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THE i6URNAL.
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Illuntingdou 0ct,.1.7 1828
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CANDIDATES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Mtitain ;Q. Marrition
OF Oltlo
lON VICE PRESIDENT.
Orancto granger,
OF FYN YORK.
OUR COUNTY
Tins done her duty. Every promise
male to our, friend.; about this county,
has teen mere thin fulfilled. She de-
Serves a monument.
Our whole certnty tick►t succeded by
en avenge majority of LOCO. Our Sen
titers have a little more. We understand .
however that the return judges who be.
lung to the Van Ruren party refused to
slen the return. because some of curl
townships gave larger majorities agniest.
their ticket than they relished. The re- 1
turn judges met however, and orgauiteil
regl►larly. The returrs were,,banded in
eitcitjuti and of course le arse the
I.,rotierty of the botly . .
14 The lapguage of the law is plain, "the
return jt ages Aral meet an :l eJunt iv the
huirtber of roles tohic4 shall appear to it
given," they are then directed to certify to
etat num';er, this is all their duty, they
are sworn to do that, and no sore. They
cannot constitute theinse4ea, a bi.dy to
try the legality of y: ill —the law lays.
that duty upon the legislattae, and none
else have the 'sewer or right.
Many of the Van Buren men see7ii to
think that the votes of any twanship,
should not be counted, but &Mold be
thrown away ilanv illegal vote nyfas re
ceived there. Will any one suppose that
because a villian may see lit to lie .his
vote into the box, that his doing so can
slestroy the votes °revery other legal vo
ter in the township. if it be sti, how eft•
Sy could some unprincipled knave de
stray every township which would go
against his views. If one illegal vote de
stroys s township, one illegal townshi,
destroys a county, and a county a state.
Common sense and justice, tells us thut
the illegal vote of one man cannot de
stroy the legal votes of 100 honest citi
zens, because it it were so, a rascal I as
more noWer, a thousand times, than any
oneofhis honest neighbors.
_ _
We understand, - that the minority of
the return judges refused to sign the re
turn and of course ',nide one to suit their
oa n notions; and haVe Seiit a judge to
meet the senatorial return .judges, ink
Mifflintown, sad that there th 4 intend
again, to contest the counting of certain
districts.
In Philadelphia coantv Ritner and thr
whole ticket received a majority of the
votes palled; to obviate that difficulty, a,
majority of the return judges re'uaed to
'receive the returns of the whole Not thern
Liberties, and thus returning a majority
for Porter, and that whole ticket. If
this system is correct whoever can get a
inajOrity , of the judges, return their par.'
tisans eicand. Cannot the people see
what this will lead too.
The Election;
After a campaign of unexampled bit.
terness, the election has terminated. "We '
'have met the enemy, we are theirs." We
are beaten, knocked into a cocked hat; or
the "middle of next week" ( that is the
'mason we have missed printinglatt week)
.—But no matter! the "dog is dead," and
instead mourning, and sighing: we must
hunt up our scattered forces' count the
killed and wounded, and remember that
those who were not in battle slain; will
"surely live to fight again.
. 'I here is no use in "growling like a dog
with a sore head" about defeat. Take
it easy boys: we would have be ten,them--
if we mud got votes enough—that's sonic
comfort.
"The smallest favours teankfully rec.
erred, and punctually attended to;" was l
always our motto. We have had a small
taste of the "loves and lis les." and let us'
be thankful. Our opponents, it seems
thought that,the spoils would spoil us; &
have said "we must" eat the ratchet;'
that they want to help take care of the
country, arta they want the country Ip
eke care of theii—Be it ro. It is a long
lane that 'never turn's. Those patriots
then who have lent all ttizir pnirgies, ,
d wring the last S years to secure , the inter
est of the CotnutoOwea.th, and their .tYwn;
mast now take a back seat iu the volitieal
car; the .Lclio . /14titiehas left thew. Pu t '
your houses
.it order boys, but a few days
I?rger, *%.tl the weight of cares Jaid upon
your ahoulders will be taken off; & some
dfninterreted patriot will show you the
door ot office, and kindly conduct you
out with a complacent ..00 rr 600r5, , to
cheer you back Amon us, the people.
The effect—Sub-Treasury.
As we anticipated, and asserted, the
election of Mr. Porter, is prpclaiined as
a Bub-Treasury triumph. And such it
clearly is, penneylvania has declared
herself in favor of the Sub-Treasuy—and
that Van Buren's motto, "Let the pee-
pee take care of themselves, and let the
Government take care of itself" is right. '
The people, should now set themsel
ves at work, to learn the diameter, and
effect of this, now, national measure.
We have always looked upon it as per
nicious. and anti Democratic, and calcu
ted to increase the power of the National '
hxecutive, and to establish that very thing
which Jefferson and his compeers of '96 '
opposed with such fervent zeal--a strong
executive. That cannot be helped now.
Pennsylvania, has given her voice, in'
tunes not to be understood ,— the ma•
jority dhow people approve the scheme.
Our opponents so understand it; and so
do we. Before the .election we conten
ded that the issue was for or against the
Sub-Treasury—and it would be,follytiow
to say that the dee:sion was not plainly
for it.
The measure, anti Republican, as it
seems, will be engrafted upon the insti.
tutions of our country. The triumph of
the scheme, in this State, adds new zeal,
and new vigor to the Iliqine,•, and pre,
'joust) , discouraged spirits of its friends.
The people,have said, "we are with you,"
and they . ltave a right to rejoice.
We cannot, limo, close this para
graph without expressing our astonish
ment at the result of the late contest in
the cuunties.of Chester, Bucks and Frank
lin, and some ethers, which have proved,
heretofore, the firmest ai;i4:l 4 . Lhe Arm.
unshakeit.nitti undismayed, when the
overwlieltjiing popularity of the . "greatest
and the best" swept like a simeoli over
our State. The were nit even bent,
much less broken. sow. "Oh how fal
len." The snare of the spoiler has caught
them, and at the very moment, when their,
services, were most needed by theit coun
try; when the conientling parties met on
their plains of Waterloo; where defeat was,
but another word for enriihilation,.then to
desert their friends and. ikeir country, is
to us something wholly niiaccountalile.
They have done so at any rate; and "as,
they sow, so shall they reap." What
causes have led to this result we know
not. We shall look anxiously to see it,
it was produced by local feelings or jeal
ousies; or whether it was purely t aused
by a ; laVe of that wicked measure, the
Sub reasury.
Election Franca:
Reportsare rife, that extensive frauds
have been committeed throughout the
State, and by many it is bel eyed that the
election of Joseph Ritne► has been lost
by a regular, systematic plan df riaud
w;lich has been carried into effect,
throughout numerous counties.
A man hid been imprisoned in Philadel
phia County, so sitvS, a city paper, who
confessed that he was guilty of a plan to
carry the county election, and that the
returns were all made out, and 'worn too
, 4 days before the election took place. In
!this, they were detected, and the schemN
failed. Nut satisfied, we understand, the I
return judge's Of the city, fading that
even their extelisiVe scheme of villiany
had not robbed . the. people . of their rights,
met, and becatlie a majority or them were
opposed to the State Administration, they
'positively refused to count toe vote p lied
in the. Northern ,Liberties; thus making
out a riturn, of a majority for themselves.
The law is clear, HO election can be
.cotitested .except by the Legislature, &
every return Judge ..enders himself aine•
nable to time law, who refuses to sign a
full return.
By thus, tbrewini out the vote ofa dis.l
trict; the Van Buren men, declarea major-1
ity for their ticked in the county of Philo
delphia, wheivio t a ct, the enae Ritner
ticket has been elected, by a handsome
ni.tjority.
if when a party ha.e the power they
have a right to throw out any district which
'dm notsuit them, (and the Van Buren '
men have said so by their 'actions) then
should any election be contested, the par
ty in power have only to say; they' will
throw out the district, county, or State
opposed to them, and a change in power
could never be effected.
Bettiont on the Election.
There is no more wicked practice than
bitting on the elections., Wicked for
two reasons—lt is in direct violation ol i
the laws of the Commonwealth--and
tends more than any other thing, to in
fuse into the contest 'a spirit of bitterness
arid contention which ill becomes neigh
bors, and friends. It is the easy be
setting sin Or too many, even ourselves
connot plead entirely guiltless. But we
have done, our resolution is made and we
trust that we shall have firmness enough
to stick to it, and we do hope, that our
Legislanire Will devise some plan, if pos
sible to wholly prevent the practice.
Teo such however, as have made bets,
we say give them up, such as are clearly
won, for if there is anything mean and
dishonorable ►n the world, it is that man
who betsand wilt not lose, because he will
not pay —Such always willingly take any
bet they win, and thus they have the game
lull in their own hand.
There are undoubtedly many bets which)
it will be difficult to decide—Owing tol
contested points in the election--uch
'bets can only be considered won when
I the contest is settled.
OFFICJJL KETURA'S
For .Iffenaber or Congress.
Irvin. Putter
Counties
HuEtinndon, ret'd M'Divit 3766 2601
Huntingdon rt.t'd by Chaney, 2870 257 U
Centre 1490 2576
Milllia 1032 1254,
.9158 9087
9087
irvins Majority
W e give above a correct copy of the'
official returns fur Congress. There are
two returns for Huntingdon Comity ,
which were both received, and of course.
must be counted. lite law says the re
turn judges must count up all the returns
received, and the one having the greatest
number of votes is elected. Oar readers
will see that by adding up nil the returns,
Irvin has a majority. The judges aid not,
add up the votes according to law—audl
we sheuld thiak that probably, by, the
above returns Mr. Irvin was the congress
man. In the returns for Centre Count,
the copy reads, .tteeittyfir., senility iwo"1
—now twenty five el id seventy two is on.l
ly ninety seven—if that is all the votes
Potter. gut in Ceutre, Irvin le elected.'
lie, however. bre imagined 6;4 they
meant twenty Live hundred—and have so
printed it. it may imagination.
The return judges nei,flea Putter of his
election, nevertheless.
The actual returns, however, are with
nut the votes returned by Chaney; (wlicH
had no right or authority there;) hick
would make a majority of 229 for Potter.
kis questiOnable whether the returns us
they are made out, do n..t legally return
Irvin elected.
. .
THE CONTITUTION.--PrOin all appear
ances, we are led to say that the 'old roof ,
still stand to shelter us from the storm,
.1 Ilia it certainly has done forinany years'
—The tnajoirity against it will undoubted
Iv be large. The cause of it loss, was it
is generally belived the 'packing,' or in
fact 'thatching' clause inwted ovhich al
lows the Legislature, to put it tw 'thatch
ing,' upan our 'raj' whenever excited
partisans fancy they see a chpnce, .to
make something by adding amendments.
We voted fur the atnendmetits, but we
cannot say that we considered the loss
very important. There mere sonic im
portant, and wholesomc provisions ad
ded to the new Constitution. which we
Aould gladly have seen part of thitonsti•
tu timid Law . We however are satisfied
with the 'old roof'.
Our reader's must excuse us for a week
or two, until we get fairly under way
again; we have been so "used up," that
it will take some time to get recruited.
Let our enemies enjoy thew day of tri
umph. They would be fools if they did'
not, We say to them "GO IT BOOTS"'
ur as the, bays say "Go it Peg and I'll held
your bowel." ..
It is all one to us; the Journal will go
regularly on its way rejoicing; and if they
are not disposed to use..uir hiniozibly and
fairly, they will learn . that, "Th er e are
blows to take as well as -give.
The &Milscum.
Our xestlera will and in oar advertising
columns the contents of Littell's Museum
for October. •
Linen's Aln , F.cuv.i is one of the oldest
and most valuable Periodicals in our cowl
tr.rbeing in 'fact the •spirit of all the,Fon ,
;sign Rerriewe aad Magazines. We are'
'n(lebted to it 'or the interestinq tale cool
menced this week "The Duel". •
Our readers may now., since the Slec
(ion is over look for a continuation of in
teresting and valuable - selection of Ars
eellauecus, and Domestic matter.
We have been waiting long and ans.
to see it we cotibl am obtain some
thing like official accounts of the eke.
ion, we have finally given up in despair.
We hope by next week, to have thin
complete. The ~ .Reporter"a Van Bu•
een F la al Hsrr!,?burg says Porter's ma
jority will be about 8,000. ge do not
generally believe what it says, but we
will give currency to the report.
It ,would appear from reports that.
the triei.ils of, Kitner have a majority
in the lower house. WO, shall have a
majority of 10 or 12in the Senate.
.610ernipes Lied fon.
.. . ,
Couttrus. - RITNER. PonTEE
Adams, 1778
Alleglienj , : 1556 ....
Armstrong 1272
Beaver 531 • • I
Bedford 149
Becks 3887
Bradford 400
.
(Bucks 407 1
' Butler . 84
Cambria 71
leentre .
1159
Chester ' 438
Columbia 1527
Clearfield 228
Crawtot•d 547
",
u athrthmt 420
Dauphin 899
Delaware . 488
Erie 1211
Franklin 277
Fayett,t 800
Green : 755
Huntingdon 919
Indiana 482
Jefferson 130
...
I Juniatta ' 186
Lancaster 310
Lebanon 680
.
Lehigh 110
Luzerne 550
Lycorning . 300
NI 'Kean
Mercer 617
Milllin . IGO
Montgomery • e •- 828
Monroe • BO3
Northampton 1053
Northumberland • 980
Perry • 1042
l'hildelphia.City 4044
Du County
Pike • 406
Potter ' '
Schuylkill • * 761
811,41 , rehanna. - • 47
,
.7mtarrset 1400
Tioga' 500
Loam 't 677
Venting
Warren '
Washington
Wayne . •
V.'estmoreli nd
York
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MARYLAND ELECTION.—The Whigs
in Maryland have lost their Governor by
it little upward of 200 votes. They have
however carried a majority in the Lower
llouse, and Senatorial council.
.lasViSt.
RATI - LE SNAKES AGAIN !•—We are in
formed that recently, n;.ilst Mr. D. Mat
tingly and wile sere on a whortleberry
excursion !war Sung Run, in the Glades,
in this county, they killed eighty at one
time, and wounded four that escaped.
Phis is pretty well, con•idering too, that
lily should have participat.d in the fun
of snake killing She must be admitted
to pusseas less fear than is usually attri
bitted to her sex.• The very dry and hot
season, we tire:told, is supposed to be the
'cause 'ass, many making their appear
ance during the summer and fall.
DEATH' BY - LLOHTUNG. —Mrs. Moss,
wife of Mr. ;Reuben Moss, of this city,
was killed by lightning on Saturday
night lalit. She was in bed with her hus ;
band and child, both of whom, by a re
mailable Providence, escaped without
injury.—Raleigh (N. C.) Star.
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CONSPIRACY NI osT Pout.--The Provi•
Bence Journal thinks that the arrangement
between the New England Governors,
last year, to appoint the same day in their
respective States, to be observed as a
thanksgiving day, arose from a design to
led the pumpkin markef.
decadent by Fire.
On Sunday the I sth ult. the barn of
Jordan H. Wright, in Union township in
this county, was entirely consumed by
fire. Mr. Wright lost the whole of his
crops and many of his &raj% utensds.,
The fire i= said to have communicated,
by some one passing the barn with a cigar.
TWO ATROCIOUS VILLIANS ARSESTRD.
We have often wondered tt hut tle,rip
tigii of human beings could be those who
:utve from Cute to time bL , n guilty of the
dastardly c rime of wantonly placing ohs
structions 'on rail-roads,'endangering'.hus
lw lives of thous Suds of innocent persons
--Two of these wretches hate now been
detected. It appears they.took places in*,
the cars of Salem and being riotous from
intoxication, were elptllctl at I..yrt'l Tii,
enzineer, on returninT ill the I'';C:CEI: -
t0 . ,1c the precaution - to To at a
and to watch for them: Ti hnd
heaps ofstones on. the'raiiii, 1.06,1) 0.•
let; did no harm from the Feu. Itias 1..
ken. In the course of a few stio. , y,
two individuals were overtz.k,o tu: , l a: .
rested, and hnund over itt siteclies of
each, which not they were cu:.:
milted..'lf the charges tutu ast those [e,
,ons c n he.stthstantiatt d, -hope.
viii be made an evontilt:,of.—N. Y. ,Yt/
'-••w30n..-
BIG 1100....411. 4 Ci^,icitrnsti News give ,
an account of a !site Log belon;11. 1 ,
Mj. J. W. Bell, of Fovette...ccUrity, totli
a r i a. Dinwasions • • ,
....... _
nLet. Ink 1,
Length tient cnd of snout
to end or tad, - • A
Heiglti, - : -
.4 e
Circumference (AO:* arm, 1 2
Girth, - - - 6
-
Knee, - 0 If
fled, . - • 0 Y i
Throat, --
4 0
'rail,
Length and breadth of ear, 14 by 9
L. , ngth of tusks, - 0 8
Supposed weight 1400 lbs.
he hog would have weighed when ful
ly fotteneil, it is supposed, 2008 lhs.
—»see«•--
FATAL Accny.xT.—We ire informed
that a man, name not known, supposed to
under the effects aliquot., on S'uttday
ternoon last, fell °tithe railroad briqge
at the lower end of Illanayunk, and be
sides breaking one leg, was so seriously
injured in the head, that he died doting
the evening of the same day.
Lit:ram—A plan is on poet in New
York, to purchase , a vessel and pi 'sent
her to a company of colored men, who are
to navigate her and use her ass packce
between western Africa anti the United
States. • These owners are to make com
pensation for their ship, by transporting
emigrants from thin country to Liberia.
The scheme is recommended warmly in
many papers, and is sustained by good
names.
- Cee--
A writer in the Genesee Farmer says,
.When I wash school boy I had a wart
upon my thumb. My teacher told me to
rub it against my front teeth as soon as I
woke in the mornings, and it would soon
disappear. 1 übuyed, and my Wait dis•
appeared is lees than two weeks, without.
pain except in the act of rubbing. 1 may
add that I have had warts at times since,
(being now fifty-four years of ag,), and
the same means arklied for a short time
a l wit . s removed them.
Cuatous.—The BAturt Sen.inel says
that it kversan 'bend the first and thitti
fingers et the left hand---and conttnencini;
with March at the thumb, count on--the
bent tiegers will. tritti,ste the mont:s
whicit contain only 30 days. No mistake::
914
500
2248
839
nigh II ay 11,6bery. Two feilowS, na
nietl Nathan (limy, and Thompson, ware{
detected by officer Trunnell while in the I
as,:t ci robiang a. person n the timid be
t wceil. this place and the 'race course on!
Friday night. They hail 4uceeeded
dragging the person from his liaise , when
Mi. Trunnell very uncuemoneously ova'
ruled and lodged them in the watchholise
One of them, Thompson, was a short
time since a bonder' on Greelier's point,
whore he is now a candidate fur winter;
rotqnpc Ad:verve.
'•The silken tie that binds two willing hearts.'
MARRIED.
In Henderson township, by Rev...l.
Peebles, lilt. JonN t>•rnoxo ii; this liar:
rough, to Miss VI.EANou B. STEEL] 01
Mifflin county.
111'2E10.
In this Borough on l'aesday cl) . e 9011
of Septetnbvr, alter a severe ißueas, Mr.
MeMexrnlE, aged 42 years.
Oa Monday, Sin o.aober... Mr. Jrl`l6Pll
Rosa, formerly of Newton lioniiton.
Aged 26 yaws..
On Saturday, 130 a inst. Mrs. FntEnLY
wife of Samuel Fr;crity; • •
'pzim utUoUm:44l,
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