fa eu• VoL. VI, No. 19.] TERM El OF THE nusr INGDON JOURNAL. The " JOURNAL" will be published every Wednesday morning, at two dollars a year, of paid IN ADVANCE, and if not paid with six months, two dollars and a half. Every person who obtains five subscribers, and forwards price of subscription, shall be famished with a sixth copy gratuitously for one year. No subscription received for a less period than six months, nor any paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. (17" All communications must he addressed to the Editor, POST PAID, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements not exceeding one square, will he inserted three times for one dollar, and for every subsequent insertion, twenty live cents per square will be charged. If no definite orders are given as to the time an advertisement is to be continued, it will be kept in till ordered out, and charged accor dingly. AGENTS. FOR The liunlinwdon Journal Daniel Teague, Orbisonia; David Blair, Esq. Shade Gap; Benjamin Lease, Shirleys burg; Eliel Smith. Esq. Chilcottstown; Jas. Vttriken, jr. Cepe Run; Hugh Madden, Esq. Springfield; Dr. S. S. Dewey, Bir mingham; lames Morrow, Union Furnace; John Sister, Warrior Mark; James Davis, Esq. West township ; D. H. Moore, Esq Frankstown; Eph. Galbreath, Esq. Holli daysburg; Henry Neff, Alexandria; Aaron Burns, Williamsburg; A. J. Stewart, Water Street; Wm. Reed, Esq. Morris township; Solomon Hamer, Aeff's Mill; James Dysart, Mouth Spruce Creek; Wm. Murray, Esq. Graysville; John Crum, Manor Hill; Jas. E. Stewart, Sinking Valley; L. C. Kessler, Mill Creek. poTay DEATH:OF HARRISON 'Waft, waft, ye winds, your rending tale ! Go, bid the nation weep ; The Chief beloved, so Lady crowned With Fi eedom's honors, now lies bound In Death's unconscious sleep ! The warrior -heart, in days of dread, 'That felt the startling thrill— That bounded when the battle's fires Flashed o'er Columbia's freedom spires, Is pulseless now, and still ! In war he won—in pea , :e he wore, Fame's rich, undying wreath ; But ah! that loved, that lofty brow, Is wearing in its paleness now The diadem Gfcleath ! Waft, waft, ye winds, with mournful speed! Haste witlt your tale of woe ! Tell hearts now beating high for fame, That like the soul; a deathless name Alone survives the tomb ! M, APRIL 6th, 1841. On the Beath of Wm. Henry Harrison. LATE PR ESIDENT OF THE U. S. BY 3. 11. HEWITT. The wail hath gone forth o'er the land of the free. And the heart of the patriot chills at the cry ; Our banner hangs lowly o'er land and o'er sea, And the name of the hero is breathed with a sigh. And hark ! from the :distance the heavy guns boom, They once belch'd their thunder and flame on the foe And the iron•tougue,knells out its music of gloom, Whiie the sturdy heart quails at the re. quicm of woc • From t7:e confines of Maine to; the Sabine's wild-flood, From the Atlantics broad waves to the peaks cf the west, Shall the wail of a nation fill valley and wood, And the hand of a freeman smite hard on his breast: He stood like a'monarch oak, breasting the storm, Which party had raised round the spot where it grew, Unmoved were its branches, un shaken its form, By the lightnings - that ,flashed or the whirlwind that blew. 'The proud ship of state on a turbulent sea, Like a feather was toss'd, while tempests o'er whelp], .:jiiij • - .; . • - • .f.' • The crew look'd aghast at the rocks on her lee, But hope beam'd again when the sage took the helm, The old man has gone—rich in honor and yearF, A long life of glory, tho' still fir too brief; His foes are now silent—his friends are in tears And the rancor of party is smothered in grief. Let him rest,—let him rest, for the strug gle is o'er. The Giver of all has sent forth his decree; His voice shall be heard in our Councils no more, But his epitaph's writ in the heart of the free. MISCELLANEOUS Anecdote of Napoleon, The Emperor, on arriving at Brienne, made several enquiries after old Mother Margaret: such was the appellation given to a good wife who occupied a cottage in the midst of the forest, to which the pu pils of the military school had, in clays of yore, made frequent excursions. Na poleon hail not forgotten the name, and he learned with no less pleasure than sur prise, that the good old dome was still in existence Continuing his morning ride, he struck into the forest, gallopped to the well-known spot, and having dismounted, unceremoneously entered the cottage. Age hail somewhat impaired the old wo man's sight, and the Emperor's person was much changed. "Good morning, Mother Margaret," said Napoleon, saluting his hostess; "it seems you have no curiosity to see the Emperor?" "Yes, but I have; I should like of all things to see him, and I intend to take that basket of fresh eggs to Madame de Brienne, that I may be in vited to remain at the chatcaue, and so catch a glimpse of the Emperor. Ah I I shall not see him so well to-day as for merly, when he used to accompany his comrades to old Mother Marg aret's and call for a bowl of new milk. To be sure, he was not Emperor then, but no matter, the rest marched before him. Ile always made them pay me for my milk, eggs, brown bread, and broken cookery, and commenced paying his own share of the reckoning." "Then," replied Napoleon, with a smile, "you have not forgotten Bo naparte?" "Forgotten him I Do you think one could forget such IL steady, se rious, melancholy like, young gentleman, so considerate too for the poor ? I am a weak old woman, but I always fortold that the lad would turn out well." "Why, yes ; he has made his way." • At the commencement of this short dia. logue, the Emperor had turned his back to the door, and consequently, to the light; the narrow entrance thus blocked up, the interior of the cottage was left in dark ness. By degrees, however, he approach ed the old woman, and the light again penetrated from without. The Emperor, upon this, rubbing his hands together, as suming the tone and manners of his early youth—" Come Mother Margaret," said he, "bestir yourself—some milk and fresh eggs; lam halt dead with hunger." Mar garet stared at :her visiter, and seemed as though endeavoring to recall her buried recollections. "11a ha I" said the Em peror, laughing; "how positive you were just now that you had not forgotten Bo naparte!" Meanwhile, old Margaret had fallen at the Emperor's feet. Raising her with unaffected kindness—" Have you nothing to give me, Mother Margaret," said he ; "1 am hungry— as hungry as a student." The poor woman beside her self with joy, hastily laid before her guest some fresh eggs and new milk. His re. past finished, Napoleon forced his purse into the hands of his hostess, at the'same time observing, " You recollect, Marga ret, I used to make every one pay his reckoning. Adieu I I shall not forget you ;" and as he again mounted his horse and rode away, the old Dame, weeping I with excess of delight, and straining her . eyes to catch a last look, could only re compense him with her prayers. A Revolutionary Anecdote. The Republican, a newspaper published in Ohio, furnishes an interesting account of a military achievement during the A merican Revolution. It is said to be well authenticated, and ought to be preserved, as illustrating the heroism so frequently exhibited in those times: "During the siege of Savannah, Cap tain French, of De Lancy's first battallion, with one hundred men, (British regulars,) were posted on the Ogeeche river, about twenty-five miles from Savannah. There lay also at the same place five armed ves sels, the largest of which mounting four• teen guns, and having on board altogether forty-one men. Colonel White, Captma Etholm, three soldiers, and the Colonel's own servant—in all six—approximated this post on the eveniSg of the SOth Sep- "ONE COUNTRY, OhE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY." - - - - - - - - ---- - A. W. BEND DICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. 1841. 'tcmber, 1779, and kindling a large num ber of fires, summoned French to sur render. White and his comrades, at the same time, were riding about in various , directions, and giving orders in a loud! and peremptory voice, as if performing the duties of statl'to a large army. French giving full credit to the opinion of the re. allity of what he saw, and being very soli citous to spare the exorbitant ension of blood, which must inevitably be the con sequence of an engagement with a force so superior in number, surrendered the whole detachment, together with the crews of the five vessels—amounting in all to one hundred and forty-one men, and one hundred and thirty stand or arms. Col. White had yet the most intricate part of this delusive game to play; his whole force being stratagem, it was neces sary to keep up the delusion of Cap , ain French until the provisions were secured. To the accomplishment of this important end, CU. White represented to French I the animosity of his troops, as being so un governable that a little stratagem would be necessary in order to preserve the prisoners from massacre, by the injured and avengeful Americans; and therefore suggested the plan of placing them under! the conduct of three guides, who shall conduct them to a place of safety. many thanks of the Colonel's humanity, French accepted the proposition and marched off at a quick pace under the di rection of three guide., fearful at every step, that the insatiable rage of White's troops would overwhelmingly burst upon them, like the volumnious mountains of lava, which bursting from the heaving volcano moves with 'inconceivable yeloci• ty, dealing sudden demolition to the fur rounding villages, in defiance of Ni• bite's humane attempts to restrain them.-11 bite as soon as they were out of sight, employ eel himself in collecting the militia of the neighboi hood, with whom lie overtook his prisoners, and conveyed then twenty five miles, in great safety to an American fort. Thus ended the greatest stratagem ever recorded in history. If the Revolutionary 'War had not been replete with unprecedented achievements of skill and bravery, we would, at this time in my humble opinion, have been crouching to the lion of Great Britain. But we thank that all pervading Being, who led our patriotic killers to glorious war, and brought them Mr the victor's, and gave them laws, through time medium of human agency, by which to regulate their actions which have been transmitted us, their posterity and which salutary laws we have animated hopes of being able to Itransmit to our posterity." Why Don't HEe do H? When a flu mer knows that a gate is bet ter, as a time and labor saving fixture cheaper than a set of bars and posts, and without calling upon a carpenter, he can make himselfone--11hy don't he do it? When he has no other fastening to his gates and barn doors, than a rock rolled against them, and in a single evening af ter supper is able to make a better one— Tay don't he do it? Or when he sees the boards dropping from his barns and out buildings, and I like heaps of rubbish, lying in piles about his premises, and need only nailing on a gain--Why don'! he do ii? Or if he is afraid of the expenses of nails, and is always crying up the maxim lof Dr. Franklin, to "save the pennies and the pounds will take care of them iselves," and he knows that till same Dr. Franklin also said that many men "are penny wise and pound foolish," and he is careful to think of the precept contained in the !MIN —Why don't he do it? If it is a saving of nearly one half of the manure of a farmer's stock, by keep ing them shut up in yards, ins t ead of ran. ning at large through most of the winter —lf la/ don't he do il? If be knows that many of his fields would be greatly improved by ditching,' and by the removal of large stumps and stones— it by don't he do it? And when lie knows that his pastures yield double the feed, and of a better qual ity, if the bushes are ail cut and subdued —ll ley don't he do it? And if he can add filly per cent to the produce of his clover fields, and even his pastures, by the use of gypsum—ll by • don't he do it? 11 a farmer of fifty acres has (av he should have) us for a good corn Sheller and one of the many improved fanning mills, and lie has not already obtained both —Why don't he do it? And it it is cheaper, actually cheaper, to burn dry wood than green, and to use a stove rather than an open fun place— by don't he do it? "in thee do !put my trust," as the dis• ciple of Jack Ketch said to the rope when he saw it would become hip main depends ce, Children There is something about a child in in fancy that speaks of heavenly innocence, and tells us how pure the heart of man might be were it not for the corrupting ef fluvia of sin that rises from the dead swamps of the world, and contaminates the whole moral atmosphere. Guardian angels watch over the little cherub as it slumbers in its cradle, while the fond mo , - ther reads nothing upon its features.but innocence andpurity. She beholds the green bran gradually unfold from day to day, and rejoices in the expectation, of as lovely a flower as ever cast its sweets in the circle of domesticity. She listens to its artless prattleness with delight as it creeps over the threshold of time into ma ture existence, and thinks not how soon it may be converted info a little loathsome lump of ingratitude and stubbornness; how soon the shears of Time will clip the I apron string that binds it to her, and let it scamper into the streets of iniquity and seek its own way to perdition, with no one to reclaim it or give it friendly ad vice, other than whispering in its ears, °Does your mama know you're out." No she thinks tint of this matter, for she can not conceive how any object so lovely, so innocent, :Lid so pure, can:ever be trans formed :nio a receptacle fer all the stray vices Ow devil ever scattered on his jour ney fro:o heaven to his infernal home below. CHOKING Orr A LAWVERe—.The best and most eit•ctual check ever given to a la verbose pettifogger, says the Picayune, o,currvd in a well known western city, and is within our knowledge as a fact. Much against his will, a shrewd, plain spoken, straight Ibrward citizen was call ed from his busin,ss and forced upon a jury to pronounce a verdict over some trivial point of of litigation. lie sat some ( time I,` i ally, until he get the merits of the case, anti saw that the matterwas just worth the toss of a red cent, anti far wor thier of being so decided than thirst into a court of justice. Yet a pedantic look ing small lawyer got up, having an osten tatious display of law books before him, and giving every indication that he was going to commence a prolix litnlarronatie, a kind of forensic oratory for which he was somewhat celebrated among the dif ferent justices, courts, and other bars of the place. Alter several pompous hems anti haws, he commenced : "Gentlemen of the jury " "Look here," said our juryman, rising and pulling out his watch—"l've just got one remark to make before you go on. If you talk more than five minute., I'll give my verdict against you Now you see the less you say the better.' The lawyer took the hint, consented to be choked oft, and was rewarded by a paltry verdict he wished to gain. SIGNS OF DRUNKENNESS. —The Roches ter Democrat, in one of its police reports, lays down the following as signs of drun kenness, which can hardly be mistaken : A man is considered drunk when he gets to the pump to light his pipe, or when he can't see a hole through a ladder, or when he Iles in the gutter and cries out for some one to come and tuck hint up, or when he ;roes home nt night and can't put the key in the door, and swears some per son has stolen the key hole, or when he attempts to wind up his watch with the boot jack." HuNcER APPEASED %VITT-MUT FOOD.- A Gentleman who has recently returned from Arkansas, informs us that he over heard the following conversation at a tavern: "Hellos, boy !" " Hellos yourself." " Can I get breakfast here?" "I don't recoil as how you can." " Why ?" " Father's away—mother's drunk the baby's got the dtsentery, and I don't care for nobody." A KNOWING ONE.. -4s Jonathan Dum pily here?" asked a raw country fellow, bolting into a city printing office. "I don't know such a man," replied the fore man "Don't you know him" exclaimed Jonathan," why he courted my sister. An old man no he walks looks down and thinks of the past ; a young man looks forward and thinks of the future; a child looks every where and thinks nothing. Did you ever know a female who wasn't as savage as a meat axe, if she could'nt dress as well as her neighbor? "I am ticklish there," as the roast pig said when the fork went between his ribs. No courting can succeed that is not (lone sigh-entifically. If you will beat me, 1 will cial out the soldiers, gar the drum. PRESIDENT TYLER'S ADDRESS. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, Fra,Low.-Crrnxivs: Before my arrival at the Seat of Government the painful communication was made to you by the officers presiding over tile several Depart ments of the (leerily regretted death of William fleecy Datrison, late President of the United States. Upon him you had conferred your suffrages for the first office in your gift, and had selected him as you! chosen instrument to correct and reform all such errors and abuses as hail mani fested themselves from time to time in the practical operation of the Government While standing at the threshold of this great work, he has, by the dispensation of an all wise Providence, been removed from among us, and by the provisions of the Constitution the cflorst to be directed to the accomplishing of this vitally impor tont task have devolved upon mpelf. This same occurrence has subjected the wisdom and sufficiency of our institutions to a new test. Fot the first tame in our history the pet son elected to the Vice Presidency of the United States, by the happening of a contingency provided for in the Constitution, has had devolved up on him the Presidential office. The spi rit of faction, which is directly opposed to the spirit of a lofty patriotism, may find in this, occasion for assault upon my administration. And in succeeding, un. der circumstances so sudden and unex pected, and to responsibilities so greatly augmented, to the administration of pub lic allairs, I shall place in the intelligence and patriotism of the People my only sure reliance. My earnest prayer shall be con stantly addressed to the all-wise and all powerful Being who made me, and by whose dispensation I am called to the high office of President of this Confeder acy, understandingly to carry out the principles of that Constitution which have sworn "to protect, !preserve, and I defend." The usual opportunity which is affor ded to a Chief Magestrate upon his in duction to office of presenting to his coon trymen an exposition of the policy which would guide his administration-, in the the form of au inaugural address, not having, under the peculias circumstances which have brodglit me to the d'scharge of the high duties of President of the EL States, been afforded to me, a brief expo position of the principles which will gov ern me in the general course of my ad • ministration of public affairs would seem Ito be due as well to myself as to you.— In regard to foreign nations, the ground ; work of my policy will be justice on our part to all, submitting to injustice from none. While 1 shall sedulously cultivate the relations of peace and amity with one and all, it will be my imperative duty to see that the honor of the country shall sus tain no blemish. With a view to this, the condition of our military defences will be come a matter of anxious solicitude. The Army, which has in other days, covered itself with renown, and the Navy, not in appropriately termed the right arm of the , public defence, which has spread a light of glory over the American standard in 'all the waters of the earth, should be ren dered replete with efficien,y. In view of the fact, well avouched by history, that the tendency of all human institutions is to concentrate power in the hands of a single man, and that their ul timate downfall has proceeded from this cause. I deem it of the most essential importance that a complete separation should take place between the sword and the purse. No matter where or how the public moneys shall be deposited, so long as the President can exert the power of appointing and removing at his pleasure, the agents selected for their custody, the Commandersin•chief of the Army and Na vy, is in fact the Treasurer. A perma nent and radical change should therefore be decreed. The patronage incident to the Presidential office, already great, is constantly increasing. Such increase is destined to keep pace wit's the growth of our population, until, without a figure of speech, an army of officeholders may be spread over the land. The unrestrained power exerted by a selfishly ambitious man, in order to perpetuate his authority or to hand it over to some favorite as his successor, may lead to the employment of all the means within his control to accom plish his object. The right to remove from office, while subjected to no just re• straint, is inevitably destined to produce a spirit of crouching servility with the official corps, which, in order to uphold the hand which feeds them, would lead to direct and active interference in the elec tions, both State and Federal, thereby sub jecting the course of State legislation to the dictation of the Chief Executive Offi cer, and making the will of that officer ab solute and supreme. I will at a proper 'time, invoke thm actin of Congress up on this subject, and shall readily acqut- INVIToLE No. 279 race in the adoption of ail proper meas. ores whic!i are ealcullted to arrest these evils, so 101 l of danger in their tendency. I will remove no incumbent from office who has faithfully and honestly acquit ted himself of the dutiesof his office _ex cept in such cases where such officer has been guilty of an active partisanship, or by secret means—the less manly, and therefore the more objectionable—has given his official influence to the purpo. sea of party, thereby bringing the patron ' age of the Government in conflict with the freedom of elections. Numerous re• movals may become necessary under this rule. These will be made by me through no acerbity of feeling. I have had no cause to cherish or indulge unkind fee lings towards any, but my conduct willbe regulated by a prefound sense of what is due to the country and its institutions; nor shall I neglect to apply the same un bending rule to those of my own appoints meats. Freedom of opinion will be tol erated, the full enjoyment of the right of suffrage will he maintained as the birth. right of every American citizen, but I say emphatically to the official corps, "thus far and no further." I have dwelt the loneer upon this subject, because re movals from office are likely often to arise and t would have my countrymen to uns derstand the principle of the Executive action. In all public expenditures the most ri gid economy should be resorted to, and, as one of its results, a public debt in time of peace should be sedulously avoided. A wise and patriotic constituency will nev er object to the imposition of necessary burdens for useful ends; and true wisdom dictates the resort to such means, in or der to supply deficiencies in the revenue, rather than to those doubtful expedients, which ultimating in a public debt; serve to embarrass the resources of the country and to lessen its ability to meet any great emergency which may arise. All sine cures should be abolished. The appropri ations should be direct and explicit, so as to leave as limited a share of discretion to the disbursing agents as may be found compatible with the public service. A strict responsibility on the part of all the agents of the Government should be main tained, and peculation or defalcation vis ited with immediate expulsion from office and most condign punnishtnent. The public interest also demands that if any war has existed between the Gov ernment and the currency, it shall cease. Measures of a financial character, now having the sanction of legal enactment, shall be faithfully enforced until repealed by the legislative authority. But owe it to myself to declare that I regard exis ting enactments as unwise and impolitic, and in a high degree oppressive. I shall promptly give my sanction to any consti iutional measure which orieinating, in Congress shall have for its object the res toration of a sound circulating medium, so essentially necessary to give confidence in all the transactions of life, to secure to industry its just and adequate rewards, and to re-establish the public prosperity. In deciding upon the adaptation of any such measures to the end proposed, as tvell as its conformity to the Constitution, I shall resort to the Fathers of the great Re publican school for advice and instruc tion, to be drawn from their sage views of our system of Government, and the light of their ever glorious example. The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights. spectacle is exhibited to the win Id of a Government deriving its powers from the consent of the governed, and having ims parted to it only so much power as is ne cessary for its successful operation. 'Those who are charged with its administration should carefully abstain from all attempts to enlarge the range of powers thus gran ted to the several departments of Gov ernment, other than by an appeal to the People fur additional grants, least by so doing they disturb that balance which the patriots rind statesmen who framed the Constitution d esigr et! to establish between the Federal Government and the States composing the Union. The observance of these rules is enjoined upon us by that feeling of reverence and affection which finds a place in the heart of every preservation of union and the blessings of union—for the good of our children and our children's children, through count less generations. An opposite course could not fail to generate factions, intent upon the gratification of their selfish ends; to give birth to local and sectional jeal ousies, and to ultimate either in breaking asunder the bonds of union, or in building tip a central system, which would inevit ably end in a bloody sceptre and an iron crown, In conclusion, I beg you to be assured that I shall exert myself to carry the tore going principles into practice during No administration of the Government, sad, confiding in the protecting care of an ever watchful and over ruling Providence, it shall he my first and highest duty to pro -4
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