.~~ C0.M.1 itwrioNs. Cumlt.:Ntc Fourth of July Cvlobration. Errro:t, It is not custiimary for the writer, of the following sketches. to trouble the press with notices of meet ings of a secular nature ; but when some- ' thing extraordinary in the region in which he lives takes place,--something invol ving the honor of his country, the good of , society, and the glory of his God, lie feels bound (especially when requested to do so) to seek, through the medium of the press, its publication. It was suggested by some of the benevs olent and interprising citizens of the pleasant village of Orbisonia to have a Sabbath School celebration on the then approaching 4th of July. This sugges ton was so modified afterwards as to make it a general celebration, and ar rangements were made by the citizens ac cordingly. 'Thos. T. Cromwell, Wm. M'Carrell, Juhn Cloyd and Benjamin Gorsuch, were appointed managers; and Thos. E. Orbison Marshal of the day. Wm. Orbison, F.sq. of Iluntingdon (be ing on a visit at his son's residence) was chosen President, I'. 'l'. Cromwell Vice President. At 9 o'clock the teachers and scholars assembled at the school house, where the procession was formed. The teachers and scholars in front, and about one hun dred ladies and gentlemen in the rear. One of the scholars carrying a flag indica tive of our national union, bearing the motto ' , Union and Strength'' un one side, and "Sunday School Union" on the oth er. The procession: then marched to a beautiful locust grove on an adjoining eminence, were seats were prepared. In the midst of which was a table about 100 feet long, spread with all the bounties of a bountiful God, tastefully prepared by the ladies of the village and vicinity. After being seated, the scholars in front, and the citizens back, prayer and praise were offered to the ,Father of mercies in the name of his son, arid the assembly was then addressed by the Rev. B. E. Collins (Presbyterian) on the subject of our Nation al independence, and by the Rev. J. S . Green (Methodist) on the subject of Sun• day Schisul4. Then the following hymn composed fur the occasion by the Presi dent, was sung, and atterwads thanks re turned to the God of nations. To thee great God, we lift our voice, In hymns of thankfulness and praise; Thou mak'st the wilderness rejoice,— Aid us our heartfelt songs to raise. The dear Redeemer kindly said "Let little children cume to me;" For young and old, fir all lie prayed, And died upon the accursed tree. In sweet accordance with thy word, Recevie and guide this youthful band, Make them all followers of the Lard: A blessing to their• native land. United now in heart and tongs , Let age and youth id mingled strain To God, to whom all praise belongs, Glory and p•iwer ascribe—amen. After a short interval the President took his seat at the head of the table, the clergy on his right and left, and the rest of the assembly appropriately located. Alter a plentiful repast, of which every one seemed to partake heartily, the ta ble was dismissed, and all retired with perfect order and decorum. The num her being about 170. The assembly was again, after a short interval, convoked for the purpose of having an address on the subject of temperance ; and as the Rev. Mr. Parker, to whom t hat part of the ex ercises assigned, did not attend, the as sembly was addressed by the speakers of the former part of the day. The result of which was, thi• addition of eighty mem bers, including the only inn keeper in the place, to the Temperance Society. Allow me one or two remarks more. It certainly was an interesting day. The procession was interesting,---a rare union of simplicity, cheerfulness, and solemni ty. The grove was interesting. The tall straight locusts covered with a foli age so thick as to admit but an occasion. al glimpse of the sun,---the azure heavens which bounded the horizon,--the golden buaras which fell around the grove,—the rich green carpet whirls covered the earth the sweet refreshing breezes by which se were fanned, and the luxuriant fields of grain waving in the distance, consritu ted a combination inconceivably delightful and well calculated to elevate the soul "from nature up to nature's God." Though there were about 200 persons present, not an indecorous word or laugh was heard during the exercises of 6 or 7 hours. Cheerfulness beamed upon every brow, and mutual good wishes ,breathed from every heart. The disturber of peace was nut there—'the I lydra monster Ruin' was `not there. No intoxicating draught' to madden the people was there, The an gel of temperance was there. • She Prince of Peace' was there. After prayer, sing ing, and the Apostolic benediction the as sembly broke up, apparently well pleased with the work of that day. - B. E. C Siiirkyeburg, July 6, 1840. COMMCNICATED. t real hard- fisted Celebra tion. Barree Furge, July 4th, 1840. 111 The mechanics and la- I boring men residing at these works, and in their immediate vicinity, amounting to about seventy-live persons, all sound W higs, assenbled on this day fur the purpose of erecting a "Harrison and Ty ler flag;" and about two o'clock, P. M., this was done 'with a will," as the sail ors say, by men who cannot and will net endure political oppression. A pole some seventy feet in length, put near the shore of the little Juniata, and as straight as a' bee line," was pre cared for the purpose ; this was capped by a large revolving "ball," below which was suspended a beautful flag, made by the industrious and good II lug wives of our mechanics. This flag exhibits the stripes, white, blue and red—over the stripes is painted in large chamfers, , "Harrison, Tyler, and Reform." In one , corner is a well represented "Log cabin," and a barrel of "hard cider;" near which , stands the veteran war horse of him "who , fought inore battles than any other Amer ican officer, and never lost one." Sur. , mounted by all this is the American Ea- , gle, holding in his talons a scroll or scarf; one end of which winds around the bar. , rel of hard cider, indicating that upon the "wings of freedom" the now watch word, , "hard cider," intended as a term of oppro brium, shall be wafted from one extreme of the Union to the other. 'Fhe other end of this scarf was intended to have encircled the leg of a sub-treasnrcr, show ing that the concoctors or originators of this most odious system, should, like Haman of old, be suspended on high, be tween Heaven and earth, as a warning speztacle to others of like kidney, who would abuse and insult a confiding peo ple—but time would not permit. This ; flag was painted in oil colors, by Mr. George 0. Keys, a worthy schoolmaster, em:mloyed at the Forge, and is worth a ride of some miles to see. After the pole had been raised and planted amid the loud and enthusiastic cheers of men, who cannot bring their minds to submit to the idea of toiling for six pence per day, and bread themselves out of that—the whole party retired to a beautiful spring, in the grove hard by the works. Order being called, the following, officers were appointed: MICHAEL SISLER, Prest. PATRICK DAVIS, GEORGE WOODS, I .Vice Presidents . HENRY NEVILL, iii JOHN EDMISON, Alexander Wharton, Secretaries. Robert Spear, • Ihe Declaration of Independence was then read, and some appropriate remarks made by S. Miles Green, Esq. The fol lowing toasts were then read, each being II udly cheered, and moistened with a little "hard cider," &c. 1. Time day we celebrate. May its or igin be deeply impressed upon the hearts ut American citizens. 2. 'the memory of Gen. George Wash ington. 5. Our Army and Navy, 4. Our manufacturers and mechanics. They must be protected. 5. A judicious tariffi and sound nation al currency 6. The "American system?' The pet of Henry Clay ; advocated by Daniel Webster, and nobly defended by William Henry Harrison. 7 The flag of our country. And must it be defended by ''blood hounds?" Oh shame where is thy blush!! 8. "Log cabins and hard cider." In tended to cast a stain and obloquy upon the character of the 'Hero of Tippecanoe.' Let them now be the watch word of trig and &Arm. 9. The people of these United States are free and equal--why then attempt to subjugate them with a sub treasry! 10. Our Post Office department. De signed by the constitution and laws, as the national means of communicating in telligence, 4.c., from one extremity of the Union to the other,—but now most shame fully prostituted to base political party purposes. 11. The yeomanry and hard working men of our country. Must they compete single handed with the united powers of Great Britain, France, Russia and Ger many? Must they become seats and slaves, and like the tyrant trodden labor ers of the old world—work for But eaxe a a day? No! 12. William Henry Harrison. The statesman, the soldier, and the poor man's friend, The string of the latch of his hospitable log cabin is never drawn in. 13. Our fair country women. While fathers detail the history of this anniver sary to their children—mothers should whisper to their little ones the name of ItoNhington, in connexion with some of the deeds of that pure and incorruptible l patriot. COMMUNICATED SHIRLEYSDIIRO, July 9th. 1840. Mr. BENEDICT, Sir, on daybefore yesterday we had an occular detnonstra- Lion of Federal Loco Focoism acted out by a real Federal Imco Foco alias Brit ish Tory, in our place, after perusing, I have no doubt, the proceedings of some great log cabin meeting, or probably, just heard of one of the many changes that are daily occurring in favor of Harrison. He stepped into a tailor shop, and perceiv- tog the paintin;s representing the battles' and victories at Miami, Tippecanoe, Fort Mcigs, the Thames, &c. laying en the board, he seized hold of it with the atrocity of a tiger, and tore it all to pieces and threw it out into the street, accompa nied with degrading epithets against such es as Ia Shelby, Johnson, r r ' o y c. Lu r cl s iTs ' the desperation that some of those menials are driven to, by public opinion and the popularity of Gen. Harrison. I do. not wish to be under stood that this shameful transaction was the fruits of ardent spirits, far from it, but that the author was intirely overwlem ed in a fit of political madness and despe ration, on beholding the painting, repre senting the brave and patriotic Americans gallantly repelling and defeating the British and Indians, When such occur rences as this takes place is it not alar ming? Should this fragment of low wa ges advocate get hold of the Declaration of Independence, or the Constitution of the United States, would they not also be mutilated ? or the paintings of the battles and victories of Bunker Hill, Concord and Lexington, most assuredly would be destroyed by his unclean hands, as he most certainly has sworn eternal ven. geance against anything like battles, Vic tories, or even pain'ings representing them. NVel I may we exclaim that it is well that this Tory did not live in the Mays of Patrick Henry. The gist of thei whole matter is, the Loco Focos have be come most desperate savage, the sceptre is about to pass from them, they have been shorn of their strength—the marrow has been sucked from their back bones, their tOundation has gave way, and the poor fellows, too plainly do they see the hand writing on the wall, Don't you hear the General say Strike your tents and march away. And why should it not be so, their weapons have become useless. Such at , guments as petticoat, coward, granny, &c., are poor weapons to defend a party with, that has caused one universal seen of di stress, from the centre to the circum ference of the Union. Who recommends a standing army in times of perfound peace, of 200,000 men to be under the sole control and command of the head 4- front of Loco Focoism•—King Martin; or at any time to be ready to do the bidding of any of his Satraps. Who refers to 27 monarchical powers, 22 of which they say, advises them to adopt the Subtreasury scheme, which is at once sufficient for Van Buren and his menials to follow in their illustrious footsteps. Their ex clusive hard money project, who wish to and hav,e reduced the price of manual labor gad of every other article of trade except the wages and sallaries of the office holders. To say nothing of his vote in the N. Y Convention in favour of a prop erty qualification dm., to defend a party that is blended with every thing anti re , publican; and who acknowledges as their ' leaders, Black Cockade Federalists, and adyocates of the Hartford Convention. Such democrats as Buchanan, Ingersol, Wilkins, Rush, requires stronger argu ments than the epithets of coward, gran ny and petticoat, to contend against the popularity that every where attends the name of the General and patriotic Harri son, Such Mr. Editor, is the desperation ' our Loco Focus have came to. NVell inay they exclaim help us or ve perish. Poor fellows they are pitiable objects (iss those days of Log Cabins and Hard der enthusiasm) for a man to behold, that is possessed with anything like feelings of humanity. OBSERVER. N. B. Since writing the above, I have just heard that this political madman is still raving and raging as bad as ever, and bwears that he will tear and destroy every thing of the hind that he can get his hands on. Poor fellow, as yet,it is hard telling what he will come to, but I think he cannot, possibly, survive the dog days 0, PUBLIC NOTIEC, Individuals to whom debts and moneys are yet due and owing on account of the repairing of the breach which occurred in the Juniata division of th e Pennsylvania canal, between Huntingdon and Hulli-, daysburg, in the summer of 1838, are, hereby notified to prepare and exhibit their several claims, together with the pla ces of their residence, to Col. John Cress well, Collectoi of the port of linating,don, on or before the Ist. of August next. The claimants are required to state the items of their several claims in detail and the persons with whom they contracted for materials delivered or work done, and alto the names of the foremen under whom the work was done. The accounts to be properly authenticated, with a view to their adjustment, according to the pro• visions of the 4th sec. of the act of the General Assembly entitled "an act for continuing the improvements of the State, and for the payment of the interest on, 'the public debt," passed the 11th day of June 1840. FR. R. SIIUNK, Sec. of the Commonwealth, July 15, 1840. An Apprentice Wanted. An apprentice is wanted at this office one of good, steady, arid industrious hab, its, arid that can crone well recommended; none other aced aNdy. Ore from the country would be pi tf red. BLINKS FOR SALE AT MIS OFFIG'E. THE JOURNAL. l'One country,one constitutton,one destiny Huntingdon, July 15, I S4O. Democratic .Intimasouic CANDIDATES. FOIL PR ESIDENT, GEN.WM. H. HARRISON OF OHIO FOR VICE I'RE6IDENT, JOHN YLER OF VIRG T INIA. 1 FLAG OF THE PEOPLE Kr A single term for the Presidener and the office administered for the whole iIE O . PL E. and not for a PAW! V. ire A sound, uniform fina . convenient Na tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of the whole COUNTRY, Instead of the SHIN I PLASI ERS brought about by our preset, Ruix s, V . ECONOSIY, RETRENCHMENT, at•d 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 anp beaten track of our• Fathers,—L. Gazette Electorial Ticket. JOHN A. SllULZE,?Seietu'l JOSEPH RITNER, Selectors Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE, 2d do CADWALLADER EVANS. do CH ARLES WATERS, 3d do JON. GILLINGHAM, 4th do AMOS ELLMAKER, do JOHN K. ZELLIN, do DAVID P01"1 - S, sth do ROBERT STINSON, 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, 13th do JOHN M'KEEH AN, 14th do JOHN REED. • ,15th do NATHAN BEACH, 16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH, 17th do GEORGE WA LKER, 18th do BERNARD CONNEI LY, 19th do Gm JOSEPH MARKLE, 20th do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE, 21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON, 22d do HARMAR DENNY, 23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 24111 do JAMES MONTGOMERY, 25th do JOHN DICK. As we said. The "Advocate" has pronounced our statement false, relative to Van Buren',. fondness for a RICH NEGRO DEMO CRAT—and his hatred of a POOR OLD REVOLUTIONARY HERO. And the editor says our extracts, as published, are from a fraudulent history of the life of Van Buren. A DIRECT AND WM -IFUL FALSEHOOD. The extracts are from the proceedings' of the New York Convention. We have a perfect copy of those proceedings in our office; and we here publicly invite every honest man to call and see the book, and we will then show hint that VAN [WREN WAS IN FAVOR JF The Governor's appointing Sheriffs, in .tead of having them elected by the peo• pie. That he was in favor of NEGRO SUF. FRAGE, on the same terms as a white man. That he was opposed to un:versal suff rage, and made speeches against it. That he was in lavor of a I lOUSE 110L9 QUALIFICATION, when a man paid no other tax than a road tax. That he publicly opposed the vote of ,old revolutionary soldiers, if they did nut rent a house. That he was in favor of any GREASY NEGRO having a vote if he was worth only $250. That tie said he was in lavor of the pro viso, which allowed negroes worth $250 the right to vote, because they were ex empted from taxation until they had qual ified themselves to vote: i. e. made them selves worth $250. All these things we will prove to any man, who will take the trouble to call at our office. And there is one thing more that we will prove; that is, that the writer of the article in the Advocate, is a LIAR, when he says we did get the extracts we have published, from any fraudalent hook. Come on now, you honest 'Van Buren men who love tl.e truth: Come on, and we will show what sort of a democrat Van Buren was. Come on, don't back out. We further invite all the Van Buren Associations of this county, to appoint committees to come and examine, and re port the facts. Come on now, you lovers ut truth. The Fupreme Court, Our readers will undoubtedly recollect the article wh:ch appeared in our paper, relative to the usurpations of the Legisla tu re, and Ginernor Porter, in their at• empting to remove and appoint a'sociatt judges, in open violation of the Constitu tion. We then even hazarded the opinion that the robe of ermine would not long grace the shoulders of its wearers. Many of the Loco Focus talked of the appointments made by Ritner, as a reach• ing after power, and sneered with each other at the short duration of Judge Ker's „(lice. But it seems that others are doom ed to wear more more transient honors. The Supreme Cow t have decided that one, of the host of associates, appointed by Porter, is not now, cur never was a judge. The inference is natural, that none of them had a right to enjoy either the honor or profit. A correspondent has sent us the fol lowing query, and in answering it we shall inform our correspondent, that we are not versed in the rules of legal etiquette, Yet we suppose that such a person should be addressed in any particular• manner, that the taste of individuals may suggest. ..---Though fame be smoke, Its fumes are frankincense to the human thought." ,aid one of the greatest poets ; and we would at once say that the judges, should be allowed to snuff the frankincense as long as they pleased. Mn. E u iron,— Sin—Permit me to ask whether,— when for a short time, (say 3 months,) it is supposed that a man is a Judge, and it is afterwards discovered that he is not—do the rules of etiquette require that he should still be spoken of as .• His Honor the Judge." Q. Aristocracy. Van Boren was opposed to an old sol dier's having a vote, unless he was a HOUSEHOLDER, if he paid no other tax than a road tax. Yet he was in favor of a RICH NEGRO being allowed to have one. This we call aristocracy! Money makes the voter ; so says Van Buren.— The old soldier, whose blood bad cemen ted the very foundation of our temple of freedom, should not be allowed to help choose its guardian. But a RICH NE GRO, who was worth a little money, was a better man, and we suppose a better democrat. So says Van Buren. To the Farmers '& Meehan- ics—No. 7. In our last, we showed what had been the continual system of saying one thing and doing another, by the party in power, or in other words, what had been the sys tem of humbugging played oft' upon tir the people, by the General Government, and its retained office holders, and then hundreds of supernumerary politicians. We shall now narrow our remarks down to the conduct of the same party in out own State ; and if we show that they art the same, we shall think that we have pro ved that the characteristic of riot party, it humbug and deception—that they never fulfill their promises to the people, but that they invariably say one thing, and do another. In 18S7, the Banks of this State sus• pended specie payments. Then Joseph Ritner was at the head of the Government. The charge was openly made, that that suspension was caused by him. Every argument made by the Luco Foco pres, was intended to prove to the people, that it was his bad administration of Govern went, which brought upon the people that disaster of the currency. Each press tee reed with its denunciations of the "shin plaster" administration ; and every stumr speaker of the party hurled his anathemas against the traitor Bauer, for not forcing the banks to resume. Nor was this all every meeting of the party passed their resolutions, proclaiming themselves the advocates of immediate resumption by the banks, or else a forfeiture of their charters. Turn out Ritner, they said, and elect our man, and then these rascally banks shall redeem their rags in gold and silver, or we will shut up their doors. Did they not say so? farmers ►rod mechanics. Did they nut tell you that they would crush the vil. lanous speculating banks, if they did not redeem their promises to pay 1 No man in his senses will deny that they did. It was written on every deed of that party, that they would grant no privileges to any souless corporation ; but that they should at once sutler at the bar of the. law, if they failed in the least to perform what "the party" called their obligations to the peo-, pie, This, fellow citizens, was their promise. This was what they called pAriulism love of the people--and love of country ; :and those who advocated Ritner were cal p led bank aristocrats, and bank slaves.— And this we pronounced one of their (party humbugs to retain, or obtain power. Thus they preached. Let lug examine their practice. __ Not one year after they hail succeeded —and the delusions of party lia.l triumph . d over reason ; the banks again suspen ded the payment, of specie for their notes. This party, that hail promised so muck, were then in power! How have they fulfilled thenpledge? Have they forced a resumption? No! But they have shown ay their acts that they were more the se cret friends of the banks, than the men they have denounced as bank aristocrats. They have legalized the suspension—they have removed the law which gave you and us the power in 1837, to force the specie out of their vaults in three months; and and their Governor has become an open bank suspension hilvocate. This cleric vine of the people, this party calls patri atom —we call it humbug. Again. There was no more crying sin committed by Joseph Ritner, than his in crease of officers—so said this party of exclusive patriots. They pronounced it plundering of the people, to pay partisans. Their love of the people could not allow them to wink at such abuses of power. Yet the moment that they got hold of the power, and the purse of the State, they nearly doubled the number of officers; and even went further. and made new offices, that they could give a place to some other hungry expectants. This was another of their schemes of delumon.— The people could be gulled by their false promises, and the holy zeal they mani fested in savor of their interests. This is the democracy of this party. Again. One of the abominable and outrageous acts of Jeremiah Cunningham, our representative in the Legislature, was his vote against a bank charter, which made the stockholders liable. Every pa per—every tesolution—and every tongue of that party was eloquent with its ap peals to the democracy, to hurl such a ha ter of the people from his place of power, Every appeal that ingenuity could suggest was made, to induce the people to think that Cunningham was a bank bought slaw, who was trying to give the banks power. t certain writer in the Advocate, denoun ced him as a foe to the people. In our paper Mr. Cunningham stated that he opposed the said bank charter throughout, because he thought we had banks enough; and he was then toll that we had »a goo I ones; and he was an aristocrat, or he would have voted for one that would please die people. This was their precept. Now what is the practice of this party. During the last session, a bill passed, riving banking privileges to "The Lan. caster Loan Company"—provided each , tockhuhler gave mortgage on real estate, to the amount of his stock. In fact, ma king every restriction which the party had 1 -ontended for—shutting up what appear. Hid as every avenue of insecurity ; and .vliat does their Governor Porter do with ti Why he veoes it; and those who zlaint to be the "right stripe" democrats, '4;l he did right. We had banks enough. What they denounce in one man, they applaud in their own. Governor Porter's precepts against banks was calledpatri otism— we call It humbug; and we prove t by his practice. People of Pennsylvania, can you In de luded any longer? Citizens of old Hun tingdon, will you still sustain a party that violates every pledge, and forgets every promise? We shall wait till October for An answer. IVESIGIEMRTZ FrOTICII3 N OTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned, that trle following named persons have settled their accounts in the ltegister'.; Office, at Hun ti ugd , and ;hat the said accounts will be presented fur confirmation and allowance, at an Or phan's court to be held at Huntingdon, for the county of Huntingdon, on the se cond Monday and 10th. day of August 'text, to wit— 1. Peter Kern, Executor of the last will and Testament of Michael Kern, i late of Tell township, tlee'd. 2. John Henry, acting Administrator of the estate of Nathaniel Wilson, late 'of Bsrree township, dee'd. S. James Saxton, jr., and John !Hide. brand, Executors of the tast will and Testament of John Port, hats of Hender son township dec'd. 4. Caspar Dining, Executor of the last will and Testament of Caspar Da ting, late of Woodberry township, dec'd. JOHN REED, Register Register's Office, Huntingdon, I.sth. August A. D. 1840. 5
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