acquitted. The jury, in accordance with
tliat opinion, unhesitatingly pronounced
him Not Guilty.
The intense interest which the cause ex
cited detained a great number of persons
in the court room anxious to witness its;
termination; and when the verdict of ac
(plaid was announced, one universal burst
of applause attested the sattisfactton of
the assembled throng.
A hasty expression of thanks to our de
fender and preserver was the only remit.'
neration ever received or demanded by
IHr. Price; but if perchance this simple!
tale should ever meet his eye it may prove
a source of satisfaction to him to know,!
that his generous and noble exertions in
our behalf have not been wasted by the
way side nor upon stony ground, but that
the seeds of gratitude which were sown
in our hearts on that eventful night have
taken good root, and grown up yielding
an hundred fold.
The old clock of St. Paul's tolled forth
in solemn peals the hour of midnight, as
with lightened hearts and hasty steps we
left the court to convey the glad result to
her who waited our return; we knew full
well that every moment of our absence
was an age of
grief to the almost broken
heart of that beloved and affectionate girl,
artd a few moments sufficed to bring us
within my own threshold; at the brat
sound of our approach she had hastened
to meet us, and was already descending
the stairs with a light. Harry was still
near the door, and when she discovered
me, as she supposed alone, she stopped
suddenly, and with fresh tears starting
from herjeyes, endeavored to fathom the
darkness beyond. Anxious to relieve
this painful anxiety, I called on Harry to
advance. Is he there! she exclaimed in
an agony of joy. Yes! yes! my dearest
girl, replied, I have kept my promise. In
as instant they were in each other's arms.
My friend Harry vr is soon after mar
ried to an amiable and affectionate girl,
but he did not remain long to enjoy in this
life that felicity which hope had fondly
pictured to his imagination. His spirit
seemed broken, a settled despondency fix
ed upon his mind, and it is now many
years since we placed him at rest by the
side of his first born.
THE JOURNAL.
HUNTINGDON, MARCH 13. 1839.
FOR THE JOURNAL.
Ms. BENZDICT,
We have seen it announced
in some of the papers, that Samuel Hep
burn, Esq. of Carlisle, has been noiniea.
ted by Gov. Porter, President Judge of
the ninth judicial district, to fill the place
of Judge Reed, whose term of office ex
pired on the 17th of last February. This
is the first operation of the amended Con,
stitution on the Judiciary, and if the ma
ny and strong objections urged against the
adoption of the amendments, could not
carry conviction to the public mind of the
necessity and wisdom of an independent
Judiciary —this nomination should satisfy
the honest of all parties, that the Judicia
ry is no longer beyond the control of par
ty influence, and that Judges, in whom the
public have long placed the fullest confi
dence, will be supplanted by bawling pol
iticians. One of the greatest objections,
to the amendments was the contemplated
change in the judicial tenure; A change,
the consequences of which were not clear
ly foreseen by the mass of the people,
jealous as they have always been of any
innovation on old and well established
tights. But the wild fury and partizan
Madneaa of certain politicians, to car•
ry out their popular, but delusive scheme,
of making the constitution so democratic,
that all power should be vested in the sov
ereign peoVe, had been wrought up to
such a pitch, that "even the Judiciary was
doomed to share in the general destruc
tion of the old landmarks of Pennsylva
nia. Rotation in office had become the
popular doctrine of the day; life offices
were regarded as inconsistent with the
institutions of the country, and the lev
elling principle was inconsiderately ap
plied to every department of State. The
people had willed a change; and if ever
they had reason to regret any act, it will
be, for having rashly undermined the foun
dation of the judicial system of Pensylva
nia. An independent Judiciary, is a great
a • nal blessing—a dependent,: one the
lk,
. k t curse ever inflicted on a free peo
po said that raan who was the brigh
test ornament of the Judiciary of the U.
States. The retirement of Judge Reed
from the bench, will be generally regret
ted; for in him were combined all the qual
ifications, of an able and accomplished
Judge. As a J udge, it is probable th,:t he
had not his superior in Pennsylvania;
deep in research, strong in intellect, nod
distinguished for his general knowledge of
the profession to winch he is strongly at
tached. lit him the administration of jus
tice has always found a decided and un
wavering friend, and new in the decline of
life, after having spent the vigor of days
in the service of the State, without a sin
gle well founded obiectiun to him, save
his political principles, lie is made the vic
tim of bitter persecuting party spirit. As
a man, honest and honorable, and as a
politicisti, he has not for many ycai s min
gled in wpm political contests, unless to
express his views and opinions on cities
tioua of national importance. his suc
cessor is a young lawyer of some prom
ile, and respectable talents, having been at'
the liar four or five years, and as well ac-!
quainted with his profession, as the gen.
erality of young lawyers. What claims
had he to the notninationt None, save
that strongcst of all recommendations, his
warm devotion to party. And Judge
Reed, whose only fault is, that he would
not sacrifice the interests of his country
to party, has been judiciallr proscribed.
The days of dependent political Judges,
have already commenced:
OrSinee receiving the above, we learn
that the Senate have confirmed the nomi
nation.
R.IIIL-ROaD JPIEETIXG.
At a large and respectable meeting of
the citizens of Birmingham and its vicin
ity, convened in accordance with previ—
ous notice in the public school room, on
Wednesday evening, the 27th of Febru
ary, for the purpose of taking into con
sideration the propriety of urging upon
the present legislature, the necessity of a
dopting measures, without delay, for the
construction of a rail road from Hunting
don to intersect the Portage rail way at
Hollidaysburg, so that the pnblic works
between those points may thereby be reit ,
tiered capable of transporting an equal a
mount, at all times, with the other parts
of this, the main line of our public improve
ments.
On motion, the meeting was organized
by appointing SAMUEL. DICKSON,
President; JAmtes CLAnK, Esq. and CHAS.
BRYAR, Vice Presidents, and David Gar
rett, Esq, and Dr. S. S. Dewey, Secreta
ries.
On motion, it was
RPsolved, That a committee of ten be
appointed to draft a preamble and resolu
tions expressive of the views of this mee
ting; whereupon, the Chair appointed A.
K. Bell, Wm. Caldwell. Win. Galbreath,
Esq., M. Robeson, D. Cree, J. Thompson,
Esq., A. P. Owens, D. H. Burnham, Wm.
Cunningham and S. Bender, as said com
mittee, who after retiring for a short time,
made, through A. K. Bell, their chairman
the following report:—
- .
That it is the deliberate opinion of this
meeting; that the interests of the state de
mend that a rail road should be construc
ted to Huntingdon to intersect the Pore
tage rail way at Hollidaysburg, As a
reason for forming this conclusion, we
would refer to the fact, that on a great
portion of the public works between those
points there is not a sufficiency of water,
for several montits in the season to do
anything like the amount of business
which may reasonably be expected to
crests on to this main line of our improve
ments; and again, from its location, being
so near the base of the Alleghenies, it is
more than pr.ihable, that such a freshet,
as was the means of L.'most entirely de
stroying this portion of the canal during
the East summer, may again happen, there
by obstructing the navigation, and render
ing the entire Juniata division usless to
the state. These, and other seasons that
we might urge, lead us to form the opin
ion we have here expressed.
Therefore
Y. R. NV
Resolved, That the Senators from this'
district, and out Representrtives, be, and
aro hereby requested to use their efforts
to have an appropriation, and measures
adopted, for the commencement of a rail
road from Huntingdon to Hollidaysburg,
during the present session.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of
this meeting that the most direct and ad
vantageou 3 rout for the construction of said
road will be found to be along the Valley
of the Little Juniata , and thence through
Logan's and Pleasant Vallies, to Holli
daysburg; and as a reason, this rout pas
ses through one of the most extensive iron
manufacturing districts in the country—.
is generally level, and passing within a
few miles of the head of the Bald Eagle
navigation from whence a rail road may
easily be 'constructed to intersect the one
here contemplated.
Resolved, That this meeting feel per
, fecely confident that the construction of
reservoirs, (one of the proposed remedies)
at Hollidaysburg, for supplying the canal
with water during the time or a izarcity,
would be found - entirely insufficient to
answer the purpose proposed, and we
would therefore depreciate their construc
tion as unwise ankimpolitic.
Resolved, That this meeting are deci
dedly in tfavor of the immediate com—
mencement at each end of the proposed
rail road from Pittsburg to Chambersburg,
believing it but just and liberal towards
this section of the state, and believe also,
that on such a road being made eastward
ly from Pittsburg as far as Ligonier, and
westwardly from Chambersburg to the
Burnt Cabins, or Springfield township;
should it then be found more desirable to
complete the ccnnection by means of a
McAdamized road, and the public should
still desire to have a continuous rail road
rrno east to west, the same can lie had
by makiag a rail road from Ligonier to
Johnstown, and from Huntingdon to the
Burnt Cabins, or Springfield township, on
very favorable ground.
On motion, the report and resolutions
of the committee were adopted as the
unanimous views of the meeting.
During the absence of the committee,
anti alter their return, some very spirited
remarks were made by Messers. McCahan
F Clark, Bell, Caldwell, Dickson, and Dr.
Dewey, on the subject of the proposed
road. On motion,
Resolved, That T. M. Owens, D. Qat.
Lett, Eeq . „ Wm, 941hraith, N:rKt., Win
Caldwell, James Clarke, Esq. and A.
Campbell, be a committee to further the
views of this meeting , by ell culating peti
tions and fowardingthe same to the Leg
islature when signed. 4
... .
On motion,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be fortvarded to our Senators aud l
Nlembers of the House, and published in
the papers of the county, and en all others
favorable to the project.
Resolved, That this meeting now ad
journ sine die.
SAMUEL DICKSON, President.
JARES CLARRE, V. Presid'nt
CHARLES BRYAN,
David Garrett,
Secretaries.
S. S. Dewey.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
In relation to the permanent loan, &c.
'l'o the Senate and Houseiot,Represen
tatives of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania.
GENTLEMeN--In pursuance of the act
of the General Assembly of this Com
monwealth, passed the 26th January last,
entitled "An Act authorising a Loan."
Public notice was given by the Secretary
of the Commonwealth on the 4th day of
February last, that proposals would be re
ceived at his office until two o'clock P. M
on Tuesday, the fifth day of March 1839,
for loaning one million, two hundred thou
sand dollars, to the Commonwealth, fur
the purposes set iorth in said act, reim
bursable at any time after twenty years
from the first day of July next, and bear
ing an interest not exceeding five per cent
per annum, payable semiannually.
I regret to say that no proposals have
been received in pursuance of this invi
tation, and this too at a time when, it is
conceded, that money is not scarce, and
the credit of the State is unimpaired.
How long the representatives of a free
people will submit to a state of things
manifestly brought about by a combina
tion among the institutions of their own
creation, it is for the Legislature to deter
mine, but there is certainly a manifest im
propriety in permitting the monied re
, sources of the commonwealth to be used,
to her own injury. She owns of the capi
tal stock of the bank of Pennsylvania
3750 shares at $4OO, amounting at their
par value to $1,500,000
5233 shares in the Philadelphia
Bank at $lOO, 523,300
1708 shares in the Farmers and
1 Mechanics Bank at $5O, 85,400
Amounting in the whole to 82,108,700
And which we believe to be worth a con
siderable advance. Every day's experi
ence strengthens me in the opinion long
since formed that all connection should
be dissolved between the commonwealth
and the banks in which she holds stock,
and thus relieve her from the humiliating
attitude she occupies of being the holder
of three fifths of the whole capital stock
in one of said banks and unable to con
trol the directions of a single dollar of its
loans. Believing firmly that a divorce
will be beneficial ,to ~the interests of the
oommonwealth, I earnestly recommend
the immediate passage of a law authori
sing the sale of the bank stock held by the
commonwealth as aforesaid.
This administration has been but little
ever a month in power, and has been obli•
ged to ask loans to pay Off engagements
which it had no hand in contracting, and
finds itself embarrassed in its outset for
want of means to meet the engagements
of the commonwealth. So far as it has
the ability, its exertions will continue to
be steadily directed to discharge the pub
lic liabilities, and maintain unsullied the
public faith. If in its efforts so to do, dif
ficulties are interposed by attempts at
combination among monied! men and mon
ied instutionsll, they most assuredly will
discover, as so long as the executive pow
er remains in the hands in which it is now
placed, they shall never control either its
political or fiscal operations; but that this
great commonwealth must and will rise
superior to all such attempts.
All experience goes to show that the
veils anticipated, by many of the best and
most sagaciOs statesmen, from the grants
of corporate powers to Ponied institutions
have been more than realized, 40,4 should
admonish us to be cautious in continuing
to make such unrestricted grants.
With no desire to create distrust or a
larn•, I cannot but feel that it is the mis
use and aLuse of the powers thus com
mitted to such institutions that have more
than once led to the embarrassments in
the monetary concerns of the country.
cannot close this communication with•
out appealing to the legislature, and cal
ling upon them by every principle of pat—
riotism, to take such aciton in this matter
las will enable the State to vindicate her
character and credit, and to take immv
diate measures for separating the Stite
from all connection with a set of institu
tions that have so repeatedly disappointed
the just expectations of the public, and on
which no reliance can be - pfeeed"When the
exigencies of the State may require a call
upon them. _ _
DAVID R. PORTER.
Executive Chamber,
March 7, 1839.
The glorious eighteen of the New York
Senate arc refasing to sanction many of
the nominations made by governor Se
ward. "A short life, and a merry one,"
is their motto.
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THE JOURN AL.
f' One country, one conatitution, one destiny
Huntingdon, March 13, 1 839
Democratic antimasonic
CANDIDATES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN, WM. H. HARRISON
FUR VICE PRESIDENT
DANIEL WEBSTER.
FLAG OF TUE PEOPLE!
Cc:r A single term for the Presidency, and
the office administered for the whole PEO
pi, E. and not for a PARTY.
W. A sound, uniform and convenient Na
tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of
the whole COUNTRY, Instead of the SHIN
PLAS'I ERS brought about by our present
RULERS.
RETRENCHMENT, and RE•
!ORM in the administration of public affairs,
17°Tired of Experiments and Experi
menters, Republican gratitude will reward
unabstrusive merit, by elevating the sub
altern of WasnlNGTon and the dosciple of
Jxmason, and thus resuming the safe and
beaten track of onr Fathers,—L. Gazette.
Democratic State Convention.
The friends of HARRISON and WEB.
STER in the several counties of Pennsyl
vania, are requested to appoint delegates
equal in number to their members in the
State Senate and House of Representa
tives, to meet at the Court House in Har
risburg, at 12 o'clook, M. on
WEDNESDAY, 22d of May, 1859.
For the purpose of nominating a ticket of
lElectors, to be voted for by the people of
I Pensvlvanta, - at the Presidential Election
in. 1840, and . pledged, if elected, to sup
port the candidates for President and
Vice President of the United States set
tled by the Democratic Anti-Masonic
National Convention, which was held in
Philadelphia in November, 1833.
Thomas H. Burrowes,
Thomas alder,
Theo. Fenn,
Amos Et!maker,
Francis James,
iw m. R. Irwin,
Pillions Ayres,
Harmar Denny,
Samuel H. Fisher,
Pillions Smith,
Ner Middleswarth,
William McClure,
George. Mowry.
Levi Merkel,
Maxwell Kinkead.
State Committee.
Harrisburg. March 2,1839.
County Meeting.
lu pursuance of the above request of the
State Committee, the Democratic Anti-
Masonic friends of HARRISON AND
WEBSTER, in Huntingdon County, are
invited to meet at the Court House in the
borough of Huntingdon on Tuesday even
ing, the 9th of April, for the purpose of
electing one Senatorial and two Repre
sentative Delegates, to attend the Demo
cratic State Convention which will meet
in Harrisburg on the 22il of .May, to nom
inate a Harrison Electoral ticket.
By the County Committee.
DAVID BLAIR,
Chairman,
We learn from a marginal memoranda l
made upon the "Crawford Statesman,"—
that the lion. H. SHIPPEN, President
Judge of that district, is dead.
AFFLICTING DISPENSATION.—On Sun
,L7 afternoon, while enjoying apparently,
her usual health—Mrs. Gwin, wife of I
Patrick Gwin Esq., iati Sheriff of this co.
--and surrounded by her frien:!s, sud
denly, almost instantly died.
Nothing has transp'red of late years
in our borOugh, which cast a more sudden
gloom over the feelings of its inhabitants.
Mrs. Gwin had spent a long and useful life '
here—was universally respected 4. loved• 1
The information of her sudien demise, fell
'like a shock upon the senses of all. But
a moment before, she was exulting in more
than the common health, and strength of
a good old age. Death's unerring shaft
already quivered in the bow-string--it
h a d sped; and she whose counsel and whose
kindness, were the guide and the com
fort of a large circle, is not. That arrow
was a messenger intended to tell th e
thoughtless "be ye"also ready." Some
other of that circle will follow soon, no
sprinkling of the door post will stay the
destroying angel. Which of us will be as
well prepared, as she, who was cut "down
like a shook of corn fully ripe," to say,
when the dread summons is made, "Lord
here am 1."
It was a heavy blow to her surviving
husband. For nearly fifty [years, have
they wandered joyously on in life's
thorny pilgrimage; "she was every thing
to him, and he to her was all." Old and
stricken with years, like the old forest oak'
he is left to breast the tempest alone: may
it be the object of all to strenghten his fee
ble steps down the steep declivity of life ;
and may he find in the renewed kindnes s
of friends, a something to lessen, if not de.
stroy (for nothing can) the suffering of a
heart torn from its companion, so much be
loved.
Credit of Pennsylvania.
During the Administration of Gov.Rit
ner, the credit of our State, was without
suspicion. Every temporary loan requi
red was immediately taken; and in fact
the money for the repair of the breach was
borrowed on the individual credit of some
of the then State officers.
Let our readers now see the change (or
rather let them see, that the change cannot'
be seen.) Laws have been passed author. l
,icing large State loans, at the interest of
1 5 per cent. The loans have been adver•
tised for veeks, and at last the people ar e
informed, that no man who has money, is
1 1 willing to loan this "provisional govern
ment," of mobocrats & 'dogfreepers,' mon
ey for them to squander amid their rio
tings.
Could any thing else be expected? An
administration, that is directed in its
movements by a Robespeirean "Commit.
tee of Safely," who to accomplish a party
manoeuvre, would proclaim Government
at an end, must calculate largely on the
duplicity of money lenders, if it thinks,
that
. they will allow it to count their
coppers. Let the candid reader look at
it! would you sir! or even you air who are
a Loco Foco! loan your money to a man,
or a party, or an administration, that
laughs to scorn the supremacy of the
laws, when they do not chime with his no•.
tions of .patty supremacy. We know you
would not, much less when you saw what
little money they had, left, squandered to
pay the marauders, who would trample
your constituted rights and authorities un
der their feet.
All this, and more have been done by
the present party in power in this State.
They deserve not to be trusted. They
even want watching—and your premise s
guarded—or their "Provisional Commit
tee," may declare your property as well
as your rights, a proper subject and
victim to their ruthlessness.
Trust them indeed! The poor laborer
on the public works, has been told he
must travel to his far distant home, with
out his money; and subsist on "faith alone"
—faith that he shall get his pay. Nor is'
this all, poor, needy, and afar off, he must
travel backward and forward, asking these
"provisional" patriots when they can pro•
vide, money to pay his paltry pittance--
paltry, but yet the reward of ceaseless
toil and sweat. Or unwilling, or unable
to wait—the "land sharks" of the sam e
party will buy up his "scrip" at 50 or per
haps 75 per cent, and the needy victim
learns that years of toil and economy have
left him more needy, and less able to re
enact perhaps the same scene. This is no
over wrought picture! The coloring is
none too high! Go ask the men who
have wielded the mattock and shovel on
the Gettysburg Rail Road, what treat
ment they have met at the hands of this
new administration. Learn of them the
language of a poor man's curse— and the
prayer of his suffering, and needy chil
idren! .
Trust them indeed ! The man who casts
his "bread upon such waters," will learn
that it has sunk in a political maelstrom,
from whose, rapacious vortex, no return
is ever made.
This is the administration that was to
redeem the credit of the State— that was
to restore old Pennsylvania to the palmy
days of "olden time." Does this look like
it? Even the monied men of their own
party dare not trust it It is a subject in
which the butterfly of this world's strife i s
'concerned—and party fealty--pride of
opinion--party power, or any political
considerations weigh not a feather.
Tho man who eaves his money to lend,
and takes more notice of a copper lost,
than he does of,a day,passed, which has sent
him twenty-four hours farther down the
stream, and brought km thus much nearer
"eternity's broad sea,”— no matter if in
his every day walks, he bawls or croaks
incessantly for his party, he may love his
party--hut he loves his purse more.--1
This, this is the certain evidence, of what
men think of the character of our State
---
Adminiitra . tion, when touched by Oa,
ometer which tries us all.
With suck men at_the head of power,
why need we expect any thing but an in•
solvent State,
In another column will be found th e
message of Gov, Porter, sighing over, his
sufferings, mingling his moans with curses
against the Banks. He goes for a divorce
of all Banks from the Government. Poor
miserable dupe of a dishonest and more
wretched party. His "dog-keeperi*may
frighten some of the conscientious Du
'peasys of the Legislature, to wink at
their folly, but Banks nor monied Nen.
'cannot be frightened into a willingness,
that these drunken bullies shall be the
keepers of their wealth.
Let those who are duped, still talk of
the indignant people! but we can tell them
when they learn, as they certainly will
some day, that these l'inclignantfreemen,'
were but hired assassins, whose home
should be in the prison ,ell, whose every
day of life has been a day of villiany and
crime —when they learn this, aw4l — telern
to, that these lawless bravoes were the
boon companions of the present adminis
tration, they will not wonder that they
cannot borrow money.
Our Rad Road again.
The "Standard," will, we hope, do the
justice to believe us when we say, we hail
no intention to misrepresent the views it
expressed upon the subject. But when
that print tells us we charged it with be
ing opposed to the extension, we aro at a
loss to conceive upon what that assertion
is founded. We should be rejoiced to
think our cotemporary would lend its aid
I to further the desired object. We must
however, say that we think we discover,
i s slight hint, which evinces anything hut
'favorableness to our road, in his last brief
notice of our article. He compares the
[ canal and rail-road to the dog and his
,shadow.—The canal is the substance—the
rail-road-is the shadow. Now if our wor
thy neighbor really Clinks the rail-road, a s
unsubstantial as a shadow, we must be
permitted to say, we believe he has too
much good sense ever to favor such "un
rei 1 mockery: ,
We wish to be distinctly understood, as
in no wise wishing any abandonment of
the canal; or any portion thereof. We
would willingly say that, a reservoir should
be made at Hollidaysburg, (not one Of
such dimensions as recommended by Mr.
Dougherty,) and that immediately. But
a rail-road is equally, if not more needed.
Let us have them both.
Our examination of the "Standard's"
remarks were made without any passion,
prejudice, or a desire to misrepresent. If
the "Standard" shows us we have un
wittingly done so, our first effort shall be ,
to atone for the error.
Official Capacity.
An unprejudiced observer, who was ig.
norant of the true character of the Loco
Focos, would have imagined, that every'
man of them, old and young, was not on
ly an old canaller, but a civil engineer,
while listening to their animadversions
upon the conduct of Ritner's administra
tion. In fact we hail supposed, that when
they took hold of the reigns of government,
that every thing would be done so exact.
ly right, that nobody could complain.
As our object is to show that they are
as ignorant of their duties, and practice
the same wicked things which were char+
ged by them against their predecessors.
We shall confine ourselves to this, to
show their deiiberate villiany, in doing,
what they said, was maliciously wicked
in others. A thousand little things were
picked up—some manufactured—to show
the people what an ignorant set of dum
mies the officers of Ritner were, To keep
the balance adjusted, when they are in the
scale we shall note the official acts of these
same "wise acres."
Below we publish an extract of a letter
to the Editor of the Telegraph from-Eas—
ton. Just imagine vier, what a know
ing lad that foreman was that built a Dam
across below a "guard Lock" to make the
water run out above the luck!—the idea
of shutting the lock never occurred to
him— and yet we have no doubt, but h e
was loudest among the loud, in telling
what fools his predecessors were.
We could tell some good tales about the
cunning felloWs in our county, if report
says true, where they are digging out
"sand banks," and are digging them a foot
or two below the level of the canal. Our
informant shrewdly observed that it was
supposed that they intended to establish
fisheries along the canal, so that when the
water is drawn off, they will know where
to find a "deep hole," in which the "cot.