la THE PORTER. E.S. GOODRICH, 4 z ii tzTo " Rt. GEO. SANDERSON,S WeduesilaY, February 21, 1844. For President in 1844, MARTIN VAN . BUREN, 'OF NEW YORK. ' For Tice Preddent, COLE - RICHARD 34, JOHNSON, OF KENTUCKY. • Pableit, t 6 dew' ion of a National Convention.] ca• Ai the Senior Editor must necessarily be absent for several weeks, the entire charge and control of the &Sae-will devolve upon his son, E:b.YGoonnica, who is equally interested in the publicatiom - and to whom all payments, communications, &c., can Tl 3 made. Beauties of ther-Tarifg The York Manufacturing company at-Saco, owned chiefly by-Boston hai declared an xxina dividend of TEN per cent. Their 'regular semi annual present to- the stockholders was seven per cent. made a few; days since, and now they have ten more, making 17 per cent. in six months. This com pany have been engaged in the nanu facture of fancy stuffs, and, as it nppears by their diiision of profits, 'to extrava gant account. • The foundation of our opposition to the present tariff, is, that it taxes, (as indeed, all protection must,) ohe class of comminity to fill the coffers of an _ Otter portion. 'What justice is therein a law w hich compels the farmer of Bradford io, purchase the manufactures of the York manufacturing company at Sacn,",at -2'greatly enhanced price, - so that the rich capitalist can realize 17 per cent. on his money in six months ? What benefit has it created to the far mer or mechanic? Are the necessa ries of life * cheapened'? Are the pro .ducis of industry increased in value, _and their daily toil made to realize them =fro for the support of their 'families ? Most assuredly not. Yet they are told that.they must submit to'be robbed of the fruit's of their labor, in order -that domestic Manufactures may be pro tected; or in plain EngliSh, that the York manufacturing company at Sa co," may-declare - a divi dend- of 17 per cent ! • One of the fundamental articles in the creed of the democratic party, is, a revenue sufficient to meet the wants of the gevernment,'collected from duties laid upon impbrtations; so directed as to afford, incidentally, protection to eome•branches of domestic industry.— This, we believe, could be done so as not to be an onerous burden upon any portion of community. Big When it is done to allow. the monopoly,- called to the !!-York manufacturing Company at Sa/O," to declare dividends at thd rate of - 31 per cent. per annum, we serious., ly protest against it, as invading the rights of one portion of, community to benefit another, and much smaller part. DANIEL WansEß'SPosmox.—Daniel Webster- - the faneuil Hall Whig"--- has at length de#ned his position. Now that the storm hit; ceased, he has' begun to Clear the side-walks from snow, to ap ply his own classical illustration. He has written a letter to the whigs in New Hampshire, who requested the use of his name as a candidate for the, Presidency, and refers the selectiotrof a candidate to the National Convention, declaring that Henry Clay-will probably be, nominated, and intimn'teit..his hearty concurrence in the choice, and' his intention to support him. . NEW COUNTERFEITEL---A new Cairn telfeit has appeared on.the Monongehala Bank at Brownsville, of 2's relief issue. The engraving of the title of the bank is very heavy and blurred, aqd the counter feit may be detected by tne motto at the bottom of the coat of arms; the word " Virtue" being imperrtit. Color of pi- tter,•iose white. ",.. .Ooy/estnuia.Bank, Paiiiestown, Pa. 15's spurious. feniale with :a eliild;•respers „ ,_ & e. On the right ends kai ak with book ; and "on die left, Wash-: ington is a sitting posture. FIVE NEGROES DROWNED.- -Ai Fay etteville, N; C., OR the night of the 6th inst., seven negroes erowdeti.thens selves into a canoe to i erose tticape tears few miles beimw that town, but before Ahoy: theiteach'ed the opposite shore, the men sunk, and five - out ofthe seven Co .Johnson skthe V. Presidency. . Below we publish aletter freak Cid. R. M. JonNsoN. It is of ,_the same character and tohe'itt the letter recently published in.ehe Glebe, and'is.a ninth. phant vinTcation of all that his friends have declared in relation .the hero's"",acceptifirtite , Vice -Presiden- WIIITE SULratrg. Ky. t --4anuary-20,-1844:- • I have just received your letter, en closing your address to. the democrats of Pensylvania. I had previously given you my views in answer to yours'dated at home. It was not jn my power cor rectly to change my position before the public, or a National Convention,. on account of the action of my own state, to say nothing of my friends in other states. And here, without any With drawal of my name for the Presidency,' in mimes, to inquiries made, it was proper to declare 'in advance, that I would a4ept of the nomination of Vice President, if my friendO.wished it, and the National Convention iso decided it; , wishinglo . conceal a:ailing' from my friends or the democratic party, that ail mikki speak advisedly on the subject. Any other course would have a tenden cy to give dissatisfaction to many friends entitled to my gratitude; and this course I have adopted without any reference to my prospects. I cannot interfere between friends for an honest difference of opinion as to the, time of presenting melor Vice President; and although I ask nothing as a favor, yet if I was Certain that the ticket' would fail, I would accept the Vice' PRESIDENT, if offered to me by a majority of the de mocratic party as cheerfully as" if .I thought it' would be successful, and I know what ,You have done has . arisen from a full conviction of its policy, and benefit to our great cause. Let union of feeling, and harmony of action, per vade the great democratic family,, and our. -republican principles are sure to triumph at the elections. In the mean time I wish to submit the whole matter to •my friends, and the Democratic National ; Convention. " Very truly and sincerely "your friend, " RH,. M. JOHNSON. " COL. SALISBURY. " The above is the the language of a noble hearl and is creditable to the " Hero of the Thames." What a re buke to the false sympathy of a few, who intended to use the great name of Col. Johnson to defeat Martin Van Bu-. ren, and give 'the electoral vote of Penn. sylvania to, Henry Clay! -Under the banner of VAN BUREN & JOHNSON, the the democratic party in union and har mony like one man are passing onward, toqt glorious victory. . APPOINTMENTS By THE , CANAL Con- MISSIONERS.—The following list compri ses the . mosk important appointments made by the present board of Canal Corn - missioners : COLLECTORS. Thomas J. Haines, at Lancaster. Robert Laverty, at Parkesbutg. Ardemus Stewart, at Paoli. Peter Orwan, at Newport.. John S. Patton; at 'Huntingdon. James Gillespie, at Freeport. Charles El. Williams, at Easton. I4aao-Vanhorn, at Bristol. • Joseph B. Shugert, at Lewistown. Alexander Newell, at the Junction of Beaver Division, and Pennsylvania and Ohio:Cabal. Henry Jack, at Blairsville. - W. C. MCCormick, at Hollidaysburg. A. W. Wasson, at Johnstown. ' Herman Beard, at Portsmouth. James J. Given, at Columbia-.- John at Harrisburg. . John Fleming, atAlleghany city. Johri B. Beck, at Williamsport. • WEIGHMASTERS. Eli Overdeer, at Lancaster. P. M'Mahon, at Columbia. Pen. Potts, at Hollidaysburg weigh4k. J. O'Connor, at Hollidaysburg weigh scales, Portige Railroad. William Philson, at Johnstown weigh. .scales, Portage Railroad. • ' • [lock. . C. C. 11emphill, at Johnstown weigh. C,harles H. Williams, at Easton. 'lsaac Angney, at Portsmouth. L John Urmstront l, and S. J. Smith, to be State Agents on the Allegheny and Portage Ra !road, to take effect from the 4th of March next. 'Phaon l Jarrett, to be Supervisor of the Delaware Diiision. LIBERTY CONVENTION.-A Liberty Convention for Ohio, met on Wednes -day, 7th inst., and nominated Jas. G. Rirney for President, and 'Thonias Morris for Vice President; Leicester, King for Governor. • ESCAPED raomlArr..—Two prisoners confined in the Sunbury jail, escaped on Thursday evening. Sth inst., by means of a fats'e wooden key. -Their names are Epbriani-.Parent and Nad;anlVelbert, • SOMET4ING NOVEL.--TheiN. Y. Sun says, four,Christian women lave been baptized and entered the Jewish ChuMh, and withioths last week have each been =Sakti - to persona of that description. Execution of James Dolan. "Friday, the 1 6th betyean the, hours ,of 10 and 2, %vas the time desig nated by the Executive warrant ` -fur the execution of lamei and 111.41gei Dolan convicted last SeptembeiTerm,*r the minder cif Rufus Gere, : in a 'shanty near Athens, on the hit day of July last* The execution of James Dolan took -place 'at The time 'appointed; Bridget Dolan:having been respited the Executiv . e, for the term of six montheC , Through the politeness of SheritrlVeston" we are enabled to give our readers an account of . the lexech don. , Ever since his Sentence, he has mani fested a hardened indifference to his approaChing fate; and conversed freely and unconcernedly about his execution, and it'was only as his last moments drew niih, that he has exhibited a sin gle feeling' of contrition or repentance. He hatbeen daily , visited by the. Catho lic clergyman and other citizens, who had in vaiii - endeavored to excite in his breast one single emotion of contrition or remorse, o,r, an acknowledgment -of hisluilt of the awful clinic 'with which he stood charged, and for which be was soon to make an awful expiation by his own life on the gallows. Too much praiee cannot be awarded to those bene volent citizens 'who have visited him daily, and who have endeavored to di rect his attention to Him Who taketh away the sins of the world." On the rnorningof the 16th, as the last -ray of hope was extinguished in his breast, and it became evident that his hours were numbered, and the hand of Executive clemency had not been ex tended to him, he evidently became concerned about the death he was soon to die, and relaxed the haughtiness with which he looked upon his impend ing fate. At 10 minutes to 12 o'clock, he was arrayed in the habiliments of the grave. The near approach of the hour of execu tion, and the preparations,made, had a sensible effect_ upon him ; but -he still conducted himself with fortitude; smok ing his pipe, and making a remark that, his age was between 45 and 46 1 and asking the Sheriff if this is his first exe cution. The Catholic clergy were then introduced into the room, and remained for half an hour, and at 10 minutes to 1, the Sheriff told him the time had come, tied his arms, and conducted him to the scaffold. Dolan turned to his wife, and while shaking hands, said to her, Good-bye Bridget, don't get drunk any more." He followed the Sheriff with a firm step to the gallows. which he ascended, accompanied by the kSheriff and fathers O'Reilly and Fitzsimmons. At 7 minutes to 1, the rope was placed about his neck, when on being asked y the Sheriff if he had anything to say, he spoke to the by standers in substance, as follows : " My wife knetv nothing of the murder of Gere until he was dead ; she had no hand in it. I am guilty of the murder of Gere, but not of any other. I did not kill himfor his money ; as for his mo ney I know nothing about it. Once I attempted to shoot my wife, while un der the influence _ of liquor, and in a fit of jealousy. I 'Mapped a pistol at her; but 'it missed fire. I have no unkind feelings toward any , one ; the officers have used me like a lirrither." He was then told hti\had but five minutes toile. v He offered up his l .1 players, throup the priests xvho attend ed him on the scaffold, and 'seemed much affected. At 1 o'clock the cap • was drawn over; his eyes. Sheriff— " One •roinuie more." The time es,, pired ; Sheriff Weston cut thiii rope, and the - wretched criminal dropped about 3 feet. A few inVoluntary con vulsions took place ; his chest heaved ; his neck, and hands became livid; he ' struggled slightly at " 3 minutes past 1, and remained quietly until 10 minutes past, when the, last throb of his pulse ceased, and , the soul of the unfortunate murderer biller' its earthly tenement, to try the realities of the rinknowb world. He died apoplectic, his neck not hair= ing beeri dislocated. His remains after having been suspended for, 40 minutes,' were cut down anti placed in the'coffin, r.iind . 'were taken in charge by some of friends and conveyed , the next day in - Friendeville for sepulture. During the discharge of hip melan choly duty, Sheriff Weston manifested a decision arid firinneis which did him credit. . The exiriutiori was performed in the presence of the Sheriff andsevre ral deputies ; Rev. Muirs. ' Nash and Nevins,' and the two Cat olie Cjel i ':ti li th r ee reporters ; a broths of the Sr i 'tiered math residing in, Ho esdale;PA'.. physicians, and - some otheia, and the jury consisting of the following geode men :--:loCkwoOd Smith, Daniel c . 0017 bingh,Jimes D. Burbank, H. L. Blaeit- . min, John'W. Payson, Ira H. Stephens, Eli Baird; Urieh•Terry, John F.l.orig. Frederick - ,Fisher, Nathan Coon, j George' H.. Bull: Althou,glrthe execution was perform ed within the walls of the jail-yard,bnd -'9F ,nci opportunities could be afforded for ‘vietVing the scene, yet at an early hOur the inhatiitants of the surrounding coon :try wi began to ve . .. and .a living tide , .t. , • poured intol town from every : avenue.— By noon the crowd-was swelled to the number of irrobably bitween - yak) aed three thousand persona. all ; Uniious`to obtain somel position by which a glimpse of the execution could be caught, and the neighhortng buildingii,,from some of which a partial view could be 'obtained were' crowded by persons, anxious to get a view. of the tragedy at the risk of their oUrn persons; while without and surrounding the wall was a dense mass frf individuals, listening eagerly, for the noise produced by the 'falling 'of the platform upon; which `stood the crimi nal. It was with the utmost difficulty that they could be restrained from seal int. the , walls, so eager were they to see a fellow man offer up his life to the in sulted laws ! Indeed, as soon as the 'guard which surrounded and protectsd the jail-yard had been withdrawn,— (whiCh was done a few minutes after the rope was cut)—a rush was made for the walls, and 'in an incredibly short space of 'time, the top was thickly co- I vered with individuals, who at the im minent peril of their own necks, had 'thus purchased a view of the still sus pended criminal. and who. gave.way te r others, who in turn ascended, until a large proportion of the assemblage had succeeded in viewing the gallows, -and the dead body of Dolan.. ' No scenes of violence were, however, committed during the day, and we are happy to fiate that it was' not attended by the excesses which are usually dis played at criminal executions. Among those whom a morbid and unhealthy sympathy had drawn togeth er, we were surprised to see many fe males, standing iii the snow, and gazing at the walls, within - which the tragedy was being enacted. SUSPECTED MUnDER.—Mr. Robert Atkinson of Washington, Wyoming co. was suddenly killed on Tuestliy 7th inst., by the falling of a tree, ,as was supposed. Since his intermit suspi cions arose that all was not right, and his body was disinterred, and examin ed by physitcians, and the aPpearance of the wound, and other circumstances appeared to indicate that he had been murdered. He was engaged in . thop: ping at the time ofhis death wiih a neighbor by the, name of Baisley. Mr. A. was - to have been married in, • a few days. Cosnaszt.—The nomination of Hon. HENRY A. Win, as Minister to Brazil, has been confirmed by the U. S. Senate.- The mission to Brazil has cost the nation-, Oithin the last year, $31,500, as follows :—First Mr. Hun ter's recall cost 522,50; Mr. Prciffit's outfit, $9OOO, one year's salary, $9000; return allot Vance for Mr. P., he hiving been, rejected by the Senate, $2250: Mr. Wise's outfit, $9000—531,500. ANOTHER TEA SCRAPE.-Our s Bos ton friends are obliged occasionally to `make au offering, in the shape of a car: gef tea, to the presiding genius of Boston harbor. Fifty-four chests and \ boxes 01 tea, which had been damaged by kalie \ acid,'were lately emptied to the channel by the direction of, the Atiyor, and. ttnt tc make " tea" for the fishes, we' supppae. ' • • ANOTHER. INBANMORDER.—Abeer Rogers, jr ., has been tried a second' time for the•martier orkhe 'Warden 'of, the kasimehtieetis :Sisk Prison, and. - thiS.time a ,verdict renderi. of .Guilty, by reason . of Insanity 7 ',The' Jay were out hours. Rog e 7 is to be confined in' the Lunatic Asylum at.' Worcester,. ..,1 Finnan Mnz.rixa.—;•On our other page will be found the.oroceedingapf the 'Van Buren iand' Johnson' meeting, held on ThUrsday. evening ; and the DeMocratie R e f orm meeting held on Friday evening. Nears from all Nation& Oaf .that some of our subserihars. who `Me waiting an opportunity to for. ; ward, us the amount of their , subserip: lion are ignorant of the folloWing-decis isitin of, the P. M., General, we insert' it for our mutual benefit. .4*A. rost Master may enclose , monOY in a letter to the publisher of a neWs paper, to pay ,the subscription of a third- person, and frank the letter if written by himself." Diet Webster will commence the practieeof the law in New 'lock, in March next. The Texan Legislature has passed a resolution providing for the annexation on condition that the United States assumes, the,debt of Texas. Fanny Ellsler, states that she uses up three pairs of satin shoes every night that she dances on the stage. , • There are 260 lawyers, 180 physi cians and 72 clergymen in the city of Boston. The 4.Girard case," is now being argued before the U. 8. 'Supreme Court. An Eagle, measuring eight feet from the tips of its wings, was lately shot. in York county. Senator Porter, of Lonisania. recent ly- deceased, has left a legacy of Coneid erable value to Henry Clay. Mr. William Dyer, of Cape Eliza:: beth, Me..aged 4 74,,died very suddenly alew days since. /While he was trav elling in a sleigh with a friend, the reins dropped from his hands, and he fell back dead. Six deaths: recently occurred in Sax onville, Mass., from a disease caught from picking over wool which came from Smyrna, some months ago. _ Governer Porter has appointed Fri- day, the 22d of March next,between the hours of 10 and 2, for the execution of Samuel Mohawk, the Indian who mur dered the Wigdon Mr. Packenliam, the newly appoint- . ed Envoy to the United States froin England, arrived at New York, on the 12th inst. An anti-punishment-by-death society has been forded in New York, of which Wm. Cullen Bryant is President: • Governor Fenner of Rhode Island is dangerously ill of erysipelas. The annual eleetiiin in Maisachu- setts takes place on the 12th of March. John H. Steele is the; democratic can didate for Governor An En g lis h man, a; Saco Me.:attCmpt -0 ed to chop off 'his iknivn head widi an axe. - When s he hicame sebenunabed that he.could use itno longer he agent to the ostler and as k ed him'' to help him finish.the work?' The. friends of Lewis Cass for next President, held a meeting in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Tuesday evening, 30th ult. The post office at Springhill in this county, has been discontinued. The post office at Owego, N. V. is again a distributing office. Three couple were recently married at - Marblehead, after a respective,court ships of fourteen, twelveind nine years! Father Miller is pleading at the present time at Boston to pritty good congregations. Mr. James Boughton, an apostate Wishinatonian was burned to death at Watertown Conn:, a few nights since, having laid dawn whilst drunken the the top of a coal pit. - The'bill to repeal imprisonment for debt, in the Tennessee Legislature, was rejected by a majority of five. An English woman was sent to the Tombs in New York, for • beating her husband; :who was :sick in bed, and: biting his nose nearly off. - • The late King -of Holland left a for tune of sixty-five millions of dollars: , Some of our brethren of the press have 'been getting themselves into scrapes by Publishing . marriages from rumor. If they would adopt our plan, never to insert a marriage . notice unless handed into the office, and accompan ied by the fixing," they would •isave , themselves much trouble. John,lllll, a' middle aged Man, of Princeton, Peoria County, Illinois, svas frozen in - his sleigh on the 12th — ult.— ilithiskey Was the cause: _Gen. Lewis Cass, awho is about 30 years of age, is said tol have stated itt'a ' Temperaice lecture recently delivered ayDetreit, - that he had never tasted in 'te.sicMiug &MAG.*. .* A Michigan 'piper estimates the emi .gration into-that• State, the past reason, at 20,000. P ' .`".• •°off *lt : ::40 4 1 P ell2l/11' .O}IN 511e0 :,golosit for:"work:' and. loot by rips'' the plaintiff in buddin g m :op" auction of the North Bra ndt ? Feb. l 4lh, the inr." find for the pl, tile - twin of $ 79 ,16, .and on 0 t0 ,,, Mr. Williston, the Court grant' to shew cause why this jud g , oti not be entered without cost, February 1,111;i: W. H. 9reaTottost o ar e , oaf at Dec. Term last. of an -asu o i t batteiy on Charles.. Jenkins nu sentenced by the Cotirt to p ar twenty-fig dollars' to the ti e wealth, and the costs of iirout CORICELL AND Miami vs. b WALTMAN.—Trespass againstitt, stable of Ulster township f or it uptin and selling in 1 84 t, a s t y / property of Avery and Dassa,,. quantity of saw logs claimed b y ryell Martin. The defendant alleged that thi, was fraudulent and void a , I, creditors.—Verdict for the d e FEartu rt L. S. ELLSWORTH VS. THOII3 GETT. Jr. & GEOEGE F02.-4$ a foreign attachment brought plaintiff to recover of the d e r iestdents of the city of New Yid alleged services rendered by lecting certain claims in favor it:t t felidants against Samuel P. mit Mattocks. Feb. 15th, verdict 4' defendants. ISILEL SMITH VS. IRX 11. SIT,' (late Sheriff.)—Trespass for lerfia on and selling, as the Oapertycl son. B. Smith, a large (*thy of ber.—Verdict for the plaintiff 220 • tars. COMMON SCHOOL JOURNAL, have received the first numbet " Common- School Journal of th of Penney Ivani," published Ito atPhiladelphia, by Edward C. B and by - Hickok (4.: Gamine; at burg, at $1 per annum. ill is won 4 support of the friends ‘pf the Co School system. ANSLOAMATINO.-A New lilac p i er tells of a marriage which took. inAbat•city between a white girl Colored man. The couple applit vain to nearly every clergymaa city, and- were finally obliged to recourse to a justice of the peace; legalized the union. DaowN-En.—Mrs. Young. the of J. Young, of Bridgewater, Sa was drowned in the Susquehanna near Vestal, N. Y., on Friday 9'h' vOtile crossing on the ice. She married but a few Months since, was on on a visit to her friends. AN HONEST STATE.—Alabazi refused to accept her•share of the ey distributed under the actor C gress, (since repealed,) to dividt proceeds of the sales of public among the States. HIGUWAY ROBBERY. -31 r. B, Bodine, who lives near 211ountit / Y N. 1. was a. few nights sine: met his way home by two robbemaria e' pelled to give up all the money he". with him. AWFUL MISTAKE.-At New nat. Mrs. J. K. Post, killed her little du. ter, by administering laudanum , the impression that it was: prep of , rhubarb, - CHURCH ROBBiiD.—A Cabilk in New *Orleans, was recently en 4 thieves, who after plundering the boxes, tools several valuable artieoL the altar, • CD SENAToRIAL DELEGATE.--The rees totnßradford.and Tio4► delegate to the 4th of March cOnven met at Troy, on the,l6th inst•, but rated without making a selection• P. M. AT WILLIAXspop.T.— • ryelli.Esq., has been appoipted Master at . Williamsport, in the P . 5 J. S. Titus. A INJEL.-A duel was relights dayb•emce, at Peoria.-111., betweeh W. C. Torrey*RAert Thole' whielt_the latAr was wounded' LEoitosr.—An An for g „ hers , ',. of Congress4ook place' is 3 11 land ..on the 14th inst. STATE . ' TREASEE T,E.-,Tholll'o rihgtba haibeen re.,eleeted.TPos4 ,th.e.State vf•New Irtir F:EllRtellt 1