Yea. VI, No. 10.] rEP.US OF THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL. The " JOURNAL" will be published every Wednesday morning, at two dollars a year, if paid IN ADVANCE, and if not paid with in six m inths, two dollars and a half. Every pers•rn who obtains five subscribers, And forwards price of subscription, shall he farols!ied with a sixth copy gratuitously for one year. kf subscription received for a less period thla six m nor any paper discontn ued yntil ail arrearages are paid. kll communications must be addressed Vs the F. litor, POST PAID, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements not exceeding one square, will he inserted three times for one dollar, and for every subsequent insertion, twenty five cents per square will he charged. If no definite orders are given as to the time an advert;sement is to be continued, it will be kept in till ordered out, and charged accor dingly, AG ENTS. The illuntinzaon Journal. Daniel Teague, Orbiaonia; David Blair, Esq. Shade Galt; Benja:nin Lease, Shir!eye burg; Eliel Smith, Esq. Chilcottstown; Jas. Entriken, jr. Ceiree Run; Hugh Madden, Esq. Springfield; Dr. S. S. Dewey, Bir mingham; James Morrow, Union Furnace; John Sisler, Warrior Mark; James Davis, Esq. West township ; D. H. Moore, Esq, Franketown; Eph. Galbreath, Esq. Holli daysburg; Henry Neff, Alexandria; Aaron Burns, Williamsburg; A. J. Stewart, Water Street; Wm. Reed, Esq. Mo>•ria township; Solomon lianter, .14ers Mill; James Dysart, Mouth Spruce Creek; Wm. Murray, Esq. Graysville; John Cruni, Manor Hill; Jas. E. Stewart, Sinking Valley; L. C. Kessler, Mill Creek. ORPHANS' COURT SALE N pursuance of an order of the Orph ans' Court of Huntingdon county, will be exposed to sale by public vendue 9r outcry, on the premises, on Monday, th© Ist day of March, next, the following described real estate, late the property of Abraham Vandevan der, deed., to wit:—The undivided hail part of a tract of land in the township of Henderson, in said county, composed of two adjoining surveys, one in the name of Daniel Igo, the other in the name of Ste• ►hen Duncan and James McAllister, ad• Joining land of John M cComb on the east, other land of said dec'd. on the north and vest, and adjoining the Juniata river on the south, containing about 135 Acres, and 18 perches, of which about .55 acres arc cleared, hav ing a cabin house and stable, and some fruit trees thereon. Terms of Sale.—One half of the pur chase money to be paid on the confirms• tion of the sale, and the residue in one year thereafter with interest, to be secu red by the Lund and mertgage of the pur- chaser. JOHN HEED, Clerk, Attendanee will be given at the time and place of sale, by the undersigned, Administrator of said deceased. PETI4.I. S%VOUPE, Adm'r, Jan. 27, 1841. ORPHANS' COURT SALL?. IN pursuance of an order of the Or. phans' Court of Huntingdon County will be exposed to public sale, on the premises, on Wednesday the 17th. day of February next, at 1 o'clock, P. 111.; the two following deshribed tracts, pieces or parcels of land situate in Hopewell town ship in the County of Huntingdon. "toe thereof adjoining lands of Oswalts, the residue of the tract of which thts is a part and lands of Jacob Heffner and others, containing 245 acres more or less, there on erected a Cabin house and Cabin barn and about GO acres cleared. And the oth er thereof adjoining the above described tract, lands in the name of Hugh Mori i• son, Solomon Sells, ()awaits' land, and Shaver's Improvement, containing 245 acres more or less, about 20 acres cleared and no buildings thereon--late the estate of Alexander M'Call deed. TERMS OF SJILE.—One third of the purchase money to be paid on the con firmation of the sale; one third in one year thereafter with interest, and the re mining oue third to remain in the hands of the purchaser or purchasers during the life of the widow, .he or they paying to' her annually and 'regularly. during her natural life the interest thereof and the principal, to the heirs of the deceased, at the death of the widow, all to be secured by the Bonds and Mortgages of the pur chaser or purchasers thereof. Atten— dance will be given by MATIIEW APCALL, WILLIAM M'CALL, Ad sn'a By the Court, JOHN REED, Clerk. Jan. 27, 1841. T..,;,.._. - ....E JOURNAL. HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1841. POETRY. SASI I V E L'S VIS H. BEFORE MARRIAGE. I vants to marry—yes I does— I vants a little vice, To comb my 'air, and vas k my'neck, And be my all—my life. Ven Adam lived in Paradise, He did'nt live content, Till frcm his side a rib vas took, And into v oman bent. Just think how Adam must have stated, Ven first he got avake, And found himself a married man, Vitheut e'en vedding cake. I vish that I could do the same— Just go to sleep some night, And vake up in the mornite vith A vife to bless my sight. I'm worry bashful—yes I am— ' l'would save me lots of trouble, To go to beta single man, And vake up as a double. SAMIVEL'S VISIT ATTER MA lIIIIAGN. I vlsh I vas a bachelor—yes indeed I does, I vow I vent no ~ little vife," To pull my 'air, anclyoke my neap And be a pest all her life. Yen Adam lived in Paradise, He lived alone content, Till voman led him into wice, Who's on his ruin bent. Just think how happy I vculd feel. If I should get avake. And find myself a single man— Oh vat a fuss I'd make! I'd vish all men might do the same— Just go to bed some night, And vale up in the mornin' vith No v►fe to plague.their sight. I'm werry sorry—yes I am— That ever I got double, For a lean who's got a vife I vow, Will find himself in trouble. Scandal. "Now let it work. Mischief thou art a fool, "Take what course thou wilt." The substance of the following is no fic tion. In a neighboring village, whose in habitants, like the good people of Athens, were much given to "either tell or hear some new thing," lived Squire P. a face tious, good sort of a body, whose jokes are even yet a matter of village record, and have been re-told through various edi tions, from folio down to duodecimo. Aunt Lizzy was beacon Snipe's wife's sister—a maiden lady of about fifty—she went to all the meetings—kept a regular account of every birth, death, and mar. riage, with their dates-.-doctored all the babies, and knew every yarn in the neigh• borhood— showed the young married wo men Low to make soap, and when they had bad luck, made every child in the house sit cross legged until the bad luck changed. In fine, she was a village fac totum— spent her lime in going from house to house, grinding out a grist at slander to each, as occasion required, but always concluded with "the way of trans gressors is hard"—poor Mrs. A. or E. (as the case was) I pity her from the bot tom of my heart," or some such soothing reflection. Aunt Lizzy was always very fond of asking strangers and others, with. out regard to time or place, "the state of their minds, how they enjoyed their minds," Pc. These questions were gen erally followed by a string of scandal, which was calculated to destroy the peace and happiness of some of her best friends, but she like other narrators of this kind considered such intellectual murder as establishing her own fair reputation, or as the mode of entertaining the village, and thereby rendered her society agreeable. One warm summer's afternoon, as the squire was sitting near the door smoking his pipe, Aunt Lizzy was passing by with great speed, ruminating on the news of the day, when the squii e brought her sud denly to, as the sailors say, by "what's your hurry, Aunt Lizzyl walk in." The old lady, who never wanted a second in vitation, went into the office, and the fol lowing dialogue commenced. n Well, Squire P. I have been thinking this forenoon what a useful man you might be, if you'd only leave off your light con% versations, as the good book says, and "ONI COUNTRY, ORD CONSTITUTION, ON DESTINY." A. W. BENEDICT PIUTIMISHER AND PROPRIETOR. !become a serious man—you might be an !ornament to both church and state, as our minister says." "Well, as to that, Aunt Lizzy, a cheer. !full countenance I consider as the index 'of a grateful heart, and you know that the bible sit) s on that subject—' When ye fast be not as the hypocrites, of a sad counte nance; but anoint thy head arid wash thy face, [Aunt Lizzy began to feel fur her pocket handkerchief, for she wss a taker of snuff.] that you appear NOT unto man Ito fast." '•Now there, Squire, that's just what I told you —see you have the sertpter at your tongue's end, what a useful man you might beEin our church, ,c you'd mil: be a doer as well as a hearer of the word." “As to that, Aunt Lizzy, I don't see that you rprofessors, as you call them, are a whit better than I am, in private. I respect a sincere profession as much as any man ; but I know enough of ONE Of your church, whom you think a great deal of, to know that she is no better than she should be." At these inuendoes, Aunt Lizzy's lit tle black eyes began to twinkle; she sat down beside the Squire, in order to speak in a lower tone—spread her handkerchief over her lap, and began to tap the cover of her snuff box in true style, and all things being in readiness for a regular Beige of ‘. scandal:lm magnatum," she commenced fire. "Now, Squire, i want to know who you mean by one of our church! I know who you mean—the trollop; I did'nt like so many curls about her head when she told her experience." The Squire finding curiosity was put ting on his boots, had no occasion to add ;spurs to the heels, for the old lady had one in her head that was worth two of them. Accordingly he had no peace un til he consented to explain what he meant by the expression 'in private.' this was a dear word with Aunt Lizzy. "Now, Aunt Lizzy, will you take a bible oath, that you will never communi , cate what I am about to tell you to a lie. ing being, and you will keep it while you live as the most inviolate secret?" "Yes, Squire, I declare 1 won't tell no body nothing about it as long as I breathe the breath of lila, and I'll take a bible oath of it, there, sirtin as I live, Squire, before you or any other magistrate in the whole country." "Well then, you know when I went to Boston a year ago." "Yes, Squire, and know who went with you too—Susey B. and Dolly T. and her sister Prudence," "Never mind who went with me, Aunt Lizzy, there were a whole lot of passen gers—but, hut— " None of your buts, Squire—out with it; if folks will act so—a trollop— " But, Aunt Lizzy, I'm afraid you'll bring me into the scrape— "l've told you over and over again, that nobody never shall know nothing about it, and your wife knows 1 ain't lea ky— "My wife: I would'nt have her know what I was going to say for the world-- why Aunt I.)zzy, if she should know it— " Well, don't be afeard, Squire, once for all I'll take my oath that no living critter shan't never as long as I live, know a lisp on't." Well then, if you must know it—l slept with one of the likeliest of your church members, nearly hall the way up!" Aunt Lizzy drew in a long breath— shut up her snuff box, and put it in her pocket, muttering to herself— . .. . - "The likeliest — af our church members! I thought it was Susan B.; likeliest! this comes of be' ng flattered--a trollop. Well, one thing I know—the way of transgres sors is hard ; but 1 hope you'll never tell nobody on't, Squire, for sartin as the world, if such a thing should be known, our church would be scattered abroad like sheep without a shepherd." In a few moments, Aunt Lizzy took her departure, giving the Squire another eau.. Lion, and a sly wink, as she said good by let me alone for a secret. It was not many days, before Squire P. received a very polite note from Parson G. requesting him to attend a meeting of the church, and many of the parish, at the south conference room, in order to settle some difficulties with one of the church members, who in order to clear up her character, requested Squire P. to be pres ent. The parson, who was a very worthy man, knew the frailty of some of the weak sisters, as Aunt Lizzy called them, and as he was a particular friend of Squire P.'s, requested him to say nothing of it to his wife; but the Squire took the hint, and telling his wife that there was a parish meeting, requested her to be ready by two o'clock, and he would call for her. Accordingly the hour of meeting came --the whole village cocked to the • room, which could not hold half of them. All eves were alternately on the squire, and Susey looked as though she had been cry- inga fortnight. 'l'bo Parson, with a soft ened tone, and in as delicate a manner as possible, stated the story about Susey B. which he observed was in every body'. mouth, and which he did not believe a word of—and Squire P. being called on as witness--after painting in lively col ors the evils of slander with which their village had become infested, and particu larly-the church, called on Aunt Lizzrin the presence of the whole meeting, and before the church came out, to make ac, knowledgements for violating a bible oath: Aunt Lizzfs excuse was that she only told Deacon S,'s wife on't—and she took an oath that she would never tell nobody else on't. Deacon S.'s wife had, it ap pears, sworn Rogers to his sister never to tell nobody of the matter, but it went through the whole church, and thence through the whole village. The Squire then acknowledged before the whole meeting, that he had, as he told Aunt Lizzy, sleet with a church member half the way up to Boston, and that he be lieved her to be the likeliest of their mem. bers, inasmuch as she would never bear or retail slander. All eyes were new alter, nately turned on Susey B. and Squire P's wife. Aunt Lizzy enjoyed a diabolical kind of triumph, which the Squire no sooner perceived than he finished the sen tencd by declaring that the member to whom he alluded, was his own lawful Aunt tizzy drew in her head uncle' her huge bonnet, as a turtle does under his shell, and marched away to one corner of the room like a dog that had been killing sheep. The Squire, as usual burst into a fit of laughter, Irons which his wife Susey, B. and even the parson could not refrain from joining--and parson 0. afterwards acknowledged that Squire P. had given a death blow to scandal, in the village, which all his preaching could not do. From the Harrisburg Daily Intelligencr. 4 Governor's Proclamation. We publish to-day this extraordinary document--extraordinary in its tone, and in the circumstances under which it was issued. An act more directly assailing the Qe sanctity of private and the peace and well-being of society, could not be committed. It makes the "freedom of the press" a cloak from under which to thrust a dagger poisened with official tyranny and corruption, into the very vitals of civil liberty. %Ve place the document on re cord for future reference, hoping that nothing approximating to it in character may ever hereafter tarnish the annals of our Commonwealth. Commonwealth In Sessions of vs. Adams county Jan- Edwin W. Hatter dzluary l'erm, 1841. John J. C. Cantine. J Indictment for libel And now, to wit, January 26, 1841, the said Edwin W. flutter and John J. C. Cantine in their own proper persona came into court here, having heard this indict ment read, say, that the commonwealth ought not further to prosecute the said in dictment against them, the said E I win W. Hatter and John J C Cantine, because they say, that they have under, the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia a pardon and remission of the said of fence charged, in the words and figures following, to wit : "PENN SYLVANIA, SS. In the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. DAVID R. PORTER, Gov. . 74.... Xy' l OF THE SAID COMMONWEALTH To all to whom these pros - , • ents shall come SENDS GREETING: Whereas on the fifteenth day of August, Anuo Domoni, one thousand eight hum tired and forty, Thaddeus Stevens, of the borough of Gettysburg, in the County of Adams, Commonwealth aforesaid, person• ally appeared before William W. Paxton, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said coun'y, and on his solemn oath did depose and say, that he "has rea son to believe and does believe, that Ed win \V. Hotter and John J. C. Cantine, l Editors and publishers of a newspaper, called the Magician, printed at Harris burg, Pa. have been guilty of publishing, a false and scandalous libel on the said Thaddeus Stevens and the members of the Harrison and Tippecanoe Club of Get tyshurg, as contained in the Magician of the date of August Bth, 1840, as appears in the outside of said paper, and of date of 18th of August, 1840, as appears from the inside thereol, in an article headed "Bur • rule Blasphemy," in which among other things is the following: "We have, how ever, a parallel case to record nearer home which fully equals the above in atrocity, and reflects the influence of the hard ci der mania most faithfully. We are in formed on the authority of gentlemen, whose integrity is far above impeachment from any source whatever, that in this town" ; of Gettysburg, Adams Co. Pa. the Federalists have resolved themselves into a sort of club or junto, for the promotion of Hatrison's election. The members of this club hold what they profanely term weekly prayer meetings, in immitation of those sacred and beneficial assemblies in vogue among the Methodist, Presbyterian Lutheran and other churches. These meetings are held every Thursday even. ing in a tavern. The officiating nigh Priest is no less a personage than Mr. THADDEUS STEVENS, of whose fitness for seducing inen (and women too) into the path in which he intends that they should go, the records of the Court of Adams co. furnish ample and conclusive testimony. He invariably opens the services by ascen ding a platform, intended to represent the pulpit, from which he announces a hymn, from one of the numerous Tippe cano Song books," 'lke. "The said Thaddeus Stevens, further saith, that he has reason to believe, and does believe, that the said libel was pub lished by said defendants in A dams coun ty, 4-c." And, whereas, subsequently, to wit, on the seventeenth day of August Anno Domini, one thousand eight hun dred and forty, on the warrant of the said William H. Paxton, directed to George G. kMyres, Constable of the bo rough of Gettysburg aforesaid, the said Edwin Fl , . Hutter, and John J. C. Can tine, were arrested and severally bound in reco n. .&zanee before John Davis, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Dauphin, in the sum of one thousand dollars each, with two sufficient securities, in the sum of five hundred dol• lars each, conditioned that they be and appear before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions to be holden in said bo rough of Gettysburg, on the next suceee ding twenty-fourth day of August, to an• ewer said charge, and further to be deal ed with according to law. And whereas, subsequently, to wit, at the August Ses sions of the Court aforesaid; the Grand Inquest of Pennsylvania, inquiring in and for the said county of Adams, upon their oaths and affirmations, respectfully did present: "that (the said) Edwin W. Hut ter, and John J. Cantine, late of the coun ty aforesaid, printers, wickedly, malicious ly, and unlawfully minding, contriving, and intending as much as in them lay, to injure, oppress, agrieve and vilify a cer.. tarn Thaddeus Stevens, a good peaceable, and worthy citizen of said Common wealth, and to bring him into great con tempt, ridicule and disgrace, with force and arms, &c on the twelfth day of Au gust, one thousand eight hundred and for ty, at the county of Adams aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of said Court, of their great hatred, malice, and ill will to wards the said Thaddeus Stevens, unlaw fully and maliciously did publish and cause to be published in a certain newspaper called the Magician, (of which said news paper, they the said Edwin W. Hutter, and John C. Cantine, are the Editors, Pro prietors and publishers,) a certain false, iscandalous, malicious, and defamatory li. bel, of, and concerning, the said Thadde us Stevens, according to the tenor and ef tect following, to wit: "HORRID BLASPHEMY."--"They whom the Gods wish to destroy. they first make mad."—"From every quarter of the country, the cry of the philanthopic and virtuous citizen, is shocked by the perni cious and soul damning results of the e vil practices of modern ft piggery, by rais log aloft the detestable banner of intem perance, and dealing out "liquid fire" and "distilled damnation" ito the multitude, as a means of awakening in their breasts what is mockingly termed "enthusiasm," but which stripped of its infamy means neither more nor less than to create a cer tain quantity of artificial "steam." Oar federal opponents have loosed upon the community a flood of iniquity and demor alization, worse than that which in days of yore subjected Sodoni and Gomorrah to the righteous visitations of an incensed Ruler I The newspapers of our densly populated cities teem with painful ac counts of the destructive consequences re suiting to the cause of virtue and humani ty by the riotous debauchery fostered and encouraged at the carousals of the party which once falsely arrogated to itself "all the democracy" and all the religion!" In the city of New York they have permas nently established several of their sham cabins, which instead of being furnished by the republican, unostentatious and law ful effects usually found in real "log cab ins," are each supplied with mahogany card tables , and with a bar from which gin and brandy, rum and wiskey, wine and spirits, are dealt out by the gill and half gill, under the name of "hard cider!!!" The inevitable consequence is that these places have become dens of iniquity, a sort of rendezvous for idle and dissipa ted; vice and iniquity stalk abroad st noonday; police officers have their hands fell of business, and the criminal calen dar has a fearful increase. This disgus ting and humiliating spectacle is however nut confined to the city of Gotham, but is also painfully manifest in other cities of the Union. From our cities the cents- (Wuota No. 2TO. gion of these practices naturally spread itself into the country; and hence it is, that the smaller towns have also furnish. ed fame extremely . degrading examples of their eoirupting influence. "ffine in wit out," is a saying not less true than pithy. When men guzzle too copious a quantity of intoxicating liquor, be it cal. led "hard cider," or by a softer appella tion, the poet of nature tells us, they "put an enemy iu their mouth to steal away their brains." Hence it is, that the Fed eralists have recently been known to cots mit outrages unworthy a civilized and christian community, and which must have been an abomination in the sight of God and man. Not by way of example, their impious desecration of the solemn right of holy communion at one of their beastly carousals in the town of New Hol land, Pickaway county, Ohio, where they instituted a mock sacrament in honor of old Tip, at which "anxious seats" were provided for the "penitent," and then whilst a portion sang one of their beauti ful hard cider songs, others administered the so called" five grains of parched corn and a mouthful of hard cider, saying, "take this in remembrance of Old Tip." This disgraceful transaction, which should cause the crimson blush of shame to mantle the eheek of every honest fed, eralist in the land, has been publicly attes ted by some of the most respectable citi zens of Ohio, who were eye witnesses to the whole scene, and has, we believe, nee er been denied by the federalists:: We• have, however, a parallel case to record nearer home, which fully equals the above in atrocity, and reflects the influence of the "hard cider" mania must faithfully. e are informed upon authority of gen tlemen whose integrity is far above im peachment from any source whatever, that in the town of Gettysburg, Adams county Pa. the federalists have resolved them selves into a sort of club or junto, for the promotion of Harrison's election. The members of this club bold what they pro faudy term "weekly prayer meeting!!l" in imitation of those sacred asseinblag in vogue amongst the Methodist, Preaby. terian, Lutheran an other Churches. These meetings are held every Thursday evening in a tavern. The officiating-high priest is no less a personage than Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, of whose fitness for the task of seducing men (and women too) in to the path in which he intends that they should go, the records of the courts of Ad ems county furnish ample and conclusive testimony. He invariably opens the "ser vices" by ascending a platform intended to represent a pulpit, from which he an nounces a "hymn" from one of the nu mrrous Tippecanoe Song books (probably that printed by the Intelligencer) naming the page where it is to be found, and whether it is set to "long" or "short me tre." It is sung, and is - followed by the aspirations of all assembled, not for this overthrow of sin, but for the overthrow of the democratic party, and the suc,,ess of federalism. A sermon is preached, di day text selected, either from "Morgan's . elations" or some of the "thousand shellac one!' lives of Harrison.—Refreshments are introduced, not in the shape of lemon ade or some other cooling beverage, bet in the shape of gin and brandy, labelled -.hard cider," and the din of revelry and the shouts of Harrison "enthusiasm" con cluded the exercises of the evening!! "To the great damage, scandal, infamy and disgrace of the said Thaddeus Ste yen% in contempt of all law, to the evil and pernicious example of all others in. like cases offending, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania." And whereas, at August sessions of the same court, the said prosecution was cons . tinned, and the said defendants were sev erally recognised with three sufficient su reties, in the sum of one thousand dollars each, conditioned fur the appearance of said defendants, at the next court sf Quarter Sessions to be holden in and for said county of Adams, to answer said charge, and not to depart without leave. &c. And whereas, subsequently, to witz at the November sessions of the courtafore• said, the bill of indictment thus returned as aforesaid, upon motion of the defen dants' counsel was quashed by said court I and said defendants were again severally recognized with two sufficient sureties, in the sum of one thousand dollars each conditioned for their appearance at the next court of Quarter Sessions, to be hol den in and for said county of Adams. on the twenty.fifth day of January, Ann* Domoni, one thousand eight hundred and Forty, to answer the charge aforesaid, and not depart without leave. NOW, KNOff ALL MEN TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, that 1, DAVID R. PORTER, Governor of the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, believing that the freedom of the Press ranks among the most invaltt able safe-guards of our republican insti. tutiens, and that, however much its licen tiousness is to be deplored, all efforts for the improper restraint of its indepen-
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