MEM Priß PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHA.NAN, Subject to tho decision of a National Convention. DAILY MORNING POST. PRILLIPS SIEITR, EDITORS i/CD PROPRIETOR TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1843 See First Page. We had hoped that the course of our paper was suchen tuleave no doubt on the minds of any who reedit as to what our views are on ull the great measures of the party, and the policy & particular acts of the met who are at the head of the State and National admiaistrations. It is a matter of regret to find that we were mistaken in our sup. position. The "Keystone" and the "Reporter" at Harrisburg, a few days ago, and more recently the "Madisonian," have wide out lists of 'the democratic papers and classified them as fur and against G.w. Porter. Li each and all of these pa pin a false position is as , ign - 3(1 to 'he "Morning Post." We have before alluded to, and corrected the mistakes or misstateir.drits of the Harrisburg • papers—the Madisonian's article now requires a few words of explanation. • That journal 1308 the "Post•' down as one of the "papers who support the administration of Gov. Porter," or,in the language of Pennsylvania politi eisn's a "Porter paper." This, as we understand it, implies complete devotion to the State admin, iatration, and indicates that we ar, disposed to sustain its acts 'right or wrong." such, at least, is in this region the definition of the policy of a Porter paper, and our readeri well know that it does not ruLct our case. But while we have no de sire.to be elvaini with the 'Porter ',spurs," neither have we any ambition to bo s t doom among the "A'nli•Porter" papers of the "iieys'one" s'ripr..— We have not permitted ours Aveli to leseutne the instruments of any set of politicians, and have steadily resisted all attempts to force us from an independent position. into one either hostile or subservient to the. Governor. If we believed that any particular act of Gov. Porter was anti-democratic in itself, or calculated to . work to the injury of the democratic party, we have been prompt and fearless in thooruneb,g it.— If, on (he other hand, we discerner, in any meas ure of the administration, a de-ire to advance the publtc interest, and carry out denweratie princi— ples, we have given that measure our hearty sup port, and it hes afferded us more pleasure to sus. ; tain an officer elected by the democracy, than ever it did to denounce him. It has been our aim to ?riot an independent paper—it is our pride that we ere "bound to no clique, devoted to na ina-ter." As the editors of a democratic journal, seeking to main! ain the in. tegrity and advance the Fermanent interests of the :shale party, we would he Like to our du , y if we forbore to denounec, in the an At emphatic man ner, any man elected by the p.r y. why) pursue a course or broaches a meamre, which we think iajurioua to the peopl•2, or dou)tfui in point, of 'wand dem acracy. Nor shall we ever auff.r per. aonal or petty prejudice to prevent a 3 (to n &wattling just praise to every publir; servant whey we think it merited. Such has heretofore been our practice—and so we intend to go on. We leave to ,otkers the tasks ot assaitinz with undiscriminating bitterness, or :ending with mean adulatian, every set of GA'. 'er's of Canal Commissioners. o'usetve that the attention of the deft]. ,t i 2 papers in the State is drawn to this matter, and in suggesting suitable candi— dates for the office, many of them have ex pressed opinions fa forablc to the nomina tion of JAMES CLARK, of Indiana. A bet— ter selection for the interests of our public works could not be made. Mr Clark has been connected with out improvements from their commencement till the pre.ent ti!rue,with brief intermissions, and the mat:•- ner in which he discharged the duties en.. trusted to him, satisfied men of all parties that the interests of the State could not be confided to a more competent or hones t public servant. If he should be nominated we think the democratic party in every part of the State, will be perfectly satisfied, and the unanimity with which they will unite him, will do much to reconcile the bad feelings that have grown out of the Canal question, and ensure the election of the whole Board. - Here is the kind.—Let the girls get Ama. zon bonnets these hard times. If they are what they are cracked up to be, they should be brought into fashion immediately. They are made of the common American Hemp. and are so beautifully made up that they equal the choicest foreign fabric. It is said that they will wear for years; they can h. washed, bleached or altered in shape at the will of the owner, and can be made of any hue or color. II ha was Job's Father.—The N. Y. Tattler observes that not one man out of in hundred can tell us who Job's father It adds, 'Will any kind friend tell .rho he was?—for, fur the life and soul .ve cannot fedi() n the mystety, tho' ,rive travelled through the scriptures ;,:.to Genesis to Revelation, and cannot solve it. Who was Job's father? that am the question.' American Manufactures.—The Journal of Commerce states that a comparison of the cash prices of the coarser cotton gooda at Boston and at Mancheste will show that those of American ma . ctures are from 10 to 20 per cent lower this country than those of Englitrul ofsimilir quality are at the place of their production. It thinks that we can out-work the world in any dhow to which our circumstances are a ds . lid. - Georgia Cold xrines.—The saline of the yield irom thaw souses ia.eonvuted at $1.000,040 this Year. ~"`'-~ x I The London 7imes. —This extraordis ! nary Journal, which possesses a more ex tensive establishment than any other in the world created no little stir in political circles some years since, by a st'dden change of politics. On one day it wea l Whig, on the next day Tory. The price paid fur the transmutation of this powerful engine was £lBO,OOO. The advertisements in the Times for a single day frequently exceed £lOOO, and every one is paid before insertion. Uns like the papers of this Continent, it has no subscriber-; it supplies the New Agents, and they the public. There are two pow erful steam engines on the premises, and the impressions is made by double cylins der presses. Its circulation is the largest in the wot Id; there is not a town ',on the civilized earth, in which the Times may not be found. Its reporters are to be met with in all quarters of the globe, secompa trying the expedition to China, and parti cipating in the toils and dangers of the Indian campaigns. It has correspondents in every land. Its !expresses have traver sed the desert, and anticipated !the Indian Mails. Its agents are in every court, and it lays bate thcir iru)si sceret proceedings. !Mr Julio Water, the late member for Nottingham, is the principal proprietor, and lie draws fruit it a yearly revenue of £BO,OOO. It had formerly three regular editors, Messrs Barnes, Lawson, and De lane, besides a large corps of occasional writers. Since the death of Mr Barnes, this number has h'en increased. The Sandwich Islands —The Army and Navy Chronicle says, that advices hare been received Item the Sandwich Islands as late as the Bth of March. Ou the 25th of February, in censegoence of the de_ mands made by the British officers, which the King could not, or would not, comply with, the islands were conditionally ceded to Queen Victoria. Possession was taken of theta the same day. by Lord George Paulet, commanding HB M ship Carp fort, and the British flag hoisted under salutes from the fort and shipsg- Counterfeits.—At Pioaidence, on Thursday, a man was arrested and placed in prison, for passing counterfeit bills, for $3, of the Agricultural Bank, Pittsfield, Mass. both of which, were dated, Feb 6th 1843. One of the bills was made payable to L Steave or bearer, and signed E R Colt, Cashier, and E A Newton, Presi dent; the other had the Ratites attached to it, with, the exception of that of Colt the Cash. let, that of E R Steave, being substituted in its place. Solitary Confinement.—The effect of solitary confinement in Rhode Island has caused insanity in several of the prisoners. This has led to a modification of the sys tem. Of thirty-seven convicts, six have be.coma insane, only one of whom has thus ar recovered. If a variety of books—say on science, &..—were furnished the pris oners to read, they would not grow insane. Noble Sentiment.—Uarlyl.3 says in a work:—'All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble: be that in like manner too; all dignity is painful; a life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god. The life of all gods figures itself to us as a Sublime Sadness—earnestness of Infinite Battle against Infinite Labor.— Our highest religion is named the 'Won. ship of Sorrow.' For the son of man there is no noble crown, well worn, or even ill worn, but is a crown of thorns,' .dcother Island sunk by an Earthquake• —Capt. Avery of the barque Britt, arrived at New York, on the 16th inst, from Car thagena, reports that the Grand Cayman, mile of the three islands ca'led Caymans, lying between Cuba and Jamaica, was sunk bv an Earthquake. The Grand Cayman is abirut eight leagues lcng and two and a half broad, and i s inhat,i , ed mostly by the descendants of the old Buccanniers,and by negto turtle fish ers. The above bas been in type for some days. We have duce seen it contradicted. The Bank Robbery at St John, NB Partelow, the Cashier, has been disa,issed from his office, fo► countenancing the steal• ings of the tellers and others, as well as for stealing himself. The book-keeper, Mil lidge, has been exhonerated from all blame. Murray, the paymg teller, has al. so been exlyinerated, The Morality of the Cresceni Otto Mutty, the equestrian is performing his extraordihary feats of horsemanship at New Otlea;.s on Sundays, and the Repub. licanof that city advises all who have not previously determined to go to church, to go and see the riding ! This is nothing for a N 0 paper. Enormous Trealth.—The property left by Baroh Stieglitz, the banker, wha lately died at St Petersburg, is estimated at the enormous sun. of fifty millions of roubles, betweer five and six millions sterling. He was a native of Hanover, where his elder brother, one of the most celebrated physi cians in Germany, died a few years ago. "The Boston Bulletin says that William Shaler, Esq has been named as likely to have the Guatialoupe C3nsultili y in" - 03ade v scant by the late Eartbquak- Canal Cimunisaloaters-•Mr Hill. The following statement, condensed from a long letter in the Washington Ex aminer, written by a gentleman who had ! I the best opportunities of ascertaining the facts, will give our 'readers the clearest view of the merits of the charge of corrup tion that was made against the Board of Canal Commissioners, that has yet been published. In the investigation of this ri, diculous charge,•we understand that the Commissioners were treated with much unfairness and map of the important state. ments made by Mr Hill before the Corn mittee,-are entirely excluded front the Re• port. But even the partial testimony pub • lished, was sufficient to convince eve biassild mind that there was no jest d for the charge, and that Mr Hill's conduct was anything but creditable to him as a member of the Legislature, and a man pre tending to possess honorable principles. Front the Washington (Pa.) Examiner. The Canal Commissioners. The unjust and vindictive course which has been pursued by some persons with regard to I this entire Board is most certainly a very improwt er manner in which to repay the devo'ed service of at least one of its members in behalf of i4e in. teres is of the :.tote, whilst acting as tha'A'resi- - li dent of the Board. According to the ni . u• thentie information we anliesitatiney n ' t a mere useful, uprigl.t. and ancient pnlil titan iVir Buller is not eunnected with ' t.. ment of the State Govern sent , Thong_ : ittl inediately instrumentally great improvements have been made in our internal improvement sys tem, and vast sums of money, thought the op. 1 a ration of his plans with licresf:er be saved to the Goininonweu!th. his honesty is beyond reproach, and his services to the pelple of the Sate will be gratefully acknuvidedzed by the impartial and intelligent citizens of Pennsylvania, despite all the malicious attempts of vile opposition to detract trom his private or official character.—Ed. Ex, Hai risburg, Pennsylvania, j May 4th, 1843 Draa StE—lt affords me much pleasure to ans wer as I thnk, satisfactorily, the enquiries eon. tained in your letter of the 20th ultimo, in relation to ar. alleged recent attempt of one of the Canal Commissioners to influence the vote of one of the members! of the Legi.'a urn by the promise of an offleiar-itation. Bain; p.-esant at tit...! exami— nation. of the witnesses before the Committee ap. pointed -by the House to iuvettig,ate the subject., and in poss "ohm of all the facts of tha case, you ally rely on the follow rig abstract as authentic and strictly Correct . As fur the President, Mr Butler, I know that throughout the whole progress of the charges a gainst the Commissioners front their inception by disappointed office-expectants, until their termi nation, he has sedulously avoided anythiag like a participation i i any arrangement which c mid di rectly or indirectly implicate him in the matter under consideration. or in any kindred subj , ea. The substance of Mr Hill's charge is contained iii the following rail-aids from his testimony. un der oath, before the Committee: "Mr OverfiAd and mysel were talking at Mr. Buebler's door, about a number of mat!ers. I men'ioned that from what I had • understood from Gan. aleCul lough that thee would make a new appointment at Freeport. [lc said he was not in favor of the ' appointment then made. Ho said the Legisla lure had go' them into a tight Mace, :rod if I wol.ld sustain the veto and help them out, they would appoint any man I wanted. All I had to do was to write one or two lines on a piece of pa per and put my name to it. • * a That if I they went to thst country and there was any dig satistaction they could show on whose responsibil by it was mace. • Mr Overfleld did m t mention any nauseirrinr offer me the appointment." It appears that Mr Hill had a previous cdnversa• titan wi•h Gen. Nl‘Cullough, of which he speaks as follows. "Be (Gen. hillCullough,) said he bad bean up to see Major Reynold., and he was sick in tied. He told me isl would say the word I could have the office myself • • * j could have the pcwer of ap pointing any one un ler rn^." He asked rue if the appointment of Scott was not unpopular. There was ler nsiderable talk about the unpopularity of the appointment." The foregoing contains the pith of all the charges preferred by Mr Hill, which hie resulted in so much needless and uncalled fur Jeelamation against the Canal Commis4nners. I will now advert to the testimony of Gen. McCullough, I ke. wise tk member, its taken before the Committee.— I You.iv-ill observe that his statement partly corrob• orated that of Mr Hill, and in some material parts conflicts with it. Toe standing of General Mc- Cullough for integrity and veracity is unquestion• able and unquesti. ned everywhere. Ile says, of er POMP! irrelavent conversation—'l asked Mr Hill if he was still dissatisfied with t. appointment in his coudty, lie said he was, and that the man appointed could not get twenty votes in three townships. I replied (hat I had no doubt 11,-. could either get the appointment himself, or for any,otheizoi d man be wanted or would name. I said I would give him the assistance I could to get a change made—l pledged him my word and honor that I would render him any assistance in .ro‘vr - •r. * • Mr Hill came over to my desk a7l,i a- me what the Canal Commissioners ,r , :u;re him to du provided he inede appli. Cor th a;)pointm •nt,l said I could not tell but I !,rt:timr-1 they would expect him to eupport them." Cross Ex imitird by Mr• Hill— •I never said I conversed with Mr Reynolds—l Kay upon Inv solemn oath that I never told Mr Hill that I had authority from any of the Canal Commissioners to say ant thing about a change. I never pledged my word to Mr Hill that he could get toe Alec. As I have a God to meet, I never mentioned veto to Mr Hill !I I never had any conversation with any of the Canal Commissioners about this matur e ' . I never spoke to. Mr Overfield upon the subject until since the conversation with Mr Hill. I never spike to Mr Butler on the sub ject'!! This completes the material parts of the evidence on both sides, and will readily enable you to arrive at a correct apprehension of all the acts of the case. What ground is there, then, for the whole sale charges against the Hoard which we have heard? Surely none at all. The indiscreet re• quest of Mr. Overfield for assistance from Mr Hill has been blown and expanded until the whole state has been covered with its assumed character ofan attempt at bribery. The single unoacial act of one member of the Board has been magnified into a systentised effort of all of them to corrupt the Legis'ature As a consequence of this, gross justice has been done, especially to the other menihers of the Board. So far as Mr Butler is concerted, it is but justice to all parties, to say that he kept entirely aloof from anything that cook by possibility be construed into the exertion of official influence. He knew nothing of the strange tale told by Mr Hill—was not cognizant in any way of the ailed ed proceedings, and in' fact was not at the seat of Government, at the time. Yours, &c. Gov Cleveland, in his late Niessage, r 6 commends imprisonment fir debt, instead of capitsl punishment. W a Cost Johnson has been spikes- of as the Whig candidate fur the Vie° Presi. dendsy. ,~a-r-r.+- -