THE PORTER.
E. 8. GO RICK ; Z
BANDEILSON, 5.
Wednesday, February 14, 1844.
- = For President in 1844,
MARTIN :us BUREN, ).
OF • NE W -YORK.
• _• 1. For yin' ['Unclad,
COL. ItICHARP-Mi JOHNSON,
OH KENTUCKY.
[Subject to decision of a National Convention.]
• • rtia the Senior Editor must neecesserily
be absent for several weeks,the entire charge
and Control of the office will devolve upon his
sob, E . o."Goonnica, who is equallyintercatcd'
in the publication, and whom all payments,
communications, drc., can be made. -
Tile Presidency.
The question of selecting a candidate
for the Presidency, to be
,supported by
the democratic party of the nafiott, seems
finally to be settled.' MARTIN TAN By-
REX, of York, is the chosen stan
dard-bearer of the Republican party in
the great conflict whichis to come off in
1844. We have been the early and sin
cere friend of Richard M. Johnson for
the Presidency, anxiously hoping thit
he might be the man who should lead the
Republican forces t 6 the onset. Our
confidence in the talents, patriotism and
sound republican principles of Col. John.
son is unchanged. Out respect for his ,
great and illustrious services is unaltered.
But the question is no longer an open
one. I State after state has declired for
Mr. Van Buitn, and he already in fact
stands before' the American democracy as
their regular candidate for the Presiden
cy. What then is our duty to the coun
try—to the democratic party ? Shall we.
make a factious opposition to the ack
nowledged candidate of the great demo.
cra tic party of-the Union ; and under the
plea of istandingby our first choice create
disunion in oar party, which in the end
must lead to defeat ? As the faithful
friend of Col. Johnson, we are bound to
sustain co l fdially. and with our whole
. strength the election of Mr. Van Buren.
But we must have a restoration in Fvu.
of the " old ticket"—it tnu4t not be par
tial. This would be as 'unjust in itself,
as it would be faMl to the success of our
party. The popularity ol Col. Johnson
in Pennsylvania, -is almost unbounded,
andlostly so., We are fully satisfied—
indeed we know—that Col. Johnson will
consent to go upon the ticket for the Vice
Presidendy with Mr. Van Buren. In a
recent letter of his to the editor of the
Globe, he says if nominated to the se,
coed office he will accept it with 'thanks
and Measure.' - Then we say let us fight
!he battle of 1844 under the old banner
of 1840.
We rejoice to assure our friends abroad
that the democracy of Bradford county
is united in feeling and action on this
great question, as will be seen by the re
solution unanimously adopted in full .
County convention, declaring Van Buren
and Johnson to be the choice of Bradford
county, for President and Vice President.
Henceforward we, will" battle for our
principles, under , he banner of &so .
faithful and gallant leaders ; and we do
now in , obedience to the unanimously
expressed will of the democracy of Brad
ford, in , ' County convention assembled,
placeihe name of MARTIN VAN BU-
R& for President, and RICHARD M.
JOIINSO* for Vice President,. at the
head of our paper, not doubting but a sig
nal victory awaits us in the coming strug
gle With the Federal party.
,COI7NTY CONVENTION.--the Demo
-erotic Convention which assembled on
Tuesday evening,Web. 6, elected as Dele
gates to the 1 4th of March Convention,
David Wilmot and Gordon F. MaSon,
without instructions. The proceedings
will be found in ianother column. •
.113t4 Yonn i sivo Ears ) RAELRO4D.--7
From present appearances this work will
probably be speedily- completed. The
new Board of Directors have so arranged
the drains of ,tbe company, that the Road
has betnkre-conveyed.to them by the as
signees, and . hooks arynow open in.NeW
York for stock subscliptions.
Daornran.--Twd , boys, aged 7 and
10: year. :asoil" of Mr. Wm: . Umber.
ger inkeeper.4Hairisburg, Were both
drowned by ietling into an air. bole
While sliding.,on ibe.Susiveltinna?.... •
•
DinCFNENTO, have been for
warded.us . by. Megan Bucrtaxa t an ,
Ram); for Which we return our thanks
Withdrawal of lir.. calkoaa.
The Charleston Mercury contains a
letter of considerable 'length 'from the
Ifon.).Tomy C CALBOIIN, withdrawing
hisnaine from the list of can d idates for
the Presideney.' Jts length precludes
the possibility of its' admission entire
into our columns; but we will gives'
isynopeis of his reasons for declining.--
Mr..•C. says that be has ever left it ,to
his friends to conduct the canvass as
they saw best, not waiving the right to
determine on his individual responsibili
ty; that he had agreed with them as to
the 'manner of appointing delegates to
•the .Conventiori;that he cannot now
permit his name to go before the pro
posed Convention consistently with the
principles which' .have ever guided' his
public conduct. Thatas it ikat present
cinfetituted it is repugnant, in his opin
ion. to all the principles on which such
a Convention should be formed. He
then'enters fully into the present mode
of forming'a Convention, which he con
siders 'calculated to annihilate control of
the people over the Presidential election,
and vest it in those who make pnlitici
a trade. and who live, or expect to live,
on Government
Mr. C. takes the ground in favor of
maintaining the right secured to the
smaller States by the compromise of
the Constitution, and adds that he doubts
whether a better than the old plan of a
Congressional caucus could be devised.
'He tells his friends, that having new
assigned his reasons for refusing to per
mit his name to go before the Baltimore
- Convention, it' rests with those who
have placed it before the people', and
assented to abide by a= convention fairly
constituted, to determine what course
they will pursue - , and be their decision
what it may be, he will' be content, de
claring at the same tinse,'lhat- he can.
not support any candidate, Who 'is op
posed Ito free trade, and in favor of the--
protective policy, or "whose prominent
and influential frien4 and supporters
are. " Much less," hi says, " can I .
give my support - to any ,candidate who
shall give his aid or countenance to the
agitation of abolition in Congress or
'elsewhere; or whose prOminent and
influential friends and supporters shall."
Although this letter can hardly be
considered a formal and definite with
drawal of his name from the Presiden
tial campaign, yet we look upon it as
virtually such ; and' we have no doubt
thit his friends will have no hesitation
what course will-be proper and right
for them to pursue. It would hardly
,havi3 been proper for Mr. CalhOun to ,
have positively refused to accept and
acknowledge the friendship of his nu
merous and ardent friends, thougli there
can be no doubt that he will acninetice
cheerfully in the decision of thi Con
vention. It has long been ardently
hoped and anxiously expected. by, the
friends of Mr. Clay that a schism would
be produced in the Democratic ranks
upon the withdrawal of Mr.. Calhoun,
or his determination to, remain in the
field in opposition to the nominee of
the Convention. These hopes have
been raised in vain. The steadfast ad
herence of John C. Calhoun to his
avowed and cherished principles, will
ever make it - impossible for him ,to sup
port Henry Clay, or any other high
tariff. National Bank, - Land Distribution,
Coon skin whig. Indeed, we , learn
froin the New Orleans Herald, that Mr.
Calhoun - has written a letter avowing
his intention to support Mr. Van Bu.
ren.
The Chartton Mercury, one of the
principal su pporters of Mr. Calhoun,
withdraws liis i name from the head of
the paper, brit declares , most emphati.
cally that it can . neter support a whig,
s , for ,in principles we are as opposite
as th7, l poles."
l
Eess.vs ox GEOLoor.:—Our readers
will talre as much pleasure in learning
as we do in informing them that the
author of the interesting and valuable
Essays. on Geology, which haire ap;
peered in our paper, has consented to
furnish ini :a few communications on
Practical i Geology, which, we have no
doubt will Provo equally instructing.
- DEFar.esTtort..—;The third teller of
the. Merehant'sißank, of New 'York
City, is a deist-cher to the . amount of
twenty thousand dollars. His Hamsis
Masora, and he acknowledges tbatlie
has been carrying on his "pecuilations
BEDFORD . ; MIFFLIN'. AND gIINTINO.
DON,, have cleclfired for,lienry A. Mull:
lenburg, for Goiernor..
News Orem all Minims.
The office of the Episcopal' Recor.
der, in Philadelphia, was entirely can
slimed by- fire an . the evening of the
2d inat. /. • , -
Dickens is in pecuniari difficulty ..
and
, unable , to pay his debts'..
'Friday neat is the day appointed by,
the Executive warrant ford the execu
tion -of the Dolans. The gallows is
already• erected and gther necessary
preparations already made by Sheriff
Weston.' The extreme privacy Of the
vecution, and utter impossibiltty
Of viewing it will have the effect, we
hope, of causing lier,sons,.Who are .
generally attracted by; such scenes of
horror,' to remain at homfp.
A young woman named Scott, Was
terribly burned at Stonington, Conn.,
by her clothes taking-fire. She is not
expected to recover.
It is again rumored that the Hon.
Rufus ChoMe is about to resign his
seat in the U. S. Senate..
A stearboat 265 feet in length, and
1200 tons burden, is being built at
Cleaveland for lake navigation.
The steamboat Minstrel, from Cin.
cinnatti to Nashville, struck a floating
log, and sank ten miles below Midilion
a few days since.
Capt. Moore, of the rig John M.
Clayton, of Philadelphi states that he
Waez chased by a Engl sh' man-utwar
schooner, while on a voyage to New
Orleans, and fired upon four times.—
Afterward, when off the Isle of Pines,
hitiVessel was boarded and searched by
the same British Schooner.
They are manufacturing marble at
Pittsburg, so that it is good as 'the
original article, and more - so.'
Bear, the BuCkeye blacksmith is ut
tering his Billingsgate at the Sopth.
It is estimated that about 2000 per
sons in tlissouri are preparing to emi
grate to Qregon in the spring. ,
&whole family in the town of Ho
mer, afe in jail charged with
stealing. , The family consists of four
persons, husband and wife, and two
sons.
A. monument has beeriN•erected at
St. Augustine. where the remains,of the
officers, and soldiers who fell in the
Florida war were deposited on the 15th
August, '7. \ &42.
In the year, in England, 361,894
marriages , took place ; consequently
735,688 persons entered into•wedlock,
of whom 304, 836 could not sign their
names !
Every American paper which now
goes into Canada is charged with,four
cents postage.
Queen Victoria is four -feet eight
nehes in height. 'Prince Albert
eet ten.
The number of steamboats built on
the Western waters in 1843, as ascer
tained by an accurate register, was 100.
The Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye
states that a lady attended Church at
Du lluque, on Christmas ,day who is
one hundred and seventeen years old.
The legislature of South Carolina
adjourned on the 19th ult. after a session
of 20 days.
In 1731 there was ; law in Massa
chusetts imposing a fine of five shillings
upon - evdry one who kept Christmas !
A young lady was burned to death
in Charleston by her dress taking fire
while standing before The =parlor fire
place.
OU'e hundred and seventy four thou
sand Chests of tea were imported from
Canton to the United State during the
year'ending Jo e Ist 1843. t!
• A young Ar b, recently sent from
Algiers to Pari !for his educatk6n, bears
I
the brief and tiptionious nain‘ of Sid—
Mahiel-Din-oulid-c i &Allal-01114.1•EM
!tarok.
Master A: Harvey, a boy - under .9
yers of age. is lecturing - on astronomy
salad), England,
I %vith great ,s4cess.
Twenty Prisoners recently escaped
frona . the pententiary at Jeirersorr city
Missouri, by knocking down the keep.
er - during divine service. ) Nineteen
were overtaken and conveyed back in
Safety.
It is estimated that there are _three
. .
millions of Germans in this country,
and that not less thanfth newspapers
are published to that language.'
A man„Uarned William . Evans, Was
drowned itt the Potomac near the Uui
ted states; Arsenal._ Ile fi3ll through
•
the 'tee. (
At Dativille the youngest son
of 4On. Mattock, was fourid.dead- in
his ream with his throat 'cut from 'ear
to eor.
Mil
Braatoid Couidi Court.
Monday, Febiva — ry sth 1844.,
CaMMONWEAVYR v 3. §AI)I% STRATT9N•
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Prosecutor Jacob Myer.—This is ett,in
dictment for 'a nuisance in building
dwelling house in and upon the public
highway. Feb. 6tli, the Jury find the
defendant geilty. and Feb. 7th on ma;
tion of Mr. Williston the - Court grant a
yule, to chew cause why anew trial,shall
granted.•
not _e• ,
• February 6th, 1844.,
COMMONWEALTH r 3. AND'W JOHNSON,
indictment for assault and battery,on Bert
jamin Thomas. Feb. 7th, found t ,guilty
and sentenced by the Court to pay a
fine of five dollars to the Commonwealth,
and the costs ?t prosecution.
Morris S. Wattles,Trancia Smith and
Julius Sherwood were, today, duly ad.
mitled to practice as _Attorney's at Law
lin' the several courts of this county.
February 7th, 1844.
COMMONWEALTH 2,9. ISAAC lIIMSLAN
DER. Surety of the peace on complaint
of Allen Crandell.—After itivestigaling
the Court sentenced the defendant to pay
the costs of said complaint.
February Bth., 1844..
CHARLES KING VS. GEORGE L. KING,.
On motion of E. W. Hazard, Dec. 4th,
'1843, rule to chew cause why the defen-
dant shall not be all Owed his'appeal.
This .was an action on a promissory
note broughtbefore aJustice of the Peace
for; thirty dollars,_ dated June 21st 1842,
and payable six months after date, the
right of appeal being expressly waived
•by the defendant in the note. The jus
tics rendered judgment, by default for
the plaintiff Sept. 30th, 1843, more than
an hour after the time appointed in the
summons; and, within an hour after
judgment rendered. the defendant appear
ed, and stated that he had been dischar- , ,
ged as• a bankrupt bot had - not been able
to get his discharge ( out of the Mee.=
• Within twenty' days thereafter the de
fendant offered bail for an appe which
the justicexefused to grant on the ground
that the right of appeal was waived in
the note. His discharge is dated Marek
14th; 1843. The Court decided in fa
vor of granting the appeal, ordered it to
be entered as of last Dec. term.
‘ , 0. D. Blarrimpr's use vs. BYRON
KtNosanay. Defendant's Certiorari.—
In this case, the Conrt decided that the
lien Of thelevy on aft execution issued
by a justice, expires at the end of twen
ty days, and. that a'subsegnent execution
may be issued without striking off the
previous levy. Proceedingi . affirmed,
and record ordered to be remitted to the,
justice with directions tore-tax the costs.
DANIEL BARTLETT Ve. ADONLIAH MOO
DY. Defendants Certiorari to execution.
—Judgment rendered in 1839 and exe
cution issued without a'revival. , Defen
dant ;made a ffi davit of paymenrand re
quereted the justice to issue a supersedeas
which the justice declined to do, but
Offered to issue a notice io the plaintiff to
show cause why a sup'rrsedeas should
not issue. This course was 'declined by
the defendant. Certiorari withdrawn
and the record remitted to the justice.
HATHAWAY DAILEY_ vs. GEO. FRITCH
ER. This was an issue directed by the
Court to try the question. whither •the
judgment rendered against the defendant
in this case had been satisfied. On the
7th July„ 1840; an action bf trespass was
commenced by Daily against George
Fritcher; constable of Athens township,
'and Clement Paine, plaintiff in an execu
tion previously issued against Daily, and
being refered, an award''vas given in fa
vor of the plaintiff for $142, from which,
Clement Paioe i appe2led. On the 27th
March, 1841; a 72olleprciftequi was enter
ed by the plaint iff as to Clement Paine,
leaving the judgment in foice 'against
Fritcher. The jury found for the &fen
-dant.
. February 9th0844.
. Jour ',HAYWOOD VS. HAMIT.TON a
MORROW. 'l 3 la in abatement that the
defendant's '
name is Hamilto; Morrnu%
instead of Hamilton D. Morrow. After
j
argument the our t struck out the D.
EBENEZER FERGUSON VS. SIC - i:um
Defendant's' ertiorari to 'execution.—
This was a case in which both the par=
ties made an agreement in writing -to
submit all m tiers' in variance between
them to Harr Morgan and Win.' Wat
kins. Aces): ingly, these gentlemen af
ter hearing m de' out an award in favor
r l' .
of the plainti for 12 dollars, and reemil l
m ended that the' plaintiff should take
Ns pay in p duce ata fair price. §tib-.
eequently ex .cution was issued.by SUS
-1
*ice Morgan, to set aside whichthe, eel:.
tiorari was ta en. Execution set aside:
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A,.
THE AUTOMATON TALKER. -- One Of
the greatest wonders of the age is,the
" talking machine," invented by Mr.,
Faber, ati - ingenious derman residing ,
in New York, - and which is capable of
speaking in any language. - The IYlew .
I ork has an account of it, froM which
we condense the following:—
The sounds isitie: from the lips of a
mask that as.they open and shut reveals
a tongue that play like the living, mem
ber, though lot so " limberly ."- It in
really laughable to, see this bust placed
upright with a turbaned head and whis
iteted face slowly in a
whining tone, sounds which, we ,have
heretoforenonsidered as Itelonging.etc:.
elusively to our species, In will go thro'
our tdphabet and tiumeials with
great precision, and say "three hundred
and thirty-three tjnins'and three hun
dred and thirty-tgree" as a "Q , erman
may despair of ever saying. It speaks
with a decided tane, as if it had lost.
its palate; and with great deliberation.
If Mr. Faber himself could speak Eng.
lish, we have no doubt his wooden pu
pil would improve-rapidly, dnd enun
elate more readily. The gravn; solemn
countenance- never changes, do matter
how funny the words may be. 'Uncivil
as it may seem one cannnthelp!laughing
in this mysterious creature's face, -when
with heal erected and glassy,eyes fixed
on some distant object he sitis::
"Good
.mor nin—gen-tle-men, and la-dies."
He undertook to sing Hail Columbia,.
Happy Land," butTe cannot say he
was a Grisi or a' Cleia NoVells—how
eier, he stopped now and then per
formed some 'shakes' admirably. We
thought he sung better. in 'Putch than
English. The perfection of the' in
strument may be seen in the correctness
with which it pronounces not only the
full vowel sounds but the middle sounds.
Mr. has been, engaged on it 17 years,
and it took him 7 years to get the so,uttl
e' alone. '
.
•
ENERAL. JacKsox.—We regret ex
ceedingly, to learn' that . the health of
_the old hero is extremely poor. A)
correspondent of the New York Ple
bian, dating from . the Hermitage:
Jan. 'l4, 1844," gives the following
gloomy .picture of his situation ;
regret extremely to find, ou my
arrival at \ the - Hermitage, the health' of
the venerable • Ex-President, Andrew
Jackson, in such a precarious state.
He is. very feeble, appetite poor :
cough :distressing, attended with severe
visaroxystus on account of the paint in his
side. At'times he suffers front a de
gree of tightness abdut the chest, attend
ed with nitich difficulty of:respiration ;
other iimei a.'more free expectoration
greatly relieves him. He thinks one
of his lungs, is nearly gone; his eye
sight has failed him very much; can,
converse but a little at a time, even.
when the , most "comfortable; has had
several hemeerrhages of the lungs. and
is frequently obliged to restore to bleed
ing:and cupping to pievent its return.—
, He has been gradually failing for the
last year; but more rapidly fur the last
seven months. He is able to exercise
very little this winier, but has never
failed attending church when it was
was - possible for him to ha conveyed
with help." '
INDIAN OttrnsciE.L—The Pensacola
Gazette of the 13th inst. states that
Messrs.. Nunes, Larimore and Sears
were. conveying' the barque Vnperor
to Apalachicola. •• In the Chocta
,htiatehee bay, near the'head, she ran
aground, and those on board were com
pelled to go onshore and make a camp.
They soon discovered an Indian camp,
occupted by two warriors, two women
and three children. 'The Indians ap
peared friendly at first; but - while the •
whites were out fishing, they . were suddenly attacked by - the red men.—
Mr. Larimore was •killed . , Mr. Sears
was severely wounded, and Mr. Nunes,
with a black boy, succeeded in escap
ing to Lagrange.
AFFRAYS ISTASIIVILtE .--l ' he
Kox
ville Register. says, that, at Nashville,
on the 2d instant, Judge Turley, one of
judges -of the Supreme Court of the
State, offered a wanton insult to a highly
.resp'eclable and amiable lady of Nash
ville., 'like -fact being .communicated
to Major Turner; who was, a relative of
the lady, he'met the puke on the court
house steps gave him a very - seere,
caning. The Register, adds, that, pn
the `eame day,- Mr. Maxey, the Mayor
at Nashville, was handled ver rough
ly by .h Mi.' Plyne... •
HOW MANY 1 4 Ety HAS SIIE ? — The
Lepdon United' Service Sournalinforms
ii4eatlers that ..,Her Majettlys 4th Foot
at present. suffers severelk from Sick..
ness."
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COrreSPOnleneakelli 1. , ,
Hanittstattne, praat,uti.
i ,;,.. • : .
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~..,.4.
i nutwilaY Peb. I: AI rinchtilll
Senate unaniraonaly bnitrartirilhe,,
on Retrenchment and Reto i,
eUthorizing
~ suits to be broul t ~ .., bare, q.t
persona as may wiengrallier
drawn any , Mints of money fi sa
treasury for printing and bi'lding,..
replorttedhello a so
by
Mr,
Ili
rdederlt
' u: 4
f lut
XL n ,
Dickey, instructing the et,„ •,,
2
Militia systeM ,
to in joie
Of reporting a hill ePherto abri,b
present Militia systlenor s o r sm
prevent any money beingdnusofna
1 airy (pi its support, It appe rni4
' the year , 1843 the -sum ofut,A4l
:,paid out of the public treasury 6 . 1 t 4
of the sys win. T heresolnlia n o n
..The House then proceeded to the
'of Mr. , CoOper's reaolutions r er ,,,,..
sale of the public works snifiesci,c
—a distribution among theinanit
'seeds ari s i ng from a sale o -r le ;,,
4c., Mr. Cooper , occupiedith s , •,
of the resolutions doh! . the bi
ureei,..
Friday. A joint retiol4ajsi,
,legislature allowing Abe ra rn i,„
iz
of the present and succeedi ng
privilege of inibscriting for two 4!,
pets or their equivalent. lio k r
'importance was , tiansacted in eith n
The consideration of Mt c owl
was resumed 'in the - House, but rs
Saturday. The Sensie vas
in the consideration or local lalta.
the Judiciary committee wa s k
quire into the expediency 'of red
amend the lien law so that meebM
by. the piece or day shall bar ! t i .,
tection as master mechanics. 3; 4 4
cal billsZwas Pissed, none or fail
Bradford county.
. 1
Monday. In the Senate Mr.
1
witted the following preamble ad
lithereas ; The permanent &lac:
monwealth at this time asieuntsto
millions '6f dollars, reimbursable et:
rinds until the year' 1670. when
amount becomes due, and tuoyeim
ed since adequate means hare bis
for the payment of the interest of
and nie4 44 the financial er... i
whereas, the taxable property of 6
wealth will not fall short in irluti
tired millions of dollars, and ii
fair and equal assessment of
upon the taxable property of m
meet with a patriotic response
• Itesoked, That the coax
be instructed to iuquire into thr
reporting a bill apportionfog t
upon the taxable property of t
and to provide a method of
Shall serve more fully to Mot
propetty in the . ditrerent menet
montiealth, in such a manner
each citizen to . pay hie due ,
permanent public debt, and pet
charge therefrom. Tbis reseitif
eed until the hour of edjourarce
In the House, Mr. 13rackdri
Judiciary committee reported
capital punishment; which ix
of the day for Monday next.
a new county out of parts cl
Westmoreland, Fayette, and
called "Carrot" has passr.l
the bill giving the public prim
bidder passed committee of t.gc
In the Settle to-day, th:
lag waii, after s,l°qt:debate,
an additional report teaching ib
• I
facto involved in thevelecua of
DEATII OF AN OLD
Carpenter, who hrei ai
R. 1., at the breaking out of
flou t in which he was fir:
then lieutenant; then qt'
was stationer at Roxbury
of the . ba . ttlo of Bunker
woundetl'at flatlet - it 114
of the 400 that repulsed
Fort 111ifilio, and was in,
Monmouth:*—died lately al
aged 83.:
SMALL Pox.ChmiNit
NOTES. --Dr. Duhie, cell
ton" Bank,
,Coluilibus ,
died of small pox, t i le islict
been communicated
notes which he was core
die in his otritialap.
TtEJEcTioNe.--On art
Ult.. the U. S. Senate rejet
z
ination of JOIIN C. Sresci
the Assoe'thte Judges of
Court.
STAnnED.—Mr. WOW
hotel that bears his nano
stabbed, by a fellow csl
John Glass, on the Ist ir
s• A -- FRIEND TO gig:
shall have al place ia,our
Webb's Address will be
our next*
DF,I„E 0 Cl.llllbel
- as ekqed delegates
lions; Delawap Che:
to IXonAs t 4.