HUNTINGDON JOURNAL. WHOLE No. 188.] TERMS OV TUE 1:11\TT DT CMOII JVC71 5 .11.6.L. . The "Journal" will be published every odnesda morning, at two . dollars a year if aid IN A D VANC E , and it not paid within ix months, two dollars and a half. Every person who obtains five subscribers i forwards price of subscription, shall be . raished with a sixth copy gratuttiously for tie year. 'N., subst:ription received for a less period an six months, nor any paperdiscontinued tilarrearages are paid. - All commuhications must lie addressed to he Editor, post paid, or they will not be tended to. Advertisments not exceeding one square ill be inserted three times for one dollar for very subsequent insertion, 25 ficents per quire will be charged:—if no detnite orderd re given as to the time an adverisment is to e continued, it will be kept in till ordeed, out, and charge accordingly. 1 THE GARLAND, -"With sweetest flowers enrich'd From various gardens cull'd with care." From the Louisville Journal. BATTLE LAMENT. , or the Rev. Dr. Fisk, President of rthe Wesleyan Seminary, Middleton, Connec ticut; by John N. MAIL kFALLE,I4-011 Ziov's battle hill, A soldier of renown, Armed in the panoply of God, In conflict cloven down; His helmet on, his armor bright, His cheek unblanched with fear,— Vhile round his he :al there gleamed a light His dying hour to cheer. "ALLEN—while cheering with his voice The sacramental host. With banner floating on the air— Death found him at his post; ,tn life's high prime the warfare closed; But not ingloriously, [e fell beyond the Outer wall. And shouted victory! FALLEN-a holy man of Gjd, An Israelite indeed. A standard bearer of the cross, Mighty in word and deed— A master-spirit of the ago, • A bright and burning light, Whose beams across the firmament Scattered the clouds of night, FALLER—as sets the sun at eve, To rise in splendor where His kindred luminaries shine Their heaven of bliss to share; Beyond the stormy battle field He reigns and triumphs now, Sweeping 6 harp of wonderous song With glory on its brow! :Louisville, April 20th, 1839. From the Circleville (Ohio) Herald• The source of the following selection we :now not; fur simplicity, I eeling, and mar -1 effect, we rarely meet with its equal: ENTERTAINING ANGELS UNAWARES. • poor way-faring man of grief _ath often crossed me on my way, •:Who sued so humbly for relief • :'hat I could never answer nay; I: had not power to ask his name, Vhither he went; or whence he came, 'et there was something in his eye • hat won my love—l knew not why. )nce when my scanty meal was spread, 'e entered—not a word he spakc; st perishing for want of bread: ave him all—he blest it, brake ad ate, but gave me part again; wrs an Angel's portion then; qui while I fed with eager haste, crust was manna to my taste. spied him where a fountain burst ':car from the rock—his strength was gone; 1:e headless water mocked his thirst, heard it, saw At hurrying on; ! , s , in and raised the sufferer up; A -rice from the stream he drained my cup; ?t, and returned it running o'er, In 'rank—and never thirsted more. was night, the floods were out, it blew winter hurricane aloof; 'leard his voice—abroad I flew J bid him welcome to my roof; ' -warmed, I clothed, I cheered my guest; , id him on my own couch to rest, . :hen made the earth my bed, and seemed [II Eden's garden while I dreamed. tript, wounded, beaten nigh to death, Fund him by the highway aide; I roused his pills; brought back his breath , Revived his spitits and supplied Wine, oil, refreshment—he was healed; I had myself a wound concealed. But from that hour forgot the smart, And peace bound up my broken heart. In prison I saw him next condemned To meet a traitm•'s doom at morn, The tide of lying tongues I stemmed, And honored him 'midst shame and scorn; My friendship's utmost zeal to try, H e asked—it I for him would die, The flesh was weak, my blood ran chill, But the free spirit creid—'l Then in a moment to my view, The stranger started from disguise: The tokens in his hands I knew; My SAvtoua stood before mine eyes; He spake and my poor name he named, ••Of me thou hast not been ashamed; These deeds shall thy memory be; Fear not, thou didst them unto me." Ottocettaneouo. From the Gentleman's Magazine. THE PIONEER OF 01110 Sorrow is a passion which lasts but a short time, when one is engaged amidst scenes of action and excitement. it is when we lead a life of inactivity, that we permit grief to predominate over the other passions which are naturally more liable to gain the ascendency; but young persons— particularly those of sanguine tempera ments—are not prone :ouch to indulge in grief; and ere long I had regained my se renity of mind had partially forgotten the scene, which fur a time had harrowed up my soul; but I hail not forgotten the vows over the grave of my family; I clung to that vow as we mall prone to adhere to a promise made to a dying person, know. ing it is theie last request. It was towards the latter part of July, when Thomas Girty and myself started.en an expedition for the two-fold purpose of killing game, and every red man who should be so unfortunate as to get within one hundred yards of us. Our starting seemed unpropitious; we had not advan ced one day's journey, when we witnessed a storm, the path of which may yet be :raced. An eye witness could alone form a faint idea of the scene that was suddenly presented to our sight. The hurricane was preceded by a silence not unlike the awful stillness of an earthquake; and the similitude was heightened by the low and distant rumbling, which appeared to us like a succession of deep subterraneous explosions. Even the feathered tribe ap peared to be aware of some uncommon oc currence in natutie, and screaming discor dantly, flew from tree to tree, flapping their wings, and sometimes pemitting us to apgroach within a few feet of them. The clouds in the west were as black as jet, and kept a constant circular motion, advancing at the same time with the rapi dity of an arrow. But almost as rapidly as thought, the calmness was broken, and it seemed as if "the angry breath of God" was upon the land. It passed in a mo ment, but, oh! what a scene of desolation marked its track! the tallest oaks were twisted like reeds, and thrown upon the earth; other large trees were torn up . by the roots, and borne away by the wind. This land storm passed within one hun dred yards of where we stood, and the rush of air influenced by the whirlwinds, was, at that distance, so great, that we could, with the utmost difficulty, stand upon our feet. It passed on, marking its course with ruin and desolation. We stood in mute astonishment fur many min utes after the whirlwind had passed, but the limbs and twigs which had been hurled to a great height, now began to fall thick and fast, and gave us warning to shelter our persons ere sonic huge limb should fall and crush us; and the warning was taken in time. fur we had but just left the spot, when the torn branch of a tree fell where we hail been standing. NVe travelled on slowly, making our way with difficulty over the falien timber, when we encountered a bear, which ap peared busily engaged in extricating him self from the limbs of a fallen tree, in which the whirlwind surprised him. Af ter striving to run front us, without being able to make much headway, he turned about and came 'towards us, showing a formidable row of teeth, and growling most sonoriously.—We both instantly fired upon him, and both shots took effect; my ball entered his body, and Girty's passed through his neck; this treatment only seemed to accelerate his speed. The blood issued from both the ball holes, and our only chance was to keep him at bay, till he became weakened by loss of blood. Before he could climb the inter vening brush, he became weak, art,! in a moment after died. Girty's ball had cut the juglar vein. This was but a prelude to an enconnter inure deadly. We re-loaded and proceeded to skin the bear, when our attention was attract- "ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY•" A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1839. ed by a noise similar to the cry of a tur key.—We were then on low ground, and a ridge ascended on each side of us, so that we could not be seen but by per. sons directly on the top of either r idge. This was not the season for turkeys, or we might not have taken further notice o f the cry; but we both instantly stood up, and listened attentively, when the cry was repeated, apparently, just behind the top of the ridge. We were both on our guard in a mo ment, and we were none too soon, for the next moment tw o Indians stood on the top of the ridge. We both fired at the same time, and the small Indian fell, but the other who was of a gigantic make, retreat ed behind the ridge. To gain the top of the ridge was but the work of a moment, where we found the fallen Indian just expiring; the ball had struck on the frontal bone, and passed through his head; the other Indian was not to be seen. Perhaps the reader may accuse me of cruelty, when I mention that I cut of the Indian's scalp, with as much pleasure as an epicure would cut up a turkey; but the unsatisfied hate which then raged within my breast, will offer some apology for that action. Whilst I ran along the ridge, Girty leaped some fallen timer, and ran direct ly down the steep; I soon loft sight of him. I continued my course alono• ' the ridge, with the Edger of my gun set. so that at the shortest notice I might tire. I had not gone far, when two sharp cracks in quick succesion, told me that my com panion was engaged in a fight, and was perhaps already killed; I turned about leaped sonic blackberry bushes, which grew there in profusion, ran for the spot from whence the sounds proceeded. The bushes grew thick and big, and the fallen trees were so scattered upon the ground, that advancing with any kind of speed was impossible. A few moments which appeared as hours brought me to the spot, where I be held a scene which was worthy the pencil of a West, or the pen of a Scott. Girty was a man of herculean strength, and possessed a courage truly indomitable; his opponet, the Indian, who had crossed the ridge, was equally powerful and bold; and here they had just met as I came up. The Indian stood with his uplifted toma kawk; Girty with his knife drawn, and they were glaring upon each other like two hungry panthers. The Indian sud denly threw his tomahawk, but Girty, whose eyes were upon the instrument, as suddenly stooping—it passed over his head, and sunk deep into a fallen tree, where the slender handle trembled for some moments, from the violence with which it was hurled: Much has been written of the Roman Athletce, of their thick 'lckes and muscles, and powerful frames, but few of them, I doubt could have competed with Girty or the Indian. The savage gave a yell of disappointment, and drawing hisknife, sprang upon his • antagonist. I stood with my fingers upon the trig ger of my gun, but they were for a while so closely-locked in each others embrace,' that 1 could not fire from fear of killing Girty. In the scuffle the Indian's knife dropped, and no one but a man possessed of invincible courage would have acted as Girty did at that moment, for he inag nanimously thr<!w down his own and op ' posed the red man, totally unarmed, and invited him to a bout, of what western people term rough and tumble. "Let Into alone and secure those knives and I'll beat him to death," cried Girty, with perfect sang timid. This request 1 imme dif.tely attended to. The Indian's blows fell with powerful force upon the breast of Girty, but did little or no injury; while Girty's thumps were planted lull in the Indian's face, who soon fell to the earth apparently lifeless. Girty now took his knife, and proceeded very deliberatly to scalp his foe, when the savage sprung up on his hands and knees and struggled vi olently to get up; it was his last struggle for the keen kite penetrated his heart. Atter resting awhile and taking the usual token of remembrance from the Indian's head, nie returned to our bear, upon which we found a wall busily employed in ma king a meal but seeing us coming, he con tented himself with a large piece of ficsh which he caught in his teeth and carried off. 'Will you let me have a few articles, out of your store on credit?' asked a new customer ola Quaker merchant. , Well, I don't exactly know. When thee re-sets thy fence in the sprin ,, , does thee set it inside or outside of where it stood before?' 'Why, I set it outside, and clean up the row where it stood' 'Does thee? Well, thee shall have credit in iii More for anything thee wants. Greensboro Patriot. Forget others' faults by remembering your ow•n_ VETO MESSAGE OF THE GOVER NOR UPON THE LOCAL APPRO PRIATION BILL. TO THE iSENATE:& HOUSE OF REPRESEN TATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. GEwrzzainN: The bill entitled "an act making ap propriations to certain turnpikes, state roads, tke, within this commonwealth, and for other purposes," has been presented to me for executive approbation, but as I cannot give that approbation to this bill consistently, with my own sense of duty, I retai' it to the I couse of Representa tives, in which it originated, with my ob jections. It makes large appropriations to the payment of debts of several incorporated companies; to the building of bridges; the limprovement of streams: the repair of va rious turnpike roads; and the building a hall in the city of Lancaster-many, or all of which objects might be perfectly prop er and right had the commonwealth a superabundance of funds. But at a time ' when we are laboring under an existing state debt of upwards of thirty millions of dollars, it does not appear to me that it would be either prudent of proper to bor row money, or tax the people to raise funds Ito give away with so profuse a hand, on improvements, many of which are secon dary at least in character and general im portance-Ifit were only advisable to in crease the state debt for this purpose no, der any circumstances, the present is not a propitious time, aslthere is difficulty in procuring money for existing responsibili ties on favourable terms, and that difficul ty would:no doubt be increased by increas ing the amount required. This bill makes the following appro priations to the objects named,, to wit. to the Hanover and Carlisle turnpike road company, $2,000 Roseburg and Mercer turnpike road company. 2,000 Bloody Run and Hollidaysburg turnpike road company, 5,000 Doylestown and Willow Grove turnpike company, 7,000 Butler and Emlenton turnpike mad emnpany, 2,000 Bald Eagle, Brush and Penns' Valley turnpike road/company, 1,500 Butler and Freeport turnpike road company, 1,500 Downington, Ephrata and Harris burg turnpike road company, 1,500 Brownington, llarrisvilie and Franklin turnpike road company, 2,000 Waynesburg Greencastle and Mei.- cersburg turnpike road company, 3,000 Lewistown and Huntingdon turn. pike road company, 2,000 Hollidaysburg and Pauxatawney state road, 2,000 Indiana and Ebensburg turnpike road company, 1,000 Franklin and M arren turnpike road company, 1,000 Sugar Grove and Warren turnpike road conipany, 1,000 Lancaster and Litz turnpike road company, 5,000 Mechanics' Society of Lancaster, for the purpose of building a Mechanics' Hall, 3,000 Somerset and Conemaugh turnpike road conipany, 5,500 Nlillerstown and Lewistown turn pike road company, 2,000 The turnpike road company from Potter's Old Fort to Water street, 1,500 Johnstown and Ligonier turnpike road company, 4,000 Centreville and Donegal turnpike road company, 2,000 Mount Pleasant and Pittsburg turnpike road company, 2,000 Dillsburg and York turnpike road company, 5,000 Monongahela bridge at Williams. putt, 3,000 Allegheny hedge at Franklin, 10,000 Constructing a bridge over the Swatara at Zimmerman's ford, Lebanon county, 1,500 Somerset and Baldhill turnpike road company, 3,000 Peters Mountain turnpike road company, 1,000 1 Kiskeininetas bridge company at • Saltsburg, 2,000 Stony clack bridge company at Johnstown, 1,300 Lenox and Harmony turnpike road company, 5,000 Armstrong and Curwensville turn pike road company, 1,500 Waterstreet and Clearfield turn pike road company, 1,500 Bethany and Canan turnpike road company, 1,500 Lackawaxeu turnpike road com pany, 1,500 Birmingham and Elizabeth turn pike road company, 3,000 Elizabeth turnpike road company 3,000 Meadville and Titusville turnpike road company, 1,000 Bustleton and Smithfield turnpike road company, 3,000 Pittsburg and Steubenville turn pike road company, 3,000 Pittsburg and Kittaning state road, 1,000 New Buck road from Newtown to Smithfield, 2,000 Grading Flint Hill, 500 Butler and Beaver state road 2,000 Pit tsLurg7and Brownington state road, 2,000 New Castle and Butler state road 2,000 The road leading from the upper meetingshouse in Path Valley, Franklin county, to Shade Gap Huntingdon county, 1,200 State road leading from Concord. Franklin county, to Jas. Camp bell's, Perry county, 8001 Morgantown and Wheeling state road, 3,000 Emlenton and New Castle state road, 1,000 Butler and Graham's Ferry state road 1,000 Waynesburg aad Blackville state road, 1,500 State road leading from the White horse tavern on the Allegheny mountain, to the Virginia state line, 2,500 Rufl's Creek state road, 1,000 Bellfonte j _and Caldwell's mill road, 1,000 Curwensville and Indiana state road, 2,000 Warren and Smithport state road, 2,000 Warren and West Creek state road, 500 The erection of a bridge`over the Lehigh at Salisbury chu . rch, 1,000 Bridge over Little Lehigh at Edle nian's mill, 1,000 The state road from Allentown to Pottstown, 1,000 The state road between Harris burg and Sunbury, 1,000 The state road from Easton to Mil ford, 2,000 To improve the navigation of Big 13ushkill Creek 4,000 The state road from Newport to New Germantown 2,000 The state road from Whitehouse to the Virginia state line 2,000 The erection of a bridge over Cas tleman's river at Lechtv's' ford 2,000 The state road from Steely% Creek to intersect the Coudersport and Olean road 5,000 The state road ‘ from Mercer to the Ohio state line 3,000 The state road from Mifflinburg to Liverpool, &c. 1,500 The Butler and Franklin graded road 2,000 The Brookville and Tionesta road 2,000 The erection of bridge on the state road from Orwigsburg to Reag an's iron works 2,900 To bridges on the Pittsburg and Morgantown state road. 5,000 The road from Middletown to Pitts burg 3,000 The erection of a bridge over the Raystown Branch in the borough of Bedford 3,000 Tile state road from Bunting's to Pittsburg 2,000 The state road from Kiskiminitas to Connelsville 2,000 To make a road round Blue Hill 3,000 the state road from Irish Ripple to Sharon 1,200 The state road from Bridgewater to Ohio state line 1,000 The erection of a brige over Coop er's Rock creek near Peach But tom 500 Repairine. ' bridge over same on the Castle Fin forge road 200 The :erection of bridges over the same stream on the slate quarry road 1,500 The state road from Darlington to the Ohio state line 500 The state road Isom Georgeton to Darlington 500 The state road from Beaver to Lit tle Beaver bridge 1,000 'File state road from New Brigton to Samuel Smiley's 800 The road from Beaver to the Ohio state line 1,000 The stock of the Bridge Company at Centreville 2,000 The erection of a bridge over Blat:klick creek 1,000 The Ebensburg and Stoystown state road '2,000 The state road from Shippensburg to Drake's Ferry 2,000 The state road from Mercer to N ew Castle 2,000 The state load from Petersburg in Somerset county to the clay pike east of Collinsville 1,500 The road from Kiskiminetas Salt work's to the Virginia state line 1,000 The road leading from Robbstown to the Virginia state line 2000 The state road leading from the White Horse tavern to thc Virgin [ VoL. IV, No 32 is state line 2,00 Road from Waterford to Wattburg 600 The state road from ‘Vaynsburg to the national road at widow Grif fin's The state road from Stevens' tav ern to the Clay pike east of Col linsville The road from Elizabethtown to Uniontown The Titusville and Union kills turnpike road company Bridge across the West Branch on the Milesburg and Smttliport turnpike The bridge across the West Branch on the Tyrone state road The state road from Curwensville to East Liberty The state road from Tamaqua to Mauch Chunk The state road from Wm 11. M'Lau ry's to the Sterling and Newfound land turpike road 2,000 The Erie and Warren state road 1,000 The state road from Moutrose to wells borri 1,000 The road leading from Nazareth to the Easton and Wilkesberre turnpike road 2,000 The grading of part of the state road from the city of Philadelphia to the Maryland state line 1,200 The grading of the State road from West Philidelphia to the borough of West Chester 2,000 The road from Landisville to Carlisle 2,000 Clearing out of the Moshannon creek 2,000 The state road from Mount Pleasant to Jos Smith's mill on the Taught °prey river The state road from Milford to the mouth of the Shehold creek 1,500 Erecting bridges over Chester and Ridley creeks on the state road leading from Chadsford to Philadel phia 1,500 The erection of a bridge over Slippery Rock creek, near Atkin's mills 2,000 The state road from Allentown to West Chester 600 The state road from Astinville to El mira 1,000 The state road from Gettysburg to New ville 1,200 The Lake Pleasant road 1,000 The erection of a bridge across the river Schuylkill, called Flying Hill bridge 6,500 The repairing of the [state road from the town of Catawissa to the Cen tre turnpike The erection of a bridge over Muddy creek, near the forge of the late Thomas Coleman In the message which I submitted to the legislature on the 29th day ofpnuary last, I took occasion to communicate fat some length, my views, relative to the system of internal improvements in which this Commonwealth is so deeply embar ked. I will again state in a few words the general /principles, that in my judgment ought to regulate the action of our goy. eminent in carrying that system into effect so far as the same have a bearing on the subject under consideration. The primary object avowed by all de partments of the government in the coin mencement of our system of internal im provemeuts, was to secure to the com mercial emporium, a due portion of the in creasing western trade for commerce, and to develop,: the immense mineral resourc es of this Commonweath, distributed throughout the coal and iron fields in such. exhaustless abundance, and the agricul tu kat productions of her fertile vallies in her interior, northern and western coun ties. To carry this design into operation, the main lines between - Philadelphia and Pittsburg and the Lakes were first under taken, and the coal and iron fields on the north and north west penetrated by the Susquehanna canals. The immediate tributaries of the main lines oporating into mineral deposites, of course from a part of the system, and are necessary to its entire completion. To secure the trade of the western States, & on the north western portion of New York was also an essential object of the found ers of our improvement system. Experience clearly demonstrates the wis doin and sound policy of the undertaking. Had all the energy and means of the Cons nionwealth been devoted to the vigorm prosecution of the system, in its origi simplicity, the State would now be rate caus- Mg the full fruits of our exp!militur , :u ri Pi : the public debt would not tiave be en mei led to its present enormor,s anne In. thawed, however, by u es and councils, the legi slatior . of the State has the has recently tended to distra• atten tion, and to divide th e mear is of the pub lic by the prosecution of va :ions underta kings, unconnected with ,the main • lines, and in many in , ,tances., wholly for the benefit of private companies; thus placing the public means under their unlimited. control, when f.he Commonwealth was al= ready pledged, to apply its resources to the completion of its own liabilities. It sfarh upo as n the unproductive objects. system itself been squandered is manifest at a glance, that just so far as the original system has been departed ftone o I do not mean to say, these objects may not have been of great value to particular sections and particular indHittuals, but the 2,500 1 000 6,000 2,000 2,000 1,500 1.000 1,000
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