ME OE PORTER. E. S. 00015EICH, GEO. SANDEfiSON,S Wediesdly,.February 1, 1844. For truidektin 1841, COL. RICHARD L JOHNSON, OF ,KENTUCKY. [Subject to'deciatorkilf a Nation4Corniention. TY: Affirecounti . due:for subseriit!oni, vertivingYob work' 4., 'at ail' office prior to the 4th of DereembericFt, MUST be settled, of kast. T next February Court will afforclan excel lent opportunitgfor thosc knowing then:edam indebted to call and ease costa Country. Produce. if most - destrOtion s. re ceived at the marketirice. • • • 2 ( a- Will some of our subscribers on Milian Creek da Cro' tying us •a load of' two of Coal Vat' Buren and the Tariff. - - At the great democratic meeting, late ly held at Harrisburg, information was demanded in relation to Mr. hn.l3tiren's views upon the y:10; whereupon, the President of tfie "Meeting, Col. SNOWDEN produced and feed the following extract of a letter, written by Mrr Van Buren to a democratic meeting ' held at Shocco Springs, Virginia : . • "The protective system and its proper adjustment, begame a subject of frequent and necessary conside ration, whilst I formed a part of the cabinet; and the manner in which the President (Gen'l Jackson) proposed to carry into effect the, policy:in relation to imposts, recom mended in his• previous messages, has since been avowed with that frankness which belongs to hi's character. To this end, he recommended "a modification of the,tariff, which should produce a reduc tion of tha revenue to the wants of the Government, and an ndjUstment in rela tion to all-our national interests, and the counteraction of foreig# policy,, so far as it may be injurious to-those interests." „ In these sentiments I folly concur; -and I have been thus Aplicit in the state ment of them, that there may be no room for misapprehensiOn as to my own views upon the subject. A sincere and faith ful application of these principles,to our legislation, unwarped by private interest or political design—a restriction Of wants -of the Government to a simpleend era nomiCal administration- which is consis tent with the purity and stability of the Republican system—a preference in,en, couragement given to such manufactures as are , essential to the national defence, and its extension to others in proportion as they are adapted to our country, and of which the raw' material, is prciduced by ourselves, with_a proper respectfor the which de i mands thatalrtaxes should be imposed in propoitiOn to the ability and condition of the contributors, would, I am convinced, give ultiniate sa tisfaction to airast majority of the people of the United States, and arrest - that spi rit of discontent which is now unhappily sci prevalent;end which threatens such extensive injury to the institutions of our country." IMPORTANT TO SUBSCRIBERS AND POST MasTeas. , --Judge Tnonrsorr, Indi ana, decided recently— , . That where a subscriber to a 'Reriodical failed to notify the editor to discontinue the pa per, at . 4end'ef the thee for which he sub s cribed , or pay up the thearrear ages, he was bound for another year.' A. yeag or two since, - 'lhe Circuit Court of liennsylvanie where a Postmaster failed to notify - the publishers of newspapers, ri that ; their papers were mit 'lifted or taken out of his office, hd`rendered himself liable for the amount of the subscription."- lERAITVILLE PHALANX..-+This Cher title of an Industrial `-Associa tion, 'armed ,upon the principles of charles Fourier, by Dr. DELDINO, and otbereitizens of Leßaysville. A portion of the . capital stock has, already been subsciibed;andeperations are to corn ounce nett sprang. Some of the best farms in the county are 'comprised in .the arrangement. NEW P4PER.—Duff Green his' corn- • rnenc d ed The publication of a new paper in ,New York city. - Called ..Tbe Re public:", It supports free trade.—, Terms, five dollars a year,' for Abe dai ly ; three dollais fe' the'weekly. Anutvan; AT LAST.—The , sleighing which so' many have been anxiously expenting. -:From pieseat appearances!, there appears to be - a determination to make the moat of it while. it •lasis. News frcim NatiOnif. Gas, is now mantles, cieredAoth Jard ,Cincinatti,' l and Manufactories, aie lighted' by : it. • On l'oesday,,l3thlist:ii.he &mottle tor, at Shiebroke, Cahida indicaled'29 degrees below 0. " ! , A German .woodsawyef, named Weektnistei - lately. hung himself New York. ..He was seventy years of age, 'and' possessed 03000 in money. A son of Mr. Mcßride, of Philadel phia,, came to: his death by • a piece of cake getting in the trachea while eating it. - . • . 'Mr. John W. Jones having formed a matrimonial' alliance that did not rea lize his anticipations, asked the . bama Legislatdre to sunder the galling Wnds, adding that was in a hurry, as he was engaged to be be • Married the 'next week ! I,The bill was poised by avote of 50 to 15, and liberty given Jones to, try again." . . The L egislature of Indiana adjourn ed on the 15th inst., after a session, of, six weeks. An' attempt to pass a stay law was voted down, and the salaries of most of The officers"of the govern meat diminished: Hon. Win. Sprague has resigned. his seat in the U. S. Senate in consequence of the sudden and melancholy decease of his brother. A letter from the Hermitage on Christmas day, states Gen. Jackson to be in excellent health. Seventy4our thousand dollars . in specie arrived at New Orleans on the 24th ult. Mr: John Brown of Lewisburg, late . rslaughtered two hogs weighing one houeand pounds after being neatly dressed. The London Punch, in reply to an nquiry as,to thei?beat mode of evading the income tax,. says,. " Invest all your_ money iu Pennsylvinia bonds." A hard hit, but a fair - one. The cost of a bible in the , year 1272 was Abut $l5O, and the price of labor was two cents per ,day.. , Thomas L. Wilson, latt3Secretary of the board of Canal Cordmissioners has been appointed Deputy Secretary of he Commonwealth. Judge Porter, U. S. Senator from Louisiana, whose health obliged him to return to his home, now lies dan gerously °ill. -The tavern of Mr. Wagner, at Bear Creek, on the Eastern Turnpike nine miles from Wilkes-Barre was destroyed by fire on the 12th inst. Edgar S. Price, one of the proplie tors of the West . Chester Republican, - died on die 9th inst. Mr. P. had been conn l acte4 with the Republican for a period of , fifteen years. A woninn lately died in Boston of starvation) The place in which she. Was found was a miserable cellar, and her husband was drunk. A man attempting to break into a house in Philadelphia was shot dead and left by his comrades. The New YOrk Tribune boasts of receiving from 2 to 150 , subscribers daily, with cash in advance. A female mail robbechas been caught in New York state. Her name is Mrs. Jones, wife of the postmaster at'Spen cer in the town of Albion, Oswego co. she was arrested on a charge of rifling letters while over - bauling the' mail. The R#or.itrop man has sold $l3OO worth of strops in Cincinnatti.- • it is rumored that President, Tyler About to 'annex' to himself a wife. The river opposite this place is firm closed with ice. • We have the Dyer misfortune to have on hand a quantity of the fraudu. lent issues of the Towanda Bank, but are Boyd up by the hope that some one will legalize and take them oWour hands r- There are two white negroee on ex hibition at Hartford Conn. A young lady "in Liverpool, hut 19 years of age, has already crossed .the Atlantic 28 times. Mr. John Brown Francis, wbig has been elected United States Senator from Bhodelsland for the unexpired term of Hot.-,Wya. Sprague resigned.. Five divorce bills' ero- acted upon in one day in_ the Councils of New Jersey: . - John J. Van Voist. of ,Schenectady. N. Y. has entered on the one hundred and fourth year of ‘his age.: indge Poller, S. "Serfattitfroni tonisiana, died:at his...residence on the 13th uh. in The 58th year of hie age.' DISGRACEFUL.-Our Congressional 'balls, are really becoming a disgrace to the nation, Scenesiikwhich pokentle would participate are OftlidlY *lmmo, with ocCasionally it pugilistic encounter.; The last was an attack by Mr Veiler, of Ohio, upon Nr. 'Shrive, reporter for the Baltimore Patriot, upon .the door or . the 'goeso, a few iccomis Wore ,the hoar of meeting ' Scenci-of this kind are indeed• disitteit-' ful and Cannot but greatly injure tlielchar acter of the country. It is but too true, however, that some of the political letter writers of the day:.are entirely too abu , give. {but another scene occurred', on Friday—also growing out•ofa statement made by aWashinghton correspondent. Mr.' C. J. Ingersoll of Philadelphiri co. (4th District, rose with . a paper in his hand, understood to be the U. B.*Gazette, read a paragraph froth a letter which he charged upon Nathan Sargent Esq.;'the correspondent' of that paper. He pro nounced it false, and called upon , the Speaker to deny Mr. Sargent the privi lege of the floor. The statement was; to this effect, that when a •queston was I pending on the Massachnsetts resolutions ' for an amendment of the Constitution, Mr. Ingersoll inquired of;\'lr. Adams, if' be tMr. A.) did not draw up those reso lutioas ! Mr. A., without deigning to reply to this' impertinent question after - a ' dignified look at Mr. Ingersoll, turned with :calm dignity to the Speaker, and called for the yeas and nays. Mr. Morris, of Pa., rose and observed in substance, without knowing what was particularly complained of, that he could vouchXor the character'of Mr. Sargent as a gentleman of unimpeachable veraci ty, and one incapable of tieing' injustice to his colleagues or any one else. Mr.l4t dims next rose, and spoke at some length, maintaining the statement made by Mr. Sargent. The debate here took • quitela desulto ry- 1 • turn. Mr. Ingersoll !made some re-, marks in reply ; and ,Mr. Wise gave it . as his , opinion, that Mr: Sargent's cow ardice was only equalled by his menda city. The whole scene was one of con. fusion, and was unworthy the 'dignity of the House. Mr: Cave Johnson spoke of turning out all letter waiters, as the best mode of settling the business. L. The' whole subject was indefinitely postponed * and the House adjourned. Ulm—The lead trade of Upper Mis sissippi is getting to be of immense im portance, and is growing more valuable every year. The demand for the metal is only limited by ,the price, and if it could be carried at the cheaper rate we might supply the whole world from the labaratory of nature in the region of the Upper Mississippi. The shipments from all the points in 1841 were, pigs, - - - 463,404 1842 473,099 1843 - - ---- 584,131 This with the addition of 25,142 pigs stopped by the ice; makes an increased production in 1843 of 140,174 pigs.—. There were in addition 1400 pigs cop per mined, and the increase in this ar ticle also bids fair to be very large. The aggregate value, of both metals at the mines exceeded $1,000,000. AN AFFRAY AND Loss OF Lrez.—On the fith hist, an affray took plaCe at Fair , . field, Green county, Ohio; which result ed in the death of one of, the 'parties.— John Parsons was indebted to Isaac Mil ler, and had a horse. which M. claimed on n l promise of a bill of sale. Refusing the aid, of, the law, M.'proceeded with bis`son, about 22 'years old, to take the. animal/--by force. , He said his son was a good. fighter, Mad invited; some of his neighbors to go along and see the P. refused to give tip' the horse, and Mil ler and his son brought him out of the stable. A violent altercation ensued, when P. seized a club and felled both the Millers to the ground by blowsover the head. The old Man is since 'dead, acid the son is in a very dangerous condi tion, with his skull fractured. We learn from the Clinton erat that: the new knee of Mr.. Kammerdienner in this place was on Tuesday last entirely consumed by fire together with a quantity of furniturp and tools. Mr. Kammerdienner has by this accident sustained a loss that low are able to bear these' times. We in. eerily regret this unfortunate. occur. once. RE.TEcTsp.,ThEi 1I S. , Senite! re• jected the nomination of Jas.'lll.4"Orter as SeCrctary of War, by a most over. whelmini Vote,' there 'befog bpr . three votes in hislavor. ' E. IM OFizek, ,tir'present inime chance o) reforin iii&e rates,of pa caned for by the eople .f . year , . wt. Merrinkc•ell Senate; constnittee.on reported a bill' of whiclt alp outline. One of the *Ore:cis-of the preient high . rates of postage hethe Istabliahment of a`-private`rouse-carrying lettiri . z be twen Boston and New York - at 6 1 cents each. • • I Postage on ' all letters under ! 100 5 cts. -de. • • -,do.- over -do. ' 10 , All newspapers free withhn tha county - where they are-published. • • Do. out of the county_ and'of the site of the Courier & Env - we; (oak 1325 square, ine,hes) under 100 miles, +j do over4oo Miles . , 1• - All pare phletii and other krinted matter if every description, per ounce, '5l The franking ppyilege totally abolished'. A Vitiated-and reasonable number of free stamps allowed to M. O's. All k •tiers; &c. free to M.'C's. - Frani:mg allowed to the; President and heads of DepiMunents. Arco rasa STRANG/ 1 STorry.--ThePro vidence Journal cony iirts m a ost improba ble story relative to a' I mpression said to have bvert. inade by :the Rev. E. R. Ave ry. It Will `be recollected that this indi vidual was tried 'at Newport, R. I. in May '1833, for the under of Sarah Ma ria Cornell, on the 20th' of „December, 1832. The story zees that Avery has lately died in Ohio, and that on his death bed be made a code salon not only of the murder'Of Miss Con tell, but of two other female's, lilreivise. The circumstances attending the reporte d confession render it altogether improba 'ble. • Looi TO YOUR Fut' Es.T--4t this season of the year , too muck caution cannot be manifested in, propt Irlr providing for safetyTrom`tlae ravag es of this insidious element. It is stint; which every man owes to 'himself as w ell as to his neigh-, bor to ascertain if evelry thing connected with those incendianes,l i stoves, is.safe. In the - presentetateOf o urborough, with out a Ere engine or a Ore company, a conflagration iii -alma it any quarter wonld involve on imm dense amount of lois.- LEE? YEAR.-...The Ladies should bear in mind that this leap year, and that it is their mid • isputeal right to take matters out of te ha d oils of bashful lovers and negligent sw6tes, and bring the affair to an eclairess meal directly ; a consumation greatly desired by the ladies of Lycomintr, w should think, as we observe in i the last Lycoming Gazette no less than fourteen marriages. Great times for the arsons and the printers. £RIAL VON:ARR.-1 r; John Wide the zsrouant, of Lance. ter, asks' an ap propriation from Co . gress, for the construction of a ballo.n, one hundred feet in diameter, with Iwhich which be 'pledges himself to circumnavigate the globe in from thirty to forty days. The next attempt, will I probably 'be'a voy age to the moon. Loren:woe-4k IltMin Pratt, of Ole an, Cattaraugns co.!. Y., in the em ployment of a land ofree, in that county, while in the discherg of his duty, in fer el retting out lumber Stealers, on the 17th `ult., was most cruelly beaten and mal treated. The unfortu_ ate man was bare ly able to make his way afterwards to [7l the nearest log shanty, where he receiv ed every attention liis situation required. 1 1 TRIAL , OF MAROIL mas Marsh for them dick, , terminated lat Tuesday Jan. 230. in a verdict of guilty prisoner was reMan It the rendition Of th ;er burst) into tears an affected ImmurraspDiscussioN.—Two learn edl I .. doctors in Nev l York are'discilssing the question, ..can there be a Church without a Bishop?" ' A cotemporary pro poses 'the folloWingfor tbeir considera tion. Can there'be*fasliiunable'yolan g lady without. a ii; op? AcemEx.r.—Mr Z. L. Beeta . e Prin cipal of the' Mon rose. Acao,einy was • severely burned of the the` 16th ult., toy the explosion of xjar of phosphorus he held in his hap s. The school was . in session at the time, and the explO; sion caused Ito i little fright among' the pupils. - - - . Susgetruour4 cattle Conveni .County ; eleete delegate to thr den' instructed .A CouNTT.—The demo: ition of SUSTIeb3I3I3II 41 (Joint H Dimock; as 4th of March Conven ! , jfititly:.for HOD: itext fOi P. Cotk:3lkrauAlt s MI Theis appears obtaining, the stage so loudly florin : the WI hairaiSh of the sat - Offices Jai ,the following ie =I •BirROLARY.—On the evening 'of 'the Sth inst., the house of Mr. Horace Reed of Smithville, chenangoi Co., N. Y., was entered while the family were at 'church and rabbet', of $3OOO in money and notes. The burglar was Edward Agard,:jr., a lad•of 15 years of age. He was arrested, confessed hip guilt and restored the prolierty. SENTENCED.--Mohawk, the Indian convicted of murder in Butler county, has been sentenced to be hung. new. trial Was refused him: The seri= tence, it is believed by the citizens Of Butler county, if carried into effect, wilt be judicial murder, as there is mast satisfactory evidence that he is insane. =—The trial of Tho'- urder of Mrs.!Chatt- Newark. N. I. on The jury brought of murder, and the for sentence.— e verdict the prison seemed v ery much ADVERTanTEIcTB.-1 - lerc.after casu al advertiriements sent to this office for publication, must, be accompanied by the money or some responsible guaran-' ant' that we 81164 . 11 e remunerated for oar labor, and•the sfte they occupy, or they will not be inserted. SIRE AT 'REitinzip.--A. a fire occurred at Reading, on-Ti !el:, . which caused the degtructica.. et dd erable amount oc propetty.lt l Seveal.pe sons ;were severely...injured by Are and , / otherwise. - '' • - :0) I I7R, HARRISBURG CORRESPONDENT has not favored us with a letter this week, for the reason; we suppnse,.that no busi ness of importance obi been transacted to communicate to dig people oaf • Brad ford: • C I aNGRESS most probably is busy; but its transactions have no , referencct to he public good ;'norare they worth 'taring - or we should fbrnish . them to our - • " titcuroN. or ,ADAII Hoax.—This ,perionrunder Setitenee of death in the il a i t i a j o i;:, jail, was - exeeuted on Friday t, -was attended te Place'of,execution by a clergymmt and his son expressed' to the 430 t, an entire,wiihngness to di . There were most pro ably, ten thou- , sand, persons ameng.lhom were m!in'y women—on the surrounding eminen. ces.i who witnessed the execution. In the sail eueloeure Were perhaps.a thou sand, more. , ' ONSOLIDATED.--Mr George Fuller heal purchased the Volunteer" and “;Star" establish ments ' 14ontrose. and united them njuier the title of the ,. NOrthern, Democrat. 7 The: demcip macy of Susquehanna :will find. that die paPer will , subserve their interests ancl prdmote their principles,better thane half a-dOzen . to be constantly engendering family quarrels and party disturbances. We wish Nr. Fuller the success he will no doubt deserve. , •SlhouLAa ; ACCIDENT.--4he Spring field (Mass.) RepubliCan states an, in stance of 'centrifugal force birsting a grindstone that occurred at the U. S. water shop. W hen going with immense velocity, it burst apart, one half going through the side of Ate shop .and over the pond to the opposite side, Where it lodged. The other half, weighing about four hundred pounds, burst thro' the. floor above: 'Several workmen above the floor, when the stone burst through, narrowly escaped. Hoextsa.—Some graceless scamp, at Harrisburg, has been hoaxing. the Philadelphia editors. 'fbey sent fist ly an account of the , appearance of the Rev. A. K. Avery.—(of Sarah ~Maria Cornell notoriety)—at a Tempfrancie meeting, and being lynched,—then the burning of the Washington Hotel, both of which succeeded, but an account of an awful murder in Harrisburg, which was fiirwarded, was nogo." It is a contemptible business at best. BucKsuoD WARS—A Gentleman of the Philadelphia Bar" proposes to pub, lish in six successive nUmbers of the e 6 , Citizen Soldier" at Philadelphia, •"a serious and enduring history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the winter of 1838 and '39," • • • The first number will be issued On 21st of the present month.. One copy 50 cts., three copies, SI. Addresslt. H. Diller No. 3, North Sixth street. UNFrITUNATE AmuEivr.—We learn from / the Adams Sentinel, another in instance of the,danger, incurred in hand , link fire-arms carelessly. A young I, e man, at a sal 1 near Gettysburg ; took up a rifle whic he was not_aware, was loaded and 'Carelessly snapped it.' Vit fortunately the gun - was charged. With porider and hall. It went ofr; severely injuring a gentleman standing ,near; - iwiitt, tot the a n , dio , a r Essys n Geology - • —a • 'O .---03, v NO atteara that leaves the monattu; Ceme!) eloPtY to dm ;lowland Tai e , -4 nut ehi pen its own moot ki,. The Pioduct.of p Mein* , priti `: Anawliere iisieddliitiuslithe Yields 14 rich londlii h e ib wid note ThlitAeyormatiora gthe a - The Bradt:cm that are called *lit are the deposits of mud, silt, a n that are continually formingi d ,n all tions that are subject 93 be period overflowed by water: Therat. ly a stream Whose- waters are 10 that we cannot perceive in then ! .„, rules.. These are usually fi ne ,cles of earth, which are opbere e b„ motion of the water, and whenevee is perfectly at rest, they i re l eft sediment at its bottom. Thera ~ of these particles, depends on IN city of the stream andithe surka, which it has to run. Thus eget contact with clay and other fie e l„ ded earths,. are always turbid, 0 the extreme fineness of tii! p it : S ti l o th n. o ugh they have no appi ren , On the' other hand, streams - 44 rocky beds' and banks, are usual, parstively clear, altheu.g.h so m e, pid. Now it is calCulated thu s city of six inches per second r l fine sand, eight inches; sandas,. as - linseed, twelve inches; E„ e While a velocity of twenty four per second, .will roll along pek6l 4 inch in diameter, on a level* Now this would not be equal ,inches per hour, so that we atp,, a . sufficient . power in all our cia a 'load th'emselves with the loos with '.which they come in co , These' are upborne only wbilr4 tion of the water continuer 4 consequently.deposited edema motion is abstraCted.' It is thus that the rich loam d -lowland have been spread inoure ; each. successive flood having ad, deposit to them. There,are other depoSits called tile or marsh alluviums. Thm formed by the eapes and other re Ides that early decay in then; when they are covered with rate form peat, but where their sane Suet' us to prevent their being ,flowed continually, they • form 11. -or'vegelahle mould. There is another class of all , not so well defined as the pro. which are. no les? importantin a, gical view. These are the fine ties , of soil that are continually fe by the disintregatfon of rocks, a situations where exposed to the of air and moisture. There is a de, chemical action ever busy in clia the exposed parts of even the -h rbcks. This, with the mechanical of ruins, running streams, frosts* er a - ctive.causes has imperceptibly 'id our otherwise rock hills alibi suited to the grOwth of vegetables the support of animal life. It is this all our soils and loose earths has , formed and are now forming. Every stream that leaves its op source carries a portion of soil L. and either deposites it in it-scone, its ernbouchre. There are nianyr where the land has been exttodd miles into the sea by' the Won .streams, and no doubt the bele' ocean has in some places been ly raised by this cause. " Whit: hinders that new: shores thrli ascend Out of the . bosom of the deep, talsprev) Till al! converge, from one cimageido Into a solid breadth of table WA Bound by the horizon, canopied by IA And ocean in his own abyss absorta' SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—The roof log cabin, which had beerierecid the whigs of Richmond, Va., are which covered with ,hadiriauals , percipitated them to the ground, a . lance of 2.5 feet. No persons but many persons severely injured. One of the persons injured, since died of wounds received. • FIRE AND LOSS OF Las.--A distressing event occurred on 6e inst., at Adrian,' Mich. The of a Mr.: Fox was con... Tinte d, :0 wife petished in the flames. 1 31 ' . was so burned 'that he is not eq e , to live, They: were both yoog , l had been married 'very recently. Missrssmer. , —The Delalaeg tticl vention'of this State assembled mi kin, on Jan. 9, and made its DO lions. For President the vote, Buren 03, Calltoun• 2o. ?resident, Col. Polk was 054 1 by a veta. of 51 to 29. LI FIRE INMO?iTECILL O, occurred in 1‘ S3'°' 13th ult., which catroyea house and Presbyierlau churci. county records _were AcciurrTED.—The trial or SI Norman, for endeavoring to stab IT'S. 'Ballard . upon . the IlePs Astor; lionae; - New 7 ork, IJ'