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HUNTINGDON PA
Wednesday, Nov. 7; 1855
See New Advertisements.
Estate notice of WilliarPtummins, deed
To Persons out of Imployment—&e., Sze.
The Democratic County Committee
Are requested to meet at Col. Graffus Mil
ler's Hotel, in Huntingdon ) on Friday even-
ing next.
S. T. BROWN, Chairman.
Huntingdon Nov. 7, 1855.
Senatorial Conferees, Take Notice.
The Senatorial Conferee 3 of Huntingdon,
Blair and Cambria, evitl meet at Hollidays
burg on Saturday next, Nov. 10th, at. 2
o'clock, P. M.
fl The subscribers to the Journal who
receive their papers at McConnellstown,
Marklesburg, Coffee Run, Newburg, Three
Springs and IVladdensville, on Thursday, are
respeCtfully informed that their papers'of last
week were not delivered to the Post Master
at Huntingdon for mailing until Friday.—
Perhaps the Journal editors may receive
some complaints of the rascally conduct ; of
the Pope's P. M's on the ruute for refusing
to give out the Journal of last week until a
week after its publication.
New Counterfeits
New counterfeit $2 bills on the Bank of
Middletown are in circulation in this neigh.
borhood. They are well calcugled to de
ceive. Look out for them.
A Great Country.
The sale of lots in Broad Top City takes
place to-day. A number of Philadelphians
went up yesterday.
Twenty miles of the broad Top Road is
now finished, over which the cars make two.,
trips a day, morning and afternoon, in charge
of Mr. DAVIDSON, the gentlemanly Conduc
tor, and his accommodating assistant, lictiAn.
Two Cows IC - um:D.—Two excellent cows,
were killed on the Penna. Railroad a short
distance above town yesterday by one of the
- freight trains. - One belonged to Mr. David
Black and the other to - Mr. Alexander Car
man.
fly We have learned that our neighbors
of the Journal and American have compro
mised—and that the libel suits against each
other have been withdrawn. They will now
work together harmoniously for . the success
of Kno‘y , Nothingisrn in this county at- the
next election. We shall keep our readers ad
vised of their secret movements.
COURT.—Court commences on Monday
next, to continue two - weeks. The latch
string of our sanctum will be out, and our
friends will not forget to give us a call.
WISCONSIN.—We noticed the other day
the rapid growth of Illinois, and we have now
to instance a , similar increase in the State of
Wisconsin. The recent census of that State
shows a population of 552,109—an increase
of 85 per cent. The ratio of increase in the
State will be observed from the following
statement at different periods : 1840, 30,945
—1845, 162,277-1850, 305,391-1855,
552,109.
GREEN POLITICIANS.—The most verdent
aspirants for office that we Know or have
heard of are those who have been promised
Know Nothing.nominations next fall!
1" - - The Harrisburg Herald the mouth
piece of the State Administration, -was for a
while in favor of an open ccAmericae move
ment but it is now convinced that it will not
work. In its issue of the 16th it says -=-"In
Lebanon our friends escaped by the skin of
their teeth. In Lancaster, Becks, Chester
and other counties, where open nominations,
&c., were adopted, the result was disas
trous."
WENT rr BLlND.—Since the election the
fact that Mr. Nicholson was a member of the
Know-Nothing order when nominated has
been made public. How tnany Whigs voted
for him believing him to be opposed to the
Order 1 We know a few in this, neighbor
hood.
U . A YOUTHFUL GOVERNOR.—The Gov
ernor elect of California is only thirty years
old, the youngest Governor'and the youngest
State in the Union.
I. O. of G. T.
At a meeting of the Iridependeot Order oi
Good Templars of Lodge, on Mon
day evening the sth inst., the following per
- sons were duly installed us officers for the
ensuing term : •
C. T.—M. F. Campbell.
W. V. T.—C. Cunningham.
W. S.—J. W. Mattern,
W. T.—C. T;Benedict.
- W. F. S.—A. Owen..
W. C.—.l. .Maguire.
' W. M.—R. B. Brown.
• W. D. M.—H. E. Saxton.
W. R. H. B.—H. M. Snyder.
W. L: Benedict. •
W. J. G.—M. Hildebrand. ,
'A. Campbell.
The Presidential Election
The Presidential electiOn of 1856 ,will be
of greater importance to the country, (says
the Union & Patriot,) than any which has
taken place since the adoption of the Federal
Constitution. It Will, iii truth, involve the
very exister:ce of that constitution, or,-at
least, its application, in its true intent and
meaning, to the affairs of government. This
is a matter Of too grave importance, to be
overlooked by any portion of the American
people having the stability of the Union and
the true interests of the country at heart.
All honest patriots should unite in the great
struggle, regardless of former party affinities
and predilections, and by a united, front
north and south, oppose the current of fanat
icism and treason which threatens to sweep
away every principle of rational freedom and
every prop that upholds the Union.
The Presidential campaign of 1856 will
differ widely from all others which have pre
ceded it. Heretofore parties were organized
upon constitutional bases, and, whichever
succeeded, the country was safe. True, we
always contended, as we still contend, that
the principles professed and carried out by
the Democratic party were more enlightened
and liberal than those acted upon by its oppo
nents ; but even when beaten we Were not
oppressed by any grave fears that the inter
ests of the country would be seriously dis
turbed. The liberty of the citizen and the
Union of the States we knew - would be safe
in any event ; and for the rest, whatever er
rors might be committed were sure to be
cured by time and reflection. But this is not
now the case. In the next canvass we shall '
have to contend against an amalg,amation of
heterogenious elements and an admixture of
startling and dangerous principles. The
signs are rapidly thickening that 'the Demo-1
cretic party, with such aid as it will undoubt
edly receive from patriotic national Whigs,
will have to fight the battle alone against the I
combined forces of Know Nothingism, Re
publicanism, Abolitionism, and all the other
dangerous isms of the day. If this unholy I
alliance should succeed, we care not upon
whom their choice may fall for President, the
country must undergo a convulsion unpre
cedented in its annals. Who. can believe,
fora moment, that the country would remain
quiet and see emigration, one of the great
sources of our wealth and grandeur as a na
tion, cut off, religious liberty trampled upon,
and the fanatical, doCtrines of the Abolitionists
enforced?. The thing ts utterly impossible:
Revolution would inevitably follow such an
attempt, and what would -follow -revolution
those who are familiar with the history of
other republics know as well as we.
It is idle to say that there is no danger.—
Unless the Know Nothings, the Abolitionists,
And their allies mean nothing more by their
doctrines than to humbug the people, there is
noCullfy a probability, but an absolute, cer
fanny, of serious, perhaps fatal convulsions.
Even Mr. Seward, should he - be the next
President, supposing him to be averse to car
rying out the execrable principles of his par
tisans, could not, with all• his' statesmanship
and acknowledged ability, resist the impor
tunities-of the reckless
_and exasperated fa
natics who control his motley battallions.—
They have sworn On the one hand' that. sla
very shall be abolished or the Uniau dissol
ved ; on the other that immigration shall be
stopped and liberty of conscience forbidden
by stringent laws, regardless of the plain pro
visions of the constitution. Who,' acquaint
ed with the character of these desperate fac
tions, can doubt that they mean what ;they
say, or that ) should the reigns of government
fall into their hands, they would make the
effort, at least, to carry their infamous pro
fessions into practice It is sheer madness
to shut our eyes to the dangers that menace
the country and make no timely effort to
avert them. Against this union of bad men,
we mast have a union of the good and wise
of all parties; and this can only be accom
plished by those who have herotofore belong
' ed to different party organizations, but have
now only the safety of the Union and the
welfare of the_ country at heart, attaching
themselves to the Democratic organiza
tion.
The Democratic party is now the only na
tional party. Its organization is the same
north and south; and so, with some slight
shades of difference, which never disturb its
harmony, are its doctrines. That they are
safe and sound the prosperity of the country
under all its administrations offers abundant
evidence ; so that in calling on all true pa
triots to rally under its broad banner in this
time of peril, we invite them to an ark of
safety, where they may plant themselves and
wage an honorable warfare for our common
rights and interests.
An Abolition Opinion of the free Blacks
at the North
The New York Tribune thus portrays the
character of the free blacks of the North :
"Nine-tenths of the free blacks have' no
idea of setting themselves to work except as
the hirelings and servitors' of white men ; no
idea of building a church, or accomplishing
any other serious enterprise except through
beggary of the whites. Asa class the blacks
are indolent, improvident, servile, and licen
tious ; and their inveterate habit of appealing
to white benevolence or compassion whenev
er thay realize a want or encounter a difficul
ty is eminently baneful and enervating.' If
they could never more obtain a dollar until
they have earned it many of them would suf
fer and perhaps starve; but on the whole,
they may do better and improve faster 'than
may now be reasonably expected:"
From the Philadelphia Daily Argus, Nov 3.
Sensible and Manly Letter.
We publish with much pleasure the follow
ing
truly noble 'and manly. letter from our
young townsman, 'Edward S. Lawrence,
resigning an offic e he has held for a number
of years, and declaring the views and senti
merits which influence him to the step. The
letter in this respect is high toned, and evin-'‘,
cesa nice sense of honor; while its declara
tions of political views, and the course his I
convictions lave marked out for him in
the. future, are characterized with genuine
independence and manliness. Nor is Mr.
Lowrance either
. alone in these convictions,
or unwarranted in the course he announces
his purpose to pursue. The path he has cho
sen is he path,of true wisdom. Older men I
will applaud the act; and a host of his asso
ciates will both coincide and- act with him.
Moreover, the, Democratic party will ever
receive such men with honor and confidence.
It is ever open to them. Ever invitee them.,
It is, in fact, their refuge ; and those who:
have heretofore joined with us, and proved'
themselves - of us, and at the same time . de:
serving, have never had reason to ; complair
that party honors were denied • theni. Wi
invite for the letter a careful perusal -
199 SOUTH SEVENTH ST., below Spruce St.':
Philadelphia, October 31st, 1855. ,
To the Board of School Directors of he
Fifth Section, First School .District lof
Pennsylvania :—through the Presider, of
said Board, Samuel C. Cooper, Esq.
GENTLEMEN:—PIease accept this astray
resignation from ? J our Board. '
My intention to resign being knows by
some, it is expected by them that I will give
the - reasons which have prompted me to take
this step.
That the office of School Director, in the
city of Philadelphia, is a political office, there
can be no doubt. School director's are nomi
nated and elected by political parties, and
political tests are applied to the candidates.
For a man to be elected to an office by a
Political Party, and afterward change his
faith, in such a manner as to make himself
no longer identifies in principle or feeling
with that party, and, nevertheless , still . hold
on to the office, is a - course of conduct I
would not encourage in others, norallow my
self to adopt.
From the following certificate it wall ap
pear When I was first elected School Direc
tor :
PHILADELPIII.A., Jan 7th,-1853
We certify that, on_the 6th day of January,
A. D. 1853, the Select and Common Coun
cils of the City of Philadelphia, in joint meet
ing, elected E. S. Lawrence a School Direc
tor First Section, First School District, to
serve in place and for the unexpired term of
Francis Wharton, resigned.
EDMUND WILCOXj,
Clerk of the Select Council.
CRAIG BIDDLE,
Clerk of the Common
It iq understood, of course, that I must
have been a Whig, or I never could have re
ceived the above certificate. I filled the un
expired term
,_of,Francis Wharton, and was
again elected by the City Councils, ,and held
the office from them until the consolidation 'of
the city of Philadelphia, after which the
School Directors were elected,by the people.
In the spring of 1854 I was on. the Whig
ticket, and was elected by the people for one
year, and believe I received - the support of
the American party, then in its iiifancy. In
the spring of 1855, the Whig party having
lost its existence, I was taken up by.the Amer
ican party and again elected, for the term of
three years.
From my majority, till the death .of the
-Whig party, I - was a steady, devoted, un
flinching, uncompromising Whig. How
much pleasure I took in being such a Whig,
my coadjutors in that lost party know. At
- the demise of that party my feelings attes
ted how much I regretted its loss. It was,
in its time, a noble old party. One to be
proud of—but, alas! it is. gone with all its
greatness. The flashing light which it sent
broadcast over, the nation is now put out,
perhaps forever, for Clay and Webster are
forever gone. I was attached to the princi
ples and men of that party
while it lasted,
and if it still existed should, perchance, style
myself one of it. That, however, would de
pend upon circumstances. If the Whig par
ty were now in fulPexistence—existing as it
was when in its full glory, and failed to ad
vocate that matter of public national concern
—the Kansas and Nebraska Act of Congress
—I could not, and would not, be of it nor
with it.
It is a' stubborn fact that only two great
parties exist at this time, in full-and complete
organization. The democratic and the Amer
ican parties. I consider it not only the plea
sure and privilege, but the duty, of every
American citizen to take a lively interest in
the important political movements of the na
tion. The only effectual way to do this, is
by attachment to this or that party, which is
believed to advocate principles for the best
creed of the people, as a nation. Party,
rules, politically, in this country. Each cit
izen has the right to choose the party to
which he will attach himself, I clam that
he has the right to change from one par
ty to another at will. To deny this, would
be to assert tliat a man is bound to cling to a
party, no matter how corrupt that party may
be. It is seen at once to what danger such
doctrine would - lead. It might plunge the
nation into oligarchy, monarchy, despotism,
or, what is still worse, anarchy—for any
government is better than no government.
It appears to me that the questien of sla
very is, at present, and will continue to be,
for a length of time the all-pervading question
of the country. The passage of the Kansas and
Nebraska Act, caused many of the fibres of the
nation to thrill. • Since that I have devoted
much of my leisure time to investigating the
momentous question. I think, in all serious
ness, that it is a question. which every citizen
of the United States should thoroughly inves
tigate, with a view to the full understanding
of it. It is a great question and but little
understood: I have not considered it lightly,:
on the contrary I have given it my serious
and intense thinking, for ,a long time, and I
have come to the conclusion that the act was
a proper one, and that the national • adminis-•
tration at Washington deserve the gratitude
of the nation for the sturdy manner in which
they supported and sustained, not only the
measure, but the men who advocated it.
.1 venture , to predict that .if Mr. Douglas,
Senator,of the United States from Illinois,
should live twelve years longer, he will yet. 2:
receive The Presidency - of the United States,
as his reward/from a grateful country, for the
active and energetic part he took in bringing
abolt the. Kansas and Neboslca nationalle
,T2'
t' . , la t ion . ,
Finally : As the Whig Party is dead and I
lAve dissolved all thin g s which could in any
say connect me witlithe- American Party,
ixcept it be to svrrender the Vice I received
.from it—l now . .Surrender to the 'American
Party, respectfully, the office which it kind-'
,ly confered upon me. If I had received this
lio' trice from the people, distinct from party, I
might still hold it, consistently with my
.elings. I would be very unwilling to re
use to serve the people, as such. E could
tot consent, however, to hold this office now,
zinee I received it from a party, and have
changed my faith and dissolved all influences
which could in,any way connect me with the
party which gave it to me. Besides : a
4rowing family require all my energies, in
ny profession.
What little little political influence I pos
sess however, public or private, shall in fn
'ure, be directed to forwarding the principles
;ontained in the Kansas and Nebraska act of
, r 2ongress, and the men who advocate them.
Yours respectfully,
EDWARD S. LAWRENCE.
From the St. Louis Republican.
Terrible Disaster on the Pacific Railroad.
The magnificent train of cars which left
our city yesterday morning on an exctirsion
to Jefferson City ; to celebrate the opening of
the Pacific railroad to that place, is now a
mass of ruins, and infinitely worse than this,
many of the noble hearts that participated in
the pride of the occasion, are now stilled in
death.
The train consisting of fourteen cars, left
the depot on Seventh street at 9 o'clock,
crowded with invited guests, a half hour af
ter the time advertised. By the time it
reached Hermann this delay was fully re
covered, thus showing the good condition of
the track. After leaving Herrmann the train
proceeded with good speed, and without the
least difficulty until it reached the Gascon
ade, when one of the most disastrous acci
dents occurred which has yet thrown this
city into mourning. •
- The bridge across that stream gave way,
and ten of the cars were precipitated a dis
tance of twenty-five or thirty feet. The lo
comotive from all appearances, had reached
the edge of the first pier, when the structure
gave way, and in falling reversed its position
entirely, the front turning
,to the east, and
the wheels upward. On the - locomotive at
the time were the -President, Mr. E. H.
Bridge, Mr. O'Sullivan, the chief engineer of
the ern
.road and an additional number of
ployees. •
- Mr. Bridge it is supposed, is the only one
saved of the -individuals named. -An hour af
ter the disaster, voices from 'beneath the
wreck of the locomotive were heard asking
for assistance, and when we left the scene of
disaster active efforts were made to - relieve
the sufferers. It is is possible—nay it is to
be hoped probable—that some of these un
fortunates may have been rescued.
The road enters- the bridge, with a curve,
and this circumstance, peraps, prevented
the disaster from being More fatal, as _the
cars thereby were diverted, and thus prevent
ed from falling directly 'in a general Melee.—
Enough of injury, however, was accomplish
ed. The baggage 'car next the ' engine : l:vent
own—to use the expression• of one who was
in it—'extremely easy,' without causing any
serious casualty. ' The first and second pas
senger car followed, and in these several
were killed, and a great number more or less
mangled.
In the third car, one or two were killed,
only. This ear,' although in a dangerous po
sition, and almost entirely demolished, was
less fatal to life and limb. In the fourth and
fifth cars a great many were fatally- injured,
several Instantly killed. The balance of the
train followed swiftly on their fatal errand,
and the • loss of life, with . conttisions more
or less severe, was dreadful.'
Some of the cars plunged on those beneath
them, with their ponderous WheelA, and
crushed or maimed the unfortunate persons
below. Others hung upon' the cliff in a per
pendicular position,--and.two or three turned
bottom upward down the grade. Only'one—
the extreme rear Car—maintained its position
on the rail.
' Our informant thinks there could no: have
been less than twenty-five killed.
Doctors McDowell and McPherson were
fortunately among the guests;' and gave their
best skill to the alleviation of the wretched
sufferers; It was impossible, however, for
them to apply bandages and reset limbs under
the circumstances. Tlie accident occurred
where no houses are to be -seen, in a wild for
est ; and during the tirrie a heavy storm of
rain, accompanied with lightning and thun
der of the most vivid description, fell with
out intermission.
Couriers were despatched forthwith to Her
mann for another train, and in an hour or
less the wounded were in comfortable cars on
their way to the city. Tt was an awful spec
tacle—one that appals the stoutest heart—
the dead and dying lying without shelter,
save that afforded by the hand of friendship
or philanthropy, exposed to a pitiless storm,
and the wounded groaning from amid the ru
ins, and supplicating the succor of the' more
fortunate.
The return cars reached the depots on
Fourteenth and Seventh streets about 7i
o'clock. They were filled with the wound
ed and-although their accommodations were
limited,' we heard not a single expression of
dissatisfaction. Many in that melancholly
train were fatally injured, and- many suffered
with intense agony ; but they bore up like
men, and exhibited the highest degree of for
titude. •
We suppose that not one man out of ten
escaped without injury to a greater or less
extent, and although this may be termed a se
vere casualty of no ordinary character, yet it
is wonderful how so many escaped with life.
Judge Wells of the District court of the
United States was along, with his lady. The
judge received a slight contusion or bruise,
and Mrs. W. escaped entirely. One other la
dy was also in the company, and she too es
caped., -
Thus has• happened a frightful accident,-
one more disastrous than it has been our sad
duty to announce for a long while. The
city is in mourning for many of its most
worthy citizens, and domestic grief will re
quire long years to heal the wounds it has in
flicted.
ST. Louis, Nov. 3.—The whole• number
of killed, as far as ascertained, is 22. It is•
impossible to estimate the number of the
wounded, as scarcely a man on the train es
caped injury of some kind, though the great
bulk are fortunately only trifling bruises.—
The number suffering from fractured limbs,
is not less than fifty.
• The .dead are to be interred to-morrow,
(Sunday.)
The Latest Foreign News.
The steamship Millie with Liverpool dates
to the 20th ult.
The War .in the Crimea and Asia.
WARSAW, Oct.l4.—Deipatches from Prince
Gortschakoff to Prince Paskiewitch confirm
the news of a simultaneous concentrie ad
vance of the Allies from Eupatoria, Balder,
Kertch and Milburn, with the intent of sur
rounding and cutting off the Russian forces.
Lord Panmure has received intelligence
that Sir Colin Campbell has been sent to
Eupatoria with a considerable force of infan
try and artillery.
The Russian Government has received the
following telegraphic report from Prince
Gortschakoff:—
“CRIMEA, Oct. 13—The enemy abandoned
this morning, the valley of the Upper Belbek,
and retreated to the heights between that val
ley and that of Balclar. He was induced to
retreaeltby our movements an Hanri and
A.lbat.”
The army at Eupatoria is said to have
occupied three important mountain passes.
By accounts of the I.3th from the Crimea,
the advanced posts of the Allies were on the
12th within 5 leagues of Baktchiseral. The
Russians were retiring slowly. Everything
leads to the belief that Gen. Liprandi intends
to defend the line of the Belpek and to rest
upon the carps commanded by Prince Gurts
chakoff.
The battle which would definitely decide
the possession of this ground was expected
shortly to take place, .
Other accounts state that .the Russians
have surrounded the North side of Sebasto
pol with a chain of new fortifications, 'and
placed it in a state to support the sick. All
the plateaus on the North side, it is said, are
covered with redoubts and earthworks, con
structed in the form of the Mamelon have
(leen raised.
The Allies are extensively engaged in road
making and hut builbing, not only along the
plateau of the Chersanese, but all along the
Tchernaya line up to Alan. The line of the
railway has been adopted for the main road
from Ralak lava to the camps in the neighbor
hood of Sebastopol.
Bembarament and Capture of Kinburn.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 15.—Despatches
justrebeived state that the allied fleets sailed
yesterday from Odessa, and anchored three
miles from Kinburn. Kinburn is situated at
the extreme western point of the coast 'Which
bounds the estuary of the Dneipet .on the,
south.
ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday; Oct. 16.—Tel
egraphic despatches received by the govern
ment announce that on Monday, the allies
landed at Cape - Kinburn, near the Salt Lakes,
but their number was not considerable. In
the evening, six allied steamers cannonaded
the fortress of Kinburn, which successfully
replied to their fire, and damaged one steam
er. From the Crimea there is no news of
importance. The allies continue to occupy
the heights fa.cing thevalley of Baider.
ST. PETERSBURG - , - Wednesday, Oct. 17.
There has only been a )carinonade between
the fortress of Kinburn- and the allied gun
boats; and the enemy has made no new move
ment. Kinburn is situated at the extreme
Western point of a -peninsula which forms
the Southern shore of the estuary of the
Dneiper. On the opposite - side is -the-cele
brated Oczakoff. The projection of these
promontories and the shallowness of the wa
ter leave only a narrow channel, of less , than
a mile in width, by which the Dneiper and
the Bug,-can be reached.. The water near
Oczadoff and Kinburn is no where znoie than
four fathoms in depth; and immediately the
gulf of the Dneiper is entered it shoals to
three fathoms.. About 60 miles East of the
enrrance stands Cherson, at the head of the
delta of the Dneiper, to the North of a wil
derness of marshy islands. The Bug flows
into the gulf of the Dneiper, and about 35
miles up the Bug is Nicolaieff, the building
. yard of the Black Sea fleet. Kinburn and
Oczakoff, therefore, form the towers of the
gate which leads to two of Russia's most im
portant military towns. Thereis every rea
son to believe that Nicolaeff, and still more,
Cherson, are the cheif granaries of the Rus
sian armies, or at least that through them
one line of the convoys passes which have so
long supplied Sebastopol. It is now evident
that the appearance before Odessa was a feint,
no doubt intended to draw off troops from
Oczakoff. The allied force on board the fleet
is said to consist of several thousand men, of
whom 3500 are British troops. It appears to
be a part of the British force which has made
good its landing in the neighborhood of Kin
burn; but the results of the expedition -will,
no doubt, depend mainly on the number and
efficiency of the smaller vessels.
- The Russians in an attack made upon Kars
were repulsed with immense slaughter, 4000
being reported as lying dead under the walls.
The loss of the Turks was 700.. .
The Russians, it is said, are preparing to
retreat, having resolved to raise the sieve of
Kars. The battle was fought wtih extraor
dinary animosity on the part of the Russians,
who confess to only 400 killed.
Several Russian officers of high rank were
killed or wounded, early in the action, which
lasted eight hours. On the 24th of Septem
ber, five days before this event, 4000 men of
Omar Pasha's army sent to raise the siege of
Kars by threatening the Russian provinces of
Abasia, Mingrelia, Imeritia, Gergia and
Tiflis, (the capital,) landed at Sanchum Kale,
in Abasia. Their -active operations, how
ever,' it is understood will be much retarded
by the lateness of the season.
General Mouravieff, Russian,- says : "At
the beginning the attack way successful, but,-
the position and numbers of the enemy forced
us to withdraw. Netwithstanding this, and
a heavy loss our troops took fourteen banners,
and a stand of colors. The blockade of Kars
is re-established."
The Allies have also destroyed two towns,
Laman and Phanagoria, in the Straits of
Kertch.
The English have found in the Karabel
nal) Sebastopol, immense Russian stores of
amunition and clothing, valued at X 70,000,
A SPECIMEN OF KNOW NOTHING REFORM.
—The corporation of Philadelphia is , finan
cially, in a bad way. The Ledger says,:
"On the Ist of January next the city,will
owe over two • millions of dollar which' it
will have no means to pay. This is a deplo
rable condition of things for a.great and weal
thy city like Philadelphia, and we regret
there is much reason to believe no adequate
provision will, be made' by the.resent coun
cil to better our discredited condition. In
deed, from present indications, the city will
have to default in the payment of the next
semi-anual interest of its , funded debt. The
banks it is openly . proclaimed, will advance
no more money, the, last loaned the city for
the payment of interest not having yet been
sett led." •
A Voice from the Masses in Illinois.
A subscriber in Ellinois closes a letter on
business with the following soand and.patri
otio reflections on the dangers of the _ present
crisis: . .
"Permit me, sir, though an humble citizen,
who never took an active - part iu political af
fairs,.to indulge in a few remarks to you on
the trial through which this republic is now
passing.
"The existence of the Union seems to . be
threatened, and - there can no • longer be any
doubt that it is the intention and aim of the
'republican' party to bring about a dissolution
of the Union, notwithstanding their hypocrit
ical professions of royalty to the contra
ry.
"When State conventions endorse theft and
perjury as virtues meriting the - approbation
of the American people, as did the 'repub
lican' convention of New York in endorsing
Passmore Williamson and his daylight rob
bery, false oath and all I think, sir, the time
has come for good' men-- 7 -men who love truth
and justice—to reflect and to act; or our boas
ted liberties will-soon be to an end. -
"There is, however, one hope, and only
one, left, and that is in the democratic party,
whose suceess will always insure justice and
equality to all sections and persons, at home
or a broad, so long as they are American cit
izens. Every pulsation of my heart is with
the patrioric champions of the North who are
battling for the constitution and its require.
ments; but I fear the patriotic sentiments has
been materially weakened by the constant
abuse heaped upon the South and her institu
tions.by the abolition - .press and declaimers,
so that the atmosphere through which I look
is indeed, very gloomy. I hope, however,
my fears may not prove true when the crisis
arrives ; but for the present I must remain in
doubt and anxiety."
ANOTHER ISIVI:DEAD.-A year or two ago
the people. of Wisconsin embraced among
other isms, anti-hanging-ism, and forthwith
abolished the penalty of death. Since then
murders and assassinations have increased to
a fearful extent in the State; and, what is
strange, some of the - populace, who , held up
their hands in holy horror at the idea of ex
ectuing r criminal according to law, did
not hesitate, in two cases, recently, to hang
them in violation of the express statue of the
state by a resort , to Judge - Lynch. The pa- -
pets of the State are demanding that the en
suing legislatMe Shall restore the death pen
alty,. in def i ance of the denunciations of
modern reformers.
Obituary Record
,Number of interments in the Huntingdon
Cemetery dUring the month of October : 4
Adults, 3
Children,l
Residing in the borougli, 3
1.0 CC county, 1
SAMUEL AFRICA, Sexton.
Philadelphia Markets
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5.-.L - .Four unsettled
and price again advanced ; a few hundred
bbls. standard - brands sold for export at $9,40,
but subsequently 500 bbls sold for $9,62
200 bbls sold at $.lO ; receipts continue ex
ceedingly small ; fair enquiry for home con
sumption at $9,50 to 11 for common and fan
cy brands, according to the quality. Corn
Meal very. quiet ; 500 buShels Penn'a sold at
$4,378. Supplies of Wheat are entirely in
adequate to the demand, and prices have
again advanced 6 a 9 ets.; red is worth $2,12
a 2,14 ; White is quoted at $2.25 ; Corn
demands 96 ets.
EVERY READER
Will please notice the advertisement headed
"To Persons out of Employment," and send
for a full descriptive Catalogue of all our Illus
trated Works.
To the uninitiated in the great. art of selling
books, we would say. that we present a scheme
for moncy. making which is far better than all
the gold mines of California and Australia.
Any person wishing to embark in the enter
prise, will risk little by sending to the publisher
SQS, for which he will receive sample copies of
the various works (at wholesale pi ices) careitil
ly boxed, insured, and direeted,affording a very
liberal per centage to the Agent for his trouble.
With these he wilt sobribe.able to ascertain the
most saleable, and order accordingly. Ad
dress (post paid,)
ROBERT SEARS, Publisher,
181 William Street, New York.
MARRIED,
On the Ist inst, by Rev. C. H. Tongue, Mr.
CHARLESEms:En, of Huntingdon county, and
Miss MARTHA McConn of Mifflin ceunty.
On Friday morning last, the 26th ult., at the
residence of his son-in.law, Wm. Lyons, Esq.,
in Tell township, where he had gone for a tem
porary stay, Rev. THOMAS Asxim, of Shirleys
burg. The deceased was in the 74th year of
his age, and was fin. many years a local preach
er in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In West township, on- Friday Nov. 2d, Isa-
RELLLA JANE, daughter of Eliza end John Davis,
aged 11 years 3 months and.2s days.
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ADMINISTRATOR' S NOTICE: -
j ET-TER§' of administration on the estate of
Cummins, 'late of Jackson town
ship, Huntingkon county, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned. All persons'ln
clebted are requested to - malie immediate pay_
merit, and those having claims to present them
properly authenticated to
JOHN CUMMINS, Jackson
GEORGE JACKSON, c' township
Nov. 6,1855.-6 t, Administrators.
iluntingdon-County Medical So!-
, clety..
rpHE members of the Society will• meet in
Huntingdon, on Tuesday of first week of
November Court. Punctual attendance is re
quested. •
J. M. GEMMILL, Secretary..
- Oct. 31, 1855.
A DESIDERATUM
r JACOB'S Amalgam Pens will be found on 3 l l, trial SUperidr to gold or steel, collecting
one of that sediMent about them which steel
pens invariably do. They will be preferred—
the acting of these pens resemble the quill
more -than the gold pen. One trial will. prove
the fact that they are the best peri yet introdu
ced. Their durability is about 8 or 10 times
as great as steel. Solo in Huntingdon and vicin
ity, exclusively by
Oct. 31, 1855.
NOTICE.
ALL persons who liav¬lifteil their license
for the present year, are hereby'notified to
do so on or before the 21st November. As_ all
licences uncollected' at that time will .be %let
with the proper officer for collection. ,
JOS. 112. STEVENS,
Co. Treasurer.
Oct. 31, 18.55.
DIED,
J. BRICKER,
opposite .4merican office..
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