BJTtrHDJtV, FEBUVAIIY 18, 1843,
FOK PHES1DENT,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
(Subject to the decision of a tfatiotui,
Convention.) . ,, . . .
HARiusuffRo,;Feb, ,13,1.843.
A resolution waa Introduced into the
house W-day, instru'elirig the "commitleoron
bsnka to report a bill alio wing tho banks to
msU0 onej two and three dollar fcills.paysble
-on demand. After a lengthy discussi6r.,the
resolution was so modified as to retire'
them to enquire into the expediency ofo
doing, froth votes" gfvett upon this refcolu
tion in the course. of its' passsrge, there ap
pears to ba'amajdriiy tif'the hob.ec in favor
tf small bills.
Tho bill abolishing the Nicholson Couit
passed the final reading in' the senate to day
Ijr a rota f 22 to 0. No other business of
Importance was transacted.'-
fcknnisBCRd Feb. 15, 1843.
'The Canal Commissioner's bill passed
"the house yesterday by a rote 6f 02 to 32
atid it n believed that it will pass the senate
by an equal vote. The apportionment bill
passed the crista 'several days since.known
as Penniman's bill, passed tho house this
morning by a vote of Si to 40. This bill
places Columbia with Northumberland and
Lycoming. Whether it will become
law, is yet problematical as it is thought by
Home that the sovernor will interpose his
veto.
The Removal bill has not yet been acted
upon In' the senate. Nothing else of Jmpor
tance has oeen acted upon in either branch
triihin a-day or two past.
COL. H.
As sneaker of
B. WRIGHT
the house is winning
'eolden opinions" from every quarter, for
the able prompt and energetic manner with
which he performs the duties of his station.
AH acknowledge that he is the best speaker
ihi has filled' the chair fpf years. As an
member. Always ready to take the side
of the people, in favor of retrenchment and
reform, he is listened to with the greatest
attention. Hie speech on Saturday last,
upon the bill giving the election, of the Ca
nal Commissioners to the people, and redu
cing the expenses of the. canal officers, was
a master pieee of eloquence. He spoke for
an hour and a half, during whioh time.com
plete silence reigned throughout the hall,
although ft was crowded to overflowing.by
peetators, who had assembled to hear his
reply to the attacks that had been made up
on him, during tke four days debate, from
the- friends of the preseht heard of Canal
Commissioners. His defence was a with
ering rebuke to the sycophantic minions
who1 bad lent themselves to a clique to Ira
duce him for the independence he had
assumed in defence ef the rights of the peo
'ple,?and in favor of retrenchment and re
form, in the useless waste of the public
aoney, squandered by the canal board up
on their particular favorites. We hope
'hereafter to be able to civeUMs speech en'-
'tire to our-readers, that they may be able to
."judge Who are their friends and who are
not, and we are satisfied that thy will
Tcad-it, with the tame -interest that "we lis-
llened to it.
GEN. A. L. BOUMFORT.
"We always-sce this gentleman, rise
in
liis seat to peak, with p'leatdre, from (he
fact of his never saying any thing amiss, or
foreign to the subject matter under debate.
A -fine -form, a manly bearing, a good voice
a fluency -of speech, an able and sound rea
oner, a ctrafght forward and independent
co.urse ot action upon Every subject tf im
porfance that comes before the house, ren
.ln r ?. t.t ... .
u.i luiu a lavuniB wiiri a largo majority
and gives him an influence that but few
possess, Therefore, whenever ho speaks
lie uoes not speak in vain. Well may hi
constituents or Philadelphia County.
proud of him.and well may they bo assured
that their interest will not suffer from hi
bands. By the way, Philadelphia county
was never neiter and more ably represent
ed in the house of represenlallves than at
the present time. They are all good sound
fit-momis, who know their duty and fear
emlj- and independently do H
Thc bilt ptoviding for the election of
Canal Commissioners by the people again
iconic up for'dbctisainn in tho houses ,oni
Saliirdy last, and afterkbeirJt; oppostd; by
nir. juowry, nuu aiivocateu oy Mr. wrigut,
speaker, .it. was, ordere'd tn be transcribed .by
a Urge majaiity. The bill provides for the
election of three Canal Commissioners, by
the people next October.one of wlinm shall
hold hi office for three years, one fur two,
KKdoneftittyie. ye'ar,'. arid -that one; bjiallil
thereafter bo .elected annually fur .thr.ee
years. The bill also provides that a new
board shall bo electee! by tho legislature'
within, ten days after the passage of the act,
to hold their offices untjl live nest anfitiat
election. It sIbo reduces their wages from
four to thrct dolUrs per day, and tho sala
ries of the remainder of the canal officers
in like proportion. This will make a say
ing to the stale of more than fifty thousand
dollars itnnuallti. Yet its passage was
opposed by all tho influence that the canal
board, and their friends could bring to bear
upon it, and, by Ihe introduction of foolish
and ridiculous amendment, which were as
quickly voted down as they wcro offered.
The hbuse continued in session until three
o'clock, before. the vote was taken upon
transcribing. On Monday the bill again
come up in order, a few minutes before the
hour of adjournment, when the previous
, question was called and sustained, bnt be
fore the final vole was takeir,he house ad
journed
The-Attorney General, in the Court of
Common PleaB of Philadelphia county, has
read out a writ of quo warranto against
Wm. A. Porter, Esq, Sheriff of the. county
in order to test his constitutional right to
hold that office.
A rumor is afloat, that our neighbor of
thn Intelligencer. hainir become sick ol
.... ... . 0 &
Johnaonism is about to. establish an "In
deneldent Press," it Harnsburg, or in oth-
ei words a Cass paper. Who is to succeed
him; at Danville, is yet unknown, -it may
be.however that he is to keep the two flags
flying, that he may be suie of being on the
side that is to como uppermost between the
two. We wonder if the Johnson managers
finding- that there Was no chance of his
a
success; have withdiawn their quarterly
lthm, -movement looks like
1( - - N
COL. H. B. WRIGHT.
As we could not have our own favoaite
for the distinguished honor of speaker ol the
House, Uol. Wright was ol course our next
choice. It belonged to the north, and he
is a northern man, in this wo are gratified.
He fills the station with dignity anil honor;
from the alacrity and care with which he
discharges the frequent embarrassing duties
of hit oflrce, he seema anything but a no-
viate. If the house do not do business rap
idly, it will hot be for the want of an effi
cient and popular speaker. By the way, we
are glad to see Uol. Wright so fully appre
ciate the interest and wants of the northern
counfies, in being always ready to enter
heartily into their cause, against the policy
of some of the eastern and southern coun
ties. It is not the policy or disposition of
these counties to co-operate with the north.
They have not the same interests, nor the
same results to seek for. The aorthern
coHnlies ought ever to be united, and unbro
ken, so completely is their interest identifi
ed. We shall siy more about this hereafter.
Bradford Porter.
The Boston Courier, in talking about
Mr. Miller's prophecy relative to the con
flagration of the world, says.-
'After all, or what consequence is it to
any individual whether the conflagration of
the elements shall lake place this year, oi
in any other, or never! Every individual
knows that to himself an event is approach
ing, and may happen at any moment, which
will place htm in precisely the same situa
tion as that which is predicted by Mr
Miller and his followers. To the individ
ual it can make no difference, whether ho
shall end his life and al the pursuits to
which his life has been devoted, singly and
alone, or in company with the millions of
his fellow mortals. We cannot perceive
that there is need of any more especial
preparation for the day ot one s death, be
cause it may come to all others at die same
time, than if it happen to him atone. Come
in tntdst to each wnd all. i hem is no du
'charce in that war.' 'Wherefore, there is
nothing better than that a man should re
jolce in his own works. Go thy wayeat
thv bread with joy, and drink thy wine
with a merry heart. Let thy garment be
tilwuxis white, and whatsoever thy hand
findeth to do, 6o it with all thy might. For
to him, that Is joined to all the living, there
is hope
The Postmaster Geneiaf has decided that
marking round an advertisement or paratrra
ph in a newspaper, does not bring it within
I llie letter rates as dclineu by law,
Our otbn Buchanan.1 11)0 decided
sland taken by the Democracy oY Penrwyl
vaina iiiroiign nm rcpntspiiaiic uu
nlrilh of Januarv'last, in .favor of James
Brtchanan. hastTfrialerinl y' -brlBhiehOtl t;ie-
prospect of this distinguished statesman
for the next Presidency. It hna animated
his fast friend?, strengthened the wcaK,
confirmril the wavering, and silenced Ins
secret enemies. It is now known that lj,e
bid democratic rc-'mmonweafth will present
an nndivideilfront in the Democratic Na
tional CtmventioH'-thitl she. will fehidin
firm to the last For tier own talented son
and that M other candidate now before tin?
people except him can receive a majority"
in .that convention. Let u look at his
prospecis. Mf. Van -Burcn will probable"
coirle inio trio convention with considerable
strength, but not enntigh to outnumber tho
forces of Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Buchanan, Col.
Johnsor. anil Gen. Cass. Mr. Buchanan,
it is well known, is the second choice of
the friends of all tho other candidates, and
the" paranioilnt claims of Pcnnsyluania
unon tho democracy of ths Union, will
have creal infloencc in the finpl dicision
The decided stand taken in New Jctfiey by
the" leading men, as well, as the democfatic
prints, in favor of Buchanan, shor him to
be the choice of that state. Alabama is
also believed to" be in his favor. Here.
than,., .are, three . stMcs which will
eive 48 votes in a National Conven
tion for Mr. Buchanan. It is also
believed that before the time arrives to make
a nomination, 'Maryland, Delaware, and
peihaps Ohio, Indiana, and some other
stales will declare in ,his favor. There is
no one of the Eastern States that has yet
indicated its choice. Even New York is
divided in sentirfrent, and tho whole West,
with perhaps Kentucky, is vet 'non-com'
wiiltial .Noi have many of the states in
the South andjSomh West, shown any
ilirnc like unanimity in favor of any man.
Unon such a ticket, therefore, as the Hon.
James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, for
Pictident. and say sound democrat foi the
Vice Presidency, it is reasonable to sup
pose that the whale democracy of the
South, -West, and Middle Slates will nnhe.
Nor will the friends of Mr. Vnn Burcn
hesitate to support Mr. Duchannn as their
second .choice And, why should they?
Mr. Buchanan and his friends have stood
by the favorite sons of the. umpire state in
nil limes of trial. Slie has voted for ana
helped, to elect to the First office In tile
Union, her Van .Huron, and to the pccond
otfice, her Clinton and her Tompkins, to
the postponement of tho claims of her own
statesmen. Nor will the uenernua Sooth
and West forget that Pennsylvania was one
of the front supporters of their Washington
Jcffmson, Madison Monroe and Jackson
for the Presidency, ami her Calhoun and
Johnson for the Vice Presidency.
didate, ire then say, be firm. Let not
word in disparagement of tho claims of any
other candidate be uttered. Hold up to the
nation the virtues, acquirements, talents
nd services of the distinguished leader of
Pennsylvania democracy. Show to other
states the disinterested sunpoit which we
have always yielded to their statesmen
and we may firmlv rely upon the mngnani
ty and justice of the delegated democracy
or inc union, lor a recognition ol our
ch m s. Hep o rle r .
unurcnea in jjosion. i here are in
Boston no less than seventy churches
I welve are Babiist, six Episcopal, eieht
rtietnouist, live Knman fJatholic six Uni
vorsaliat, two Lutheran, one Swedenbor
gian, r Now Jerusalem, the rest Cnnare
gational. In 1820 there woro but twenty
worshiping societies now there are up
wards of eighty.
A little girl named Rosanna Toy, was ac
cidentally burned to death in New York,
in consequence of her clothes accidentally
taking fire while she was trying to get some
food from a pot on the tire. Her mother was
lying in the room at the time, in soch a stale
of beastly intoxication as to be unable to
help the little sufferer.
:Orders have been received at Norfolk Va,
to get the U S ship St Louis ready for sea.
A crew has been detailed from the shit)
Pennsylvania, and the command has been
given Commander Harrison II. Cocke
Odd Fellows. Tho annual reveuuo of
all the lodges reported in the United States
is 150,183 85. Total amount of relief
reported, $44,187 73. T5ie number of
contributing members is 33,805.
Grasshoppers. farmer at Lizabeth
town, N. J, slates that in Ike middle of
Januaryjgrasshoppers were more numer
ous upon his lands, than ho has ever
known them'lo bo in summer.
Bottom Lolling ' QT- friio St. Louis
Gazette of the 24lh ult, sas: 'It is said
that since the late Earthquake the bottom
of the river has fallen out in some places
for instance where the Gen. Pratt's hull
was sunk, bio lay very near the top of the
water and since tho earthquake tho bot
tom cannot be found with a line of 150 feet
in longlh.'
The New York Tribune states, that Ihe
Judge Advocate, on the trial of Commander
Mackenzie will be assisted by Mr Henja
min F, Butler, and Charles O'Connor, Esq.B
who have been retained for this purpose br
the Hon John C Spencer, Secretary of way
77ie Tfild trotncui'tt will peidops be
recalled thM-nboui a year and a half rigo.lhe
St, Louis pap'ors ge an account of wo
man who Jlstl been uiscovereujn ine woous
hear thai city, nimbst nak'e'df.aAd djipaient-
finite wild. It appears that she liau liveu
ih Jhis nyuinei Until lately, when tho severi
ty" of the winter drove Itef to a human hab
itation, and there, being muoli exhausted
for want food anil badly frost bitten She
expired.
Previous to her dealli sue occamo quiie.
rational and gave the following "'account 'of
heiiclf which we condense irom tne at.
Jouis Organ.
She was borr. rn- New Jersey' wrreneo
with her parents she hud removed la Cin-,
c'rnnafi, whefe they lived until she trow up
to Womanhood. A young man whom hfcr
father did not like paid his addresses (o her
and thoy eloped for St. Louis. A f Louis
villc he persuaded tier to iukc lodgings
with htm as his wife, promising lo rj4 with
lei lo a clergyman and get married in the
rrtofrfrne'. He left her in the friofnfri lo
go for a minister and never returned. All
day she romained almost distracted with
fear for the eafty of her lover, whom alio
eonld not think had abandoned her, but
finally she learned hat he had taken a boat
goine down the river in the morning. 'Pie
shock to her feelings was sn great that she
fainted and fell in the street. She was
taken up by some kindly disposed person
who, as soon as she recovered, paid her
passage back tn umcinnati;
tier heart almost tailed tier as site ap
proached her 'home. She could seo her
father's residence as the bout passed aloni'
up the river, and it was her intention to gu
directly home, and throw herscll upon the
mercy of her father and moiher, and tell
them how she has been deceived. Oil ap
proaching the door of the dwelling, there
appeared lo be a unusual bustle in the house
and on entering it she saw her father lying
dead upon the floor. The old man heard
which way she had gone, ond took passage
on tho unfurtunate steamboat Moselle,
which blew up at Cincinnati, and being
one ol the unfortunate sufferers, the both
had just been recoveied and brought home,
as soon as me moiner saw ner, 'there is
your murdered father.' She ran from tile
house, o 1 1 i not oeiorc tier tnotiier s curer
wr.s upon her. She says it rang in hot
ears for many a long day and night as sh
Wandired through the woods.
It was ihen summer, and at times severe
linnger would induce her to go near tho hab
nations ol tho people as she wandered along
through the country, and at one timu she
slipcd in and took the hoecake from the fire
while the farmer s wife was cone to the
spring at other times she caught the fowls
from" the lencc, and drvoured them raw
How she Ijved so long, she is unablo to tell
but bcries, nuts, fruit, and such game as she
and for two winters she lived in an old de
serted cabin on the banks of the Missouri.
She filled it nearly full of dried leaves in the
fall and would creep into them in cold
weather. Somebody burnt down the cabin
last fall, with some little stores of nuts and
dried fruit she had laid up for winter, since
which lime she has been sleeping in a large
vhollow treo.
She says, "her clothing being almost en
tirely gone, the cold was very sevcte, and
I thought I would come to a houso and gel
them lo bury mo. How I have suffered no
human tongue can lelf, but I had made up
my mind lo die in the wild wqods and nev
er again to suffer a human being to speak
to me, but my resolutions failed, and I am
indebted la the kbdness of this nonr fnmilv
for what tittle co nfort they cou'd afford inc
on my death-bed.' Pittsburg Chronicle.
Communication with the Pa cific.The
Secretary of the Navy, we learn by the
Madisonian, has seriously taken hold of the
project for establishing an intercommunica
tion with the countries of the Pacific. He
is now preparing certain of the small ves
sels of the Navy, such as are unfit fordisant
cruising, for service in the Gulf of Mexico
he proposes that one of these vessels shall
leave Pensacola on or about a particular
day in each month, and sail direct to Cha
grcs; and in like manner; one of them shall
leave Cliagres on or about a particular day
in each month, and sail direct to Pensacola.
The intermediate time will be employed in
cruizing in the Gulf and Carribbean sea in
the usual course of their duly. Arrange
merits will be made for the speedy trans
mission or all letters. Sic, between Chagics
and Panama, as soon as it shall be known
that a proper communication is established
between the former placu and the United
Sutes. It is probable ihat a similar ar
rangement will be made for a more certiiu
and direct intercourie between Pensacola
and Vera Craz.
iVew Plan ofStcamboal. Tho
Delaware Gazettfl says that - Capt; Robin
son has invented and in building at Now.
castle, a steamboat constructed without
frame or limbers, being put together upon
the principle of a hog-ihead, with iron hoop
The hooping does away with crulking, and
having no frame, cives her more rom and
less weight, as well as being a great saving
u, iiuiuiii uiiu uiuiicy.
1 here are now in the University of
new i urK, juu siuoents in tlie Inur classes
for the under graduate course; 200 sIimIphu
in the inedn-al school, and 200 pupils in tho
grammar school. The debt of tho, Univcrsi
ty has been reduced, during tho past year.
ok nnn u.. " '
ov,uvu MjT uuiiiilli'llt;.
Thei.Ganita Multy.rghcflMh TefV
grapt'i pSblishcs ilidde'tsilsfrif llie attempted1.
muiirfy,jpbodfuft 6n litf
passage ffnnjJWn'bjle toHlistnn. It ap'.
pears, tliattoiTn7'?vi'tf& ai .Mobile, Capt.
Soule procured r new crow principally
and after leaving the bar, which wai on tluf
7lh January, and before getting scarcely
outsrdc-, ho found himself surrounded tfv a
set of desperate villains, full bent upon"
rising against him and taking the vessel;
At ffisl ho made every cfTiirl m 'tils' power
to bring tltcwi'lians under by'rtilu'nteasures
but nil to no puiposo, I hlims kept as-
so'mrnff a mbre"serl6us aspects thc creir
making the1 most; horrid ithrepti tH.il, ((riletd
Capi, Si would do us thoy wished thev
would Serve hrjn as. they had-jserved others!
Mrfiiy traps were laid, whirh, though the
coolness and intrepidity of lire Captain,
were, sifccesshilly thwurted, and finally,
very much to the surprise of the villains, hrf
brought his brig safe into Hnvana,and lodg
ed the bloody-thirsty set Safo in prison
where they await further orders.
fhi fl'esUft bf Ignorance; A marw
named Wm. Taylor', in Toronto, a lew
days ago, wishing' to' Split a hole, filled it
with gunpowder, and then plugged rt tight.
He next put some prhnirig oir the lop of the
plug, and thuughtleBsly rJloiipini; over the'
loi, applied the match, the exploded, when,
instead of the log being split, the plug was
blown out with violence, as if charged with'
cun, and entered finder the unfortunate
man's check bone and was driven far into
tho brain, cansing instant death'. '
Discharge of Yattns Warner . This
ytiung man, charged with being concernod
in the mutiny ori bntrrd the United States
brig Sinners, was brought' before Jedgo
Oakley, of the Superior Court, N. York,
op Thursday, when tho Judge gave Ins
opinion that, as (ho term of service of
Warner had expired, and no legal cause for
his detention being shown, that he discharge
ed. which was accordingly done.
Suits in Virginia. We learn from tho
Ulehmnml Compiler that the whole number
of suits decided in. the various Courts of
Virginia dnriug the year 1812, wms foity
thousand, viz: In the Circit Superior
CourtB of Law or.d Chancery, 20,178;
Final decrees, 1.778; Suits decided in coun
ty Courts, 18,041.
553H
Sitrii TFrighl; in., the present distin
guiBhed memher of thn U. S. Senates re
reived the unanimous nomination nf the
Democratic party in thn New York Lejis
laiure, as a candidate for reelection. The'
next day he was elected Senator,,
Kentucky Legislature. 'the Kentucky
House of Representatives, bv ri vote of 4J
to 42, has passed a bill modifying the law
of 1833, against tho importation of slaves
into the State, so far as lo permit persons
to introduce ihem for their own use.
Jl Knowing' Bng.Vhh stories aio
becoming stale.and dog tales are now taking
their place. The Worcester Spy relate
the following interesting occurrence. A
pair of pants, rather the worse for wear,
were found on the stairs leading to Urinley
Hall, last Saturday morning. The porter's
who were removing the banquet, eollerled
around them in anxious inquiry, when a dog
pressed in, smell of them, and immediately
with every demonstration of canino jov,
seized them by the suspenders, and bore
them off, amid shouts of laughter! Verily
the ox knoweth his owner, and the dog his
masters breeches.
Serious Loss. A fine drove nf calile,
amounting to about thirty head, was iost'in
the St. Lawrence, while'ailempting to cross
Montreal on the ice. The droverb escaped
with some difficulty,
A Kind Set, The boys of one of the pub
lie schools in Boston, recently collected ihir
ty dollars for the purpose of procuring an
artificial leg, for ono of their unfortunate
school fellows.
MARRIED, On the 2d inet. bv ilirr
Rev. William J. Eyer, Mr. JACOrf
STAMIUCH, to Miss. SARAH S.
B ROUST' both of Catawssa.
CAJLl, AND SEE
THE subscriber being desirous of closing"
business, now oflma to his customers his n'
sortmcnt of
B5i' ooiIs- ami Groceries.
nAItmVAHE AND QTJEENStVAHK.
(fee, &c.
at reduced prices, bring determined to sell
C'flEAl'Kft THAN THE CHEAPEST
Any pereoin wishing to commcneo buisncss,wilf
do well by calling on him beforo purchasing ehc
where, ns hn will either ecll or Itent his storo room"
and i,ell his goods, on reasonable terniB, and fair
credit.
Alio, for sale by tho subscriber
THREE GOOD CANAL BOATS,
which ho will dispose of as low as any can l"
bought.
GEOKGE WEAVER.
Blocinuburj Feb. 18lh, 1813.