Taking the Census. SCENE—A house in the country, Inquisitor—Good morning, madam. b the head of the family at home ? Mrs, Tunchwood—Yes, sir, I'm at home. Ing.-1-lav'ot you a husband? Mrs. T.—Yes, sir, but he ain't the head of the family, I'd have you to know. milt•.:y persons have you in' your family? Mrs. T.—Why, bless me, sir, what's that to you? You are mighty inquisitive I think. Ing.--1 am the man that takes the cell SUS. Mrs. T...--If you was a man in your , senses, you would'nt ax such impertinent questions. Inq.—Don't be affronted, old lady, but adswer my questions as I ask them. Mrs. T.—" Answer a fool according to his folly;" you know what the Scripture says, Old lady, indeed ! tnq.—l beg your pardon, madam; but 1 don't care aout hearing scripture just at this moment. lam bound to go accor ding to law, and not according to gospel. Mrs. T.-1 should think you went neither according to law nor gospel. What business is it to you to inquire into folk's affairs, Mr, Thingumboh? Inq —The law makes it my business, good woman, and if you don't want to ex pose yourself to its penalties, you must answer my questions. Mrs. T,—Oh, it's the law, is it ? 'that alters the case. But I should like to know what business the law has with people's household matters, Inq—Congress made the law, and ifit don't please you, you must talk to them. Mrs. T.—Talk to a fiddle-stick ! Why Congress is a fool and you're another. From the New fork Exp - rtas. The Question Settled. The election in Louisiana being over, we now give the following statement, furl the encouragement of weak brethern, and a token for those who "look before they leap." Ln 1836 it will he recollected that Gen Harrison received the votes of the follow ing seven States, viz: VOTES Vermont, 7 New Jersey, 8 Delaware, 3 Maryland, 10 Ohio„ 21 Indiana, 9 Kentucky, 15 Total, 73 votes, sure for Gen garrison in 1840. Elections held in the following seven states since the nomination of Harrison and Tyler, indicates that they will vote fur that ticket by about the majorities na named:; VIJTZ9 MAJORITY 14 8000 42 15000 8 5000 4 1500 25 2500 3 1000 5 2000 Massachusetts New York Cionnectieut Rhode Island, Virginia M ichiga n Louisiana, Total 99 Add Ilarrisoni ca 73 pital in 1836. Whole number of electoral votes 294; necessary to a choice 148. IVe have therefore 24 votes to spare from the above list. Should we loose more than that number, we will give "the grand hailing sign of distress," to the following respec table states, all considerd good for 'Tip and Ty.' North Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Pennsylvania, 165 "A word to the Nise," is sufficient. THE PROOF-TAPPAN'S SPEECH The following testimony is conclusive that Mr Senator Tappen, of Ohio, did not only use the language imputed to him, in regard te'.the reduction of wages, but is in favor of it: From the Stubenville Gazette. TUE PROOF.—The Globe having re cently asserted, that it hail authority for denying the statement heretofore made by Mr. James Wallace, of a conversation between him and Benjamin Tappan, Esq. in which the latter expressed himself in favor of a specie currency, the effect of which, as stated by Mr. Tappan, would he to reduce labor to 121 cents a day, and wheat to 16 cents a bushel, &c. we have been furnished with the following affida vits from Mr. James Wallace and James Little, both respectable woolen manufac turers, and Adam Wise Esq, at the time of the conversation a machine maker, and now a Justice of the Peace, and all of Stabenville. We understand also that the fact set forth in these despositions, can be sustained by other individuals. Any further remark on our part is unne• cessary. VEPOSITIONS, Personally appeared before the node, signed, James Wallace, who deposes and says, That a short time previous to the, last October election, he had a con versa tion with 13,mjaniiii Tappen, esq one ofl the Senators in the Congress of the to U. States from the state of Ohio, during which conversation Mr. 'rappers remar ked, 'You manufacturers, Mr. Wallace, stand very much in your own light, that 'you do not go with us for the hard money system; and you would go with us if you did not look through other peoples spec• tacles."—This deponent enquired how the manufactures were to be benefited by the adoption of that system'? Mr. Tap pan replied that "wages were entirely too iIIGH in this country, and that there was no reason why labor should not be as cheap in this country as in Europe. It is the Banks (continued Mr. Tappan) that keep up the price of labor and the price of produce; tf you can put down the banks labor will be reduced to eleven mace a day wheat to sixteen cents a bushel, and ev ery thing else in proportion. The Sub treasury will produced this result—it will put down the banks, and reduce the plies of ,labor, and the products of the country. It will be the best tariff the manufacturers can have; and instead of being compelled to ask your government for protection, it will enable the Amerii. can - manufacturer to compete with the 'English manufacturer even in his own market." JAS. WALLACE. FLAG OF THE PEOPLE. 0*- A singleterm for the Presideney and Stale of Ohio, Jtferson County, ss. the office administered for the whole 1110. Personally appeared before the under- PLR. and not for a PARTY. signed, a Notary Public, within and for! iy/- A sound, uniform and convenient Na ttihoenVhCo; It e ß o F u . / Cj : adaptedt,.l d of e wants of county of Jefferson, Jas Wallace, who being duly sworn, deposes and says, that PLASTERS brought about by our presets' the foregoing statements, by him subseri ..UL bed, is true in substance, and in fact.' V - EcoNostr,Rxra I.:NCI-MI:NT, and RE- Witness my hand and official seal at Steu FORM in the administration of public affairs, benville, this 20th day of July, A. I).rpTired of Experiments and Experi- 18.! 40. menters, Republican gratitude will reward [L. S.] J. COLLIER, unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub altern of WasisiNcrox and the desciple of Notary Public, Jeff. co Ohio. 'JEFFERSON, and thus resuming the safe anp At the same time and place came Jas. beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette Little, whe being duly sworn, says that! sometime previous to the last Election, the deponent hail a conversation with Ben jamin Tappers "esq in which Mr Tappan observed, that it was the banks, that kept up the price of labor and the price of pro duce, and if we could put down the banks and bring every thing to the specie stan dard, instead of foreign goods being brought to this country, we could take our goods to Europe and undersell them. JAS LITTLE. Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th July 1840.1 J. COLLIER, Notary Public MAJORITY 6951 545 58G 3674 8457 8803 3652 At the same time and place came also Adam Wise, who being duly sworn, says that sometime since he had a conversation with Benjamin Tappan esq in which Mr Tappan remarked, that the banks were a great injury to the mechanics, that they (the banks) kept up the price of produce, and that every dollar which banks receiv- 1 ed for interest on loans, was just so much taken out iof the pocket of the laboring man. Mr. Tappan also said, the banks ought to be put down, and then we should have nothing but a specie currency, and it would be much better for the mechan ic if it were so. ADAM WISE, Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th July 1840 J. COLLIER, Notary Public. PROSPECTS IN 01110. The editor of the Cincinnati Gazette says that, having had recent opportunity, during attendance upon the sitting of the Supreme Court at Columbus, to collect information from and compare notes with gentlemen from all parts of the State, the result is "a firm, grounded conviction that ; Ohio will elect Mr. Corwin (for Governor) hy at least 15,000 majority, and carry the Harrison electoral ticket by a still larger majority. This result (says the Gazette) appears to us inevitable. In 1836, Ohio gave e 02,333 votes, of which ILmson ob tained a majority over Van Buren of 8,501 votes. Since that time numerous changes are known to have taken place against the Administration, and the change is still going forward. The Whigs are now united and active—the People are alarmed and roused. The oldest among is have never before is itnessed so much zeal, activity, or determination.— Ohio will probably give 240,000 votes, and of these we think, our friends may count upon 125,000 for IlAsnisoN•" t 5 15 50 LEA, BUNKER, & CO., 78 SOUTH WHARVES, PHILADELPHIA. FLOUR FACTORS, & GRAIN AND PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Advances made on Consignments of Pro duce. Goods for the interior, to be forwarded via tide water canal, will be received and Ishipt to an agent at Havre de Grace, in a regular lice of packets. August 12, 1840.-3m..p. An Apprentice Wanted. An apprentice is wanted at this office, one of good, steady, and industrious habs its, and that can come well recommended; none other need apply. One from the country would be prefered. FEB BILLS, NEATLY EIECUTED, ON GOOD PAPER FOR SALE AT THIS OFFCE BLANKS FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. THE JOURNAL One country, one conatitution, one deatiny Huntingdon, Aug, 12, 1840. Democratic .11Intimasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN.WM.H. HARRISON OF 01-110 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN IRG IN TYLERI . OF VIA. Electoral Ticket. JOHN A. SHULZE, Sen'to'l JOSEPH R ITNER,S electors Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE, 2d do CADWALLADER EVANS. do CHARLES WATERS, 3d do JON. GILLINGHAM, 4th do AMOS ELLMAKER, do JOHN K. ZELLIN, do DAVID POTTS, 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'KEEHAN, 14th do JOHN REED, 15th do NATHAN BEACH, 16th do NER MIDDLESWARTIL 17th do GEORGE WALKER, 18th do BERNARD CONNEI LY, 19th do GFII. JOSEPH MARKLE, 20th do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE, 21st do JOSEPH HENI)ERSON, 22d do HARMAR DENNY, 23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 24111 do JAMES MONTGOMERY, 25th do JOHN DICK. COUNTY CONVENTION AND DEMOCRATIC MEETING The friends of HARRISON and TYLER within the several townships and boroughs of Huntingdon county, are requested to meet at their usual places of holding elections, on or before Saturday the Bth day of August, and elect two del egates from each of said townships and boroughs to represent them in time county convention which will meet in the borough of Huntingdon on Wednesday the 12th of August at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to nominate a county ticket and appoint Congressional and Senatorial Conferees. Kr And a general meeting of all who are opposed to the present administration of the State and Federal Governments, is re quested to meet at the Court house in the borough of Huntingdon at 7 o'clock in the evening of Wednesday the 12th of August. By the County Committee David Blair Chairman July 22nd 1840. 1:* -- I. 0. IL —CA \V e ask our patrons to examine the let ters at the head of this article, and then ask themselves if they do not apply to them? 1 OWE YOU, we know must be the thoughts of many of these when they take my paper. The letters above tells the tale. NV hen you take up the "Jour nal," and think of the yankee who cast his lot among you—and think of the toil, the paper and ink he has had to buy ; and think of his "little responsibilities,' as well as his greater ones ; does not the ex pression I. 0. U. apply to you 1 if it does, remember what St. l'aul says, "0 " no man any thing. There are some hundreds of our sub scribers that we have repeatedly told to "put money in their purse"—to 'fork up" —to "pay the printer," and to do the de cent thin"-; shill they forget to remember three little words, "I Owe You." Naturally goodnatured,weVave "borne uor misfortunes with a patient shrug."— But these hard times has nearly starved the Job out of us—and we are satisfied that we Jo not want any more patience; we want money. Patience is a very coin mendable virtue, but there is a time when 'it ceases to be a virtue at all ; and "to that complexion has ours come to at last." To those who have so long been our pa trons and friends—who have always punctually paid the printer —we wish to y that our inuinirations are not meant fur them. For their kindness and punc tuality, we offer them our cordial and heart felt thanks, fervently desiring them to conlinve thiirgood work. To those si ho have so long been hold ing on to the hard earned dollars of the poor printer, we shall plainly say, they shall get hone of our thanks, until we get some of their money. We want some at, it, the wile and wee things want some ufl it, our hands want some of it, and our l creditors want a good deal of it. So make up your minds to bring it to us, or we shall be under the disagreeable necessity lof sending for it. We've been waiting, we've been waiting, Long enough to call it fun ; No more waiting, no more waiting, Our NEXT be a LEGAL DUN! The August court will 'soon be here. and a favorable chance will be presented to "hand over." Such as cannot come, can pay to any of our agents. A list of them will be found on the first page. Distressing Casualty. On Monday of last week, while moving a small building formerly occupied as an office by J. G. Miles, Esq., SANIUSL READ, (aged 15) son of Thomas Read, Esq. of our town, unfortunately became entang led, and fell beneath the axle, (on which the building was placed,) when the build ing was moving. Owing to the great noise, consequent upon all such occasions, it was impossible to succeed in stopping the pulling of the horses and the men , until he hail been drawn a distance of at least 25 feet. The axle not being more than four or five inches from the ground, no part of the lad got under it except his legs, one of which was almost torn off at the knee; at least the flesh was literally stripped from the bone. Immediate sur- 1 gical attendance was procured, but the shaft had sped, and insatiate death claim• ed as her victim, the young and happy lad, who but a few short hours before, had been exulting in all the buoyancy of health. It was a shocking, and appalling sight, to see him, as we saw him, without the least prospect of being able to assist him, crushed as it were alive into his grave; and it spread a general gloom over our town. No reniure can be attached to any one, it seems as if it appeared directed by Him, who holds the destinies of worlds in his hands, as the means of snatching from the fire-side circle, one of its happy number. lEow gocs the Fiji? VOX FOPULI-VOX DEi In a short time, the voice of the people will have been heard through the length and breadth of the nation ; and we trust that ''the meanest and most profligate wretches that ever crawled into power," will be driven back to their native dens, and their shiny tracks, as well as the bol der and more crushing footsteps in which they have attempted to tread, will be ob literated from our national policy. The people are indeed coming. The friends of free government, and popular rights, as they see trodden misery rising from beneath the iron heel of oppression, and looking round fur vengeance, cannot but thank God and take courage, that we have another noble evidence of the self restoring power of a republican Govern ment. The election news will now be pouring in upon us until November. State after State will be added to the list which we have already commenced; and purposing continuing, to show our readers 'how goes the fight." Thus far it is a br i ght and glorious record of our success; and be its ending ever so good or bad, we are determined tc keep it continually before our readers. "Coming events cast their 'shadows before ;" and we feel confident that the shadcws of defeat are plainly pictured to the present party in power, in the result of the elections already held since the nomination of the old hero of Tippecanoe was first spread out on the banner of Reform at Harrisburg. We shall publish the States that have, voted in 1840, and show that thus far, we have. everey cause of congratulation. The States here enumerated, gave all their electoral votes for Van Buren, in 1836. They now stand redeemed. All redeem ed except poor, benighted, Granite New Hampshire. Thus then it will appear, that since his nomination, Harrison has already gained 40 votes. But look at the record. Voted for Harrison. Voted for V. Buren Rhode Island, 4. New Hampshire 7. Connecticut, 8. Louisiana, 5. Virginia, 23. We can count no less than 1000 politi • cal falsehoods uttered within the last month—Globe. That's 250, each week the Extra Globe is issued. Well, the calculation will do, its rather moderate though.—Td. Seek the Truth. We have been looking for some weeks. to see laity of the Van Buren associations would appoint a cesninittee to examine and learn whether we have spoken truly, relative to the democracy of Van Buren. The present week will be a very favor able one for their county friends to avail themselves of an opportunity to see whether we tell the troth or not. e are charged oceasiondly with publishing l statements which are not true, relative to Martin Van Buren's democracy. Yet we cannot persuade his follot,ers to call at our office, and see if we do tell the truth to shame the d—l. Let us go over the tally list again. We desire every man who claims to be honest, to read and examine our "tally slick." Ist, Then, Inc tell the people, that Van Buren was in favor of appointing Sheriffs, and opposed to their election by the peo ple. 2nd, Then, we tell the people, that Van Bui en advocated the doctrine that a man who worked on the high ways to pay tax, must also he a HOUSEHOLDER. 3d, Then, we tell the people, that Mr. Van Buren was told that his "further re• striction" would deny the right of suffrage to two old soldiers. He publicly conten ded, "that they could well enough get along with their pensions and their lands —that they would be all deal in 15 years, and out of the way, and that it was wrong to make lasso for their case." 4th, Then, we tell the people, that Mar tin Van Buren advocated the RIGHT OF NEGROES TO A VOTE, on the same terms as the whites. sth, Then, we dell the people, that Mar tin Van Buren, after he failed in getting the darkies on to footing with the whites, he then advocated the doctrine, that a stinking, greasy negro, who was worth $250, ought to be entitled to a vote,— But that a POOR OLD SOLDIER, who had nothing but his honest fame fur a' heritage, should not vote. 6th, Then, we tell the people, that if we do not make good all our charges, by the best authority—that is the debates in the New York Convention—to any com mittee, or individual, that will call and examine with candor, we will pay all their menses of coming, and while they re main here. Now why du they not come up to th, work alltheDen work? )3 io none Democracy, c y, come the party ; boasts which o and trust themselves with the truth?— Come and learn what a beautiful demo crat your Martin was in 18.21. The sol dier whose life was offered en the altar of Liberty, at Stoney Point, under "mail Anthony" in 1779, or at the siege of Que bec in 1775, cou'A not be allowed to vote because he was poor, and unable to be a l HOUSEHOLDER. Yet he could open') advocate the RICH NEGRO. Must not he be a once democrat? Thus it will be seen that Van Buren has never felt any particular kindness either for the soldiers of the first or last war. The supporter of Clinton, the anti war candidate, against Madison shows, that he naturally inclined that way even in 1813; and his going for "Gumbo Chaff," with his 6250, in preference to a soldier of the Revolution, shows that his war ha ting democracy still stuck to him in 1821; and finally, the unrelenting bitterness with which lie and his party pursue the military fame of that old hero, who was fighting the war that he was opposini shows him to be the same democrat stil'. Is nut he a remarkable democrat? Mill Creek effect. On Saturday evening, Aug. Ist, the Tippecanoe Association or this eloction district, met at Mill Creek; and wo un hesitatingly say, that it was one of the largest meetings held in this township.— The true spirit was evinced by our farm ers and mechanics. They came forward with a will that tells of certain and glo rious triumph. As there was no place except one of the warehouses, sufficiently large to contain the people present, one of them was arranged to accommodate the company. Several very interesting addresses were delivered, and called forth the universal applause of all present. We cannot re frain from mentioning particularly, the remarks made by General David Milliken. He had acted with the party now in pow er in this State; and in his remarks took occasion to say, that he still was friendly to that administration ; and that he should claim for the friends of that administra, tion the glorious honor of electing Gen. Harrison. Ile hail been in the field with Harrison, and he knew that the charges brought against him were not true—for lie I knew him to be brave, honest, and capa- ble ; and he was confident that his politi cal friends would not join in the slanders against so good, and so brave a man. The rfillte of this meeting was shown in the manifest terror of the Van Buren men; and they took immediate measures to show in what aumbets they could ga ther on the same ground. On Saturday, the Bth, they assembled their forces.— The canal force having spent their power in bringing up to the Work every under ling on the line ; and by dint of drilling, they succeeded in raising a meeting near ly, it not equal to the one of the week previous. The two meetings prove, that in a town ship in which they usually have two votes to our one, it requires the utmost drilling to keep their end up. Our township will give shirty, if nut fifty more votes. foe Har• rison than she gave in '36.—Mark that. Who has the honor? The Locos are determined to make it appear that their candidate fur the Vice I Presidency, is not a man of truth, nor was not a man of truth at the time of the war. He said Harrison was a brave and capable General, had fought and won inure battles than any other General.— They say he is a coward, and always was. ho has the honor? Moses Dawson said, when he wrote the life of Harrison•, "that fools and knaves might be his mollies." lie is 110 W the editor of a Van Buren paper in Ohio, and winks at the charges made against Har rison. V hick honor does he claim ? a fool or a knave? Lewis Cass, in a leiter dated Lower Senaca Town, Aug, 29, 1813, speaking of the aftair of Fort Stephenson, says,— " Your conduct meets my most deliberate approiation, and merits that of your country," The men of his own party of the present day say he was a coward, and dared not defend Crogan at that fort.— There is a falsehood between them. ii has the honor? 'Tell Chapman he must crow' The poor disheartened Loco Focos be gin to think the day of their political judg ment is near at hand, and like all crimi nals that have a long account to settle be fore an honest jury, they begin to show a little uneasiness. Some of them it seems have been frightened into quietness; and really began to show signs of giving huh th e contest as lost. In fact like a beaten chicken, he could not crow. His political friends learned that he was in the last stages of political consumption, and forthwith one of them writes a letter to one of his friends, and says, •'Cell Chap man he must crow." This then has Leen adopted as the plan 'to keep up the sinking spirits of their more timorous partisans. If they are told that they have lost, Connecticut—cock-a-doo dle-do" is the answer. Rhode Island has gone against Van Buren too, "Cock-a-duo lie•do." The Old Dominion has shaken off the shackles of party vassalage, and add her name to the list of regenerated States—"cock-a-doodle-do," is faintly ,ung out by some crowing Loch. Loui-- sianahas gone, too, against your Little Rix Ind she went for him in 1836—cock-a doodle-do. Watch their movements, in any town. ship, county or state, sod every mother's son of them are practising their crowing faculties. Take up any Loco Foco pary7 in this or any other state; and in every column, and almost every line, you can see their faint anti sepulchral "crows." They, from the smallest to the largest toads in their puddle of corruption, have learned to crow with such a right good will, that it matters not what kind of news they hear, every ono sends Jp his cock-a-doodle-do. It is really laughable to hear them all with such perfect concert crowing about every thing. Even the miserable failure of a party celebration in this town on the 4th of July was crowed up into a dinner ,r some hundreds. Every little meeting is by the cock-a-doodle stories made into a tremendous gathering of the people. Just for illustrations sake, ask them how many attended at Lancaster. We feel confident that thousands and tens of thousands of the unbought people, they will say were present. When every body knows that about one half of all present were office holsters. Yet they will crow until they really think they have made somebody beli3ve them, or until some new performance calls their crowing fac ulties in another course. Even in our county, where they hardy muster a corporal guard, exclusive of the minions of power. They will send up
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