wlili ihe progrcs and condition of thrsi
ifiatitutton. ttuitng inc isim-
wnli M vi.uvs respecting Hie improve
men) of llm school system anil iho mean'
Iff be adnptnd for Ihat purpose, it i
highly essential lo llic success ol on
fli.ioni nf PiliiMlion. that the appropria
4ion from the State should he fixrd ami
permanent..,, U.nfcerjnt.uly in Wits rcapco
is flluMulcil .wHii dol'cfpiioi"''cons.'
quenceS, aiiprpilkCtlvo of , dftrinigenio.nl
in the practical operations of Hits sys
(cm. Whatever Is calculated lo promote
tho ciusc of popular education is worthy
ynllr most fleilolis nu eaniusi auunuun,
On il depends, in an eminent dcgie.
the honor of our Commonwealth, the
distinction and happiness of her citizen-
-nnd the poifectiunand puipeiniiy 01 mi.
irtlitieil I ll 4 1 i I ii l to II 3.
TTivn r.inri of ihc Adiutanl Gimcr.il
will ho submitted lo you,' and will txln
lui ivirtidiliM in relation to the nnliim
system. "During Iho I.it session of the
I ....ll,n on :irl U'JS laS3C(i tO I'fduCf
lllfl fXIIRIlSCS of the militia system, anil
provide a more rigid mpde for llie-col-leclion
of militia fines. The provision,
of this act aie foutvd to lie highly bene
n..iil in illicit nncration. and it I believ
ed, will bnabto.tbe system lo sustain ll
self without having recourse, as heioto
fore, to he Treasury of the Slatclor aid '
The amount of fines assessed I the 1 is'
-veer, for non-performance of militia du
ty, is moid than sufficient to defray the
expenses the same time. The brief pe
riod from the enactment of the law until
the collectors were required lo accom
phsh their duties under it, was not suffi
cient for them lo complete their collec
tions. The outstanding fines of the past
13 oar, however, may be collected with
those df the present, and thus a sum ob
tained sufficient lo meet the experts ol
'bolh.
J cannot loo strongly recommend to
your care and encouragement, the vol
ttnlecr troops of our Commonwealth.
They will loose nothing when compared
with the .troops of this or any other
counliy. Their courage and efficiencj
.as soldiers have been tested & establish
ed, and thev have deservedly becomt
favorites with the people. In cases of
exigency, we must chiefly depend upon
t'.iem to protect from injury and desliuc
tton our individual properly, our na
tion honor, and our political liberilies.
Under the provioionsof the act of 29th
April, lS4d, entitled 'An acl to reduci
the State de'ut, anit lo incorporate win
(Pennsylvania Canal and Railroad 'Com
pany, "the question of a sale of the main
Jine of improvements, submitted to a
vole of the people at Hie election in
'October last, was decided in the affirma
Jivp. The requisite notice war. given by
the Secretary of the .Commonwealth to
the commissioners named in the act. &
Ihey have proceeded so far in the per
formance of their duties as to advertise
lhat Iho sale of the slock of the propps
od company will commence, in the cilj
of Philadelphia, on the 20ih of Jjnuary
inst. The time has, therefore, not ye
arrived when the practicability of dis
pos"mg of these impiovemeiiis, on tin
terms specified in the laws,will bo tested
I am not aware that any legislative pro
cecdings on this etibj ct are called fur ai
,present time
The proceedings oi the commissioners
.named in the act of the 13th April, 1811
entitled 'An acl td authorize the Gover
nor, to inroporate the .Delaware Canal
Company,' will appear irorn 0 rcpoil
acconipanj ing this message, setting forth
itheir inability to dispose of the Slock.
Jt will be for the Legislature to deter
mine what further action, if any; otV
this subject, is necessary.
.In my last annual message I informed
the Legislature lhat in pursuance of the
act of the 7lh March, 1813, n charier
had .been issued lo ihe JStie Canal Coin-
no...- nmlVnwsiinn riven lo it of thai:
poriioti of the public improvement
Irnm the town of New Caslle.; lo the'
haibor of ttr'ia. On the lSlh December,
lis', the necessary proof having been
laid before me, that the work had been
completed . and was in actual use lor Ihe
irqncnnHinn rf in nr ph.i n I I '.ft throughout
its whole length,.! directed, in conform-
ly -with the leims ol this act, nonce to
ie given to ihe superintendent of tht
ine, lo deliver the company possrssioi.
f the Ucaver-Divuion, . from the nioutl
1 1 in llMi'pr rivpr In Npiv l.asllp.
The District Court ol the city am'
ouuty ol I'liilauemnia, exercising h
mis.liction in all civil Fernanda abovi
1C 3UIII til Ullli IIUIIIUI.U uuimip( ca- J
ire ihe present scsMon of Ihe Lnftwla.i
ire, by u limitation contained in the ac
.1.. ! Tl.i.i nnin I fn ta, 1,1 nil Ten..
UJIH' . ... wv... , w,. ....... , .
ie nature of iis jurisdiction,'! ueccssar
y devolves to dctcimino the majority
iho moie imnoi.ani icasrs arising. n
at judicial dislricl.has bcendaboriotisl)
manetl in the dischaige of Its duties;
r a space ol ncaity ten years. 1 111
: 1.11. 1 l.n.n flmif.rt litivn llMpr.
- - . . - . .1,,
JIIIICI HI lVlllk.ll HlVf ......w- ....... ........
iloimeil, batilites securing inc. con
once of the bur and .the community.
iuld seem to have pioducetl the very
neral impression that ttus tnuunai i
lispcnslute 10 a uuc aumiuiiwation 01
v law in 'hal city and countv. .1 would
lefoie, rfepec'.fujly iy commend tlhe
vasge ul'jii acJt con'inuin.tj llic court in
its hicsctil form, and securing lo il,
riveiy pi oner manner, thu sci vices ol
l.iilliful and iiblc judges,
Kuriunately for Iho Legislature and
t ho people, the suhji'.Cl ol the publi
prinling, for a long lime a topic of jits'
complaint, on account ol Iho unreasuna
I) It- a notint depending loi lh.il iiurpose
was pul lo rest during the last session,
tiy allotting it lo the lowest hidders, at
ter llic just precaution of exacting securi
y for its l-nthliil execution. 1 he par
lies In w'.ioin il was itvep, fixed (hen
own r:itt's of compcusatioti, and have
10 dotibl m ule ample piovisiou ag.iins
ill hiizird of loss; and we may,there(oit
hope 1h.1l this item of the public ex pen
lilUib wxll 1101 be swelled to its usiul
iljiiuing amount by demands fur ex
tra compensation.
Before J conclude this commtinicalion
will call your allt-nliou to a subject in
which, believe, iheSt.ilo uf Pennsy I vaum
Iiih a deeper sHiko lh;in in any olhor now
pending, or likely to be bioughl, cilhei
in line her own hegislaluro or the hng
isl.ilurc of Ihe union. 1 refer to the
maintenance, in all .subsiautial points, oi
ihc existing levenue laws of thu Union,
mure generally known as the tariff laws.
t he ureal vjrieity ami complexity ol
interests 111 the different qturlers uf the
Union, render Iho adjustment ol any
arilf system, an extremely dtflicull and
lelicatu undertaking. Could Iho people
ol every section of Ihe Union, suivey
the entire circle ol national interests, with
perfectly cool and unprrj ndiced eye
this dtfficjliy and delicacy would al
most entirely vanish, nut while curtain
sections of the Union arc wedded to cci
tain notions, without regard to their
foundation in reason and in iiuih, it
will bo almost impossible to expect from
any body of men,isso mbled in Congies
perfectly free iy unprejudiced examin
ation ol this exciting question, m
must deal with men and things, as wt
find them, and not as we would desire
to have them. In a conflict where pre
tudice and sulf-iutciesl bias the judt-
men, it behoves the rcpiesentatives ol
uvery section, while liny yield a due
regard lo the claims of others, to stand
lirmlv bv their own. I have, from
year to year, in addressing commuuica
ions' to the Legislature, retcrruu lo tnic
ubjecl, not so much for (he purpose of
inducing action in the iMulional lfgisla
ore, as lo keep it beiurc the citizens o!
his Commonwealth, to lamilianze 11 in
their minds, and lo prcpaio them to un
110 in maintaining their own interests,
whenever thoso interests might bu en
dangered. 1 was assulcd when I fust
took this high giound in defence of lilt
welhre ol Pennsylvania, Irom variolic
quarters, and denounced for advocating
doctrines to wliiqh the majority of Hit
people of this State were assorted to bi
opposed, but regardless of these idle anil
utile assaults, 1 have reiterated thu sam
sentiments; and have the satisfaction ol
knowing lhat, in the recent Prcsidonlia
election, tu which (ho tariff was believed
to be involved, both political parties,
ueaily loo m!in,as$uuicdjlie sjmo post
lions I had taken, and advoculul ill.
sjuie doctrines Which 1 li.nl cudeavoici
o ciifoict: uiiiiii the consideration ul tin-
Lceisldtuit: . .1 advert tu this matlei
now, not so much lo justify myst lf,as li
prove, whatever h.ia been alleged to th
contiary, lhat llieru is uut one party 01.
this question, in .Pennspl vania, and Ihai
parly s nearly tlio cnliio mass ol hei
citizens. 1 hazutl noliiiug in asserting
that neither of Ihc Presidential candi
dates could havs hoped, fur a moment, to
get a majority of the votes. 111 Ibis Slate,
had not his claims been bajed upon llu
assurance llir.t he was friendly tu tht
continuance of Ihe ptesent tariff laws,
substantially as they stand.
The iron and coal inltresls in (his
Slate great as they have been considered
10 be, arc yet in their infancy. Deposits
of these minerals, scattered throughout
lmosl cvuiy hill and valley in the Coni
monweallh, are cxhaustlesg, and are so
peculiarly distributed; in all quarters,'
to create' a direct interest on the part ol
nearly ever .citizen, in the developement
ind encouiagmanl of every system ol
policy whicU-can.rendcr them available,
I ho owners ot the lands In which they
ire embedded, the agricullurisMvhu
furnish the woikmcn with their sup
plies the nioi chants, mechanics and ar
izjus of all desciiptions look lo these
estiiiices ultimately, as the groat .fuun
ain ftom which Slate and individual
.jrospeiity must lie derived. Here; il
iclie.vcd, must ue loundeil ami sustained
the great counlerpoise to foreign impor
Htions of all species of iron, raw and
nanufaciuied, with which tho whole
Amciicdii peojilu are la be supplied.
IK-re, too, is to be found a deposit ol
uel for the family use of the poor, a
veil as for the more extensive usa in
he manufacturing purposes of Iho lich.
Possessing such advantages, how can:
my rational man consent 10 .relinquish
nil fore.go thein, to .gratify the. caprices
of those who certainly mistake theii
own. and ato.inc.ipablu ot jppicciatiiig
iho inleresl of othert? Wo seek no un
leasonable nrohibitiont-: Wo a.-k not
the protection of the goveivment al tht I
tx-jiuiisc uf ihe iighlssDf our.sule.r.Sutts1lu:ou,ghl already.!'
but wo do ask, and wo think we hava
1 right to ask, thai the system ofencour
tgiiig anil protecting thu domesllu in
leies's of this cotnitiy, Iho corner stono
if which was laid in Iho uct 01 Congress
if 1st June, 1739, should not bo aban
lotted without some more substantial
reason than the empty notions of vision
try theorists. Wo heliuvo thai the
tariff law of 18 12, now in foi co, making
reasonable allowance for inaccuracy and
inconsistency in lis minute details, if
founded in a spirit of compimnise a ltd
lair dealing, equally just lo the great na
'tonal luluifsts of the different sections
nf the Union. To disturb it now, ex
eiil to correct its minor details, is to
unseltlu the whole system, to weaken
its stability, and to destroy the confi-
lenre, al home and abroad, in tho wis
lorn and consistency of the national
Government, and tu break down, now
mil forever, all hone of competing with
loreigu rivalry in Ihe interests to which
his law extends soino cherishing pro
jection. I he ereat interests cl Penn
ylv.mia do not ask for additional pro
tccttori, or for new sale-guards; bu
small as the disrt imtuiiiious are in theii
behalf, to let them remain as they are
wilh a corlainy that they shall not b
changed without substantial reasons,
ind Ihe coiictiircncc of the citizens uf
Pennsylvania.
Ihcic seems to be a disposition
among some members of he Nional
ntslaurc to iiiorftre wth Ins sub
ject, and I hi 11 k lie preseu a propei
occasion for he Lcgtslaure ol Perm-
ylvania lo speak 011 in decided erm.-
ml announce to hoso who represen
he people ot his grea common wealh
in (lie councils of the naion wha
course it is expected by their constitu
ents they will pursue. If the issue ;s In
ho distinctly made between the coal and
iron ineresls of Pennsylvania, and thosi
of foreign nations the sooner it is known
he beer; and 1 rtis whenever such
in issue is to bo deermtned every cii-
zen of Pennsyluania wheher in office
or 011 of office, will be found on lie
side of his counry. For my own par
111 such an emergency 1 shall no hesi
tae in resolving o ale my stand 01.
he same side where I have always
b:en found whenever his subice ha-
been agitated.
1 will afford me pleasure during hi
few remaining days of my adminisra.
ton to cooperate wih you in the adop
ion of any mcasutss, which wo muu-
lly believe to be cimducivo to tin
ulilic kooiI. 1 do nn doubt that we
hall fully harmonize tu opinion on his
nhjec.
I have had frequent occasions to cm-
ploy tnc veto power eniuscd to hi
lixecjive, by tho consititon to aires
he success of measures wliiet appeared
to me fraught wih evil; bu1, I have 01
no occasion resoitetl to his great power
f nicscrvation, until all oilier none m
escue had ialluu. In sin-li cinerguntML's
I have appeal ed to 11 wiiiiuui scruple 01
reservation anil I have yet to leant that tin
nits dele;' led liv us operation have been
ri'ct'cucd ay (he people Confederacies to
iliwarl KxiM'tiiive reeuinineiid.itinn.s: eoinbi
itious In nrouiolo p.irtieular norsonal 01
olttiual interests liave, it is true clamored
otidlv against Kxectilivo lyr.iunv, and iin
pitted motives to me, which existed 011U
in the iinaginations of those whose objects
were Irtistrated; but the vast hotly ol tin
nh"lituucd cuininuniiy nas hnkedon, nnt
only without imir miring, but with uiieqniv
ical couimcndaiion. 1 11 m! nbumlant rea
son lo bo saiisfied in this manifestation ol
popular opinion.
I retire from tho cares and solicitude of
ffice with feelings of ordinal y satisfaction.
ind with a heart grateful to the honest anil
iitcllipcnt yeomanry of my natlvo State.
for the cordial and unclovintina support
which they have given me, in the nm si ol
ihc worst difficulties il has been my fortune
in encounter. On this support I have stead
fastly relied, us the guarantee that, come
what might, l'ennsylvama would speedily
regain the confidence she had lost prove
10 the woild the falsity of reproach heaped
on her integrity and rise with renewed viij.
or, lo run her race lioin llic temporary de
pression thai bad borne her down. My con
fidence has been realized, the day of her re-
loinplion is at hand and every true hearted
1'ennsylvanian must rejoice to sen her
proud escutcheon purificttfrrim the only stain
hat hail over dclaccd it since the lundino
f her founder upon the shores of the
Delaware,
DAVID U. PORTER
KXCCUTIVK CllAMUKK. ?
Harrisburg, January 8, 1815 S
NlJW WAY OF GETTING T1II10U0II A
itowo. When Gooige Frederick Cook
piesentcd himself, on lite first night of his
nngotnent ul the Old Park Theatre, al ihe
dtage dnnr, lie Jonnd the crowd so dense as
tu render il impossible fur him to make his
way through, in Iho ordinary inndo Where
pun he exclaimed, -l.nt me ihruugh boys'.
there will be no (untill I get it-,,' an appeal
which resulted in his linking luo entrance
tielweenl the double files xjf cheering specta
tors. We were reminded of this incident
ho other evening by tho shrewd yet some
what roguish device of tho would bi audi
tors nf (Sough, tho teniprraucu lecturer
Let nm through, gcinlmneu,' said one. of
these gentry to tho rrowd.'l am Mr.Ciouglis'
I o which some ol the pushed and trampled
1111 plll'i'im rnntimli tlhtvnii
uiatKu whuO "ihero have'?uc Goushz nono
ho , (no
"THUTU W1TIJ0VT run
Etc iiicnihvr llic Printer.
WIIHAT. CORN. UYI2, IJUCK
WHEAT, OATS or WOOD, will bo re
ceived for dclils due 11a for siibseriplinu,
Also a low bushels of POTATOES if
drlivoird soon
Prom thoso who have promised Ltiinbri
inch and inch nnd a quarter pine boatds
will bo received if delivered soon.
Col. .1 Wallace, has engaged lo Lec
urc al the following times and places
in (he county on ihe subject of temper
ance, in the evening of each day.
On lie 3d uf January at Light street
4h,r January, Orangoville.
2th, of Jan. Ml Pleasant'
7h, of Jan. Greenwood.
8th, of J in. Warncrsville.
Dili, of Jan. Uoherrburg.
10 lb of Jan. Fishing cicek.
1 lili, & 13 h, of Jan. Dei wick
14n, of Jan. Lime Ridge.
15th, of Jan. Espylown.
IG1I1, of Jan. ISucldloru.
17th, of Jan. New Columbia.
ISlli,of.Ian. Jerscylnwii.
20th, of Jan. While Hall.
JMsl & 22d, of Jan. Washington.
23d & 24lh,of Jan. Rloursbuig .$ Lib
erty. 25th & 27lh, of Jin. Danville.
28'h of Jan- Mahoning.
2!)ih. of Jan. Valley and Hemlock,
Collections will be taken t:n lo aid
the Lecturer.
Our thanks are dun to the Hon U, A, Hit!
Ineki member of Congress from this disirici
Gen. Ross, of the Slate Senate; and to
A. Funston, Esq of the Mouse of Re
ptescntatives, for copies of public docu
uicnis.
REMOVAL IHLL.
On Monday hst Mr, Funston read in his
plane a bill removing the scat of Justice of
Columbia County from Danville tu Blooms,
bnrg.
Mr. Funston, in introducing this bill, is but
currying out the positive instructions of his
constituents, pledged as ho was, by his no-
initiation and election, 10 advocate ihe R
iiioval in the Legislature; ami there cannot
be any reason why thu bill should not pass
the House, and Senate too, without oppo
sitiun, as Gen. Ross was likewise elected
pledged to sustain it The Removal hax
now been agitated in Iho county for foui
years in succession; and for tluoe succcssivi
elections, the Members from the county
have bepn elected, pledged fur it, over ah
1 lie opposition that intrigue, management
and deception could bring to bear upon
thein, Mr. Snyder was twice elected upoi
the question, his oppnncct.s attributing his
success In his popularly. Mr, Funston, n
new man, is nominated by a Removal Con
volition, and elected by a handsome majori
ty over lia opponent, a removal man; the
opposition mil daring to bring into the field
a candidate known tolio opposed lo thoqucs
lion. We again repeat, lhat under these
circumstances, the Legislatuio cannot re
fuse to pass the bill, unless they go counter
to ibis repeated expression of the electors
of thcrounty of Columbia.
HINTED. STATUS' MJNATOR.
On Tuesday la-it, tho Hon. DANIUI. STUK-
filUJN was ro -elected United .Vlnlcs Senator, liy
tlio Legislature, for tho term of die years from tlio
1th' of March r.ext. The ballot was as follcws i
lr Daniel Surgrou, dcm.
Jumps 7nrtnr.r. i-l.l
72 voles.
10
- 1 . "-tol
John W. Ashmcad, nathe,
il. W, Keyscr, do.
13. 0. Uigart do.
oliu Sergeant, whig,
t
1
W7AT DOKS THIS MEAN 1
(Jj'On Monday last Mr. Uriglit, of Noilliumlicr-
lamlf read in his place a bill relutWo lo '.ho lloun
iliiricd between Northuinbcrlaml and Columbiu
Counties,
Although not yet ollicially announced, says tho
UttrrUliurg Union, it seems to bo gci orally con
ceded, that tho appointment of Attorney Generul
has been tendered to JOHN K, KANE, of the
city of l'hiladclphia, and aeeepttd
It was expected that Francis It. Kluiiik, the
finvernor elect, would arrive at Hunioburg on
Thursday morning last.
Joshua llarlshnrne, Canal Commissioner
olecl.will assunird iho duties nf his office on
Wednesday lie was chosen in the room
of the Hon, Jcsso Miller who declined a
iu-ulectiun.
Counterfeit half dollars dated 18.18 aro in
r.irculatiuu, Wo nf Liberty well dune, re '
verso not so well. Lighter in weight than
the genuine. I
The ictttrns of iho population in the sev
eral counties In the Stale of Missouri have
nenrly all reached Jefferson City, When
umipletod it is supposed lhat they will show
a population of 010,000; in 1810 iho mini
bor was J)8:i,70l
The Newaik Daily Advertiser reports
llin acquiltal nf Abnrr Parko whu was tried
it Helvtdcrr, N, J, fur the murder of John
Cnstncr
The trial of Pcler Parf.o for participating
111 (ho same tragedy has commenced.
The Ilouonblo James .Scmplc has been
elected by ihe Legislature of Illinois on the
1 1 III instant as a Senator of the United
Stales in fill ihe vacancy occasioned by the
leath of Samuel M cRubcrls.
MAKING A FENCE
Married at Hani stable by tho Reverend
John Gales, Mr. Juhn Post lo Snphiaii7i
If this match don't make 0 fence of llic first
piality we should liko to know what stuff
win, ftiay they have many little 1'osts
to support them through lifo
Out of every thousand men twenty die
annually. The number of Inhabitants of a
:ily or country is renowed every thirty
years, J he number ol old men who die in
cold weather is to those who die in warn:
weather as seven to four. The men ablo In
boar arms form iho fourth of the inhabitants
of a country. The proportion between the
lealhs of women and men is one hundred
to 0110 hundred and eight. The probable
luralinn of femalo lifo is sixty ; but after
that period the calculation is moro favorable
to them than men. One half of those who
are born die before they attain iho age of
seventeen. Among three thousand one
hundred and twonty five who die, it appears
by iho registers that there is only one per
"on of ono hundred ycais of age. More
old men arc found in elevated situations
lb. 11 in valleys and plains.
Chief Justice Taney has delivered the
opinion of the Supreme Court of the United
States in tho case of Stockton & Stukcs vs
nins Kendall. The decision was in favor
of Mr, Kendall, who is now a free man.
77ic YYiifi fixed at last In the Mid
uighl Cry of December 5, wo find a letter
fiom Mr. Miller which contains the follow
ing -.
1 havo fixed my mind upon another limn
and hero I mean to stand until God gives
me moro light and that is, to day today
today until he ronics,
Rev Mi. Toirv convicted in tho Haiti-'
noro Court for abducting slaves, has re
ceived thu following senhnce: On tin
three iiulictmouis in confinement in tho Pen
rtcniiaiy until the 2d of April 1851,
II. L, Dieffenbauch formerly editor of
the Milton Ledger, is now publishing the
Clinton Democrat' Wo hcailily wish him
success in his new enterprise.
The. oldest Iltjmblie on Earth. The
America Quarterly Review contains a Idler
from G. W. Irving, g'wing a sketch of hit
visit to San Marino a small republic in Ilal
between the Appenincs, the Pa and the A
driatic, The territory of this Suto is on'y
10 miles in circumference and its nopula
tion about 7000. Tho Republic was found
ed more than MOO years ago on moral prin
ciple, industry and equality and has prescr
ved its liberty and independence amids all
the wars and discords that have waged
around it. Honaparle respected it and even
sent an embassy lo express sentiments' of
friendship aud fraternity. It is governed
by a captain regent chosen every 0 months
by the representatives of the people ('sixty
six in numberj who are chosen every Bix
months by tho people, Tho taxes are
tight, the farm houses are neat, the field
welljcullivatcd &on all sides are seen com
fori and peace the happy effects of morality
simplicity, liberty and justice,
At the last accounts General Jacksur was
very feeble' He is now unable to walk.
A rcfohuion has been introduced into the
House uf Keprcser.tativcs so to alter the
Constitution that no person shall hereafter
bo eligible In the qflire ef President uf the
United Slates who shall have been picvious
ly elected lo the said office, and who shall
have accepted the tia no or exercised iho
powers tlioicof.
It is faliuiated that Mr, Clay'0 postago
lor the lust year amounted to 810,000,
Mrs- Rvan of Quincv . Illinois, has favor
ed her husband Daniel will, thice children
,. , 1 .1 . .
al a bnib, wdgh.nx 1.1 ll.aaygrcgate sixteen
ind a half pounds, Mrs. Ryan has bad six
hildron in 18 .months.,
Since the liistmf January 1811 no let)
lliau
one hundred ami filly nine married
women in Fiance have beou legally charged
with assassinating or attempting to assassi
uato their husbands. So says an official
rrporl.
Snmo of ihe steamboats tiro still nnvignt
ing hikes Ontario and Erie. Thu 'I'mini
Is running daily between Lewislou and To
riiulo; and ihe United Slates arrived on thu
.'Id instant at Cleveland from Hufl'ilo. SI10
was to proceed lo Detroit anil then return
to II11IT.1I0, This is an extraordinary fact-
From tho Ccnlrc Democrat
KM POftTANT DISCOVERY.
We aimoiinco with pleasure the impor
tant lad, that a marble quany of apparently
unlimited exit nl and fines! quality, has
boon discovered on the lands of the Messrs.
Valentines near tho turnpike, abuut thrcu
rpurtnrs of a mile from Bellcfonte. Tlio
best of it is, there is no mistake, specimens
havu been takn t o Philadelphia it subinitt-
od to the inspection of skilful Mineralogists
sculptors, &o,, by whom il has been pro
notinced in 'richness of colors, smoolhnef s
and brilliancy of polish, and finoness of
grain, fully equal to tho far-famed Egyptian
marble. A correspondent in iho Lewis
town GazMto in noticing this important
accession lo the mineral wealth of Centre
county, remarks:
'Centre county may justly he proud of
her natural resources, and if any of her
sons should deserve a monument lo coin
ineinorato their mighty deeds, thoir I11IU
have the material, and we have tho work
men to erect it. A man might he Icnipted
to commit suicide to be buried in a tomb of
such beautiful material '
We hope it may prove a rich souice of
wealth lo Mr Slratford of I.ewislown, who
has leased tho quarry, to the owners of tho
soil, the Messrs, Valentines, and lo the
country in general,
THE WES TERN RIVERS.
Il is computed that tho trade on tlio
Western waters employs 000 steamers
with an aggregato tonnage of 130,000 tons,
navigated by 12 000 men, at an annual ex
penso of 82,000,000, with cargoesjlo thu
amount of some 9200,000,000
GEN. A. L. ROUMFORT.
At a regular meeting of tho Democratic
Association of Lancastcr.il was announced
that Gon. A. L, Roumfort was in the cily
whorcupon a committee was appointed to
wait upon him & solicit hisalicmlanco. Ho
complied with the invitation, and delivered
a short, stirring and manly address, which
was iccoived with cnllisiastic applause.
ODD FELLOWS.
Thcro aro four hundred and sixty bix
Lodges of Odd Fellows in the United
States, and forty four thousand six bundled
ind twenty-seven contributing members.
The revenue fjnm the Lodges for the year
endinc- July, was 202,250. Expenditures
for Iho relief of sick members, assistance of
sick members, assistance of widowed fawi
lies and the education of orphans, 70,028-
18.
IMMENSE GORGE OF ICE.
Tho Cincinnati Atlas of Monday says;
'Passengers fram tho Mississipi report a
gorge of ice in tho river, commencing just
abovo tho Gtand Tower, and extending
up the river probably 00 or 00 milos.
John Parker, Jun'r, Esq .tho oldest,
wealthiest and most respectable citizens of
lioslon, who died a few d.ivs since, has left
the immense sum of 63 11 ,000 in charitable
bequests
Jl present to Dir. I'olc.Tho Haltiinoro
Argus of Monday of last week, says;
We saw this morning, lying at tho foot
of Gay street splendid barge, made by Iho
mechanics of the District of Kensington,
Philadelphia, and intended as a present to
President Polk It is 33 feet long, and pulls
10 oars.wilh cushions, &u. complete, It
was brought on by Cap N Veal, of tho
sloop Two Cousins, in perfect ordir and
sajeiv
SEMINOLE INDIANS,
There being soino apprehension in ro
gaid to difficulties in the removal of tlio
Seninole Indians, Gen. Worth has address
ed 11 card tn the citizens nf Florida on tho
subject. Ho says that there is no ground
for fear tlut only 310 Indians remain and
that these will, without doubt, be removed
peaceably.
GREAT RUNNING.
The Albany Amphitheatre was crowded
011 Monday -night to see John Smith at
tempt Iho feat of running 11 mile, wiihiu .1
nrcln of 12 feel in Diameter, in 0 minutes
l.uml 30 8c1?om,l18; D'flieu ,as1 was llie foal.
was gaiiamiiy leiiormeo uy ami III 111
u ,,; ,, rVsecondsl He Hew around
the little rirclo -13 limes, and won the rueo
amid, the plaudits of lite multitude,