"TnwTn -witisot'T aii '
FOH PMES1DENT,
JAMES BUCHAlVAff.
(Subject to the decision of a Kationa
Convention,)
APPOINTMENT BY THE GOV
ERNOR. John B. Butler, Levi Reynolds, and
William Overfield, to be Cannal Commissi-,
oners of the Commonwealth of, Pennsyl
vania, for one year commencing February
1, 18 43.
Kentucky, with Tennessee, Georgia and
tMiisouri, recommends that the Deniocra
ic National Convention bo held in Nov,
1843. What saye' Pennsylvania?11 The
Columbia Democratic savs yea. '
HAiiKisWb, Feb. 7, 1 843.
Yesterday the governor returned to tho
Legislature with his signature, tho act can
celling 8100,000 per month, of the relief
Hole?, until tho whole shall be destroyed.
"We have now n fair prospect of getting this
trash out of circulation, and (mouthing is
certain, if wo.do not get any thing better in
Ha place, we oannot get a much worse sub
stitute. To morrow the first $100,009 is to
be burnt. No Congressional apportionment
till has yet passed, although both branches
have pasted a bill to 6uit themselves, both
of which wets voted down when they come
into tho other branches. Last week, the
subject was again up, in the House, and on
Saturday was postponed until the Mth inst.
This, and the bill apportionment of the sen
tf fflAJtWJMeoJlifi be two of the most vex
islature this session. Evcrv memberwish!
es to have his own district to suit his own
views, or in other words, to advance his
own ambftiaus notions.and it will be almost
impossible to h&imonize these conflceting
ntdAal fPI. C ... r 1.-1! ?. . u
.uiuibBHi j uridine i uuiievo ii will De
several weeks before the apportionment bill
will be passed, and then porhaps.lha major
ity will be compelled to take a bill not al
together as palatable as could be desired.
The bill abolishing the Nicholson Court,
passed the house some days since, and the
senate has been engaged for thrse or four
days past in its discussion. It will eventu
ally pass, and the court be abolished.
The old Canal Commissioners have been
re-appointed and on Thursday last com
menced making their appointments, and so
far as I can learn, they havo been made, as
regardless of the expressed will of the peo
pie, as those appointed for the district of
Columbia and Luzorne. More of this here
after. I see that the Danville faction are deter
mined to coniinuo their misrepresentations
in relation to the removal question, however
plain the. facts may be. Tho Danville
Democrat says,that the vote on transcribing
the bill for a third reading, was 40 to 36.
How the editor received his information
we know not. He certainly couldnot have
obtaiaed it from tho Harrisburg papers, as
they all gave the true vote. He must havo
depended upon his friends hoie; if so, wo
ran assure him; ho will often be led into
similar difficulties, if he publishes whatover
information they may give him, as facts.
Ho will be as far from the truth in other
cases, as in this, the true vote beta" 40 to
27;
Sunday was a cold stormy day. It com
menced snowing on Saturday evening, and
continued without intermission, until Sun
day evening. From all quarters we learn
that the enow has drifted very much. No
xars left here for Philadelphia or arrived in
coesequence of the snow drifts on the rail
roads, nor did the Northumberland stage
onive. Yesterday and to dav. the mA
extreme, with a high wind, which renders
it very unpleasant
Theliouse was encased in ilnv m, . v;ti
a a ' ' Dili
waking the Canal Commissioners elective
yearly by the people. It brought out s
spirited debate between Messrs. Wright"
avowry, Heckmnn, ami Elyvell. Mr.
"Wright fully sustained his high reputation
as a powerful and eloijue.it debater. The
hill will pass, jiotwith)anding the powerful
opposition raised agajael by the present
board of Canal Coniniiifiers.
" r HAnnfstitjna';ijFeb.,'8l843. -
In '.tho house; after the introduction pf
original resolutions, reports, &c, had been
introduced, tho bill relating to the canal offi
cers ivas uken up and discussed at length
between Messrs. Dufnfil.Harrct, Karns,and
Hecktnart, until tho hour of adjournment.
In tlto senate, the removal bill was repor
ted. by the judicial committee, to whom It
was referred, with an amendment. It will
be up for cohnidcralion ln a day or two.
The senate (vis engaged the most of the
day upon a resolution compelling the tide
water canal Jo receive their notes in pay
ment ef tolls, which was finally referred to
the judicial .committee with instructions to
report a bill to that effect, by a vote of 20 to
8. This is an important movement for our
boatmen, who have so much of this paper
in their possession.
FOR T11K COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
Ft How Citizens :
' Having wailed for a considerable length
of fline in order to watch the motions of
our anti-ropublictn brelhern.of Danville
and vicinity, so far as they relate to the
removal question in, this county. 1
am now prepared to state that their move
ments hive be:i any thing blit fair
and honorable, they havo as' far '-as in them
lies, endeavored to put a false colouring
upon the vote given at the last elections,
and so soon as the Legislature had conven
ed , they lay three pleas against removal
of the county buildings from Danville, to
some more central position. The first of
these pleas .is that it was not decided by a
vote of tho county in favor of a removal,
The second is that tho inhabitants of
Bloom and the adjacent townsjiips, must
bind themselves to erect the county build
ing without any cost to tho lower part of
county, and the. third is that Mahoning
township, shall be exempt from paying any
taxes for county purpose for the space of
ten year. Now I shall endeavor in a
spirit of candor to show tho inconsistency
of our Danville brcthern. First then 1
shall take up their first pica that the re
moval question was not fairly' before the
ihbijantsf this county at the last election.
ii,"!Kturdity of ui:ha'WVijJL
Was not the question fairly before the
people, although the Danville faction ex
erted all lleir er.eigies to dereue the peo
pie and to defeat tho remoVal ticket, yet ii
was tiiumphanlhly elected. Why will
they still throw in such abuse and ('round-
less pleas. Why will they pervert the
truth and basely seek to gratify thoir avar
ice and still continue in a state of open
rebellion to every dictate of reason and
their belter judgment, do they suppose that
they can always carry iheir points by sticli
daring effrontery. The second plea that
tho inhabitants of Bloom and tho ad
jacent townships must erect tho county
buildings without any cosi to the lower
part of the county. Why what unnn
earth do they mean by such a plea, has
not Mr. M'Kelvy, and others p'edged
themselves to give as much towards tha
erection of the new building as ihe old ones
are valued at.
Therefore I apprehend that cverv one
who is not wilfully blind and obstinMelv
dumb can at once seo the fallacy of their
second plea. Who among us is so exceed
ingly avaricious lhal he would not willingly
contribute his mile towards advancing tho
happiness and advantage of the majority,
certanly no public spirited man would or
could hesitate to pursue the course marked
out by every consideration of justice and
reason.
But their third plea that Mahonitif is tn
be free from taxation for the space of ten
years is what raps the climax of their
usurpation and villany. Who 1 ask over
Heart! ol such a demand, the anna Is of his.
lory anciert and modern furnish no pre
cedent. Why had we been subdued by an in
vading foe, and by them held in subjection
the utmost demands of that foe could nm
be greater. But what is the standing of
tho removal and anli-removal nariies in
this county, which has the majoti'y the
former most assuredely. Then it follows
that the minority even of one county shall
make claims unjust in the extreme upon
tiie majority of that county and ask legisla
live aid to enforce their claims. What is
this but saying 10 iho legislative body of
this state that we aro your masters and
we dare you to do any thing conlray to
our instructions. I honesty I can con
ceive of no oilier construction that can be
put upon the language of our "Danville
neighbours. But this is harmony wiih
their conduct on former occasions when this
same suDject was Uelore the legislature of
this slate and by way of erplaaation I shall
here lelale one instance which occurred a
few yeais past, the re noval bill was before
the legislature and it was in a fair way to
pass both houses, news reached Danville
of the fact and filled the mom of jhe inhabi
tants wiih dismay, when Judge Mont.
gomeiy with one or two fuends met in a pri
vaie room, and there after somo iwo iiours
silent medilalion the mutual inquiry was,
can wo 1)0 nothing to have this matter post
poned, yes replied the Judge,- J have hii
V?.V, P'an lel 118 immediately draw up a
Trillion ag comlne from the inhabitant!, of
j mo township in Norlhumbeilaiid adjoining
,lhis county, praying thatliny '.may bejnns
hexed to this county, and no 'sobner -id'
than done the Judge drew up a petition" if
was signed by a few and forwarded, post
Ii usic, and (he result was that tho removal
question was laid ovci. This tho Judge
told ton friond of his who now lives in
Orange township, at llin same limo re
marking that in this same ivny they had
got the question laid over at different times
and in this way alone the.y expected to
bailie the removal men out of the idea of n
removal.
And now when they know that justice
reason and common sense all coinbitic in
favor of a tcmoval pf the county, seal of this
county, the inhabitants of Dsnvillo an'1 vi
cinity bring in these plea3 for the sole pur
pose or having the manor deferred until
another sftssinn, not becattso they place any
confidence in these please as being legal 01
reasonable, but because thoy arc a means
of annoyance to the legislature and afford
our Danville netghbnts the opportunity to
gratify their1 malignant passiinrof revenge.
And I bo.dly assert without fear of success
ful contradiction that a more dishonest
piratical course of procedure neyei was
recorded upon the page of history than the
course pursued by our Danville neighbors
in this case. ' '
They remind mo-very much of.tho.boy
who was in the practice of crying" that, the
wcl"cs weto afier his sheep in order lo make
fools of his neighbors anil laugh at them foi
coming to his assistance, and ho persisted in
this course in til at I ast his neighbors paid
no attention to, his, cries for help, knowing
that he was a liar, and tho wolves did come
and kill his sheep. Arid in the same man
ner have our Danville neighbors been play
ing the fenl with the legislature year after
yearlhcy have thrown in their false pleas
until nearly every citizen of the slate has
become acquainted with (heir daring false
hoods. NUMA.
Rhocrsburg. Feb., 3, 1843.
a New movement.
The following resolutions, passed by a
public meeting in Albany, and which have
been published in the Albany Atgus, Mill
attract the attention of the reader
Resolved That we view the law for the
collection of debts in this stale as useless,
and the so5e cause of nearly two-thirds
the loss 8iisuined by creditors, and a fruit
ful source of much of the embarrassment
derangemenUn ouYJelfll1 BJMBIf?,'00
tho law itself has not ihe power to reculate.
and which we believe would regulate itself
in the absence of tho law. And we aro led
lo believe that men would be more punctual
lo pay all demands against them in the ab
sence of the law than they are under the
law; for then all debts would bo debts of
honesty and honor, and every person who
pays any regard lo honesty, "and considers
reputation and credit the only sure road to
prosperity.and by which he expects to gain
the .esteem of men, would punctually pay
that individual, who placed implicit confi
dence in hia honesty and granted to him
.without any sign of reluctance the assist
ance he demanded. And we do further
believo that if the law was abrogated wo
should not witness m its absence thoso wild
schemes of speculation which we witness
under the law; for men could not get the
moans lo build castles in the air if there was
no such law; but under ihe law they recog
nize iheir friend as security; and get means
by which thev ruin themselves and others.
And we do further believe that it would
supersede the usury law, for it would open
free trade on true principles between , man
and man, which we believe no body of men
havo a right to lake away; And fuithor
more( wo do believe its repeal would break
up theso hungry swarms of lawyers and
pettifoggers who fat in consequence of the
law, and bring them to the necessity of a
bandoning iheir now lucrative businegs,and
drive thorn from their petty offices into Borne
more honorable business whero their pro
ductions would add something to national
wealth or national honor.
Resolved Therefore, that wo recom
mend to tho legislature of this Slate to
repeal all laws for the collection of debts in
this State contracted subseqent. to tho first
day of January, 1844, and such law to take
effect on tint day.
honorable to the women.
It has been the practice in the Post
Office Department to appoint the wives of
deceased postmasters as their successors, in
tho cases in which it is agrqeablo to the
people. This practice 1ms been in opera
tion a numbsr ot years, and tho number of
females who. have thus held office is quite
large. Duiing all this lime there has not
occurred a single instance of defalcation
among them, So much for public testimony
and the same is almost as invariable
irue in private life. Woman has a more
rig'd regard for the obligations and distinc
lions of mcum and tuum than man. A
woman, with her friend's loose money in
her work box, on her knee, and her own
in the sixth story, will rather go up and
get 0 sixpeuse at the top of tho house, to
pay an errand boy, than touch what is not
her own for an instant. A. man, who shall
be deemed honest, and is in fact so will.tise
a friend's money, when ho has himself
none in the woild, and trust lo the future
ts repay it. Such is tho difference between
tho sexes; and such is the way in which
rogueries arLe, without tho intention of
evil, on the part of tho stronger sex, when
in puces of trust.
ANOTllErt-.COURTjMARTlAt:
A'Gnrioral Naval CourlvMartialffor the
trial of all', offence's jlTat .may besought
before ii, was ordered V convciioi on board
the Norili Cafollria'on "the 1st oPKebriiary,
Com. Downcs presides, and the numbers
aro Com. llcslt!, Captains Uwitin, Bolton,
Skinner, Tumor, Aulick aud Wyman,
Commanders MrKein, Sliiibrii'K, nnu
Olcn, S.iimiel Rush, of IMiiladelphu,
and Wm. II. NOrtis, 01 uaiiinioro aru
Advniiiiies Tho ofiioefs anil aliened
mutineers of the Sn'mcrs Will be' tried. The'
rliarses against Commander Mnfkonzio are 1
fur murder, oppufsiou, and illegal punish'
incnt, with a "irlety of spceilieatlon-J.
Upon this Milijret-tho Madisoniah corrects
several errors into which thu press has
fallKii. In the first place the Cpuit Martial
was not called by the J'rrsijent 'will out
wailing for the decision' of tln5 CoiJrl ol
Inquiry,' nor lias he meddled with tlfc
matter's', nil' it having been left to the
Navy. He haii followed his routine duties
in the case, precisely as he would have
done in any other ease. A Court Martial
is necessary, under every possible view.
If Mackenzie be guilty, it is necessary hi
order to try .him; if he be innocent, it is
necessary in order 10 try the mutineers.
It was not nccosmy, therefore to postpone
ii even .till trip rising of the Court of In
'finiri- ' Tlii. fm-l ilmi it'lvn IipRn nrnttiniictl
. - ,.- . - -.. , . - ,
till several days after that event, is proof
enough that it is now called with a ,.vicw
to take lie cose from the civil authority.
Wo understand that tho charges upon
which Commander Mackenzio will he tried
embrace thrco counts; thu first murder, the
second, cruelly aud oppression, and third,
some minor matlcr. Tips, however, it i
proper to stale has no other foundation
than report, A third attempt, abortive like
the two preceding has been made to get
tlic-ase before the civil courts, by the con
nexions of Cromwell. foal.
AN AMBASSADOR INSULTED.
The New Hampshire Gazette, alludinu
lu ilanlilio, the Ambassador ' from the
King of the Sandwich Islapd, sas that on
Wednesday last 'The Rev: Mr. Richards
and the chief took passage in the steamer
Globe, at New York, for New Haven.
On applying fur breakfast tickets the clerk
offered Mr. Richards one for himself, and
half one (admitting to the second table) fur
his servant. INlr. K. informed him that the
so-called servant' was a Sandwich Island
and an embassador to tho United
,arm U.J W001, so accredited nt Wash-
"gi mi. 1 no cierK replied iliat this mado
no diflerenco; and if Iho man breakfasted at
mi, iiu iiiusi no so wnn wirscrrimisv m .
mild way Mr. K. appealed to Captain
Stone, and he fully justified tho decision
of tho clerk. The result was. lhal Mr.
Richards was eiiher obliged to separate
from his friends, or to share with him the
degradation. He chose tho latter course,
and both or them took bieakfast with the
servants of the boat 1'
The Mother of Nitpolcon. 'The, family
of Napoleon, say s Alison, through noble,
had not been distiuguislied.and had suffered
severely from misfortune. The mother of
the great captain, who was remarked by
ureut beauty; and no common firmness and
intrepidity of mind, shared in tho faligues
and dangers of her husband, at a period of
great trial, and was engaged with him in
some expeditions on horseback. His father
died at ihe age of 38 bin ihe want of pa
tnrnal care whs more than supplied by the
mother, lo his early education and Hilici
Hide Napoleon, in after life.mainly ascribed
his elevation. On one occasion he express
ed the opinion that the future good or bad
conduct of the child, depends entirely on
the mother. Though left a widow in the
prime oflife, the mother of Nipoleon had
already borne thirteen children, of whom
fi-e sons and llitee daughters survived their
father. Sho lived 10 see one of litem wear
ing the crown of Charlemagne, and another
seated on lite throne of Charles V.
7Vie Poor in Jialtimore.TUe conven.
lion fur the relief of the ponr.rcceived from
ward collections, 62,121 00- from' church
collections, $228 81, and from tho ball
given at the Front street Theatre, 713 17
of which 81,920 25 have been disbursed
The distributing coinmitteo have relieved
i.o latntlics, by tho distribution
among
them, ol wood, (lour, fish, corn
patatoes.
meal and
Law The firm of SetiPcal & Caucliais,
of New Orleans, were indebted lo a Mrs.
Smith, of Paris, in tho sum of 9 or 810,000.
She supposing thai they were 011 the evo of
failure,- instituted a suit against them for
the amount: they, jn return, brought 1 suit
against her fur malicious prosecution, and
locovered, damages to the amouul of
84000.
Effttls of Fear. An aged lady, of
harlestown. Mass- died in convulM.ms on
Sunday evening week, produced by fear
of the end of tho world. the supposition that
a fire in the neighboring town of Cambridge
was the beginning of the end of all things.
Suicide. Chits, W L'win' in a
XTJC11 r"' ' Mined? with
a pistol at hirt Wayne, Indiana, 011 tho Oil.
instani. Ho had hold various public lrtisls
in (hat Slate, wiih honm
jwab highly respected in public- jfc,
OftMONjSM,
lThi3jf delusion' would appear, Ml tho
Wcsfjlo beraiher upon the risi than on tho
w'aiie'.vPhero lias been indicated in thu
Legislature of Illinois, some disposition tu
take away tho Mormon charter, but vheu
the bill camo up, on its third reading, it was
so wunnly opposed by thu member from
Nu'uvoo, Mr, Smith btother of the prophet,
that the bill was laid on the table by u vuio
of 00 lo 43
Joe himself, as wo have befufe'slntcdJiarr
beeii'releasud Irum airest 011 tho requisition VV
of jhe Governoi of Missuun. It is relutcij I
111 tho Uitawa l'reo 1 radar, that tho exam
ination, nt Spnugtivld, t'ruiitbd quite asvuix
lion among all classes. Tho uuurt room
was crowded with spuctatora. Judge
Pope presided, and on either side of hint
wcio the seati occupied by the Ladies.
Prophet Smith was also present, and was
defended by Mr Dutlerueld, of Gliicnyu.
After tho examination closed n dead silunca
ensued drop anxiety pervaded the eiuiro
mass, aud Mr Buttciliuid rose in a solemn
and imposing manner 10 upuu the cuso as
lollows: '1 rise under ttiu itwst extru.
ordinary ciicumstanccs in this ago ami
country, religiuus as il is! 1 appear before
.the Pope, supported on ohhe.r hand bv
Angels, to delcud the Prophet of the Lnrdl
Tim I'tophct, it understood, wus so well
pleased with, his counsel's defence of him,
ilial lie immediately gave It 1 tit a lexse in
purpeiutiity of a suite ul rooms at his big
hotel.
Wo learn, however, from the Springfield
Journal lliafnuotlicr requisition will bo
nude uyon tho Governor ol Illinois, fur
Joseph. Ho is not tins time to be again 1
claimed ander thu charge ol conspiring
against Gov. Boggs, .but under theluimcr
iiidiciirint, which charge hiiu with rub
bery, arson treason and murder. I' or llfu
purpose the indictments referred lo are 10 j
be reinstated. I he athuavit under the last
requisition was dciccttvu, but, in this case,
those couceriHU do nut usnovc mat any
legal objection against thu requisition can
bu made. Post.
Postponed for a Thousand 1 'ears.hl
is iindeistood, gays the Journal ol Uurn-
incrcu, lhal Miller and his associates liarel
recently cart fully rene wed .'lliu caluulationl
upon which they found tho prophecy ufl
.the near apptoaeh ot. the end ol the wurlJI
when an error was discovered in the fuoi-l
ing of one of the columns of a thouiunJ
yeais. Tins is u very important discover;!
just now it 'will dispel die uneasinrn
about so sudden a go, off, and give nruia-l
i.e thai we aru yei lo witness the filling oil
01 many a panic uelore tlio end ot all thing!
ui wic tuiieruca on uone iaiuuu Have nn)l
c . i. .1 . . t . 'I
vnicd iliUiusblvu.3, are nut likely lo he wuJ
leu.
fill I A . .
j lie maKinn 01 ascension robes' is nrj
confined exclusively to Long Island, bJ
nas occupied many a fair hand in 'iliei
diggins' and in our neifirhborimr Slates
the Bay, and Iho disappointment of the!
crcuuiou ones must be great at thl
larther posiponomont. We recommcrJ
them to pack up their 'robes' with lobil
co leaves, and wail with patience, ail
is nol probrblo that the great lttimM
Miller, will have the assurance to make
postponement beyond that period. iVJ
Jlgt.
Melancholly Occident. A stranJ
whose mind was evidently in a derail
state, oni'riuay weeK last went into 1
barn of Captain Hummel, of Perms lo ul
ship, Union county, where sumo pcriJ
were engaged in thrashing, lie threaictl
10 run niinseii through the machine, tl
( sit il
oetore ue couiu ue prevented, giaspesi
itauuiui 01 straw, and thrui( hand ana all I
lie was immediately dragged back, bull
till his arm waB lorn into shreds tin to i
elbow. Ho manifested no feelings off!
whatever, when his arm was umputatetll
lie was well taken eare ol, but owing
his restlessness, ihe wound was reopt:
and bled freely. He died on Tuesday I
from exhaustion. "11c called hi 111 sell
Journeyman Printei, Sunbury M
can.
The Small Pox Thi lonilisomc
case is said lo bo prevalent in our large I
ues, titan 11 nas been lor many yeaij
u'isiuri anu new urieana hot i. are in
infecied'with it.
Tho superintendent of the Salt Sol
111 Onondaga county, stales, that ihequil
of all manufactured there during "'M
year was 2,291,003 bnshtl. This ii
than the quantity inspected any pre
year since 1837.
MastacliiikcllH S'mthio linnlts.-
number of depositors chirms the ai
was 42, 587, the amount of deposit)
uoui'ioi 7U, me dividends lor tne
8283.312 18. In 1838 the amuuntij
pnsttes in these institution); was only
392 59.
Jl aood Move. The New York
mercial states lhal iho Secretary of i' 1
vy lias delcrmmed m test the fconol
advanlago of a change in lite system'
curing the supply of clothing rcqw"!
ma sailors, ty mo employment
anu iiiuusitiQiis lumales to malic up -,
porliou of these clothes,