REpoRTER• Wel/tisk, May ..80844. is fluidal in 101, VAN nunEti ) OF NEW, YORK. • ' • , • Poi Tics Pre Ht co;. RICEIXRD 7. JOHNSON / OF4- KENTUCKY. Pabject to dewu n oft NatitnialConlention.l - Etas's- fir ?mid . . Wrrso HiCaan ALL DIXO4, • 1. George F. Lehman, Christiatt Hue*. 3. William H. Smith. 4. John Hill, (Phila.) - 5. Samuel B. L*.h. 6. Samuel Camp:, • 7. Jesse Sharpe. 8. N. W. Sample. 9: Wm. Heitlertrieh. 10. Ceara& Shimer. Stephen Baldy. 12. Jomth Brewster., • DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. For llovtrnor, HON. HENRY A. MIUHLENBURG OF BERES : For. Canal Copmissioner, • JOOII7A pARSIIOI6IE 3 OF- CHESTER. Organize! Organize: 01Fganlie! We are glad to perceive that .the de mocracy o(Bradford County, are organ izing themselves for, the campaign which 'is approaching. In our last paper we published the proceedings of ineetidgs for the purpose of organizing Democrat ic Associations in this borough and the township of Monroe. The .democracy of Smithfield ever indomitable and true, have for some time enjoyed the benefits of such an organization, and we trust the democrats of evety township will see the necessity of preparing. for the great coon hunt," which takes place this fall. We have`the same anscrupulous, un ptincipled,- and Wiley foe to contend against *now, as we had in 1840; we hive the same.,:acenes of buffoonery ,and rib aldry reenacted by a party who rally round - a name, and bow to men instead of !principles. We have now the same desperatidtt, displayed by men eager for the spoils, and no means, however unho- will be spared to elevate Henry Clay the political gambler, and the brokeh down candidate, upon whbui therPeople have more than once set the seal of their condemnation, to the Presidency of the United States. We would,earnestly enforce upon the democrats Tot this county the'necessity of organization. 'These meetings are pro• dactive of much good. They are as semblages of the people, exchanging views upon the great questions of nation al interest,- and serve in a high degree to convince the unstable and waveriiii,.and to' enlighten those whose chances for information are small. Democracy seeks no concealment.: Her principles ;and her, profession's stand upon their °wit merits, and invite and seek inspection and discussion. Let them be 'thorough ly promulgated through the length and breadth of-the I dd, and' understood, and no dpliger can be entertained of their suc cess. And the most efficient manner in which to do this is bymeans of associa tions, to give a uraity to the party, and an' antidote to the vile whig slanders which are finding their way-into every, nook and Corner of our land under the frank of Whig members of Congress. Let us . shield ourselies with our princi- 'ples; and in presenting sober and calm ( reason, against the orgies and millineries of whigery—with their live coon, gau dy banners, and negro songs. -There: be but little doubt Qf our success with an ; ntelligent, sober aM patriotic Atnerican - . VINGINLiI ELEcnort.—The returns from this state show rather a favorable re sult for the irbigs. 'The;election was for two members of congress and for members of the Legislature. From Gilmer's dis trict, a whig %ember ot . Cohgress is elec ted, and' frith Wise's district, it is believ ed pe.dernncrata have been s;:ccessful. The-result ftvat. part . of the - state i t : the election' of 47 Whig delegates to 30 demo ciats. We see nothing ,in the general result: whi4h indicates anything like a political change in tte state: MAN SHOTO-11. Luny roan named GEM Kane ryas shot in the ,city of.Pittsburg, on Monday, 29th ult. by i•baker named Wro. - .leSiOnsy is the eause.--, No'hoims areientertainaof the recovery of Kane. This law which bore a falshocid on its face,_ Was oric of ranslinv of ishiggery, °PMthe strentit 4 - 1i 4 4e4 sympathy without - measure, aid hopes terdee with 'l/Jsiretity, urcre expressed . for the poor and oppmssed debtors of the lava. The pitiful, doleful, whining Lucent:Aims of whig orators in 1840, on the ciatardion of unfortunate debtors; and the certain re lief of a bankrupt law, ;were practiced too successfully of ,the unsuspecting, un friended and unfortimate debtor. ' ' 1 In April 1840.. Mr. Webster, front the judiciary committee, in the Senate, re ported a bankrupt law ; the object of which, at the time . , was to give assurance of what. Might be expected ; if the whigs could succeed. At the extra session the bill passed'a law subversive of the eon ; setting at definned roor j ality and common hottest 3-, and sanctionitig, repudiation in its most odious forms.-- We suspected at the time the promise of 'a bankrupt law was made, that' k the professions of sytripathy for thehoiiPst but oppressed debtor were hypocriticn , , . - _ and that there lurked-in secrecy war ; and different motives. It has so'turned out: as soon as the law passed a Berm - bling commenced - 'indicating and betray ing the fraud. It will - be recollected that Senator.. Tallmadge, J. Watson, Webb, editor of the New York Cou ri er ant l i En quirer, and Silas ;- W. Stilwell of New York, were foreinost in urging on this -bankrupt law. Stilwell'wethink, sentithe first petition to the Senate on the subject. Mr. Tallniadge in presenting it said—. „ among those who have beenpto\neers in this great undertaking, no name standi more conspicuous than that of Silas M. Stilwell, and to him is greater honor due for unwearied exertions and untiring perseverence in ( the great cause of phi lanthropy. 1 Amon4 the first to like the benefits - 9f this lsw vas this this same Silas M. SW ' well, - James Watson Webb, 'and if we 1 are not e mistaken,. Senator Tallmadge. Such, men as these rushed for the booty; as part of the spoils of the conquest :—= ~ they had been speculators, owed their thousands and tens of thousands, not a small part of which belonged to widows, and orphans. Men who got up a mania of speculaticinin 1836 & 7, and assisted More than any others to involve the coun try in distreis, were the ones , to first get relief. 'The poor honest debtor was for gotten ; the barriers erected made it al most,impossible for the deserving poor to get relief by this law. The fees of court and officers were made enormous, altogether beyond the ability of those to pay, for whom the whigs professed such ',- . devout attachment. By the, operation of this law a pack of swindlers,; speculators 1 and hank •Mongers robbed the widow and the fatherless, and dragged other who_ ~- were honest, down to poverty. , Such men as these, having been paid of in this way -for their services in the , cam paign of 11840, then commenced the work -of repeat: before this however, and while the fees of the office of Man: shall for the 'southern district of N." York were swelled enormotisly s —this same - Silas M.. Stilwell was appointed to that office ; thus r this famous philanthropist for his services got a discharge front all his debts and nreoffice in receipt of $9,- 000 a year. The people . became indig nant, they cried aloud for repeal ; they saw the iniquity and fraud which had been' practiced upon them, anti the same whigs who passed: the Jow l hurried be-, fore the indignation of the people to,re peal it and on-the 17th of Januiry 1843, they declared a law to be subversive of our rights and unconstitutional which be fore theY'had voted for. . Mr.' Clay turned his back upon:the in structions, of the Kentucky , legislature, and vOtettaininst the repeal to the lain, he said the hinkrupt law was "a link in the great system of Whig measures ;" in thitt he vas right ; fora more systematic series of frauds ,s(as never practised on any people. Henry Clay by still adhe ring tO this law; secures no doubt, the in terest of certain lawyers and Court offi cers whose pockets will ;be, lined by its operation. It is for the people whether theY wish again to have this base impo si "on practised on them again, which y will have, if Mr. Clay isteleeted e -d a his influence can secure it. awl Vice Prtaident. 1.9 ienatiAa. 13. GO* Bchnaliel. I& Nith't B. Eldred. 15. M. N. Irvine. 16. James Woodbciro. 17: Hugh Montgomery 18. Isaac Ankuay. John-Matthews, 20. Witliniftatteison: 21. Andrew Butte. 22. John M'GilL 23. Christian Meyers. 24. Robert Ocr. YOIING LADY DuowNED.--On Snn lay, t h e 2; t it ail., says a Hartford paper; two young men ami,severakiadies went on the Farmington. River, for a short and by some means were upset..÷ Caroline Harris; a younglady.l l / 7 ears °rage, was drowned, and the lives of the others !gra in imminent danger. 'Zb Inapt. Law. Peet Mice IlieSonim The'reform in tlOPOst.Offiee., l . l l vs of Om United 01.1‘4 Which as been calied for, i}s iu a, measure likely to he effected. -Mr.' Merrick has, introdu a billinto the House, which refer in o'lmeasure. the Odiasit featmns d?'present laws, "and•though not what is ge rallidesired, 'will have to answer we suppetse,, for the present. The foliowing is a syn9psis of the bill, which will probably become a law. For every single letter ,for leaS than 30miles, 3 cents; over 30 and not over 100,'5 cents; over 100 and twtox.. seeding 300; 10 cents.; over 300, , 15 cents. Single', double and quadruple t . rs in roportion. "A quarter of an ounce, Ito weight equivalent to a single letter.— Drop letters, 2 cents — each. Letters ad- Vertised, to be charged with the cost of advertising. Newspapers not more than 1,900 sqnare inches, may be sent thro' the mail by thek publishers to subscri , bets within 30 Miles free of postage ; bg yond 30 and not .sfer 100 Mika a half cent, over 100 miles \ cent. i On -news papers of , greater Size t an 1;900 square - inches, the same rates magazines or pamphlets. Printed or lith raphed cir- Culars not larger than fools cl , shall'be I charged two cents each sheet fo any dia -1•. , A - Pamphlets, periodicals, magazines, two and a halt cents per copy weighitif not more 'than an ounce, not exceeding one hundred miles ; five: cents forany greater distance ; and one cent additional for each additional ounce in weight,a fraction of more than half an'ounce to be charged as an ounce, Where t he mails are so heavy as to retard matert;ily the speed, a seperate mail to be provided for letters. All- acts granting the right to any person' to receive through the mail free of postage letters or newspapers, &c. annulled. The officers of the govern ment having the [franking privilege to keep an account of the postage on all of ficial matter receibed through the mail, and the same 'to be paid out of 'the con tingent funds of their respective Depart. ments. The franking priveiege allowed to the three Assistant. postmaster Gene rals and Postmasters throughout the Un ion on letters only relating to the busi ness of the department. The President, Vice President, widows of ex-Presidents, ex-Vice Presidents, the Heads of Depart ments, and Attorney General, are allow ed, the franking privilege, Members of Congress, Delegates of Territories, Sec retary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House, authorized to receive and trans mit public documents free of postage, and 'also during each session, and jfor thirty days preceeding and subsequent, to re ceive all letters not exceeding Itwo oun ces; the postage on all over tiro ounces to be paid out of the contingent fund of each House:. In lieu of the; rivilege heretofore allowed of transmitting• writ ten or printed matter, free of postage, to be, furnished with a number of free stamps or envelopes, equal to five per day during the session ; but any matter enclosed in them,jweighing more than two ounces, to be s bject to postage. . Private expresse and mails forbidden under heavy penalti %as also those trans mitting the letters, d the proprietors of the means of conve ance. The free .ex change ge of newspaoers between publish ers permitted. Heavy penaltiei provi ded for 01 violations of the law. Con tracts for the mail hereafter to be given to the lowest bidder,, without regard to the mode of conveyance, and the con tractor not required to take the stock of his predecessor. Letters to be advertis ed in papers having the largest circula tion, if inserted for a price not greater than is now flied by law. AY CLun.—The Clay Club will meet on Wednesday evening, Bth inst. at tlie'Court House. We insert this notice, not because ive are friendly to the prin ciples advocated in their meetings, but because we are anxious that their meet ing may be fully attended—that their fallacies may be' known by every citi zen in our county. We hope that none will be so , bigoted as not to attend.— We fear not the result, for our motto is "Learn to do sell, from other'a =41141111E/CATION.—Mr. Clay. add Mr. Van Buren are both oat in published laws against the .Annexation of Tex as.ft() tht , llol4n, Nit', Van Buren's letter is very ; lengthy, and would mit py t en or twelve colinns in our paper. -Both Mi. Clay and, himself averse to seeing it fall into the hands of Any oth er government, but Mr. Van Buren thitiksit ought not to be annexed as long - as Mexio lays any eliim to it. FLORTISiCt SIIADOWS : Clubs, ikre' Should judge. from 1: the, specimen which we have seen„ are , a. fine :place 'to display , the imagination.' One ,orator,' ;he other night, conjured up a :grini phantom, which be 'called isTreeTrade and gave it a'most unmerciful bOsing, right: a nd left, valorously until he had Most valouily and ihoroughly demolished telling his hearers tt was a bantling; of Mr.( Van Bitterly. and That Mi. Clay had said At Railegh, lately; that he was in favor of , 4 protection." We will give Mr. Clay's exact words. whieh hi (the ora tor)was very careful to conceal. • ' , qt. Tariff affording sufficient reve nuejfor an economical 4dministraticin, with incidental piotectiOn to American Industry—that's the doctrine boldly avowed andheld b. 4 every Whig from Louisiana to Maine!' ; What difierenpe is there,we would ask bet Ween this and the;creed of the demo cratic. party ? ' - - , DEATH OF A SOLDIER 109 YEARS omx—The Caskaska (Illinois) Repub. icon recently noticed the death,, in that ill vicinity, of John Stuebeau, aged 109 years. He was born on the banks of the Hudson river, twelve' miles from Albany, in the State Of New York, February ' lsth, 1735: 1 His eyesight was unimpaired, almost to the last, and he never bad occasion for the use of s iectacles. His third wife is still Ry a: \ at the advanced age of 81 years, ;as able:to atten the remains of used husband o the grave. and her de MR. • BSTER.-13ciston Post relates that the • f ay Klub' of that city wait ed on Mr. We ster recently, with an 'invitation to spe before those same old Coons." Th t Mr. W. looked-as sour as he ni!ght b supposed to'do, were a person in the at\af stealing his pot of ,chowder-r-that he hummed twice, squinted right and le t as often— looked straight sheSd, an replied, call your Club after Washin on , and let that man in Kentucky unmask him .self on the Texas question, andl ape: k" The -4 , Klub" took time to • deliberat., and so did Webster. . HoN. JOHN M. Ntirs.,—This gentle. man presented his credentials to the Uni ted States Senate on' Tuesday the 30th ult. Mr. Jarnegan,, in consequence of rumornbeing abroad, that the Senator elect was suffering under some mental malady submitted a tesolutinn for the ap- pointment by the chair of a committee of five to inquire into his capacity, This course being acceptable to Mr. Niles, Messrs. Jarnagan, Benton, Berrien, Wright and McDutfie were appointed as the committee. THE WOUNDED MANer—Mr. Wirt, wounded in the late fracas. at Washing ton, 'though not dangerously wounded, suffers considerable from the effeCts of the wound.: The ball struck the thigh bone, and ran down it three or or four inches; and then turned at so great an angle that a probe .ivould not follow it. It thought it wade a curve around the thigh bone, and is laying - against it. AS ANGLE Or FORTY-FIVE. , --A Center, who has just left the centre of the whig party, in a speech lately made by him at Lockport, describes Mr. /Clay's duplicity as follows : He writes letters to the south in fa vor or a horizontal tariff : to' the middle states, in favor of a. tariff *hich is an an gle bf forty-five degrees; and to the north, a perpendicular tariff!" TILE PUBLIC. LEDGER.—Thitexcej lent daily is to. be enlarged and!other wise improved. Its conductors !rank first among the enterprising printers of the Uoited States; an the Ledger en 'oys a reputation andj circulation' well merited. RESIGNATION OF 11i —The Hon..:Tolinl signed the office of Treasury, and rumor I Green of New Jts 6y to fill the vacancy. f •, THE STATE PRISZ:BILL; as led, has 'passed i 'the I.egislature of . New York,. and is' thest ptibably a law, before this. It makes prov3sion for . bnilding irison in the mining Legion .of the. state. CLAY AND *SVILD"E SLAVERY..--We shall next week; oif i erisome‘pnoolof what We have stated abeut Mr. Clay's:speech about white shiveS, iNltich the Argue so flatlir denies. ' i • GEN. JACKSON.' ,The health : of the old Hero We ari glad to hear Is much improved. • , I I ^I 7 , They are to have a motittnient . , at New Orleans, at an expense of $ 4O,- 000, to commemorate the'great battle. Geo Wechs shot a negro man: at St, Clairsville, Ohio, on the 20th D u g ,fis r calling hini a liar; cirt the day of the late election at - St. Louis, a row and a 'fight oecUrred be twene the Irish citizens and, others, the former conquering. . - A man named Jones was shot from the' window of a hause, 'which Was - afterwards attacked and torn to pieces by the mob. A new machine by which old, -wol len rags can be converted into superfine cloth, at a saving of money , and labor,! has been introduced into , this country from England. The cloth made in this' way. is rotten and liable to tear very easily.. The journeymen cabinet makers .of Albany have , agreed to suspe nd work ing' for their employers till amore just and equitable rate of wages than the present shall be agreed ; on Iletween them.• The Troy Budget states that John Bingham was instantly 'killed, alew days, ago; by the falling — oca stick o timber in some old buildings. The giants, than and wife, to be seen at the. American Museum, New York, are said to,be largeit couple eirer seen in this country. • Nottenakin, one of thd bjibbeway Indians, is about to enter into the mat rimonial state with 'a very pretty and interesting young lady of English birth, about 18 years of age, and of respecta ble connections, resident in §omers-. Tom Thumb,we perceive, is excit ing great dtention 'in London. He re ceived £4BO per week. He has been twice presented to The Queen. ,He is there called amative of Ameriba;' here, Tom was called ati Englishman, a native. of Yorkshire. the West, and resumedtis seat ln.the Senate, his health being; much improv ed by his late journey. Col. Webb r of the New York Couri v, has gone to England in the packet ship .. Liverpool," and will return in Juq.. . , Si children, the eldest twelve years of age, ere taken, on Friday night, in Boston, f in their beds, charged with plundering building of its contents. 4\ l A man is w living at Montrnatre, near Paris, who as completed his 116th year ; another di a 'few days ago, aged 114, froulapoPl xy, leaving a son aged 'B7. who has not et_a single gray hair. The general diet of - ungary .had adopted, without any discu sion, by a majority of 41 votes against 8, a motion for the emancipation of the JeWs., The thriving little town qt - New Bedford, Mass., expends $16,006 a year in support of its fire department. Bean, the lad who preeented a pis tol at the Queen in St. James' Park.. has terminated his period - of 18 months' imprisonment. - ' Mr: O'Connell has been admitted into "the gild of the holy', order of St. Joseph and Mary," at Virginia chapel, London. He was balled - by the officiat ' ing priest," the most inustrious layman of the Catholic C4urch,"i which were said to - be the words of the Pope. The Duke of Wellington has receiv ed .22,58,369 of i the pnblic money, calculating the interest on Parliament grants of 4760,000, besides prize mon ey in Spain and Prance, estimated . at £4,800,000 more. C. 'H. Parsons—whitorn an actor, then a divine, and afterwards an actor again,' and now of preaWer again—was at Cincinnatti at the latest dates,. hold- ing forth. . , IHN C. SPENCER. Spencer has ;e -ecretary of the states that Judge I will be nominated Joshua IV. Blanchard;` has recovered $175 against . the Selectmen of Brook lyn, Mass., las damages ;for their illegal refusal to let him vote in 4he election of 1840. . - The New York Aurora says 4 , Some *original thinkers' of the femi nine gender decry whiskers, while they kiss their wearers. At a - first glance, ‘i one would suppose the precept of these ladies differed from their practice. Not tin, however.- They oppose whis kers, and they, cannot lietter demon strate their opposition than j by setting their faces agerinve MeM," • A. parasol, called the SYlphide, has been invented m'Eogland, which can be 'opened and shut:inStantly, without movingeither-hand: II A touch of one finger does it. • „ News tom all Nathan, Own. Mr. Senator Benton has returned from board v rePßlß:ef7iliatthivel. qol;:ilitzhilVetiolbistsfailll7ckirttri I f e g ive the excellent re 13OO;idviegli,Vekrpedrilin2.0th:_.e H0u5e.01..,:e.;;11 kr,WiLsoN said, h had n fore troubled tlllheatlltioonmoteeereesswdisiirteh-e:til3:4 =rim, btu hadgeneraii: nut l self -with givi nc , , " t ented a saignt vo te, ing to his concientious co n le4 right, and he did not d e tl'e to d v , from - this rta.e nosy. this b as a measure to the feelings and plc, beCause if ti t • °ll he; e propositii 1,• acted into _a law -it will re " " et B of every tax - payer reach the p yer the Prt wealth.ct'al The bill provides . f or the lion of a noard, composed of t to. a g a l retary of State, State Treasurer Auditor General, _tv fie are robe a ized to apportion the taxes among several' counties of the State .° gentlemen would doubtles s 'A t the duty imposed on then ifl the of their hilt can it be pr le e dial they are the Representatives of great agricultural interests of vania, or are' familiar with the n 4. ties and resources of this nitp artax ef of society ? Why are these re ,„ . leeted from among . twr milh aas '", plo to levy and equalize thei alvv %i State ? The proposition is 4 % 4 will riot bear-the test °teen:tin W. continueti by saying, th at always been taught to ation and Representation, in a fret • erament, went together, bands ! „ But this is something "nae av e , sun." Are the Governor mit a inet officers the Repre-3etital Ives at people of State ? He had lb been taught the datrine, that tie Representation of the popular trig ed in the Legislatnie. This , however, reverses this theory sal verts the true character of our f stitutions altogether.. How fast is the tree policy of licati Legislators disappearing) mense banking corporations, cap grinding the honest workingmas', dust, have been created, and hit proposed to transfer the whole at gigantic scheme of public inn ments to a monopoly of fearful rude. These daring attempts n and fritter away the rights of have been gravely discussed and. tained on the representative flour, measure, however, is equally t of condemnation. It proposes t, tralization of all' power in the ha , a triumvirate, at the head of wind designed to place the Executir officer, whose encroachments on tar liberty are (above all others,) feared—he; whose power shod most curtailed ! Two millidhs of men are to be taxed according to sovereign will and pleasure. measure is at war sv,ith our Rights—at war with thespiritanl nius of our institutions—it rat people and their Representatives attribute of sovereignty—violates _plaid letter .of _the constitution changes the Whole organization of form of-government. Mr. IV. d. that the Legislature had any rt r , .Aepriving the *pleat Pennsyln: the power of taxing themsdre, vesting it in the hands of three holders, be they ever so high, stations were originally instivni purposes widely, different.. To regarded-as a duty of a grave ci sponsible kind—and one that eta with safety, tip entrusted to of but the Representatives of the pdo He would, therefore, record his against the measure, and lege tto intelligent and patriohe ponsfit , to determine upon the correctnes• his course. BArapoonE'Coemsnos. — Th e Convention at Baltimore, have put mination HEISTHY CLAY, as their for President ; and THEODORE F.' 111HYSEN, of Nei Jersey for Vice dent. All accounts. concur in sta convention to have been a mogul dnous gathering. The I''oung3ic: tificatioa ConvOntion was helcio A at BaltimoTe.. NEW DISCOVERY.--Mr. Aino of Lycoming County, says - he h covered joiats in the city of Pb' phia from 'which natural gas cant , traded from the bowels of the and he has asked the Councils the matter into consideration. the Spirit of die Times. SPEAKER OF TILE SENAyE.--111 - - P. Wilcox, of M'Kean cOU chosen Speaker l of the Senate'' last day of the session. Mr. nigh tog mull the meeting of the'next ."msigned., His term of eery 'ALLIVOIA SENTaron.--The. Dixon H. Lewis hasbeenappoi9l the Governor to fill the vacatel Senate occasioned by the resip of Col. King. Daotntiooz—The Legislivel State adjourned on Monday, ttl inst.; after hiving passed a iarg l ber of local' and genet,* bills. G ILI