U THE PORTER. E. 8. GOODRICH, - LanTons. GEO. SANDERSON, •- Wednesday, 'Januar For President is 1844, COL RICHARD M. JOHNSON ! ,or sEirrucii. . [Snbject to decision of a National Convention.) cry All accounts due for subseriptorts, ad, vcrliaing job work ere., at this office prior to thO 4th of December last, MUST be settled, at lecist—rfart February court willafordan 10 opportunity for those knowing themselvp intrebted 'pall and save coda ! • - Country Produce of most destriptions re. awed at the Market price. The Preside,ny. ;.'ln many of the counties in this " state, ( numerous meetings have been held since the declination'of Hon. J. Buchanan, fa . 1 vorable to the nomination of Col. R. M. Johnson. This is the sentiment' of the deitiocracy of Pennsylvania, 'now that Mr. Buchanan' has withdrawn; had he net Withdrawn, he Would have received the unanimous vote of - the Pennsylvania . d I ;legation. It is equally a true,f,that' Col. J hnson was her second choice then and her first now. ,We are not mistaken the • 1 in sentiments of the democracy of i• . Bradford upon this. subject, nolther are . we mistaken, when we_say that the par,' tyt in, no, section of the country; will more. cheerfully abide by and adhere to the no inination, of the National - .Convention, .. than the . Democracy of this county.— yntil Col. Johnson declines, his friends in this county will stick too him, nor ant ,- er the scar-scathed hero.to. be deserted. ' his question will come before our coun iy convention at February court, and it behooves the-friends of Col. R. (M. John ion to be , wide awake, and ,if Bradfortqls nhine in vindicating the claims of Richard M. Johnsolfiremember as she was the first to .do it, she will be the fast to relin ( guish them. • We wish we could epeak more flatter ing of the prospects of_Col. -JohnsoiWe have for s ome time become satisfied 'that unless a considerable change takes Martin Van Buren is again to be our candidate, and that too with great ! unanimity. The , uprising of the democ f racy from one ipart,of the Union to the e (other, to assert their rights, ; out of which 'they were cheated and deftanded in 1840, as enthusiastic as 'it is simultaneous. In the event pf his nomination, the de , mocracy of this county\ will again bud !, le on the armor in hitkdefence, and strug ' gle as valiantly as' They did in 1840, and with greatersneeess by one hundred more majority. • State Printer. • The allegations of fraud, contained in the Governor's message, against L G. OltinleY, the state printer, and in the - means used to secure his election, has -:resutted in the appointment of joint committee of investigation, with power to send for persons and papers. Like most investigations of the kind, it is like ly to Win - ooke farce, at the expense of some thousands to the people. We are ' eupprised at the inexcusable, vacillating and humiliating course taken by some of ! the Senators. If the legislaturei thought seriously enough 'ittf the q e t harges of fraud in the election of : state pnnter to inveiti gate that matter, it is theirprerogative to do it. . • But it seems that they consider it indispensable in order to remove one_ of the ebstseles to the approval of the 4 state printer_ s / bonds by, the Exeeutive. This considerathin we think has nothing / - to do With4he object of an investigation; the executive Ought either fofthwith ap prove of them, if sufficient, or the legisla ture should authonze some one who would.. „Then if the election ise fraud, there would be . no Willing force in the contract, and like every thing tainted with fraud; it would be nullity.- Theexecutive says there are no state pintas, then why this iiivestigation win the investigation" make state printers, if there are none now .. ? But say some giave senators, the eleetion was held, and . we calor investigatieg y it; But the 9eentivsLeaye there , 'as no ekction, ;twain held on the 15th of `April. - What difference does it !rake With the legislature, Whether 'frond was. practiced or not; if tiiio3 .was no eke= lion,-there is an end of the matter. If it ' deeidtd there' was ockfraud,sand then it should be decided tbere was no elec tion, thei time or the legislature and the money of the people would be_ wasted to no' purpose. We- are _ glad to notice a move made ia the house to authorize: the speaker to approve of the hoads. is right and should bavelieen done at Piain.Tani.` kr JO paper his recently been start ed in Philadelphia 'called_ the- 4. Voice of the Democracy." It's-chief object is to promote the claims of F. &Shook for - Governor and abuse every _other Q 4, 1844. Candidate for the nomination. It is *Wished at the office of the 'American Sentinel,. and undoubtedly Controlled by the clique' that hover round that press for plunder. I The Sentinel is the organ of Tylet4 administration in this state, and of thtiminservatives gen erally. This new paper is vilianous Wits abuse of H. 141. Muhlenburg. ,It is expected Om ibis kind of indignity towards Mr. Mjvill induce his friends to resent, and thereby - distract the par ty. It is useless for the friends of Mr. Shunk'to attempt a' thing of this kind; indeed they who tlo attempt it, are not the friends of Mr. Shank; we cannot belleve'this kind,of treatment towards . Mr. M. lths his approbation ; although the' conseluences may recoil on him. The Wiiksbarre Farmer. introduces this new paper to the :acquaintance of its readers accompanied with some lain" talk." There can be no doubt about the desperate efforts of the con se;tvative portion in this_state to defeat Muhlenburg. The editor says : " , For a new paper, this “Voice of the Democracy," affects .no . unnecessary modesty, and not satisfied with pushing its owitcandidate, it must lavish abuse ohd insidious reflections un Mr. Muh lenburg. The design of this assault upon Mr. M., we perfectly under,stand to be two-fold ; to cast a fire brao--into the, democratic ranks, and excite strife, under the belief, that any alteration in the aspect of the campaign, in Eastern Pennsylvania, must add to the chances of its favorite, whose prospects at pres ent; are hopeless indeed, and second ly:after raising the storm, to declare that neither Mr. M., or Mr. S., can be elected, if nominated, and propose to the Convention, in their place, some low, sneaking Conservative, who would deliver up, the government, into the insatiable maws of that faction, of which the Sentinel is the organ. This is the whole secret of the Conservative Sentinelaud its tenders abuse of Mr. Muhlenburg. Butfor once we are dis posed to , balk the humor of this insidi ous clique, which could only be grati fied by Mr. Mublenburg's friends cast ing thosame mean,,personal reflections upon Mr: `Skunk, which the Sentinel's tender has, resumed to-do upon Mr. M. But we 'will say to the American Sen tinel, and its pilot fish, 4. The Voice of the Democracy," that the people of this Commonwealth, are determined Co shakiliff the whole of that sneaking and corrupt, that sordid aad peifidioua, combination of Conservatives, who have, to gratify their own rapacious and insatiable appetites, reduced our beloved state-to bankruptcy and dishon or. They are convinced that the Com monwealth has reached the turning point of her fortunes,. from which she Must either be redeemed promptly, by the steady hand of integrity and patri otism, or be plunged, through the machinations of the vulture hord of conservatism; 3 into inextricable insol vency. This redeription, it is perfect ly understood, that combination of men are determinedlo prevent, in order that they, may still draw from her exhausted fountains, the vital fluid, as the child laps'at the breast of its slain mother.— But the - people are awake for once— awakened only by the appalling emer gency to which they have been reduc ed; and, cost what it may, the Ameri can Sentinel, its tender and the whole infeinal conservative gang, who have rioted like grave worms, in the very bowls_ of the Commonwealth, until they have deepoiled her, of all but life, may understand that it is determined that their reign of ruthless pillage . shall cease. They have , g ravaged as lo custs," and now, changed to 4 , palmer worms," they would devour the little, which as locusts; they left. MESSRS. ' ELLityrr atm WILSON.— These gentleman, so far as ive have seen the yeas and nays. on Important 'questions before the !louse. are every time right, justly and faithfully repre senting the constituency that elected them. , . - • A mdtion was made lo correct an er ror in the charter of the Delaware coun ty Bank, granted at the last session made transcribing it.. Mr. Roumfort coffered au amendment to the -charter, making The stockholders individually liable -to the . ,amount of-their stock.-- Messrs Elliott and Wilson voted in fa- 'vot of it. Mc,Roamfort also offered a joint re solution to approve of the State Printer's bonds a most. wise and excellent sug gestion. Messrs. Elliott and Wilson voted;in favor of the resolution. COUNTERFEITatte.—The Sunbury American of the lath inst . ., saysj:-- There are now two counterfeiters i 4 the Jail of lhis .. connty, fcir passing counter feit mc;ileY. The last arrestwas 'Made at Jackson tep..a.few-nighte ain,Ce: l4 4° fellow bad been' Wetted from - Mil Lewisburg, from thence. to: New Ber lin, thence to Selint;grove, afewlmiles below which !he, crossed over and was tracked into this .county to where he was arrested in bed ' at night. When his room was entered at bight by the landlord and hiipursuers, be was found in bed with another person.- He had a, pistol and a dirk bring on his pillow and was asked 'to refund 'the monever— Upon being requested to get - .up Ilse did. so, and came down stairs, but requested `permission to go upstairs again' to his companion, to get his money. At'tliia juncture, the landlord% wifeenterd the bar-room, stating that the than uis stairs had just escaped out of the window.— ge was pursued but escaped into the 1 woods under cov_er of the darkness.— The other man was, committed) to the. Jain in this place, a few hours after the Grand Jury had been ‘ discharged' o The counterfeit note had been passed on Masteller & Swenk, at Milton. It was a five dollar note of the Miners' Bank of Pottsville on the new plate, not laid down by Bicknell or asiy other Detector. The notes. are , said to be well executed, and are ox.doubtedly is., sued from the old hive in.Turbut town ship, in this county. ; The Other man terfeiter was arrested about four weeks since, and a true bill was found against hilts the present. session for paising several two dollar bill, on the Bank of Baltimore.. Also a three dollar bill , on the Mechanics' Bank of Baltimore, which, has been undoubtedly, altered from some other plate." DELEGATE Mgr...ill:ea.—Saturday Fe bruary 3d is the day appointed for hold ing delegate meetings by the.democrats in the several townships. it is highly important That these meetings should be fully attended. The convention to as semble on [the 6th is to express the choice of the county for President and GOvernor.‘ Unleis the delegate meetings `are, generally attended and action had capon these subjects, how is the conven tion to be able to decide understat.dingly. Nothing is likely to induce that conces• sign - necessary in time of high political excitement, as a full and fair expression of the voice of the democracy through their primary meetings. , POLITICS AT HARRISBURG.- , -Our seat of government is likely to become as notorious for all that is disgusting and abominable in political legerdemain, as any other place we know !f. Col. Seth Salisbury has issued, act Harrisburg, a proclamation for the friends of, Col. Johnson to give up the ship," and rally for Martin Vim Buren. Time enough for that say wi). TRIAL FOR MITRDER...--Milliarn Hun ter, John Hunter, and John Derany, indicted for , the murder of Vaadling, Northumberland, in, Novembei were ,tried at Sunbury ; trial commenc ing on the 2d inst. The jury found William Hunter guilty of-man-slaugh ter. The result of the trial of the oth ers we have not heard. ° MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-..-Dr. ' Tho imaePitts, a physician of New York, was suddenly deprived of his life last Friday evening, under most painful circumstances. He had been on a shootingexcursion to New Jersey; and was on his way home in his 'gig, when one of the barrels of bis gun, which was in the vehicle alongside of him, from , some unknewncauseeiploded, and the charge entered his side, killing him in: amity. AN IMPUDENT TIIIEH.-;.• , -Atriaper pub- fished at Milton, in this. State, says :- 4 . Judge Wilson sentenced a crimnal last . week„ at the Huntington county sessions, to five year's solitary, confine ment in the penitentiary, for burglary and - larceny: During , the following night i he broke jailooreat to the Judge's lodgings and stole the Judge's hat and a pair of new boots.. -No tidings of his whereaboute have come to light." AR OLD MAR. ROBBRL—The Alton' Telegraph of - the 16th _ult. asys:—,-At the ,present teini of - the.. United States District Court, John Wingate, late poi motet. atitoalcing cave,in Hardin Conn ty, Illiaoir,tvas indicted for an, alleged robbery of themes'. The accused is 97 years of age. •Nreivis from idi rations. Park Benjamin has stied Mr. soly. den; theproprietor oftheLaclies' Com panion,lor a libel. - and Mr. S. has . re turned the compliment by suing him for the same offence. , - - A poor white - girl wait recently as. Beaked by a gang of roadies: at Wash ington, and severely injured: , The public debt of New York itoyer twenty-fivetriillions. • The whigs, of Bucksicounty , have nominited John 'Banks, for Governor. On the, .first day of Janume fait; a canal boat, loaded with♦ whiskey left ,Mency for Northumberland, and pro ceeded through Without difficulty. Captain Tyler. on Nev Years' day appeared in a full suit 'of American cloth, manufactured at New 'York. Senator Porter; of Louisiana, is not expected white. ' ,Gin. Hambright, Collector on the rail road, at Lancaster, is said lo be a defaulter to the amount f 4110;000. .Philadelphia city has declared (o Martin Van Buren for President. The Governor's message was , taken from Lancaster to the head of the in clined plane—a . distance of 67 miles— in one hour and fifty-seven minutes. The seat of Government of 'Canada has been removed to Montreal. The debt of, the city of New York amounts to $12,554,553, or nearly one third of our State debt., The dwelling of Professor Ware o Ca'Abridge (Mass.) was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night, 9th inst. Jacob Little,- Esq. of New York city has made a 'donation Of $5OOO to the New York Institute for the Blind. Babe, the pirate, is to be hung on on the , 7th day of March neat, and his body given to the College of Physicians for dissection. The hill for the removal. of the seat• Of justice of Columbia' county has pass ed second reading, in the' House of Representatiies. _ "The - Midnight Cry," confidently asserts that we have 'seen 'qutriast first t f of January. ' I A piece of perlash the st i ze of a pea, applied to a corn for fire or six nights in succession, will effect weertain cure. - Two young men •%v" ere lilted near Fayetteville, N. C., whiln riding thro' the woods in the , dark, by coming in contact with trees. • The • house of Mr.Robinsonrwhich we mentioned as having been destroyed by fire, was the firstlbuilding erected in Bath. The Methodist Chiirch at 'Wilkes- Barre was conSiderably injured by fire a few days since. ; Lilly, the prize-fighter, arrested tin New Orleans, 'has arrived in New York, aitended by'a police officer. The sentence of Mike Walsh, for beleexpired on the Bth inst. Maine has had five Governors during the last year. Vietia Teinps, it is said has-fiddled $3OOO out of the citizens i of Boston. He is now at New York.- Ole Bull has gone South. The famous Count D'Orsay is oblig ed to 'remain in privacy during week days, for fear of his creditors.. - Three sisters named Wier, have been arrested in Lowell charged with an tent :to kill a, child four eeeesiold, by administering ,to it oil of tansy. _ The Buffalo : N. Y. Gazette says that a family in that city, - heretofore in mo derate circumstances, has lately be conie heir to an estate of .t 60,000 in England. , Ia 1547, , a proclamation was issued by , Henry VIII., that , women should not,meet together to babble and talk, and that all men should keep their wipes at their houses. . ; - t• • At least 10,000:hogs passed thriingh NeW Castle, la., in one M ay on their way ,to Cincinnattt. A child Was lately bornl in Toronto, with/three eyes, having iwo fan inch apart, on thiright side or the race. An individual superscribed a letter to Mr- Peleg - 11ondly. Utica. thus: .4 2 P—leg ger ly, U. T. K. Dixon H. Lewis: has increasedin 111, h 1 weight 40 poor' since arc He now- weighs- 460 pounds. Peter Williams has been .convicted of manslaughter in the first degiee, by killing one Oakley in a fireman's riot in New YoFic city. Pomo DEvitivrni.—it is stated in the Rock River paper that Judge Car ney, ex-receiver of the Dixon, laud ol dee, is a defaulter. _ , r = Com4spondence from Harrisburg. . !.;: - ..Kiitursionsir,JNAVAlLTl l4 , 1844 The last Legislsture.was called "The Re; form Legislaturerand surely it dtme muck - to stop the; brats in thh Treasury and save, money to thti people. but the spirit of 4 - dorm is still stronger in the present Legislature, especially in-the Senate. The members in this bran& are strictly confined to the ten dollars each lowed by the sct of last Winter for stationary .1 . • not "a partible is funitibed them at the expense of the State, each procures his own; and it is believed that teu,dollars is an ample allowance for the necessary Wants'of a member. A rule has been adopted prohibiting the clerks from allowing,candles to members in their rooms at their boarding kouses. Heretofore this . has been a very cousiderableltempf exEense,and his even said thitmembers have sometimes carried off candles, PaPar. enough to serve them for home consumption , sometime." No such thing can be done now, and so careful are the officers of,all-unnecessary expense, that-candles which have been partly burnt out on one even ing are re-lit ou another, and used up complete ly. All this is right, and will ilesultin a saving of at leastfen thOusimd dollars ofthe people's money, fOr this-session alone. So strong is the feelingfirf favor of Retrenchment, that the mem bers have positively refused to receive their newspapers at the . . expense of the Common- wealth. If a member (Wants a paper he scribes and Faye from his own pocket. Of course but few papdre are taken by the-mem bers; but if he cannot afford the expense, while the state is prying him three dollars per day, should she be made to. pay for all the little Winders he may Want ? Some may think- it a small nusiness to be cutting off such very . small expenses as newspapers.: So it is, but they must begin some where. An d. the advocates of true reform strike at t6;-most palpable—glar . ing and unnecessary expenses—in the hope that ; ultimately genuine and praitical reform may be carried into every branch of the govern ment. About,.'-the only expense now allowed by the Senate over and above the ten dollars a each member, is the postage on their letters and documents, sent and raceived,—this was -fixed by the law of last ,session, or I really be-. hove, it could] scarcely pass this body now.— Much credit - 4 due lo rf ir. Penniman; Mr. Sten ger, Mr. Sullivan, r. Darsie and several others whose names do not occur tome now, for enforcing the the wholesome provis ions of the act of last winter, and for encoureg. ing and protnoting the true spirit of Reform. In the other branch a:greater degree 'of liber ality, I. might say extravagance, prevails Maj. Andrews, the Clerk, is a right open hearted clever fellow, and bestows favors freely on the members. He bad the Hall repaired last sum mer, and the seats re-covered and renovated in splendid• style. It is said the members of that branch are not' so particular in confining them selves to the tea dollars allowed them fur sta tionary—but that the clerk has allowed them a reasonable quantum; as usual. I presume he knows what he is about, as his accounts have tole passed upon by the Auditor General, he will undoirbtedly take care to keep each mein bet within the preifcribid limits. The joint Committee, consistin g of six mem bernfromeach House to investigate the charges contained in the Governor's message, of fraud in the.eteetion of State Printer, had nmeeting yesterday and appointed a committee of two of their number to wait on Au, Governor and re qaest his attendance at a witness. • He declined, of course,but gave them a list of witnesses, who he said would pronoall the - chargee--tbe com mittee met again last evening and resolved to send a suppmna for the‘Governor to appear be- Sore them to-morrow at b , o'clock, P. M. He will not obey,, of course=and then whit will be done 1 Will th 4 send an attachment? bah—l opine •that this is another of thesofarei cal'operations that generalTy'result-from these investigating committees—the end - Will be all smoke and unnecessary expense to the comnion weall4. It is a very great pity' in these dayi of Retrenchment and Reforin, that this could not have been avoided, It Must cost a large as the printers will send for many if not All the members of the last Legislature—And the ex pense will all come out of the Public Treasury. If the Governor refusento appear before the committee on suppcena, there will be rare fun,— there are some fiery spirits there, rualf,n, that occasion their wrath will be not only kindled, but explode in a blaze. • Hananstrist,Sariutuy lb , 1844: The two Houses met in Convention at 12 o'clock, M., to day and se-elected Job 'Morin State Treasurer for one year. Abbe Ugh Mann had publicly declined , being a candidate, so strong was public feeling in favoi of hint as an officer, and the manner in which he has dis charged his deities, that he was urged on all hands to censer again to accept the office, and he now takes it against Ma OL6II feelings, and only yields to the strong solicitations, of the best friends of the Commonwealtli,for her sake. The duties are arduous, and rendeld doubly so by the ininoduction of " relief notes " as curren cy—and Job Mann seems peculiarly adapted, to thckstation. He is, amiable,"unobtrusive and !ecottimodating in his deportrrient; vary indult trioui and attentive to his business; itbo‘e all tie is honest, and devoted to the. true interests of the Comnionwealth EZEI No retpliatc,position . was rosi'de to his elec- Ittion—"—sonte few scattering votes wept given, not mare tlunt 25, while . : Mr. Mann' received 102. The vexed question of printer is the constant theme. . It : is discuswal every lie, in both branches without effecting anYthi.n2 definite' CoyEItNOE 'OF M ASSACH USETTS.-- W. BFiggis has been elected 'Governor of-hlaeiachusette, by - the Legielatere of that State. (For the Bradterd Porter • !hobbit of fud 4 gt Chock Awns. repeited in the Lewistown Rept,l goes to'sustain the principle, that pemortel property has been levie-dtt virtue Cif' an execution from a It the Peace, and a bond given and i l k perty returned to the defetillant, the provisions of the 4th See, a l tk , of the 10th of July 1842, to p retez property 'from beiug sold for t 4 two thirds of its value, it o itt4 • 'and may again be leived on amid of by another execution on moo , ` wont. If. on examination, this • • VI% found to be erroneous, its publi c i ty lead to to the worst oleoneequen r eN be regretted. Many will beheici be-law, and smarting under the del, .sequent on,the passage, of th e seize upon, property, which i t must involve them in litigatiot ble. The evil can only be ri bringing into accotint the alu m table amount of property, ( I ( to defendants under like one,. The plaintiff by virtue of ihislt tains a lein on the property for Months from the execution of t by the defendant. kle has ,a pose it for sale as often as be ring this time. lie can becom t chaser whenever it shall suit nience. and in case a purchast found, who is willing to give ti of its value, or more, be has make sale and take his money, the year has not expired. • The defendant cannot makt or disposition of the property, l infringe upon the lien ofthe levy, opinipn that is so common, that fendantcan sell and,disposeof ty is inconsistent with the aboi ed rights of the plaintiff. ' The is delivered up to the defendant executing a bond, and itis har what respect a defendent's pawf exists, more than it would, if had suffered it to remain with tl dat, after a levy, without takini , If then the plaintiff's interest if virtue of his levy, that,lhe Men( not sell and dispose of the proper unable to see 'how it can be tat disposed ofby an other exteutir tor. It is making one part hostile .to another part, which is tent with the plainestrules, in n statutes.. Effect should be giver ry part and portion where it can' The intention of the Legisi they had any intention) was to a sacrifice of more than one tint value of the property levietion, fendant could give the requi the officer. The defendant hr to continue in ke use and enjt the property during the year or ing the bond if it cannot be 'required idue. The term the . proiisions of the Act, to wt cution and delivery of a bond. cer. The decisioriof Judge ( ces a defendant under much hr It requires him to give'securiti to all his creditors in order him to keep his property. ,of bonds to the first, second judgment creditors, gives -against the fourth, which cob been the intention of the Legi. the reason that they , expressed selves:in different language. 11 eisionl in correct, it is difficult ra case whereit would be in du the defendant to give bonds. nesty - and integrity, of the would be no 'Securiti to the l the intended benefits of thetstal be lost, being based on term reach of any debtor. The sit the first" execution creditor, much worse than that of tht much d he, and he alone W oe tected in his lien during the y the opinion, thiat the plaint be compelled' to look to the to the officer, would bring teal stoutest hearted plaintiff's , in' -they never could realize the COll bonds, their claims. Every pent in' turn, would enjoF the pr giving new bonds, till the 'plinth 'would be in a desperate conditit would take in, an indefinit of defendants and be without ti In the execution of the bond I is not knowe. It is :a matter between the defendant and The liond is not given te , I nor to the officer for his usi of f icer -end hi s successor• ismade for the assignment ME
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