THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C, THE GLOB Circulation—the largest Lit thi3 county, UMITTD.TMEJOB, P 2. Wednesday, August 26, 1857. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. FOR CIOVERNOP, lion. WM. F. PA.CIC...ER, of Lyeorning. TOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, NIDIR.OD STRICKLAND, of Chester. FOR SUPREME JUDGES, 1-lon. WILLIAM STRONG, of "Berks. Hon. JAIITES THOMPSON, of Erie. P $ kyr WO zirt l 4 01[01•10 * FOR ASSEMBLY, DANIEL HOUTZ, of Alexandria. FOR REGISTER & RECORDER, JAMES B. CAROTHERS, of Morris FOR PROTIIONOT-4.RY, DAVID CALDAVELL, of Cromwell. FOR TREASURER, JOHN H. LIGHTNER, of Shirleysburg. FOR. COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THOMAS OZBORN, of Jackson. FOR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR, JAMES 211TRPHY, of Petersburg FOR AUDITOR, JOHN M. STONEROAD, of Birmingham. THANKS.—Those of our friends who made it convenient to give us a "lift" during Court weeks, and before and since, have our thanks. Those yet to call will be kindly re ceived. Don't be backward, friends. TIIE RIGHT SPIRIT.-Our friends in differ ent parts of the county, are daily sending in the names of good and true men to be book ed as subscribers to the Globe. We notice among the number several who have but lately deserted the opposition ranks. We still have room for more of the same sort.— Only $1 50 per annum. Daniel Houtz and the Three Mill Tax We learn that the opposition are endeavor ing to make capital for their candidates by falsely representing DANIEL HOUTZ, the Dem ocratic candidate for Assembly, as being fa vorable to the repeal of " the three mill tax." Where lioatz's opinions are known, such falsehoods have the effect of making him friends among the opposition ranks. We are authorized to say that DANIEL HOUTZ is un qualifiedly opposed to the repeal of the three mill tax. • ririe"WitAT DOES IT MEIN ?—We see that the officers of the Agricultural Society, or those having the appointment of committees to report on articles to be exhibited at the Fair; have again, omitted the appointment of a committee on Printing. True, premiums are offered for the best specimens, but who are to examine and award premiums? In our opinion, it is about as important to the people to have printing well done, as it is to have a handsome baguet, or a neat hearth rug. The absence of a Committee on Print ing may be an accidental over-sight of " the powers that be;" if so, it is not too late to do the printers of the county justice by appoint ing said committee. JOHNSON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED AND EMBEL LISHED COUNTY MAP OF THE REPUBLICS OF NORTH AMERICA 'Mr. J. A. Moons is now canvassing this county with this new and beautiful map. It is large, and decidedly the best published, as it exhibits the whole of North America south of the 50th .parallel of latitude—embracing the Canadas, the United States and Territo ries, •Mexico, Central America, the Isthmus of Panama, the West India Islands, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and part of South America. Also a superior Map of the World. It is on a scale larger by 10 miles to the inch than the largest Map of the same territory ever published, and 13 miles to the inch larg er than Monk's or the. Map of "Our Coun try!' It occupies a sheet 72 by 80 inches: larger than Sherman & Smith's mammoth Map-of the Old States (now Colton's), and covering about four times as much of the Earth's surface as that work. _lt is 1,500 square - inches larger than Colton's, Monk's, or--Mitchell's Map, and gives a geographical delineation of the Countries it embraces with an accuracy and fullness of - detail altogether beyond the reach of any other Map. • Al though there are :some Two Thousand •cotin ties in the United States and Territories, each county is named and colored on the face of the map..• ' Of course it contains all the railroads (both the finished and the finishing); and, in the Southern and Western -States, nearly all the railroad stations I ' :ger" triflON COUNTY TICKET" heads: the oppOsitionficket in the American, and also the opposition ticket in the Journal. . The .Ani - eridan's ticket has Col: S. S. Wharton, for Assembly; the , Journars ticket has Levi Evani for Assembly. Reader, you ask what such i p,"union" Of the opposition means?— It's a trick of the' enemy—both candidates ha,ve.been dyed, in the_ wool of Know Noth ingism,, and baptized in the river of, Aboli tionism. Either Wilt step upon any platform the desporateleaders of the opposition may dictate for them. Both will be kept.in the field as long as there is a possible chance of distracting the Democratic party by holding out: the idea .that Houtz is not the man for the times. But where is there a Democrat, an - honest voter of either party, who will not admit that Houtz just the kind of man to make honorable, straight-forward; Rep resen of ;pc? ple Agi!cultural Society At a meeting of the Huntingdon county Agricultural Society held in the Court House on Monday evening, 10th inst., the time and place for holding the next annual Fair were fixed at Huntingdon, on the 14th, 15th and 16th days of October next. Hon. Jona. McWilliams, T. 11. Cremer, Esq., and Gen. G. W. Speer were chosen elec tors to represent this Society in the election of Trustees for the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, on the 2nd day of September. The premium list suggested at the last meeting was adopted after certain alterations and additions were made, which will appear in the list. Resolutions were passed to the effect that no land of grain in less qnantities than a half bushel should be considered in competition ; that domestic manufactures be divided into three classes, viz : Ist, Eatables ; 2nd, Wearing Apparel, and 3rd, Fancy Nee dle and Ornamental work; that "no article or product shall be excluded, if offered FM exhibition by a member of the Society, but premiums shall be awarded only to manufac turers or producers, or their immediate agents," and that the executive committee be directed to " take the necessary measures in order to, prevent promiscuous riding and dri ving on the fair ground." At a meeting of the Executive committee, held on the 11th inst., Messrs. R. B. Petri ken, J. C. Watson, J. Simpson Africa, Jacob Miller, (creek) and Dr. R. A. Miller were ap pointed a Committee of Arrangements, and a resolution passed to the effect " that said committee shall have authority to make all necessary contracts in order to complete the arrangements for the annual Fair; to audit all bills of their contracting, and to draw or ders on the Treasurer for payment of the same." Committees were also appointed by them for the purpose of awarding premiums on the different articles and productions to be offer ed for exhibition, together with the list of premiums altered and amended as agreed on; also a discretionary committee, and a—com mittee to solicit subscriptions. The Chinese War. The present war between China and Eng land is one of much moment to the world in more respects than one. The Chinese form a vast and powerful empire, whose exclusive policy has shut out the civilized world from a full participation in the vast advantages of a free commerce with her' millions of inhabi tants—an exclusiveness which, in this age of the world,, no nation in justified in pursuing. Whatever the origin of the quarrel between England and China may have been ; no mat ter whether the Anglo-Saxons or the Celes tials are in the wrong, the results of the pres ent war must redound to the advantage of civilized Europe, in the end. The policy of England has always been, in all her foreign wars, to make the nations with which she has quarreled pay the expenses, and she will not neglect this idea in the present contest. If, as we have no doubt will be the case, England succeeds in opening the ports of China to the world by the present war, that country will confer blessings and benefits upon Europe and America, and upon the Celestials themselves. We confess that our sympathies are with England in the present contest, and we be lieve that our citizens generally wish her suc cess. Nor can the result be a doubtful one, when the two nations are so circumstanced as are the belligerant powers now engaged in China. England, with her immense naval force, must ultimately succeed, and if she (Wes, will dictate her own terms when peace is - restored. Nur will these results be lost upon another country whose policy has been as exclusive and unreasonable as that of China herself.— We mean Japan. This latter country, it is true, has, to some limited extent, granted a few commercial privileges, to a few powers, by late treaty stipulations, of little or no prac tical value; but should England succeed in ,her present designs with China, it will not be long before she will compel compliance with her wishes, on the part of Japan, in which she will be seconded by every other commercial country on the globe. BOUGHT I BOUGHT ! -SOLD ! SOLD !-If ,we were to believe half we hear of persons being ." sold,'?: and " bought," we would . be compelled to come to the Conclusion that . a - few very influenlial politicians have not been thought worth buying at any price. SIIAMEFUL—the practice of scalding dogs. Those guilty of such an act should remem ber that the world will never accuse them of possessing those finalities which always gov ern the conduct of a person of humane feel- ings MOUTALITY AMONG 11. S. SENATons.—Cut of the.fifty nine members of the Senate during the last Congress, no less than live have already passed away, viz : Messrs. Clay ton of Delaware; Bell, of New Hampshire; Adams, of Mis sissippi; Butler, of South Carolina; and Rusk, of Texas. .1/cir LOOK 0(37 !—A number of counterfeit $5 bills on the York Bank, d'ennoy/vania, are in circulation at Harrit burg, and will doubtless soon find their way up here.— They are said to be well executed, and liable to deceive even experienced judges of bank'paper. .4-Z- A tannery is about being erected in Kidder town ship, Carbon county, Pa.. which will be one of the largest establishments of the kind in the United States. The main building will be between six and seven hundred feet long and fifty wide, calculated to tan 33,000 hides in a year— more, it is said, than any other tannery in the United States. An engine of ninety horse power will be put up. In Chicago, last week, a fellow named lteed was arrested, charged with passing two $lO counterfeit notes. The charge was fully proved, that he had stolen the bills from& comrade, thus showing that he supposed them to he good; and it was no larceny. as the law does not consider counterfeit bills property. So the thief and shaver" got free, while his comrade is held for having tile bills in the first instanea. - • " NEW COVNTERFEST.—A new and dangerous counterroit, of the denomination of on the Farmers' and Drovers' Bank of Waynesburg, Pa.,.has been put in circulation. yt i 3 well executed and calculated to deceive. The Democratic Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. William P. Packer is above the ordinary size; his robust frame, with rounded contour ; his fair complexion, tinged with the rosy hues of a healthy and vigorous circulation; his capacious forehead, indicating great intellec tual power ; his intelligent countenance and agreeable manners render his personal ap pearance at once prepossessing and com manding. In 1846 he was duly elected a member of the House of Representatives from the District composed of the counties of Ly coming, Clinton and Potter ; but by a mistake in carrying out the returns of one of the townships in Clinton county, his opponent was returned as elected, and actually served during the whole of the session, before the mistake was discovered. In 1847, the people of his District appeared to be determined to manifest their views by a vote so decisive as not to be mistaken or defeated, and he was accordingly elected to the House of Repre sentatives by a majority exceeding fifteen hundred over his competitor. Although this was his first appearance as a member of a legislative body, his knowledge of the public interests, his acquaintance with parliament ary rules, and his business capacity were so universally known and acknowledged, that he was at once chosen by his fellow members to preside over their deliberations as Speaker of the House. The selection of a new member to a post of such great responsibility, and re quiring such varied and extensive abilities, may be regarded as a high honor, in which Gen. Packer stands as the sole recipient in his native State. Such a recognition of pre eminent abilities, is of rare occurrence every where ; and it is believed never occurred be fore in Pennsylvania. In 1848, he was re elected to the House. The brilliant achieve ments of a brave and successful General, who was a candidate for the Presidency, had produced disastrous results to the Democratic party throughout the nion, and had iven the - Whigs a large majority in the Senate of Pennsylvania, and reduced the Democratic members in the House to a bare equality in numbers with" their opponents. Notwith standing this circumstance, and although ev ery member was in attendance at the organi zation of the House, Gen. Packer was again elected. Speaker of that body. Considering his known attachment to Democratic princi ples, his great influence and continual activ ity as a writer and as a public speaker in sustaining the principles and candidates of the Democratic party, his second elevation to the Speaker's chair must he regarded as an honorable and magnanimous tribute to his talents and integrity, and to the impartiality and ability with which he had discharged the high duties of the office at the previous session. This compliment was in fact richly merited. General Packer possesses a mind well stored with useful knowledge. Although self-taught his education has not been neg lected. He is familiar with the current liter ature, and with the teachings of history and philosophy. Although not a member of the legal profession he is a much better lawyer than many who belong to it. - His thorough acquaintance with legal principles, and with constitutional and parliamentary law, emi nently qualified him for the duties of the chai r . And so satisfactory were his decis ions upon - many difficult questions which arose during his two official terms as Speaker, that they have been in no instance mersed ny rh,, )-F -1,-A