11 REPORTER: Wednesda,y, May 29, 1844. For President in 1814, MARTIN VAN 'WREN • , • OP NS W.4 o3 ii" - , For dice 'President, COL, RICHARD M JOHNSON, -• r .: OF KENTUCKY. . [Satjec!. to decision of s National Convention.] Eleettirs for frdident WILSON 11KAND AIL Drsocz • I. Geoige F. Lehman. 2. Christian Knees& 3: William H. Smith. 4. John Hill, (Phila.) b. Samuel E; Leech. 6. Samuel Caitip. • 7. Jesse'Sharpe. • • 8. N. W. Sample. 9: Wm.-4 - eidearich.• 10. Conrad ShiMer. 11. Stephen Bahly. 12: 10neh Biewster. - • - Senatorial. • • 13... George Schnabel., 14..Wathl B. Bldre.d; 15. M. 16. tames Woodburn. , 17. HughMonigotnery 18. base Ankney.:. , 19. Jotin-Manbesis. 120. W iliiam Patterson: 121. Andrew Burke. 22. John M'Gill. 23. Christlin Mgers, 24; Robert Orr. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS: For Governor,, H 01!i, VLENRY A. MinILEN4URG OF BERM., 'For Canal Coinmissioner, • JOSHUA. 'HARTSHORNE, OF CHESTER: Como WEAmma.—The weather in this vieintty, has been unusually cold; for the season:of the year, during agrett portion of the present month. On Wednesday add Thursday mornings, severe frosts occurred, which, in some sections, done great injury--cutting off all the tender . vegetables and destroying the fruit. The season' had been uncommonly . early, and the promise for an abundance of fruit &c., was all that could be deiir ed—but sefar as we _kave . received ac-. counts from the townships remote from the river, all is cut off: Along the river no perceptible injury has been done. It is said that ice was found in Alba ny township, on Wednesday morning • near .4 of an inch .thick-that. even the water in' the road was frozen over. In every direction 'around, ;us, especially on the highland, we hear that the frost was so severe as to kill the leaves on the trees, and in seine places the ?Greets appear as if they had, been scoirge&by fire. CANAL CoNntssioNratti.--,We have seen a letter from Harrisburg—of recent date, stating that a, writ. of Quo warrant° has issued from di r e Supreme Court, by direition of the Attorney General, autho rized by .the Executive, citing the Canal Commissioners to appear before ' said court on• the 4th of June next to chew by what authority they are , exercising the Said office of Canal Commissioners.— We think their replieative should 1? - 1) si milar to that of. Ethan 'Allen of revolu tionary memory,—when he demanded the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga, he was asked by the British commander of orthe fort, "by what authority " he made- the demandand with all the dig nity and daringboldness for which he was so notorious, he replied thathe demanded its surrender in the'name of the grOtcre atOr ofworlds and the Continental Con gress. TheCan'al Commissioners 'should I,reply,to this proceedure that they hold their office, in the name , of the' sovereign, people, and by ihe - authority-of.the laws of this commonwealth. DISSENSIONS- AMONO THE MORMONS AT Navvoo.—The •St. Louis Republi can gives a long,account ofsome OCCUrr rences which, it is , said, took ptace at Nauvoo on the 26th- ult., in _which a man named. Fostei attempted to shoot Smith, the prophet. The person who 'gives the Republican this information,. says Joe Smith,bas a, number of ene mies, and his influence is beginning to decline, but thinks his doctrine i's on the increase.. ,There are about fifty ma sons and stone cutters ,=engaged about the temple. It will be the most extra ordinary, building on the American con uncut. , I They 'have regular. theatre ) got up `by the itormons themselves. AT 010 TOWN; Persons linnzt to death---A houseliear the railroad at Ctliltotva,occeipied by a French family, , was entirely c,oninimedl by'fire last week, end a mart and four' children perished in:,the , The Benjamin -Dailinet, alarmed • , the fite r i o l l yeend irinnediately proqeded up, stai Weeseuelhe children belong - login Inthrothec. nrii,,there hp and. the, duldren perished Anteater. 'Three tother-CWren c;1" the: same; amily - Were feared • - a DEfI*RED CAISES. • Wo.t.s&x. GisiOts;"va.DA.7ut jBtirru. ..4ht defendant', appial;:a media was made by' the Plaintiff's . Attorney, % to 'strike off the appeal; tbe . plaintiff at the swift time offering to accept ..the . Con fession ofjudgatent made by theAefeni dant ; before the Juaticeond psty all cost accruing since the appeal. • This was an action brought before a Astice.of the Peace, by :whom judg. meat milt - tendered, March 23d 1843, in favor Of the plaintiff for $87.10. die 3d of April Mowing; the defen dant offered to' confess judgment for $62, and costs, and at the same time', en tired bail (or stay O fe xecutio nand appeal if 'plaintiff accepted the confession Of jodgment, then the 'bait would be for stay of execution; but if not, then for appeal. The appeal was taken to May Term, 1843, and,Feb. I.7th, 1844, the plaintiff accepted the defendant's offer, and agreed to pay all costs since' the appeal. -The defendant, however, re sisted the striking off of the`appeal, _ and the Court decided, May 6, 1844,that by the provisions of the Act of Assem bly, the plaintiff must accept the offer, of confession before the appeal is carried up.; that the bail for the,stay of execu tion would be merely nugatorY, being bail fix; appeal. Rule discharged, and defendant allowed his appeal. 11, PURDY TO THE us OF Tao- MAII MaTiViLL, vs." HEICRY S. DAVID rmi and Vies Prof This was a case stated and submit ted to the Court at the last term on the follotving facts. The present snit was brought to recover ,the amount of a judgment obtained , April 23d, 1842, in the Common Pleas ofiChemung co;,, N. Y., by William H. Purdy' against Henry S. Davidson. Thomas Maxwell, the Attorney of Purdy in ! Chemung Co„ took from him an atssignment of this judgment April 28th, 1842, and after wards instituted this action in its pres ent form in, theCommou Pleas of Brad , ford County. The defendant offered as a setoff a judgmeht rendered April 30th,-1842, in Chemung Camaro-Pleas, in favor of Samuel-H.4i Tung' !Wm. H. - Purdy and Fay H. Purdy; i The note for which• this judgment was given, was executed by Wm. H. and F. H. Purdy to IL. S. Davidson Dec. 23d, 1841, made payable Jan. let, 1842, and by Davidson delivered to Hall about the 4th Jan. 1842, as collateral security towards the . payment of a larger debt due from D. to H.' with an express agreement that the money, when col lected, should be applied in satisfaction. - of Hall'etlemandagainsr Davidson..— SENATOR Nu.ss.—T ne Globe of oi -1 Accordingly, Hall , brought suit on. the turday contains a lette r from Gideon note in his •own "name, and obtained Welles, Esq., accent panied by a state judgment therein; but did not ,collect ment from &. Brigb aLO,, Esq., the con any part of the amount. On- the 30th ductor of the Utica Asylum, respecfing Nov. 1842, Hall, having re- the state of Mr. - health, and the ceived the amount Qf his claim from object of his vinit• !to Washington.-- Davidson,pve himawrittep assignment They state tb.at the , journey was con of this last mentioned judgment. - eluded on_ du ring this winter, and that The question which arose for the had there bised no election4n Conuecti decision of the Court was, wheilt the cut, Mr. Nil , es would Wive, s tarted for set off offered-by the defendant 'ender Washington precisely 'at the time be the foregoing circumstances , would be , did. IVAr. Brigham states that it was at admissible. A written opinion was his urceet ! request that Mr. Welles Sc. by Junon CoNssous.DSJ ! May comp anied him, as the• Most suitable 4 9th. 1844, deciding against the admix= com pranion • under the circumstances ; _terms of the set-off, in the following the: object of the visit, was to seek -a _terms:— • oioto southern climate for the recovery-i 6, The general principle .certaialy is, of his health. In a proscript to his let that in a suit by one person as ter, Air. Brigham states that he has just against .a Deft. suckeDeft. • cannot set. , received a letter from,. Mr.' Niles, in off a debtdue to him lirthe PM , ar.d which be discovers that he his been another joint debtor; for the debts are somet'vhat disturbed by the netespaper not mutual , and due in the, same right. notices ; and that although bets anxious See Bab, on set-off 6 Lw.Lib. - 16 ; , Ist to resume his duties in the Senate, feels condensed vep., U. 5..417 ; in mot, 5 somewhat doubtful whether his bodily Crtusch 34, Tucker vs. Riley, la S. At health will permit him to dodo. In 300, M'Dowell is. Tyson. These ply to which he' has urged him to take authorities, without to others, his • seat, and engage in. active duty, as esAlisth tbe principle, and if the rule a resource against mental disease. be the same with regard to lodgments, must decide the present case in favor OI the: Ple , * It is supposed, however,. that in an application to the Court ,to 'permit an equitable off-set of judgments, the strict nem of this Tule with regard : to other debit' does not - apply; . andao ICenyeri, Ch.. 1..„ in the case of Mitchell vs: - Old: field 4 T. R. 123. ruled, as to the equit able set-off of . judgments of the same court. n But this is net the case here. it stated before : us, `it only'` pr e se n ts • the question of the admissibility under the plea ef• el!!'eff , ths, joint' debt 01' Plifiatid snottier to the Deft;; alatteer iaiisiAbiledittien4 I- „Sheeted too, 'al the debt dile to thObeft.,:aispe'arli , y ) -1 1 ,;" , Would be another reason, why.asigainst Glabity 'Court. , the real Plff.„ Alitivell; , , the off set should not bfialowetc,- en 'the judimPatr lids: 1 4.4 is, "brought, was obtained, and When *Signed guwell On • theltl::April; ,1842, die claim now propcitied7to be setoff was not in: judgment,','ind . iAlien belonged to Hill, to -whomto the jai wiry previous it had been aSsieed by ihe'Defk., Colliterelly; is true; but still, Hall:had •the entire and only.ughs to receive the money, and Davidson, the assignor, had . no right to off-sett it or apply it to the payment of another' debt due by him, piid; and TbilFiriterrogiAtary• teas s prepeunded, few weekaagOhyllia.United'Stiitee eette to the editoo of the tionlainTati!illn = ion—to which gendemen-rePlied in their usual polite and gentlemanly, manner, that, as, the questionless asked in 'a respectful manner, and ,epparently Intended to collect valuable information they did noire,' at libertystO declinean 7 altering it, even to a political opponent. The answer; which ye sulijoin _appears,. bin subsequent number the Ga-1 zettefto be "perfectly seAtistaciery" th the corteous editer of that paper.. I el Mr. Muhleulnirg has tiine, and is doing; all that is expented freni a Patriot, I a Chriatian, and Philanthropist. By a long continued series of deeds of charity and kindoeis---feedirg the kingly, ,cIO- . thing die naked, - and tanutoling the afilic ted-4e has won the cordial esteem and affection of.all his nefghbors, irrespective' of political distinction. ',For many years also, Mr. M. i ministered to the spiritual wants of his fellow-men, until physical infirmity constrained bun to abandon profession, which eareatened thainevita: ble and, abrupt tealnination of hiS OVirt AN IMPROVEMENT.—Mr. Ezra Cor- existence. Theil, those who had learn nell, Ithaca, New York,- has invented a ed to appreciate .his mat private worth, plough, of great merit and much simpli- demanded ''services i n ( a dit creat city, for laying lead pities in the earth_ sphere of usefulness; and l elecaid him by animal Power, and without•excava- their repreor mauve in Congrose, a station don-t)). hand. The thickness :of `the not incompatible with the aria he had re share, made of cast iron, is in propor. luctantly relinquished. Tie served his tion to the size of the pipe desired to constituents faithfully aird 4)0, and was be laid .; and; of course, it is moved re-elecd,ed.. He increaried 'in efficiency through the earth with corresponding as be gained in . experierice; and they ad ease, causing but a narrow cut or crack ded another term. 1:n Congreas his Ca in the earth, which readily closes as rocr was one of ern - anent fidelity and use the ma - Chine advancas ; the pipe being fedness, as we shill proceed to prove. disengaged from the drum or cylinder He resisted. - with all his energies,: of the machine, on which it is coiled, and successfully, too, the wild project Of is left at the•bane& of the trench, of 48 launching the General Government in the deep in; ground as the . machine) .sas same extraragant system of Internal urn guaged to run, by as adjustment ;if the [movement a, that has since impoverished wheels. The pipe for Prof- Norse's - two-thin, of the states—vide hit excel- Telegraph has been laid by i.c for the lent speech against the Maysville road distance of about ten miles. In illus.. bill. tration of the rapidity and success of', " . q.e aided, materially; in saving the its work, four hundred anci fifty feet of National treasury. from bankruptcy, by pipe were laid, at the thepth cit,tteetity , thy; withdrawal of the public monies from inches, and, completely, covered in the - die venal grasp of an institution, which short time of five- minutes, including 'was then already engaged in wasting one stop of nearly three minutes.- , It iel upon million in reckless specula estimatea that t h ree , miles- of pipe cal l tion, and which finally succeeded in be easily 14d in a_ day with this a.m. plunging itself into the vertex of irre chine,' when. the ground is free From trievable insolvency, and those who had obstruction, requiring a team of from Placed their trust in' it, into a condition two to fixii yoke of oxen or orients o f of absolute destitution. -. • . horses, aCcording to 'the naturf.: Of th e ".Ile tried to investigate its condition, "soil., and ; depth at which th4.3' pipe is being one of a committee deputed for the laid. It will prove imporre. A t t o the Purpose by Congress, before folly gene agriculturist, as it will affeird facilities rate into into madness, but was prevented. for irrigation or watering 's:oek. . The hank closed its, doors upon him, as --- • ithas since done upon its Stockholders this by, the ease, - does .not appear to have'been till-Nov. 1842, 'aboht oven months after the right of lltlaxell ac crued. Undef all the circunistances of the case, the Conic directludg ment to be entered - in favoiof the PIM, for the amount of his claim, and inter est, to be calculated by the Prothopota -PETER C. WARD, vs. HENRY VAN. Dekeoer..---In this case, the Court rul ed, - .May 13th, that-the certified trans cript of p. Justice of the , Peace' to he valid, must be ender peal. hail ,storm passed over Lebanon, on Friday the 3d .ef May, froorthe Northwest: :In Danphiocoim ty, hail fell as large as hen's eggs; kill ing small animals.- In its course, itiltd serious injury to the grain fields, and broke* thousands of Window. glasses.— The storm .passed!.intp Berke , county in the neighborhiod.of Stonehsburg.-: , FlRE....4..destro,c4Fe, fite.-9ccurriiii Canal Doyer,Tileccwarna count 10. in, the tithing.. which destioqad wa bousesen the - bank of the Banal, tlll3 COlititt)OOffiCe,ltid the grocery atone_ of retig do Tory. The:, video of , tbe gbods, grain `, ,n! l l)4 l dinitik- estroccft' in at .42,50:1-4?. t 0,00,41. 66 IFF,hat hiamßir; Alublenburg.. - • - - dune's' ) , • • • and creditors. " He put an end to the panic 'speeches of members of Congress in the interest of Mr. Biddle, and thereby saved thou sands of dollars to the people, and a mon sirens waste of precious breath, spent in behalf of a rotten institution. " In a strain of fervid and impassioned eloquence, seldom surpassed in the , halls of - Congress by the - most aspiring,: and never equalled by one so unpretending, he fearlessly resisted Southern nullifies tion---dectaiming against the Became of AMERICAN INDUSTRY to the intemperate demands of Southern Hotspurs—when even the stout heart of Mr. Clay yielded to the teeniest, and induced him (Clay) ' to immolate his own cherished offspring. " He gained a pension for the widow of STEPHEN DECATD/1 4 by one. of the finest appeals to the justice of Congress on record, and so much was he respect ed in ,responsible post ofchairman' of the, committee on revolutionary pensions, that his endersemeni of a claim was dee med all-sufficient to insure its immediate adoption. "'He was a powerful advocate;of the Gozn Buz., one of the crowning features in the wise policy of President Jses.son. 4, Mr. VAN IhniZat tendered him the embassy to a distinguished'foreign court, a ,voluinarY tribute 4 to his Pere patriotism andlizalted worth, aPii, was accepted; in his new relations , Mr. M. was regar ded by ail' who secured his acquaintance as the noblest . Arrerican' of :all. ill did much, to elevate the character of our country in the estimation, tof thous • who had before but tood .i t.i The ;letters -referred to by the! Gazette designed to exhibttOf ?V -peblican: over, monarcht#,instiitutionsi and - nowhere.did: he find the'diterence MOM oinking thairitilhelomettio Aim of ' the . :huro 3 te l ab oTC l f 60.** - pliAt**l.t*ipicsi of itiori.,;Vo Te*oll,tiihi6 patine ; stpatating •for,tTe l liotp ,deivred • 1111 <~<. 2 : h ear tiOroad, weleomedits; Set mOti devitedi - at icA4l„this Mr. ,bl. has dOtitiWgnip i for himself iliiCkeitrliboictolCPOce a 1, 0 41 . untie-4nd; unlike; thousands; of _wham hahas_dotton!thing to nimishot aerate now yet todelibildi. - , Markle in the race for Geverariii . which he can and wiLL accemplisii•voith the utmost ease." After that, onceiteeitP ed cotemporary will scarcely, be tempted to repeat the inquiry a 417uat Ans Ilfuhleaurg done?" The faCiii will speak for themselves." '1 1111 - 'War the Iteigsiter.] 'MEssita. - .Enrions :—Much" has been said by our •wliig friends of lite about a tariff'sftirdialting a home Market foithe agricultural productions of: the, conntri, hy transferring men from the agriciiltural to the manufacturing interests' , and tutus. , making Ahem coniumers instead of ,pro-• ducers. This argunient admits amt rests entirely for its •_Support on the tact that there is a surplus of, agricultural firodue don's id the wintry. Dies alariff then, or do manufactures increase the home Consumption ? Would a man.engaged in manufacture consume any more than one, ' engaged in agriculture ?- Again, would eight millions of manufactures con sume any more of the ftuits of the fniits of the earth than the same number of people engaged in agriculture . ? Or would , the entire population of the United States (which we will suppose to be is,ooct, 000) consume any 'More than they_now do, were it possible to convert thentall into manufacturers 2. Whatthen becomes of that surplus production ? It is not dis osed of by means of a home MARKET bu it is lessened it is true because the , 'number of producers is lessened.. The argument of our whig friends then is this. that to dispose, of our surplus agiicultu ral prodUctiOns - you must lessen - their amount, that is, raise less, and then the farmers can get more for what they do have. NOW if there is asurplus of agri- Cultural prisinctions in our country over and Above the wants of our own people is it not evident that that surplusmust seek aforeirrinarket, and that a home market for surplus productions is entire ly out of the question. Again if it were practidable ; -would it be policy to shift men from the producing to the comm.; ming classes ? Would it be Toney far the working bees of a swarm to becomie drones or for more than a due proportion of them to be engaged would not the other ;interest of the swarm suffer?— From this homely and aimple illustration , may we not with unerring certainty draw the conclusion that the _number of men engaged in any branch of business is bet ter regulated by the simple rules of NA- Tun than by .any legislative enactments. Is it not aiparent that he who produces anything from the earth, g adds to the real wealth of the county, of the state and nation whilst what is gained by merchan- 1 dise, trading and the like, is only.a 'change of wealth 'from one Man's hand to ano ther: Have we not as a nation'been too sorely- afflicted with -men who have sought to procure a living' by any and every means except- that of tilling' the earth; and should we .then encourage this spirit of gambling and speculation by legislative enactments? Will our friends ' both whig and democratUke these things into ,serious coneideration.' FINAL_ .14111ThT IN VinorstA.—The Virginia papers concur in stating; the , following as the final result of the nice= Bonin - ' Dem. 'Whig. Total. llouseDelegates, 61 .73 - 134 Benate, ' 21 • 11 32 82 1 84 168 Whig majority, on joint ballot, tj9. In this statement is classed as a whig. Mr. Parley of login, elected het year as a Reericicrat, .13in'somewhat .whigish in his notion.s. He is re.elected,by a combination.:, of both parties. The Washingtnn Globe 'still claims him as a . Demberat. On the whit side are also Classid,both membere 'from Mechlen e • burg. one of whom, the Globe says . , is pledged to -vote for a , Democratic United -States 'Senator, in . opposition to Mr. Rives. If these conjectures prove cor rect; aslhere is '..reason . to , believe t , the hoot wiltbe on the other leg,,and there will be a majority of two for -the Demo 7 *rats: On the *hole: it - wilt be an ex • • The Taxes' Spero :1113i- that-lf the ra - strilleaftiri qeited tut* ee!! that theia. neat.. Congress „tiOv open their perm tb the admission of _English manufactories 'free of duty.. • trom ali-Piattoakr - imansuloth cave has .been ed d d " [ Tilliadega - county, Alaba ma , is situated toui,tnilei east of - 'iarerrey' ~.on the Coosa. and fil l 04-Above the turnpike;. ' of bee:Le bones have been foul A. sligin sound of voice is laid I ate lika_distant . thunder.. • Th e.tai filled with bats. • ;It is stated %bat about 500 inditi have already collected ! at Indepet for emigrating to Oregon. Th ey 'Oct to be joined the coarse of month 4.4509 More from % see lndiena 11!Ineiu and lona. den„ Samitel Stetvart,diedathi reiidenee - MOrreilex ebore, Lyc ( couillyi4—:,:the:26th Init., aged 75 pen. S. was. amon g eirlieeteittferi Ly coming, and the iris tilrifflorthit county. The-b,4roviiling for the eleeth Canal Conimigsionera by the which par etl he. - New York See: lash; was carried througl F A r e i s d e a m y bly : •oo..".*Onday by t h e vote of ayenftEittlpoes 22. A Mrs:or , Altaipene B. ml tu viten the fair all conk meet in : convention' at Peoria, 23d of May „ innt., to form a . 1 male Anti-Slavery Society. The small 'pox or chicken appeared Longneuil. neaf M with a iiinlence and fatality tea what is lecorded of its ravage! middle ages. More than five I persons, of whom a large ilortit been vaccinated, have been more , affected brit. On Monday morning, at .Et erty, near Pittsburg, Adam TT - young German, died of Hydro' He was bitten about three weet . A duel was fought-at" VieWl Saturday, between James M.l Esq , and Thos. E. -Robbins. weapons ,used were rifles; at fire Mr. Downs was severely, dangerously, wounded. There was a row between tl sects of Irishmen at Croton on News spreading to Sing Sing, itary, led on by Gen. Ward, to the scene of action, bat the over; and soithey marched ha The leaf of the:Rhenbarb pl poisoned a family on Long lel; Y., who partook of a mess of I Two of the children are not apt survive. - • The Steam ferry boat Iceland( burnt on Saturday- night, whiles! lying on the 'lllinois shore, °pie Louis. She had on board a lari ifty of cord wood. A violent tornado passed_ovel tion of Arkansas on the 22d ult trating houses, fences, trees ant thing in its course,„ The Art er, from Pine Blues 'to the Post, a distance of 175 miles,' fully high at the same date, le in a very few inches of- the of 1833; Plantations and fit under water all along the rim crops were ruined. •Several it is feared, perished. At Pittsburg, the dwelling Samuel M'Clean, on Peen sire( Brewery(' alley, was ',fobbed c $3OO and a quantity of deeds, &c., on Sunday evening, wl hay were at church. - The New Yorkers 6)1'1111.6: 'green peas, A Brusnefs paper mentions , isrin contemplation in the Cot Hornu for constructinian ire' The structure is to be of alone, and in the Greek orig , of :architectural ornaments, with the , whble of the internal the church, are to be made WHITEHEAD iron. The coinage of the d ate Branch Mint, during the.late April, has been as follows $140,000 ;- Gold, 81,23 8, $1,378,000. On the , morning of Tuesdi tensive sheet brass, pin and of Messro Brown and Elton, 9onn. was burned the rood. is very heavy--partlY cc'verel arms. An old man, named Sam% wandered . aresy - from the Po( 'farm ? Litchfie l d. N.'11. , 01:0 1 and not found for scat when his dead- body was di the synods:three miles There is a rumor that 3 Di Or is to be appointed at PIO thc place of. Calvin, Blythe,