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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
Letter from the Hon. A. a. Reedef,
ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 9Th. 1860.

ST. JOSEPH, MO-, June 9th, 1861.
MEssRs. EDIToRs,-Having travelled
over route of 1900 miles, am here at
the end of railroads and telegraphs, where,
as 1 write, 1 can look from my window
across into Kansas. / shall be in Leav-
enworth city tomorrow. A great change
has come over this place since knew it
last. 1t was then pro-slavery town Of
small pretensions, notorious for sending
voting parties to control the elections of
Upper Kansas, and when man dared
not to express an unfavorable opinion Of
slavery except at the risk Of bis life aud
property. Now it is city with large
and increasing populstion; hotel supe-
rior to any in Eastern Pennsylvania. ous
of Philadelphia; free State or Repubfi-
can paper, and plenty of free State men.
Slave labor is fast disappearing, and free
labor is taking its place A mob at one
time bad assembled and given notice to
the free State editor that bis Office would
be dem polished and destroyed, and him.
self be driven out. He answered that he
came to publish paper and would do it;
armed his friends and prepared to fight,
when they changed their minds, and ever
since have let him alone. twill ere long
be os much Of free State city as St.
Louis. Being compelled to lay over in
Springfield one night, Isaw our eandi-
date for the Presidency, and was very
much pleased with him. He is an able,
intelligent, agreeable, and interesting ian
fully equal to the position We intend to
put him in. This grea. North West is a
wonderful country, and no man can form
an adequate idea of it till be sees it. Il
is only four years since travelled it last,
and The progress is plainly to be seen g.
ven by traveller The foreign Germans
are very decided element in the popu.
latiou, and have many leading men of en-
terprse and ability They are supposed
to number 300, 600 votes, and i. is a Gu
riosity to find among them man who Is
not Republican. When tell them
that many of their couDtrymen with US
still adhere to the Democrats party, they
: cannot understand how Germans can pre-
fer slavery to liberty, or slave States, nor
why they should be enlisted against the
cause of free white labor, which is the on
ly thing that ca3 elevate themselves and
their children. ''If they do not like lib
erty aud free speech said one of them
to De, then for what did they come to
America! Such Democracy as they have
they could have got 10 Austria or
France" The enthusiasm for Lincoln
and Haulin in the States of the North
West exceeds all ny expectations. Even
With Douglas | am satisfied the Pro-slave
ry Democracy cannot carry single one
OF them.
Yours, &c., A. H. REEDER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
New York Markets.
WEDNESDAY, June 81, ]

WEDNESDAY, June 27, 1860.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Wheat -four;
the sales are II 400 bbls. at SIS 35aS5 40
for super6ne State and Western; SIS sOa
So 95 for shipping brands of Round Hoop
Extra Ohio; Sc 50a$7 so for ST. Louis
Extras. Rye -four; sales of l76 bbls. at
So 5Oa$4 20. Corn Meal; sales of Jersey
at SO as, and Brand wine at SO rs.
Wheat; the sales are SO, 400
bush. Milwaukee Club at 81 3lha$l "a;
5000 bush Chicago Spring at 81 3d.
Rye; sales of Northern at S2ass. Oats
at 364a40e. Corn; sales of 35, 900 bush
at 654a674c for Eastern mixed, and 100.
for good sound Yellow.
PROFESSIONALISM; the sales are
675 bbls. at SIS 623a$ls rs for New
Mess; $I7 45a$l7 so for thin Mess
Cut Meats; sales of IT'S hhds. and tcs at
7aasc. for Shoulders. and 94slOc. for
Hams. Butter is plenty at 9al5c. for
Ohio. and l2al7c. for State, and choice
at lea20c. Cheese at 7a9c. for Ohio
and Gallo. for State.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
The Lincoln Coat of Arms.

A gentleman of this city, who reached
home from the Upper Mississippi. states
that last week the boat on which be was
a passenger, the Doctor Kane, passed sn
enormous raft. slowly floating down the
stream, on which appeared to be lodged
about twenty hands, 'jolly raftsmep,' no
doubt. An immense staff, fifty feet high,
shot up from the middle of the rsft, from
which foated the American colors. In.
mediately on the bow of the raft was
planted a huge rail, about twenty feet
high, near the top Of which appeared an
axe and maui, crossed, forming an excel
lent representation of the LINCOLN CoAT
OF ARMS. This fatboat, It's men and de-
vices were loudly cbeered along the shore
and BY passing bOats.--&. LOUIS Dent0-
SY0t.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
CHOICE OF PARTNER
A. H. REEDER.

BY THE BARD OF THE EAsToN HALL OF FASHION.
Don't think of wealth and station, when look
ing for wife
Young man! but choose partner who in
journeying thro' life,
Will help tc bear your burden; let Tom Nor
tons fate
Prove warning not unheeded; list! ere 1t be
too late.
Tom was clever fellow; am sorry though
to say,
Too indoent to earn the means by which his
debts to pay,
So he resolved, that rather than have his pre-
cious life
Dunned out of him by creditors, he'd marry
a rich wife.
Now Tom, like every other man, had on his
hearts pure throne
Enshrned queen he fondly hoped one day
to call his own,
Circumstances being such as to forbid union
With her, he skeptical became about the
SOULS communion,
And thought it mattered little, whom man
took to be his wife,
Provided she placed it in his power TO lead
an easy life.
Then he looked around, and managed by
some very skillful move
To inspire the heart of Margaret Briggs with
sentiments Of love.
Margaret was called pretty girl, rePuted
to be rich;
At last her father was they said, it mattercd
little which
To Tom; she was an only child, and likely
once to own
Unnumbered bank shares, and 'fine, large
palace of brown stone."
Well, they were married; for time things
went smooth and nice,
But ere long Tom became aware he bought
at fearful price
life of leisure; for his wife with woman's
instinct) learned
The better lesson that herself, without gold,
would have been spurned.
Accustomed from her earliest years to rule,
be sure that now
She made Tom feel if gold bought him, foF
gold he'd have to bow.
Haw oft he thought 'twcre better far, to eat
the laborer's bread,
To rest upon the poor mans couch, at night.
his weary bead
In home where peace. love. quiet resigned;
than feast on dantlest fare,
In lordly hall, with heart the while oppressed
by heavy care.
This is simple story, but the experience of
many proves
There's little happiness where gold takes pro-
cedence of love.
Next TO the choice of partner, which is puz.
zling sure enough,
Comes the important question, which is the
kind Of stuff
Most suitable for wedding dress; our advice
For an answer to that query, at Pyle's Easton
Hall.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
A New Trihe of Indians.

Hon. T. Corwin is, as most folks know
a man who has dark complexion. His
Joke about his "mulatto" adventure in
New Orleans, which he tells at his owu
expense, is equal!ed By this one, which
we never before happened to meet with {:
-Corwin was introduced iu New York
to freshly. arrived EDgishman as being
an Ohioan. This term puzzled John Bull;
but in moment his face frightened. and
he seized c. by the hand, expressed his
JOY at making bis acquaintance, and kindly
inquired "whether his tribe we're at peace
with the whites"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

lI7The age of horse is now more
easily told by his eyes than his teeth, in
this way: After horae is nine years Of
age, wrinkle comes on the eyelid at the
upper corner Of the lower lid, and every
year thereafter he has one more defined
wrinkle; add the number of wrinkles to
nine, and you will always have the age OF
your horse. So says a writer, and he is
confident il will never fail. As a great
many people have horses over nine, it is
easily tried.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

rI~A Distressing Cough causes the
friends of the sufferer as uucb pain as
the euIerer himself. DR.. Wistar's Bal
sam of Wild Cherry will certainly cure
coughs, and colds, and arrest eonsump-
ton, and that speedily. When did it
ever fall
NFThere's vile counterfeit of this
Balsam, therefore be sure and buy only
that prepared by S. w. FowLE & Co
Boston, which has the urltten signature OF
/. BUTTS on the outside wrapper.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
Defalcations---A Parallel to 1S4O.

Deialcations under the present admin
istration are becoming as commoD as they
were under Van Buren,. The last dis
covered swindle is that of T. G. Hunt, re.
ceiver of public money at Natchtocbes,
La, who is a defaulter to the government
for SIS 900. 1t was so in ls40. The
campaign opened 10 the same way. Char
ges of corruption and extrav agance made
against the then existing administration
were sustained by successive disclosures
of defalcations on the part of the Govern
ment officials. The people became alarm
ed at the extent of these svindles, and
swept from power the false Democracy in
whose name they had been perpetrated,
They made an honest, straight forward
old Pioneer of the West-neither politi-
cian- President of the United States, ta-
king him from obscurity aad making bin
the instrument and the representative o.
their power. In twenty years we are CO.
ing the same routine.-HarrlS6sug Iele-
graph.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
Death of Hon. John Schwartz.

Washington, jane 2l.-Hon. John
Schwartz, member of Congress from the
Eighth District of Pennsylvania, died
here last night. His death will be an.
nouDced in the House to-day. His re-
mains will be taken to Reading for inter
ment.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

say- The Stroudsburg Cornet Band
have been engaged to furnish the music
for the celebration Of the 4th of july, at
Bushkill, Pike county, Pa.
Col. S. G.. Burnct, of this place. has
consented to be present and deliver the
oratiou'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
The World,

Is the title of new daily paper estab-
lished in New York, two or three nun
5crs of which have been sent US. Instead
of m aking any comments of our own, We
prefer to copy the following notice of the
enterprise, from the NstiOnal lutellegeD-
Ger. We learn that the paper has large
capital. and that experinced and able
men will conduct it. Mr.. Cummings, for
merly of the Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
tin, is one of the publishers. Mr. j. Il.
Spaulding, long aud favorably known
from his connexion with the Courier and
Enquirer, is chief editor. Richard Grant
White, the accomplished Shakspearean
scholar, is placed at the head of the liter
airy department. Mr., Mantou NJ. Mar
BILE, who has been connected with the
Boston Journal, the Traveller and the
New York Post, occupies the chair of as
sistant editor.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

s~Jsddo, the capital Of japan, must
be pretty considerable of village. One
Of the Embassy has informed Philadsl-
phia cotemporary that it contains s,0Oe,-
600 Of inhabitants. and is many times as
large as the Quaker City, although the
houses arc much smaller.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

GrIt is stated that John Morrissey,
the pugilist, is to go immediately into
training With view of lighting Heenan,
in August. He has left New York, and
expresses his determination to vanxuish
the champion OF the world.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
The Old Tenth Legion.

We believe it is time that we should
move for thorough organization of the
Republican party of the fvo counties
composing the 18th Congressional Dis
trict-.Northampton, Carbon, Monroe,
Pike and Wayne. We are not prepared
say that We should be in any particular
hurry about the nomination Of candidates
for Congress and State Senate, but we
do believe there should be general meet
ing of the people of each county, say at
Stroudsburg, when the state of the party
could be duly considered, and such action
taken as might be deemed expedient-
We, therefore, respectfully propose, for
the consideration of our friends of North
auptop, Monroe, Pike aud Wayne, that
grand u ass meeting be held at Strouds-
burg. Monroe County, on Tuesday, the
Gath day of July next, and to secure em-
inent speakers from abroad to address the
meeting.
Whilst we might not be ready on said
day to make our nominations, We do think
it is not too soon to begin the good work
of organization and spreading the truth
among the people. II We can only have
the people thoroughly understand our
principles, victory is certain. even in the
"Old Tenth Legion" And Strouishurg,
we believe, is just the place-the most
ceDtral-to start the ball rolling.
Will the Honesdale Democrat, the
Stroudsburg JegerSonlan, and the Eastor
Times, Free Press, Journal and Bcobach'
ter give US their vieWsl
Mauch Cta'ak Garette.
B@~ We most heartily agree that The
Republican party ought to be thoroughly
organized in this District, and that too a.
soon as practicable. Perhaps the timt
above indicated is as good as any that cal
ee fixed upon. We of course will not OBJ
ject to having the rallying point a
Stroudsburg. We hope to hear from oul
cotemporaries of this District at an EARL
date, on this subject.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
Col. Curtin's Prospects.

The editor Of the Clearfeld RattSman's
Journal, who has just returned from q
tour, through the western part of the
State, expresses the opinion that Col
Curtins prospects of election are Of the
most fattering character, if the condition
Of affairs in that section can be taken as
an index 10 the remainder. Iu West
moreland county, where Gen. Foster, the
Democratic candidate, resides, be will re
ceive the full party vote. as be will also
in the balance Of the Congressional dis
trict to which that county is attached
We are ever ready to give Gen. Foster
all the credit be deserves as man and
citizen; but must insist on it that bis
friends who regard him as an unusually
popular candidate, are greatly mistaken;
nor will be surprised to hear of him be-
ing beaten from Is, 900 to 10000 west
of the Alleg henies. This, however, should
not deter the friends of Col. Curtin from
keeping constantly at work, and making
every honorable ezertion to give him q
large vote in the eastern part of the State
On the other hand, let it encourage eve-
~ one to ''lay bis shoulder to the Wheel
and make the victory the more decisive
aud brilliant, and by doing so secure the
State for Lincoln and Haulin in Novem.
Der
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

s9r'I say, John, where did you get
that rogue's hatl Please yer homer,
said John, it's an old one of yours that
misses give me yesterday
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

seTThe sting of the locust is said to
De very poisonous. A lad died at Dan.
vile. Warren County, NJ j., a few days
ago from the sting Of one Of these in
sects.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

A boy, Charles Byers, while carrying
locusts in bis hat, in Wetzel county, Vir.
ginir, recently, was stung on the head,
aud died from the effects of the injury.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

ITTbe president of debating socie
ty out West lately decided that the milk
of Auman kindness meant milk punch
with nutmeg in it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

&c. BRECKENRIDGE, Of Kentucky.
For Vice President,

JOSEPH LANE, of Oregon.
Messrs. Breckinridge and Lane accepts
the positions assigned them on the ticket,
aud declare that their only duty to the
country and the Democracy demands that
they should DO so. Such is the coppo.i-
ton OF the tickets presented BY the bsr-
Eonious Democracy, and surely from this
great variety the most fastidious Demo
crat ought to satisfy himself. The only
consolation We have to offer cur Demo
cratic friends iD this their great trouble
is, that it will make DO difference which
side of the Democratic Hulk they jump
upon, for they both will lead to precisely
the same conclusioD,-wbich is, merited
and overwhelming defeat. We must say,
however, that We are rather sorry that
they are split asunder, for in this canvass
we desired to have them united upon
some man, for we have long been of the
opinion that The country Is sick and tlreo
of what is called Democracy, and for this
reason we wished to measure their
strength fairly and squarely By the Re-
publican doctrine. As it is the battle i,
ended before it is begun. Lincoln. from
present Indications will be the next Pres
idcnt without struggle for it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

E9- The Democracy have done IT.
They have ripped themselves up from
stem TO stem in regular Japenese style.
The chief difference Is, however, that the
ripping up of the Japenese saves their
property from confscatioD, but the rip
ping up which the harmonious Deuocra.
OF hsge just done to themselves, utterly
and irretrievabiy con6scates ell the sour
ces Of the public plunder that they have
been fattcning upon, and reveling in for
the last eight years.
The Charleston Convention which ad-
journed to meet at Baltimore on the 18th
Of June, met according to adjournment,
and after five days Of bitter quarreling over
the "irrepressible conflict" l25 Delegates
withdrew. This occurred in consequence
of the Douglas wing of the Convention
refusing to admit those delegates into the
Baltimore Convention who saw proper to
withdraw from the Charleston ConVen-
ton. After which the Douglas portion
of the Convention put in nomination the
following ticket;
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28
For President,

] EB IL EN- u. DOOULAOr oI lllluols'
For Wise President,
BENZ. FITZPATRICK, of Alabama
Fitzpatrick concluded he could not run
on this ticket and accordingly declined the
profered honor, WhereuPon the National
Democratic Committee substituted Her
sobel V. johnson, of Georgia.
The Administration wing of the Dem
ocraey have nOmin ated the following tick
ct:
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-14


FIRE YESTERDAY MoREISe.-A Are was
discovered yesterday morning between and
4 o'clock in an unoccupied two-story frame
building on Croton street. This building
was destroyed, together with a dwelling
house on each side Of it, The former was
owned by John Pindar, whose loss is $500
no insurance. The latter two were owned
by A. Lehmon, whose loss is 81, ,SOO-insured
for $500. The houses were Nos. IS, 80 and
%. The latterlwas occupied by Mr.. John
Even and wife. About midnight Mr.. Even
got up and went to the Paper Mill, where he
is employed. Mrs. Even, who was alone in
the house, awoks soon after, and discovered
her bed room, in the second story, in flames.
Without stopping to put on any Of her
clothes, the. flames rapidly increasing about
her, she threw herself down stairs, and
though badly burned about her face and
hands, escaped horrible death. In few
moments the house vas completely enyel-
oped in fire. Mr.. Ewen's loss will exceed
$780,, everything he had being destroyed!
The other house was occupied by German
family, who sustained no loss. The fremen
were on the ground as promptly as could be
expected, and exerted themselves nObly in
preventing further destruction.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-14


HOTEL FIRE DEFARTNENTs.-rhep proPrie-
tors Of the fremont Holel, Chicago, have
introduced measure for their protection
against FIRE, which should command the
careful attention Of pruprietOrs of all large
hotels. They have mpde arrangements by
which every employe, man and boy, are or
ganized into eomptets aud efficient Fire
Department. There are five brigades, each
under the command Of its own captain,
whose orders are obeyed regardless OF any
one else. When the alarm bell rings, each
person employed at the hotel reports him
self to the captain of his brigade at the Of
fee, and there awaits further orders. No
noise, no confusion, but all under perfect
drin, ready for the most efficient exertiOns.
On every floor are constantly kept buckets
filed with water, ready for immediate use.
On the upper floor is a vast tank kept filed
and a hose attached, with wich any room
can be flooded almost instsntaneOusly. Be
sides, there are $50 feet of hose, enough t'
reaeb any room in the building, which Ii,
coiIed up near the steam engine, ready foi
use at a nj oment's warning, forming steuir
FIRE engine Of the most efficient kind.
The importance and necessity Of an ar
raneement Of this character in hotels, where
fire is kept in every room, will be read y
perceived, and we can see no reason why
cannot be generally introduced.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-14

BODY OF An INFANT Found IN PRIvY
VAULT.-During the afternoon of Wednes-
day last, the body Of newly-born infant
was found in the vault of the privy belong
ing to the house No. 81 Clinton street. The
body was placed IN charge of Coroner Hart
man, and yesterday an inquest was held
DR.. A. c. Messenger made post nsOrtsa ex-
animation, and found that the child, we'll
developed boy, had breathed for at least
half an hour, and that it had come to its
death either by being smothered, or by ex-
posure, but probably the latter, no external
marks of violence being observed.
Mrs. Brown, the occupant of hepremises
upon which the body was found, stated that
during the afternoon Of Wednesday she
found some marks of blood in her kitchen,
which, together with other circumstances,
led her to the conclusion that her servnnt,
Mary Bland, had been delivered of child.
She instituted a search, and succeeded in
discovering the body Of the child in the
privy-vault, as above mentioned. The
mother of the child had persistently denied
being pregnant, but finally confessed to her
delivery. She stated that it took place at
3 o'clock Wednesday morning, but that
the child only moved little, and then died,
The Jury returned verdict at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, that the child died
rom neglect and exposure on the part OF the
mother, but that she had acted without de
sign or motive.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-14

aTThers will be found advertised in our
pspsr some fsuily medicines that we desire to call
special attention 90. Among them is Dr. Weaver's
salt Rhenm Syrup aud Cerate. We speak mere d.
rsctly Of the Cerate which ointment every fam
ny should keep at hand.
Woknow It has no equal Tor the cure Of frosted
sset, chIblainu ehappsd OF cracked hands or lips,
and FOR sore nipples tits the only thing required. II
sny psrsoh Is afflicted with any disease where good
salve IL wanted, wo advise them to give Dr. Weavers
erate ast one ial aud they viii be convinced ofits
merits. r.-rf
Or. Wesver's syrup, With the Oeralel isasure cure
Cor allhumor1, sores and diseases that arise nom
dmpurity Of e blood
Another valuable preparation is tbs oia s'anoaIa
remedy and peoples favorits Perry Davis Pain Nil
asr. Our readers only want to know that this reme-
dy is pure and genuine, and sold By all our CITY
dTuEri1ts-
Or. 8. o. Richardson's Sherry Wine Buffers is 3
very agreeable medicine, and valuable where stim-
ulaiinE agent is desired.
We know that ell the shove named remedies are
aust what the afflicted require and can be iound Al
Eds drug stores generally. Dem, Feb TO-
= sold b. Gaylord & Hammond, Z. s. MaekeEEie, T.
W.sackridsr, Strong 4 Armstrong and VIM. Elake'
Cleveland, o.
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