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DIE PORTER.
E. S. GOODRICH., ?
ganrons..
GEO. SANDERSON,S
WORsday, Farm 2S, 1844.
For, President in' 1844 •
. ..MARTIN VAN BUREN,.
OF . NEW TORR.
• .•
; For tie President, •
,COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON;
,•.. OF ERNTIICKY. •
iSubject to decision of a National Convention.]
cj-As the Senior Editor must necessarily
be abseitt for several weeks, the entire charge
and'control of the office will devolye upon his
o.'Groopurcn, who is equally
in the publication, and to whom all payments;
communications, .&c., can be made.
“ Looker on in yenice.”
The Argus correspOndent, over the
above signature, no doubt thinks be has
annihilated the argument of,the. ,, author"
on the subject' of the tariff, to whose
opinions we referred in a preceding num
bet: " Looker on in Venice " is not
inclined to receive as true the opinions
of any authoF, becau§e be has the repu
tation of being a great man; very true,
but does he know who that , author' is ?
In order that ' , Looker ou in Venice"
may know who he is combatting, and
whether 3 great man in this instance has
passed by the. starling place in search of
the other end, we will give his name:—
It is Col. Joseph Kingsbery ;- a, gentle
man ,'whom we highly retpect. The
quotations which we made, Were from
the preamble and resolutions offered by
him in. May, 1833, in support 'of John
C. Calhmin, ind in opposition to the
special message of General Jackson. ; We
think them sound. Looker onin Ve
nice" -cannot object to such authority.
Maryland Electlong.
• • The:congressional election in Mary
/ land should Lave been held in October
.last; but as the Whigs had a majority
I in the Sedate, they refused to concur in
a bill districting the state, passed by
the.democratic House of Representa
tives. The presentleg,islature, Which
is whig have . gerrymandered the state
in a style to suit the most ardent feder
alist, and the result of the election for
members Of Congres's held on 14th inst.
'was as has been antinipated, all on one
side.
IVIAttRIAGE NoTicts.—We do, upon
some occasions, give publicity to a wed
ding without the usual fee, but when we
have to pay postage upon s letter con
taining limply a marriage notice, we think
it is . giving it rather an elevated posi-
This is the case with one sen
lion.'
us from Smithfield. The stanzp prefix.
ed to it, however, we consider worthy of
being giVen the readers of ,the Porter,
and the remainder of the wortd generally,
and we accordingly insert it, joining most
heartily in the wish it expresses :
May Heaven bless this couple-,
While through this life they journey ;
And may they safely tread its paths,
Whether tsmoeth or whether thorny.
And may they, n - together jog
Each happy in the other,
Until they quit this mortal world
And go up to *mother.
PREMIUMS ON SILK.-It may rat be
generally known that several individuals
id Bradford county have drawn premuims
for silk from •the State Tresurf.. In
the Auditor General's report of the pre
miums paid on` silk for the year 1843,
we fins the following amounts paid to
persons in Bradford county :
Joseph Ingham,
Ira Pettibone,
Jonathan 'Beek,
;Benjamin Saxton,
Sophia M. Coggshallr,
Total amount,
The whole amount paid in the State
during the 3r6r was $3,425 76, of which
Beaver county had $1,248 67.
HORRID.—Mrs. Penly, wife of Josiah
Pauly, residing at panville, N. J., ad
ministered laudanum to herself and two
children, on the,lssh ult. She said it
was the result of long deliberation ; and
pointing to sores on
h er head and neck,.
said they were cause by kiCks and
blows . from her husban d,
when she re
monstrated with him for his gross vio
lations of decency with an abandoned
woman, whom he had kept in his house
for some months. J Prompt medical
aid was called in, and.they all recover
ed. • .-
Nem from all N6litins.
Hon. Esek Cowen l 'judge of the Su
preme, Court, died -, at .A.lbaiiy, on, the
6th inst., oftqphoid fever. Both hou
sesof the Leg,isliture adjourn — id on the
armouneedment °ibis death. • -
The Yarmouth (Me.) Register states
ilia' several persons in that town have
been severely poisoned by sitting in 'a
room when peat was burning, suppos
.ed to have in it the roots of ivy orb dok
wood.
A man named Zephaniah P. Morris,
aged 53, 'committed suicide, in New
York, on Tuesday by taking laudamun.
A man named Ransom was arrested
in New Orleans, on ,charge of robbing
a segar store, and locked up in t the
watch-house. The next tnprning he
was found hanging on a, nail' by. his
suspenders, perfectly lifeless. .
The Hon. Henry. 'Clay . was at
Natchez on the 29th ult.
A lad at Lancaster was accidently
hung a few days since, whilst fixing a
rope to a tree for the purpose of a
swing.
The St. Charles Hotel at New Or
leans has upwards of ,five hundred
boarders. The receipts, for eiine and
liquors for six months amounted ,to
$20,'000:
The city government of Portland
Me., offer a rewardof five dollars for
the detection and conviction of any per
sO'n who shall sell liquor on Sunday.'
Ole Bull is fiddling • for the amuse
ment of the people of New Orleans.—
He goes next to Havanna. ,
' The colored men of Columbus Ohio
hive commenced the publication of a
weekly paper under the title of the
Palladium of Liberty."
An advertisement in St. Louis paper
states that a white man's ear was picked
in that city. and that the owner can hive
At .! by proving- property and paying
charges."
Twenty millions of the population
of France wear wooden shoes.
Wk. Clay was born on the 12th xif
April, 1777, and will be consequently
be 67. years old on the 12th day of
April next.
tilThe people of Trenton and Morris
wn in 'New Jersey have been fright
ened by an earthquake.
Upwards of seventy members of the
national House of Representatives have
signed the temperance pledge.
The believers in the speedy second
coming of Christ, are holding a confer.-
ence in Ngw York.
Mrs. Mary Murphy, of Kentucky,
has a_ husband incurably insane, and
has also an. offer for her hand. Conse
quently she petitioned the Legislature
to divorce her but they refused, though
she is young and pretty.
The city. of Nauvoo
.now contains
from fifteen to twenty thousand persons
all Mormons. •
'A, few days since Mr. Elder. Lamson
attempted to edify . the Massac - husetts
Legistature, •by making a speech to
the lobby. He was removed by the
Sergent-at-Arms, and laid down on the
the side-walk.,
Judge Buchan, of Rochester, has
commenced a libel suit against the edi
tor of the NeW York American for hav
ing expressed opinion that the war
rant to attest Rust was improperly
issued.
The Nashua Bank is the only one in
New Hampshire, to which the person
liability law now applies. Its stock
commands an advance of 17 per cent in
the market.
A new version of• Goldsmith's linei
to suit the case of Amelia Noiman, is
going the rounds of the newspapers. At
is altered to read thus :
The only way her guilt to cover,
'(Since our criminal laws won't nab him;)
To give repentance to her lover,
And reach his bosom—is—To *sTAn
$1 00
8 65
S 00
5 00
1 85
The number of Valentines deposited
in the New York Post office on St.
$24 50
Valentine's - day, wisnearly thirty thou-
ME
A distinguished writer says there is
but one passage in the Bible command
ing the women to kiss the men. It is
in the golden Rule, and is as follows
Whatsoever ye would have the men
do unto you, do ye unto them."
Polly , Bodine has recovered, and been
removed from Richmond, Staten Island,
torliing's county jail.
The elephant at the Liverpool Zoolo
gical _pardon recently killed his keeper
in l ievenge, it is supposed, of having
`been beaten by him.
Vessels from all countries are admit
,
ted into the "Chinese ports upon the
same footing.
e TIIE MURDER IN Wiroxixa.--We
learn from the Susquehanna Register,
that the circumstances elicited on the
inquest held on -the body of Atkinson.
go to shbw that he
net with'foul
The
. woind , instead ' of indicaiing,,that
it,was produced by the falling of,a tree,
corresponds exactly with the head _of
Bailey's axe. _ Besides, we understand
that blood was found in other places,
and other indications discovered to
makd it probable ho was remOvedfrom
'the place where killed, and laid where
it might appear as if the tree had fallen
upon him, and felled him to the groonti.
The only conceivable motive which we
have heard suggested as a probable in
ducement to this dreadful crime, is the
fact that Bnisley's wife and Atkinson,
who were brother and sister inherited
a property together, which was to be
come her portion entirely, provided he
did not marry or should die without
issue ; and it is said he was to have
been married shortly.
A.NOTBER DOUBLE Exccunox.—The
Leonard .Town Herald! of Thursday
states that, on Friday, 9th inst„ James
'illiams and the negro" man George,
who had' been previously convicted,
the one of the murder of his wife, and
the other for shooting his master,'
were executed at Leonard Town, Merit
land. At an early hour on the day of
eicution, crowds commenced to flock
in, and such was the anxiety to witness
the novel and appaling spectacle, that
the- streets and roads wee thronged
with corner in, until some time alter
the tragic scene had been enacted..—
,Williams addressed the crowd several
times, begging all those whom he had
offended to forgive him ? and asking
pardon of all those he had injured.—
George begged their prayers, and warn
ed them againsta fate like his. Short
ly after, 15 minutes past 11 o'clock,
the rope was cut, and they were lunch
ed into eternity.
JUSTICE DONE TO GEN. JACKSON.-
Congress has at length paised the bill
to refund to Gen. - Jackson the fine im
posed upon him by judge Hall twenty
nine years ago, with interest at the rate
of six per cent. The amount now is
$2740. But the amount of the finehas
ever been a matter of no consideration
to Gen.. Jackson and his friends. It
was merely as an act of justice to a
man who has done his country so
much service, and to , rescue his name
from the reproach cast upon it, by a
man who was the first to desert the city
in the time of her greatest need, but
wbo was ablis in consequence of his
" little brief authority," to play the
fantastic trick " of fining the old hero
for his gallant defence of that city.
VOTES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.—The
injunction of secresy upon the proceed.
ings of the Senate in executive session
has been removed.-with - regard to the
nomination of Messrs. 'Henshaw, Por
ter, Spencer, Profit, Hill and Wise.—
The vote on Mr. lienshaw's nomina
nation stood yeas 8,• nays 34—on Mr.
Porter's, yeas 3, nays 3sL—on Mr.
Spencer's, yeas 5, nays 26—on Mr.
Proffit's, yeas 8, nays 0-4:)' 41 Mr. Isaac
Hill's, yeas 11, nay 25—on Mr.
Wise's, yeas 30, nays 10.
THE ENTERTAINEENT given by the
ladies of the Episcopal Church, on the
evening of the 22d inst, at the Masonic
Hall, displayed to advantage the taste
and liberality of those concerned in ar
ranging it. The repast provided was
in the most profuse and elegant style,
and excited the admiration of every one
present.
THE GIRARD C is said that
the United States Supreme Court have
decided on the Girard Will case in fa
vor the City of Philade phia,and against
thel heirs of Girard ; This decision
upsets all the .arguments of Mr. 'WO- .
ster.
PARDONED.—We learn from the
Northern Pennsylvanian that Mr. Amos
Addis, of Lycoming county, convicted
last September for an assault with in
tent to kill, and sentenced to the peni
tentiary, has been pardoned: •
' MORE TARIFF • DIVIDENDS.—The
Tremont,. manufacturing/ company at
Lowell, have declared - 'a semi-annual
dividend of eight per cent,' payable' on
the 29u/inst.
NORTHAMPTON AND TOTANDA RE
LIEF NOTES are in rather ; bad repiite and
are not mewed by our rmercbanta.
k •
SPECIAL COVII:TS be, held here
on the 25th of March next:
Correspondence from
Itoomistrao, Fslnevauy_2l,lB44.
February-, 15. The coMmittei on printing,_
appointed to investigate the.alleged frauds ppm-.
ticed by the personiclaig to be elected Meta,
printers to procure their eection, made twoire
ports this rimming, .(majority and minority,)
predicated upon the testimony elicited before
that committee. The majority report was mule
by, Mr. Champneys, and the minority by Mr.
Hughes. After their reading, which occupied
an hour and a half, the, committee was quietly
discharged 'without any further debate. Mr.
Pavony, from the committee 'on internal im
proiernenis, to which was referred the'petitions
of this commonwealth asking for a sale of.. the
public works, made an able and lucid report up
on the subject, embracing a statement of the
original cost of-the main line, the receipts deri
ved therefrom since ite completion, and the cost
of repairs. The committee deem the main line
'a valuable improvement to the state - and doubt
* the expediency'of transferring it into the hands
of a corporation. Mr. Penniman from the com
mittee on banks, reported advent, to the repeal
'of the existing law relative to rotation in office
of Bank Directors. In 4he house but littlewas
done of a public nature.
February 16. Champneys from the
committee on finance, reported; with amend
ments, the bill from the house providing for tbi.
payment of the interest on the State debt falling
due on the' lst instant. Mi. C. also reported
the bill from the house, with amendinents, ap
propriating $60,000 for repairs upon the public
works. Thlt bill was taken up and acted upon,
and after a lengthy irrelevant discussion it pas
sed finally, with amendments, and was suit-back
to the House. Mr. Craig, from the committee
oe vice and immorality, reported a bill to pre
vent travelling. on the canals, and railroads on
the sabbath day. Inihe House, the resolution
to authorize the State Treasurer to cancel $lOO,-
000 of the relief notes was taken up in commit-
tea of the whole. Mr. B'oal moved to strike out
$lOO,OOO and insertlsso,ooo ; which was not
agreed to. The resolution passed.committee of
the whole, and was' . referred to the•committee
of ways and means.
February 17. Several petitions were pre
sented for the construction of an outlet lock at
Black's Eddy, when Mr. Kidder moved their
reference together with those previously presen
ted upon the subject, to a select committee,
which was:agreed tp, and Messrs. Kidder, Cratili,
Heckman; Hughes and Stewart were appointed ,
said , committee. A communication was receiv
ed from the State Treasurer, giving information
that there are now in the Treasury fraudulent
issues of the Towanda Bank, amounting to
$B,OOO and notes of broken banks amounting
to about $6OO, which have been paid in by col=
lectors who represent that they took tho same
under the impression that the notes at the time
were current. The Treasurer does not see fit
to allow credit for this money , - and refers the
matter to the committee on finance. Fn the
House Mr. Bush subniitted a resolution direct-
ing the committee on,Election Districts to en
quire
into the expediency of bringing in a bill
providing that the general and presidential elec
tions shall be held on the same day, ,which was
considered and adopted. •
February 19. Pot sometime past a contest
has- been carried 'on between the butchers of
•-•.
Philadelphia, and the farmers of the adjoining
counties in relation tb the sale of beef in the
Philadelphia market. , The farmers petition the
legislature for certain privileges which have
been - denied them by ro• recent decision of the
Supreme Court—thef utchers remonatrate i i.—
The Senate has passe . , a bill giving the farmers
the privilege they as —the House has not yet
•considered the bill. ' ii the House but little was
_done save the preSentaion of three or four hun
dredpetitions on:varidus subjects. Mr. Elliott
presented a petition for an amendment to the•
fee bill, and one for letting out the printing to
the lowest bidder. i Mr. Warn presented the
petition of - D. M. Ball, a contractor on the N
Branch Canal, for relief. Mr. Wilson, (select)
also reported a bill to appropriatd the proceeds
of unseated tangs in Bradford county to the
construction of certain state roads.
February 20. The Speaker laid before the
Senate a communication from the State Treasu
rer, in reply to a, * resOution of the Senate of the
16th inst., relative to the' disbursrnents for the
fiscal year, stating thht in no case had the sum
Paid out since the 29th September, 1843, ex
ceeded the appropriations in the act approved
on that day, and that no money had been paid
out where there had been no appropriation.--
The amounts paid out under the act above men
tioned Were as follows: , ,
Expenses of government, $40,759 27
Gratuities and pensions, ' 22,468 19
Militia expenses, 5,416 33
Colleges, Academies, &c., ' 13,338 41
Common Schools, 178,438 99
Institution for instruction of blind, 3,811 12
Institution for instruction of deaf
and dumb, ' 5,500 00
Public grounds, 9 25
State Library, • 2,000 00
Eastern Penitentiary, • 8,000 00
Western do. 5,000 00
Int. on 4th May loan, (issues &c.) 16,716 23
Do. domestic creditors, 9,505 29
I •
Temporary loan, 4 15,000 00
Geological survey, 11,000 00
Miscellaneous, i 4,139 78 .
Lock-keepers, &c., • 16,613 17
Canal tommisSioneis, ' 4,566 67
Check-roll creditors, Per act-of ath
Commissioner internal improve. ,
went fund, .for check-roll credi-,
tors, per act Of 1 29th September,
1843,
internal insprovei•
r breaches, •L 36,852 05
Commissions
merit fund f;
Harrisburg.
p rev ious to the
.. 29th September, the pay-
menu at the Tresiiitty vreie trade under for
mer lavvi.. The school warrants were issued
previims to , the above :date, end would comae:.
- rablyexceed the tatount appropriateil. ';..
Mr. Craig: - from the committee, on rMeMzl
Immorality to whom was referred numerous per
titions from citizens of Philadelphia asking for
the repeal- of the law of 1 . 705, prohibiting the
sale of ardent ppirits on the , Sabbath, also pray•
rug .fora law to,licenseoytiter cellars, and that
license might be renewable without the formah
tiof petitichts, madeitt lengthy report thereon,
declaring the same highly inexpedient, and cora
plimenting the tremens of the law and the judi
cial officers who are now enforcing it. The re
part goes into a fall investigation of the delete
rious effeets'arising from the_sale'and use of al
coholic drinks; opposes an increase of lieenses
as the inevitable consequence ^would be an in- .
crease cntiinkarda - , ind takes the broad ground
that the traffic in ardent spirits ought to be dis
countenanced and abolished, which could be•
speedily accomplished by a proper exercise of
public opinion and a law prohibiting the sale
of intoxicating liqt4s by a less measure than
the quart, whether a license shall be granted or
not and also laying a heavy tax upon their ma
nufacture and sale.
The report was' 'unanimously adopted and
the'usual number of copies ordered to bo printed.
February 21. In the Senate Mr. Penniman,
from the committee on banks, reported kill
enforcing the individual liability principle upon
all banks and savings institutions of the COM• ,
montralth. Mr. Penniman's bill dividing the
of 'Philadelphia into districts-fOr the elec
tion of councilmen was discussed to-day taxon
siderable length, 'while on third reading. It
has been before the Senate neatly every day
for the last week or two. The members from
'l ,
the city fought hard a fling it, and have finally
succeeded .in 'neat) rnting an amendMent
Which may defeat the bill,—that is, extending
the principle contained in the bill' to the incor
porated districts of the county •of I:hiladelphia.
It was then postponed. • Per z..
FATAL. DIIEL.-A duel was. lately
fought by two young men of Washing
ton city, near the Chain Bridge, above
Georgetown. The parties were a
young lawyer, son of,Dr. F. May, and
a student of medicine, Joseph Coch
rane, brother to Joseph A. Cochrane,
Esq., disbursing clerk of the War De
partment. They fought With rifles, at
fifty paces, and• upon the first fire,
young Cochrane, was shot in the fore-
head, and was Eying at a farm house,
At latest accounts without any hOpes of
his recovery. •
SHOCKING ACCIOENT.-A. shocking
accident occurred on the Reading (Pa.)
Railroad, near Mooresville, on Satur
day. Owen Tye, a breakman, Went to
jump from one car - to another, while
the train wasiin motion, when he fell
through on to the road, and the whole
train, consisting of twenty cars, passed
over him: Both of his legs wer&lrac
tured in a dreadful manner. He was
.brought, down to the Penn Sylvania
Hospital. . •
ADDRESS TO .' TIIE DEMOCRAdY.—OR
our fourth page will be found the ad
dress . of the• committee' appointed by
the Van Buren and Ralson meeting
held at Harrisburg.. his well worthy
the perusal of every democrat, present- -
ing a candid2and impartial view of tte
position of the great emocratic party
at the present .time
7 -`- CA B I NET
0 FILERS.—The Pre
sident has nominated the Hon. WILL
IAM WILKINS of Pennsylvania. to be
Secretary of 'War, which was confirm
ed by the Senate.
Tztomis GILMER of Virginia was
nominated to be*Seeretary,of the Navy,
which was also confirmed by the Senate.
ARRIVAL OF PACKETS.-14:9 t week
,
no less than eight packets arrived at
New York from England and France,
bringing goods Worth over half a million
of dollars: Hereafter a New York
packet will leave Liverpool every five
days.
TILE MAIL. V. EMPRESSES.—The
New York 'tribune states that _the'
Postmaster General .has transmitted to
that city orders to prosecute the oppo
sition letter-eariiers and to • sue them
on, as na . any ,different,letters as' possible,
holding them to heavy bail oa each.
Iloiviinr.--The Secretary of the
Treasury acknowledges tlielatini of 50
dollars, transmitted to . him 'front New
York in 'a letter signed A. B. stating
that-it was for the use of the United
States Treasury.
ESCAPF.D.—Oneof the persons con
fined in our jail named Smith Sim
ons, effected his .escape on Tuesday
morning;• 19th inst.) •
13;067 10
MR. HENRY JOHNSON Ints'been elect
ed to the United States Sonate,in place
of the Hon. Alexnnder Porter, deceased,
of Louisim,,,
60,313 27
[For too, Bradford porter,
Outlet Leek; at Inaek,s
',MESSRS. EDITOIti--YOll
serve in ,the Trentnn Eroposriar
2d- Feb., 'the following notice,
Dec. 20th, 1843, " •Tbatan
ap i
will
N. J.) at its next setting,
be made to the Legislators
construct a canal from
a s e ta t te to ,
Of the Delaware apd Raritan ea
der, to Phillipsburg opposite
Pa. Saving to all other enmiam
vested rights?"
I Would respectfully inform
zees of Bradford county, that
is new being made by the pt
New Jersey, in aesordanceivitt
stitutional notice - given; to p rei
th e Legislature of that stale to
them the privilege of extenthi
navi6ble feeder of the Delm
Raritan eatial t to a point opp ol i
ton, where the Delaware Dieisi
the Penna. canal begins. Th e
sion of this feeder will run p ar t
contiguous to the Delawarecanali
miles.
I tale` the liberty to call li lt
of the Legislature to this-subjen,
is one of vital importanc e 1 4 t,
ests of - eFci.yr Pennsylvanian ;
pecially to those, of the Non
portion, whose interests are
mediately► affected. The cit
Lehigh, Carbon, Northarno t
roe, Pike, Wayne ; Luzetne
quehanna counties•are deeply
in prOviding a shorter and tn(
mical route to the New ion
for their surplus produce when
aal ty commands a better pric
To obtain this, ! they have het
ineffectually endeavored to get
sion to construct an outlet loci
Delaware canal 26 miles helot
to intersect the . feeder Of the Dr
and Raritan canal immediately
offering to make the lock for.st
at 5 per cent. and pay the RANI
the outlet as if they passed dm
entire length of the state can
,object of this will be readily Int
when we state the fact that
travel; 2-12 feet lockage. and Itt;
detention on tide water by stet
ing, may be itoided, which wr
duce the cost of 'transportation
60 cents per`ton, still payingtf'
foil on the state canal as they
The citizens of
.11radforil ant
there Pennsylvania - will bect
mediately and deeplY interestet
.important w bd . ; , which places I
miles nearer to New York ii
other route, the moment the
branch is made navigable, and
how remote soever the prosper
now appear, will sooner or hit
feeted. What more tinmetliatel
serns the interests of every Pe:
Riau, is the injury which the
extension of. the Delaware:lL
canal feeder to Easton will
impairing very seriously there
the Commonwealth. The
for the construction of the
Outlet, is enhanced by anoth!-,
eration of Much import to ere),
of our good old conniiontrealti l,
present.embarrassed situation.
present operation of the ooal'
Pennsylvania, in the andracit
is such 'that the state by her
suicidal and most contracted pol
restraining her citizens froiniir
best market for their surplus
arid concentrating all their but
the city'of Philadelphia, to
of private interests, derives ;i:
'advantage comparatively 10
would with the proposed
The Delaware and
11
SchuYlliill canals, pd the
Rail Boad Companies s uppiy t
extent the New York market
from 'which, the state receive
whatever. .The two latter en
send to New York from .3(
400.000 tons per annum. 'li
region sends by the
Bristol, and • wind) pays the,
cents per ton, about 130, 0001 '
dicing a revenue to the sto . t (
000.
Now grant perioisSion to
the'proposed outlet, and you .
the distance.to New York so ro
the Schuylkill could not sue,
compete with the coal from thi
and Wyoming fields. The'
Susquehanna mines cuttlii
command. nearly the entire
• the Southern coal wads to .
and -would scud through
to the su
by
the supplies which no;t.,