II
THE PORTER.
E, S. GOODRICH, . "
e.
GEO. SANDERSON, ?
Wethesday, lanuary 17;1844.
For President: in 1814,
COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON,
. OF ,KENTUCK.i.
[Subject to fdeaisioa of a National Convention.]
The Message.
We intimated in our last number our
non-concurrence in the views of the,
Goietnor upon the subject of die State
Printers'and the Tariff, deferring until
this-week a . more particular expression
of our own opinion upon those subjects.
As to the State Printer question, it is
hardly necessary that we should ,A3ay
much, as we have already said all
that need be said, in previous numbers.!
Our views remain unchanged. The
first'and important question in this mat
ter, has been taken for . granted by
. the
Executive. The question propounded
to tho Attorney General and upon
which solely his opinion is given is
!4 . 'whetherthe,oloction of LIG. M'Kin-.
ley as State Printer, to do,' the English
printing, on the 15th day of April, ties
such a valid election, as wilf : justify the,
approval of his bond by the GovernOr
preparatory tk-his entering upon the
duties of his vtrice? trii - oik this ques
tion the Executive rests 'the gist of the
whole' matter. It has ever scented, to
us that the first question to be settled
is, ‘• has the Executive any authority to
decide in is the legality or illegality of the
election, oris his jurisdiction expressly
limited to - the exercise of his judgment
and disCretion. as to the suffieieit4 of
the bond offered for his;approval."--
Suppose the Clerk of the-Senate had>
been designated to approve of the bond ;
what right would be have to enquire
into the legality of the election ? It
has been taken for granted that the ex
ecutives has this right;-sho w
, us that he
has ; then it will be , time to discuss the
,legalitY of the election.
• THE TARIFF.—Our objection to this
Portion .of the n3essage is, its ultra
ism. The using of the word ..protec
tiob," as the Whigs use it ; assuming
- the constitutionality of the doctrine, is
begging the question ; it is not the Penn
sylvania policy, asttl,if it was, there is
no reason why e Should concur in it,
unless it be sigh and just.' It is Idle
to talk of recipr city of ieade, says the
Executive, whe England will not re
ceive our flour node sibitory duty(
of less than - three dollars per barrel, for
us to receive her coal and iron free, or
nearly so, of duty." This language
recommends, that we should retaliate,
that is, England prohibits our flour, we
ought therefore to prohibit her iron and
and tool. ,This would be taxing one
*prurient of industry to suitainan
`other. Because the fancier is dentedfa
, market by Englaad for his surplus Pro
.
Awe, the Executive connect , ' in that a
reason why coal and iron should be pro
;ltected ; we cannot see the sequence.—
'lf - anything' can be done to benefit the
farmer, let it be done, he is the man
that suffers by the British policy. What
—would be the c,onsequence of this pro
tection to farmers ? burdensome and un-
just. -Not only shut out of o foreign
mark 4, bdt that very fact is made the
reason, whir the farmer, who is a large
consumer of iron, should pay a t bounty
to the iron master ; tikes the 'injustice
of England to liim, is to be made the
basis of a law to compel him to pay a
tax - an iron and Coal. The farmer will
say; it is
.hard enough for us to be shut
out of a foreign market without taring
us. because we are shut out.
The Executive says our dour is laid
by England. under a Prohibitory duty ;
and again he says, " a permanent home
consumption, is, after all; they only
'market ou wiiich MR farmers and other
producers can always depend for a
steady demand for their commodities,"
Then ohy complain of prohibitory du
flies ;.nothing warm) etfeetbally com
pel the farmer to lake up with , a „per.
»want home , market. tell she
,probib;„
troll of his eemodinties from a foreign
market: If there is no where else he
can go with his produce,- he roturt sell
it at home, if _he. sells at rill.- Hence
.there is noneed Of protection ai such to
"iron _,and coal; to secure a permanent
,heme market for the farmer ; nor tan
it be done, nidiont4 tax upon
This permanent home market idea s .. is,
all moonshine. Who will , undertake to
satisfy the farmers of Bradford that_this
one market system for. their interest.
and they must sell their grain . at-To
wantla and no where else? It seems to
us the climax of absurdities, to say that
the farmer is better off to be shut out of.
every market but one, and compelled to
submit to its dictation, rather than haye
the benefit of them alt. Half the legis
lation'no'w.,,a-days is to help,any one
else but the farmer. If prOtection can
fie afforded in the exercise of Oust dis
crimination of duties, let it be done;
but then let the farmer be benefitted, as
well as rich stockholders in. iron, wool
en and cotton.factories, The great bu
siness of this country, is agriculture;
manufacturers never will, and never can
be, but a stintl portion of it compared
to agriculture. We:go for the whole
country, and Bradford county in par
ticular. •.
Tire SENIOR EDITOR:-.-E. S. Good
rich was defeated by only one vote in
the caucus nomination, for clerk ef'the
Senate; he was however, nthrinated as
a transcribing clerk• and. elected, a'post
which he next prefered. Mr. Goodrich
is eminently qualified for the place he
now fills, or the place he first aspired af
ter. Indeed we venture to say that there
are but few persona, who wonl4 dis
charge the 'ditties of either office, with
more general , satisfaetion. Thus much
we may be permitted-to 'say of our asso
ciate, without' being liable to the censure
of having his own-press sound his fame.
Col. M'Cahen, his successful opponent,
was last winter a . prominent candidate
for Clerk of the Senate. Without in
tending any disparagement to the - other
Senators who Voted for Mr. 'G., it is
thought in this quarter no small favor to
"him to have the preference of the Sena
tors, from Laneaater and Franklin.
CANAL ColsmisstoNiss.—The newly
elected board •of Canal Commissioners
met at their room on Monday, he Bth
inst., and in of the require
ments of the law, drew lots for the length
of their respective terms.,
William B. Foster, jr. drew 3 years.
James Clarke 4. 2 .
Jesse Miller 4 , I,year,
JAMES CtAmin was chosen President
of the board ; D. Mrreno.l4,, Jr., of Per
ry County, appointed Secretary. Mr.
MITCUELL, for a few months past, has
been a resident of this- county; and has
here as well as in Perry county, many
warm' friends. He is eminently quali
fied for the post to which he is elected ;
few can be found more indefatigable in
their application to businesi than he. To
two of the board at least, his talents.and
qualifications must havebeen ,well known
—having until recently always lived a
neighbor to'and a friend of Jesse Miller,-
and. for some time associated with Mr:
Foster as an engineer on the N Branch._
HENRY A. PETIIIKEN, JR.—The 24th
number of the current vorume of this
paper, under the head of Next Gover
nor," we published an article, reflecting
somewhat severely upon Henry A. Pe
triken, as the author of several scanda
lous articles_against Henry A. Muhlen
burg, which appeared in a new paper
published at HaTrisburg, called the De
made Champion . ' Mr. P. disavows hav
ing connexion with that paper, and the
authorship of those articles, and disap
proves of them as much as we do. Our
authority for supposing that he was con
necteb with that taper, was his own lan
guage,'as "represente4 bins by one who
professed to have heard it. We . are sa
tisfied now , that such is not the case, and
that Mr. P. will not condescend to such
kind of warfare against Mr. Mublenburg
as is indicated by those.artides.
.THAT " SAME OLD . CHON Aostri.—
The Whigs of Baltimore made a 'request
to Mr. Clay that he would condescend to
cut a stick, with his own hand, from the
shrubbery of Ashland farm, to serve' for
a flag staff, which he graciously complied
with', and the stick has arrived, accom
paniect by two' coonls---real live s‘ var.
mints."
ANOTHER REVOLDTIONART ' SOLDIER
Gosm..--James 'Dickey, a revoltitionary
soldier, long a resident of this borough,
died on gattirday. 6th inst., at the ad.
',armed age of 95. A large number 'of
,our citizens paid the , last tribute dap to
one of the defenders of our liberty, by
(allowing his remains to the graye.
GovEssoa.—lietween folly or fifty
of the delegates elected to the 4th March
Convention, - arc ittatractail for 'Hoe. H.
A.. Mohlooberg.
II.; A.
We *re gratified to notice that the pat'
pets which are favorable to the.nomina
don of Hon. H. 4. Muhlenburk es the
candidate for Goverrw, - have. expressed
a mild and conciliatory course, in relation
to the other candidates.. We should re
gret exceedingly if anyi of them, should
so far misrepresent thel wishes andfeet
ings of Mr. Muhlenburg, ma to be driven
into the abuse ~ of his Opponents. The
friends of Mr.' Muhlenburg have had
great provocation ; and for ourselves we
confess that, when reading Iron! the Pa l
pers favorable to the nomination of Mr
Shut*, the reflections. cast Open, Mr.
Muhlenburg we arealinost constrainecl to
open our batteries. But what is the use.'
The friends of Mr. Bhunit gain nothfng
by this course;: if by it, they Cart defeat'
'Mr. Muhlenburg, are they sure they can
nominate Mr. Shank'? Think of it.
While upon this subject we worthisay
that the Prospect or Mr.: Muhlenburg's
nomination is almost certain. Philadel
phia City and County which sends'eigh;
teen delegates has gone for him. Most
of the eastern counties have done like
wise, and some of the western counties.
But few of the western counties have in
structed` for any Ode; thus showing that
the west does„not unite on. Mr. Shunk.
Dr. Sturgeon is receiving much , favor as
the candidate - or the west. - He 'is now
in the United States Senate ; and' would
be an*noexcefitionable western man.—
It (secured tows a long time since that
this arias the man, more likely than any
other than to unite the strength of the
west ; it surprises us that his friend's
were not earlier in the field. They must
Work the harder. Jesse Miller has been
nominated by Perry county as its choice
for the next Governor. .
Homo Mmtnin.A. most atrocious
murder was committed in the vicinity
of Richmond, Staten Island,'on the 24th
ult. The house of 'a Mr., Houseman
was entered in his absence by some
unknown person or persons—Mrs. H.
and infant murdered in ihnmostsh/ock
ing manner—the house rifled .of its
most valuable contents, consisting of a
gold watch, jewelry anil money valued
at $l2OO. and afterwards set on fire.—
Mrs. H. was a very' 'Amiable woman,
beloved a and respected' by all who knew ,
her. She was known to have a large
amount of money ! in her , posse sion,
received from her.husband prix to his
leaving home ; and it. was , doubtless
for the purpose of plunde that the
dreadful act was coalmine
Mr. H. returned home n the 25th;
and was Completely ov come with
grief by the heart rending. intelligence.
A sister of ?&r. Houseman named
Polly Bodine, a depraved and abandon
ed woman, has been arrested as the
murderess'. Circumstances have plac
ed it beyond a doubt that this wretched
woman has murdered her sister-in-law
and,infant for the purpose of plunder,
and...that to supply a`guilty paramour,
named Dr. Wait, with money. She
has since become the -Mother of a chid
by this Dr. Wait, which she murdered
at it's birth.. This most dreadful affatr
receives double horror from the fact of
its having been committed by a fiend
in female 'form. Dr. Wait and the
woman were committed.
DEATH ON A SI 4 EAMBOATA-A. coro
ner's inquest was held in New York city
on the Sth inst.; on the body of a -man
named Peter Schermerhorn. • He came
on board the-boat Saratoga, and proceed
ed as far as the boat could go, which-was
obliged to return I to the city, oiving to
the ice. On the return, of the boat 'he
became worse, and died the evening af
terward. In his pocket was found the
following note:
"Brother Mix—Please see this pod man has
lodging this night; he says ho is a member of
oar church he is unwell, making his way to,
his father near Wilkestnine.
"Yows, L. PULLER."
BOLD Tainv.—A rogue named Ro
bert Swift deliberately took np a Show
case filled with fine wearing, apparel„
which stood at a tailors door in Broad
way, New York, and endeavored to
carry it Off. The street was crowded
at the , time. The audacity of, the at
tempt almost made it' successful, but
as Mr. Swift was rather slow, the own-.
ei of the goods overtook htm, and had
him committed. '
Attazsz—Mr. W. Rust' proprietor,
of ,the Syracuse Houae.his been arrest=
ed on suspimon of - having been`con
eerned in the robbery of Pomeroy's &
Cos. ExPress. No trace his yet hien
diacovered as to the whereabouts of the
tnoney• , .
•
'ran COMET...:rhi i s celestial • isitor, ,
Which made its appe arance last,- luta.;
ivappeafs4id actually come in 'contact
with the - Sun, and made a visit rather,
eltnie itiihe earth.. From a lecturebY
Dr. 'Auditor, delivered in fhiladelphia
we taktt , the following facts., Tile Dr.
says t l -rln the latter; end of February
last, tliC centre of the head or nucleus
-
pulsed within 15,000 miles of theraim,
and as the head was about 30,000 miles
in diametei, it must have grazed the
sun' for a caiderable • distace. This
is the statement of Arago. from cal
culations made from ,observations taken
at the Royal Obseriatory ; of
Some philosophers have contended that
it actually pitched into the sun. batthis
is not confirmed., It must, however,
have traversed a large portion of the
sun's disc. It traveled with the .oior..t
astoniahing 'rapidity, actually traversing
the . half of the 004s:circumference, and
its tail, though 120 Millions of miles in
length, swinging round in . about forty
eight hon o rs..' If the velocity of light,
200,000 Miles between" , two ticks of a
doek, is astonishing, what must have
been the velocity of that appendage
swingingaround such au immense space
describing such an astounding area in
such a time ? On the 22th of February.
the head of comet was past thitaun,
and its tailj must have actually touched
our 'atmosphere, extending that enor
mous distance."
RIOT AT STELrI7BE.-4 riot occurred
ai a tavern at Syracuse, .I.N. Y. on the
Od inst., occasioned by a landlord firing
,
a horse piitol. at 'a person who had
seized a F bottle of brandy, wounding
him severely 'in the maker jaw. A
mob collected outside of the house,
who were fired upon by those within,
wounding three persons. The milita
ry were called out, who quelled the
riot, after some considerable property
had been destroyed.
StrzeinE.—Miss Mary. Alden, a
yonng lady from Middleboro' (Mass.)
on a visit to her uncle at HallAell
Ant out in the night, and attempted to
get under the ice, thro' an . opening
near a wharf, but could only immerse a
part of her body, owing to some ob
struction from the wharf. Then she
attempted to cut her throat with a pen
knife, which was'found near her. She
perished from exposure, "She had been
watched by her friends for several
days. ' •
Roznitor.—A German' pedlar was
lately robbed between Shickshinney
and the western line Of Luzerne county.
Two men strangers, came Out of the
woods; as the Pedlar was passing, one
of whom shot at him, the ball striking
the 'thumb of 'his right hand, and con
siderably injuring it. The men seized
the Pedlar ; and after robbing him of
thirteendollars, permitted him to es
cape without furtheir injury.
Itlenama..—The Alabama Democrat
ic State Convention has nominated
ifiARTIN VAN BUlltio as the choke .of
that State for the next Presidency.—
The Note in the Conventitin stood :
Van: Buie!) 67. Calhoun, 50. Col.
Witmor R. KING was unanimously
nominated as the choice of the state for
the Vice Presidency:
ACCIDENT.-..-FrOet the . Argus we
learn that • A most melancholy acci
dent occurred in Wyalusing township,
ono day last week. A young man by
the name of WILLI/Li DONLEY, aged
about twenty years, was' in the act of
moving some loge when a hand.spike
accidentally struck him in the breast
causing instantaneous death."
SODDEN DEATH.—Joseph Klapp one
of - the,oldest physicians or Southwark,
while attending the Coiirt of Common
Pleas of Philadelphia, swooned, and
although there Was prompt medical at•
tendance, died in less than five minutes.
•
REPuntimorr&-The wbig Bankrupt
paid ;off debts! to the , amount of
about eleven migions of dollars, and
yet the whigs 4frect a horror at the
thought of Repudiation !
RESIONEIL—Gfen. Waddy Thompson
son. the Ministei of the United States
to Mexico, has ; forwarded his 'resigna
tion, and is expected to arrive in the
United States very'shortiy.
Loss OF Lags.—,The pi
lost on Lake Erie deriegi
was, twelve.
/UDGE PORTER. IL S. Senator from
,
Lonisiana, dangerouily and bail
returned to his home.
Sari Accumni...-The Stienben Far
aeiel Ad v ocate of the 10th into:. says ;
" Ai Mr. Edward A. Sweet and Ms*
Thayer viers out hunting pheasants in
the - woods near O'arnmondspcirt,On the
4 - th inst:, the gun of theformeincciden
tally. exploded and discharged its whole
content; into ths_breastof Thayer, who
instantly expired, Coronet Wells held
an inquest'over the*otly, and a-verdidt
of the Jury was rendered accordingly.
No blame, as we understand, is at
tached to Mr— Sweet; --but too much
caution cannot be observed in handling
'fire-aims; scarcely a print comes to Us,
but contains one 'Or more accidents of
this nature: .
HORRIBLE M URDER.- 7 31r. 'Amen
Sprague,of ,Crauston (R. 1.) was cru
elly inurdered - onhis farm on the 31st
ult., ire left his }untie to attend
some portion of his farm; at 3 o'clock, -
and at,Et o'clock. he was found prostra
ted onj the earth. dead. A pistol ball
had entered the front, and passed out ,
the back 'of ,his head. Nicholas S.
Gordon and his brother were.arrested
and committed for esaminatiotr
SVDDEN, DEATn.—A.Mr. David 811-
opx of Duval co. East Florida, expired
in that midst of a Christmas paity, at
his house. Mr. - Silcox had a ifery nu
merous company at his bpuse on C.krist
alas night. dancing Ste.) Having t asked
one'of the company to join him in a
glass of wine, , at the sideboard—while
in the act of drinking, he tottered, fell
to the floor and immediately expired.
.
A 'SHOCKING/ SCENE --T*o of the
1 -
Mennonites, while baptizing a woman
in Cheshire, Itl., a few nights since,
designedly let her slip from their hands
and she-was drowned. The perpetra
tors were her hUsband and a black
smith piest—who are indicted for man
tr
slaughte . The husband declares, it
was the will of Cod that she should be
drowned for the weakness of her faith,
but that she is in glory. .
ACCWITTED.—Cassleman, who was
arrested at Utica a few days ago on sits
picions orbeing concerned in -the mur
der of his own sun andanother boy, has
been discharged. It seems the boys,
instead of having been murdered, had
simply run away, and were seen on
their way east,ltfter the time when the
murder was alleged to have been_per
petrated.
MURDER.—We learn from the Mauch
Chunk Transit of Tuesday last, hat
on Monday a man named M'Kee was
arrested and lodged in the jail of, that
county charged- with the murder of
Henry M'Kloskin, at Summit
Both are said to .have been in their
cups," and jealousy, provoked by a
wife's imprudence, is mentioned authe
cause.
MAIL RODDERY.--A young man
named BaCon, has been detected in
robbing sundry letters at Albany. He
confessed his guilt and was committed
or trial. Lottery,gambling was. the,
' 0-
cause.
" THE.MONTROSE STAR." has again
made its appearance„ No trace has
been discovered of the villians who en.
tered the office, carried off part of the
press, and attempted to set fire to the
Bice.
ME- IN BELLFONTE.--.-Thell3 W3B
qu to a fire at Bellfonte Centre co. Pa..
on the night of the 10th ult., Six sta
bles and a store house were consumed . .
Loss $3.500.
SLE3:011113i0---1* PERSPECTIVE
we'ta pass the winter without' the pew
blame- of sleighing-?! Jail of. snow
would be Partieularly acceptable just
now. '
EIGHTH; 0* JANtrAftv.—The anniver
sary of the battle' of New Orleans was
Celebrated
,by a portion 'Of our Citizens,
at, M. tVarneis in Wysoi by a din
-her, ••
AN. AVALANCiI Or SNOW
,felt upon
cis children who were at play" at
L'AnCe des Meres, near Quebec, Pitve.
were got out alive, the sixth was_tlead.
ATM. ACCIDENT.--A mart Owed-
Linft . .gerrtes, fell off the care on' the
Peonsyliania railroad thereby causing
his death. : '
•
Daitet. %Barra has purchased*
Weehawken house, formerly owned by
Judge. Bergen, f0r525,Q00,, situate
about two miles from Hobokeis, N. J.
'umber of lives
the paat year
vACRSON was born on the 14th
"March' 116 7, and 011 be 77 yPara
of age the 14th ofi)E4t Mara.
7 Cirrespondeneefr ont
.......„,
.: 11 ;insisznitej anual o,
d d b !The abject or State Printer in s 1 4 41
cupid ihe:gieater portion of th e ti ro , i
wawa" ; but asbrief retaliate play ki
pected, all the whole natter ju te N ei
over to a joint committee !gate tini t '
ate for investination, wi th pawn 't o
persons, and papers. The comi4 4
p art o f the Senate are MeBllMCo6lkOk
nue, Dnidap.' Roumfort, snd Fa lk I
be goitre time before this committee r elm,
thorough examination wig latt emer e h i
. ,
tweeting . all the election of Btal e p n4
winter, I do not anticipat e , h„ ne,
very startling d evelopments—a e it e ic
ticipare any thing that will redo ur 4 l4l,
fi e good;, but as a matter of coar se , pal
parties concerned will item from ih ttill
I fund of facts sufficient for al/ paro tt „ ii
consumption.
In the House of Representativ es et
the Speakerpresented a menage fro s 4
crnor returning the bill passed os the
of the last session appointing G avot
and William M. Ideridith Esp.of P
Co. council on the part of the Co
to investigate the alleged bribery ob i.
between the hanks', usemberkor r i,
and the Executive—the bill 114
Iris! by .limitation.
.The Governs
innocence of the charges made to t
complains of unwarrantable per seez *
vites, nay, demands an investigaties.
The dull ta,sonotony o( legislati os
,tiines broken
. in upon by a short s (,
fart, as was decidedly the case on
the Senate, urn a proposition
Clerks from furnishing membeis with
stationary, either in the Senate or at
Thilifreposition was made, as its ,,,.
the debate which followed, for the
preventing grave and honorable
legislature of the great state of P.
from "cabbaging" and appropriatiso
I private use, the aforesajd" cootie :
Some Senators treated this matter en
gravity and seriuitsness of moderate+
• whilst others° who - took a different vier,
I ed strongly inclined to tern the matte •
male, and, as we have no ode hers eh'
daily designated the "funay numb;
Spackman of the city - acted in the .
upon the occasion. He saidthe pro,,
evidently made on the supposition the
ble members of the legislature wouldeloi
ever an Opp°, tunny presented itself; std
was unsafe to trust then even witbie
stationary to transact business. The
lion however, he contented, weal,' not
object, le was, draw aopinin so loos
mer that a coach - and six could pas+
without touching !: The (1 , .. k wee as
cid to delves to the members any cule
tionary but the members could taki,or
grant at Anna or Door Keeper mdi
them chocgli to satisfy all their pilfering,
lions. Noir the horse thief or Mend
exhibited, some degree •of atioly coo
the paltie pilferer of " candle reiss&J
parings," was beneath contempt. to
he considered this proposition
and degrading to the legislature;
would either be withdrawn or rota .
Senate thought ditTerently, bowel
amendment was incorporated isle
passed, and, sent to the Rouse' fr
The Senate and House of Rep.
convention next week Monday the
fur the purpose of electing a Sr
Hiantesuno,
The democratic members of
House of Representatives, beta
evening and nominated Hon. 101
Treasurer for the ensuing year.
A QUADRUPLE ELOPENI
town of Lexington, Mass.,
into a state Of great excites
weeks ago. by the elopernem
young ladies of the first_ stant
respectability. in that place, In
Journeyman tailors—sons of
The? issue is tot ascertained.
EscA - PE.—James Weaver,
in the Bath jail, on a charge
escaped on Monday. 15:h lasi
ver is aged about 20 y'earti,: s
light coinplexion, brown hail
eyes , 4 'feetlo inches high,
away a• dark colOred frock
pantaloons and dark colored
vAx.onovs.—Two. , niceyol
named Powell and Norris, fou
with rifles,
.near
few days since, in consequente
refusing to shake the other's
Neither hurt, but both terribh
Their maternal parents Wert 11 01
of their absence.
FAMILY JAR,--64.011 0
paper, .‘ The Northern Penes;
has . appeared at Willianifpor t .
two democratic papers are bus
ing each other. . Bad business ,
thing to be gained for either.
,
v ..S. SENATOR.- - ia rfieS
(W. W.), has been elected U.
tor'froni. Maryland, for 'Bit 1 1
the 4th of Match, 1843.
CONFIRNIED.Tbe florairiati
Mr:Vpelkur to, lie Secretary of
and, kir; Dt e
at•: wereoirfirored 1) . j; tit° SW
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