•rnor's order, and the rumors assumed the complexion of the political parties who originated them. I had been informed by . General Patterson, that the persons who' were to have removed the rails were pre vented from so doing by the interference' of some of the officers of the volunteers themselves, who represented to them the injury that would result to their friends from the execution of such an intention. Question by Mr. Barclay.—Please to state whether you had any conversation with any of the Van Buren members of either branch of the Legislature as to what the Van Buren party, or any portion of it, designed to do in order to prevent the troops under General Patterson from reaching Harrisburg) Answer.—On the 20th of January last, I called to see Colonel M'Elwee, a mem• ber of the House of Representatives from Bedford, on some public business, at his lodgings in the evening. He was undres.' sed and about to go to; bed, but entered into conversation with me on the subject of my business; in the course of which he referred to the character of the volunteer troops from Philadelphia, who bad been IS service in the preceding month of De cember at this place. He spoke very la vorably of them and said that it was well for them that so many or them were Demo orals, as otherwise they would never lived to have reached Harrisburg. He then stated that on the announcement here that the troops from Philadelphia would obey the order of the Governor and would march for Harrisburg. It was agreed by Emelfand two or three other s whom he did not name, to prevent their arrival at this place at all hazards, supposing at the moment that as the troops belonged to Philadelphia, they were all Whigs and favorable to the State administration. To carry out this agreement, he said it was determined to remove a few of the rails on the rail road at the most dangerous part of et, and also to form a mine under this exposed part, to be filled with gun powder, so that in the confusion which would arise from the train of cars con taining the troops being overthrown by thus running of the track, THE MINE M'GliT BE SPRUNG AND THE WHOLE BODY OF THEM BE BLOWN INTO THE AIR TOGE. THE R! For thus purpose he himsell had purchased three barrels of gunpowder, and said that he had paid f irty dollars out or his own pocket for the purchase. To convince me that he was serious in what he stated to have been their design, he further said that his associates therein were men of tried courage, and having been officers of the army during the last war know how to execute the project they had conceived. This design was aban doned b' them in consequence of inform having been received subsequently to the purchase of the gunpowder, that the troops then on their route from Philadel phia were not all of the same political par ty, a large portion of tl em belonging to the Democratic party, to which Cut. M'- Elwee and his associates in this design also belonged. He further said that it was to this circumstance alone that the arrival of the troops from Philadelphia at Harrisburg without injury or loss, was to be attributed. The design was abandon ed because it would have been impossible to have aeperated the Democrats from the Whigs in its execution, and protected them from the danger of the explosion. A. J. PLEASONTON. . COL. PLEASONTON, in explanation. I deem it proper to state to the commit tee, lest some persons might suppose that I had been instrumental in causing my testimony on this bubject to be adduced, that I have never mentioned this conver sation before my examination to-day to any but to one gentleman from a neighbor ing State, who was casually here in at tendance on public business. and with whom I was in the habit of daily inter course. IVhen on the eve of his departure from Harrisburg, he incautiously repeated the subject of his conversation to a member of the Senate, and mentioned my name as that of his authority fur his statement. That Senator caused me to be subpcentied as a witness before this committee. %1 hen I learned fur what object I had been thus subpoenaed, I declined to give my testi mony until I had stated these circum stances to Cot. M'Elwee. This I did this morning. Col. M'Elwee made no objections to my giving his conversation in evidence, and accordingly I have an swered the questions which the commit teetai e . proposed to me. • • A. J. PLExSONTON. BOOKS! BOOKS! grj.ENTLENIEN having bartowed the following books, viz: Alice, Kett's Elements, American Constitution, Life of General W. H. Harrison, Gummere's Surveying, Bonnycastle's Mensuration, Sketches & Sermons, Lacon, Gent. Med. l'kt. Book, Report of the Supt. of Com. Schools, and Third Report of the State' Geologist; are requested to return them immediately to M. H. MILLER, Huntingdon Septotnber 25,1839. Notice , I F John Grcgery, who is presumed to l , be au elderly wan, and supposed to reside somewhere iu the North. Western, part of Huntingdon County, will call at my Office in the borough of Huntingdon, with proof of his identity, as may be re it* be will receive information of ',doe to him. DAVID FLAIR. 1859. and Union townships meet, thence by the' line between the townships to a point on said line, nearly opposite John Caufman's so as to include his farm, thence by a straight line to Hopewell township line at Forshey's Gap, on Terrace mountain, thence by the use of Hopewell and Union townships, to Bedford county line, thence o said place of beginning, shall hereafter be a seperate district, and the electors hereof shall hereafter hold their general dections at the house now occupied by J. Henderson in said district. 22nd District composed of that part of West township on the south-east side of IYarrior ridge, beginning at the line of West and Henderson township, at the foot of said ridge to the line of Barree township; thence by the division line of Barree and West tewnships to the sum atilt of Stone mountain, to intersect do line of Henderson and West townships thence by said line to the place of begin ning. shall be a seperate election district, will be held in the said county on the to be called "Murrey's Run district," and SECOND TUESDAY IN 00 FOBER, that the electors therein shat hold their next (being the Bth day of the month), all general elections at the house now occu- The severer districts composed in the fol• pied by Benjamin Corbin. un Murrey's lowing order, viz: Run. Ist District composed of part of Hen- 23t1 District composed of Cromwell 'derson township, west of the line begin- township, shall hold their general elec ning at thence, west so far as to include lions at the house now occupied by Win. the - farms owned by Michael Speck and M' Carrel in Orbisonia. 'the heirs of James Kelly, to Mill Creek, 24th District composed of all that part thence up the said creek to West town- of Frankstowit township, Icing east of the ship line, thence along said line to the following lines viz: Beginning where the Brushfine of Mifflin county, and also a part of Allegheny township line crosses the Porter township, and all that part of Wal- run, thence down said run, thence down, ker township not in the 20th district, at the Beaver dani branch of the Juniata toy Hun- the Forks above Lowry's mill; thence up the Court House in the Borough of tingdon. the south fork of said run, to where the 2nd District composed of Dublin town- great road crosses the same, leading from ship at toe house of Mathew Taylor, jr. Hollidaysburg to the Loop, thence a in said township. straight line to the Woodbury line on the north end of the Cove of Loop mountain, 3d District composed of Warriorsinark township and parts of Tyrone and Antis shall hereafter be a seperate election dis townships, at the house now occupied by trict, and the electors thereof shall hold Christian Buck, in Warriorsmark. their general elections at the house lately occupied by David Ditch in the 4th District composed of the township of Allegheny, at the house of Jacob Black. Borough of Frankstown. sth District composed of that part a seperate of. 25th District composed of the town the township of W oodbury, not included ship of Blair constituting in the 6.h dist. and part of Morris, at the-election district to hold - their election, house of Chris Hewit, in. Willjathillreg. ttherefore.at the public school house in 6th District composed of all that parti Hollidaysburg,. of Woodbury township, laying South oft At which time and place will be elec a line to commence at the line of said ted, township oft the summit of Tussey's moun tain, thence to run westwardly, so as to include the house ofJoseph Everhart, and ' south of the house of Aaron Burns, John Ditch, and Peter Sorrick, so as to include the power mill on Piney creek, and thence to the line of said township on the sum• ;nit of Canoe mountain, at she house of Casper DePing, jr. in said township. 7th District composed of the township Id Hopewell, at the house of David St monton, in said township. Bth District composed of the township of Barree, at the house of John Harper, in the town of Salesbury, in said township. 9th District composed of the township of Shirley, at the house of John Lutz, in Shirleysburg. 10th D,strict composed of that part of Antis township not included is the 2nd district, at the lulus:: of John Bell in An tis township. 11th District composed of Porter and part of Henderson township, at the school house in the town of Alexandria.' 12th District composed of the town ship of Franklin, at the house formerly occupied by William Lytle. 13th District composed of Tell town ship, at the Union school house near the Methodist meeting house in said town ship. 14th District composed of Springfield township, at the school house near Hun ter's Mill. 15th District composed of part of Union township, at the house formerly occupied by 1,. S. Laguard in said township. 16th District composed of that part of Henderson township not included in the Ist District, at the public school house in the village of Roxbury. 17th District composed of that part (.1 Tyrone township lap!). * east and south of the following described hounds, begtoing' it the bridge opposite the paper null on Spring Run, thence along the road to the house of Joint Clark, the south of the house of the said Clark, and the house now erected at Tyrone forge, to the Alai-. townst ip line, at tne house of James 'Crawford in Tyrone township. 18th District composed of Morris town ship, at the house of Frederick Kuhn in said township. 19th District composed of part of the township of West. at the school hgpse on the farm of James Ennis in said reWnship. 20th District composed of those parts of the townships of Hopewell and Walker in the county of Huntingdon, within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning at Hartsock's Gap in Tussey's mountain, thence down Gardner's Bun, so as to in clude ti house of Mathew Garner, taape Bowers and George Brumbaugh; Mlle in a straight line through Forshey's Gap to the Union township line, thence down the same to a point opposite David Car bin's, thence down on a straight line, in eluding the house of David Corbi3, to the corner of Porter township, on the 'fun thagdon and Woodcock Valley road; thence along the said summit to the place of beginning, shall hereafter be a seperate election district, and that the general elec tion for said district be held at the house occupied by Jacob Magahy, in the village of McConnellsburg. 21st District composed of that part of the.township of Union, In the county of Huntingdon, now comprising the town ship of rod. beginning on the lineof Bed. Itord county where the line of Springfield Proclamation. WHEREAS, in and by an act of the General Assembly of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled .Aii act relating to the elections of this Com monwealth, enacted on the 2nd day of July, 1839, it is enjoined on ►ne to give public notice of such an election to be held, and to enumerate in such notice, what officers are to be elected, f, JOSEPH SHANNON, Sheriff' of the county of Huntingdon, do therefore hereby make known, and give this PUBLIC NOTICE 'o the electors of the said county of Hun tingdon, that a GENERAL ELECTION Tif 0 PERSONS To represent the couto.y of Hunting don in the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. ONE COMMISS'ONER For the said county. ONE AUDI7OR To settle the public accounts of the said county. ONE PERSON To fill the office of Coroner of said coon ONE PERSON To fill the office 4 Peotliono'ary, Clerk of 'he Courts of Q tarter Ses,ions, Oyer and To , miner. ONE PERSON To fill the office of Resister of wills Rrcor.ler of deeds, and Clerk of the 0, - phans' Cow t. . . And the Sheriff of every county in the Commonwealth, is directed by the said act of Assembly, to give notice, . "That every person, exce:aing justices of the peace, who shall hold any office or appointment of profit, or trust under the government of the United States, or of this State, or of any city or incorporated district, whether a commissioned officer or agent, who is, or shall be, employed under the legislative, executive or judici ary department of this State, or of the United States, or of any or incorpo , tacit district, nd also, that every menwer of Congress, and of the State Legislature, and of the select or common council of any city, or commissioners of any incor porated District, is by law, incapable of holding or exercising, at the same time the office or appointment of Judge, In Spector or Clet k of any election of this commonwealth, and that no Inspector, Judge, or other officer of any such elec tion, shall be eligible to any office to bx• then voted fur." By the said act it is directed, that the qualified citizens of the several election districts shall meet oil the Friday next preceding the second Tuesday of October next, (to wit the 4th day of October 1839) at the several places now prescribed lt,? law for holding district and township elec tions, and each of the said qualified chi shall vote by ballot tits one person as judge, and also fur one person as Inspector of election,—and the person having the greatest nutnber of votes for Judge, shall be publicly declared to be judge of Elec tions ; and the ttol pe. ao ,a having the greatest number of votes fur Inspector shall be publicly declared to be Inspectors of elections. The Constables of each township and district are required to give at least ten days notice, of the time and place of hold ing the election of Inspectors &c. And the election of said Inspectors and Judges, shall be conducted by the officers hereto fore required by law to hold the elections of Inspectors and Assessors, in the sever al townships in this Commonwealth.— And the same shall be• conducted in the manner heretofore prescribed by law. The said elections ter Judges and Inspec tors, are to be opened between the hours of eight and ten o'clock in the forenoon, ly a public proclamation thereof, made by the officers appointed to hold the sanie, and shall be kept open until seven o'clock in the afternoon, when the polls shall be closed the number of votes forthwith as. certamed, and the persons highest in vote' publicly declared to be elected. In case the person who shall have re .eived the second highest number of votes for inspector, shall not attend on the day of election, then the person who shall have received the second highest number of votes for judge at the next preceding election, shall act as inspector in his . place. And in case the person who shall aave received the highest number of votes) for inspector shall nut wend, the person] elected a judge shall appoint an inspector in his place ; and in case the second per son elected a judge, shall not attend, then the inspector who shall have received the highest number of votes shall appoint a judge in his place; and it any vacancy -hall continue in the board for the space of one hour after the (tine fixed by law for the opening of the election, the qualified %titers of the township, ward or district, for which such officer shall have been elec ted, present at the place of election, shall elect one of their number to till such va cancy." "In case any clerk, appointed under die provisions of this act, shall neglect to attend at ally election during said year, it , shall be the duty dill?, inspector oho ap pointed said clerk, qualified as aforesaid,' who s. all perform the duties for die year. I And the return judges of the respec 'five districts are required to meet at ti e Court house in Huntingdon, on the Fri- day succeeding the second Tuesday in October, then and there to perform the duties enjoined upon them by law. Given under my hand at Huntingdon, the 11th day of September 1839, and of the independence of the United States the sixty-third. JaiEPII SHANNON, Sheriff. [God save the Commonwealth.] 3 1 113 T 111110111373 1 0 4 A l the New Store of B. E. 4- W. McMurtri:. 36) Pitces of Splendid MERI. A.r OES• 32 PiPrei of Splendid CAST ;NETTS. A large variety of Fancy S'utwls, an l extensive assortment of Fall floods. The whole, of which, will be disposed of cheap B. &W. kIcMURTRIE. Sept 25 1839. 51, SHERIFF'S SALE, BY virtue of a writ of Reel Foetal and Vend tioni Flrporuts, to we di rected, will be exposed to Public Sale, on Tuesday the first day of October next at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, 'at It intiester Furnace& Orblaonia, in Cromwell n.ton chip Iluntiugdotz County, the following articles viz: Several lots of Blooms at different places amounting to about 14 tons; about 85 tons of Pig metal, three TCaITIS of five horses each; one team of six horses; one team ofsix mules with their wagons and gears; a quantity of store goods; a large quantity of iron ore, and charcoal, a number of horses, two mules, tools and other articles necessary in car rying on a Furnace and Forge. Seized and taken under execution as' the property of George W. Pennock and Jacob Pennock, and to be !sold by JOSEP'I SHANNON, S'lcrf. Sheriff's ()nice, limiting. don, September 19th 1839 ORPHAN'N COURT SALE IN PURSUANCE fan order of the Orphan's Court of Huntingdon county, will be expos.. d to Pub is Sale on the premises, on Saturday the 26th day of Oc tober, n:xt, at tine o'clock P. M., all the interest of Jane M'Williams, late ..f Weq moreland county, deceased, lain toe ' vided third part of a certain tract of rand,' situate m Henderson township, Huntingdon, county opposite John Armstrong's law!, near Miller's Branch, adjoining lands of Alexan-I M'Connell, John Fee, jr. and Isaac Arno tape; containing faur handled acres, with the appurtenances. Terms of a le.—One half of the purchase money to be paid nn the confirmation of the sale, and the residue in one year thereafter, with interest, to be se cured by the Bond and Mortgage of the pur chaser. Attendance will be elven by DAVID SNARE, Trustee, DAVID BLAIR, Attorney, be' ternber 25, :839. ORPHAN'S COURT SALE:. rN PURSUANCE of an oilier of the 0 phan's court of Huntingdon cou .ty, will be exposed to Public Sale on the premises, on Saturday the second day of November next, at one o'clock P. M., a tract of land situate in Tell township, Hun tingdon county, containing fifty acres "ore or less, a few acres of which have been clea red, and cultivated, late the property of Andrew French deceased. Terms of sale, one third of the purchase money to be paid on the confirmation of the sale, one third in one year thereafter, with interest, to be se cured by the bond and mortgage of the pur ' chaser, the remaining third to be paid on the death of the widow, the interest to be paid yearly and every year, to he secured by the hood and mortgat e of the purchaser. attendance will be given by JOHN BLAIR, ' Guardian of the minor childred of Andrew French, deceased. DAVID BLAIR, Attorney. September 21, 1839, THE JOURNAL. . One country, one constitution, one destiny Illaintittatlost, Sept. 25. I 539 Democratic.l"li,nasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PR ESIDEN T. GEN, WIC, H. HARRISON lUii VICE PRENIDEAT DANIEL WEBSTER, FLAG OF Tiaii—ii,EOPLE-1 Oz A single term for the Presidenev, and the office I dministered for the whole PEO IPL E. and not for a PAR I Y. 1 1- 7 -- A soma!, uniform and convenient Na. ltional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants cf Ithe whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN PL AS I ERS brought about by i.ur present RULERS. 47.ECON01111r. RETRENCHMENT, and RE IFOF DI in the administration of public affairs,, 0 - Tired of Experiments and Experi• menters, Republican gratitude will reward unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub-1 altern of WASHINGTON and the desciple of JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe and beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette. j Electorial JOHN A. SHULZE,&WWI I JOSEPH RIMER Selectors Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE, 2d do CADWALLADER EVANS. do CHARLES WA I'ERS, 3d do JON. GILLINGHAM, 4th do AMOS ELLMAKER, do JOHN K ZE.LLIN, do DAVID Pol' IS, sth do ROBERT S lINSON, 6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU, 7th do J. JENKINS ROSS, Bth do PETER FILBERT, 9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD, 10th do JOHN H RPER, 11th do WILLIAM M'ELVAINE, 12th do JOHN DICKSON. 13th do JOHN M KEEII AN, I4th do JOHN REED. 15th do NATH ‘N BEACH, 16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH, 17th do GEGRGE WALKER, 18th do BERN HD CON NE' LY, 19th do Gitt4 JOSEPH MARKLE, 20th do JUSI ICE G.FORDYCE, 21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON, 221 do HAR M Ali DENNY, 231 do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 24th di J MMES MON I'GOMERV, 25th do JOHN DICK. co thrry TICKET, FOR PR OTHONOTARY j a mem st ee l, of Huntingdon FOR It KG I•T KR AND 12 Ref) R DER• John Reed, of Morris ASSEMBLY. John Morrison, of Shirley tp. Joseph Higgins, of Hollidaysburg SHF.RIFF, 'John Brotherline, of Hollidaysburg COMMP , SIONER Joshua Roller, of 'Williamsburg AUDITOR . John Skier, of Warriorsmark tp. CORONER James A 111 1 Cahan. of Blair tp V..rtlur Subscribers roust bear with u:. a week or two more, when we will be ens. bled to give them our arc tionmed vat iety. The "Aritncute"tiays we defend the conduct of those who cut the State flat loose—hilly Mu , —yoa are crazy ! You want us to tell you all we know about it. We will, just to please the child. Our knowledge is entirely infer ential, but you are perfectly welcome to l it. We are lead to inter that the flat (came loose in the following manner. has been chasing the " Giraffe" up the tow path, and because it held its head to high for him to put the brittle on, he has run down to the old flat and cut the rope off, that he could "come the real African," and throw a lasso or noose over his tall head--or i'. may be that he took the rope to hang the "man a'&'h the rker," in case he should puke his "ugly mug" into his company; and we really think that we could make out "prc6able cause" for the interence. The "Adouc ►s out at last against the election ►of Canal Commissioners.— Remember this reader, if Patterson and Massey are elected to the Legislature. they are pledged to oppose the election of a Canal Board by the people. Yet they claim to be the Democratic Candidates. la that Democracy which says the people are unfit to choose their own officers 1 Re member this; and h hen you go to the polls put in your votes for Morrison and Hig• gin., and the rights of the people, and you may he sure you vote the Democratic ticket. The others were never Demo- crats in their lives; and their opposition to electing Canal Commissioners, shows that they never will be. Go to the polls and vote for the election of your own officers. A GOOD JORE...—The "Advocute" their county Convention nominated a t! , et. Now every man in this county, kn.' that D. A. Porter •nominated the cat • dates for county officers; and what is en their convention dared not nominate I other persons. The people can itumag how very disenterested the writer must when he is the candidate himself for It ister—and he says he is honest and ca pable. How modest; we really wish old military election boxes could tell th tale,—They 'could say, "aye honest, In est lago !" The Testimony. In the last "Advocate" is publisiv, what purports to be the testimony of sc eral individuals, as taken by the Audit General. NYe shall attempt no defen of such wicked fabrications,- IVe tell t peopl3 of this county, that, so far as t cases of Messrs. Stee: and Whittakc are concerned, they are vile and palpat LIES. They are nothing like, their tee• mony as given to the Inquisitor. Th are the coinage of a diseased brain at , a malicious heart. Any of our citizens either party, who are desirous of knowir the truth, can see the copy certified L the clerk; and as given to Mr. Whittakr and Mr. Steel, by Dr. Espy himself, b calling on either of those gentlemen. Vi have seen the copies , and know what w say to be true. In the cases of the °the witnesses, it is fair, and reasonable to sup pose, the same malignant vil hfier, has bee, at woe k, and they are undoubtedly. equak ly, false. The military election held last weak t i l l elect a General in the place of D. R. Pa l i ter; we understand was calculated to bi, used to elevate the little general. One those gentlemen so eloquently describet . : by Hallock Whose head of brains are not particular ly full ; What Paulding's muse would call a cab bage Head. Perhaps not exactly a licabb age head;'. but, at least, considerably affected by the .'cabbage leaf." W e have learned, that the officers declared by their votes, that it, would be too extravagant to elect a"seven hundr,d and fifty dollar breast p i n" to( that office— l hat his glory had departed! , that cabbage leaves were good for kraleto4 but made pour military officers: Rightl;. a'aut etce ! march ! said the gener-I al—and home he came, sighing, "ipmnoll a candidate"—well, well, you way once;l1 but, if we recollect aright, you watt only a candidate. The Loan taken. After months of begging, and cringing, the State has at length effected the loan on the improvement bill, of 82,034,00; and, honest reader, wig du you think has come to the relief of beggared Pennsylva nia? Who do you think the Loco &mu Bank haters have finally coaxed into their favor and good graces, sufficiently far to obtain the money, to keep the wheels of the old waggon moving? Why nothing else than that old people hating monster, The U. S. Bank. To her, monster as they say she is,—unauthorised, unconsti' tutioual, and aristocratic, as they have al ways proclaimed her, they have gone, and on their knees have they begged her, to cave their character and credit. She has done so, and for another time has Penn llvania been saved from insolvency by this Institut ion. Reader, when this bank was chartered, you can well remember the curses, .this same G wernor Porter heaped upon her head;--she was a hydra,—a monster with a thousand heads—awl each with an ap petite sufacient to eat up poor Pennsyl vania at a meal, at least so he and his pa rasites said—yet to her, has this, same part) gone, and begged of her to help them rob the tax payers of hundreds of thousand d dlurs. She has done so; and the Keystone," the secondary organ of Porter (the Iron Grey tirst)-,says that it was done against the wish of Stevens, Dickey, and Penrose. Only a few month s ago,and this same paper said she was the otlvring of these same men, and owed no allegiance to any others, How altered their tune. But yesterday their slave, and to-day their master. What do you think of it? say you honest Locos,—we would lain believe there are some such among you. Are you ready to stop your abuse of the monster? are you, ready to say now she is the tool of Stevens, Dickey and Penrose? or are you honest.enough to admit that, your party have made you their dupes—made you abuse the bank— and now they use her ; and for the price of her joining - your party. they give her upwards of $400,000 clear money, all
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