tno-n fticKfttii a nffontnn. The Trl.il or Dr. LnrAucrs Our London papers by the steamers, arc lordly occupied wiih the eitraord nary 'rial of Pr. Lard, ncr, ihr celebrated writer and lecture t on ihe to,im ergtrio, who tome time tines tan away with tlt wlf.i of Cap. Iteavlside. It wet tlne.1 I y the counsel for tht plain iff, that the unhappy It 'y was the c?iJgMer of Colonel Pp;cer, formerly t,f theJ 12'h hi en, and tince residing tt the Chateau de depicture, in the pariah of Outreau, Dologne. In the year 1823, Mr. Heaviside, ihe plaintiff, whose mother wat a titter of Colonel Spicer't, wcat to Bologne, and for the fi.l time taw Mie Mary 8pi ce hit first Cous!n,"nd the only child of Colo: el Ppicrr. The marriage took p'tce on the 17ih of July. 1P?4, at St. Michael's Church, Bath. It wot a nurringe of pure affection, for Captain Hnvisido hud ample meant to matte him care hut litt'e about the fortune of hit wife. He made a aettltment of XI 0,000 uponMtt. Heavislte, which wat trcured in l!u usual wiy : the dividend to ho paid to him during life, then to her afirr hit dctth, and in ce of there Ik log no child en, 01 in the event of thrir not being of age, then she wat to be ent.tl.d abao lutcly to the wholo of the rcvcra.otiaty inter- t. She w.ts likewise entitled to the reversion of 13,000 upon the death of her fither. Shortly ofter then luirriae they went on the continent, and up n their return they resided for tome time at Saumhr's lii Ige, Oakingharn, Buckinghamshire, and about ten years ago came to reside in Brunswick square, Brighton, where they had nine e kept up n est ib- Ihhmrnt, and moved in the first circlet of society They appeared to he devoted to each other, and their union gave rice to that ttrong cement of the affcti.na, children. Mr. and Mr. Heaviside had two girls end a boy ; the eldest girl was 14 years of oge, th" second 13, and the boy 6 yean old. The liluititiffwnt a fond father and a loving husband. Ii in this life they could expect U find happiness, the jury would imagine that would be found in such t home as this; but in an evil hour the defendant imde hit appearance among them. He came to Brighton about tome l'trraty pursuit, and hit trpu tntion at a rmn of science wat a papnrt into sec - ety. He obtained in introduction to the plaintiff. and unhappily for him, was received at a visitor of KU houn. Thre was noihing in hit conduct, his ae, or hit appearance, to induce the uspieion that he was a dangerous visitor. Ciptain Hesvit do xv,is in the habit of attending to hit niag sterial ditics at the Town Hall, and he wat also one of the directors of the Brighton railw ay, During I is ah ence from home ihe defendant had the oppnrtu nity of visiting Mrs. Heaviside; hut to much cau tion wit obs. rved, that the attendants and those constantly ahout the misguided lady, weie unnb'c ' to discover that any familiarity existed between them, and the witnetset would therefore heunablo to point out tho beginnirg of the fatal influence which the defendant (mstetsed ovei her, and wh'eh he i xercied in the consummation of hit criminal object. Human nature and their own experience would, however, assist them in coming to a conclu tion. It was hardly to be Mieved that the def. n- ' d.int could be ciriied away by any headstrong feel ing. or any impulse of passion, and, therefore, so abfU'd a defence could not be eet up. They knew that there were mmy approachet to the female hcait. A wom-n who pos as d no inor inate shore of talent might be misl' d anddecoytd from the path of virtue hy a person of superior acquirement, who, fm sinister purposes, paid defer, nee to hei, in Older that, when her vanity ov. reame hrr reason he might ferpel.t like d aw his meshet around bit viciin and make her iiietiie ally I st. These were the dark and insidious i.rtH that wrr practised by the defendant, and the jury would be able to tiace every web that wa designedly thrown around ihe p'uiniilT'i wife, until tho'wae im-xtticubly surroun ded. Mr. Heaviside lift Brighton on the 11th of March, and enme Jo London; and on the I3h of tbe e rne monih Mrs H.aviside quitted horn- at an early hour in the morning, ettting that the was going on a visit to Mrt. Crt ville. We annex a letter written by Ma. II. imme-'i. 1 ately arter her elopement. It wat add ret ed to her Luibaiid : SunJ .y, March 15, 1840. "I tit down to the paii.ful duly ol lulGllu g the promise ini.de in my note ol Friday". I will di it at briefly as ihe ihcunwt nee to be told and the fe.linga to be xprted will pe mil. You have obseived the continued uiilii;M-iiioii from which I I. axe suffered for many we kt p ist, und which I h.ve allowed you totupjK.se ptoceidid fioni b.K'1'y illness. Xty tufforings however, were of a different nature, ar.d arose from a d iT r nt ciu.-e. T biy oiiginatcd in lb' miud and in the heart. Ann ng the pittont ii.trodued to our ac quaintance within the last f w mon hs wu ene, who, unfortunately for tne, pro Joed tuch an im pression upon my huirt, it I felt could nev, r be rffacrd; in the fir.t period of our acquaintance, I flittered una. If that the sctilimmts h iiifpired were those of friendship mnly, and I indulged in hit tocie y with unguarded, and at the event proed, out imprudi lit freedom ; n this, however, was'no mote tian wat dene by other ladiea, by whom ha acquaintance and convertaiion wne eagerly tought, and at I never before had reason to dUttutt tnjself. I proceedeJ ulMppetent)i of the consequencea. He departed fnn Brighton, and the efTectt of his a'sence convinced me for the first time of the r- al etate of my heart, and I toon felt tbut my jx ace of mind wa irrelrievablj Ut. He had never preu rrted to tell me that I it to him an obj. ct of affec tion. Hit mas oer and language were on the con trtry, mo-t def.nenti.il and retpeciful. I had i-cn b wever indie .liont of bit fceiiiifa towarda ms bom caiivuiciiig and unrquivoctl han any which were words could convey. In thort, wi.hout toy expresa comiaui icaiion ew tl tubj'Ct, our feelings l ocame mutually known J H that evety dic tate of duty suggested iinmediata separation and absence, S. pwtion and a!enca were accoiding ly liied. and nllnut4 uutil I wat dritei well nigh . fv m 4i.caa. I thill net at'rmpl, I ecause the atte?mrl wouM 1 le utiav.Mh,b:e, to dcwril.e to yon what t t.ulTeied j h d you bren m ire c.mat mtly with me than your "cati.h usually ermilted you to bo, the state of my f rlioKt could hot have been concealed from you, and '.t wat only by lieaitrending effort that I at urned e-'i op, n ent checrl'ulnesi duting the brief t'.el dlstunt lnlivals you passed with me J you know mo loo well to ilonl.t mi trmh when I assnro you ihat on nu.re than one occasion I as on the poiiiFiif attempting to rescue ell parlies from tho evil whi. h irir n re ed them, by removing myself io another w tld l y opium. I struggled Ond only knows how I etrueglod to aulidue this criminal Utachment, and to recover sufficient tranquility of n.l ,d to et.aMorne to perform my dutiet as your wife I wroti to him d daring my retolulion to conquer my aflVction for him j hit good feeling and teal regard lor mo prompted him to acquiesce in ;hia course, and ho expressed his .ntire approba tion of it. I tried l I failed the ttruggle almot cost me my life. I now became fully convinced that I a f T. vcr incapable of discharging towards ynu the ilu ies an 1 olfices of a wifo, aive by Ihe al ption of a course nf lystematic. dissimulation an 1 unremitt ng hypocrisy, from whi h all my he-tier feelings revolte.1 with loathing and disgust. I felt that the attempt would render mv life one continued 'ie. No course thtn remiine-d f.r me l.y which I c- uld ' e rescued ft m the horrors of my position, except either r-elf des'ruclion or. to withdraw myself openlv from you and resitn my self to him who onurnssr-il all my aff ctions ; in have adopted the only intermediate meaaiiro by in.lu I ging in his fcicly, and secretly commitiing infide lity to you, while I continued to prof, ts the f clings and perforin the offices of a wife, wat one of which I was altogether inciipahle. I therefu e, after v,ew ing my ntuntion and ex imbiing mv heart, deter mined to al.aiido.i a position which I coulJ not conscientiously maintain, and I did accordingly, on Friday last, deliberately and aJvi-o.lty, and not in a moment of excitement, or und. r any sudden impulse of f.-elinp, leave my house and place my self in tho hands of him lo whom my affections had heen surrendered. "Need I assure you, that up to the hour I quitted your do ir, I wna never guilty of any act injinious to your honor or iiicompa'ible with the v. wa I h .d madeyou. What I have done, I hnve done openly, and have not added ihe m annct of falsehood and ileeeptb n to the sin of infi lelity. Wnile hy his forma! confession I place in nur bands the power ef releasing yoursell from the lie whi. h binds me t you, and of preserving tlie r ghls of our cliiblr.ii ft ni tho possible consequence of my act, I am prompted os much by feeling as by duty to deflate, most umqu voc illy, that what I h ve d me hut not lice n caused by any absence of kiiidtn ss and off c- tion on your part; that, on the C 'titmry, from the day f our ma riago to the day of my d. parturc from you, you have Leon most kind, most teneler, and most tT cti nate. I m deeply sensible that you h ive J. served a verv IiT reut return fioin any that ii has been in my power to make. "As I believe and trust (h it my own conduct, at well a that of ihe person to whom I am now ui i ed has been, up to the hour of my separation from you, such as to afford no ground for objection or suspicion, you rnnn.it, I presume, have any m ana of knowinn who that person i; it is ncresa iry I'.crefor", that I thou! I inform you thnt it is I)r Lordlier. Neither he nor myse lf desire to eilT'i anv extenuali n, much le'ts lU-fenec, of our conduct We feci it, however, to be only justice to ouit. lvrs to say, that we are prepared in suffer all the evils attendant upon a t e'nl chance in pecuniary cir cumstances at the inevitable cotise quence of tl.e step we h tve taken ; I h ve come to him destitute of any meana of support, and blinking no lung wi'h me but the few arlicl. t e.f dress I had upon my pert n. He has surrendered a large inenne which he h it for many ye.ut enjoyed, arit.n g fmm his profession) labor ; banished as he must I e, to a foreign country , d insce. I in ch .rai t. r l y the very measure which gives tne to him, removed from ..II those connections on which the profitable occupa tion of his time has hitherto de p n.led, be it at this moment uneeriain where, or how hu msy obtain even ihal very sm II income which will suffi e to supply our most ni .derate wants and wishes. Not f re's, ring an exiger cy like the pr tent, he hut not reabxe.l ..ny ror siders'ile mn mil of propeny nc thing, in fact, wh ch ran ma'e ri.lly aid us in ur pre sent p ii'ioii. v e were both to ly awsre e.f tiii'be foririids le d ffi. ubi eind s:icrifi. cs( but be fe ll that a. v acr fice, however ureat. Would be most willingly made by h rn lo eof.en the ev.N aitendunt upon the pos.li ni w! iib I most ss-uiiie. Now, in coiic'usi p, allow me lorxjirets a h "po ih.it after lh' first at itU' -h attending ibis linst'or uue ba N . n assui.god. yon wi l I ) tbst your peace and comfort will be ii ore protnotid ly lo "i"K mo ..llogi-ther. for reUn ing me without u y aff ca. n would l e uk me to ynu, and you would lme the pa n of seeing me daily c .i SLin. d l ya hopvless a iaihtoe .1 to mio ti er, wb ch w uld e.t int.. my heart until I sbou d be redact d to the mere shadow e.f myself, and whi.h must, after a brie f fieri.nl luv.e brought me to the grave. It is n t likely that yu will f, el any disposi ion to ron.uiui.i. -ute fur lier wiib me; b..l, i.s we s'i 1 have ome common inture-t, I f, t i i. niy duty to supply you wiih tbe mt ana of su h commutiicalion, sin u d it be necessary. Any lung whieh is addressed to Mrs, Williams. No. 1 7, Old Burlington street, will be f..rhr.li'J to me 11 . lievo we ttill your most nceie and giatuful fri. nd. "Misr HtiTisiDS. "It is my wish, if you have no ol jeciion, tint lb U letter, or acoiy if it, should be tent to my father." The learned counsel of the difemdant concluded by expr as ng a ho e that the juiy would lake ititi consideration all tl.e circumstsnces ol the ease, and that they would give such damages at would vin diea'e the honor and character of the plaintiff, with out entailing titter ruin upon the del. nd .at. Ver. ie t lor plain iff Damages, Eibt ThouasnJ fOJnJ. (140,000.) the amehican. Saturday, grpttmber 12, IStO- ELUTOItAI. TICKET. J4tt t'mn, of tndiana, f a ,, Oxo. O. I.iiraa, of De.aware, $ f,n(,r'"'- 1. C.d. John Thomp aon. 1 5. Frederick Smith. 13. Charles M'Clnre. 14. J. M. Gemmell. 15. O. M. Molten' ack. 18. Leonard Pfouix. 17. John Horton, J , 18. William I'liil-on. 19. John Morrison. 20. Weslly Frose. 21. Benj. Anderson. 22. Wilhnrn Wilkins. 21. A. K. Wright. 24. John Kindlvr. 25. Stephen Barlow 3. Benjimin Mifflin, Frederick 8t oever. 3. Wm. II. Smith, A a r . Jonn r .teinm.in, John Uowlin, Henry Myers. 6. Daniel Jacoby. 6. Jesse Johnson. 7. Jacob Able. 8. Geo. Christman. 9. Wm Shoener. 10. Hentv Dehuff. 11- Henry Logan. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Heltf.J. C. DlICHKK," Ovto F. Jomvsov, Jamis I'kacocx, Usijami! Psaat Jouv M. Fohsts a, Dauphin. Ii. YV. IlfTTta, MiciUe'L llOMXie, Jacob l)tB, Hkhmam Alricks.J Pitch Hat, ? n, . .... Joseph C. .tai, $ Philnklpb... Davio I. TV II, 1 . , II. II. Viv Amrivds, P"'" DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. rnn inv.stnttvT. Martin Van Hurcn. fob tick pnr.stnr.vT, Ilichard HI. Johnson. tor oovrii'vnB, CScn. Oavld R. Porter. run cosjonitsft, JOHN SNYDER. 10'. ASSKMBLT. CHARLES W. II E G 1 XS, (lVAo had 14 ttoc In ttc D -macrntic Delegation ) JESSE C. HORTON. (H'Ao had 13 tola in the Dtkation.) Neither candidate having a m ijnri-y of the whole, the Convention unanimously resolved they would ma'.e no nomination but so if r each one to run on his own merits. C. W. Hegius having re ceived tho highest number of voles should, accord ing to ilemorra.ic usages be cona:der.d the ch. ice of tho party. ro eoMMtssiofins, WILLIAM SHAMSON J At on RHODES. TOM Al-niTOH, HUGH H. TEATS. WHIG CANDIDATES, roa conomkss, JAMES .MERRILL. COMMISSI' isr.n, JOSEPH BOUND. Al BITOa. ELID i JOHN. to tiic rniLsc. In tubmitiing to the juii.lic ihu lirst nu.nl cr of the "Aineiican," it maybe d. emed incumlei.t on us as neci'ssa'V and proper to make a few ohsnva (ions in r. Irition to the rstablislununt of this jir.ss, and tbe course wh ch its cotiducton intenJ to pur sue in iU publication. Tho age in whic'i we live h..t been truly styled ihe vge of improvement, winch no power on car h can ariest in its progress. The applicat en of aieuin lo tho various purponet ufsi, and tho more re-en! discovery of smelt ing iron with anthracite coal, promises to I em.sjl vania results that caonot he too highly e.li mited. The great valler eif the Puqnehann is soon des tined 10 b. come the the a're of a new sc. tie e.f eti lerpr xe and indu tty, wi.ich may well exc.te ihe astonishment of th ae who are unsrq unite I with her inexhausliblc drpo.-ites e.f cod and iion. Her rtigned h'lls and aolit..ry wastes, here ofore demed woitlile;ss, are now eaj;eily sought after for the coal and iron which they contain, ihe most v biabbi mioersla in natur. It his been tuoi that England owes her pre-cnt p wer and e..llli moie lo her coal a d iron tbau lo all o.her c.ioso- coin I i .c.l. Ita.i, then Pern txlv.uiia ha- wtninlier o i n borders inte rit.it re o.irces i.el powers uf we llo nnsorp.is d l) tho wil lo Union. 'J'Ue Mistii ikin e o .1 region, eniiticcled wit'ithi place by a r.il oa.l 20 ni bs in I nlli. which a few years since W es a soiit ry w il.l, ui l.ood n bv tl.e foot of man sav. ihe soii urv h jolei in pur ui' e.f gone, is now teeming Willi a bu-y and iinlus'ri .us js.pulil on. Thu lo vii oi ."l,m lin located in the coal lesiiou, a new vi lege cont imng uboi.t one hundred houses, has apiuug up at if by n.agic, since that (teriml. These improvements which are but a commence ment ,.f a leiiei e.f woikt upon a large scale n w in projects, 1,'cent as ibry a e, have a It a ly e j.eu a new I (a and im elu to this section of our ceeui With these views and under th. se roiuuhr lions, we, in comm. n with mat.y of our moat is. le emi d fellow citir-ans, conceded that a w. II i nn elucted jourml, if propeily e ncuiaij d, coul I be rendered highly si rvceit b- tot'.e co.nn uni y. The progre-a of inipioveon ul 'and lh rsji'd m cr. ase ef population, ind.rd equ ie lh..t lbs ; re h .i.tl neit snly keep pace wiih the spinl of i nte p Ix -an I in duslry, hut as a pi ne.'r lead th way and stimula e to exeriion the en'crprixing and wealthy capitalist. Tho establishment eif a new prets in thit pi e hat frequenil. Uen tok'iiof, and was long since in contemplation w'.ei.evn a favorable opportunity th u!J cteu'. We btlitvj that perioJ h now ar rived. Our (leAlrjti is to make the American a per mar.rnt and useful jourunl, tonveyiug useful and intere sting information to all c la-sea of rca.lera Conducted with the utmo t tlecorum, its tone and tentimi nts shall at all tims be tuch, that the most scrupulous parent may place it in the hernia of any member of his family with prrf. ct impunity. Low tcunility and violent personal abuse shall l care fully excluded from it" columns. And while we sh .11 always be ready an I prompt in the expression of our opinirini upon mailers of public policy, we alv.ll nlwaya en 'ravor to preserve that decorum und extend tht courtesy towards our eotempor.iries and others, that one gentlemen has a light to expect frem another. To the interests r.f the farmers r.nd cu'tivntnrs of the soil, the hone and a'new of our e-nuntry, who, in an agricul urat petiui e.f view, form ihe hs-it of all trade, commerce and m eiiut'acluret, we shall d- vo'e a portion of our columns, and sprea I before ihcm such matter as shall bo both Useful und en tertaining. To the mechanic and all others, we t' utt we thall be able to make the American an interesting and instructive journal. In p. ilil cs we "shall, as we have alrendy an nounced, aupport the general and stale admiiuslr e tl .ns. In advo. nting the re-eb-i tion if Marti Va UBL.!Bid RlCHAn M Ji.nvto to ih. h'mb stations which thee i on occu y. and wh ch they have filled with tuch distinguished abilities, we sbiill c ufi.ie oursi'lves to mee-uret and the principles upon which tiny are grounded. R cii.i.- ii ation und low person 1 abuse which the tuncur of pnliticil wai-faie never fills lo produce, ..ml which we r. g-i 1 1 say is indi.U. d in to an nlniost unlim ted extent, by the p.u izm puss, s of , iilicr tide, we ahull car. fully avoid, deeming ii not on! demoralizing to the community and ile rogatory to the high char icti t of the press, but unwUe, im politic and ui just, our fe.irl.'-s and pa'tiotic Governor David R Po trr, who hut thus far identified himself with th" true in'ere-ts of the ttale, and whose w.se and sabraiy mea-uitH have rcoeiv.d the appro' ation of every hone-ta.d l leral mi l l, we shall e x'e d our most cor.lial supp. n. We have th. refore pi iced his name at the bead of our column-, fully cuifi dent that the bo est ye .mamy e.f Peunsxlvan a will always be found sustaining honesty e.f purpose and integiity of comlucl in a justly v..luid public si rvont. frj Persons having prosit (uses will please to send on the names nf suhsciihcrs as soon as possi ble. We mey post bly hive omitted sendir.g li e pnpjr to snmo who have su'scriied, which wc shall be glad to correct when infoimed. fj- As wo have nt had a yet the benefit of exchange papors, the first number of tho American will nM present as great a viriety as our read. ra may heiesfier eiiect. fXjThe Editors oPihe " Milton Ledger" and the - Sunbury Gazelle," with a di egard for truth en tirely uripardoua'de, have mtagle-el the name e.f Charles V- H. gins with the Wliig ticket for tins county. The editors kn w that he was not placed on lhat ticket, and ther. lo e Ihe tlatement is a m I ful misrrprrsrultttitin of u intiltervfjact, with, an intention of deceiving the public. Th.y aUoknow for they h.ve s. vetally puhli-h.-d the lad, ih.t Mr llegn s reK-etvrd the higiiesl number of votes given to any candidate in the d. nwer iiic Del. gile Con vruiion, ond lhat hu would have i een iiomiu i'cd without opH)snioii. if a few individuals, who pro tended lo Iw bis fiieiids, bad n-1 si crelly viilifi d bis polit.cal cour-e, and off red .to diseribute th minor offices ain otg an almost infinite number of persons. Mr. H Rin.' detn crane principles re firm and his legislative coutto hat been eulig'ileii ed and patriotic. Tint weak imlieci e creature, w hose name figure at the' head of a paper calbd the Milto Le ger, -im, ly because the r. al owi er . f that pres. due not place hit own there, has thought prOj er to commence abusing aome of .he leading de micruts on this side of ihe river, in the c ur e of whicr he in tdo an attack Upon the editor of this paper, seve ral weeks in advance of its public eion. We will, however, Inform him, what his limit el perreptions probably will nevrrenible him lo per c ie, that in our opinion the dutiet of a . eebto are not a1 all incompatible wiih the chami't. r of a gen reman, a d that he must not think all editors are i ecessHi'ily ioolf..r designing men, simply because he hat mad.' bim-elf one. The public will hirel'y u pose ih t it wi I r. qui e any e oiiilana ion of I -b i t o pub b'i a sher tqnal o the Mi!t hi l.edei Ki m eteir e.,rli si youth, we have lu en . cu I ni d to l ink at d act tornura Ivea M'e iiilend, and w, are vein notih to think we a'e- c.-mp-leti.t toil.. o. to mal e ttie' Amenc n," a r.specuh e m l wo. I con lu. ti'd j Hiroiirt and if we elo n -u eeed in ni .king ii as much top- iioi lo tbo Ledger, in point eit lire II geiiee and iespi clabilit , as t'lut pap r l n .w Im I . such a st n.lsid. we -hall retire, sii.l rave il.e di g.. idutinu nf tbe pre.t in the Udnds ol tucli cellule as now conduct Ihal peprr. The Ledper men s .y that a secrei B,ir.enieul was en ered rn'O at this place. U tween ihe Ir en. Is of Mr. ;eeiiiian.l the f.ieu.la of Mr. U mud. Now, lie. knew thai they were U In.hiiu a wilful sod deileera-e fa'sehoo.l, and that they m r heard a wont utter.d to that effect. Dut what It lint for the Led ert We do n. t calculaie le hear them utt. r o e word el truth lastweeii this and the elec ta, n, in. est by accident. It bas nevir ben-n asserted by any friend el C W, Hegius, that Governor Poner wr..te a leit.r to that ge ntleman, ii que-ting him to b.- a candi lata for Ihe legislature. Tbe e. it r of the) Mil. on I.ed g. r it distinctly called upon, to tU e who made tuch in tlb gation, tn l where it wt made. Opposition lrc9. We legret that tbe cditort i.f the Sunbury Ga- xelie cannot view the establishment of this press in any nth. r than a hostile ligh'. " We h id no donire to injuro them, nor did we believe we thou'd do to in the cnuree we have pursued. They say their suhsriiption list bat lucre ted. Wa are g'ad to bear the fact, and attribute It wh .l y to competi tion, which olwayt stimulntu to ex-rlion and im provement, and invariably bring! about liencficial results. ' "' s The Sunbury G xntte hat lieen in existence for tome time, but h .a not, we believe, been as well supported as a press should be. Where t! e fmli lies, we do not nremm to say. lint we believe there are a si fTn"ent nnm'wr of persona in this roiintv, now U'.supi bed wi h papers, h , if they could hft induced to snbsreibe, eouM siipvn t 'wo p'pen in this place, a' d support them well. We think that ihe heael nf eve'V family should feel it an imperious and bs dote duty, t tike a w. ll con iIuct.' paper. Nothing rontiibu'es so much to th spread of intelligence and the e nlighi. ning of the mind, as tbe newspaper prea. It besets a habil and taste for reading, which like all other habits i acquired by practice. And we believe, many men in th a country have risen to f me und disi nciion by esrlv habits thus acquired, who wou el otherwise bav. groped their way through the world in igno rance and datkn"ss We shall e ndenvor to conduct the "American" in such a spirit snd manner, as lo induce every person e'osirniis of obtaining a good paper, to snl- scri!e for it. How well we bhal succeed, time itself must show. C3"The St-ite C ppol Gazelle and another pa- per puhii-hed at a elUtance Ir on this county, have eulogised the talents and u-iness hehitsol Mr Hortou, and, pethaps. ns they are unacquainted with him, they ar. i xrusal.b-. Uut it wou d e ut te rly unpar.tona le en tint Le-dgnr or Ga&'ttii to elo so. Knowing that he ia grossly ino.mp, tent and enti.ely unfit to repre-nt a free and enlnihtciieii Community, the-y have, very proper yt preser.ed i tomb-Ilk' silence un ihe subject of his fitness for office. Jcnsc C' Ilorlon- Tliis gent e.u. ii ia the caudiJ.it e of a fact. on composed ot f anu.eiits of all parlies, u. itetl witli ihe very few in this cootity, who slo w, d decided symptoms of opposition to tho adnunis rati ii ot Gov. Porter, and w- ro checked by Ihe overwhelm ing burst of approbaMO-i nh.cti the measures of th' everutive r.c ived in this cou ty on the 221 of February lest. Those who shout bis piaisea, have not condescende-d to inform the pu l c wh t qo eli fic .lions recommend him tt) the office. Can he reid orwtite' Pr 'bably he can 5 but be cannot dr-w up a bill, or law ; nr; her ceo he write a rcmrt up on any su j.-cl that wool. I he rornmitted to hi change. He does n"t pos es one single r. quisite foi legislation. That he ih incapable f .'ebveiii.g his sentimen s, (if he sh.iu'd happ-n lo have any) upon any snhj it, might be considoted a inin r ot" oljecii n , but his early mid late baliii- h ive not qua ifi.-d hun for thinking c rrcctly, and it we sri.,1 himtolhe legisature.be w.ll incessarity be.blged i. ask the aid ol a member from some other Coun ty, to enab e him t . further the busin. as of his con s I ueuls. In short, we would bu obliged to burrow a reprflnluttve from one of our neighbors. The Speculating Candidate, The tr i. nd-of Jesse C. Hort. n are pr. s-iug h i Iccti. n, liecausc they s.y he is a farmer, and lhat Char'i-s W. Hegius ia a lawyer, We are sor y to str p a jack daw of his b irroued p'utnage but w' o is it ih t ever heard er knew any ihing . f Jesse C Hortou, that el id not bear of him ejr know hun as a stage pioprietor, or a contractor up n the public works t t bo is it lhat knows him, d..n'l know hit ever -ince he bas been in this county, (ai d that h n.-t been eiy long.) he h is been fc,diugat the pub.ic ctil, and that he has rro ived more money from ihe guverome nt, n the si ape nt' exlru pay,' for doubtful service , lhan w t Id have paid twenty memleers of the legisla'ure ! Tbetmih is, Jesse t' H..rton, by bis speculations and contracts f v ii..us k ii la, l a- acquir.d a ban. Is nr mi I an I farm, t- wbich, aa a 'riend, we w uM advise him to dev. t hia 'isie and atno lion; wh.le C. W. II. gins- ia a young m-n. who ha ri en by his . wn me rits, sn h s no larrn to siiport hi .., but is obliged lo c.rn bis livelihoo.1 by his profession. The people can judje wl.i. b i- tlie moat d. sereiiig of the iwo, Ih Kpeculutiii contractor .-r the in ustr out and nvi t ot. us young prof-asi nul man. The 'tdints . the iw m n, of course, .i.e not to he c mp.r d T1H;E DEMOCR TM KNOWN bY I IIEII WORKflt! Tbe m ell -qtl .d of si If-styled and p tent would l de I'ocri s in die forks, who fr a veial n r past have 11 sounding llecir ..wo pr uses, it seem- will i. ever cete s imatiilig he do n.K-r... of th low r end of the t .un y, Thev h i e fre-q e. o n asserted thai ih.y h all the i .. I i.-enc ami ho Iheref re cl li ne I II th- olTu. -. To sh iw wh at ihe most firm snd a eidfs t te nocr ts. an i wh- ie d. ino. tacy h is fl u is ed m t, w Have tukeu tt" trouble to ex .mine ihe . (Tic al r. eoids ol the ttlec- II n I ISilS anil 1BJ3 i no wnoio ueniocratic majority in 1 8 to was 1113. Of this amoun' the Folks give 5 13, snd the town-hips this side i f ib river 570" Now et us are what the'e pa ei.tdemocraU had lrn doing duiiug Hie tb ee years preceding tbe el ection of IS:?, we Ihencan joelg- whateffji t their me isurea h ..I in sneng h-ni g the party. In 1818 the whole democratic inij-ity wat only 9S0. He e w..e a gal filling off . mew here. Was it r ro .gbetui he county t No -m b thing I The Forks the gae a majority of o ly 3J a out in thr-eyeaia f;fllv.tie. This tide of ,h- rive' tt en gave a nt j riiy f 65 j vote ; a g.tin I 8S. Tiiua it will t seen thai i.i 1833 ihe m iU -ioj .ri y on this tide wa. only 27 in re th.n m the Foiks, In 1839 it wateatci by 3'J8 or more than iloubln tho amount. Yel With til this eeMenea bev fote their eyes these all intelligent" seconel-hand ilftinans, whose men! il visions and aspiration of patriotism never extend beyond Ihe patronage if tome petty office, have the Impudence to set th lemsrlves up as the lenders of the .b m.HMtic par- and presume to elictau to the people and tell ihem whom they musf surnort. Th k ,-.. manrv of Ii is county will frown ilown wl h indig nation, this attempt of a f w i e ty dictators t,. thrust upon them a candiJate. whom they have once rejected. WHO 18 THE DEMOCR TIC C NDIDATE , rem rtsrijllj(y l On the fmiilh ballot f r the nominee f.r thisif e, in ihe D m rt tic County C ,nvnii n, ha I. s W.He ins had 14 J -se C. lo ton 11, ol John M Kmnev 6 vol .. and af .. r a few mn,m balln tings ihe conv. niion adjoined wlihout mi- tun a nomination. This it t e plain 'ruth. Kc rding to the it- m-eeratie nsage that i he maWS shall govern, Mr. Hcgi is should have he.n egard- ed as the candidal of the par. Bui at Mr. Hor. on bat thought prop, r, in dire,-t violad n of this cardinal pr nrip'e of dem crscv, lo press h s servces uimn the publ c, and ppeal from the award of the wn.il- county delegation, to mee ting coua stinn of 35 individuals in McEwensvllle, convened without .y previous n .lice of their obi ct, sod witliuut a public invitetioti lo the people in ihe low.-r end of Lie e ouoly lo panic pale in their i rocefdinga, we bink we nave g s.d auh iiv toe siting that he is nut )ie democratic candidate, nut ihe no.uim.-e ,.f a ' fiction and ail enemy lo the perty. Candid Admission The truth by atxidcut. 'I he Milton Ledger, in j.p,uk ng of Gov. Porter. says: " We, a- Well as a larne portion of the tie- uioe racy of Pennsylvania, did not approve of one of hia ucts as Governor, and wefee;y expressed our d.sapprobat.o.i." The Le-i!gcr men aie no doubt correct when they say they .ii I not approve of a si gle act of Gov. 1 ortei's ad , nostra ton, .nd of cou is.-, according te their own admission, have been opposed to hun in everv thing he has d ne; but we hink t at they are deci.h-eiK' tvrong in saj ing that "a laigo oortion ol the dem icr icy of I'enn-y Iv.in a navo been so vio lent in ihcp oppositi n to Gov. Porter, us tn elissp i rove of all his acts. The most violent fede al i rint in t.'.e country has not cxte ..led its opposition so lar I he I.cilyer m n must see th .t the have not bee n ele nocra a, und that they have een figbliug in the federal ranks. The Hanks. We publish, in anotbo. lolumn, the bill res ricl. g he banks, pissed b the Honse eif K, pres. n talis, s on ih- llurd of Ap il last, together with the yeas and naye on tlie pis-ae of tiie bid. We do th s f-r tne puipose of shewing how li.ile r.bance cm be placed m i lie assert ions of the Milt n L dger and Sunbury Gar-He. So lar from opposihg a 'eform of the pres. nl b .nktng sysn-m, Mr. H. gins voted for ju t such r. s ric i..ns on the hanks as the peop e d. sir. , and we ask them to read tbe bill and jtielge fo, themselves. It will he recoil cte I that this bill p.ss- d wo weeks leef re the I.egi lnu e first ailj -urnel; plenty e.f time f.r tl.e Senate to have passed the bill, but dt I not see proper to do it. Columbia Count)-. 8. F, Headley, Esq of B-rick. has be n nomi nated by the elemocrat c convention of Columbia County, as Senator for the district composed of the c-'umits of Columbia and Schuylki I. This nomi nation renders Mr. Me dley's election certain. Those inurest. d in ihe mineral regions, the man ufac'uter mid mech mic, will find in Mr. Headley an able n pre dilutive of th. ir interests, and will have no occasion to regret the choice made hy the convention. I'nlon County. Mr. John Sir det of Uniou County, has l-een nominated by the democ ats of N6 thiim' eriand and Un on counliea. for Cnngre-s. Mr. Sn' der ia too well known for hit firm unwavering democr.tie ,. inciple-s, to require any comments at our l am's Hi- bl 'I. cs have nev. r be o questioned. His well known popularity renders his e ect on morally or. tain in this d sir ct, where democracy is always triumphal. t. Specimen Book, eoinai-ini a spec;m-n of sd kind-ot typ". has ts en mi.s. g fr m this . Ific for aome lime. If aoy person h- it w- bo e it will be re-turn, d im e liap y.M ltin Ledg r. H id nm tbe Ledg rmin ilter accuse the Buik eyi 01 cLsm tb with ciaartva i off; as h i fr en Is sav that he earriti the dtcument w.th him." A Worl to the Wise, &c. ''ut neightors of the Snnbu y U -z Ite, in "la to n ati .i a long and I. u I," hive in do sun.lry ' arises in rciuti nt to ihe establishment of ihie pa, r, th n will rcqui e al out bands tome little c n.mei t. We ran sure lh m ih .t we were not ' act .at d hi lh. le si by any mo iv a e.f ill will, . r p r ouul bo li ity, and we iiiink, thai our c... mpo. rn) vh uld nthcr loeongrstulal ry than olhci wise, in hivu g rece ived an ally, willing to do bat lo in Hit cause ol deinoci-.cy, however keble ibey might o.iui hi. tl'ir a. Il will be r cl ected, that when Gov. Porter at. . s .tiled the dull. of bis cfli. e, ihe affairs of the i ouiiDonweal h had reich.d an ala iiiing crisia, ' lin na ive eue gy of character, and determination ' to pursue a course best ealc ul aid to pr. aeiys the in .res's of the people, gradually restored th ngs. to orde r. Th-se diifirul iet were scarcely aurmounted, wh n the su-m-nsion of the banks took pi ct. Tbe go-ernor in his annual mrasage bad recommended ome wholes erne re-ti iciions, lo prevent the recip ience of the bke evil. Whatever his opiui .n migkt hive b.-en, in regard to the eon.iurt eif the bsnks, be was unwilling lo sarr.fi. e ihe interests of ia people, datroy Ihe credit of the stats, and brinj universal dietrew uj on the cou munity, by comf
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