REPORTER : WedneOthly, .:M r ar.22, ,-.1544;, For' President in 1841, ' mAriTrio.:_.TAN BUREN, . 2 OF: NEW TORR.. For Ike- President, COL: RICHARD M. JpitNiClN, or, liENTrilm [Subject to decivion•W a National Convention.) • and lice President. " s !'i Senatorial. Electors for Frestilen -. • Wrzsoar IrPCAsn As/kHz-mom, 1. George p. Lehman. I 2. Christian Kneass. 3 William H. Elmith.l 4. John Hill, (Phila.) 5. Samuel E. Leech. 6. Samuel Camp. _ 7. Jesse Sharpe.. B.N. W. Sample. 1-9. Wm. Heidenrich. 10. Conrad Shinier. 11. Stephen Biddy. 12. Jonah Brewster. 13. George Schnabel. 14. Natit'l B. _Eldred. ,15. M. N. Irvine. 16: Jaines WoOdbom. 17.. Hugh Montgomery 18. Isaac Ankney. 19. John Maithowa 20. William Patterson: 21. Andrew. Burke.- 22. John M'Gill. 23. Christian Meyers. 24% Robert Orr. , , DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS., For Govtrnor, HON. HENRY A. •MUHLENIVIJRG, OF BERKS. I, For Canal Commissioner, JOSHUA I.II.ItTSHORNE, OF CHESTER. HAIL: STORM AT AxnEws:—.A. letter received from Athens, dated May 13, gives the. following account of a . hail storm at that place. S ' Saturday afternoon last; we . ; had quite a hail-storm. The morning was quite cool. the afternoon quite warm, and about 6.1 3 : M., a:,,sudden squall from the West -was accompanied by torrents of rain, and 'hail-stones as largikas hickory nuts. Probably 1500 panes of glass were broken in _this vil lage, and many valuable and beautiful trees blown down or otherwise injured. The hail fell but 10 or 15 minites. I have heard - of no damage done above or below us." PicTune GALLER.Y.—We have • re ceived the two' first numbers of a beau tiful pictorial work entitled the Pic- ture Gallery of the Old and ,New Worldprinted at the Republic"es; tablishment, New York city. .It is issued weekly, contains 16 large and closely piinted pages, and is altogether a credit to the Fine Ails. Price 121 cents a number, or $6,25 per year. James Mowatt, sole agent, 174 Broad watNway .Y. A specimen may be seen at thiti'office.- TILE TARIFF BILL DEFEATED.--' he new 'Tariff bill reported in Copgreps by Mr. McKay, was defeated,) on Fri day, 10th inst., in the House. Mr. Elmer of New Jersey, (dem.).moved to lay it upon the table which was carried by a vote of 105 to 99. The entire delegation from. Pennsylvania, dero crat and whig, Voted for Mr. Elmer's motion. His vote puts the matter -at rest. Woof.--The attention of -Formers is called to an advertisement in our columns by the Messrs. Grant's of Ithaca, want-, mall the wool produced in the regions round about. Wool growers are offered a ready and profitable exchange of cloth for their wool, which, we have no doubt will be found far preferable' to the usual. • process of manufacturing by manual la _bor. , 1 nugtispar.pnia.--The riots, of which we gave an account last -week, hsve en tirely ceased, and, peace and quiethave once more resumed ,their reign`in that city. The Governor was sent for ; Who ordered troops ,from Hartisburg and Lan caster, who arrived too late to be effi cient. - The entire loss is estimated at 250;000. Suaopom DvprrisT.—Dr.. Sumner, -may f 'now be found at Mr. Cross', and we would advise every one desirions of having operations Perfonned`npOn their teeth, to improve' his limited stay. in • town. ij. fiENATORpThe Connecticut Maw of Representativei have chosen Hop.`/Lutz HUNTINGDON, as United States &gator for 'six years commenc ing from the ~ t h of March next.' He is a whig. N Ew p h ygg....A. new paper has been extablished at' La.neatter; edited by Ca. darter, in 'his ben manner. It is called the " Lancaster , Demtwat." We wish the Cot. lumen s 444 "-al that." • = , , , , DEII,TiI OF DAVID BA11,14131i ! •••••Daia. Barnum proprietor of ,the Bahintoree -die4 *that thy on"the 10th Pennons Ativneismen..Mr. _Sohn Wise, the !entailed lirollatli t Made an , eXCUtlliOtt from Hollidaysburg, cm Sat-. nrday4th inst.; and with , a a *oat. thrilling and Ild"00 1114 ascension *as triads itythelitidei of a wai with. the: greater.diffe nulty that the process of inflation could. be PerfOrnied and the net-work, .duriag the pence's : , gave way :about the (bp of the balloon. At the time Me. Wise cut the rope, a bulb as large as a hogshead prothaled through . the . rupture of the netting: The ballon took a Northerly direction, and ascended 4000 feet, when it encountered a violent gale from the West,Swinging it to and frci, and crackz, 'ing the net -Work at every Mr. Wiss;iahis account,says his heart began to sicken at the idea of his falling away from the bedtime at that height. He resorted to 'the expedient of throwing the weight - of his body, upon the valve top. This necessarily - Opened, The valVe to its full extent, and must Soon bring the'machine to ,the ground. But the velocity of the wind (being at the rate of about 'fifty miles per hoer) car t ried him le miles befoie he reached terra firma. threiv out his anchor, but it caught against a fence and broke the rail. Mr. W.-then attempt ed to jump fr'om the car into a 'plough ed field, but the balloon, rose with - a W violent surge, and he as caught -by one of his legs in a hiteb of .the rope. He grasped the drag-rope and held on, in an inverted position-, until the bal.- loon dashed him into a high tree. He took a hitch to a limb of the -tree, and then exidevored to extricate - his the tree bending ready to break by the tossing of the balloon, pnd he only suc ceeded in getting clear by drawing off llisloot, which be lost in the car. The annalls increased in violence, snapped the lope which held the balloon to the tree, and in h few moments it dashed out of sight, the car keeping it in tol erable trim. ' Mr. W. says:-- I discovered, in viewing the machi nery, that I had taken unifecessary alarm in the breaking of the net-work, as. it plainly proved itself sufficiently . Arcing to have borne its load to any de stred distance. My regret was en hanced by the - favorable opportunity 'that was before me of reaching Phila delphia by early candle light . . After soliloquizing in the tree top- ,, upon the day's adventure for a while; I began to clamber down its trunk, leaving the end of the drag-rope dangling in its top, read) for a port of entry to touch at in my contemplated trip from Pitts burg across the mountains to the eas tern cities, as soon as I can rig up a new machine." The Catskill, (N Y.) Recorder con * tains a notice a balloon being Totind in that county, oirtlie evening of the same day on which it was lost, which shows the incredible rapidity with which it • _ travelled. STATE SABBATH convention is ifibe held in Harrisburg on the 30th of this month, by the friends of the Christain sabbath, for the pUrßose of devising means for promoting a faith ful observance of this sacred day. • his recommended that public meet ings be held iu the various towns of the StatP to appoint delegatesi,and to suggest topics. of general inierei3t for the bonside ration Of the Coniention. Where'slich • invited tonot be held, Churches are to make the appointmTnts. Will not our citizens, or at least due • Churches take' measures to be . represen ted ? NO time'should be lost. CormEcTiavT.-4togei S. Bald win was elected Governor of Connecticut by the legislature of that State, on- Thursday;--by a majority of 23 on juint ballokt, and took the oath of Office. :7 - The menage of the new Governor was then presented to the two #ouses..— The;State is out of debt, and' ready tto meet all its responsibilities. • Gover nor B a ldwin takes_ occasion to say a' few Words against si annexation." He also referete'the probability 'that the Legislature may he called on to appoint a Benator id, the-place of ann. J. M. MONEY FOUND IN A Jett.' YARD.— Several hundred dollars in gold we "e[ found last ireek. burled under.a huip 'of coal ashes, in the 'yard - of the jail at - Reading. 'When and:by +atom the money`'waa there,4idden, mye. : tery. The Guiteitisaye. it ' bas been conjectured that it may have been coo coaled by - Oechinan 'or Rinehart; who were tried .and the latter convicted and executed, far,itlie Murder. of Christ, a fowyeara age4 , 4l thie ie hardly prob able. • ' COlll4. . ''',-;,,,Y_•::-:, F iday, May-to, 1844. 13 vamemBitiMIT*1••Ta•cog4 11 '4" 1 ' • • 110 1 .4 t money for . 1 04 20 re". eetved. , , Verdict fohnant. • ‘.• • f o x ;th e defed • • • GREEN TO vir. Vi l uutt gyp.. yam Mvaavii Issue directed by .the - Court. - 'irerdict for the defendant by consent. I :TO the case:of dcinintiOnwealdi Sin:ll3loW a int:tibia, was inatlct...by Bollock (or a new trial, and reasons filed therefor, and in attest of judgment. The defendants were both bound over,to ap pear at the next sessions,and wait.the result of their,application fora new trial. • - Saturday, May 110844. Wamtat : B. Cull= * l6 'W .6l4 ' C. DRINKWATER. Ejectinent for a tract of land situate in the -township of 'Rome.— Verdict for the plaintiff. Monday, May 13, 1844. The Court, this morning, sentenFed Wm. S. Miller, convicted of.:arson last week, to an.imprisonment of three yeari, in the Eastern Penitentiary. • Tuesday,•May 14,1844. ' ANN E. BULL EXEOUTRIX,OF,JAMEST. BULL DECD VS. WM. 'PLierr, , STELLA Anus AND GEO. W. MEET. This was an action of foreign -attachment ' in Us sumpsit, for roonerpaid, - laid out and ex pended at the special instance, and ie. quest of the defendant.. ' • , James P. Bull and Myron Ballard weresureties for the plaintiff's . in two actions of ejectment brought in the Uni ted States District Court for the western district of Pennsylvania, one of which was by Stella Avery, William Platt and Geo. W. Avery against John Decker, Isaac Jonea, and Edward Herrick, and the other by the same plaintiff's against Niel. McDuffie and Edward' Herrick, both which resulted in favor of the de fendants,—James P. Bull, having paid tbe,costs, then intituted the present suit to recover of Platt and the Avery's the amount of cnets, which he, as surety for them, had been compelled to, pay. The evidence disclosed on the trial tended to show, that there was an arrangement be tween Bull and the Avery's to defray jointly the expenses of carrying on the suit against Herrick &c. ; and the Court intimating, that .proper forth of action would be account render, and not -as sumpsit, the plaintiff took a non-suit, with leave to move to take it off. CALEB CUMMINGS vs. ANSON WEBB. This was an action brought to recover of the defendant, acting constable of Ridg beg township at the time the alleged of fence was committed, the penalty of fif ty dollars each for two charges of illegal fees made by, hitn.for executing certain process in favOr of th - e---plaintiff. The law in' relation to this subject is 'thus laid down" very particularly m 17 Ser geant and Rawle, page 81. Ignorance of the law will not excuse in any case; and this principle is appli cable, and with irresistable force to the case of an officer selectedlor his capaci ty, and in whom ignorance is unpardona• ble. The very acceptance of the office carries *ith it an assertion of a sufficient share of intelligence to enable the party to follow,a guide provided for him, With an unusual attention to clearness and pre cision. On any: other - principle, a con viction would seldom take place, even in cases of the most flagrant abuse ; for pre. text would never be wanting. &Mad policy, therefore requires that the officer should be held to act at his_peril, and we are of the opinion that the absence of a . corrupt motive, or the existence of an eentent-by-the_p_aity_ injured furnishes no justification for _doing warthe-bw forbids." WednesdAy, May 15, 1844., In the;case* of, Cumrniris Ns. Webb, the jury to day, returned a' verdict of one hundred dollars in favor of plaintiff. . _ GEORQE DECKER; THOMAB DECKER, LIMAN DECKER, HORACE KELSEY, JOHN CouRTRIonT, SCHUYLER GATES, SAM'L HALDWIN AND• WiLBER PETERS VS. STE. MIEN STILES. • •_ • • ,This was an action against the consta. ble of South Creek township, forcharg. iug an illegal fee of fOurdollars for aisle- . Lance in arresting• the plaintiffs'by virtue of a warrant issued on complaint of J. R. Coolbaugh. Preiious to the trial, Schuy- . ler Gates sent 'to the Justice in writing a request to discontinue the action, eo ,far. 'as he was concerned; whiCh waif eccor. dingly done by the Justice: Afterwards the Justice rendered judgment in Jiver of the Plaintiff's for fifty 'dollars;' from/ Which decision the plaintiff appealed.— After, the Jury.had' een sworn ; the Court, after examining the transcript °Of the. Jut. dee, and finding that one of the had discontinued; expressed an opinion that the B.4*mi:taint joint or a penalty accruing to ther' ; ',!hole,: the action as, it. then *as . enni not ,he euetained. The'. plaintiff-tOoka notmnit. Iri the course remarks made in re; ticttiie - case Oie,Couvt gave the, following dieftin: Tbat it is the dutY of every good citizen, when called upon' by the , timetable to'render assistance in the at of an.offender against the laws, and if any one refusei.ln lend Ins aid, he would be liable to an indictment. ETHAN, BALDIVIN DAVID CA1311...•.* This watfan 'action brOught to reeiniir of the lefentient, lateprothruiotary :'of Brad: foid connty r the penalty of fifty-dollars, imposed by the Act of Assembly for to= king illegal fees in the caaeof the School' Direetors of Towanda Dot.Ough againit Daniel.Vanderciok colleeter - of-school taxes. The Court charged the Jury that they must End for .the defendant. The jury however went out, and after remain ing snme time, having proettred by means of the constable a pamp hlet 'containing , a compilation , of the school laws, sent him! into Court with a qunption in iefer enc'e. to the law for the Court to answer. The Court thereupon afii: having infor- tiled the constable of the impropriety of doing as , be had, dkreCtedl him to bring in therJury ; and on their app'earance, the Court addressed them in nearly the fol lowing words: - " We have sentfor you gentlemen be cause the constable came into court bring ing'a book and 1 question for the Court, to answer. It is strange indeed, that the constable who is shorn to keep you with out separating and not to speak to you unless it be for . the puiiiise of asking whether you have agreed ,enjour ver dict, should yet think,; that he would have, the privilege of precuring hooks and writings and handing !them into the jury. It is a matter imPoitOnt to the pu rity of the administration ;iif justice, that the jury receive no , evidence or informa tion of any kind after therhOve retired to their room, unless it be given publicly by the Court in the presence of both parties. And whenever such a cOrse of proceed ing occurs, the Court rwvould set aside the verdict, let it go which: way it might, and giant a new trial, on the application Of either porgy. If , the 4ury were "per mitted to , receive inforintion privately, the constable, at their request might go to a witness, and obtain his statement in writing and bring it before the jury; such a proceeding would be ,a`had precedent; and both the constable :and Yourselves would be] liable to be fined. Under the circumstances, however, ;we have no doubt that you acted inadvertently in the matter; and you are now discharged from . any further consideration of this else." HEZEKTAR BAUX STEPHEN VRO• Iv& Trespass for taking and carrrying way three hundred and:fifteen rails. Verdict for the plainfiff three dollars and fifty cents. I " i Thursday, May - 18, 1844: ABIGAIL SWARTOD' RriL FREDERICK FISHER. rhis was an action of replev-. in in the detinet brought by the plaintiff to recover the value of ascertain bay colt alleged to be her prop erty; and damages for its unjust detention; The colt had been levied upon and Bold 'by virtue of two executions as theipoperty of James Swartout and bid off Ibi Mr. Fisher.— The prciperty, as apPeared from . the re turn of the sheriff, being doigned, that is, removed so as not;te be found, the is sue in the . present case was tried to as- I certain The right to the; colt described in I the'wrii. It was contended on the Part of the Plaintiff,• that she 'had in fact, Pur l-chased this colt.ofJaMes, sometime pre vious to any execution. issuing-agains him.' The 'defencelei - up Was that the alleg ed transfertwas a family matter; and that if there; was anything about a sale 4811, it was all mere talk,,and la fireside-trans action that in fact, no change of posses sion took place at the time of the preten. 'tied safe . ; and 'that the Constable, when he: ent to leVy on the colt,_ was interm. ed by, her that it, had:been sold by' Jimes to Weiley, a minor child of hers. Friday, May 17,1844; Line: Small vs: Rttraxix oERwOr.; to this fa cti o n, the plaintiff sought, to recover two 'thousand dollars damages lor breach of 'preedse of mar . riage. Iteppare4ai at the time Mr. U. paid his tuldresscsMiss Smith, he was a t stadent- medicine reshliiig in . Roxbury; Delaware co.. N. Y, she re siding' .'there. : at thei same lime likewise with her - father.:: Arta he had ` paid his sddreSse#tgiNialsrgull , for some 600-, Mi. U. lnforined fOer; that lie* agovi l to:nOrry hill'AßPOtertPreviderl, • ,411.1; he would give his consent;.that, he•ex :ll4o. 1 0 . Ea; into busine ss, and then m ar ry Lydia:; ,:&Omit was 'given, r lint,lnstead of, fulfillinitliont limn engagements inta*hichlieladen , terid, lie sadly d4appointed he _who had reposed inehiintplicit ennOdetiee in him, and subsequently married another lady. B a yi ng l e ft Roxbury he was found and arrested, in BradfoNcoanty;,inFetottary 1843, and was afterwards held thajury found a venl!ct of one thou sand dollars_fOr the plaintiff._ ; 13stnwriv, vs. CAstr. Several cases :penalty in taking illegal fees Were fried yesterday' and to-day and decided in•fa amof the 'defendant. The grounds on which. some of them were decided, were, that the plaintiff was not in coMenipla tion of law; the injured party, and in oth ers that there was no act ofassetnbly 'posing a penalty. Thcise which were decided on the ground that the plaintiff was knot th e Party injured, were.sWhere Dr. B. - had 'acted merely' as attorney or agent in paying the fees. ,The. ground on which- the plaintiff relied in one case was, that the legal fee Corn writ of re plevin was only fifty cents. - The defen, dant contended that replevin in the fee bill was included the words, ":every oth- er writ 76 " eta ;" that then ,was no spe cific mention any where in "the fee bill of this writ. The Court decided . for th e defendant.' Another case was, . where the Prot. bad received the fee for making entry in the judgment docket, before the service performed, and wheiiia fact, as ' the De. alleged There was . no judgment docket kept by Mr. Cash, at all. It was decided that be had voluntarily paid the fee being a legal one and that the Act for keeping a judgment docket was passed in 1827, : after the act giving a penalty, was passed. In the case of Swartont vs. Fisher, the jury could not' agree, and were to-day ditichatged. , - DEATH IST THE MINES.--On Wed nesday week a miner named Thomas Brown, residing at Beaver Meadow, in the employ of the Beaver Meadow Coal Co. was killed instantly, while passing down the - slope of one .of the mines, by two loaded coal. cars, which broke from the chain when near the top of the slope, and descending with fearful tepidity, struck him-as he was walking down, and mangled him in a m9st shocking manner. SINGULAR DEATH.-4 citizen of Ma -.hawk, Ohio, came to his death on Mon day in a most singular manner. He was engaged in writing a letter, and accidentally pricked his finger ander the nail with a steel pen ; he paid no attention to the wound at the time, 'but in a few days afterward the finger be gan to inflame and swell—:on Monciay he was seized with lock-jaw, with Which terrible _disease he died.. His name was Madeira, FOREIGN IslE;ms.—The, steam shill Hibernia arrived at Boston, on Sunday sth, bringing fifteen dayi -later intelli gence. O'Connell has not been 'sentenced, but him and all his co-conspirators are struggling for a new trial, with what success. we shall'be better able to state by the nest arrival. • The Texas question of Annexation had reached. England, and produced a, very great sensation in political circles. BLOCKADE OF "VERA entrz.—The New YOrk Republic says it has Private letters from London stating that the French Government have ordered all their vessels - of war round the West In dircolistto:_proceed• to Verkdruz, for the purpose of blpera'ding that' port. - --, This step is supßused to have been to- . ken in consequence of the decree issued by Santa Anna. 'prohibiting foreigners from retailing goodrin Mexico:'_' The news had produced an effect .on the Mexico stocks. ;,. DELEGATE DEAD.---gr, Billings, a delegate to theglate Whig Convention, Imm Vermont, died at, Baltimore, in Thutsday. Bth inst., after 'a 'short ill was. S EUTORRESIONED:--F. W, Hrigliee Senutor, from. Schuylkill teunty, has resigned his. seat in the Senate of tbis Commonwealth. Mr 11, wati'eleeted last fall, and had yet two years to serve. Private business was the arise. - • FAIIIIIODULEM)IS' TIIE Wouiu.—The horse: Fashiiii his • again', eMiqueeed uien'tliti turf, The OnVelitfit!,.*:ll4 the heree Cotaile).: 'Time,i4 Miles 7. minutes, and News huts au s a u tit The great Elm Tree on B mon 176 years old. It vi e l i t in:the j . year '1670, by Captain Henchman, Forty-be y ears 3 treat elm had a large-httoW • 113 was vapidly decaying, but wal in the mode reconamendid by p o by clearing the cis* of rotten no - filling it with a chavesiooo posed principally of limn, rubbiob old buildinka, and clay and thin stoiedi w now apparentlr a i 0 0 hog as l ever, without any ap'pe nta , the hollow,. Which 'was since enough, for n.boy to. hide himself. `Joe Smith is to be the eandida the Mormons for President o f United States at the next —so the western paper s a ny . A Bimini Plough has t been intro, in Scotland; for ploughini in m a and buggy !dui, where horses he employed;' An armed 'highwayman, named jah Strand, *robbed a couutryo lano wallet, at Lowell. He wa s anent , Boston, and two loaded' , knife found on his person, A young lady of great personal , ty, entered theilluntiery of 16 of Mercy : last' Thursday in_ Pi . Penna Penns. ; is,the daughter oft chant. An upright tree ten feet high h u found in the coalmines of St, lit near. Liverpool. The great western locontotie from London to Bristol, 10 in one hour and a half! Too fag Joseph Bartlet, Captain done:, canal boats on the Union' Trani, Lion Line, Phil., for robbing lan ployers, convicted-at Lancaster, sentenced to two years and months confinement in the Pei tiary. A breach of promise case wee lately at Dayton, Ohio. Sarah heart prosecuted one Se6.stias ler for not coming up to the se he had said he would. It be'. affair of the heart, the jury that it would take $4OO to,hedi Rosanna Keen, the colored git! murdered Mr. Seely by poisoning hung, at Bridgeton, N. J. We stand she made a confession to the reverend gentlemen who her. While in prison sbe attack. keeper ; and, on one 'occasion nearly effected her escape. Th. cution took place in the jail about 21 o'clock, P. M., and the was cut down about 4 o!clofk. J. W,. Webb, editor of the York Courier, and row a leading once said that Henry Clay:in ue the high office of President of the ted States to John Q. Adams; an ceiving in return the ,appointor Secretary. of State, consuurat4 greatest hishonor to the country, adds: All the waters of the . will never wash that stain fru character of Henry Clay." Mr. Ellsworth, Comicial . Patents, says the experimeataiatn cottage erected by himself at Niu‘ ton, in view of the Capitol, and is two Stories in height; stands, and appears as•handsotne as the brick house; and is warm in ,and ol'in summer. Some hared ed the policy of erecting such 11l in cold climates, bur in-Canada buildings have been successfully t ed. • " We see it stated that; C 01.13 of Madison county, N: Y., .is ° way to Washington ' motion, which he has karats! motive power of which is stem air. - Mrs. Elizabeth .Chase; of was born in 1739 and consequee in her 105111 . year. The oltlee son now living in 'that city. The bill providing for the elect Canal Commissioners, by, thel which passed the New VA Sea Fridarlast, was carried - throve Assembly on Monday, by th e vote of ayes 86'to noes 22. Millard Pillmore of New Yor wrtten a letter, in Which he say am decidedly, . unqualifiedlyll promisingly opposed to thesnue of Texas to the United,State s." &portable gaslight has be!ti ite4 at Lyons, Which is applio the smallest candlestieks, and -LI carried about with the greatest ( ' Q. A. trewnsan the celebrate (!eidtaiikhai 'Come otit - iik WO' tyler. -