year% cif each eteeutive term, counting from the first of Ain il, and the balance unexpended during those years would be sufficient for the other if. they were per mitted to accumulate and be applied to it. But a different construction has been gi ven to the law on the subject by the ac• cutintkat Department. The unexpended balance between April 1836 and 1838 is Rue thousand four hundred and twenty seven dollars and forty cents. I would, therefore, recommend such a change in the law as will permit that sum to be ad• ded to the fund for the present year, and will continue the same practice hereafter, which provision will be sufficient. Having thus presented the various ob jects of present interest that occur to me, it will not be out of place briefly to re cap'tulate the changes produced during the offic al term now drawing to a close. Three years ago there were thirty two thousand five hundred and forty-four children in the Common Schools of the State. There are now about two hun dred and thirty thousand. The schools were then kept open not quite three and a half months. They arc now open about seven mouths in the year. The whole amount of State appropriations, was then seventy five thousand dollars annually; it is now equal to one dollar for each Tax— able which will amount to three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, fur the next school year. In 1835 the public works yielded six hundred and eighty-four thousand three hundred and fifty seven dollars and seven cents, after a most favorable season. [lu ring the season just closed, they produ ced- nine hundred and ninety-one thou sand two hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty two cents, under the most dis advantageous circumstances, and with geed management and no unusual acci dent, will the present year pay one mil lion six hundred thousand dollars. Since 1835, two million five hundred thousand dollars have been expended in comipleting works then raid to be finished —renewing defective parts—and keeping the whole in repair; and one hundred and ninety-eight miles of canal, and twenty - nine miles of rail way have been commen ced and carried to a considerable state of forwardness on which two million one hundred thousand dollars have been ex pended. The completed Rail Roads have been made to answer the end of their construe- Simi, and the annual deficiencies in the motive power fund turned into annual excesses. The permanent State Debt, which was twenty four million three hundred thirty thousand three dollars and thirty two cents in 1835—is now twenty four 'talon two hundred thirty thcusand three dol lars and thirty two cents, and though there are temporary loans to the amount of ant million of dollars due, yet they were faced on the State in opposition to the exertions of the Executive, and will sink to a small amount when the similar sums due at the commencement of the year 1836, are deducted from them. The State Tax which was then in exis tence without hope of termination, has ceased tube collected, and nothing but the utmost prolusion can make it again necessary. The State Credit which was at a low ehb in 1835, is now raised, and the Com monwealth obtains even her temporary loans with ease at four per cent. The currency, which was on the eve of a fearful convulsion in 1835, has been tarried through it with less injury than, was experienced in any other State; is now restored to its usual soundness: and has secured to it the aid of an Institution which will hereafter preserve its unifor mity, if no further ruinous experiments are tried. And 6r.ally the State has been made to occupy her proper' position in the Nation al family, and in relation to the General Government on all occasions. I now approach the end of the term for which I was elected, with the conscious— ness that I have performed the duties of the Executive Department of the Govern ment with fidelity, according tc the best of iny judgement and ability, and with the profoundest gratitude for the confi dence and support of my follow citizens; and I fervently hope that the Divine Au-1 thor of all things will continue intlefin4e 1y to bestow his favors on them and our beloved country. JOS: RIMER. Eiact rive CHAMBER, Harrisburg, Dec. 27th 1839. NOTICE. TO vlrMlTticolltS• Take notic that I have appl.ed to the ledges of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county for the benefit of the act made for the relief of insolvent debtors; and the said court has appointed the second Monday of January next for hearing me Ind my creditors, at the tout house in the wirough of linntingdon, when nod where ou may attend it you think proper. CHARLES MILLER, JOHN &IV'S, CHURCH M. LEACH. JOI2N MOU.AVE. JOHN DAY, MONEY roman. THE undersigned found on the Canal he m Alexandria, a part of a Pocket Book mtaining a sum of money. The owner to have it by proving property paying target, on application to me, one mile be te Alexandria. SEMPLE FLEMING. ug.:2S, 1838. 14% 11 7 ! NV , 7faiaM),3 ADDRESS, Of the Carrier of the " Huntingdo Journal." 'l' is an °Li custom. We of course obey. Address our patron's on the year's birth day, 'T will not be given them, by the Sire of Evil, But still by him, who printers call the Devil. We are no poet, yet we strike the lyre, (liar?)' So say our patrons, when we start the fire From the poor Switzer's, round the press below; Tho' not a poet, yet we'll 'do our do.' This is our first attempt; so please excuse us, If you don't like—why mum—and not abuse us. Three years ago—so does our paper say, A yankee typo, bent his steps this way, Here in your town, he cast his humble lot, And sought to win your smiles; no matter what The lying, pension'd knayes might do or say, Who lie, as the Hesse soldiers fought—fur pay; A 'strolling yankee,' they proclaim'd abroad, 'Had pitcli'd his tent, in sight of their abode; 'Escap'd no doubt, some 'Eastern prison' cell; 'Has stop'd; with us, his wicked lies to tell, 'And *plunder'd widows;' and their 'orphan's tears' 'Has inark'd the progress, of his former years; 'His press will last, but till election day, 'And then the yankee thief, would run-away." Time, who neer lies, has shown that falsehood hung, On every breath, that mov'd the wicked tongue; Plans were adopted; every measure ta'en, To sink the yankee, and his press in shame; They call'd on Slander—sought her foul mouth'd aid To help them onward, in their shameful trade; Each young Swiss soldier, bends his bow and shoots, His game unhurt, he hallooes, 'go it boots'— •No yqu don't!—Ave boys, you cannot come it . „ So go it Peg;' the Swiss can lipid your bonnet. 'Twas all in vain—The yankee's here to tell, That 'neath his feet, their poison'd arrow's fell; No jailer seeks, his yankee convict here, No widow's claims, from 'Kensington' appear; Their lies too foolish, every one conceiv'd, To be by mho s or themselves believ'd: But stop; we hear our honest patrons say, We knew it then. But dogs must have their day; And dogs, like other brutes, when cre their spirit. move Will snap at all, oft, bite the hands they love. Another year is number'd with the past! Another year, perhaps may be our last; Thankful for favors, heaven has kindly shed, We'll trust to Him, who makes our 'narrow bed,' The pathway o'er that boundless, shoreless, sea, Beyond the tomb—mysterious, dark eternity. Let all then move on life's uncertain shore, In such safe footsteps, as they'd measure o'er, Were all the hopes and fears, beyond the grave Known, e'er their bark, was launch'd upon its ware. Another year has fled! The other two that's gone %Vill just let go, and tell the tale of one; Why need we tell, of Biddle's monster's fall, And how another rose, from 'neath its pall; Nor need we sigh, in this our annual strain, For Commerce ruhed—and the rise of grain, Of the fierce strife, between 'old Tip' and Van, How Tip got beat, and bore it like n man; Let all this go, and hid the last year pass, In solemn train, before the Magi's Glass. Let us begin then, with the' fourth of March. When insatiate party fired again her torch, When the 'old Eland-maids' ready 'sign and grift,' First formed her plans to giVe' old Joe the slip, When her dread oath and impious obligation, Caus'd men to cast, dishonor on the nation; The war commenc'd, each soldier siez'd his pen, Blood was not shedlbyiany blows, but then Some who sought a higher, and a nobler name, THE JOURN AL.I 'One country, one constitution, one destiny'l Huntingdon Jan. 9,183 S Democratic Otnthnasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN.WM:KHARRISON FOR VICE PRESIDENT DANIEL WEBSTER, (readers, more particularly to the message FLAG OF TIME PEOPLE! land expose some of the fallacious aspen sons of the opposition press, Or A single term for the Presideney. and the office administered for the whole PEO PLE. and not for a PARTY. v.. A sound, uniform and convenient Na tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN PLASIERS brought about by our present RULERS. 3:7.ECONOMY. RETRENCHMENT, and RE FORM in the administration of public affairs, lU..Tired of Experiments and Experi• menters, Republican gratitude will reward unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub altern of WASHINGTON and the dosciple of JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe and beaten track of onr Fathers,—L. Gazette. appointment by the Governor John Kerr, to be associate Judge for the county of Huntingdon, Vice Hon. Jo seph McCune resigned. o* Remember ! IV Err frEEK The Cloven loot Shown. Daniel Sturgeon, Statel Treasure, and chief cook is the party which elected Mr. Porter, has made a report to the Legisla ture, and RECOMMENDS the laying of ' STATE TAX. They have shown their "foot" very quick. We suppose our readers will recollect that we told them, if they were opposed to State Tax they must stick to Railer. Our prediction) will soon be fulfilled. Fell 'neath their blows oe'erwhelmed in lasting shame; Fell! did we say; aye, yet, he rose once more And Fraud proclaim'd, the fallen Governor; (His own county, takes the time to show him, He is least lov'd, where best the people 'know him;) Fraud led the way, corruption in her train, Their influence triumpled, Raney ceased to reign. Three years he guided with a steady hand, Our ship of State, and kept her from the strand; Secure from every storm, he trimm'd her spreading sail And road in triumph, thrcugh the threat'iling gale; Shin Plaster's came, like lice in Pharaoh's time, Begot in sin, brought forth by Jackson's crime; The people curs'd these raE ged Loco Dollars, As only tit tostiffen Benton's collars; Ritner proclaim'd their death—Their reign is o'er And Specie payment, are resum'd once more; Yet, for all this, each lying politiciant, Curs'd him, and said he favor'd abolition ; The Banks, the dailies, and amalgamation , And every thing, that ere disgrac'd the nation; No matter how, we, tried to stop their noise, With their 'own Richard,' and his 'YELLOW nova„ They hang their heads, yet hug the dingy brothers, If yok'd to them, OF COURSE they hated others; Fraud met with crime, their hands they link'd together, And join'd by him, who lies, and 'lick. the leather;' The trio conquer'd—The Farmer leaves the chair, For him—who holds a barren sceptre there. The people said the 'OLD stoop' needed patching, And forthwith sent their hands, to do the thatching. The people saw ,pronounc'd their labor good, And strip'd of all power, the one elected , stood, 'Twas weeks, before theit honest resolution Was known, and that the old Constitution Would be laid by, like any old dead letter, And that we now were sure to have a better. In that short time, the fun was well begun. 'l'm a tall chicken,—aint I near the throne,' Each silly ape, was surely heard to say, Who lied BY STEAM—from office wanted . pay, The hope was vain. The people's sovereign voice, Declared the 'new roof' was its present choice, And the poor hunters, who fur office sought, Curs'd their ill fate, and own'd that they were caught, The scene,'s not ended. Contention strife and war The Locos now in bloody words declare "They'll have their rights, tho' steep'd in eyes to blood "And Dauphin's streets shall di ink the crimson flood." Their righte? Just Heaven! give but the laws their due In gibbet irons their bones will hang in view. Bullies, by knaves urg'd to their bloody work, Who well deserve the bowstring of the Turk. Treason unfurls her banner to the air, And calls her minions from afar and near, To gather rouad in that unholy cause, Where your own friends arc sent to make your laws. Armed to the teeth the ruffian blood hounds come, Insult the laws which guard the freemen's home; By force they drive the Senate from its Hall* And stir up murder in its sacred walls. Thanks to his firmness, Ritner's calls obey 'd The soldiers plume and horseman's glittering blade. Tell, that those men whose hearts are bold and free Will teach them what they know of liberty. Wick to their dens the cownrd knaves retreat, And peace, and quiet, reign in every street; The rebels tho' before the strife was ended. Sent for their master. Who like a dunce atte ndcd, To take his seat, but lo! he went in vain, For up the hill he mareh'ed, then down again. Back to his home he quietly returned Wearing such laurels, as such service earned. The rebel ruffians, found they'd lost lust the power, And he his seat—until a proper hour. Thus, then we close, the history . of the year, And send the greeting of our 'carrier dear.' He greets you then, with this our annual lan To wish you all a "happy New Year's day. Could but our wishes bring the anxious Joy You'd have the prayers of every "carrier Boy." He wants—no matter what,,the "root of evil" Surely should be given to the “DEVIL." Governer - Ritner we understand, ha made new commissions out fur the Pro thonatories and Registers, throughout the State. Tho new Constitution became the supreme Law, on the first ofJanuary, 1839 —and it provides in ad Sections, of the sixth Article, that all appointments mad e under the new Constitution, shall contin ue until the next election. It is reasona ble', to suppose, that in this case then, Mr, Porter cannot have any power of appoint- ment over the country offices. A matter which we exceedingly regret. The Legislature stands now adjourned, until Saturday, when they meet, and it is hoped, will begin to do some of the labor, hey were sent to'perform. The message, and our "Address," has excluded our usual variety. Next week live intend to call the attention of our BTOR.IGE FORMIRDPG AWED COIMIZOISION ETJaINMI3/3, LAUREL PORT WHAREHOUSE [BELOW THE WATERSTHEET DAM] The subscriber has taken the wharf and - 10 - warehouse formerly occupied by CUNNINGIIASI Esq.-3-4 of a mile below Waterstreet, where he purposes continuing the above business, at the following mode rate prices viz: CTS. Wharfage on Blooms per ton of 2240 lbs 25 Plaster •". 374 ea Pig Metal !" • 12} 44 Kir Iron " 2000 lbs 374 II If Stored 50 Weighing either of the above per ton 121 Storage on Mdze. per ton of 2000 lbs 75 .. Smaller quantity.scts per 10001bs " Fish per Barrel g, .. S a l t 44 61 Flour " 4 Wheat per Bushel 3 1 .4 Rye Ilt Corn " 2i .. Oats 41 2 i Commissions as per agreemen`. N. B. All Freights to be paid 'before:the' goods are removed. To a practical knowleclgeof the. business, the subscriber is determined to add an unre-I mating assiduity; and every attention tha. is necessary to render a wuferal satisfaction tto all who may favor him with their busi-.1 ;less. _ E. W._WIKE., laurel-Port lan, 9. 1939. OBITUARY. DIED On Tuesday the sth inst, ELIZA STEWART Wife of William Stewart, aged 36 years. GENERAL ORDERS •' ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE / Harrisburg, Jan. 1 1839. fl' virtue of the authority vested in the Adjutant General, by the malitia laws of this Commonwealth; it ishereby di rected by him, with the consent and concur rence of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of. Pennsylvania, that the system of instruc tion in military knowledge, and regluations for the Militia and Volunteers of the Stat& ,if Pennsylvania, be, from and after this date that system which has been prepared and r r ranged by Brevet, Captain S. Cooper (of the U. b. Army) Aid-de—Camp and Assistant Idjutant General, and is entitled .a concise system of Instructions and Regulations for the Militia and Volunteers of the United States,' Ste, All officers and non-commissioned officers musicians and privates of the Militia or Vol unteers of this State, will therefore, hence torth conform, in the performance of their military duties to the regulations for their government prescribed in the above system, and all and every other mode of instruction in military tactics, not consistent with that above referred to are hereby positively pro hibited, for the instruction of the Militia and Volunteerss of this State. As a matter of course, all instructions of Volunteers or Militia will be given in the English language. WILLIAM PIPER, Adj't Gen. of Pennsylvania ITOWIL CC Nancy Smith by) In the Court o l her next friend Common Please of Ephraim Ramsey Huutingdon Coun vs ty. Wm. Henry Smith. Pluries Subpoe na for Divorce. To William Henry Smith the defen dant above named. Take notice that by virtue of the above writ, ssued out of tha Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County aforesaid, you are required to be and appear before the Judges of said Court, at 4 Court of Cominou Pleas to b e , held at Huntingdon in and for the said County of Huntingdon, on the second Mondgy of January next, to answer the Petition and Libel of your wife Nancy Ramsey fora Divorce from the Bonds of natchnony ------ SOSEPH SHANNON, Sh'ff. Sheriff's office, Hut ig don Nov. 18 ETUNT'IitfaPON SPOvq . Ao 6- S 3 9. PI i I~A;I I'A7~.Y~ i t. poi lin 7 14 Qi 2S FLERUAIIT, 4 11 t 8 125 S . 10 17 1241 5 12 19 26 NIAIIOII, 1 6 13 20 27 I 6 1 19, 19 26 1 .11 4 ,18 25 APRIL, 14 7 21 128 IJUNP, 21 S PIN 11 lql7 I 8 2:1i.24 25' ~I 1 11 2 7 81 'l4 15 16 21 22 33 12812913°1 AirGys'a 12 13, 19 20 26 27, 21.3 I,BIIPTEMBER ~',OCrc~nFx Nova:4l3E% .11 19 1 25 26 2 3 9 10 16 17 25 24 30 31 DECEMBP.R Proclamation. HEREAS by a precept to me diree v/v/ ted dated at Huntingdon, the 24th da} of November, A. I). one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, under the hands and seals of the Hon• Thomas Burnside, President of the Court of Common Pleas, Oyer and Terminer, and general jail deliv ery . of the 4th judicial district of Pennsyl vania, composed of the counties of Mifflin, Huntingdon, Centre, Clearfiold,. and Jeffer son, and the Hon. Joseph McCune and Jo seph Adams, his associate Judges of the county of Huntingdon, justices assigned, ap pointed to hear, try, and determine all and every indictments, and presentments made or taken for or concerning all crimes, which by the laws of the State are made capital or felonies of death and all other offences, crimes and misdemeanors, which have been or shall be committed or perpetrated within the said county, or all persons which are or shall hereafter be committed or be perpe trated for crimes aforesaid—l am comman ded to make. Public Proclamation. Throughout my whole bailiwick, that a Court of Oyer and Ter minar, of Common Pleas and Quarter Ses sions will be held at the court house in the Borough of Huntingdon ' on the second Mon day (and 15th day) of January next, and those Rho will prosecute the said prisoners, be then and there to prosecute them as it shall be just, and that all Justices of the Peace, Coroner, and Constables within the said county be then and there in their pro per persons, at 10 o'clock A. M. of said day, witk their records, inquisitions, examinations and remembrances. to do those things which their offices respectively appertain. Dated at Huntingdon, tke 19th day of De cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and the 635 year of American Indepen dence. JOSEPH SHANNON, SIM: Sheriff's Office Hunting. don, Dec, 19, 1838. WITIBILIED WILL be sold at public sale by the Subscriber, living at the 1 ELL° If SPRIA GS, on Saturday the sth., of January next., ONE FULL SIX NORSK r • EAM, HARNISKD, • AND A GOOD WAG• UN and BED—If not sold by whole sale, to be sold at retail. ALSO—one other horse and TWO SETS OF hind t g i ft GE,,YRS. s rnlr ALSO—FOUR COOD SIZED • NOV, HOGS, AND 001111ir • k ON F. COW. ti` "- , 07:7 - Sale to commence at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, which a reasonable credit will be given by JOHN H. ETOVER, January end., 11439. Sheriff's Sales. ,lritY virtue of sundry pelts of Fier: Fa, cias &c. issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntinsrxlon County, and to me directed, will be exposed to public Sale at the Court House, in Hun tingdon, on the I3th day of January next. At 10 o'clock A. M. the following proper fy viz: A tract of land partly in Springfield town ship Huntingdon County, and partly in Dub lin township Bedford County, adjolning lands of William Corbin, Wiliam Isgrig, Henry Droneberger, William M'Clain and others, containing three hundred and eighty acres be the same more or less, about one hundred acres of which are cleared. There on erected a Cabin Barn, with three pen., a two story square log house, one square log house one story and a half high. A spring house. and an Apple Orchard also thereon. 10 117 '24 131 11 15 e 2 Seized, taken under execution, and to be sold as the property of Hercules Kemp deed ALSO One house and lot in the Borough of Bir mingham situated on St. David street ad— joining a lot on the east of John Calderweoe rod on the west by a lot of Andrew Robeson, having thereon erected a one and a half sto ry house; levied on and to be sold as the property of Catharine Calderwood dec'd in the hands of James Thompson her Ex'or. 6 13 20 27 ALSO A house and lot of g ound in the town of Frankstown, on main street bounded by a lot of C. Garber and others. Thereon erec ted a two story frame house. Seized, taken under execution and to he sold as the property of John Spielman. ALSO ALL the interest and estate of J. Nugent of, in to and out of a tract of land situate in All egheny township: bounded by lands of Robert Allison Esq., John G win and others, containing 81 acres more or less—. 25 acres cleared with a Slw Mill and dwel ling house thereon erected. Seized, taken under execution and to be 1011 as the property of James Nugent. A Bt,Norro l o.u L gst S hlo4 o i..7yf . r no i c l lt bk i (11 e ß a yu newbl Building r n tg g o, wo h ,ai s t s plot of said Borough; beginning at the corner of Lot No. 146 thence ex tending north seventy degrees cast along Juniata street. forty one fhet to a post; thence at right angles to the same one hundred 8c sixty feet to bank alley, thence along said alley south seventy degrees west forty one feet to a post; thence at right angles to t e same one hunred Bncl sixty feet to the place of beginning. Seized and taken on a writ of Leyari Fa cias; and to he sokl as the property of W. H. Davidson. ALSO IA tract of land situate in Cromwel TuAto ship, containing 150 acres, more or less, an, joining Samuel E, Booher, J. M. Bell Esq. and others; about 4 or 5 acres of which aru cleared; with a small cabin house it thereon erected Seized and taken under execution and to be sold as the property of Wm. Moore, ALSO That part of Lot No. 147 on the new town plot, lately; laid out adj,,ining the old town plot cf Hollidaysburg, whirls is conti guous to and adjoins lot No. 148 fronting seventeen feet on Juniata Street and exten ding at right angles to the same ! , in depth one hunded and sixty feet to Bank alley, on which are erected a small one story Brick • • house and a frame buil , Eftding, being eighty sev en beet long by ten feet aide and one story high. Seized and taken on a writ of Levari Fa cias and to be sold a s the property of Wm, H. Davidson and Benj Orcutt. ALSO'. all that part of a certain tract of land in the name of Wm Forsyth situate in Allegheny township, Huntingdon county; adjoining lands of James Alexander, John Gardner; Jonathan Launce and others; costuining one hundred and one and three fourth acres —And also a lot of ground in the town of Gaysport Huntingdon county numbered its the plan of said town. ' sold by Jackson and Garber unto the said Geo. W. Henry: to gether with the appurtenances. Seizvd and taken on a writ of Levari Facias and to be sold as the property of Geo W. Henry. • JOSEPH SHANNON Shelf. Sheriffs office Huntingdon December 19, 1838. S DAVOIOtIIOO NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned, that the following named persons save settled their Accounts in the Register's Office, at Huntingdon, and that the said Accounts will b.: presented for confirmation and allowance at an Orphans' Court to be held at Huntingdon, for the county of Hue tingdon, on the second Monday (14th day) of January next, viz:— I. James Magee, A dministrator of the es tate of Andrew French, late of Tell Town ship, deceased. 11. James Wilkins, Administrator of the estate of John Scott, Lite of West Town shid, deceased._ _ _ lII, James Thompson, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Catharine C al derwood, late of the Borough of Birmingham decmased. . IV. Abraham Robison and Thomls M. Robisrp, Administrators of the estate of A brnhara /Robison. deceased, who was Guar dia, of the minor chitdren of John Robison Ilate of Frankstown Township, deceased. V. Isaac Anderson iltidJoseph Reed, Ex-. ecutors of the last Will and Tcstament of James Anderson, late of Wes; Township, deceased. VI. Samuel Smith and John F. Lt.wry,. Executors td the last NVill and Testamen of David Longenecker, late of Frankstown '1 ownship, deceased. VII. William Johnston, administrator of the estate ot John Johnston, (son of Tho's) late of Porter Township, (let-eased. VIII. William Galbraith, Administrator of the estato of Ann Law, late ot Allegheny Township, deccas td. JOHN REED. R eg Register's Office, Hutt, Dec. 14. WS.
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