Pierre roared with rapture and delight,
as well he might. The sly oid campaign
er had thrown into the Seine nothing but
the worthless old pocket book.
Jules did not require his worthy father
in-law's laughter to tell him what meant
the pocket-book in the pie. As soon as it,
was brought out and the lettering read, i
the veteran's ruse was clear. Jules now
enjoys his twenty-five thousand livers id
rent, and loves his wife as much as if she
had only brought him her heart for a dow
ry. As to his scruples, he now says he
ought to have been glad to get Marie, al
though she had been a queen.
Jules is at this day a distinguished and
honored advocate.
AGRICULTURAL.
'Such is the strength of art, rough things to
shape,
And of rude commons rich enclosures make.,
HINTS TO YOUNG FARMERS.—We are
in the daily habit of hearing the casual
ties and misfortunes of life, and particu
larly in the management of the farm, as
cribed to bad luck; and on the contrary,
of hearing the blessings, comforts and en
joyments of life, imputed to good luck; as
though these things were casual. and did
not depend upon the discreet or indis
creet conduct of those whom they befell.
If we will but scan this matter proper
ly, we shall be convinced that our good
and bad luck must generally comes
through our own agency, and that we are
in a great measure left to choose our own
fortunes as far as this mattar is concer
ned. The faithful practice of known du
ties; with due restraint upon our baser
passions, seldom fails to produce good
luck while indolence, extravagance, and
'he lack of probity and good will to our
fellows, are almost the certain precursors
of bad luck. Anil even though our crops
may grow from the exuberant bounty of
nature, and although our patrimonial
wealth may extort for us the fickle ap
plause and sycophancy of the multitude
the pleasures which they afford are utista ,
ble, and are not to be compared with thos
that result from prudent industry and rec
titude of conduct--from a consciousness
of havin4 performed, and performing the
high duties imposed upon us, to our fami
lies, to society, and to our Goa.
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Let us trace some instances of good
and bad luck, and in the business of the
farm, to their palpable causes.
The diligent farmer, who personoally
superintends his own business; who rises
before the sun, sees that his laborers are at
their appointed business, that his farm
stoek are in good condition, his imple.
merits and fences in order, and his work
timely and properly done, is pretty cer
tain of enjoying a good round of good
luck in all his forming operations. lie
will have good cattle, good crops;and
good profits; and if he takss care to bring
up his sons in the way of their father, lie
will have good luck with his family.
On the other hand look at that man who
gossips away a portion of his time at pub
-
lie houses, political clubs, and among his,
neighbors; and who trusts the manage
ment of his affairs entirely to the discre-'
tion of others. and ten to one but you find
him an heir to ill luck that his land is
annually becoming poorer, his crops light
er, his cattle diminishing, his fences and
buildings dilapidating , and his fortune go
ing to wreck. Who does not see in such
a man a fountain of bad Eyck.
Our young readers have most of them,
perhaps, heard of the bad luck that befel
the man who neglected, in time, to get a
nail in the horse ishoe; the horse became
lame, and ultimately died; so that the ow
new lost his horse for want of a nail.
The same bad luck attends him who ne
glects his fences; a rail or a board is
down; the cattle get in and destroys his
crops, and lie is obliged to buy bread for,
his family. The drone too, is generally'
late with his work; he plants and sows late .
--ane suffers the harvest to waste in the
fitld, before his crops are gathered or 11
housed.
The diligent farmer, destroys the weeds
that rob his crops, and the brushes that
uselessly encumber his grounds, he care
fully economises and applies his manures,
destined to feed his crops, and keep up
the fertility of the soil; and he brings the
best portion of it, though naturally wet
and unproductive, into a productive state
by a system of judicious draining. All
these are certain precursors of good luck.
Now mark the farmer of almost inev
itable bad luck upon that farm down yon
der, who, although in the harvest time, is
from home, gone to attend a petty law
suit, in which lie is a party. Look at the
fences, the buildings, the bushes, the,
weeds, the swamps and the crops; at eve-'
ry thing. Du they not all betoken bad
luck ? and speak in language not to be'
misunderstood, that the unfortunate mas
ter is going down hill.
We have one more sug , ,4estion, which
may extend to the lair sex. Idleness is,
the parent of tattle—of mischief. Now
the man or woman who attend ;to their
o wn business as they ought, have no time
i or disposition to intermeddle with the
d,mestle alibis o f oill;crs—they have no,
interest in sinking the reputation of their t h e did not return them as cash collected,,
neighbors—hut would rather raise them to
although he knew it was cash as soon as
their own level. Their habits, therefore,
tend to diffuse good luck to all around called for. Now he presents the order
them.--Cullivafor. for ten years, and pockets all the money . ,
. _ _._ _ instead of giving the State half.
The only thing we regret is, that Mr.
• . , /1 r - 0, 1 ,
..(. '4711. ; ' ) Blair, the county treasurer, did not se
lect all those inure than six years old, and
tell him as he told Crain, they were too old
. l'"
to pay.
' A
THE JOURNAL.
'One country, one constitution, one destiny
limatingdon, Nov. 6, 1839.
Democratic .Intimasonic
CA NDIDATES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN, WK H. HARRISON
I , oli VICE PRESIDENT
DANIEL WEBSTER,
FLAG OF THE PEOPLE!
Kr single term for the Presiency and
the office adminiiitercd for the whole P , EO-
PL E. 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
PLASTERS bromslit about by our preset)
RULERS.
V.ECONOMY, RETRENCHMENT, and RE
FORM in the administration of public affairs,
;Tired of Experiments and Experi
menters, Republican gratitude will reward
unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub
'alters of WASHINGTON and the desciple of
JEFFERSON, and thus resuming the safe and
beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette.
Electorial Ticket.
JOHN A. SHULZE,
JOSEPH RUINER, Selectors
Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE,
DwALLADER EVANS.
do CHARLES WATERS,
3d do JON. GILLINGHAM,
4th do AMOS ELLMAKER,
do JOHN K. ZELLIN,
do DAVID POTTS,
sth do ROBERT STINSON.
6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU,
7th do J. JENKINS ROSS,
Bth do PETER FILBERT,
9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER,
11th do WILLIAM M'ELVAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOHN M'KEEH AN,
14th do JOHN REED,
15th do NATHAN BEACH,
16th do NER MIDDLESWARI H,
17th do GEORGE WALKER,
18th do BERNARD CONNEI,LY,
19th do Gml. JOSEPH MARKLE,
20th do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE,
21st do JOSEPH HENI)ERSON,
22 , 1 do HARMAR DENNY,
z 3d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
2 4th do JAMES MONTGOMERY,
2 5th do JOHN DICK.
Meta Election.
Our readers will see by our advertising
columns, that there is to be an election
held on the 20th of this month to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of W. W.
Potter Esq., Next. week is the week of
the Court, and our friends must act with
activity and energy, if they hope to con
tend the field at all. They must be up
and doing.
Should our friends nominate a candi
date, as they assuredly ought. Let eve
ry man be on the ground. Let every
man, who desires to save our country
from the ruin of Sub Treasurer's, broken
banks and broken faith, turn out, and re
cord his name against the destructives.
Dedication.
The new Methodist Episcopal church
at Manor Hill, was dedicated on the 12th
of October. A large concourse of people
assembled, and listened to a thrilling and
eloquent dedication sermon from Mr,
Bond.
The church is of brick, 60 by BO feet,
with a basement story fitted up for class
rooms. It was erected entirely upon the
liberality of the members of that truly
evangelical denomination. A residue of
debt of $lOOO remained on the day of de
dication, at which time $5BOO was prompt
ly subscribed, and we doubt nut will be as
promply paid.
Let them go on in their good work,
and they will be enabled to say when they
return their talents to the giver of all
good—"Lo: I have gained other five."
The answer is written upon the heart of
every sincere christian.
A Snug Thing.
The old law relative to Prothonatories,
rendered it the duty of tie Prothonatory
of this county, to pay one half of all mo
ney collected above $l5OO into the State
Treasury. Our old fox, honest oath ta
king, and oath breaking Davy, has a snug
way of whipping the d---I around the
stump. Since 1829, he has been presen•
ing the county orders %% hich were drawn
in his 'avor for cost; and cocscquently
The Journal to its Patrons.
Our paper has now concluded its fourth
year. The renegade yankee whose tent
was pitched in this county but for six
months, as our opponents said, is still
here; and it may not be amiss, to call the
attention of our patrons, tc the necessi
ty of complying strictly to our terms.
For fuer years have we lent our unceas
ing exertions to render our Journal wor—
thy of the support of all. No pains, no
expense, has been spared. As regular
as the returning Sabbath, we might say,
has been our publication. Frank, fear
less, and independent ; —we have dared to
censure, in the severest terms, the crimes,
the character, and the conduct, of those
whose wealth, and whose power, was their l
only protection from the execration of an
indignant people. Alike to partisan
friends, and partisan foes, our condemna
tion has been bestowed when merited.
If the people wish well for themselves,
their National Treasure, and character,
they will extend the hand of encourage
►nent, and support to that press which has
independence enough, to beard the lion
of power, in his den; and dare break over
the land-marks of party fealty, to apply
the lash to the misconduct of all politi
cians.
The miserable driveller, who is hand
cuffed to the car of party vassalage,—
whose jaundiced eyes sees crime in every
act of his opponents,—and virtue in every
deed of his friends, deserves no counten
ance from the virtuous among the people.
The party press which pours forth nothing
but fulsome adulation on its party and its
acts, is a st::::Ailinz block in the way of
truth and right. Too common, and by
far too much truth is there in the declara
tion that "there is little else in the papers
but falsehoael; and we say it in sorrow.
If there be any who deserve the censure of ,
bringing that palladium of our rights into
discredit, much of it must fall upon the
conductors themselves. True, there is a
morbid and disreputable feeling among
many, that, that press alone is spirited,
energetic, and interesting, which is spiced
with the vilest charges against character;
the less true, the better; and every column
groaning with its weight of misrepresen
tation, and culum iiy.
Have we been severe'? Has our course
been marked by conduct of apparent per
sonal defamation? we tell it in bitterness
of heart that the people delighted to lion
or those, that to fell the truth of, was to
track their course from infamy to power.
What we have said, we believe to be the
pure and immaculate truth. We have
never, knowingly, stated ,that which we
did not believe; and upon all occasions
where we have found that we were mis•
taken, the error has been happily retrac
t ted.
To our patrons we appeal, to decide, if
such has not been our course?
With these Mcts before them, we feel
assured that we do not ask in vain, when
we demand of our friends not only their
exertions to sustain us, but the pay for
our labors. There are many,—very
many--by far too many, who have not
paid us one cent since our commencement.
To enable us to do as we ought, in order
to:make our paper more valuable, we
should have our pay annually. We do
not ask ►t as a favor, we demand it as right.
We give them all, value received, ten
times told; when we give them fifty two
nnmbers of a paper for two dollars.
There are a thousand ways, wherein a
man is benefited by the reception of a
paper, independent of the pleasure and in
formation derived. To the man of a
family, his children cultivate a love for
reading; and each becomes anxious for its
weekly appearance. They learn to read,
and love reading. To the farmer, the ad
vantages of the advertising columns, are
often worth an hundred times the price of
subscription. Many a farmer has seen a
place advertised in the paper, nod by that
circumstance, alone, became acquainted
with the sale,—purchased it, and cleared
hundreds of dollars, —so with many oth
er things. That paper, which has obtain
ed the confidence of its readers, is capa
ble of much good. The gnat-administra
tion of government, is told in the plainest,
terms, to the quiet and unpretending cit
i7.ol; and, hail the truth been believed by
the people, for the last ten years, the.re
would have been money enough saved,!
which has been wrung from the people, in
the shape of taxes, to have sent a paper,
for the whole time, to every family in this
union.
To our patrons we appeal, confident of
a hearty response. We owe some of them
'such gratitude, and many thanks, for their
•atention and support. There are many,
others, who owe us, not merely that—
but, the price of our toil. May we not To the School Directors of
hope to greet them with our thanks next this County.
week. They shall hare them heartfelt, if There is now in the Commissioners
they will follow St. Paul's p rec ept —, owerffice, a package from the superintendent
no man, (the Editor,) anything.' of common Schools, for the school three-
We have fought in the vain guarb of tors of each district, containing, among
truth, many glorious strifes, but 11011Clother thing, a blank form of the annual,
where we rejoiced more in our exertions, report, which they are required to make'
than the past. We hope to fight one on the Ist. January. They will please to,
snore, for the cause of the people—that send to the office for them.
between Harrison and Van Buren. We
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desire to be ready for battle at the hour of -- — 4
1 EDITORIAL SUMMARY.
need. Will you not bid us god speed. 1 _____
I The three living electors of Thomas
The Philadelphia Collector. Jefferson, in New York, are all Whigs.
Even the Loco Foco papers, have giv- We immagine Loco Foco logic would de
en over denying, that Fritz has robbed nource them all Federalists.
the State of about forty thousand dollars
Their vocation is falsehood; but, the thing
It i s said t hat the Van Buren Govern
is too plain; they have stopped denying itthing
ment are about to send to Cuba, to pur-
chase blood-hounds, to hunt the Indians
and have commenced singing hozannas to
in Florida. Is this the refinement of
cause, they say, he has sued the surities
the praise of the Attorney General; be-
American warfare? If it be true that
such is the spirit of Van Burenisin, we do
of the collector. The truth is, the plun
der party have began their labors; and, not wonder at their encouragement or
"
now you can hardly take up a paper that dog-keepers" in our State
is not exulting, simply, because a report
that another collector was minus too, has
been proven not true. It was reported
that the collector at Columbia, had took a
leetle of the State's funds, and the report
got into the papers; and, now, because it
has turned out false; even our county pa
pers, say, when they mention their mis
take, that it is an "opposition slander re
tracted;" thus trying to cast discredit on
the veracity of the anti-masonic press.
Is there any better evidence of a man's
candor, and honesty, than his willingness
to retract an error ? No—and those pres
ses, alone, deserve support, that will do so.
Now the "Keystone" asks much credit]
for the Attorney General, because, he has
prosecuted the surities of Fritz, and at
the same time it says, Joseph Ritner is a
'defaulter in $60,000, this, if true, is noth
ing to the credit of the Attorney General.
If Ritner has robbed the State; why not
prosecute him? he shall find no defender
in us. Sue him, Mr. Ovid F. Johnson, as
you did Porter's collector,— Sue him and
recover the amount —he is worth it; or no
body will believe that your story is true.
The "Standard" tells the same tale,
that Ritner is a defaulter, but, the collec•
tor at Columbia is riot. It may all be true
but is not the whole truth a little more ?
has not Fritz lobbed the State of money
enough to make him rich. If Ritner is a
defaulter, why does not your attorney sue
him ? You all know it is a downright
falsehood, manufactured out of the raw
material, for a veil to hide the robberies
of your uwn partisans. Let them sue
old Joe al:d recover the money they say
he owes, before tl;,,ty charge him with be
ing a defaulter.
.1 word of Prophecy.
We said on other occasions, and we
say it again, we lay no claim to the title of
a seer, but that which we see written as
plainly in the future, as the transcribed
history of the past, we 'feel as if we hadtan
undoubted right to advert to it.
Perhaps there has no one thing, which
has called forth more of the sophistry and
falsehood of our opponents, than the ex
penses of repairs on the canal last season.
So much are they addicted to missrepre
sentation, that cannot tell the same tale
twice alike. Before the measures were
taken to mend the breach above town, and
during the time of its reconstruction, all,
of the papers attached to the Van Buren
party, in this county, (and it was reittera
ted throughout the state,) said not less
than half a million of dollars, would be
requisite to repair it. It was done with
three hundred and eighty thousand dol
lars. Since that party have got into pow
er, they have investigated the expense,
and they unblushingly say, that two hun
dred th . ousand dollars, has been plunder
ed by the state officers. If this be true,
then the whole or actual expenditure was
only $lBO,OOO, to perform what they said
would take $500,000. Were they fools
or knaves then, or are they both now?
But our present purpose was not to draw
any comparison of the past.
We now venture to predict that the ex
penditure of money for the repairs of the
public works, exclusive of increased offi
cers, and increased salleries, will exceed
the amount alma year including the ex
pense of the "great break"--and the
money plundered by the oflicers--that is
including the 8380,000. We call the at•
tention of the people to this thing, andl
when the report of expenses is made, we
will tell the people how near we are right.
It will assuredly be the case, unless they
pay no claims and thus keep out the a
mount from the report. Remember what
we say, and if it proves true, ask your
selves, you Porter democrats; if this is
the reform you sought.—Your retrench-
Mont and reform, will more than double
the expenses of the public works.
The U. S. Gazette says the Canal Pack
ets stop running on the 12th November.
'The editor says he speaks by authority.
The New York election commenced
Mast Monday. The National treasure is
now in New York, trying its gold to car
try the State. We hope it will tail.
The New York banks still continue to
pay out specie. Their officers say they
are impregnable. Our cotemporary of the
U. S. Gazette says, that either the laws,
the banks, or the merchants must be bro
ken. We shall see.
Large quantities of flour have been
!ihipped for England. This is right, if
brother Jonathan owes old Jonny Bull,
why let him take .ome of his products,
especially when he needs it. We should
be very happy to accommodate some of
,our debtors in that way.
..Indignant Freem Cut" seem to be pro
vided for by the State authorities of Ma
ryland. Nine of the rioters who took th e
law, and a cudgel into their hands at the
same time, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, have got their sentence. Seven to
the penetentiary for 16 years, one 18, and
one 10. What would have been the tate
of those at Harrisburg, had not Judge
Porter screened them from trial?
A report has been current that Gen.
Jackson was dead. It is not true; and
we hope that he may live to see the end of
his "experiment"—and to repent of his
'humble efforts" to better our currency.
The Ohio papers say their banks are
ruined either way. Their Governor must
recommend ' , mutual forbearance."
To COOD TO LOOSE.—A Loco Foco bank
hater in the city of Vicksburg, was spend
ing a portion of his time cursing the bank
of that place, because he could not get
rid of its paper money. 'Tell him," said
the officer of the bank, "to pay his note,
which was protested a month ago, the
notes shall be received at par."
Report says, that the merchants of
New York are now and then going to the
wall. A letter writer in the U. S. Gazette
says, two failed yesterday, and there oth
ers must go in spite of fate.
The Loco Focos have a majority on
()int ballot in the Ohio Legislature of 4.
An Umbrella, 64 feet in circumference
and 12 ft. high, has been made at Bristol,
England. It was made for some of the
African Kings, to protect him from the
sun. He must be afraid of tanning.
A husking frolic, took place in New
Hampshire. A farmer suspecting that his
corn was not only husked, but carried
away, went to his barn and found two
sturdy fellows husking "to keep." lie
proposed that they husked the whol e heap
for him, or he would expose them. Like
cautious fellows who were willing to take
care of their ears, they husked the whole
before morning.
Civilized England still follows the bar.
barons practice of branding. A London
paper says a private of the Fusileer
Guards, was branded for desertion, at the
Tower.
HYMENEAL.
•7'he silken tie that binds two willing hearts.
MARRIED — On the 17th ult., by
the Rev. John Glinger, Mr. DAVID
SPECK, to Miss MARY DEAN, both of Hun
itingdon county.
OBITUARY
"In the midst of lye we are in death."
DlED—Suddenly, in Union township,
on the 20th of October, Mr. ZACHARIAIt
LovE,ALL, aged about 70 years.
In this Borough, on the 26th ult. after a
short illness, MARY, wife of Wm. H. Law,,
Esq. of Norwich, Conn., in the 34th year of
her age.
Host. fl W. Potter.
It is our painful duty to announa the
death of this individual. He *as tll6
member of Congress from this distticet
and was a distinguished and eminent law
yer. His own enduring application had
placed him with but few equals, and no
superiors in our section of the State. He
has been suddenly summoned before the
bar of that court, where the sophisms and
special pleadings of the earthly courts
avail not. He has gone down to his grave
in the prime of manhood ; and at a time
too, when we feel satisfied thLt his con
stituents needed his influence, industry
and energy, in the National Legislature.
Proclamation.
W HEREAS, the Governor of the Com
monwealth by a writ to me direc
. ted, bearing date the 2nd day of Novem.
ber 1839, commanding me to hold an e
lection in the county of Iluntin. ' dun on
lJ ednesday the 20th day of November
inst., for the purpose of choosing a Repre
sentative of this ',commonwealth, in the
' !louse of Representatives of the United
States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of William 11. Potter Esq.,
who was elected in the fourteenth district,
' a member of the twenty sixth Congress.
And, whereas, I am required to'give pub
lic 'notice of such election. 1 Joseph
Shannon, Sheriff of said county of Hun
' tingdon, do therefore, hereby, make
known, and give this public notice, to the
electors of said county of Huntingdon,
that a ,5 per.ial Election will be held in the
said county on Wednesday the twentieth
day of November inst., for the purpose of
voting for, and electing one person to rep
reser.: the said(fourteenth distric, in the
said twenty sixth Congress, and thereby
fill the vacancy which has happened as
aforesaid; in the several districts compo
sing said county, in the following order:
Ist District composed of part of Hen
derson township, west of the line begin
ning at thence, west so far as to exclude
the farms owned by Michael Speck and
the heirs of James Kelly, to Mill Creek,
thence up the said creek to H est town.
ship line, thence along the said line to the
line of Mifflin county, and also a part of
Porter township; and all tint part of (tal
ker township not in the 20th district, at
the Court House in the Borough of Hun
tingdon.
2nd District composed of Dublin town
ship at the house of Mathew Taylor, jr. to
said township.
3d District composed of Warriorsmark
township and parts of Tyrone and Antis
townships, at the house now occupied by
Christian Buck, in Warriorsmark.
4th District composed of the township
of Allegheny, at the house of Jacob Black
sth District composed of that part of
the township of Itsodbury, not included
in the 6th district, and part of Morris, at
the house of ,Chris. Hewit, in ff illiams
burg .
6th Diatrict composed of all that pat
of If oodbury township, laying south of a
line to commence at the line of said tp.
on the summit of Tussey's mountain,
thence to run westwardly, so as to include
the house of Joseph Everhart, and south
of the house of Aaron Burns, John Ditch,
and Peter Sorrick, so as to include the
power mill at Piney creek, and thence to
the line of said township on the summit of
Canoe mountain, at the house of Casper
Uellung, in said township.
7th District composed of the township
of Hopewell, at the house of David Si
monton, in said township.
Bth District composed of the township
of Barree, at the house of John Horper,
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 District composed of that part of
Antis township not included in the '2nd
district, at the house of John Bell in An
tis township.
11th District composed of,Porter and
Dart of Henderson township, at the school
house in the town of Alexandrio.
. .
12th District composed of the townthip
of Franklin, at the house formerly occu-
pied by If in Lytle.
13th District composed of 'fell town
ship, at the Union school house near the
Methodis meeting house in said township.
14th District composed of Springfield
township, at the school house near Hun
ter's Mill.
15th District composed of part of Urn.
on township, ht the house formerly occu
pied by L. 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
t he village of Itozhiliy.