug, and it has been hard digging to make
raise to reach them ever since. Beef
though neither high fed, nor high bred
is high priced enough to make up fol-
both. Sixteen cents a pound for steak
warranted as tough as any white oak
Our mutton all comes from mountain
sheep. The price is above anything il
the low lands The price of pork is e
nough to make the buyer do what the pig
did when he was seized to be killed.
Chickens are all of the Shanghai breed
They are high enough. Turkeys hav'
grown quite out Of reach. Even geese
short as their legs are, are able to rise OF
wings above the vulgar herd. Duck
have got up, like flock out Of a froG
pond. We cannot raise quack Withou
a dollar. Water, that used to run dowl
hill to the level of common people, ha
now got a way of getting up above thei
reach. You have to come down ten dol
lars to make it come up from the Crotol
pipes Dry goods used to be low: "sell
ing off at COST We never hear Of sue
things now. Even brandy, that used t
run down so easy, is up now. y shillin!
drink. Every thing we eat, drink an
and wear is -heigh ho, how high"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
PiCYC.'S Consistency.

The question among politicians has
been, why has Gen. Pierce turned Judge
Bronson out of the post of Collector Of
New York, and retained Mr., Q Conor, the
District Attorney there, in Office, although
he has publicly placed himself by Judge
BIS side-yituperated the official U5aio7.
in a long newspaper article under his own
signature, and theHards have even chal-
lengod the administration to remove him!
It is said that Mr.. O'Couor himself wrote
to the President asking why he was not
turned out, when he sympAthiacd and CO.
operated with Judge Bronson in every
particular, to which Gen. Pierce returned
a most friendly and concilatory answer!
The reason is said to be that the Collect
or has q great many Offices in and around
the Custom House to bestow, but the
District Attorney has no patronage; and,
therefore, Mr.. Marcy. who is practical
man and looks only at the "the spoils'
side of the question, don't care about Ia
king of the District attorneys head. Ii
may be Fiat there is another reason. Mr.
O'Conor is Roman Catholic, and Pierce
dare not offend that communion. Bronson
a Protestant, is treated without ceremo.
ny, but his Catholic Friend cannot be SC
summarily disposed Of 1t will not do tc
deny that such religious consideration
enter into political matters. The man il
wilfully blind who cannot see their inau
ence. Most assuredly, Catholics have a:
good a right as any other citizen to hole
Office, without impeachment of their re
liglous faith; but the officer, who knuck
les to a subordinate of that Denomination
and dare not even resent his taunts, is
poor specimen of Republican Chief Mag
istrate. Those who preferred Pierce t,
Scott because the former was the frienC
of the Compromise Measures have haC
their eyes opened in part by recent event
in New York. Those: too, who supported
Pierce because they could not trust Scot
for fear he would be under Catholic infu
ence, can learn something more from th
different treatment extended to Bronso
and O'Conor.
Tc,Jz1 Rg1,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
Utah Territory.

We have months later intelligence
from the Valley of the Great Salt Lake
the halfway house of California overland
emigration. The Utah indians, since last
advices, have been more quiet, only kill
ing few men and running off with a
small quantity Of grain and vegetables,
which the Mormons at the time were
very much in need of. But the inhabit-
ants have so little faith in a continued
peace that they have resolved to build a
wall around Great Salt Lake City to pro-
tect the citizens from any sudden incur
sion Of the sayagos and render the city
impregnablc to foes.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
The Whole Story.

The AlJa77y H31jcherJocker, under the
head of "Indopendencc and Progress"
tells the whole story of our nations birth
and progress in a remarkably short par
agraph for theme so comprehensive
The style is rather racy, but decidedly
"to the point
"It is seventy-seven years ago to-day
since Uncle Sam was born, and what al
eventful seyenty-seven years they have
been. Seventy-seven years ago, the u
nited States was remote circumstance;
they now compose the second commercial
nation in the world. In three-quarter' S
of a century they have revolutionized the
world, built up an empire, licked our
mother, and fenced in q continent. In
less than it took Methuselah to get out
of swaddling clothes, we have made more
canals, tanned more lightning, and har-
messed more steam, and at a greater
cost in money, than the whole revenues
of the world could have paid for the day
he got out of his time. In seventy-fve
years we not only changed the politics Of
the earth, but its wearning apparel-cot-
ton shirts being as much the offspring Of
the United States, as ballot boxes and
democracy. Since the fourth of July,
l776, the whole world has been to school
and what is better, has learned more com
mon sense than was taught III the previ-
Gus four thousand years.-The problem
of self-government has been solved, and
its truth made immortal as Washington
or yellow corn. Its adoption to all the
wants of the most aspiring nation has
been made most signally manifested Tn.
der its harmonious working, q republic
has grown up in an ordinary lifetime that
would have taken another system of gov
ernment thousand years to have bro't
about. Yes, in less time than it has
taken some greenhouse plants to arrive
at maturity, we have built nation thai
has spread itself from Maine to Mexico
from the Atlantic to the Pacifc-a ma.
ton that has caught more Mexicans
planted more telegraph posts, and own,
more steamboats,, than any nation that
ever lived or ever will live. For all this
we again say, thank God, and praise
Thomas Jefferson"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
LafaVetta College.

We learn by the " Eastonian," of thc
18th inst that this Institution now mum
bors between seventy and eighty Students
and two years ago it numbered but a
bout thirteen. We are greatly pleased al
the indications of its future prosperity
and usefulness. We understand that the
two Literary Societies are devising plans
by which they may erect two new Halls
for their occupancy, and are about asking
the trustees for grounds to locate them
upon.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

In the Martha Washington case, on tri-
al at Columbus, question arose as to
whether an officer had right, under any
circumstances, to break the seal of a let
ter addressed to another person. Judge
Mclean said that, IF any person opened
a letter under any pretence whatever, he
was liable to be prosecuted under the
post Office laws. If suspicious letter.
came it would be better for the postmas
ter to send them to the Department; they
had no authority to open them, neithc,
had the marshal, police, nor that court. -
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
Important Decision.

The Supreme Court of this State has
decided, in an appeal from the District
Court of Allegheny county, in which that
county was plaintiff that shares of Bank
Stock are not subject to taxation for
county purposes. The following is the
decision of the Court, as delivered by one
Of the Judges:
"Thc question here is, are shares Of
Bank stock subject to taxation for county
purposes BY the law of 1874, section
81, shares of stock in any Bank are
made taxable for State and county pur-
poses, and section 33 prescribcs the
measure of the State tax and mode Of
collecting it. But all this was changed
by the law of 1850 regulating Banks.--
BY its section 2I, the tax on dividends is
considerably increased, and by section
% direct tax is added on the stock it.
self, with aproyiso a that the stock shall
not be subject to taxation for any other
purpose; and this provision remains in
the supplementary law Of 1882, pamphlet
laws, page 443, which repeals this direct
tax; and the result Is that the 2ISt sec
ton of the act of / $50 is the only rule
for taxing Bank stock, and it is not taxa
bic for county purposes. We cannot APP
prectate the distinction that would make
the shares ia the hands of the owners
liable, while the capital stock is expressly
exempt.
"And we can see reasons that Justify
the exemption Of bank stock from all
other than State taxes. The State needs
this source Of revenue for its own purposes,
and it may not suit to leave it open so
general taxation. Moreover, banks are
not allowed to deal with their money as
they please, and tx their own rate of dis
count, and with such restrictions on them
it might not be just to impose upon them
the same burdens that can well be borne
by the wealth that is unrestricted in the
mode of its employment. Besides this,
the burdenspf such taxation is very une-
qual, most of it escaping taxation by fa-
yoritism, concealmcnt, OF carelessness."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
w 4 R RED.

On the 12th inst. by Rev. j F. Boone,
Mr.. James Snover, of Warren co. n. j.,
and Miss Sarah \. Kortze, of Monroe co.
Pa.
On the 10Th inst, BY the same, Dir.
George Bertzler and Miss Eliza J. Nicols,
both of Monroe co.
On the 18th inst. by Rev William
Clark, Mr.. Philip Cyphers, of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, and Amanda Fenner, of l.
Smithfeld, Monroe co. Pa.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
The War in China--Tts Barbarities

The War in China--Lts Barbarities.
The adyices from China give shocking
accounts Of the barbarities which are
committed at the sacking of towns and on
the field of battle. 1t is stated that in one
engagement one thousand were killed, be-
sides large number who were drowned
by being pursued into the river; in anoth-
er, seven thousand were killed; in another
seven hundred were burnt to death and
three hundred killed, only ninety prison
ers having been brought in by the victors;
but they had the heads of one hundred
and fifty others. Numerous engagements
are mentioned where thousands pcrishcd
The Emperor appears to set the example
of barbarous cruelty. When one of hi.
officers is defeated he takes his head Of
Every General, therefore, is fighting fol
his swn head
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

In the Court Of Common Pleas of Monroe
County.
In the matter of the account Of Charlton
Burnett, committee of the Estate of Isaac
Hama.
The auditor appointed by said Court to
examine and if necessary resettIe the said
account and make distribution, will attend to
the duties of his appointment on Friday, the
10th day Of December next, at ten o'clock
\. NJ. at the Office of Charlton Burnett, ESQ.
in Stroudsburg, when and where all persons
interested can attend.
F. STARBIRD, Auditor.
November 81, 1853 At.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
GEORGIA..

From the Message of Governor COBB
to the Legislature We learn that the pres
ent debt of Georgia is 82,635, ,472, and
that the balance in the treasury on the
20th Of October was 874 ,857. Governor
COBB recommends a return to annual
sessions of the General Assembly, and
believes that the public judgment of the
State is prepared to acquiesce therein
He also recommends the extension Of the
law giving Judicial elections to the people
to the remaining cases Of state officers e.
ected by the Legislature. In the event
Of the Lennon case being carried before
the Supreme Court, he advises that tho
Executive be authorized to employ able
counsel in behalf of the State Of Georgia
The message touches upon great variety
Of local topics, and concludes by an al.
lusion to the aattering prospect which The
present condition Of our Federal relation,
presents, now that the angry sectional
strifes which at one time threatened tt
disturb our domestic tranquility have
so happily terminated.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
Murder by a Madman in Perry Co

On Tuesday the 8th inst, our commu-
nifty was thrown into an excitement, by
the report that a madman, who is pau
per in the Perry Co. (Penn.) Aims house
near this place, had perpetrated most
horrid murder. On going to the spot
the terrible report proved only too true
The following are the circumstances con
nected with the dreadful scene: In the
afternoon the Steward of the Aims House
Mr.. Balthazer, sent three of the paupers
into the forest to cut wood, two Irishmen,
and a German who is not considered lu-
natic, though subject to fits of ungoVerna-
able FEASIBILITY. This man had been
troublesome on former occasions, though
latterly had behaved pretty well; he was
a man of great strength. Soon after they
commenced work, without any wovoca
ton whatever, indeed not word was spo-
ken by any one, he raised his sharp and
heavy axe and with one tremendous blow
buried it in the body of the unfortunate
Irishman, who stood just before him.
The axe entered the right shoulder bone,
passed through the ribs, divided the right
lobe of the lung and separated the aorta;
instant death of course enSued After
the deed was done he took up his axe and
went home, where he was put in irons,
and viii be tried An inquest was held
over the body of the murdered man, and
the verdict rendered in accordance with
the facts stated. Yours, &C., r. IKeiSor.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
A0nlillistratur's Notilc.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad-
ministration upon the Estate of George Hag-
eauer, late of Smithfeld townshid, deceased,
have been granted by the Register of Wills
in and for the County of Monroe, state of
Pennsylvania, to the undersigned. residing in
Smithfeld township. All persons indebted
to said Estate are requested to make payment
without delay, and those having claims a
gainst the same, will present them duly au-
thenticated for settlement, to
CHRISTIAN F. SNYDER, Ad'or.
NOYemher d 1S53-6t
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

FAST TRoTTING.-On Saturday last
a great feat was performed by horse on
the Centerville Race Course, Ii. $1,000
was staked against $4,000, that he would
trot 100 miles in nine hours, distance
which he performed in hours, 80 min
utes, and 50 seconds-coming out in
prime order. His owner then was in
duced to trot him another mile on a pal
try bet. when the noble animal fell dead
This is the greatest trotting feat on rec
ord; but the brutal winding up disgraces
the whole affair.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
New York Markets.

New York, Nov. 10.-The market
for Flour this morning is somewhat un-
settled. Western Flour is unchanged.
with sales of 10000 barrels. In South
ern, the transactions amount to 1000 bar
rcls at 97a7,12!. Wheat is steady, with
sales of $4,000 bushels at 81 l,75al,7G
cents for Gonesee, and 81 so for Ohio
In Rye, 5000 bushels were sold at 81
cents. Corn is something better, with
sales of 10000 bushels at 78a5l cents
for mixed. Whiskey is lower. Sales OF
300 barrels at 29a294 cents per gallon.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
Massachusetts,,

The election in this State last week
resulted as follows: For Governor
Washburn, Wing, 60, ,959; Bishop regular
Pierce Loco, 35,779; Wales Hunker Lo.
co, 5,I70; Wilson, Free Democrat, 30
s97; Scattering pa. The vote on the
new Constitution was for it 2,685, a
gainzt it 81, ,126-so it is lost by 5000
and upwards. The legislature stands
Senate II Wings, 8 others, aud 20 va.
cancies; Housc-I62 Wings, 98 others
l66 vacancies. The vacancies in the
Senate will be filed by the majority o.
that body; and those in the House by the
majority there. Massachusetts, is herselt
again!
I@- The Constables in Philadelphia.
engaged in briniDg suits against the tav-
crn keepers for doing business On the Sab
bath, are reaping handsome remunera-
tion~for attending to what the Court had
declared to be their duty The penalty
in each case is "a, half Of which goes to
the inforRcr Some of the tavern keep
ers have, however, got to be so cute that
they get friend to make the information
and by an arrangement iu that way, save
bali Of the penalty.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
Heavy Robbery in NeK York.

Mr.. L. D. Geer, of Erie county, Penn,
while at the National Theatre, n. York,
on Tuesday night Of last week, was rob
bed Of his pocket book, containg $500
in Buffalo and New York City Railroad
Stock, check On the Hollister Bank
at Buffalo, for 8459,4i, and about $500
in money. 4 young man named James
Balls, who was seen in the act of sound
ing the pockets of others, was arrested on
suspicion.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

B8-The Grand Jury of Luzcrne Coun-
ty, at the November Term of Court,
found true bill against the Deputy
Marshalls for assault and battery com
mitted on Bill Thomas, at Wilkes Barre,
in September last, while attempting to
serve on him a civil process.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
DEED.

In Stroudsburg, on the 18th inst. Mrs
Adeline Dutot. widow of the late Anthony
Dutot, in the Saith year Of her age.
At Marshalls Greek, on the 18th inst.
Maria, wife of Daniel Casebecr, aged p
years 9 months & 27 days; leaving a hus-
band and four children to mourn her loss.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
The Failure Of the Bank Cf Mas
siilAn.

The Western papers speak in strong
terms of the failure of the bank Massillon,
which blew under very peculiar circum-
stances" 1t was chartered in 1885 for
twenty years. Capital stock 100000,
with privilege to issue 8400, ,000.-H.
Dwight, of New York, bought enough
of its stock to give him entire control Of
the concern. He employed about $780,
600 of its bills in building the Chicago
and Mississippi Railroad; so that that a.
mount Of its bills is in the pockets of the
Western farmers and laborers. Dwight
has possessian of about $3.50, 900 of It's
assets, it is said, and has lately failed in n.
Y the bank goes down, of course, with no
means to redeem its bills. Nearly the en-
tire funds Of the bank appear, from this
representation, to have been monopolizea
By one man. The Cleayeland Herald
says;
"TLe officers Of this one-man bank
must have known where its funds were,
they must have been aware that the least
jar to the credit Of the man who owned,
would involve in a serious loss the inno-
cent, credul0us bill-holdcrs, who, looking
upon the miserable farce of bank govern
ment as a genuine reality, bad salted
down the promises to pay issued by these
dummies. What excuse have the nomi-
nal managers of this skeleton bank to
render to the honest hard working far
mers of Ohio for the fraud perpctrated
upon them? Do they say that the bank
belonged to Mr.. Dwight, and, like any
other man, he has a right to do what he
may like with his own! This answer is
not satisfactory. The public have extern
ded confidence to the Board of Directors
and the corps of Officers, in the full be-
lief that the affairs of that Bank would
be managed faithfully and honestly for
the joint benefit of its stockholders and
the public, and the absorption Of the
funds of that bank by one man, so COM
plctcly that its credit rested on the un-
easy wave of Wall street, was an outrage
and fraud
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

Mr.. Dallas III Hc' Fcld. The West
Chester Jl6crSonian and the Lqacastcraan
are out in favor of Hon. GEO. n. Dali
LAS Cor the next presidency.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
Death of a L. s. Senator,

Charles G. Atherton, United States
Senator from New Hampshire, died at
Manchester, n H. on the 4th inst.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24
Gbc Icfcrsuuial1.
TaarSday, Noycmbcr "a, 1853.

The Ohio Journal of Education, for
November, is worth to any teacher the
price for one year. 1t contains several
practical articles, some of which we intend
transferring to our columns.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

The Massachusetts, Teacher is always
n welcome visitor. The article from the
Edinburg Review on Popular Education,
in the United States, should be read by
all, but especially by those who grumble
at paying their school tax.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

Ncsc Jersey Election. The official vote
for Governor foots up as follows:-Price
38,312 Haywood 34,530-majority for
Price 1882.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

SUDDEN DEATH.-Enoch Walker, an
old and much esteemed citizen of Sus-
quehanna county, was found dead in his
bed on Wednesday morning last. He
had stopped to spend the night with
Squire Rogers, at the Summit, ate sup
per and retired in his apparent health
The body was taken to Dimock; Susque-
hannh county, for burial. Friend Walk
er has spent lifetime in endeavoring to
do good to his fellow men, and seemed
actuated alone by the principles of be-
nevolence and religion. Peace to his
ashes.-CdrJ0uduIe Transcript.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

ray~ The population Of the Canadas
two millions.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-24

Ia There were l06, $50 less votes poll
at our late election in Pennsylvania, than
in 1852.