'smut of turning the Canadians and Indians against us, (as is wrongly cog' Bested by many,) it would unavoidably attach and connect them to our interest. Our friends in Canada can never help us, till we first help them, except in a passive or inactive manner. There is now but about seven hundred regular troops in Canada, I have lately had sundry conferences with the Indians; they are verylfriendly. Capt. Abraham Nimham, a Stockbride Indian, and Mr. Winthrop Hoit, who has sundry years lived with the Cokanawagoes, in the ca pacity of a prisoner, and was made an adopted son to a motherly squw of that tribe, have both been gone ten days to treat with the Indians, as our enibassadors of peace and friendship. I expect in a few weeks to hear from them. By them I sent a friendly letter to the Indians, which Mr. Hoit can explain to them in Indian. The thing that so unites the temper of the Indians to us, is our taking the sovereignty of Lake Champlain.— They . have wit enough to make a good bargain, and stand by the strongest side. Much the same may oe said of the Cana dians ; they have no personal controversy with us, but act on political principles. If we evacuate Lake Champlain and retire to Lake George, Governor Carlton can by intrigue, and will not Nil to, draw them into his interests : if we hold the supre., macy, we shall do the same, for cunning and power are but the same thing, be it exercised by either Carlton or us; but cunning without power can hold no equal contest with that which is armed with it. It may be thought that to push an army into Canada, would be too perniature and imprudent; if so I propose to make a stand at the Isle of Ore, which the Wrench fortified by intrenchment, the last war, end greatly fatigued our large army . to take it. It is about fifteen miles this side St. Johns, and is an Island in the river, on which a small artillery placed would command it. An establishment of a fron tier so far north, would not only better secure our own frontier, but put it into our power to better work out our policy with the Canadians and Indians ; or, if need be, to make incursions into the terri tory of Canada, the sane as they could into our country, provided they had the sovereignity of Lake Champlain, and had erected their head-quarters at or near Skeensborough. Our only having it in our power to make incursions into Canada, might probably be the very reason why it would be unnecessary so to do, even if the Canadians should prove more refrac tory than I think for. Lastly, with submission, I would pro pose to your Honours to raise a small regiment of rangers, which 1 cuuld easily do, and that mostly in the counties of Albany and Charlotte, provided your Honours should think it expedient to grant commissions, and thus regulate and put the same under pay. Probably your Honours may think this an impertinent proposal. It is truly the first favor I ever asked of the government, and if it be gran ted 1 shall be zealously ambitious to conduct fur the best good of my country, and the honour of the government. I subscribe myself, gentlemne, with due respect, your Honours' moat obedient and humble servant, 'ETHAN ALLEN. P. S. GENTLEMEN—In the narrative contained in the enclosed, was too mate rially omitted the valour and intrepidity of Col. James Easton, and forty•six veteran soldiers, from Massachusetts Bay, who assisted in taking Ticonderoga. Col. Easton is just returned trom the Provin• vial Congress of the Massachusetts-Bay to this place, and expects he will soon have the command of a regiment from , that Province. Yours, &e. E'r HA N ALLEN. [TO BE CONTINUED.] MOSZIISTEM INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF • David Rittenhouse Porter, Delivered January 18, 1842. FELLOW CITIZENS :—About to enter upon my second and last Constitutional term of office, as the Chief Executive ma• gistrate of this Commonwealth, I avail myself of the occasion now presented, to renew to my fellow-citizens the annun ciation of the principles which will guide my course in the performance of the high duties imposed upon me by the Constitu tion and Laws. It is a source of much gratification to me to state, that it is com• partitively a brief and easy task. The address which I had the honor to deliver to my fellow-citizens on my first induc tion into office, contains so comprehensive sod minute an expression of my views on all great questions of policy, that could reasonably be expectd to arise, as almost to preclude the necessity of adverting to them again. After a deliberate perusal of that address, and a careful consideration of the numerous perplexing and various questions which have hitherto been pre rented to me for action, or which I can expect to have hereafter, I do not find a single word or sentiment that I would change or modify. As it expressed my opinions and determinations three years ago, it equally and emphatically epresses them now. I beg leave to refer you to'it, and assure you that I adhere to it in each and every sentiment still. Additional light has only made it more clear to my mind; additional experience has only strengthened the:convictions then telt. I need only say in connection with it that the present condition of the Common wealth, though apparently more embarras sing than it was at that period, is in reality very little if at all chased. The public debt is substantially the same,—the public burdens only increased to meet obliga• tions then incurred—the public improve ments are more productive, and the public revenues, essentially augmented. Out banking system, them tottering to its fall, has been examined with searching scrutiny by the public eye —its faults have been detected, its unsoundness exposed, and its dangers guarded against by the dissem ination of correct information. The wild and headlong spirit of speculation has been checked. The undue multiplication of 'the public debt has been restrained, and the improvident and wasteful expendi tures of the public funds arrested. Ex. perience has painfully demonstrated to the conviction of all, what the sagacious ' foresight of some apprehended, that na tions, like individuals, when they make " too great haste to get rich" are in dan-, ger of bankruptcy and ruin. We had not yet fortunately, reached the fatal point, from which there was no prospect of escape ; but we were verging so near, as to render our rescue alike timely and perilous. Cases of individual hardship no doubt exist, but patience, industry and enterprise will effect a cure in most of them ; and for those that are remidiless, we can but express our sym pathy and our sorrow, 1 trust the latter class is but limited in number and extent. i The Commonwealth, herself, after a short struggle borne with fortitude characteris • tic of her citizens, and the integrity that they would scorn to tarnish, will t overcome all tier pecuniary difficulties— I will faithfully fulfill her engagements and , proudly maintain her honesty and fame. If there be any of her citizens who would I pursue a different course, they will be left undfstuabed in the enjoyment of their peculiar opinions, and will be pointed at , by the rest of their fellow citizens, as the victims of some mad and dangerous de ; lusion. Reformation in its abuses, and economy in the expenditure of government, are now made cardinal maxims of policy, by all who have the good of their country at heart. Much benefit has already resulted and more it is hoped will in future result from the practical operation of this popular feeling. Let it reach every department where enlightened prudence and wisdom point the way. Happily we have not, tinder our government any of those time-honored abuses and corruptions, which in other countries strike their roots so deeply into the/constitution, as to endanger its exis tence by their extirpation. We can cor rect every abuse, and eradicate every corruption, without touching the vitality of the constitution itself. In entering upon the last term of office to which the constitution restricts me, 1 may venture to hope, I shall be credited when I assure my fellow citizens, that my ambition is satisfied, and my gratitude for the honor conferred upon me, most lively and sincere. I trust I shall not be deemed justly obnoxious to the charge in my offi cial course, of looking on my acts and recommendations, to further preferment or re-election. I trust too the labor of those who have felt it to be their duty, or their interest to assail and prevent the measures which met my sar,ction, will be lightened and their ingenuity relieved of its onerous taxation, to render their hos tility effectual. Henceforth Ido most fondly hope, we shall all act harmoniously togetrier, in our respective capacities, for the advancement of the public good, for getting every other consideration, and dismissing every other counsel but those which patriotism inspires. And may that Being whose Providence has ever guided and guarded our beloved Commonwealth through the vicissitudes of both prosperity and adversity, still watch over it, and make the promotion of its interests, his peculiar care. DAVID R. PORTER. RECOVERY OF TUE GOVERNMENT JEW ELS.—These jewels, which were stolen a few weeks since, from the patent office at Washington, were discovered on Monday last, on board a vessel bound for Rich mond, Va. They were found in a large black trunk, labelled "James Anson, Richmond, Va." Suspecting that the treasure was concealed in this, the officers broke it open and there found carefully wrapped in a straw mat, the costly pearl necklace, the golden snuff-box studded with diamonds, and two large pearls, and a golden sword sheath, weighing two pounds and a half. The reward offered was a 111000. The property was valued as follows The gold snuff box, $B,OOO The scabbard, 3,000 Pearl necklace. 2,000 A DAUNKEN MURDER.—John Fox, a man only 22 years of age, was executed at Fonda on the 6th inst. for the murder of a man while drunk. lie did not even remember the deed after the insanity of rum had left him. KING ALBERT.---It is stated that in con sequence of Queen Victoria having ex pressed some uneasiness that her son the Prince of Wales should have during her life time, precedence of her father, it has been resolved that Prince Albert be im mediately created King Consort, by the title and rank of his Majesty King Albert. DEPOPULATION OF IRELAND. --During the last ten years, a decrease in the popula• tion of Ireland has taken place to the ex tent of 527,590—meaning as we presume, a decrease by emigration—as the census shows a considerable increase. GLORY IN PROSPECT.-A writer in the New Orleans Bulletin, proposes to take 1 \lexico in revenge for the capture of the Santa Fe Expedition. Ile says : " There are twenty thousand men in the valley of the Mississippi, who would start at the sound of the drum, and neither give sleep to their eyes nor slumber to their eyelids, till they knelt at the God of Bat tles in the Temples of the Montezumas.— , I, for one, would willingly lead where any dares follow ; and 1 call upon General Combs of Kentucky, whose son was in the expedition, and the friends of Kendall, of the Picayune, to rally around the stan dard of freedom, and come to their rescue. Before an August sun shall gild the towers of the ancient city of Annahuac we will give " civil and religious liberty" to a suffering and oppressed people, and ex pel every tyrant from the land." NEffesasen.swei A TALE OF HORROR.—The Cincinnati, Chronicle is indebted to a friend for the' following : O-KOH-PO-HO, Indian Ter., Dec. 15, 1841. S Illessns. EDITORS:--Most melancholy intelligence has just been received by the Osage Indians, who have recently return ed from the Buffalo country. They state that about the last of October, they met a very large company of Chamancbee Indi ans near the Salt Plains, having in their posession the young women and children of three hundred white families, citizens of Texas, which they had taken prisoners, having put to death the men and old women. It. is said they treat their p►isoners most inhumanly. They offered to sell them to the Osages for a blanket for each. The principal Chief of the Osages (White Hair) has now in his posession a little white girl, about eight years of age, which he purchased of the Chamanchees. Yours, &c. S. G. PATTERSON , Is THE WORK GOE9 BRAVELY oa."—The following is the copy of a billet-doux received yesterday by Mr. Shunk, a Clerk in the Secretary of State's Office, and a nephew of the late Secretary, Francis R. Shunk. Office of the Secretary of State, Harrisburg, January 24, 1842, To Mr. S. T. Shunk, Sir ;—The relationship existing be• tween yourself and my immediate prede cessor, might make your continuance in office unpleasant. I have therefore selec ted another who will assume the duties of your post, and your services will be dis pensed with after this date. Yours, &c. A. V. PAnsons, Secretary of State. This is brief and to the point, certainly ; and is carrying out the " principle" to perfection. It was undoubtedly a great crime in Mr. S. T. Shunk, that he was a nephew of Francis 11., and he deserved to be punished for it by all means. It is be 'rides an evidence of the magnanimity, liberty, and freedom fromproscription, which governs the Administration of David R. Porter, as well as the whole loco foco party.—Harrisburg Chronicle. FATAL ACCIDNT AT SEA.-.The Sag Harbor Watchman says a letter received by Mr. Gauly, of that place, from a hand on board the ship Cadmus, states that on the third night out in the Gulf Stream, the Cadmus came in contact with a schooner, which it was feared, proved fatal to the latter. In the first collision it was feared the stem of the schooner was stove away. Another sea dashed the bow of the Cadmus !directly and violently into the side of the Schooner, which, according to the opinion of the latter, must have left her in a sinking condition. They were hailed by those on board the schooner, and requested nut to leave them. The Cadmus hove to and set a light, but nothing more was seen or heard from the schooner, and it was feared, says the letter, that she immediately went down, and all on board perished...—Broklyn Slar, COUNTY TEMPERANCE CONVEN TION. In pursuance of resolutions adopted at a Temperance Convention, held at Holli• day atm rg on the 28th and 29th of October last, that it was expedient to hold a coun ty Temperance convention in the Borough of Huntingdon, and important to organize a county Temperance Society, the under signed having been appointed a committee to fix the time of holding such Convention and to adopt measures to effect the objects contemplated in holding it ; respectfully inform the public that they have appoint. ed the third day of February next, (at ten o'clock A.M.) for the holding of such Convention in the Borough of Hunting don, and expect it to continue two days it is hoped and desired that as large dele ations, as possibk, will attend from the different societies in favor of forming a county society, and that they will coin prepared with written statements showing the commencement, progress, state, num bers and prospects of their respective so cieties. 813,000 All friends of temperance, every indi vidual who is in lavor of his fellow being retaining and being enabled to use the powers of body and of mind, with which he has been gifted by his Creator—every person, who wishing well his fellow man, desires to stay—to uproot the desolating vice of intemperance—the destroyer of self respect, of usefulness, of peace and happiness, of body and of soul —every one opposed to and desirous of avoiding the immense amount of loss to and tax on the body politic, necessarily consequent on the habitual use of intoxicating liquors in the community- 7 each and every individual whose conscience tells him that the habit• ual use of intoxicating drink as a bevel , lege is in an evil,--one and all, are respect !fully requested, and solicited to attend; thereby while furthering their own true interests and discharging their dot) to themselves and their Creator, giving the weight and benefit of their example and character to that moral influence which alone can relieve us from the curse of In temperance. _ _ James M. Bell, Thomas Burchnell, A H S'pang, ff illiam If est, John Clark, Henry Retgart, A .S'o lladey, John Crum, Daniel M'Connell, James D. Rea. Dec. 28 1841. Committee 4 / 4 ! : THE JOURNAL, One country,one conetitution one detti; Huntingdon, Feb. 2 t 1842. To the Patrons of the Jour nal, By a reference to the head of this pa per, the patrons of the Huntingdon Jour nal will learn that I have withdrawn from the editorial chair, and resigned my inter. est and labors into the hands of I'. H. 'Cremer, Esq.; and, according to an old custom, I claim a portion of the paper to take a farewell of those who have so long been my friends and patrons. For more than six years have I labored Ito establish and render worthy of support, the "Journal;" with what success, I leave those who have been my friends to an swer. It is in vain for me to attempt a ,solution of the question. The dutiesof an Editor are manifold, and his vexations lase only known to those who have felt them. When I entered upon the task in this county, it was my first entry into the field of political discussion, at least pub.- licly; and I doubt not many saw in the course of such a novice, much to censure, as unadvised and imprudent. Yet the desire to fulfil my duties with becoming discretion, was at all times the guiding star of my conduct. I labored on then, in the path I had marked oJt, until I tho't that the great majority of the citizens of this county, conceded to me at least hon esty of purpose. My labors have ceased ; and I leave the chair conscious of no intention to wrong any individual. There is none who can look back over six years of his life, and. see nothing to regret—nothing which he could not wish had been left undone. I can see much, that in my cooler moments, and with maturer judgment, I could wish blotted from the record of the past. Of one thing I can, and have a right to boast. It is this : that during all that time, I act ed regardless of fear, favor, or affection, in the performance of my duties ; neither fear, power, nor gain, has ever in any one instance changed the directness of my course. To this all will accede, who have tried the magic of either upon me. What I have done, 1 believed to be a duty, posi. Live and imperative. That I have hurled some shafts which have rankled in the bosom of guilt, I doubt ant, for the) were dipped in that most hateful of all things to the guilty,—TRUTIL Wherever such shafts have sped, and with what censure, I care not. "Let the galled jade wince," was always my motto. Still I doubt not that I have wounded the feelings of some of the innocent. It is not probable that any man should be right at all times. I .To err is human," and I know that my errors are as numerous as most others; yet I hope that they are not dictated by venge ful feelings, to any of my race. If I have at any time thrown aught in the path of the innocent, allow me to publicly ask their pardon for the offence. To forgive is one of the attributes of the Deity ; and I desire that those who wear /Es image, may reflect that attribute on me, if I have unwittingly offended. I bid you, patrons, a respectful and heartfelt farewell! returning in the most sincere manner my thanks for the assist. ance you have so generously extended to one who came among you a stranger, with neither wealth, power, or profit to offer in, exchange. I take my leave of you, how-1 ever, confident that I leave to supply thy place one, who is equally, if not more de serving of your favors, than the humble writer of this. Mr. Cremer I have known for Bor 9 years,—he came with me to this county, and by his industry assisted me to establish the "Journal," I leave you confident, too, that he will use all his energies to render the paper worthy of your continued and zealous support;— confident, also, that he possesses atributes superior to my own, to make the paper both interesting and useful ; and I trust that all who feel friendly to the cause I have so long and ardently, if not efficient ly, sustained, will proffer the hand of kind ness and assistance to him, and I know they will receive as their reward, the thanks of a grateful heart. To such of my patrons who have paid for any time in advance, I say, that they will receive the paper, upon that con • tract, up till the time expires for which they have paid in advance. The Books of the office will remain in my hands. 1 am, as ever, Patrons, Your obliged friend, A. W. BENE!►ICT To all whom it may concern. In making our appearance as the con ductor of a public journal, it may be , thought by some, to behoove us to write an article in relation thereto. We accede to this; and were we to act in pursuance of a custom that has existed from time immemorial, we .would be required to spread before our readers a map or chart, exhibiting in extenso, the course we intend to take in reference to every subject and question that now is, or that may hereaf ter be brought before the people. But, we choose, rather, to deviate somewhat from this ancient usage ; and merely pre scribe generally the course we intend to pursue, at least until a radical change is effected in our mind and constitution. In the first place, then, we say, that we will, to the best of our ability, espouse the same cause and advocate the same po• litical creed for the promotion of which the "Journal" was first established ; and for which it has battled manfully for the last six years and upwards. And we re mark further, that the principles that tri umphed to signally in the election of the lamented President, Harrison, are held close at heart ; and find in us a zealous advocate and defender ;—while the fool hardiness of him who dates to disregard the rights, the will and the hopes of the people, is condemned and despised. With rega-cl to the politics of Pennsyl. vania, be it known that we shall, in every becoming manner, oppose the party that now hold the reins of government, and are driving the State headlong to ruin. We have sworn eternal hostility to that party whose arbitrary chieftain still thirsts fur "power, far plunder, and extended rule," and whose leading and ultimate object is self -aggrandizement. And in relation to topics of a public or political nature that may arise in future to perplex • the popular mind, we say, that it is our firm determination to act in all cases in accordance with the dictates of conscience, and in such a manner as we may humbly conceive to be conducive to the public welfare. In the next place, a few words as to the general character of the "Journal." It shall be our study to make it a useful family newspaper; and a regular and wel come visiter—devoted to the latest and most interesting news of the day, to liter ature, science, politics, commerce, tem perance, morality, agriculture, tales, poetry, anecdotes, &c. The above has been penned under the hope, that, when in after years, we shall set what is here written in contrast with our subsequent conduct, it may be seen that our promises were not made in viola. tion of truth. In conclusion, permit us to say, that we cherish the flattering hope that the ...Jour nal" will continue to receive the liberal patronage which has been bestowed upon it in times past, while in other hands ; and at the same time to give an assurance ( that no pains shall be spared cilh our part to render it worthy of that patronage. By a resolution of the Canal Commis sioners, the rates of toll on the Public Im provements to be charged from and after the .25th January last, have been reduced. IThis will secure to Pennsylvania much freight, and consequent revenue that would otherwise have gone to the state of New York. In the Senate, on the 25th ult., after a long and spirited debate on the suject, the reappointment of MOLTON C. RAM IS, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, WAS confirmed by a vote of 30 to . TEMPERANCE CONVENTION, Are the good people of old Huntingdon awake to the fact that on to-morrow (Thursday the 3rd inst.) there is to be held in our town a county convention, to take measures to urge on the glorio us I cause of temperance. Temperance is becoming the exciting topic of all circles. Every one seems to have awakened "to life anew and temper ance too." Up, then—add your voices to the general song; and "let the echo reach the sky." Up, and awake to the impor• tance of the subject. It affects every one —the old and the young—male 'and female. Sleep not in the good cause. Arouse, and assist your friends and neigh. sto crush the demon of the still. Up, up, we say, and "Raise your banner high in air, Write cold water—write it there," and ccme on, "a host full fifty thousand strong"—and unite in this convention, and make one among the number who have enlisted "the cohorts of rum to destroy." Come one, come ALL. Oz:r Several Bands of Music are expect ed to be present and assist at the convention. Pennsylvania Legislature. SENATE. In the Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 25th a bill to limit the term of the county Trea surer of the county of Bucks to one year passed finally. The nomination of Judge Rogers was again taken up, and, after a warm debate, confirmed. The nomtnabon of Joeeph Engle to be Associate Judge of Delaware county was again taken up, and confirmed by a vote of 20 yeas to 1$ nays. This is the same nominee who was rejected at the last session. The nomination of Jacob Gros); to be Associate Judge of Lancaster county Was also taken up; but the Senate adjourned without taking final action thereon. On Wednesday 28th, a resolution was offered and agreed to, regiring the com mittee on banks to report to the Senate what action is at this time necessary in reference to the banks of this common wealth. The nomination of Jacob Crash was again taken ap; and, after considerable diecussion, confirmed by a vote of 18 to 14. This nomination was also rejected at the last session. Mr. Ewing offered the following : Resolved, That the committee on hanks be instructed to inquire into the expedien• cy of compelling all banks to pay out at their counters nothing but their own paper, drafts at par, or specie. That they in quire into the expediency of repealing so much of the act of 4th May 1841, entitled an act to provide revenue and for other purposes, as compels the banks accepting under that law to receive the notes issued by them in payment of debts and deposit, and also the payment of interest on the notes funded, and that the commonwealth provide for the payment of interest on all notes thus funded as in other cases. That said committee inquire into the expedien cy of compelling the banks immediately to resume specie payments. The above resolution was ably discus• sed by Messrs Ewing, M'Lanahan, Sulli van, Penniman, and Spackman, till the Senate adjourned—Alr. Spackman not not having concluded his remarks. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATINES. -- --- In the H. R., Tuesday, January 25th, Mr. Moorehead presented a petition for a new county to be formed out of parts of Bed ford and Huntingdon, and to be called, Blair. Sundry other petitions were presented fur new counties in different parts of the state. Mr. Weston presented a petition for $ new Judicial District out of the 4th. The resolution recommending an alter.' ation in the Constitution, so as to deprive the Legislature of the power to legalize a suspension of specie payments by the banks, was reconsidered and then passed again by a vote of 79 ayes to 9 nays. On Wednesday, 26th, Mr. Moore pre- sented a memorial for the new county of I\9 essrs. Weston and Lightner each pre smted petitions for a new Judicial Di,- trict out of the Fourth. Thursday, 27th, the bill anthorizing the Canal Commissioners to settle the claim of Geu. R. Ill'Farlanc, of Hollidays burg, on the principles of justice and equity, passed second reading by a Tote of 46 to 45.
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