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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28


THE PLATFORM
The platform, as adopted by the Con-
vention, is as follows:-
The National Republican party of the
United States, assembled in National
Convention, in the city of Chicago, on
the 10th day of May, 1868, make the
following declaration of principles -
First. We congratulate the country
on the assured success Of the Reconstruc
tion projects of Congress, as evinced by
the adoption, in a majority of the States
lately in rebellion, of Constitutions secur-
ing equal, civil aud political rights to all,
aud regard it as the duty of the govern
ment to sustain these institutions, and to
prevent the people of such States from
being RENTED to state of anarchy
Second. The guarantee by Con.
gress of equal suffrage to all loyal men in
the South, was demanded by every con-
sideration of public safety, of gratitude
and of justice, and must be maintained,
while the question OF suffrage in all the
loyal States properly belongs to tho peo-
pie of these States.
Third. We denounce all forms Of re-
pudiation as a national crime and ma.
tional dishonor. Honor requires the pay
ment of the public Indebtedness in the
utmost good faith to all creditors, home
and abroad, not only according to the let
ter, but the spirit of the laws under which
it was contracted.
Fourth. 1t is due to the labor Of the
nation that taxation should be equalized
and reduced as rapidly as the national
faith will permit.
Fifth. The national debt, contracted
as it has been for the preservation of the
Union for all time to come, should be ex-
tended over fair period for redemption,
and it is the duty of Congress to reduce
the rate Of interest thereon whenever it
can honestly be done.
Sixth. That the best policy to diminish
our burden of debt is to so improve our
credit that capitalists will seek to loan us
money at lower rates of interest than we
now pay and must continue to pay so long
as reputation, partial or total open or
covert, is threatened or suspected.
Seventh. The Government of the Uni
ted States should be administered with
the strictest economy, and the corrup-
tions which have been SO shamefully
nursed and fostered by Andrew johnson
call loudly for Radical reform.
Eighth. We profoundly deplore the
untimely and tragic death of Abraham
Lincoln, and regret the accession of An
drew johnson to the Presidency, who
has acted treacherously to the people who
elected him and the cause he was pledg-
ed to support has usurped his legislative
and judicial functions has refused to
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
Curious Phenomena in the PsnAs SiVa'
mia Oil Regions,

The Erie Observer says: Much excite:
ment is prevailing at Westfeid, owing to-
some singular phenomena which bave
been apparent for week past. In many
of the houses situated on the west side of
the creek an almost constant jar and rat
Ting of doors aud windows is manifested,
and the entire buildings tremble. This
remarkable feature has exhibited itself
for about week. At first it was sup
posed that it might be the result of pass
ing trains, and no notice was taken of it
but the same tremble is manifest when
trains are not passing There is no ap-
parent cause for it, and it has been the
occasion of much speculation.
Our reporter has visited the locality
and several of the houses, and talked with
the residents. The excitement is on the
increase, owing to the mystery of the
manifestations. The trembling is not
violent, but at times is greater than at
others, and occasionally disappears en-
tirely. Clothes hanging on a line in the
the houses are, during the manifestation,
in u constauttremor, and even shake when
there is no apparent shake in the house
The jar is so great at times as to make
dishes rattle in the cupboard.
Petroleum oil exuded from the ground
in the neighborhood some time ago, but
attracted little attention at the time The
ground in the vicinity rests uyon a shale
that is not far from the surface, and has
been rendered somewhat uneven by abra-
sion. The superstitions have all sorts of
coujectures, and seem to be struck with
awe and wonder.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
A Waif.

Out from us all our dear one has departed
Into thai. world of which we only dream,
While here we weep sad and broken hearted
Breaks on his soul the blessedness supreme.
Into that higher life above our shadows.
Into that undimmed daylight of The truth.
That unknown glory, flooding life's fair
meadows
He has passed to an immortal youth.
We feel it, yet, by deaths turbid river
Parted from him awhile we held our place; !;
But soon shall pass - then, once more and
for ever s.att e
We know we shall be with him -" face
10 face"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
The Ticket.

We, this week, place at the head OF
our paper, the very excellent ticket
placed in nomination by the National Re-
pablican Convention at Chicago We
have not room for an extended notice oi
its merits, at this time, but in our next
will give extended sketches of Grant and
Colfax, both as men among men, and as
faithful servitors of the public in the sew
erai positions which they have filed.
The nominations, as we judge from our
exchanges, and proceedings of ratifca-
tion meetings already held, give the
greatest satisfaction to the masses; and
we feel that we but indulge fixed truth.
when we say that the triumphant election
OF the nominees is but a question of
time, as fixed by the laws of the land.
Of course, the Democracy are not in love
with the ticket; but the fact that it meets
their sneers, and jeers, and vitu peration
is an evidence that the work of the Con.
yention was well done. The platform
aud other matters connected with the
proceedings of the Convention, viii be
found in to-day's paper.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
Esz- The circus which exhibited at thi.

I2N The circus which exhibited at this
place, on Tuesday last, partook somewhat
of the character of singed cat. The
outside performance was very slimsy af.
fair, but the inside performance was, by
all odds, the best ever witnessed in our
borough. We never saw better manage
ment, or more gentlemanly conduct, oD
the part of those connected with affairs of
the Kind. The animals connected with
it were all splendid specimens Of the brute
creation, and their training was a wonder
to the spectators.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

E@E~ We would call attention to the
advertisement of Benjamin DUNCAN &
Sons, who are the agents of the Auto
matte Clothes Washer" really mereto-
rious affair. 1t needs but single trial
TO convince the most skeptical that the
1aboSs and vexations of washing-day are
readily changed into a pleasure by tie
use of this washer. 1t is encumbered
with no cogwheels, no rollers, no rubbers;
indeed, with nothing that can wear or
tear clothes.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
Sacramental Meeting.

The sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered on Sunday next, in
the Courthouse, at halfpast ten o'clock,
AN. The Rev. Mr.. Geissenhainer, oi
Bethlehem, is expected to be present
All persons, and especially all the mem
bers of the Lutheran Church in town
and vicinity, are earnestly requested to
be present. PASTOR
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

The Rev. DIR. George Junkin died al
his sons residence, in Philadelphia, on
the 90 inst. The Doctor had been ideu.
tilted with the Presbyterian Church full
half century. He took prominent part
in the great controversy which ultimately
resulted in the division of the Church in.
to the old and new school branches. /,
was DIR. Junkin also who instituted the
original charges of uDsounduess in doc.
trine against the Rev. Albert Barnes OF
Philadelphia. On the organization Of
Lafayette College at Easton, he became
its first President. In 1S4l he resigned
the Presidency of Lafayette College to ac-
cept the Presidency of the Miami Uni.
versity at Oxford, Ohio. In 1874 he re-
turned to Lafayette College as President,
retaining the Office until 1913, when he
accepted the Presidency of Washington
College at Lexington, Virginia, the posi-
tion now held by Gen. Robert Z. Lee
While connected with this institution.
his daughter married plain Virginia
gentleman, who afterward became the ia
nous Rebel chieftain Stonewall Jackson
DIR. Junkin was still at Lexington when
the war broke out, but was soon forced
by his loyalty to Withdraw from the State.
Soon after returning North, he again be-
came connected with Lafayette College as
a professor, retaining the position until
the time Of his death.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

hardness Of the times, when the committee
and the meeting very well knew that
the country never enjoyed greater pros.
perity than now The resolutions, of
course, were swallowed with a will. The
resolutions adopted, the Chairman extra
ordinary, General Burnett, promulgated
his plan the for reconstruction and future
government of the Democracy. But the
meeting did not seem prepared to swa-
low new tangled ideas, and, after much
head shaking and considerable amend
ing, notwithstanding the smiling com
mendations of President Merwine, very
reluctantly voted for the adoption of the
plan. On the whole, we think the Sena-
tor was roughly handled, for whatever in
his programme he seemed to set his
heart upon, was sure to be voted down.
The whole plan is to be submitted to
the vote of the. Democracy this fall.
We cannot avoid, before concluding
again entering our solemn protest against
the manner in which our amiable neigh
Dor Of the "Democrat is snubbed at
these NEE tings of the party for which he
does all the dirty work. If he gets up to
make motion, or do big thing of any
kind, nothing but ominous fingers, shaken
in his face, or suggestions to sit down,
meet his advances Just as though ii
was his province to dance only to the
piping of others, act when he is told to
act, and do what he is told to do. This
is the second time he has been thus
treated and this is the second time We
have protested Look out for breakers
if it occur the third time. If he is mod
est, we are determined he shall not be
without friends to right his wrongs; and
if he is qualified to do the editing of the
organ of the party, We do not see why he
should not have the right. untrammeled
to speak out in the party meetings Stick
to it, neighbor, we'll back you. You have
as good right to be somebody, as some
body else has.
Taking it altogether, the meeting was
without spirit, and We hardly think that
even the Democracy will venture to cal
it an immense gathering"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
s The meetings of the County Pc

sag The meetings OF the County Fem
perance Convention, on Tuesday, were
very interesting affairs to those who fall
in with that way of thinking. The Rev
Peunel Combe, had been busily engaged
for several days in perfecting the work OF
organization, and the result is said to
have been a complete success The pro-
ceedings of the Convention will probably
be laid before our readers next week.
One of the results of the movement
has been to stop the license of all the sa-
looms in the borough, and of many of the
hotels and saloons throughout the county.
Hereafter lager becomes tabood article
with US, so far as open dealing is concerned,
though We should not be much surprised
if contraband trade would spring up
which will make John Barleycorn stand
at premium. The experience of all
past incorporate temperance movements
has been, that if we put legal end to
the traffic in the article, we but open the
door to an illegal one. 1t is not in the
knowledge of any one that such move
ments have ever affected permanent re-
form.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
" That Good Old Man"

According to the New York Sun, Sen
ator Grimes is a censorious, tough hear
ted, heavy -heeled sort of fellow, with
brains enough for three ordinary mortals,
and love of fight aud laziness in equeal
proportions. Bat with all his tough
headedness, Old Grimes is dead"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
Impeachmant.

The Senate, sitting as high court of
Impeachment, for the trial of President
johnson, adjourned without day, Oh Tues
day, after voting on the second and third
articles of Impeachment, with similar re
suit to that obtained in a vote on the 11th
article. A judgment of acquittal, on
these articles, was ordered to be entered
before the adjournment.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
Important to Holders of Seven-Thirty
Bonds.

Parties having these securities on
hand, and who have not yet availed them
selves of the converting privilege, should
make a note of the fact, that by exchang-
ing them the present month they effect
saving of about one per cent. On and
after the first day of June next, the Five
Twenties will have the July coupon cut
off.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

John Morrisey, NJ. G., has become del
icate in health since becoming Congress,
man. He has been spending some time
at the Hot Springs of Arkansas, but we
see by the papers, is back again in New
York. He expresses no opinion about
impeachment, but reports the South and
West united on Pendleton.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

Gen. James Walker, the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor in
Virginia, is familiarly known as " Stone
wall jim" He is" says the Valley
Virginian, " the only Confederate Gene
raj who inherited the name of the immor
tai aud God-inspired TJ. Jackson"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

Erratic Tom Florence, for years a
Democratic representative of the first
Pennsylvania District, aud now the edi-
tor of the Constitutional Union, an ex-
tremc Democratic paper in Washington
City, has created some surprise by an
nounclng himself in favor of comforting
the elective franchise upon all races aud
sexes.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

Gov. Holden of North Carolina has
rendered to Robert Douglas, the eldest
son of Stephen a. Douglas, the position
of Private Secretary on his staff, in the
new State Government to be organized
in that State.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

sS= Farmers and others will, of course,
make note of the announcement of the
Messrs. Dosters, of the re-opening of the
Stroudsburs Woolen Mills. This opens
Il good market at which to purchase
cloths and wooden goods generally, and a
ready market for the sale of wool.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
sa- Work upon the foundation of the

e@- Work upon the foundation Of the
new Lutheran Church was commenced
yesterday. The encouragement received
from old subscribers, and from the public
generally, we understand, is such as to
warrant the congregation in calculating
upon the speedy completion of the church.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28
AbOut Right.

Gen. Halpine, of the New York Citi-
zen, Irish Democrat as he is, can't endure
the copperheads. He says: " There is
such thing as being too Internally Dem
ocratic to be wholesome, as old Gen. Cass
once said" We guess that's so.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

The Boston Post, which recently de-
clared in favor of Gen. Hancock as the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency,
now urges the Hon. Charles Francis Ad-
ans for the Vice Presidency.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

execute the laws has used his high Of
fee to induce others to ignore and violate
the laws has employed his executive
power to render insecure the prosperity,
peace and liberty of life of the citizens !;
has abused the pardoning power has de-
nounced the national legislature as un.
constitutional has persistently and COR
ruptly resisted by every measure in his
power, every proper attempt at the recon
struction of the States lately in Rebellion !;
has perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption ; and
has been Justly impeached for high crimes
and misdemeauors, and properly denounc
ed guilty by the vote Of thirty five Sena
tors.
Ninth. The doctrine of Great Britain
and other European powers that, because
a man is once subject, he must always
be so, must be resisted at every hazard
by the United States, as a relic of the
feudal times, not authorized by the law
of nations, and at war with our national
honor and independence. Naturalized
citizens are entitled to be protected
in all their rights of citizenship, as
though they were native-born and NO
citizen of the United States, native or
naturalized, must be liable to arrest and
imprisonment by any foreign power, for
acts done or words spoken in this coun
try and if so arrested and imprisoned, il
is the duty of the government to inter.
fere in his behalf
Tenth OF all who were faithful in the
trial of the late war, there were none enti
tied to more especial honor than the bray
soldiers and seamen who endured tho
hardships of campaign and cruise, and
imperlled their lives in the service of the
country. The bounties and pensions pro
yided by law for these brave defenders OF
the nation are obligations never to be for
gotten. The widows and orphans of the
gallant dead are the wards of the people
a sacred legacy bequeathcd to the nation /
protecting care.
Eleventh. Foreign emigration, which
in the past has added so much to the
wealth and development of the resources
and the increase of power to this nation
the asylum of the oppressed of all nations
should be fostered and encouraged by
liberal and just policy.
Twelfth. This Convention declares it
sympathy with all the oppressed people
which are struggling for their rights.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

s4~ Mr.. Peter S. Williams is just
opening a splendid stock of Watches,
Jewelry and Fancy Goods, at his estab-
lishment in C. s. Detrick 4 Co.'S Drug
Store. Call and see him.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

The Fenians we're apparently at work
with increased energy of late. They are
holding state conventions in the different
eastern states and talking loudly of war
Forty circles were represented in the
Pennsylvania convention which met at
Harrisburg, last "Wednesday week.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

An immense Republican mass meeting
was held in Pittsburg, Saturday night, TO
ratify the nominations of Grant aud Col
fax. Allegheny county was pledged to
give 10000 majority for. the ticket.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

MORE ECONOMICAL, REMARKA-
BILE certainty of prompt action, in fact, every
good quality is guaranteed for Mrs. s. a.
ALIENS IMPROVED (nep styLe) HAIR Re-
sroRER or DRESSING (in one bottle Every
Druggist sells it. Free One Dollar.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

The prospect of an abundant yield of
fruit all over the country never was more
promising.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

The only counties in Pennsylvania
through which no railroad passes, and
the limits of which are not likely to be
soon touched by railroad, arc Fulton.
ferest, Potter, aud Greene.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

One million five hundred and sixty
thousand pairs of shoes were shipped
from Lynn during April.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

The Moravian Church at Bethlehem
has $50 communicates, and / Ii non COM
aud 40 children.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

National bank circulation, S297 ,S04,-
0SO.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

Internal Revenue receipts last week.
So, ,20i,2 ,256.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-28

Schuyler Colfax was then declared tn,
nominee for Vice President.
THE PLATFORM.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-02-29

The british M,slical journal contains an &C.
fount OF some curious experiments: ''Dr. Short,
5f Madras, has for some time been employed in
3eries OF 2aluable experiments on the value Of
alleged antldotes 10 poisonous snake bites. He
offered publicly purse of five hundred rupees
10 any person for antidoto 10 the cobra poison.
'he first applicants medicine wss almost entire
y composed OF tobacco, made into boluses of
bout the size o: hens egg, with rice congee
{ failed. a native clergyman tried his hand
with few pepper grains and blades Of grass
put dog bitten By cobra to whom it was ad.
hinistered died in twenty minutes In the third
Experiment a native clerk came forward with u
block Of :nakewood from which, by rubbing on
stone with water, he got paste, which he ad.
|ninistered freely, but Intellectually. Extracts,
'areiulIy prepared. of the Aristochid indicd were
ute Intellectual The time in which the dogs
Tere killed depended chiefly up~n their size and
figor; and the cobra secreted its poison in from
welve to tventy-foar hours.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-02-29

DRY HAY FOR Cows IN SUMNER.-Cows some.
lines get surfeit of grass, especially in wet
Weather, when the grass is succulent and rich
This feed distends the bowls uncomfortably. An
(rmful of dry hay once day will serve 70 ab.
orb this moisture, and benefit the cow in sever.
u respects
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-02-29

The Germantown Telegraph is opposed 70 the
Recommendation TO roll wheat fields when cover
ID with snow. 1t says that such q practice 10 Ii
bic TO shut ont the air and destroy tho plants
4 is better to roll the wheat rs early in the
|pring as the ground will admit Of it,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-02-29

correspondent Of the Rurai Nen Yorker
Dives several instances where cattle and other AMI.
mails were badly poisoned by eating straw that
bad been much rusted, and he urges the impor-
anee of using such straw only for bedding.