!j THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL Huntingdon, May' t I Si 3 " One country, one constitution, one destiny.' V. B. PALMER, Esq. (No. 104 S. 3rd St. Philadelphia,) is authorized to act as Agent tor this paper, to procure aubscriptions and advertisements. Absent. --'f r Erwin. From the Harrisburg Telegreph. THE S EC R ETA It Y OF WAR The Charge of Per Character Established. If any thing was needed to hold up the name of JAWS M . Porter in infamy in this community, %%here he played the Jeffries on the Bench, to the extent of his capacity, we should have it now in our power to do so. But he is so well known onr citizens, that the exhibition of any more of his evil characteristics is unneces riry. Yet the position which he occupies in the eyes of the nation, render it pro- per that his deeds should be held up to the public gaze, that they may see a true portrait of the man whom Capt. Tyler has placed in the honorable position of Head of the War Department. Our readers will recollect that some time in December or January last, pro ceedings were instituted in Philadelphia to test the validity of the appointment of 11'm. A. Porter, the son of the Governor, %thorn he had appointed Sheriff, as it was alleged, not only against the loudest re monstrance' of the people of all political parties, but against the very provisions of the Constitution itself, it being believed that the Governor's son had not been a citizen of Philadelphia long enough to re ceive the commission legally. On the 9th of February last, on motion, the Court of Common Pleas of Philadel phia granted a rule for the taking of de- positions in the case, and on the 15th of February, James M. Porter, the newly appointed Secretar of War, appeared before Alderman Binns, and made an affi davit, from which we extract the following —the other parte of it not bearing upon the main point in view; and which we copy from the Pennsylvanian: Commonwealth on the re-) In the Lition of the Attorney f Common Pleas General. > of vs. 1 Philadelphia. William A. Porter. i James M. Porter, a witness produced, affirmed and examined on behalf of the' respondent. Wm. A. Porter is my ne phew; he read law with me about six weeks before he graduated at Lafayette! College; he commenced reading law un der my direction. From the 9th March, T. 839, until about the Ist of October, 1839„ 1 he was not in my office except occasion• ally, as he then boarded and had his room ! in the college. From about the latter , time until the 101.11 of O.:tuber, 1841, he was in my office as my other students were, end during that time boarded at Mrs. O'Conner's hotel, in Easton. lie left Easton about a week alter the general election in 1841, to come to Philadelphia to take up his permanent residence in the city of Philadelphia. In the month of April, 1842, during the sitting of our Courts, he came up to Easton and stated to me, that according to the rules of court, he could nut be admitted in the city of Philadelphia. I think lie said that the rule required that the last year's reading should be in the city. I STATED TILE STANCE TO JUDGE BANKS, the President of our Court, and asked him whether our rule of court to tho same of feet visa inflexible. lIE STATED TO ME, NO: that the rules of court were for the purpose of preventing the admission of improper persons ; and where they knew a gentleman as they knew life. Porter, they had no objection to appoint aaminers.— Accordingly, on the 221 id of April, 1842, I filed a certificate, a copy of which is hereto annexed, and on toy motion the ex aminers were appointed, and the next day. on the report of the examiners, he was ad mint& I always understood he was to prose cute the pleas of the Co tumoc.wealtli. as Roun as he could be admitted. I had, Irom au early period of his studying with me, been instructed by his father to sitap: binl course of studies with a view to practi sing in the city of Philadelphia, and ac cordingly had directed his attention more to commercial law, than I had my other students. • • • o • • He graduated the latter part of the month of September, IEI3O. I do not know how old Mr. Porter is at thls time, only by hearsay. 1 have understood he was the latter part of April or be inning of May, 1E142. I have no knowledge of my ~wn au the subjec.t. The rule of court at Lagoa, 1 think, requires that the last ear's study should be in the office of an tic t',41 1 1,1113 , -1 l,f too'+p abihty the county. The rules are not very trimly adhered to, where the applicant is knOWn ; I have known them repeatedly divensed with or modified for particular cases. lie %vas in Easton some clays before lie was anitnitted, having been taken sick im mediately after his arrival at Easton. The certificate of no lawyer of Philadel phia was presented to me or the court on that occasion. Immediately after his ad mission, he returned to Philadelphia.— lie was under my general direction while he was in Philadelphia, but placed himself under the immediate direction of Ovid F. Johnscia, * 4 M * 4 4 It is the practice of the gentlemen of the bar at Elston, as well as my own, to have students who read law tinder our direc tion, who are not constantly in the office, as professors in the college and teachers in town and county, and some fifty miles 3.M. PORTER. Affirmed, ermined and subscribed, Fcbrualy 21, 1E143, Wore JOHN BINNS, Alderman, By the above it appears that James NI, Porter, the present Secretary of War, swears that he knew that Wm. A. Porter, removed to Philadelphia in October,lB4l, for the pur pose of making it his perma nent residet.ce ; and at the same time, it seems that lie was a resident of North ampton county when he wished to be ad• milted to the bar of that county: The Pennsylvanian, in remarking up ' on this transaction, very justly says, "the whole affair is marked by a species of trickery, which, though entirely in char ; I acter with its author, is yet altogether un worthy of an honorable man. Did J. M. Porter consider W. A. Porter a student in his office from October, 1641, to April, 1842, as the rule of court required, or did he not? That the mere fact of W. A. Porter's absence or residence in Philailel. I phia was not regarded by J. NI. Porter at the time as such an abandonment of hi. I l residence in Northampton that it might not subsequently be reclaimed without detriment, appears from the circumstance of his still continuing to detect the young gentleman's studies during the period, and by the application to have hint admitted at the end of the term. Judge Batiks' testimony would probably set this right. 11J. M. Porter did really inform him that Win. A. Porter was an actual resident of Philadelphia at the time he was applying for admission as an attorney, no further doubt of the fact ought to be entertained : but ifJames M. Porter did not so inform IJudge Banks, but induced him to believe that the residence in Philadelphia was only, temporary or casual, and that his permanent residence continued to be Northampton county, it may justly be supposed that the whole story of the Phil adelphia residence, beginning in October, 1841, was but an after•thought to qualify the Governor's son for the Sheriflally of Philadelphia. " Leaving these points for such eluci dation as time and circumstances may bring about, we may say that the whole affair of this appointment, whether legal or illegal, was one of the greatest outrages upon propriety and the feelings of the people ever attempted in this country.— Even in our state of colonial vassalage if George 111. had sent out a boy—some sprig of nobility, just escaping from his teens—to fill an office of the highest im portance in New York, Bosten or Phila delphia, the public would justly have re garded it as an insult, and as affording ample ground fur complaint. But it is a little too much for patience when a Gov ernor of Pennsylvania, elected by the votes of the citizens of the State, and who' should hold his office for their benefit alone, takes it upon himself to send hi, son, just from school, to act as High Sher. iff to a city and county containing near three hundred thousand inhabitants. NO despotic monarch ever sported more un blushingly with his public duties to pro mote his private ends, than does Davie Rittenhouse Porter; and when his term of office expires, he will retire from the Ex ecutive chair followed by the coutempto ous hisses and undissembled scorn of the community." The Easton Argus, a decided Locofocn paper, publishes the affidavit, with a de vial of the main fact, respecting the ad mission of Win. A. Porter, charging PER. JURY upon James M. Porter, in the fol. lowing unequivocal manner: The Argus says: .• What wlll the public think, when we I tell them this sworn testimony IS FALSE, and that there is evidence to any amount to sustain us in what we my. The sitting of our court commenced on Monday, the 18th day of April, 1842. Wm. A. Porter came to Easton about the middle of the tterh, and on Friday the £2d examiners were aprint , A, and en s'ut.n•duy eh r 23d he WAS ADMITTED AND SWORN IN, and on Sunday the 24/h, or Monday the 25th, he left or l'hilad , lphin, as is , belieVe. But mark the sty'rentst. STATE stEmr. In his anxiety to exrulpate linn iself from the charge of nit:Gouty° Ht' NEPHEW IN, contra!) . to the rules of the court, the Secretary SWEARS TO lIIS PREVIOUS CONVERSATION WITH JUDGE BANKS, AND THAT THE JUDGE ASSENTED TO IT, and in do ing so, he has, to use a homely expression, GOT OUT OF THE PAN INTO TIIE FIRE." JUDGE BANxs UTTERLY DENIES HAVING HAI) ANY CON VERSATION WITH HIM„AND WILL SO TESTIFY WHENEVER HE IS CALLED UPON, although he will not' volunteer any newspaper statemetOs upon the subject. And to settle the ata be. paid all dispute, TILE RITORDS, THE , NEWSPAPERS, THE BAII, AND WI F INESSES BY THE DOZEN WILL 'PROVE THAT JUDGE BANKS WAS NW IN EV,TON UNTIL AFTER \N M. A, PORTER WAS OFFERED, E XAMINED, SWORN IN AND AD M I TTED. In consequence of the illness of his daughter, HE DID NOT COME ON TO COUNT DURING THE FIRST WEEK, BUT AR• RIVED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SUN DAY THE 24 I H , and instead of being in Easton eakvtous to Mr. Porter's admis sion, tn give his assent to It, Ite WAs AT ,HIS RESIDENCE IN THE BOROUGH OF READ ING, SOME 52 MILES OFF. Comment is unnecessary. If this does not blast the character of the Secretary of War, then indeed are times changed.— As for W. A. Porter, he is a fortunate man—with a father to give him office in ; spite of o ffi cial duty and public opinion, land an uncle RECK LESSENOUGH 'l'o I SWEAR lIROUGH ALL THE DIF FICULTIES IN . 1 HE WAY OF KEEP ING I I', he is indeed well patronized." We need not add one word to the above; it is full and complete, and charges false swearing or perjury upon Tyler's Secre• tary of 'War, in the plainest language.— We hope that the disposition of Judge Banks will be procured, that the true char acter of James M. Porter may go before the nation, in a shape that cannot be con• iroverted by the statements or bluster of so reckless and unprincipled a man. Bank of Northumberland. The Sunbury American says, his Bunk now pays specie for all its obligations ex cept its relief issues and its notes are now received at par in Philadelphia. This Bank has always been under the direction of able and faithful officers, aod although forced into a temporary suspension by the exigencies of the times, has never for a moment lost the confidence of the 44ip. munity in which it is located. We hope it will soon be able to resume its regular business, and afford that relief In busim..ss men, which they so much need. The United States Gazette says;—The %them) (Bradford Co.) Advocate contains. a full report of the trial of the Rev. Mr.' Lefevre, for seduction—himself a married 'man. Ile was found guilty, and will be ,sentenced to severe punishment, when some other indictments aro disposed of. , While we deeply regret that one, with the credentials so creditable as those of a minister of religion, should violate all confidence, and offend against the laws of God and man, we are happy to believe that such instances are rare; and the very feelings manifested against the wretch, show how abhorrent is his crime, not only as against the family injured, and society in general, but as proceeding from one whose office gave him access to the do mestic circle. The crime of the man, caused the death of his victim's father, and the insanity of her mother. We do not know that the creature had even the customary papers of a clergyman, Who JrontWaled Tyler? GEN. SOL. VAN RENSSELAER, late Post master at Albany, (removed by Tyler) appears by card in the Albany Daily in inswer to the imputations cast on his ofli cial conduct in the Aurora. Ile adds that he was present at a conversation, in May. 1840, between John Tyler and Silas E. Burrows, in which the latter spoke of a' letter he once received how President Monroe maintaining the constitutionality of a National Batik, which Mr. Tyler de., iired to see, and Mr. Burrows handed it o him. A conversation ensued on the iropriety of creating such a Bank, which Gee. V. R. will publish in due time. He closes with the following interesting re miniscence : At the Harrisburg Convention of De cember, 1859, on the morning alter Gen.! Harrison had been nominated for Presi dent, the New York delegation, of which was a member, were assembled by them selves and were considering the question of a candidate for Vice President, when 1 joined them. As I entered the room, one of them observed they were waiting. for me ; that as the Convention had uni- Ited so harmoniously on my nomination for President, they wished me to nominate a Vice President also. I rt that I e,1.1 net with (c !Fin, candidate, but that I should join them in .ny oi,e they would be pleased to preseni, fins my col leagus declined, and , a,gain me to (SA' a nomination. 1 then said ('That if such was their wish, 1 would mum several individuals from whom they could make their choice; sod accordingly I presented the names of John Tyler, Gov. Owen, of North Carolina, and juhn Bell, of Tennessee. They still declined making the selection, and wished me to designate the candid...le. 1 then ranted John Puler, and he was unanimously accepted. lie was on the ground and knew what course I had tilken. hail I designated either of the Other two gentlemen named, lie would hare been accepted with equal readiness aml unanimity. May God and my countrymen pardon my grievous error in this matter, which 1 shall never cease to deplore. But I did it for the best. 1 had served in Congress with him, in years gone by, and then I deemed him an honorable man and at Virginia was nearly balanced, 1 hoped the nomination of my amiable friend Might incline the scale in our favor. „_. Such is a brief . statement of the manner in which John Tyler obtained his nomina tion. Bow previously he has deceived and disappointed expectation, the whole country can testily. But retribution is drawing nigh, and the token cunnut be mistaken. A lower fall awaits him than ,has overtaken any public 111311 e ho has ever betrayed the mis-placed confidence i of the country. VAN RENSSELAER Albany, May 5.1843. (Candidates for Canal Coin- miessioners. We are glad to observe that the election of Canal Commissioneis, by the people, has already awakened the public mind ut look around for met] calculated to fill that office with credit to the Commonwealth. Amongst the gentlemen spoken of in this section of the State, we have heard the names of the lion. Wm. Heisler, Samuel S. Patterson and Andrew Mehaffy, of Lancaster county; John Killinger, E•q. of Lebanon; judge Elliott of Perty; James withers, .tifJ u 'mita ; Dr. AV ag-rnsel ler, Hon. Ner Middleswarth and R. P. Esq.. of Union ; John and James Taggart of Northutoberland, and others; all good men, but some of it um we be ilieve would not accept of the office if ten hlered to them. In our own county, we have the lion. Win. Clarke, who is well known through out the Commonwealth, and particularly in the North-western district, where his military services in the last war, will not ,soon be forgotten : also, John, Zinn kind John P. Rutherford, Esqs., two gentlemen of integrity and standing, in whose hands 'the aftnrs of the Commonwealth would be honestly, faithfully and economically ad miuistercd. In the selection 01 any of these gentlemen, the citizens of Dauphin county, would show their approbation by an unprecedented ipajority. e are glad to see this early annunci ation of gentlemen fur these °Slices, as it is evidence of the interest felt on this sub ject, which is calculated to lead to good results.—llan. Telegraph. The End ol the World. Dow, of the New York Suntl;7lller• cury, descanting on the Miller delusion, .• This terrestrial orb of ours ; which as vet exhibits no symptoms of disease or decline, trill continue to roll on its axis when we shall be mouldering in our sepul 'chars, and the monuments erected to our memories shall have fallen and become buried in the dust of oblivion. Earth is constantly undergoing a miraculous change but it is subject to no decay. The rose that failed yesterday we Call never behold again ; and still the same family of flowers that bloom around the graves of our kindred will blossom round the tombs of millions yet unborn. The feet of fu [ture generations will tread upon the dust 'of our bodies, and the great-grand-chils dren of our cliildren's children, will pluck posies from the very bosom of their ances• tors. Nature produces as fast as she des. trays ; and so long as this conservative principle is observed and wet! carried out, you need be under no apprehension, my friends, of the world's makings burst of it. The sythe of Old Time is Just as keen and no keener now than it was when lie mowed down a cock sparrow in the Gar den of Eden, by way of experiment ; and the sands of his glass have never been clogged for a single moment—nor wont be, till the earth grows hoary, and the sun loses its lustre with agO, and the bald paced moon furnishes itself with a When you see wonders in the hea vens, that have never been witnessed be ' fore--when the bowels of the earth inces santly rumble, like an empty stomach before dinner—when you discover a sin 'gle screw loose in the grand machinery of Nature—when thunder comes before light' ing•—when young ducks exhibit an instinctive antipathy for water— when young men cease to run after the mirk, and the girls wont marry—and the Orange county butter can be made from the milk in the cocoa nut—then and not till then believe that the end of all things is at hand. THANKFUL.— The Portland Bulletin thanks Heaven that the days are getting longer, and with much gravity and truth remarks:—" The sun bets now about sun down as it ought. It has been in the habit of rising after breakfast, and setting sonn y 1:':!'e 111 , 1;.7 111i11 , 11 e brief hi p.. 11. ITEMS OF ALL KINDS, A brig of 200 tons called the Massa chusetts, was launched at the mouth of Kalamazoo river, Lake Michigan on the 29th ult. She belun4s to G. A. Moore & Co., of Buffalo, and to be commanded by Capt. Kyle. 590,000 in specie, were received at New Orleans on the 7th inst. The Jack Tars a'. New Orleans, had at last accounts " struck" fur higher wages. A may employed as a key driver on the Columbia Railroad, was pilled by being run over by the Pittsburg train, on -the 16tli inst. near Kinzerville. The races Over the Canton course near Baltimore, commenced on the lOth inst. A man has been arrested in Baltimore, I who has been in the habit of selecting lots of jewellery as if he intended to purchase, ; and requesting the owners to lay them aside fur a day, when he would call and pay for them. Ile never called and it always appeared on examination of the lots laid aside, that the fellow had con• trived to abstract some part of them. DnAn.—Ptolomeis the Italian who at temped to shoot Mayor Scott a short time since, expired in his cell on the 16th inst. about 8 o'clock, partly from the effect of starvation and weakness from the loss of blood which flowed from his arm when he atlempted suicide. Since that time ht, ha l taken wry little food. Ills intention was evidently to destroy his life in some way or other. WHO WOULD nor RE A CONGRESSMAN? —The last Congress sat 430 days. The wages of every man came to 53,660. Add thereto the mileage, and the average amount to shout lour thousand five hun• Ikea dollars each. Deduct $2 a day for expenses, and there is left a profit or sur plus of three thousand five hundred dol lars for a year and a quarter's service, besides the honor.—People's Guard. The Editors of two Pittsburg pipets were married last week. How could they aflord it? One Dollar Notes on the Bank of Northumberland, altered to s's, are said to be in circulation, and admirably exe cuted. A son of Daniel O'Connell it 13 said will visit this country this summer, to organize an agitation here fur the more speedy repeal of the Union between En gland and Ireland. A Tossl•.—Old Bachelors and Old Meads, a cold set; may they be tooled till they are melted together. Mr. Levi Hollingsworth, a prominent citizen of Philadelphia, died in that city, on the 10th inst. He died suddenly while . in a bathing room, it is supposed of apo. plexy. The whole earth has been a hundred times dug over to bury its inhabitants. The Millerites have applied to have their tabernacle in Boston insured for seem years ! To CURE SMOKEY CHIMNEYS —(an ex• cellent way.—Lay the fire as usual, with coal and storks, but be careful not to light it. This bath rarely 'seen known to Nil and it is at the same time a great saving of fuel. EFFECI'S OF SPECULATION.-A specula tor at the west, recently said to a friend, When I first came to Chicago, .1 had not rag to my back, and now I am cov ed with i•ags." The Millerites are about to erect an other « Temple" in Boston. These crea• tures act a good deal as though they be lieved in their ow•n prophecies. Ilicm—A western editor says that the prettiest sight he ever witnessed was a cherry-checked Kentucky girl in the top of a persimmon tree, shaking the lucious . fruit into her lover's hat below. PPECOCIOUS GENIUSES— FILIAL APFEe- Jim, how's your ma 7" " She's fat and strong—how is yours 7" " Feeble enough. I've got that I can lick her now, and have every thiog toy own way. You don't see me goio' errands and loin' chores about home like you used to!" --N. 0. Picayune. EASILY PLEASED. --The Batavia Times' states that the sherifl and his assistant performed the duty of hanging Benjfinin D. White in a " manner that met the ap probation of all present." The hotly of a man unknown, was found floating in one of the docks at Boston, on Tuesday, the IGth inst. As there was a handkerchief crom - ded into his mouth, it was feared that his death n•as produced 1,1,y, Thorlow Weed, Esq., the editor of the Albany Evening Journal, is about to oil fur Dirope, for the benefit of hii health. r The total population of Ireland, in the year 1841, was 8,175,174. UntoN,—Tlic Keystone, Reporter and Gazette, of Harrisburg, are to be united about the first of June next. There I; to be a general Peace Conven von in London, en the 22nd of June.-- Peace, it seems, is to have its generals, as well as war. We learn from Burlington, that the lion. Garrett D. NVall was taken sudden ly 111 on the Isth instant. His ease *as deemed dangerous. Thorn, convicted of the murder Of Wil son, in Maine, has been sentenced to be' hung by the neck until he 19 dead, atter undergoing an imprisonment of ['Tie year. They are having and eating strit‘therties; at the hotels in Baltimore. .1 Daring Fara:, A young man named Henry Johrisint,, was recently 'convicted im New York i ‘c burglary, and sentenced to imptisonment for seven years. The ExpresS•skyls:. " At the time of his beiqg senteaced, his only reply was, in a tine t ho ier as if speaking to himself, " Pretty well done— short and sweet, that isV 5 Ile was eon. fined in one of the third sttity cells of the inner prison at the Tombs; preparatory to being sent to Sing Sing. Sunday night he sneer; dell in effectittg. his escape, remo ving the iron plate kon'i the aperture its the wall of his cell, and forcing himself through a space of atiout seven inches ; from which he let himself down to the yard by means of a rope math by cutting up his blankets 4. the sacktng,of Ms bunk; thence he climed to the top' of the watch-house cells (a height of 301it40 feet) fastened his rope to a projecting4ece of iron, and de scended within ten leet of the watch-house door, to Franklin street, when he succee ded in getting oft The manner in which die whole business was effected shows pe culiar strength as well, as great aptness for the task in hand:• altogether, proba ble, it is one of the most daring and aston ishing escapes from a strong prison oft record. Colonel James-Hamilton, of New York, has invented and perfected, a machine to be used in ship building, which promises to save an immense amount of labor. The New York Courier and Enquirer says that it affords to any tolerable workman the means of directing a powerful mill saw in the most tortuous curves which can ever be needed, and at the same time, the mill itself, adjusted by a beautiful. b ,cause a simple arrangement, trill roll the timber while the same is cutting, so that any given amount or angle of bevel 'can be cut in any length, with the same mathematical and mechanical certainty that is attendant on any other well groun ded mechanical combination. THE BONAPARTE Fsmi.x.---The "blood of Napoleon" seems likely still further to mingle with and honor by its stream the kingocracy of Europe. In one of Mr. Walsh's letters in the National Intelligen cer, we see it stated that the Prince de Montfort, son of Jerome Napoleon, is about to marry the young Queen of The Prince is a nephew of the Emperor of Russia, and cousin of Queen Victoria. If we understand the genealogical tree aright, the Prince de Montfort is the son of a nephew of the immotal Emperor. Au birosTon.--It seems the fellow who has gained so great a celebrity in this co., 'as a temperance speaker, after having fig ured about here some time, hoisted his true colors, which proclaim him one of the most infamous villains of the age. He has at divers places, passed himself off as a Baptist Preacher, and would generally end his ministerial career, with some ex traordinary feat of villainy, and, like a man who understands his business, would " cut stick" before being exposed. This. man, (Dr. Appleton,) is actually the hus band of four wives; by each of whom he has children! H is villainy was detected. and exposed in Lancaster city, when all preparations were made for a fifth wed ding! Let the monster be buried in infa my, and a rum bottle be placed over 1.i% grave for disgracing the temperance cause. --Protector. On the 25th ult. a small coasting sloop, the Erie, lett Michigan City with a full freight, and a party of six persons on board. Soon alter they left, a storm arose, and they were compelled to put out into. the Lake. A day or two afterwards,. fragments of the Teasel, and a portion of the cargo, weir discovered strewed upon the beach, and here is no doubt but that every soul on board met a watery grave. The nausea of the persona drowned are William Gardner, Rufus Bundy, William Davis, Danforth Morgan, Joseph Patter son, and William Baird. The Louisville Journal, of the 911Finst;. says : N‘e understand that a young Mall named NVoollolk, shot his brother-in•law„ Woodford county, on Thursday, the 11th inst., on account of said hrother-in•law's real or alleged mistreatment of NV's, falli.- er rind sister. The wounded man died in about Wr cannot &yr IA