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AG ENTS.
The flunlinzrion Journal.
Daniel Teague, Orbisonia; David Blair,
F.sq. Shade Gap; 11,njamin Lease, Shirleys
buri; Elie! Smith. Esq. Chilcottstown; Jas.
Entriken, jr. C'efr.e Run; Hugh Madden,
Esq. Springfield; Dr. S. S. Dewey, Bir
mingham; Janus Nl. , rrow, Union Furnace ;
l:thn Sister, Warriar Mark• James Davis,
tr,sq. West township ; D. H. Mnore, Esq
Frankstown; Eplt. Galbreath, Esq. Bali
dayabure; Henry Neff', Alexandria; Akron
Burns, Williamsburg; A. J. Stewart, Water
Street; Wm. Reed, Esq. Ma••ria township;
Soloman Hunter. Acre Mill; James Dysart,
Mouth Spruce Creek; Wm. Murray, Esq.
itraysville; Jnhn Crum. Manor Hill; Jas.
F. Stewart, Sinking Valley; L. C. Kessler,
Mill Creek.
LIVER COMPLAINT.
This disease is Ciscovered by a fixed ob
tuse pain and weight in the right side under
the short ribs; attended with heat, uneasi
ness about the pit of the stomach;—there is
i n the right side also a distension—the patient
Loses his appetite and becomes sick and troll
hie with vomiting. The tongue becomes
rough and black, counzcnance changes to a
pale or citron color or yellow, like those t af-
Meted with jaudice—difficulty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with dry caugh, dif
ficulty of laying on the left side—the oedy
becomes weak, And finally the'disease termi
nates into another of a more serious nature,
which in all probability , is far beyond the
Lower of human skill. Dr. Harlich's com
pound tonic strengthening and German ape
'lent pills, if taken at the comMencement of
this disease, will check It, and by continn
img the use of the medicine a few weeks, a
perfect cure cure will be performed. Thou
zsands can testify to this fact.
Certificates of many persons may daily be
seen of the efficacy of this invaluable medi-
Tine, by applying at the Medical Office, No
19 North Eight street, Philadelphia.
Also. at the ytore of Jacob Millef, who
s agent for Huntingdon county.
TREATMENT.
The principal objects to be kept ln view
are Ist, to free the stomach and intestines
fom offending materials. 2cl, to improve
tile tone of the digestive organs and energy
of the system in removing noxious matters
feirri the stomach, and obviating costiveness.
''intent drastic purgatives should he avoided
and those aperients should be used which
net gently, and rather by soliciting the per
stalic motions of the intestines to their regu
-1 trity of health, than by irritating them to a
laborious excitement. Where is no medicine
'better adapted to the completion of this than
Dar. 0. P. HARLICH'S GERMAN APERIENT
I' ILLS. T. improve the functions of the de
tilitated organs and invigorate the system
generally, no medicine has ever been so
prominently efficacious as DR. Harlich's
Compound rank Strengthening Pills, whose
salutary influence in restoring the digestive
a‘rgans to a healthy action, and re-establish :
lug health and vigor in enfeebled and clvs
petic constitutions; have gained the implicit
confidence of the most eminent physicians,
.nnd unprecidented public testimony. Re
-member Dr. Harlich's Compound Tonic
:Strengthening Pills, thay are put up in small
packets with full directions.
Pi incipal office for the United States, is
:No. 19 North Eighth street Philadelphia
-where all communications must be addres,
.secl. _
Alin for sale at the stare if Jacob Miller,
,who is agent for Huntingdon County.
IItIEMWATISM.
Entirely cured by the use of Dr. 0. P.
lich's Compound Strengthening and Ger
man Aperient Pills.
Mr. Solomon Wilson, of Chester co. Pa.,
afflicted for two years with the above 4.5-•teessing
•teessing disease, of which he had to use his
-crutches for 18 months, his symptoms were
-excruciating pain in all his Joints, especially
%vt his hip, Shoulders and alleles, pain increas
,pg al ways towirds eyeing attended with
'heat. Mr. Wilson, was at ta-e time not able
to move his limbs on account of the pain be
ing en great; he being advised by a triend of
his to procure Dr. Harlich's pill of which he
slat to the agent in West Chester and pro
oared sam; nn using the medicine the third
stay the pain disappeared end his strength
increasing fast, and in three weeks was able
An attend to his business, which he had not
.done for 18 months; for the benefit of others
tnnicted, he wishes • those lines published
that they may be relieved, and again en
joy the pleasures of a healthy life.
Principle offize, 19th North Bth Street,
•plidadelphia.
etso.,-For sale at the Store of Jacob Mil
k" Wtevtingdon, Pa,
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t-RNAL
POETRY.
TIPPECANOE RALLY.
TUNE- "Old Rosin the bow."
Ye jolly young Whigs of the nation %
And all ye sick V anocrats too,
Come out from among the foul party,
And vote fur Old Tippecanoe,
COOR US
And vote for Old Tippecanoe,
And vote for Old Tippecanoe!
Come out from among the foul party,
And vote for Old '1 ippecanoe!
Old Tip is the mmi who can beat them,
And beat them so easily too;
They see that we'll surely defeat them,
Like the Indians at Tippecanoe,
He'll run the United States over,
And then on to Washington ge ,
For the White house is ready and open,
For the Hero of Tippecanoe.
They say that he lives in a ..cabin,"
And that he drinks •'hard cider" too;
But their's one thing of which we are certain
He's the,Hero of Tippecanoe.
They call the old veteran "granny,"
Which they may quite easily do, }
For he "delivered" the prophet of many,
At the battle of Tippecanoe t
And at Meigs and the Thames fie was ready
His skill as a "granny" to show,
For the British then found him as steady,
As the Indians, at Tippecanoe.
The country now needs a good ..gt army"
To ..deliver" her safely yuu know.
And there's none who can do it so easy.
As the %fro of Tippecanoe.
Then let us hurrah far the soldiee,
Who has fought for us all brave and true,
You can't find a wiser or bolder . ,
Than the Hero of Tippecanoe,
NEW CO MC SONG:
Timis—..licy, come along, Amy
Corn listen to me and I'll sing you a song,
Which I promus you shall not be long,
And I know you'll bay it's a fust-rate thing
And dis is the tune dat I will sine,:
Hey, cum along, pin along, Josey.
Hey, cum along, jim slung Jo.
I spose yott know de Whigs nett till
Aro gwoin to stop de Loko ball;
Gin'rawl Harr'sin he too strong for Martin,
And the lexsltun will beat him sartin:
Hay, corn along, jim along. 30503'i
Hey cum along, jim along jo.
De spilers say dey will no hab him
Kase how he lib in a log cabin;
But de people say dey do not kere,
He shall hab de white house 'fore a year:
Hey, cum along, Etc.
De Lokos say he drink hard cider,
But dey only spread his fame de wider;
And dey may ober dere shampanc
Make fun ob him, but it's all in wane:
Hey cum along &c.
Yes, let urn laf and call him granny.
But it's well for you my little Vanney,
Dat he draw de Nuns and British far
While yen were talking 'gainst de war,
Hey, cum along &c.
And as de enemy den flew
At Megs, at Tames, atTippecanoe,
Sf , he will make de hirelings ru•m
When he is sent to Washington:
Hey cum along, &c.
De fox will den wid a sheepish look
Sneak back to de hole in Kinderhook;
And de leg- ti easurers will make tracks,
As if de debbil was at dere backs.
Hey, cum along, &c.
And he who at 'Cumsey pull de trigger,
Whos wire was cousin to dis nigger;
Ellen dat wont save him, for the nashtm
Say dey not for amalgamation.
Hey, cum along, &c.
"\Vhite man, white man werry unsartin,"
"How you off for sope," my d srlin Martin;
Next March de log cabin boys wit shout,
'Does your anxious mammy know your out?'
Hey, cum along, &c.
And now gentlefolks I bid you good—bye.
Dont let de Lokos tro chalk in your eye;
And when to de city de Gin'rawt yeti bring,
Dis nigger will be dere nil ready for to sing,
Huy, cum al mg, &C.
"ONE COUNTRY, 01Iill CONSTFTUt/ON, OEN DESTINY.*
A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1840
Col Johnson's Opinion of Gen
Harrison after the "War•
IN CARP AT ST. MARY'S, Oct. 6, 1812
"Sgt,—ln behalf of the officers and
seldiers of the first battalion of mounted
riflemen from Kentucky, now honorably
dismissed from the public service, by
your order, after having served the time
required by the proclamation of the Exe
cutive of that state, I am requested to
state we
. eannot leave the army under
your command, without expressing the
confidence we feel in your exertions in
your country's cause—and having again.
L I (by serving the period for which we en
rolled ourselves,) become citizens, we
feel a satisfaction in expressing our high
approbation of your conduct as a man,
and your unremitting exertions as tll
commander-in-chiel of the North westel
army. Next to having obeyed the call
et duty and honor, in serving our much
injured country, we feel the highest satis
faction in having obeyed the orders of a
commander who knows his duty, and who
has capacity and firmness to execute it.
Whatever may have been our confidence
heretofore, in your military arrangements
and as a friend of your country, we never
should have known the value of your ser
vices, had we not beer, eye witnesses to
them. Discharged by your order, and a
bout to return to our friends, we have
but a few moments to express the regret
with which we take leave of you and the
patriotic army under your command.
'chat regret is however lessened, upon a
conviction that you have at this time suf
'ficieut forces to effect the great object of
your aptiointinent, and the crisis which
demand the mounted riflemen have been
met by their exertions; without which con
siderations, we could not have left the ar
my, although our horses are worn down
with fatigue; in fact, many of them lost
to us forever. May the army under your
command continue their march to glory,
to honor, to fame, to victory. May their
arms and their vettr avenge the hloud and'
wounds of their injured country. May
they immortalize themselves by showing
that they are. worthy of defending the
cause of their country, of independence,
and of freedom. And may you, sir, con
tinue in their confidence as expressed by'
them, and administer to their wants as
you have done: And may you survive
the glorious conflict in which you are en.
gaged, to behold the rights of a Republic
,firmly maintained in war and in peace;
and to receive the plaudit of your coun
try in having been one of the distinguish
ett warriors in their support.
"Your friend and servant,
R. M. JOHNSON"
To Gen TI /h. 11. Harrison.
rrom the Madisonian
Economy of Mr. V. Buren/s
Administration
Hiring the night on which the discus-I
sion of the Sub-treasury bill was brought
to a close in the Committee of the wl,ole,
Mr. Proffit of Indiana, made a speech of
great ability and effect, which we hope
will be given to the public at length.
There was one passage that presented, in
a most striking mariner, the unparailell
ed extravagance of this Federal atdininis
tration, and the hollowness of all its pro
fessions of economy. We now publish
this part of the speech, and call the at
tention of our readers to its statements.
They may be startling, but they are true.
Mr. Proffit said that the honorable gen
tleman, from Georgia, Mr. Cooper, hail
spoken of Mr. Van. Buren's recommenda
tions of economy, Mr. P. said that he
was willing to allow that the President
had made professions of economy, but the
question here was, has he practised on
those professions? Mr. P. said he would
read a statement of expenditures made
by Mr V. Buren, which statement he (Mr
P.) had placed in the hands of the Chairs
man of the Committee of Ways and
Means ; previous to that gentlemen ad
dressing the committee, with a special re
quest that he would refute the statement,
if it was erroneous• This, the chairman
hail neglected to do, and, therefore, Mr.
P. telt it his duty to read it. Sir, said
Mr. Proffit, I charge upon NI r.Van Buren,
that he has expended over arid above all
the accruing revenue of the Government,
since he came into power. Twenty-sev
en Millions Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars, and has run the Government in
debt five millions more, and now 1 will
move it.
The act providing for the distribution of
the surplus revenue directed that on the
lot day of January, 1838, it should be dis
tributed, retaining in. the Treasury 0,-
000,000.
There was, in fact, retained
upwards of $6,000,000,
bat 1 place it merely at $G,00&,000
given by Bank of
United States for U. S.
stock owned in said bank
three of which bonds have
been collected by Mr V.
' Buren, G,000,000
The :fourth instalment of
surplus revenue directed
to be distributed to the
State;, and withheld by
act ul Congress ►n Octo
ber, 1837, which money
was in the Treasury, up
' wards of 9,300,00 G
Bonds for duties due be•
tore 1837, and which
wore extended on ac
count of the great tire in
New York, and which
fell into the receipts af
ter Mr. Van Buren came
into office, about 6,000,000
If we regard the $2,000,-
000 Treasury notes as
paid, which were out
standing at the opening
of Congress, and which
haie not yet been called
in, then we must charge
Mr. Van Buren with the
lately authorized issue
of treasury notes 5,000,000
$32,300,000
Mr. Van Baren, then, has expended
ourr and above all the accruing revenue,
the sum of twenty-seven millions three
hundred thousand dollars, and run in
'debt rive millions more, making the a
mount of expenditure beyond the income
of the Government, $32,300,000.
Now, suppose, sir, said Mr. P., the pill,
lie cotters had been empty when Mr. V.
Buren came into office, and could he
have laid his hands on nothing but the reg
ular income of the Government from itn
portstand public lands, what would have
been „I.ll' present condition? 7'hin'y two
millions in debt. How keg, sir, could
WP wand this without direct taxation?
Mr. V- Buren has been in office a little
more than three years, and has expended
852,500,000 of capital besides our regu
lar income. Should he be re-elected, he
will in eight years; at the same rate, have
expended over and above the accruing re•
venue„ upwards of SEVENTY ONE
MILLIONS. This, sir, is economy, beau%
tiful I r •aisetvorthy economy !I!
The force of Character.
A STORY OF REAL LIM.
About the year 1820, a family made its
appearance in an interior town, among the
hills of upper Georgia, consisting Oa new
ly married couple from New England,
whose characteristics soon awakened a
deep interest in their wel fare, and a desire
of their society, in the hospitable, social,
and educated community, among whom
its lot had fallen. The, gentleman had
gallantly honored his country's flag and
commission during the then recent war
with Great Britain, and at its close, con
summated a cherished attachment by mar
rying a young lady whose fortune had
been ipite peculiar. The young officer's
father was a retired clergyman; his moth
er one of the best in heart, and most hap
py in the ancient region where all had
originated. Ihe lady had been born un
der her father-in-law's ministry, but with
drawn by domestic misfortunes to a resi•
dente in a neighboring city. 'lore she
had, by personal manual industry, helped
to comfort a pious but disconsolate father;
and by cultivating her taste for music,
vocal and instrumental, acquired many
friends, some distinction, and incidental
advantages.
The profession pursued by our young
emigrant, iii his new location, levied upon
all his energies and time. The enjoyment
of the many proffered attentions of their
neighbors was necessarily devolved upon
his young and lovely wife. She had too
bland a heart to be intlifferent.sto such
friendship on the part of strangers; and
her musical taste was extensively devo
ted to the gratification of these' warm
hearted neighbors. From twenty miles
around, the carriages of the opulent far•
mers ware sent for the use of the inter
esting new housekeeper; and many a
planter's family will long remember the
jocund circles attracted to their residence
during the visits of the lovely wife of the
gallant New England soldier.
Ton or a dozen years thus rolled away,
and our beloved friends found themselves
surrounded by sonic six or eight fine chil
dren, the eldest of whom were daughters.
Meantime, pecuniary losses, excessive
labors, and corroding cares, had worn
deeply upon the health of him, who had
better endured the activity and exposure
of spirit-exciting military campaigns.—
His venerable lather, left in New Eng
land, had been bereft one after another of
his sons, lilt this one was all he had to re
ly on, far the solace of his old age. Be
loved sisters, an accomplished step-mo
ther, and many early friends and endear
ed connections, all concurred in the de
sire to induce the return of the sojourners
from their distant settlement, and a change
of ell& ate had come to be deemed indes•
pensable to the recovery of our friend's
health.
To those who had not visited or seen
this interesting family, cr the gentleman
and lady, since they left, in the bloom
of youth, the Bind of their fathers, it was
lan imposing scene presented on heir re
turn, surrounded by half a dozen or more
children, who had been born and raised
amid the warm sun of Georgia, and under
the influence of her social institutiOns.—
'The oldest daughter might have been ten
veers old—several others under that age.
To the household of the venerable divine,
the return was an occasion of joy and
gratulation. The first glad greetings thus
passed, a preparation for business resu
med the thoughts of the son. He hastily
availed of an offer which promised suita
ble remuneration of his efforts, lout which
could only be secured by giving an en
dorser on his paper. To this his father
readily affixed his signature, which never,
during a long and varied life, had been
doubted or dishonored. A debt of some
fifteen hundred or two thousand dollars
was thus incurred, of which all the family
felt that their common homestead was
pledged to the payment. The business
embarked in was prosecuted with vigor.
Every energy was tasked to ensure its
success. But events soon proved that
our friend had been too sanguine, proba
bly too credulous ; and a total loss el all
his labor and capital involved three gen•
erations in irretrievable pecuniary ruin.
This was a change in the condition and
prospects of our friend's and his father's
family, for which previous events had not
prepared them; but its effects were more
dreadful to the sensibilities of the proud
spirited officer than to him and them, who
had more a:custotned their minds to the
contemplation of religion. He who had
never shrank from the blaze of an ene
my's artillery, sank in the feebleness of
debilitated health before the prospect of
losses, so disastrous not only to himself,
and his own dear wife and children, but
to a father and mother of threescore and
ten, and to several fond and affictionate
sisters. The idea of breaking, becoming
bankrupt, compounding with his creditors,
never entered his mind; his notions of
honor and religion would have scouted
the proposition. The debt tritest be paid
—and the venerable sire would have it to
discharge. _ _ _
„,
Of course, much consultation was held,
to devise the ways and means. In all
this, the firm and resolute tone of the
young molter shone conspicuously. She
was not to be daunted nor discouraged.
She had a plan to propose, by which her
self and her daughters, little girls of eight,
to a dozen years old, could stay the en
croachment of a sheriff. "Father should
not pay their debt:” They could work;
and labor could earn money.
Six miles from their residence was one
of the most flourishing manufacturing
towns in New England. Her proposition/
was that they would remove thither; she
would go into one of the corporation
dwellings and provide for boarders ; the
children should go to work in the factory;
the husband should obtain employment as
a journeyman at the trade of his early
youth. No remonstrance of sensibility,
no misgivings of delicacy, no suggestions
of honorable pride could dissuade her from
her effort. The spirit in which the reso
lution was conceived, and the energy
with which it was proclaimed, awed into
silence those who had the mere natural'
right to select the course to be pursued ;
and from thenceforth our fair friend was
to become the heroine, if not the head, of
the whole family, and all its enterprises.
A removal was effected—a dwelling
was obtained—boas dere were secured.
The tender and delicate Georgia misses
commenced their labors as "factory girls."
The father found employment for his
hands, which served, in some degree, to
relieve the anguish of his heart. The
mother was every where—in spirit if not
in person—directing, cheering, invigora
ting all the operations of the family.--
\ Viten the deep toned factory bell sent
torth its first peal, she and her household
were on the wing; and at once from her
doors issued forth the throng of sprightly
females to superintend, for another long
day, the clattering operations of the cot
ton-mill machinery. When the hour for
a meat arrived, its measured moments of
participation were not diminished to her
hurried r e,nests ; but quantity, quality, and
punctuality, were • all attended with a
cheerful and jocund deportment. At
night, when the juvinile family retired
from their respective labors, and returned
home to their crowded rooms—supper
passed, and books, music, or a visit to
some lecture hall, occupied the remainder
of their evening.
A year or two had thus passed away,
when the writer of this narrative addres•
sed a letter to this family to learn their
position and pi aspects. The reply, con
jointly written by husband and wife, sta
ted in dollars and cents the earnings of
each member of the family, and its eg-
pirnoLP. Noh 247.
gregate result, together with the amrunt
of the debt already liquidated, and a cal
culation of the time it would hake le eman
cipate themselves, parents and children,
from their pecuniary embarrassments. It
was an epistle worthy a Neckar, a Mora
ris, or a Franklin! When subsequently,
he for the first time is hie life visited the
residents of a corporation boarding house,
he was equally surprised and gleddereil.
to find its tables and shelves stocked with
books; and not the daughters only, but
some of their industrious associates. em
ploying most of thejr pittance of leisure
in choicely selected reading. The tolling
of the factory bell, awakening him in the
morning, had saddened his spirits, as it it
hail been the knell of an execution ; and
the rustling under the window of his hotel,
of those slender juviniles, as they hurried
away to their diurnal drudgery, aroused
all the sympathy and sensibility of his na
ture. But when during the following day
and evening, he was permitted to contem
plate the quiet, patient industry of these
children of his friends and countrymen
contrasting with the outbreaks of discon
tent, and clamor of idleness, elsewhere
beheld—and especially when at even tide
he sat at the supper table, or conversed at
the fireside with these contented, modest,
and intelligent young females, he surren-
Aered forever his prejudices against a
species of industry which, till thee, he
had not deemed consistent with republi
can virtues or American liberty. Reli
gious, moral, and intellectual cultivation,
domestic comfort, and progressive thrift,
were all visible in this family ; and the
nunoi ous school houses, lecture rooms,
and churches, about the whole town:pro
claimed their enjoyment by its whole com
munity.
A recent visit to this interesting family
has furnished the writer en opportunity
of beholding the results of their integrity,
courage, fortitude, self-deuial, industry,
and perseverance ; and of contemplating
a lesson of virtue which he prays may
never be lost on himself, and deems to
be worthy of recommendation to all the
children of misfortune. The father is
well established in a substantial business,
every appurtenance of which has been
paid for in pert by the labor of his chil
dren. A son has become old enough to
have contributed his share towards the
common prosperity, and now to be enjoy
ing the iostrsctions of one of those best
ornaments of a New England city or vil
lage, a first rate public school.' The eld
est daughter, after years of toil in a facto
ry, has attained a thorough education in
all that is usually taught in our best fe
male seminaries; and it now acquiring
those ornamental accomplishments which
will soon fit her to become useful at the
head of some academic institution, or to •
' confer, like her mother, refinement on
some favored social circle. Three other
sisters, each of whom has contributed
years of labor in the cotton mill—copses
cutively, or alternately at work and at
school—are now also enjoying the best
instruction in all that can fit them for the
best circles of society. The debt has been
paid. Their residence is well furnished.
And when, a short time since, a new and
first rate piano was Wanted, the money to
pay far it was worked for and earned—by
these examples of a gone by generation of
females. Nothing is bought which can
not be paid for—nothing sought, which
will not be substantially useful. Several
little juviniles, too young to work, are
kept at school. The boarding house is
not yet surrendered—hut is still carried
on, as if to perpetuate lessons of economy
to its young inmates—and of
courage to a numerous circle el
tanre. The incomparable mother, a..+
unrivailed energy laid the foundation •••
this revived prosperity, she, too, lives—,n
the enjoyment of the affection and respect
of all her household, offspring, and ac..
quaintance. Occasionally she indulges
her old friends with a brief visit—or re
vives their happiest recollections by those
sweet strains of melody, anal and instru
mental, which a more modern taste may
be well cnnted to equal, but to tlic lovers
of "a old long syne, will never be able to
excel. Would delicacy permit the reci
tal, incidents could be supplied to this
brief narrative, further and more elo
quently illustrative of this heroic family.
AN •PT ItEPLY—in one of the lalest
days of Fox, the conversation turned on
the comparative wisdom of the French
and English character. "The. Frenc
hman," it was observed, "delights himself
with the present, the Englishman makes
anxious about the future; is not the French
man the wiser?" "Ile may be the mer—
rier," said Fox; "but did you ever hear
of a savage who did not buy a mirror in
preference 19a telescope?"
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