"Credo equidem, nec vans fides, genus ease deurum." I saw him again at his inte► view with RoossAmasAu, when they met to settle , the plan of combined operations between the French fleet and the American ar ►aies, against the British on the Chess- I peake ; and then I saw the immense crowd drawn together from all the neigh. boring towns, to get if possible one look at the mao who had throned himself in every heart. Not one in that immense crowd doubted the final triumph of his country in her arduous conflict; for eve ry one saw, or thought he saw, ►n WAsH INGTON, her guardian angel commissioned by Heaven to insure to her that triumph. Nil disperandum was the motto with eve ry One. desperandum, Teucro duce, et auspice Teucro." In after life, whets the judg►nent cor recta the extrvagance of early impressions I saw him on several occasions, but saw nothing at either to admonish me of any extravagance in my early impressions. The impression was still the same over powering sense of being the presence of some superior being. It is indeed remarkable, and I believe unique in the history of men, that WASH INGTON made the same impression upon all minds, at all places, and at once. When his fame first broke upon the world, it spread at once over the world. By the consent of mankind—by the universal sen. timent—he was placed at the heal of the human species ; above all envy, because above all emulation; for no one then pre tended to be—at least who has been al lowed to be—the co-rival of WAssustc. TON in fame. • When the great FREDERICK of Prussia sent his . portrait to NVasorNoTox, with this inscription upon it, "From the oldest General in the world to the greatest Gen eral in the world," he did but echo the sentiment of all the chivalry of Europe. Nor was the sentiment confined to Eu rope, nor to the bounds of civilization; for the Arab of the desert talked of Wash ington in his tent; his name wandered with the wandering Scythian, and was cherished by him as a household word in all his migrations. No clime was so bar barous as to be a stranger to his name; but every where, and by all men, that' name was placed at the same elevation, and above compeer. As it was in the be •ginning, so it is now; but of the future we cannot speak. Some future age, in the endless revolutions of time, may pro duce another Washington; but the grea ter possibility is, that he is destined to re., main for ever, what he now is, the Phoenix' of human kind. What a possession, in this country, is such a fame I Such a "Clarum et venerabile nomen Genable: !" To his countrymen it gives, and forever will give, a passport to respect wherever they go, to whatever part of the globe; for his country is in every other identified with that fame. What, then, is incumbent upon us, his countrymen ? izhy, to such a people as shall be worthy of such a fame—a people of whom it shall be said, "No wonder such a People have produced such a man as WASHINGTON." I give you therefore, this sentiment: The memory of WASHINGTON : May , his countrymen prove themselves a Peo ple worthy of his fame. From the Louisville Journal. Murder of John W. Moore. A gentleman direct from Alexandria, La., has handed us the Red River Whig of the 6th instant. which appears in deep mourning. It records the murder of John W. Moore, its able and chivalrous editor, so long and well known in this city, as the zealous, the noble, and the eloquent ad. vocate of if hig principles. For the want of room, we must limit ourselves to a brief history of the events, that led to the perpetration of this most ruffianly and bloody deed. After the es tablishment of Mr. Moore's paper at Alex andria, the friends of the administration in that vicinity soon perceived, that, by the rapid, vigorous, and powerful produc tions of his pen, he was fast breaking down their cause throughout the State. In the startling results of the first elec tions in and around Alexandria, they saw all their gloomy fears confirmed. They saw, that there were no hope for them but in silencing the eloquent voice of the Whig champion, and they knew enough of him to be aware that his tones were to be hushed only in the silence of the grave. They impotted a bully from New Orleans, a Mr. Zim, a low-lived journeyman prin ter, and employed him to challenge Mr. Moore to mortal combat. The challenge was borne by a Mr. King Holstein.— Moore refesed to receive it, remarking that he would have nothing to do with Zim. "Then you must fight his friend,' said Holstein. "Now or at any other time," replied Moore. Holstein, howev er, instead of challenging Moore, waited till midnight, and then, under the protec ting wings of the darkness, proceeded to to post him. The next day Moore met , Holstein in the street, and, although the , latter was armed to the teeth, denounced him to his beard as a liar and a craven.— Subsequently he again met Holstein, but that dastardly miscreant again quailed be fore him, not daring, in his presence, to make the slightest exhibition of any feel. ing of hostility. Nevertheless, during all that period, the soul of that cowardly monster was darkly brooding over a deed of blood—a deed, which, to the shame human nature, he at length accomplishc . He copy from a long and thrilling arti- 1 de in the paper, of which Mr. Moore was recently the editor, an account of the 'deep damnation of his taking off.' Ile fell un armed and without the slightest possioili ty of defending himself. There ceased the beating of as noble, bold a heart as ever throbbed in a human bosom. May the eternal mandate of "blood for blood" pursue the murderer and ring by day and by night in his ears until he shall gladly look even to the scaffold as a refuge . From the Red River Whig, July 8. . . Mr. Moore had taken a summer resi-' denee in the Pinewoods, across the river, about a mile from town; thither he was" in the habit of repairing every evening and returning in the morning. Red River at Al- , , exandria is crossed by persons coming lrom' the Pinewoods opposite to it, by means of a ferry—on the summit of the bank stands ,a house, known as the "FerryHouse."' The road passes this house, and is so situ ; ated, that any person approaching the fer ry can be seen from it a considerable dis tance. The occupants of the "Den" arc two brothers of the name of "Labett." Some two hours before day, on the morn ing. of Tuesday, the 2d day of July, Hol stein secreted himself in this den, to await the approach of his victim—unseen by all, except the Labatts, and a few "choice, spirits?' he remained concealed in his lair. A little before 8 o'clock, upon that, mrrning, Mr. Moore came in on foot and alone, to cross over to town, ignorant and , unconscious of the fate that awaited him, he had arrived at an open space before the' house, when Holstein, surrounded by his friends, rushed from his hiding place, with a double barrelled-shot gun to his shout-1 der, cocked—taking deliberate aim at Mr. Moore, he called on him aloud: "Be„ for your life, you dammed rascal, or I will shoot you I" Mr. Moore aware now, for the first time! that his enemy was so near, suddenly, stoppeJ, folded his arms across his breast.' drew himself up to his full height, and observed, 'Mr. Holstein, you have me in your power--beg for my life, I shan't— shoot, if you please.' Holstein did so-- the gun snapped. Immediately Mr. Bringhurst stepped up to Holstein, and requested him to desist; he paused an in stant, cocked the other barrel, then laid it by his side—but panting for the blood of his victim, he immediately drew a large duelling pistol from his belt, and said to Mr. Moore, Why did you post me ?' '1 did not,' was Moore's reply. willfight you Mr. Holstein on equal terms, in any manner you propose--if you wish now to hare my life, it is in your power—take still continuing in his former position from which he had never stirred. Hol stein took deliberate aim for two seconds, fired, and Mr. Moore fell on the ground mortally wounded. The ball entered the abdomen, passing thro' the spine. Hol stein immediately mounted his horse, which the ''Labatts" had in readiness for him, and dashed off at full speed, since which no tidings of him have reached us, except that he stopped for a few moments 'at Mr. Talley's house on his road, whoop ing like an Indian, and exclaiming that "he had given the damned rascal his Savi our," • Upon his friends reaching him, Mr. Moore calmly observed, that he was kil led, that the ball had hurt his spine. Sur gical aid was immediately procured. Upon the Surgeon's announcement to him, that the wound was fetal, and that he could not live twenty-four hours—he cooly ob. served, 'lt is enough, I ant satisfied.'— then turning round to the assembled crowd, whilst a playful smile illumined his calm, undisturbed features, he re marked, 'nell boys, I have lived a Whig, I die a II his., and now I believe more strongly than ever in Cte g ood Whig cause.' Front the instant the ball struck, paralysis seized the lower extremities, and without one interval of ease, from the most excruciating torments, suffering, in his own language, 'ten thousand deaths,' he calmly expired in the full possession of his mental faculties, at eight o'clock this evening. We have witnessed many a dying scene, we have wiped the dews from many a cold and clammy brow, we have seen death in its hundred forms we have stood by the expiring couch of the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, the bad and the good—but never, nev ' .r have we stood beside suck a dying bed as John W. Moore's—so firm, so resign ed, so tranquil, so undaunted, he looked upon death with that eye, which alone, be longs to the truly brave and good man : he even courted its approach as affording him a sure resting place, from the storms of a brief but troubled career. The martyr, filled with the fire of fa- 1 natic zenl—The soldier in the battle's bloody field—The mariner amidst the din and fury of contending elements, ne'er looked upon death with so steady, undis turbed a front as did that murdered nzan,l as hour waned away, and brought him ; neater the cold embraces of the tomb. AN UNHAPPY WEDDING. Tho Crawfordsville (Ind.) Examiner, gives a singular account of the marriage of Joseph Rush to Jane Rush, of that vi cinity. They had been married about three weeks, and he attempted to choke her the first night—said that lie had killed , two wives previously, and one man for his money; he took an axe into the room and swore that he would kill her before morning. In order to prevent her escape. he lay in front of the door, and fell asleep, when his wife took the axe, and in order to save her own life gave him a fatal blow.' She gave herself up was tried and dis charged. .- 10...„ ' ,-- - ",- 1 / 4 ~ 47k Y%lr''' ( Cr 3 1) I i ......, _ „.. , , ~.),, (. 4 ., , , , , t . l'-- , 1-IS Z.l l4 klaati (L 7 THE JOURNAL. 1 , One country, one constitution, one destiny Ilientingdon, Aug. 7, 1 539. Democratic 4ntimasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN, WM, H. HARRISON FOR VICE PRESIDENT DANIEL WEBSTER. Alectorial Ticket. JOHN A. SHULZE,?Sen'to'l JOSEPH RITNER, 5 electors Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE, 2d do CAI)WALLADER EVANS. do CHARLES WATERS, 3cl do JON. GILLINGHAM, 4th do AMOS ELLMAKER, do JOHN K. ZELLIN, do DAVID POTTS, .sth do ROBERT sTi NSON, 6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU, 7th do J. JENKINS. ROSS, Bth do PETER FILBERT, 9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD, 10th do JOHN HARPER, 11th do WILLIAM M'ELVAINE, 12th do JOHN DICKSON, 113th do JOHN M'KEEHA N, 14th do JOHN REED, 15th do NATHAN BEACH, 16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH, 17th do GEORGE WALKER, 18th do BERNARD CONNEI.LY, 19th do GEN. JOSEPH MARKLE, 120th do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE, 21st do JOSEPH HENI)ERSON, 22d do HARMAR I)ENNY, 23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 24th do JAMES MONTGOMERY, 25th do JOHN DICK. FLAG OF TILE PEOPLE! Kr' A single term for the Presidency, and the o ffi ce administered for the whole EO PLE. and not for a PARTY. A sound, uniform and convenient Na tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN I PLASTERS brought about by our present [RULERS. 07 . ECONOMY, RETRENCHMENT, and RE FORM in the administration of public affairs, V'Tired of Experiments and Experi menters, Republican gratitude will reward, unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub— altern of WASHINGTON and the desciple of JEFFERSON• and thus resuming the safe and ' beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette. COUNTY CONVENI"IgN. The Democratic, Anti-Masonic friends of HARRISON and WEBSTER within the several townships and boroughs of this county, are requested to meet at their usual places of holding elections on or be fore Saturday, the 10th day of August, proximo, and elect two delegates from each, to represent them ill the County Convention, which will meet in the bo rough of Huntingdon on Wednesday the 14th of August, at 2 o'clock in the after noon, to nominate a county ticket. And a general meeting of all those who are opposed to the present tyranical and corrupt Administrations of the State and; Federal Government, and in favour of electing the Canal Commissioners of Pennsylvania, is requested at the Court House in the borough of Huntingdon, at 7 o'clock in the evening of Wednesday the 14th of August, to elect three dele gates to represent Huntingdon county in the State Convention which will meet in Harrisburg. on the 4th of September next, and for other purposes. By the county committee, DAVID BLAIR, Chairman. July 24th, 1839. mTFORIL UP .a b b b Do you see that,—Here we are again: at our old trade, and we need MONEY. "Mo ney makes the mare go"—Yes, and it takes money to make the press go. Halloo Sir, you who are slipping along :so quietly—you owe us for four years; now my dear fellow, can't you "Foal; up." Thank you Sir. You shall remembered sir in the prayers of the poor.—Ha! there's, anoth er one of the same; another and another. Now my dear fellows, don't go by in that kind }of way—And there's another drove, threel years in arrears. Now don't get your names kin the !Noun YEAR OLD list if you please—come, come :ow be generous, and "WORE UP." 'When we've money, we arc mcrry 'When we've none, we're sad.' Now can not you who have the means, throw a little 'laughing gala' into the cup of our sufferings—And there another company, they are two year olds. Pass along the change, and we will make you young again. Ah! here are the last and best company of all, they are yearlings—as regular as seed time and harvest—do they drop their mite into our box. Gentlemen, you deserve, and have our most sincere thanks. You need no dunning, you 'fork up' without asking. We have not the least doubt, but, that you will du so again. The "Distinguished Individ ital.') We learned in the "Advocate," that David li. Porter "the distinguished indi vidual" had arrived in our town, and was ready to shake hands with any dirty-shirt democrat that might present himself. This was kind and considerate;of this 'dis tinguished individual.' Of all pieces of paltry toad-eating, ful some ; sycophancy, that we ever read, the article alluded to excells. It talks of his 'true greatness,' because the 'flatteries of the multitude'—'the blandishment of office' has left hint the same 'unostentatious, plain practical commonsense !man' that they found him. He 'takes the laborer or mechanic by the hand' with the same cordiality that he would a man with a clean shirt. Well that is good! Laborers and mechanics don't wear clean shirts, and governor Porter and his office holding scribe have found it out, yet, with all this against them, this 'distinguished indiwid coal' will take them by the;hand. Is not all this a little remarkable? 'This distinguished individual;' What is he distinguished for, do tell us. Is it for his temperate and honest life? Is it for the e!oquent and thrilling speech which we recorded of his last fall? is it for the, honesty of his course in paying old debts? Is it for the peculiar slight he evinces in white washing speculations. Or to cap the climax of all his distinguishing traits• Ile it for the bitter malignity, and unrelen ting hatred with which he keeps his rod in pickle for his enemies. lie can with stand the flatteries of the crowd—Aye, 'he has cunning enough to let the empty balderdash, like the article alluded to pass him by, as the heedless wind, confi dent that Übe attempted to play the lion, the longitude of his ears will peer out be neath his borrowed skin, and consequent ly he is 'the same plain unassuming' in diwzdooal that nature made him, ready at all times to proffer his hand to the median ic, when he wanted to show how unaffec ted he was by the blandishments of office;' and yet with all, as proud an aristocrat as ever counted his gold of more value than his honesty. Delegate A' County Meetings. By a refference to another part °Four paper, it will be scene that the county corn mittee have called the annual meetings, for the election of Delegates to attend the county convention. Upon each annual return of these mee tings we have endeavored to direct the at tention of the people to the great neces sity of energetic action "at these ,primary meetings. If these meetings in every township, ;were generally attended, and a fair and candid interchange of sentiment had, then'would the delegatesicomel n to the convention, confident that they could per , form tho task allotted to them, with per fect satisfaction to the people. But, as it is too often the :case, but ifew assemble at -the places of meeting. and not unfrequent ly those few are such as feel alone interes ted in the personal sucess of some one in dividual. The consequence is, that the voice of the people is not heard. We dislike this state of things. We go for the supremacy of the peoples' voice in all such matters, and are determined to 'leave nothing in our power undone, to se cure the success of the peoples' wishes. There is much to be done this year; and it should be well done. The enemy are now straining every nerve to secure to themselves the success under the new constitution. Let not our friends sleep on their posts, and there is no danger. They have called a meeting also to be held on some day during the court week. Cunningly calling their meeting, without naming the, day, so that they meet when they please; and thus escape the vex atious watchings of some who are inde pendent enough to say, that Porter dic tates every step the party takes. Theyy, know that Porter appointed the prothona tory and Register, because ho knew neith er of ►hem 'could ever get a nomination from the people. So far as the Prothatory, is, concerned, he is esteemed a gentleman, by all who have the honor of his acquain-, tance. But there are some who would have the hardihood to say they can well recollect the time, when he dispised the name of a "Democrat." But the fact of his being once a federalist, is nothing a gainst him. But he is now what we call a Loco Foco—therefore we oppose him., Porter knew lie never could be nominated by the people ter the reason we assign• He then nominated him, knowing, that his vassals would not dare to throw him out at the fall election; consequently their meeting is not to nominate, but to ratify the Governor's nomination. Which being done, we doubt not the other papers will bawl most lustily in favor of the peo ples ticket nominated by Porter. Such .being the situation of our oppo nents, we desire most earnestly to see our friends show that they are of, and from the people. Let there be a general at• tendance at all the primary meetings, and let every man who has time, come and show his hatred'of the Loco Fuco doctrines of the subtreasury party, and his determi• nation to have some kind of justice in the Post Office department. The meeting is called so as if possible to bring into har• monious action all the opponents of the Van Buren party—To all such we say be up and doing. Since the above was written we observe in the "Advocate" that the Convention of Locos meet on Thursday—two days la ter in the week than usual. We suppose this must have been done in order that the people might not be in attendance to witness the dictation of Porter's and his minions—as most of the people generally, have gone to their homes, before that time. The Investigation. The citizens of our county havo un doubtedly, heard much of the operations of the Inquisitor General, Dr. Espy. Lest however there may be some who are not wholly acquainted with him, and his operations, we must give a short account of the causes which sent him upon us. At, or immediately after the meeting oft the Legislature last winter, a joint com mittee of both houses, were appointed, in connection with the auditor General, to examine, and pass sentence upon the vouchers of Jas. Steel Esq. as disbursing officer on the Break. This it was found would not answer their purpose. They desired something that was calculated to de more good to the party, than an honest examination of the accounts. Conse quently the committee of the house being Loco Pecos, neglected to act with this joint committee, and of course nothing was done. This was just what they wan ted. Just before the adjournment they refered the whole matter into the hands of Dr. Espy., Porter's auditor General. In accordance with the authority thus vested in him, he sent a notice to Jas. Steel Esq. to be ready to prove his vouchers on a certain date. At the time appointed the Inquisitor arrived and commenced his operation, not as he anticipated, in this town. The spirit moved him to go to Water Street. After a few ineffectual attempts to get Maj. Steel entrapped, this worthy and esti mable, and we may say spiritual adviser of ,Porter, started off at a tangent ; and Mr. Steel, his vouchers, and his accounts, were left untouched; and for what? why' to "let loose their dogs of war" upon J. 11. Stonebraker. It is all important for Porter, that he destroys the character of the Stonebrakcrs, and therefore the effort although it is covered under the specious g,.:lse of guarding the interest of the State, yet will they spend four times the sum, in seeking after what they allege is lost. Scores of witnesses are brought, daily pay and mileage allowed; and we believe they are willing to make a witness of any of their partizans, provided they come and countenance the inquisition. At least we were informed that one of the canal officers told a friend not to hurry home,. as he would have him subpoenaed, and would get daily pay and mileage for com ing. For two weeks have they now been conducting this exparte concern; exparie, we say, because the auditor General poll_ lively refused to grant Stonebraker, a sub poena to produce contradicting testimony. But be that as it may, we are at all times prepared to speak our mind upon any scene of villiany that may be enacted. "set a rogue to catch a rogue," as the Loco Focos said when they put the Inqui sitor on the track of Stonebraker. It is a wise old saw and contains much troth. If the result of the investigation proves that J. W. Stonebraker, has been guilty of I rautlalently appropriating public money to his own use, he should meet the sneers and execrations of every honest citizen. From us he need expect no mercy. We would at once be for putting "a whip into every honest hand to lash the rascal na ked through the world." During our whole editorial career, we have shown that we dare tare off the mask of virtue from the face of those who felt that they were powerful, and secure in their fanci ed might thought that the barbs of truth could never reach them, or expose their deep laid schemes of villany. We have made such feel. If therefore Mr. Stonebraker is found guilty—lie is not due, he is fit only to lons to the Loco Faces; he wo•ild make excellent Sub Treasurer or Indian age! if he is found guilty—we say, then let altered check rolls, and his violated oat be placed together with all eunr-oul SCHEDULES—and broken insolvents •ali --and with them united, the unrefurn funds received by a county Treasurer. I each mass of infamy bear in glaring cal tals, the name of its guilty author, ai let the whole be deposited in the corn stone of some penitentiary. Ours is not the task of defending sr knaves. We belong to a party which e believe is honest in its professions at principles. That dishonest persons ma use it to benefit themselves we do nt doubt. But that the difference may t seen between the two parties. We nee only relate, the facts known to nearly al of our readers.— That Win. Mitchell an , Judge Marks, plundered the State out e thousands of dollars, when this same par ty was in power. And did you ever lea any of that party censuring their conduct Have any of you seen in any Loco Foci paper in this state, • the story of Crenera Cameron and his friends, robbing tin poor Indians of their rights? Oh, no They dare not censure their own parti• cans. But they allow them to plunder with impunity. With us it is different when we make the discovery that any scene of knavery has been enacted, we cut the villian and his villianies both loose, and nine times out of ten, you will find them exalted to the highest scat in the Loco Foco synagogue. It this mighty Inquisitor is so anxious to make investigations, we would most earnestly request him to proceed to Ve nango county: and turn his attention to the accounts of a certain county Treasu rer, and if he does:not Espy some very cu rious specimens, of careful guardianship of the people's funds, we shall miss our guess. . . We would hat hate our readers to think that we condemn Mr. Stonebraker as guil ty, who. Fir from it. For we too well know the character of those who conduct the investigation ; and we have learned from high authority the little. value to place upon the oath of some of that party 4 W e are bound to look upon Mr. Stone braker as honest until proven guilty, and after the whole scene of persecution is ended, if he comes out of the fire *tn• scathed, then can the people see to what extent personal hatred and cowardly nut lignantly may lead a man. The truth is the whole scheme is-devis ed to destroy if possible the character of Stonebraker, and bring him on a level with that of Porter. (and there is nothing we should regret more than learning, that a man we had formerly esteemed honest, was no better than Porter,) We shall here leave the matter until the jury have de cided thereon. Our town is now rife with reports of futher "awful disclosures"—vastly above any of Maria Monks; of the robbery on the break in the neighborhood of Holli daysburg. Thousands upon thousands, they say has been plundered,--indeed we should not be astonished if they actually proved that there was more plundered than the repairing the whole break cost. It an oath is all that is needed, let them call on him who knows how to kiss the calf skin to some purpose, and we, are sure they can prove any thing. Let them prove ; and when that proof is satisfactory, we will bestow the lash un sparingly, upon the guilty, we will not de fend them in their plunder —as did our neighbor defend, an old Supervisor, when he hauled logs 50 miles, and paid five time as much for hauling, as they were worth. But let it be distinctly under stood. that the proof must be better than that which sometimes succeeds in the in solvent court, or we deem it no proof at at all. ..lincrican Salk. Such as still remain septical as to the probable success of the silk culture in our county, can find some of the manufacture of this country at the Store of Mr. Swoope., it is in every respect equal to French or Italian, and in many superior. It was manufactured by Mr. Wilbank of Phila delphia. It is a little laugahle, and not to be wondered at, to see the ill grace with which the Locos of Allegheny hear the importation of young men to fill their offi ces. The 'Manufacturer,' a Loco Foce, paper sa3 a 'The people will not stoop to favoriteism, or be in bondage to minors,* and says further, that the people will tell Mr. Porter so in October.
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