LIST OF LETTERS remaning in
the 01`1•,
tab
SCI'S to tl.. G.,t1.,1 1' , Nt OtEr.•
'IS k] .:. ', t
tCr, ill Cl.:, ni• 1.:, t.:111 tub ilat,'.
Chilcott Ile,jlmin Mirtir, A foirew
Coder,Simou M,•lsit. It, ti rt
Cinch Mary M.,,re Wi di ,ni Esq.
Dougherty John McDivit lgtiii, in
Ewing Thins Mi,ruhigstar %dam
Emly Anthony H. *Nusbaum Victor
Eisen Josiah Orlady Martin
Fink Jonathan Pollitt Samuel
Goleker William Patterson Mary
Goss WgAnn Rosseseler Rowlen
Hinkle Philip Robison Joseph
ilik
Houseboiikr Reim ind George
Heifner Peter , Rumbaugh Wm. M.
Holmes heriiy .. . Shriner Daniel M.
Huyett Jacob G. Shaver Catherine
Hi..tfield Mr. Snow J cob
Homes James F.sq. Stees Charles
Hay Inn, & Elizabeth Shannon George
Joseph Jones Sweeny George
Kendig John 2 Stils R. & T.
Kinsm, n John Smith Simon
Kyler George Smith Andrew
Lyons Mary 2 Williams Wm. Esq,
Malone John Wray Dougl.lll3
McFadden David Wallus Miller
Maher Patrick NVilliamson Jane
Wharton S S. Esq.
1. DORL AND, P. M.
April 1, 1841.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in,
the Post Office :At Alexandria, Ist ofl
April, 1841. Kurtz Jacob
Armstrong Thomas Murrells Andrew
Bucket Frederick Myers John
Brown Robert Miller John
Barr William McCoy William
Bisben John Murrells Robert
Bucher Conrod Murrells William
Burk William Oldham Isaac
Brown Lenh Patterson Carens
Corter Philip Piper Philip
Cresswell Robert' Porter John 3
Dearmit Barnabas Riley Richard
Davidson Jane no Spvker Samuel
Davis Benjamin Smith George H.
Everett Alexander Shorter Thomas
Earl John Dmiel S on David
Feighthom Augustus an John
Gilliland James • Peter
Grove Jacob Woods• Catharine Mr,
Hurrancane Jacob Wike E. W.
Johnstown Al , x'r. Wilson Rnlyert
CHARLES PORTER, P. M.
Alexandria, April 1, 1841.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in '
the Post Office at Mill Creek, on tli
Ist of April, 1141. Lane James
Ash Mary J. Miss Long John
Concubine Henry Metz John Esq.
Collenhine Abraham Numer John
Dell Archibald Nippes Daniel
Gray William Rybolt Tobias
Hampsnn Miller 3. Rupert Samuel
Hawn Mrg't T Miss Taylor John J.
Jones M. Waddle Mary A Miss
Jones Enos M. Wr.,y Douglas
R. PLOWMAN, P. M.
April 1,1841.
Hvehleios Cheap Hardware'
Establishment,
0. 9, Nr , rth sth St. a few doors from
Ma-ket St., where he off.•rs for sale,
BUEHLER'S C.ELEBRA*I & WAR
RANTED CRADLING. AND GRASS
SCY rHES. Also warranted 1 - I,y and Ma
nure Forks, Steel Hoes, &c., with a general
„assortment of Hardeare and Nails, which he
offers low far cash or credit, to country mer
chants.
Philadelphia, April 7, 1841.
PORT AGE IRON WORKS.
AND
?fan ffactovv,
JOHN BINGHAM and GEORGE W. M'• l
Bann having associated themselves will)
M'Namar & Royer, in the Portage Iron
Works, situate at nuneansville, Hunting.
don county, Pa. for the manufacture of
IltON, NAILS AND SPIKES
and doing a general business, inform the
Public that the business will be conduc
ted under the grin of M'Bride, Royer,
Bingham &Co., who would be thankful
to their friends and the Public for all
favors.
All description of Iron, Nails & Spikes!
se the best Juniata, kept constantly oil
hand.
Merchants and others can he supplier
to any extent un the most advantageou,
ter ms.
For the benefit of the public, produce l
generally as well as
GEN. W. A IRRISON.
It is with feelings of niore than ()Mina.,
I ry sorrow that, we inform our,readers, that
past night's mail brought the distressing'
'intelligence, that General Harrison is 'nil
Imore. His career of earthly honor closed
on Saturday night at about 12 o'clock.
What a National calamity He that
`snatched
so loved and so honored in life to be
Isnatched away from a confiding people
( ere his glorious task was begun,—cut oft
when that people seemed to be leaning
upon him as the sheet anchor of their hope
to preserve our National honor and glory.
An over ruling Providence has so diree•
i ted, and it is our duty to bow in subinis•
'sion to that will, without a murmur; for it
is written, the "Lord gave and the Lord
bath taken away,
DISSOLUTION. ) Much loved, and much regretted sol
dier and civillian,—Rest thee. Earth
THE Co-partnership heretofor exis. * knew no brighter honoi s than were thine;
ling under the firm of Carman & and the world of spirits can find no brigh-
Yocum in the Blacksmith business, was
this day dissolved by mutual consent. iter jewels in her casket. Rest thee.
The business will hereafter be conduc- 7' With the heroes of other days shall thy
ted by James Yocum. q name be lung remembered and revered.
The Books are in the hands of R. Car- Our space will not allow us to extend
mou•
R. cißmoN.
.our remarks any farther, although we feel
s ts, 8. YOCOM, as if we could write for hourson this pain
Alixaailria March 31, 1841. ful flaws.
JPIGIROA .1.11 11 BLOOJ►IS
will be taken in exchange and cash wi
nut be refused.
Being situated immediately on the Par,
tage Rail Road, all orders from the East
or West, North or South, will be prompt
ly attended to.
THOS. MiNAMARA,
SAMUEL ROYER,
JOHN BINGHAM,
GEO. it. M'BRIDE,
Portage Iron Works, March 24 1841
trriaving sold out half of the shovel
establishment to John Bingham & Geo. itrJ
M'Britle, we thankful to the punk Fori
past favours, and respectfully request the;
ountinuance of the patronage of the pub.,
lie to the establishment.
M'N.4IIIARA ¢ ROYEI?.
,TI - 1 1E JORjigN AL.'
Or, country ,one Co7lBlii Ulloll one dc,tin
bizzatingtioia, April 7. 1 S4l.
Democratic Candidate
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN BANKS,
OF BERYS COUNI,r,
Democratic County Meeting.
All who are opposed to the re election .
of David R. Porter, are requested to mee•
at the CuuPt house, in Huntingdon, oh
Wednesday evening the 14th of Aprii,
to respond to the nomination of JOIE\
BANKS, of Berks county, for Governor+
and agreeably to the recommendation of
the Convention, to appoint Committee,
of vigilance for the several townships and
Boroughs, and a Committee of Corres•
pondence for the county in the place of
ihe present one, the members of which,
thankful for the honor of the appointment
respectfully resign thier trust to the hand,
of their fellow citizens.
By the County Committee.
DAVID BLAIR.
Chairman.
- -
IN EARNEST.
It is now nearly six years, since wel
commenced the publication of the" Jour,
nal ;" and during that time, we have wai
ted long and patiently on many of our
professed friends to pay us the little
mount duesfor subscription, advertising.l
.S.c. We have waited until patience has
ceased to be a virtue. We shall wait no'
longer; and such of oar patrons as know
themselves to be indebted to us for three,
four, five, and six years, may rest assured
that their accounts will be placed in 'the
hands of the law for collection, immedi
ately after the April court. By perseve
rance in the way of begging, and by the
punctuality of many of our real friends,
we have been allowed to slip quietly along;
but now the time is coining when we must
have some of the money due us.
1
TlLre-i3 no more certain method, where•
by tribreek down a paper, than by sub
scribing and never paying for it. hired
writers, nor the threats of men in power,
'nor their purchased bullies, can ever
make a successful effort to silence an in-I
dependent and fearless press • while the
nsidious assaults of pretended friends,
in the shape of apparent support, must
crush it to the earth.
To our real friends, we return the
thanks of a grateful heart. To patrons,
without pay, we respectfully, but firmly
say, that their accounts will be made out,
fur settlement, at the coming court—ill
then unsettled, as the old man in the fa-!
We said, we shall try what virtue there iaJ
in farce.
A ~.r
DEATH
OF
Borough - Elleclii
It will be recollected by many of our
readers, that at 'the last election for offi -
cers in our town,the people dissatisfied at'
the conduct ot some of the great men in
~: our town and state, in order to express'
• that dissatisfaction, conferred the dignified
t- station at Ho; Constable upon one of the
Governot's particular friends,—one who
had stepped into the office front which A.
IH. Hirst was removed, without any cause,
except his unwillingness to be the pimp
if some of the dolts and knaves of the
party.
'lbis year, in w der to try their strength,
the partisans of Mr. Porter thought to
.:onfer the seine honor on Mr. Ilir,t ; or
perhaps as they thought, disgrace hiin.- 1
No little drilling, and an equal quantity'
s)r lying, was practiced, to induce their
whole force to vote for 1014 t. The elec
:ion was held, and Iv! the Locos well
neaten in their project, by 39 votes.
Nor is this the whole of the joke. Con
iident that they could have a glorious tri
umph to publish to the world, relative t i
the election, they secretly got up a ticket
for burgess and town council, and went
to work with a determination to beat the
coon-skin, and anti-Porter boys to death,
sod be enabled to say that they knew Mr.
Porter. On the morning of the election,,
however, the people 6 , ,up a ticket, to
ir
tell them that, if a o . was to be had
tin the merits of Pa r char acter and
administration, they were ready. Belem
we give the result; and it tells in a lan
gunge not to be mistaken, that Porterisn ,
is on the wane--is in fact defunct. It is
in fact a triumph the friends of order had
hardly anticipated. This once strong
hold of Porter has yielded at last to the
force of truth ; and what is most anoying,
is that a number ot those on the ticket,
are dignified by their own party by that
ever m i di phrase—"recreants."
I Look at the result, d you will see an
example of what old HUntin g don will du'
in October. Every loan run by the oppo.
'Dents of ter was elected, as will be
seen.
COUNCIL.
Irvin Horr 124 Geo. Black 52
W.S. Hildebraod 79 Levi Westbrook 31
Chris. Colestock 80 Geo. Jackson 51
David 'Blair 77 David Snyder 55
Henry Glazier 78 C. Coots 51,
,Jos. Nightwine 75 Wm. Ward 56
'Thomas Read 72
BURG, SS.
86 John Simpson 64
m. 82 Jacob Nlillea 56
Wiles Steel 81 John Glazier 51
George Taylor was elected just as easy.'
The New Judge.
Itis with no little satisfaction, that wel
announce to the citizens of this district,'
I thathe Governor has appointed George W.
ood ward, of Luzerne county, to fill the
!
! place of lion. Thomas Burnside.
We feel astonished, as well as rejoiced ;
because we had no idea that Mr. Porter,
judging from his appointments heretofore,
could by any possible chance make a se
lection, which we believe would be so ac-
I ceptable to the people.
I Mr. Woodward was a member of the
Convention, that altered our Constitution.
Ile was much respected and esteemed, as
one of the ablest young men in that body;
and as having few equals of any age. We
its corteous and pleasing in his manners,
land we believe a ripe scholar, and an able
ilawyer. We hope his appointment will
!lie confirmed.
ANOTHER.VETO!!!!
Our very wise, and infallible Governor,
has again vetoed the Bill for settling the
accounts of the "Big Break." lie is still
harping upon the misuse of the funds, and
avows his intention of never signing any
bill to close that concern, unless it shall
be such a one as his superior wisdom, and
established integroi, shall desire and
to be in ac-cordance with the mistatement,
and falsehoods of his twin brother in char
acter and conduct. the Venango County
l'reasurer, G. R Evy.
The great economy of the course of the
Governor, can easily be calculated.
During the session of 1858-9,a bill was
passed, authorising a loan of $380,000 to
pay off the previous loan, made to repair
I the break; and the money was obtained,
but the Governor refused to pay it over.
Consequently the State is paying double
interest for that sum, one half of which is
ra dead loss to the State; which, at 5 per
cent., will make at the end of the present
year, the very snug little sum of FORTY
EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLA RS,which
goes to swell the amount of State debt.—
Then let us add to this, the loss of time
by the Legislature, in passing three dif
ferent times a bill to settle that affair. and
[about $15,000 for the expense of Espy's
investigation, and you will see that abri'
SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLINIR
has been thrown away.
F rom the party character which the
i passage of these bills assumed, it is a very
moderate calculation to presume that not
lees than one week was consumed by the
Legislature in the passag. , e of ench, and
the debate, and the vote after the veto,
which would be three weeks, or twenty one
days, which has been con.umed to no pur
pose, because David Rittenhouse Porter
, s more wise than the Legislature. Now,
the cost of each day of the Legislature is
ihoJt 8500, which makes another very
snug little Ural of ten thousand foe hun
dred dollars, which is added to the State
leht, nod to be paid by TAXATION!
And this, fell the rely
idminis'
crate!
'our my'
es again ,
n °ppm
, housagi
hey hay
1 at Chet
will you
isan, at
Belo.
tor Ge
people''
of Mr.
Fritz, w
of sii 111,
in robbing the state of nearly fort y-sev.
en thousand dollars, and althougt
, t is now a year and a half, yet the part
'n power allow him to roam at large, ant'
'molested. Neither have they attempt.
1 to secure the money from his aecuri•
.ies.
Is it not a little strange that the same
tarty who instituted suits against Stone
',raker, Fenton, and Chapman, for having
when foremen on the "big break," stole! ,
ham, a lot of soap grease, a pound of
•offee, and two pounds of sugar—and fur
paying some of the hands 25 or 50 cents•
more than they earned, or for some equal.
ly grave charges, not one word of which
could they prove,—ls it not strange, we
say, that they now do not endeavor to se
cure this large amount stolen, when ever
they themselves, and the guilty agent ad•
mit that it was taken? Has our little Doc
, or lost all the riigue catching energies he
possessed, when he had his laqueys run
ning about our county, to hunt the fraud,
on the big break? Poor fellow! lie now
says he knows nothing about Fritz's con•
reins, for the papers are all in the hand,
of this miraculous man, 0. F. Johnson.—
When he came here, we were certain that
there were rogues about, and having the
old adage of "set a rogue, te.," in out
mind, we felt assured that he would run
the track with as much certainty as an old
beagle; and then, too, his perfect knowl
edge of the article when found, made us
think that honest Davy had a sure thing
on the ham hooking varlets;—but it so
turned out that they did what he would
not, "took to the water," and pat the wor
thy "at fault." Be that as it may, the
Venango Treasurer gave up the hunt, and
went back to Harrisburg, satisfied that if
we had bad men in our county, that as a
set off, we hail good liquor.
On the 29th March, the Auditor Gen
eral sent in another communication, sta
ting that Thomas Weaver, and Henry
Sprigman, were Fritz's securities, and
that is all he knows about the matter,—
We, however, have no copy of it.
AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
March 26, 1841.
JOHN 11. Elm:a, Esq. Speaker of the Se
❑ate:
Stn:—ln answer to a Resolution of the
Senate of this date, requesting the Audi
tor General to inform the Senate whether
the returns and accounts of Frederick
Fritz, late Collector of Tolls on the Co
lumbia Railroad, have been duly made and
settled at his office; if settled, whether
any, and if any, what balance stands char
ged on the Books of said office to the ac•
count of the said Frederick ; when the
same occurred, and whether any, and if
any, what steps have been taken towards
its recovery by course of law. And in
either of the said contingencies, if no re.
turn, no settlement, or an ascertained ba
lance outstanding against the said Collec
tor, without any steps taken for its recov
ery, then further to inform the Senate,
whether he has at any time heretofore
made any report of the same, together
with the reasons therefor, to this Legisla.
ture,' I have the honor to state that the
returns and accounts of the said Fritz,
made by him and from the books of his
office, alter his removal, exhibited a bal.
ance due to the Commonwealth of $46,-
1 670 21. Mr. Fritz was removed on the
iloth of October, 1859, and arrested anti
held to bail the same day at the suit of
the Commonwealth, which suit is still
fling in the District,Court or the city nor , a , t h ey ~,,y ..,
'ober Stst 1840, and by ,him transmitted
for ti e year rrdirg Oc
county of Philadelphia.
ciao, Iti
i lu i, r . t c l , i . e t r a
dr t e is s ‘ p ‘ e e c r t
respectfully
the s
l iysay t , ti t i l l ,:a fes
tllhoalvue
11,
to the Legislature, with acommunication
not at any time since the defalcation has saying it is for the year ending 31st Octo—
Amen known, made any retort whatever bee, 1840, it will be seen that James Cam_
ionthe subject to the Legislature .
reron in his report of the condition of the
I am, very respectfully, &c.
6EO. R. Esl'Y,
.Colombia Rail Road, states definitely
Auditor General. that
.. !Imre is now as tn:Ty Le seen by refer
ence to the tabie tor that purpose, 38 en
gines,h either in comp* order or can be
rrondo so at a trifling expense. Tlns nuns.
bee will be quite sufficient FOR ALL
THE BUSINESS of the coming year."
Yet in the face of this on - the 801 day of
November, eight days after they were of•
ficially informed that there were engines
enough, they passed a resolution of the
Sonnttbing Strange.
We call the attention of our readers;
as well as the honest men of all parties,l
to the foll4ng strange disclosures. It
will be.riMbered that the Bells couh
ty Bank, a year or two since loaned to
l
the State $200,000, and that our then
Senator, Jas. M. Bell Esq• made an of
tort to have the money thus loaned to the,
state secured, knowinz that the Bank
ONLY FOURTEEN THOUSAND dol
lars; and that SIXTY TaUSAND has
been paid out on an order 0. F. John
son, and the checks of Messrs Dottexer
and Co. of Reading.
A previous resolution had also passed
by the Legislature, calling up e pres
ent canal commissioners, rma
don as to all the eireumceder
which the 1160,000 Were by the
said Bank." The Board replied to the
resolution in the following expi essive lan
page; and certainly not easily misunder
stood.
"The Canal Commissioners HAVE
NEVER URA WN the sum of sixty thou
cind dollars from the Berks county Bank,
NOR ANY PART OF IT, nor have
they in any way interfered with the du
ties of the Treasury of the Canal Com
missioners upon 'whose drafts ALONE
dl money appropriated to the public Lyn!.
is drawn from the Bank wherever it mat•
be deposited."
We publish also, the Canal Commis•,
stoners' answer to the resolution, alluded'
to, and it can easily be seen whether we
misquote their words.
Now we just larth all honest men tr•.
examine the documents with care, and
without partiality; and see if there is note
plain and palpable falsehood some where.
If the statement of the President of the
Bank be true, then is that of the Canal
Board untrue; and if theirs be true thee
is the other false. One thing, however,
is certain, if the money has been paid on
the order of Porter's Attorney, Johnson,
that order is in existence, and will prove
the falsity of the assertions of the Canal
Board.
Again, if the Canal Bo trd did contract
as they say they did, with Dotterel. & Co•
to furnish eight engines, and the contract
was made conditionally that they take
the perks county funds, and that in accor•'
dance with that contract they placed the
contract in the said B ink, we cannot be-,
lieve that they were not placed there for
to draw upon, in such amounts and at
such time as they pleased, and if so, that
Board knew that it was a virtual draw
ing the money from the Bank, and there
fore they arc clearly guilty not only of an
attempt to decteve, but of a direct viola.
tion of truth.
Again, if the statement of the Presi
dent of the Bank be true, as to the order
of 0. F. Johnson, saying that he acted
.'FOR AND IN BEHALF OF
the board of the Canal Commissionera."
Then it is equally certain that either
Johnson stated a falsehood in saying so.
or that the Canal Board are guilty of
same thing, when they say that money is
drawn from the Banks ALONE on the
drafts of the Treasurer. Look at the
matter in any position, and some of the
worthy politicians must come in for the
honor of being wilful and wicked falsefi
erg.
There is one more feature in the mat
ter to which we will call attention. The
fibcal year of the public Improvements
ends on the 31st October; and the reports
of superintendents are presumed to in
elude but one year, commencing at that
date. Fly a reference to the Canal Com•
mtssioner's Report, made to the Gover-
t of this
-state against the Berks County Bank,
ind any correspondence he has had with
said bank, on the subject of said account."
respectfully reply that the amount re
maining in the !Jerks County Bank, to
the credit of the Treasurer of the Board
•if Canal Commissioners, I , s wows EV
THE BOOKS OP TIM DEPARTMENT, IS WA,
52907. This amount was transferred to
meal Treasurer of the Board, by my pre
lecessor, as constituting part of $lO7,
483 91 remaining , n the Canal Treasury
when I came into office. Sometime since
addressed a letter to the President of
the Berks County Bank, requesting infor
mation as to the probable tune when the
Bank would be able to [llea the amount
due the Commonwealth, or anyAart there
of to which I received an ID. a copy
,hich marked A, is hernial!: transmit-
re the honor to be,
Your Wt. servant,
JOHN GILMORE,
State Treasurer.
fmtnlnunc, March stb, A. D. 1841
gILMORE, Esq.,
Slate Treasurer: ,„„
SIR:—You stated in your letter
o me, that the State has in deposit in the
lierks County Bank the amount of 74,•
629 77. 1 caw you at your office yester•
day, and explained to you that the actual
balance due from the said Bank to the.
Slate is only 14,629 77; but before we
parted you requested me to give you a
statement in writing of the situation of
the accouuts and transactions between
the board of Canal Commissioners and
ihe said bank.
The said $74,629 77 was on the books
of said bank, placed to the credit of the
'treasurer of the Board of Canal Commis
shiners. Afterwards the said bank be
came embarrassed in its circumstances,
ind the whole or larger part of said ino•
;ley was in danger of being lost to the
State, and the Board of Canal Commis
sioner believing that the interests of the
State required that said amount, or as
!ouch of it as possible; should be secured
to the Stale, entered into a written con
tract with Davis 11. Dotterer & Co.. by
which said Dotterer &co. agreed to make
.mod deliver, for the use of the State eight
locomotive engines for $7,500 each,,
mounting together to $60,000, and fort
payment of said amount they were ttO
look to the Berks county Batik. Said
contracts of the Canal Commissioners,)
with D. H. Dotter & Co., were placed in
the possession of the said bank; and in
consequence of said contracts and agree
ment, anti by virtue of a resolution of the
Board of Directors of said Bank, the
;aid sum of $60,00 was charged to the
Board of Canal Commissioners, and pla;
ced lo the credit of D. If. Dotterer & Co.,
and the same has been paid to said D.
H. Dotterer & Co , as follows: The sum
of $11,887, part of said $60,000, was
paid to said' firm in cash by said bank,
arc THE ORDER OF 0. F. JOHNSON Esq,
wtra AOTED FOR AND IN BEHALF OF TIME
SAID BOARD OF CANAL COMMISSIONERS,
and the balance of said $60,000 has been
paid to them by •,checks drawn on said
bank, and by transferring to them notes
and securities which the bank held against
different individuals, with the exception
of a few thousand (fellers which still re-,
main on deposite to the credit of said Do
serer & Co. Messrs. Dotterer ¢Cs im
mediatnly proceeded to the fulfilment o
the said contract on their part, anti I un
tlerstand they are busily , engaged in pre
paring engines for the State. It is du
to the present Board of Directors to stet
that said 'contracts and arrangements ha
been fully made and carried into effec
before the said bank came into their hand
and that they never would have consen
ted to take the bank into their hands i
n they
Lave the
they du .
called
)eople's
to thus
to give
and we
h wicF•-
'A . ,
res,
Itinn of
westing
cute to