Is to have upon you and your family. Re-1 collect, too, that it will have a similar ef fect upon thousands of your fellow citi zees, and thousand of helpless situated like yourself, then east you vote. Some of the Inc is say this Bill cannot pass. Su thay said of the Sub treasury bill two years ago, but the moment Van Buren gut the majority in Congress in its favor, forced it upon the people after it, had been rejected three different times b•. Congress. Re-elect him, and he will de Clare that the people have decided in a ver of the STANDING ARMY, and this bill will be forced through Congress also —Arad then farewell to the Liberty, pros perity anti welfare of oar once hippy cowl try. [From the Harrisburg Chronicle.] HOLLAND'S LIFE OF VAN BUREN The longer, Humbug exploded by Van The Newburgh Gazette brings us the following eloquent letter faom the last of the LIFE GUARDS OF GEN. HASH ING7ON. Let the freemen of Amer-- ca heed the honest warning of this venera ble patriot. Let all who are able to en. list for the war adopt the advice of this !aged veteran and enrol themselves as the Life Guards of the Country. 7o the descendants of Revolutionary Sol d'ers, An old soldier of the Continental Ar- Imy asks for the last time to speak to his countrymen. During the suffering ser vice of the Revolution, I was in sixteen iengagements, and was one of the little ;band who volunteered under Sullivan to 'destroy "the Six Nations of Indians." I was one of that small company selected as i the Life Guard of George 14 ashington-- Ibut two of us are now living. I was at (the to•igh siege of Yorktown, at Valley Forge, Monmouth, and in thirteen other shard battles, and saw Cornwallis surren- Icier to our old General. My service ceas ed only with the war. After all this hard ; 'ship and suffering, in the street when I go out in my old age to see the happiness I have helped to give you, I am pointed at as a British Tory—yes, a British Tory.' may® l have said nothing when I have been told so, but have silently thought that my Van Buren in the hands of a Thinking old General would never have picked out Committee.—ln the letter of the same a Tory to form one cf his Life Guard, nor gentlemen which contains the above quo- would a Tory have suffered what I hovel ry, were two or three more, desiring Van suffered for you. This abuse has been ' Buren to inform them in regard to his shamefully heaped upon one of your old conduct in the New York Convention rel !sldiers because lie is vi hat he was when ative to his Negro vote, and the right of; the war broke out, and what Washington suffrage generally. He declines answer- told us we must always be when he shook ing this question, but refers them to the hands with us as we all were going home. answer of his friends in Albany, tilio I was a whig in the Revolution, have have very considerately saved him the been one ever since, and am one now. trouble of touching upon these delicate As a Whig I enlisted for the whole war, subjects ! Hurrah for Gen Mum.—ib. ' was in favor with the other Whigs of Thos 12111213.TOEMEMLE.1 ' Jefferson, went with the party for James Good and most true—"Go to a Cabin Madtli"n• w 4, in favor of the last war e consisn myvote, mus carousal, if you wish to see the spirit of and ti t b o e t tent is in He is l Whiggery." —Hartford Times. . And to a Distillery, if you wish to see',and was never known wherever lie has theispirit of Locofocoism.—N. H. Pt I. lbeen to take a penny from his neighbor or ladstan. the Government that wos not fairly his. mem moss I W e have trod over the same ground fight ing. for liberty. His father (he was one of us in the Revolution) signed our Intlepen deuce roll, and then we all went out to gether to fight for it, and we prove it was true. Buren hi;welj It will be recollected that some time since a number of gentlemen from Illi nois propounded certain questions to Van Buren, among which was one demanding whether he had "examined Holland's Life of Van Buren, of date 1835, and if. so, whether it was a "faithful and true history of his political opinions." He de dined answering until they should send the book on for his inspection. This they did, and in his answer, which has just beets published in the Globe, he says. "The publication sent to me by Mr. Alexander, is a genuine copy of the first! edition of Professor Holland's work. I herewith return it, with the remark that it was written without communication with line, but contains. as far as it goes, a substantially correct history of my po litical course. I am, gentlemen, respectfully, Your obedient servant, M. V. BUREN, So here ends this ridiculous humbug, got up by a desperate party to screen their /candidate for President from the just odium which his own life has brought upon him. PRESENTMENT Of the Grand Jury of Sevier county Tennessee, Augnst Term, 1840 The undersigned being the members of the Grand Jury for the present to rm, having disposed of the business before them, do not consider that they have dis charged their whole duty to their country until they have noticed the peculiar con dition of their fdlow citizens. In times past, our country had beenl prosperous. The farmer, the manufactu. rer, the trading man, and, indeed, all classes, looked forward with reasonable certainty to a continuation of prosperity, and a reasonable reward of their indus try. But, contrary to the hopes of all, a blight has been brought upon us. The channels of trade seem to be closed. The ft-nits of our labor remain upon our hands Enterprise has become paralyzed, and the aged among us, affirm, that in early (even Indian) times, distress and gloom was not mote appalling, than at the pres ent moment. — This extraordinary state of things callsi aloud fur inquiry into the real ',cause. Viewing the subject for ourselves, we un hesitatingly declare, that the whole blame is attributed to ourselves. That in the state and Federal officers, we have with pain observed a universal disregard for the suffering every where observed, and which can be traced to n source, but a mal—administration of the power commit ted to the hands of our rulers, who calling themselves servants. have become unfee ling masters. To enumerate the abuse everywhere seen and felt, would extend to unreasonable length. Still, while we cannot notice all, so as to particularize, there is one we will not omit. The Executive of our state, .lag K. Polk, instead of being found at his post, executing the laws, and devising means for improving the deplorable con dition of the country, and restoring it to the prosperity it has lost, he, our said Uovi ernor is found ring the . state, con-1 ducting ao electioneering campaign for. the elevation of whets, ami to keep in train the system which is so o ppr e s s i ve , and in power, the Rulers who a,k power at such a price. This we present a!•, a most serious griev ance—s direlectioa of duty in out,. %Om ought to he a high functionary--au emit example of others who may be prompted to do the like; and which, in the end, will prove the overthrow of cur free institu tions. We therefore call for a change of Ru lers, and in the spirit of that freedom which we su much prize, we call upon ev MID to enquire, and as he wishes to Avert the horrors of civil war, that in Na. each and every one will appear a , rite and by means of the ballot-box, take the Change ana licvolulio3 eirectu d. JAMES SEATON, Foreman of the Grand MARK RENFROw, (Jury, MARTIN M. bHULTS, C. MILLS, C. W. HACKER, N'ANCE B. JuSE.PiI REED, - JAC , II 1 . 190 N, A. J. Low , _ Tnomas 1 - 1, OPER, STEPHEN A. UNDER° AVN, LEWIs HOWARD, JoHN Lto/Y.LADY, JOHN nowwrn, Constable. From the Albany Daily Advertiser. A. VJ1 1 ..3E OF '76, It appears to me that this cannot Le the same government that our old soldiers helped Washington to put up here. We fought to have a Government as different from any in Europe as we could make it. Well, we done it, and until lately things have all gone on smoothly and Europe was beginning to get ashamed of the way she made slaves of her subjects by making, them work and toil for seven poor cents I a day and with a Standing Army over them to force them to it. But our Presi-' .lent now tells the people that things have gone wrong since the old war and thdt I •here are twenty three miserable govern- Aleuts in Europe where the Kings wear crowns, the rich purple, and the poor peo' ale rags, that we must fashion after them if we want to be happy and prosperous 11 We had English laws here once and they were the best in Europe, but we couldn't', stand them and we put them under our feet. We used to work for a mere noth ing Om., and we cannot do it again. Wor king for a few cents a day may do for slaves but not tin freemen whose liberty cost more blood than liberty ever cost be fore: why the very first thing that started the old war was the Standing Army the King kept quartered on us; we told him we wanted no soldiers over us in time of peace, but Ile refused to mind us and I saw lord Cornwallis surrender up a part of them to honest George Washington. Our President now proposes to have a standing force—what foi?—Beware. Jefferson never asked for armed men to reelect him or elevate his successor. Madison asked for them only in the time of the late war, and warned the people when he left his office to be careful about . keeping soldiers in time of peace. Our streets are filled with idle men who were active laborers once, when employment was to be had. The men of enterprize who once employed them have been ruined by the government. And now those lion est but unemployed laborers ate told by the government that when they go to work ,again they must do it for a few cents a day —that labor must be as cheap here as it !is among the slaves of Cuba or the slaves 1 4 Europe. Ambition and ignorance on :the part or our government have shut up 'oar shops and stores, scuttled our ships, filled our streets with idleness and bank ruptry, and given no encouragement to the farmer as he looks at his grain. Are . not these things so? You know they are and I have no mctlve in saying what may be false—i am to fat advanced for office or any thing else but death—it will soon oe here. My little pension, I thank you (or it, will soon stop and I go home with the rest of the Life Guards. There is but one remedy oaly fur the safety of the country I have served. Put other men to, stand at the tiller and round the cables, and you will soon be back on the old Con stitution track. General Harrison is honest, he never deceived you and he nev er lost a battle, and the people wont let him lose this. //crept my advice and you all have my blessing—my advice is that all of you become the life guards of the country, and my blessing is that your old age may have less fears for liberty than mine. RENJAMLN EATON. One of the two surviving Life Guards of Gen Washington. Newburgh, N. Y. Aug. 28, 1840. HARRISON vs. VAN BUREN, Mr. Van Buren, in recommending his. JOHN TYLER, Sub• Treasury project to Congress and OF VIRGINIA the People, asserts in his last Annual Message FLAG OF THE PEOPLE . "From the result of inquiries made by Kr A singlFtFrm for thePresideney, and the Secretary of the Treasury in regard the office administer ed for whole PLO. am to the practice among them, I a enabled PLE. andnuoutdtouand convenient r a PA RT . to state, that in twenty-two out of twenty A so , Na seven foreign governments, from obtained, m tawledk CY, adapted to the wants of undoubted information has been ", tional CURRENniform the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN the public moneys are kept in charge of PLASTERS brought about by our presen o RoLar!s. public officers. This concur rence . of spin. Tr 'ECONOMY, administration of public affairs, OMIr, RETRENCHMENT, and RE ion in favor of that systems ms perhaps as FORM in t great as exists on any question of inter- Tired of Experiments and Experi nal administ, ation." menters, Republican gratitude will reward unobstrusive merit, by elevating the i sub ; Gen. HAniersoN, in 1817, when report. altern R Of WASHINGTON .andthure resum ing aslultm the safe anp l th e d.e p e in to Congress a Militia bill, held the ' beaten EFFE s. track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette following language: "In searching for landmarks to guide Electoral Ticket. us to our object, it will be in vain that we JOHN A. SHULZE,I Sen'to'l i dlrect our attention to the modern nations JOSEPH RITNER, Selectors lof Europe. From them we can borrow Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE, c 1 do CADWALLADER EVANS. nothing to aid our purpose. Governments - I do CHARLES WATERS, ; formed upon artificial distinctions in soci- 3d do JON. GILLINGHAM, iety, which estimate their security by the 4th do AMOS ELLMAKER, , inability of their subjects to resist op• do JOHN K. ZELLIN, pression, can furnish a free People with 6th do WILLIAM S. Hlsth 100 DAVID POTTS, ROBERT STINSON, no guides in organizing a system of de- .NDEU, fence which shal be purely Democratic." 7th do J. JENKINS ROSS, Which of these is the true Republican? Bth do PETER FILBERT, 9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD, ...._,_•___ , ....e.. 5 .s 10th do JOHN HARPER, 11th do WILLIAM M'ELVAINE, New Rrason for being a Harrisontnan 12th do JOHN DICKSON, At a picknick recently had in Quincy. 13th do JOHN M'KEEH AN, Mass. by the 14 big young ladies, Josiah 14th do JOHN REED, 15th do NATHAN BEACH, Quincy, Jr. one of the speakers, g ave t he ,! following reason, which are most weighty' 17th do GEORGE WALKER, 16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH, , for beino• o Harrison men, 18th do BERNARD CONNEI LY, • , . -- . .. 'We — addressed his remarks, he said, 'neither to the old ladies or to the middle ,! aged ladies, but to the young ladies.l, There was a large class of unhappy young! men in the country, between the ages of ,19 and 26, who all want to get married, i but could not, because the times were so bad. Now the times would not be any better until Gen Harrison nas elected, land these unhappy young men never could be married until the times were bet ter. Van Buren, like the dog in the man ger, who would neither eat himself nor let others eat, would neither get married nor let others be married. he, therefore urged not only the young ladies, but the young men themselves, to all set their fa ces against such a sworn foe to matrimo ny." 6l ho can resist such an argument as this, especially what young man can re. sist it ? ..----....4004...... -. Farmers Look. The Boston Courier, a leading Van Bu• ren paper thus speaks of farmers. The editor don't like Gen Harrison because he holds the stilts of a plough "A Blacksmith might as well attempt to mend a watch, as a Farmer to Legis late. LI hat mischief is sure to happen when a man born to nothing but the plough tail takes to Legislating." The Baltimore Republican, the leading organ of the administration party in Mar yland referring to Gen Harrison said, "Give him a barrel of Hard Cider and settle a pension of 2000 a year, and our word upon it, he will sit the remainder of his days in a Log; Cabin." L7NHEALTHY SEASON. This is a season of the year when Colds and Coughs are contracted to a greater degree perhaps than at any other period of the year. These predispose the sys tent to Consumption, which the approach ing season is well calculated to engender. There is no greater security against the attacks of these complaints than a pure state of the Blood, a healthy and vigorous action of all the functions of nature ; and to secure this no medicine is more thor oughly calculated than Brandreth's Vege table Universal Pills. The fame of this medicine extends throughout the world, and the immense quantities sold attest the general success which attends their use. Remember, these Pills are not sold get' sine at any Drug Store, either in the city lor country. Dr. B. Brandreth, No. 8 North Bth St. Philadelphia, Pa. Purchase them in HUNTIAGDON, of STE Aar, and only in the county, of agents published in another part of this paper. Remember every agent has a certificate of agency, dated within the last twelve months. If of an earlier date do not put chase. THE JOURNAL. One couniry,one constitution ,one destiny Huntingdon,Sept. 16, 1840. Democratic .Intimasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PR ESIDENT, GEN.WM.H. HARRISON OF OHIO FOR VICE PRESIDENT, 19th do Gr.N. JOSEPH MARKLE. 20th do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE, 121st do JOSEPH HENDERSON, 122 d do HARMAR DENNY, .23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 1241 h do JAMES MONTGOMERY, 25th do JOHN DICK. HARRISON DEMOCRA TIC TICKET. Ass BLY, JOHN G. MILES. of Huntingdon. JOSEPH HIGGINS, of Hollidaysburg C OMMISSIONETI. KENZEY L. GREEN, of Springfield AUDITOR, ALEXANDER THOM PSON, of Barree (j Absence from home is the cause of our want of our usual quantity of edito rial matter. We have got safely back land will go to work next week. Democracy va. Mobocracy. On Thursday evening of :alit creek Mr. Baer addressed a meeting in our town. The circumstance of his coming not being known until Wednesday evening, there was little opportunity to get the news abroad, that the Buckeye would be here. Nevertheless, a very respectable meeting assembled on that evening, and the Black- smith began to "blow and strike." But a few minutes after he commenced, some blackguard, outside of the Couit House, threw a stone sufficiently large to break out not only the glass, but the sash of one of the court house windows ; and the stone passed close by the head of Mr. Ba er. We was absent from home, and knov, but little of the matter, except what we have heard from different sources. Yet we have no hesitation ►n saying, that the individual who would thus under the co ver of darkness assault a perfect stranger, needs but the stillness of midnight, or the silence of a mountain, to "tread in the footsteps" of McConaghy. We know not, nor do we came, who was the guilty 'individual ; yet we trust, in the name of our liberties, such men will not be allows , ed to roam at large, it the clutches of the thaw can find them out. But this is not all ; alter the Buckeye! had concluded, and white passing from! the court house to the tavern, he was! again assailed with stones, one of which struck him a severe blow on the side— and as he passsd on, eggs were thrown i tnto the crowd, and some of our most quiet and inoffensive citizens were meal- 1 ted and spattered with the filth cast at 'them by the mobocrats, who feared that') Mr. Baer might injure the honor of Van Buren. The following extract of a letter, from .Ino. P. Anderson, Esq. will probably tell, l in as deffinite manner as possible, who are the presumed actors in this disgrace ful matter. The writer is attached to the Van Buren party; and as we have learn ed his name was used in connection with Ithe shameful affair, in justice to himself, we cannot give any credence to the charge, when the individual thus censured, openly corrects the error. We give the extract of the letter as it is. We will inform friend Anderson, that we never connect the name of any man with any deed, until we know that he was engaged therein. Huntingdon, lath Sept. 1840. D A considerable row was kick ed up by some of the Locu Focu men or, boys, after the adjournment of the Harri son meeting, which Baer addressed.—• Some stones and eggs were thrown in the crowd, as Geo. Gwin and I were going to the Barber's shop; and Wm. Saxton said they came from the quarter we were in. I afterwards saw Saxton, and lie disclai med having identifird Gwin's name or mine with the dirty business, for dirty and disgraceful it was to interfere in any way with the proceedings of a meeting of the kind ; and I assure 3ou I was sorry that any of our party would so tar forget ! decency as to engage in it. Supposing that in the account Benedict will give of it in the "Journal," he might connect my name with it, 1 deemed it proper to in • form him through you how the report ori ginated. Please show this to him as soon as you see him. * s* Truly Yours, J. P. ANDERSON. The whole of the story we cannot re late, because absent from home ; and we are unwilling to tell any thing we cannot know to be true, even if confidant that it is true. This much, however, we will say for our town—it has earned a name, for disgraceful and outrageous conduct, which every good citizen must regret.— Every Free and good member of a com munity, is bound to guard its honor, as well as his own; and persons who would thus rudely assail a stranger—sr who would even insult him with unmeaning epithets, merely because they did not like the business he was following—see not the fit citizens of any republic ; nor the fit associates of a peace and quiet loving citizen. We E hall say no more, until we find out who the most conspicuous in throwing stows and eggs were, then we will hold up their names to the execration of our honest citizens. See the Difircuee. In Lewistown, on Friday, we listened with more than ordinary interest to the Blacksmith, as he there with his "docu. wen's" poured down such a torrent of "proofs," that he fairly made the bones of Van Burenism shake. Yet, with all this, he was treated with most perfect respect by his political opponents—many of them calling to see him, and seeking to learn of the man's conduct what he was. Again on Saturday we heard Mr. Baer, and again we saw "the diference" between the bitter feelings of party warfare which are engendered and kept alive in our town, and the kindly and neighborly conduct of the people in Mifflin county. On that day the two parties met within a few rods of each other, each to raise a pole; crowds of each party passed film' the other, yet not an unkind, or disres• pectful, or reproachful word was said. Companies from one meeting visited the other; and every thing showed that cor rect feeling predominated over the pas sion of party strife. The Buckeye Blacksmith. On Tuesday of last week, this celebra ted and popular speaker was at Holli• eaysburg, and addressed the friends of Harrison and Tyler. A large number it seems assembled, to listen to his tremen dous hammering of the vices of the Van Buren party. We have not room for the particulars. The way to do it, The Van Buren paper at Hollidaysburg attempts to make its readers think That Baer was a poor ignoramus, calculated to injure any party. Yet nearly four of its columns are used to prove a thing it would have folks think seltevident. TILE TILL POLE Will be raised on Saturday, at 1 o'clock. There will be a meeting held afterwards, —we should be glad to see some of our country friends in town on that day. Mu. Charles J@ a War Ilan declined a re-election in the 3ti. District. The ft higs have nominated Morton M 'M lc ha el . Our Congressman. As we anticipatml, the Conferees have nominated as our candidate tar Congress, GEN. JAS. IRVIN of Centre count•. Once Gen. Irvin lost his election by the negligence of his own friends. Let not this be the case now. Go to work then in earnest. Every man who is opposed to the "Low 11 ages" of the Subtreasury— To the Standing army or the new Gag Law--and to Van Bolen, must begin the good work at once; and every American mechanic and manufacturer who is anxious to preserve American industry and enter. prize, must remember that Gen. Irvin is the candidate who alone dare SUPPORT A TARIFF. Proceedings of the Conference will be found below. Our Seatatoy The Senatorial Conferees of this dis trict have nominated James Mothers of Mitfintown, Juniata County. Our friends all seem satisfied with the nomination. There are but few men who have won fur elemselves the esteem, of th3se who know them, to so great an extent, as Mr. Moth ers. We feel confident he will be elec ted. CONGRESSIONAL CONFERENCE The Congressional Conferees appoint ed for the district composed of the Coun ties of Huntingdon, Centre, Clinton and Mifflin, having met according to appoint• went at Pine Grove on the 11th Septem [her, 'organized by appointing UASH INGTON DUNN, Eeq., of Clinton, Chairman, and L. S. WArrsos of Mif flin, Secretary. Having proceeded to ballot; GENER AL JAMES IRVIN, of Centre county, received a majority of the votes and was duly declared the Democratic Whig can didate for Congress for said district. On motion of George Bossier Esq. of Clinton, the Conferees unanimously re solved, that they pledge themselves to use all honorable means to promote the election of the shove nominee. Resolvrd, That the proceedings be sign ed by the President and Secretary. WASHINGTON DUNiV Fres, 1.. S. WATSON, SLcr7y. Pine Grove Sevt. 11, 1340 SENATortIAL CONFERENCE, Agreeably to previou3 public notice, the Senatoral Conferees of the District composed of the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Perry, Juniata and Union, met at the Court House in Mifflirrtown, on Tuesday the Bth of Sept. 1840. The fel lowing gentlemen appeared, presented their credentials and took their seats as delegates, viz: Perry—John A. Baker, 4- Jacob Loy. Junintu—Stewart Surbett, and Albert Lichenthabe. Mifflin—David Brought and James Brown. linnlingdon—Thomas T. Cromwell, Samuel It. Stvvens and ‘Villiam It. ' !tampon. The delegates from Union county not • appearing, the ge: , tlemen above named proceeded to organize dee conference by lappointing STEWART TUIe'BETT or Juniata President, and John A Baker of Perry Secretary. After an interchange of sentiment ant views between all the delegates present, JAMES MATHEItS, .Esq, of Juniata 'County, was unanimously chosen as tho candidate to be supported by the friend: H of Harrison, Tyler and Reform, in the above mentioned district. Resolved, That the above proceedings be signed by the President and Secreta• ry, and published in all the Democratic Whig papers in this district. S7EWART lURBETI Prce, John A Baker, Secretary. From the Evening Sim'. GEN. HARRISON AND MARTIN VAN BUREN. Harrison is the sun of one ul the signet's of our Declaration of Ind.- pcudenre. Ile was educated by Robert Nlouis, the In mortal Financier of the Revolution. At 19 years ot age he received a commission Ifrom Wrivhiagton, the Father of his Cozen !fry. The sante year, Harrison received the thanks of the Gallant. Wayne, fur his courage and conduct in a desperate battle with the Indians. lii July of the same year he fought the Battle of Grand Glaize, where, notwithstanding his youth, lie was, on account of his commanding and chiv alrous courage chosen by the sagacious Wayne, as aid-decamp, and was by turns in every part ot the field—and such was his bravery, that the Commander, in his general orders, a second time thanked !din for having "rendered the DI os•r ESSENTIAL SERVICE by communicating his orders in every direction, and by his cosine:rut. AND 'BRAVERY ENCOCRACISC TUE TRCOPS TO
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