frolr, that it mini have pasmd directly through the heart, and tho blood which had guinea from the wound, had already Sam fated the clothes, t!irougrf,and!lhroughY artd formed a small no61 in the road: ( 'Harry Dlako,' said the old mart, ,as li drew the knife from the wound, 'this it fearful deedi and (lie punishment is equally dreadful. You know '.hat I am a magistrate ama musi aiscnarge my uuiy.' 'And will you send me to prison on such Si charge as IhisT repeated Blake bit te'rly The did mad was silent. 'Did you ever know mo to lid, Caleb? Giid he. , Never, Harry, 'never!' , 'And do you think I'd lis now!' ! don't know.' rootled Grayson, I hevei before saw you when there was so great a risk hanging ovtfr you. Oh! Harry Harry' continued he, clasping Ills' hands together and looking at, the vonng man with an expression in which terror, and borrow were strongly blended,' 'I, had rather met, any than you, heret It wil make , many a sad heart in this neighbor Iiood. Why did you not promise what Adams asked! or, rather, why did you 'leave ns then!' ' Blake' shook his head, as he answered . Caleb, what can I say more than I hare! If I reneal,what I have Just told you, you "will not believe me. I was coining along mis road, heard the screamo of tbis man; galloped to tho spot, and found him dead -with a knife in his breast I. got1 off my horso to see whalicould boiddno for liim, Bnd'was.drawiHg,)pu the, knifo when you came up. Had you been two minutes sooner; and I one minute lator, I, should have made thS same charge against you which vou now make agaitist me'.' '.But tho cry thei words; 'Mercy mercy, Harry!' He uttered your name' He did indeed;' replied -Blake, 'ho Indeed, I heard it myself. But he did did ayself. Hut he did not Say' Harry Slake. Harry, you know, is not. an unusual name , VU, li Hdjr UY, HtU UI4VBVO l.a ... V... but still we must deliver vou up; and if yon are inqoceiit, God grant that you may prove' yourself toj but' unless my eyes de- wive mer I saw you stab that man. I( that is your belief, God help mcl'said Blake, solemnly, for you must be a, .wit ness .agsiast me, . If I tea charged, with Murder, sush, a fact sworn t,, would hang nui yui uaio not oven iookcu ior . t .. , . anomer muraerer man me. He may be 'hjd somewhere, about here.- Search in the oosnes.anu, jroiji may and, him yet. ,IM not' urV . , , With $ strange reliance oh ,Uie word of man wno asserted fits innocence; they left hira,;and commenced a search along the roaui Ana inert, stooa. the culprit emotion less making no attempt at escape, -and Watching theft with an earnestness, o'nlv fctcount'ed Tor by the fact ttlaJt' oh their sue . toss his life depended. At"1 shoit distance fron the.epot, .and in a part'of the bank.on we reausiae where tilako said that; he had not beeh, there was, a footprint. It wis 'Indistinct', biilTks fat as could be judged, when camnntM with Rtalnt's fr.ni ;,' i.nn cided in size and form. A little further n'. was another, and also the marks ofa snug gle in the oad. Hero, too, were the same foot-printsfand these;too, in dimensions. corresponded with the fool of Blake. It's singularly like mine. said Blake. placing his foot on the track.' mou vugui iu ud, oaiu iTiiiiuu gravely ...BW TWM. .WU. I, H.1 I L, L L.1I I IS BUHI B.UI n B.ake made no reply to this insinuation. leep trouble at the foot print. In the Riniimn inn nihAra mmmimi..4 . i. . . i p'&nd down the road', and in the bushes. e mariti oi ine etrnirrrie wp.in niim.rnn.. .Jt . . OD" -.fwu, ut theie was no trace of a murderer, other ian uarry Diane., At last they both came ut and stood in the road. voyoHiinu nothing!' inquired Blake Grayson shook his head, as he said: I didn't expect to; but you wished tke look, Harry, and I had a hard duty to , ""MJjiil m M . M ... W J UU st. I knew it was useless.' norm: anu sn i iiimurht hni- Well, well,'- said Blake, 'evervthinff es, sadly against rue. You must do' your !y. I am your prisoner. 'horses were, what do vou intend to do 'A that?1 And he pointed to the dead Catch rat a touching it! said Walton, deb choose to pullthe knife out of him. voujdn't ha' done it., It's the crowner's tnesj, thai is. We'll send him here. Harry. It isn't our fault but' vou Make' without further remark,' mounted horee; and wailing until ihev were also: heirs, they rode offjn company, taking, rftrlinn in Ihn kiuh.. t u . istra.te wheie.iii dn form Harry Blake' delivered bver lo tlia roercy of ive law, arranemonts ,werp ujade for ihc rerBfl?-" uio uguy oj VCKIIUe. 40 bt, 'Continued t akmg Up A sale 'has .lalelv teen St lite niriO tlmbnr. trrnwinir unn o Pland oTabodt I'SO acre, in' WiVie'irord' rd foun'ty, Maine, 'for ten tkou five ,hdred dollars, and those-who, Hmtuar witn me basuttss sav 'fliai ih na'aers. at tli nron'i"rr.voo',t' - . f- lUBDBl, 1'IIUD 1 ml,.. U.1II .L. 1:..- I , V. f jtvf h vr. ' . " S'Jntt lBot iMiii " BATUKDJI Y,, DECEJRtWH 31, 184!, FOR iRESlbEKf," JAMES BUCHANAN. (Subjt'tt to tht, decinon of 0 Natitnal . Convention.) WANTED, A FE1V BUSHELS OP WHEAT.CORN.OATS.BUCKW.HEAT ' ' , AND POTATOES: In payment for. papers at this OfHco . REMOYAL. CONVEJjTIOJT The friends of Removal, ia the .several election districts in the eounty of Columbia are reqqesled to. elect, twp or moje delegates in eacn uisirict, to represent them --itf a County, Convention to bo held at the houso of Charles Doebler in Bloomsburg. on Sat urday the 7th day of January, 1843, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of making such arrangement as may be thought expe dient, to press the.Removal question in., (be Legislature, ,aMhe coming session. i . . JOHN, KNORR f. MICHAEL R. HOWER M. FORNWALD SAMUEL KISNER CHRISTIAN BROBST ANDREW IKELEll JOHN F.MANN JOHN F. DEftR ' STEPHEN1 BALDY THOMAS FUN STCfN 1 ' CHARLES F.-MANN ' . ., ABRAHAM Y,OUNG. , CONRADBREDBENDER V CALEB THOMAS THO'S. M EN DEN II ALL JACOB SWEBENHEISER .. THOMAS J. HUTCHISON , f , CHRISTIAN W.OLF JOHN LAZARUS , JOHN KELLER JOHN ACHENBACH ' ISAIAH, SALMON ';,! , ISAAC, KLINE . ;.,. DANIEL FORNWALD JOHN"DIETERICHt GEORGE W. MORRIS " 1 !WMl ROBISONf ' , 1RAM DERR I .. ! JOHN'FREESE ,1, JOHN M'REYNOLDS. , DEMOCRATIC COUNTY MEETlNft The democratic citizens of Columbu county aro, hereby , icquested, to meet, in County Meeting, at tho house offC. UVtupij&U., .Ill BJAJUMSHUKU. on Saturday the 31( day of December, 1 inst. at bne o'clock,, P. M. for tho purpose of expressing their views in relation to the candidate for thei next Presidency, and of tho expediency of appointing delegates to the slate convention to bs held tit lHarris. burg, on the 8ih of January next. . DANIEL FORNWALD, STEPHEN BALDY, . '- CHARLES: JCAHLER; ' 'CHARLES MANN. Democratic Bunding Committee of Co lumbia county.. . Dec. 16, 1842. TeState Convention which. is to assem ble at Harnsburg,; on. the 8lh of' January,, will.ba very fully repre.sent.ed, ,as almost every county in the .stale, has appointed elegatee., We remark, pne fact, that in Imost every county, the, meetings for the ppointment o( delegates, havo been called of jlie iwhole, democratic party. Thjs speaks volumes in regard to )he, deir)ppracy of Pennsylvania being'jn, fayprj.p.f ,Bucha, nan, as.lheif first choice, for the Presidency..- No official account of the late mntiny ' casothis 3t been published! and it is thought none will be.untij it comes through court. of enquiry, which is said lo have been ordered upon Li. M'Kcptie, the com mandant of tho jSomers, at Jhe time of the I mutiny, 801111986 orders young Spen- i cer and the others were executed, , It is, useless therefore, Lto publish, the .yariqus Ayr tng accquijts as it is impossible lo. arriv.e. z ay thing i,ike, the, Jru.ih.fro.irj thernv, - , , 1 H CONGRESS! v k nills have been Jntroduetil iDbotlt'louses repealing .ih8 BariktupV EawV 'Judgirig obY Ine" voles UTieo'upon Ihe'que'iJio'nVwlj'j are inclined Co beU'WHit'lt'wlll WliW' gaged for several'daj-apas'lj dibJ''therappr(i'. VriationWH;. 1- 11 '" 1J' u ill(tl i ., , '.. . The Legislature meets at Hartlsburg, on Tuesday next; the 3d day of January. ' The Editolof the Clbarrield tiahrier.one, of the most onsiterfl dfeniocritic newspa per in the etato, thua gracefully bows to Ihejvill.of his party jri ,realon 10 the next Paesideuey, as h. wal ttxpreseet at lljeir, ebutttj meetirigj Oilr Plaa-.iiv 1 ncfeH sit nlir Hitt UA J .will be obse'rved 'that Wb 'have hduteV down the flair of that eood old rhlir hnl Johnson, and placed in his.stead the namo of Pennsylvania's boastj- the lion.- JamSs UuChanar. In doing so, Otir oplnldh of tho old hero has undelgone no change it is the same it ever was. But wo hold 'that the wish of, the majority, should dlwavs be yielded to, by iho minorjly of the. same par ty in tho choice of their candidates thorn fore, as the' democracy of our county have snoxen their aecideu preference for Mr.Bu chanan we wil! cheerful! v eo with them for this ia no time for the Keystone Demo cracy. to be divided. So far as our, naner 1 the organ of any party, it is the ortran of ine uemocrauc pari)' 01 uiearneiu county ' 1 n f 1 mf rir om llit .la m nn.MM.tt, .Ia .L.J. "-.!- J .1 " . .their sentiment, so far shall our paper act as.a cnannei 10 convey those sentiments abioad. We were hoi present at the lato meeting until near its close,- and know nothing aooui us organization, c. only from hear say irom which we shall make no.! com ment.. It was an orderly, quiet and credit able meelincr. 1 Pennsylvania' wil! Undoubte'dlv' irive' her -voie 10 Pennsylvania.- 11 is right that she should Uo.so; and we shall do nothing to prevent such, an event. But at tho same time we canne-t think the American people sufficiently grateful' U they1 Would refuse 001. jonnsron 1 single honor as long as his neau, 13 1101. 1 rhal Bribe, The Commitlee of Inves tigation upon the S'lOCJO bribe to the Sheriff of Now York to refrain frorn hanging jCoIt, has been unable to come to any satisfactory conclusion.., The .man who brought the letter to the ShenfTs house was yrapped in a great coat, and came in a cab, but neither can be identified, , The J)tbt(ofGreal J3rain, in silver, woujiljoad ,296.256' wagons, allowing each to carry 2,000 pounds, and .allowing each team jjtO feet, would forjri; a. line over 1,700 muesin, lengiii .(ij reduced to tenjs,; t wouju load 8,887,500 wagons, and form lihe twice, roupd thcglobe. United Stales Brig Spmert.r- Ppurt of tuqufry into the facts of the recent tragic occuirence op board of the Somers, has been ordered. It consists of Commodore Btcwart, Jacob Jones, and A. J. .Dallas. Ogden Hoffman Ejsq. of New York is the fudge Advocate. The couit will com.mence ; its sutings, on Board of tho North . Caroi- ,na, at Brooklyn, on Wednesday tho 281 Inst. . ,S.CHUY,LKiLL COUNTY. A meeting of the Democrats of this coum ty, held in, Orwigabury, on the 12th inst, Hpn., Jacod Krebs in the chair, the fol lowing resolutions, were adopted . Jlesoleed,, That the Democracy of Sch tiykill county pledges its faith) tolho nom-. inoe of a Democratic National Convention, Jet hinrbe Buchanan, Johnson, Van Buren, Cass, or any otheribf'the brilliant array or Democratic aspirants upon whom the choice may fall. Jlrtolved, Thai Charles' Frailey, Esq. be our Rep'reafcht'a'tfve Deleg-at'e,to represent Schnykill county in'tlle' 8th- of January 'Convention it Harrisburg, wilh.ihslructioris not to compromit the Demociacy of this county in f jvpr of any individual for the rresiuency, but to abide tho choice of a Rational Convention. " . Resolved, That w will conc'urin the nomination of a Senatorial Delegate which the Democracy of Columbia county may make to' represent our Senatorial dis trict in said'Convention. Resolved, That our Senator and 'Renre' sentaftyoJrr.the Slate Legislature be. 'and; tney are, nereoy instructed to support and. voie mr ins je-siection oi me lion. Jaines, Buchahah to tho Senate of the Uni(ed States. ' Resolved, Thai wo aro oppossd to Presi-' Jent TylerVExqhequer' sjjhemos.believingi it to bo only a National Bank, by another name, and that experience has renewed the1 assurance" wo -liave' Ibiig ' enlmaihed"ol the wisdom and efficacyo.f MrmVan Buren Sub. Treasury, plan, fvhoi safe, keping, and djsburf emnt of ,!,ho pubi?, njoij. , , JienOlVCa. That we havu unilimin isliril conftdehce in die' inieglBy 'and' ' p'ri jiisrh of David R. Pbrier, oltf Infehted and' ex'. cellept,, Ciief .Magistiatfi'.,a'nd thanlhei Damoccyof Schuylkjjl.fiJunty fre reajlyjj to award In in liishcr honcis should' an oc. . Mr. Daahv. the Calhoun. canJiilnin. li l,w.n elfctctj U; b,,8cnator by tVelabuna. Xclatiire, over C.'C, Cav ' ,' More Defalcaliofi.Tl Savannah paper contain theieport of the Select Com mHieyipSointfe? 4o iuvestifatetho condl tidA of iie Cdntral Bank. TheiRepubllcari 'spiking Of: the repoit, sayil 'Thero is an UkVioledgedltdtaL deficit of assets to the enormous amount' of tl, 334,000. observe that there are 1303,318 of holes over due,and 72S,lid'in attorney's 'darids In the language of the teporti tho Bank if now left to its own reBourties woU.d be ut terly insolvent,' The Committee ' carries out the actual value of the1' assets, of: the Bank, 61,408,440, against the pretended assets, 33,001,361, as furnished by the directors.' Slng'titdr , Phen6me'non. fhe indian apdlis Sentinel o! the Dth ult. anhunces tne following dc'cllrrehce; which parson Miller may very possibly consider tho 'begtnningg.of the end' Wo are (informed by a gentleman Who 'Has recently visited the place, that a sublerahean fire Has been loging in Putman coortty for several weeks. . i i , . " . . it nas cxienaea unaer a space ot some acres of ground, about ll ot '2 miles south' of Manhatten, and the timber had com menced falling in every direction on the infected District.' Where the earth' has fallen in, it.has left openings through which smoke issues constantly. Various causes for the phenomenon are civen: but the reasonable seems' to be; that a vein of coal, with which thp country abounds," has be- comet ignited from some cause, pethaps lightning. PENNSYLVANIA AND. THE PRESI DENCY. TTie' 'Republican Farmer. This ste'r ing and ably conducted papor.tht orean 61 the democracy of- Luzeinei county, . has hitherto studiously avoided any agitation ql the Presidential question, on the ground that its discussion was premature, and might lead to division and distraction in the jankn of our party. The last number, however, contains, the following article. which wo copy: as'woll on account, of ihe correct senlimenfs it inculcates, as because no irjuiwc in mo nasuranco u convoys that it speaks the. views of -nearly, if not qiie, the entire, democratic. partv! of l-nzctnc county. have been requested to give publici ty an announceraeti't', that a itias's meeting of tho friends df Richard M. Joiikwjic. win ne neiu at, liarnsburi; on the: 8th of J anuary, ensuing., JV,ot do.ss an diem f iuinica mionnauon. . inn (.wp cannot omit the occasibn to express 'bur decided con damnation of the' terras in which the call appears in some of the' papers professing to advocate C.ol. John5pn .claims to the Presidency. They are imnroner in ilram. selves for thfcy .contain ah implication for, which we believe there is no ".foundation; they aro injudicious for they" are' calcula ted o offend many who, enteriainW 'nn honest preference for a citizen of ilnir niun S(ate,ate yef disposed to dojusic to other candidates' for 'nomination. Thus far, tbU lnurnanias caraiuny avoided all interference in) the questions so frcnueiitlv nrcsenHd the, public mjnd,, relative lb the candidate of t:ic uemocratic party for the PrrsiMpnpv believing the agitation or the subject prema ture. Unl' ilie fact cannot now1 be denied, (and, we dodiot knbw that we should be called upon to depy it if it were.otherwise.l that a vast majority of. the Democracy ,of i liuiioYi.uuia rc uvoraoie, to the uuiiimauon 01 tneir own well tried and Wihful .citizen and rn.lnt.m-.. -(BB fjyiifiNW, .tor mat station. They T D.. , .. -J ....... are aciuaicu equal y ov a PennsvlvonU feeliiig, honorable and just in slself,, apil sd miration af 'an attachment to the object of their preference. "Tliey urge, and Willi' mutii iiiauto ,wp mi iK.r inat sirtce. Mr. Hn ciiANAN'sn.Hrae has been,fxtensivelv men tione'd jn that connection. Pennavlvanla.nn this first' occasion of her prei'ehtfng one of least preserve an1 unbrdkon frbnt, and giyohim, ,lier(9wn,uniinimous vole on first ballot, Thete' remarks hve been' cajled from us by the request above' slaled, preferred throngh .a friend 'who occupies some 'space in ,1,118. estimation ol the,Demecralic! public. We make them Inpre freelyl because wo" are well satisfied ih uci suns ti ur gisier aiaics. shnnlil at ncoo Iho fcelings and aantiuients of nearly, if not quite. lh6 Vmt6 DemnrrffV X-tizern'oicounlyi We should hes'itafo In ,tn so, Terejiot .tJiis otr belief .for .liowovor fuljy we might ourseycR J)Atpnyinred, wei would not "press eentiinepts whirh' we were cerfaih"'veife nof'eiiterlafned by 'iho pany of-which-thls-paper is (ho orga'ni and which" we professjiiojeprefpor, ' ' " ' The F;enc)( papers, staie, . ihatv Ro an ;Catliolic raissipriarj, r.ljking.adxaptago. of uo-ww par's psMMiMa com- mWhAnl.QWl (frfiPtablishmeni of. neao. ;vlll,W0 topl'W Wojrilw.i Jj)K. .Hie l.rumu.gaiiun 0 (atlijL, ,P'dly h9usaridih.eAdtof;calile havo died in,J3gypt pf an., epldejplo, lhaUias., rased More Liberal A lettei froth IfambBj HID lltat m irritlHU lm taadb fo theenalbf tl. kulhorize Jews to become purchaiers'ofih'oosds or land in plrls of that ciy. Hitherto, they h been ilfowed tJ mako phrchises "only j particular streets., - - , auiu n.iiuau, mo inio. rosimssier Uen' oral, is" said Id be tin the limits at Washing. ton, on ajodgmfcnt obtalbid by Siocktod anu atokKif a The Banks of New Otleans haveresdmi edf pecie payment-' ;- . , assssssssswssssi AN IQDD, U9TIMATE1 It K'aJmputed.'tHe Iosi'per annum, bv t he deslruciibn of clothing- and tho extraf expense pf washing,, f6ni sooty particles in the air, amounts in Manchester alone id 30,000, dnd Londop, ai the seme aver": age, to.l.03,520. , M. . ' BS9shtS9SSSSa9 Jonathan W Curtis, of 'Huron countvj O., while out liuntirig-deer, 'a short time sipce, was accidentally ahqt by his brother in-law and" died', in about Is or 14 hours. Ohio; On Tuesday, the j Sth. e. Ohid Legislature e'lefeteo W; Allean U S. Sen ator for six yesrs. A!en.ieteivdd,63 votes. Phomas Ewing received ii: Governor Shannon' was inaugurated the BamM5ay,-and delivered an ipauguration addrssSi More Rumon. It isVurapred in .Wash- ington, that Judge Porter, brother of the Governer of this State, is to be annointpd Secretary of' War, and the present' incum bent of that office, Mr. Spencer, to brt Appointed Secretary of trio Tieas'ury. Mr. A Inf. eus Harmon, a mormon preach er, together with his nephew, Orsey .Har mon, were frozen to deaih'on a p'rarie.about seven'mifes from Naiivoo, on the 17th of Nor. last; They were caught In a storm became bewildered and perished. U. S. Senatbf fr'ohfltoflti1 Carolina. William H. 'tiyptb'&, ?Dem.) was "on Tuesday Ust elected tJhilell 'States Senalor from North Carolinfi.iri placo of Wm. G'ra ham, whose terms expires on ftjd 4th of March ne'xi." 'All other candidates having been withdrawn, the votes stood! for Hay. wood U5,' Graham 09; Saunders 2'. MssMwsawssMsacBsjswsj ' A very wealing platiie'r' '"id Woodford County', Kys-'sald1, lI had; rratiier'ba taxed lo pay fdrlhe' Jioor hoy's 'education than tiio poor m'ah'ff ignorance; for one or the other I am compelled to do.' CjThe winter "thus, farhas 'been very tight fully s.ntwerinfef ibd oxfetations of' themost severe prophets. Wo have now first ratolsicighing; which 'a well improved by Ibo.old pa wel young, vyhtla enjoying the pleasures of IhcIl days. ., Tho LcgialatureNewffampshire have sdoplcS tho following: ,s 1. Any person, of good: moral character, on api plicationo Iho supreme court shall be admitted, to practiso as,an Attorney , S' Every party . n a, cause,-, prosecution or, it may appear pleail, pursue or defend' in his' propi r pcreon or by-'any citfreh bf good 'moral cbsrscter. ' m - j I (,! The. Neiv; Hampshire House of, Repre santatives has lesolved, jhat .they, will not district tho Sata for, the, choice .of .Repre- santatives in, Uongiess. Diei), aj' M'ohegan, on ,li)e.' ifltji',, John. Unca' pgd 8D years .tOjlost hjle . ofr,,'l"hft rpyalino' of ilie-jcelqbrated Chief pf that name. He was inl'crredln the ,Royal bu- Fy nig groiina oi tno op tho. riaiy, lf t"i MARY MARGARET HARDEmvnrMiiti,kJ AIL. DIEb In Phlnl' mu,n.Wf' MUi... .' liorland. coiiniy,"on' the Hth' Inst, Mf.'' JA,M,S IyEMON, .aged. about' 85iVearsit " " NOTICE. TKYi hi'to joVcl.a.'at 'Conil'a'tloi.'e' k property orVilimniEd$itdWtrWd Ifol'tJt twq.aetts i pf .arnesj, two.i'leijF, piieClock, iwthlv SUtk ofleVorWaceon' an,! hit' 'UnlV.zl iapossfjiuoil 6f fcald Wdgai duilhg" ih plca1nrc 6 "Wmmm a.wKo.irtoijop.vU- tU lti.,t ,(1 -SllUHAEL LEMQfri lMRf'egans,, , . , i ' - r ' V ' .,A. Er)iT-In Daltawissa.Qn.lhe.Sijtl, lUM. by Ezra S". Ilayhurst fisqMr.'Jf. K. bt. ; in ,mis