I Vol,. VII. No. I.] vango OF TUR HUNTINGDON JOURNAL. JoUHNAL" will be puolisliell •iiiestloy morning, at two doliars a yeas, p ii IN kllV ANCE, audit nut paid with , 0 laths, two dollar. aid a 1,11. • ..y o:rson w ho obtains five sutracriberg, ,va,•cls price of subscription, shall be x.•1:1 with sixth copy gratuitously for ,cription received for a less period iattis, nor any paper disconni ued ,ir reaniges are paid. .11 ad tie itioas must he addressed IV, POST PAID, or they will not •ii lei to. tise.n.tnt. not exceeding one square, ~,rted three times for one dollar, very ~ibsequent insertion, twenty , •r 4 , 111 Ire will be cli•irged. Him 'Mors are given as to the time .an ;:•,,e it is to be continued, it will be •. H .r.l,red out, and charged accor- A G ENTS 1 *Ott "t" 1 ; a!i•allyill lotgratal • ~ •1 1 -.nor, Orbiaonia; Day id Blair Sit t le GO; II njm.in Li... Shirirya i . i , -i nith i.-q. Cliticouslvten; 1., . :. .ie , jr. Ceffee Hun; High M„deep. 4Ahrineield; Dr. S. S. Der‘, Bir rsi,n; J ins Ntirri.w. Union Furnace; . r. Warrior Illark; James aivis, A V,..tt townthilz ; 1). H. M , a E.q i h , own: F. , . 0 .11)1e:till. F.....q. Holli iorir : li ~,,,, Neff. Alexandria; \:,, , n ~,,. IV ibaniqburgi A. J. Stewart. Wafer , s et; W.n. R •ed. 1'...q. flil riR township; • ,i ~i II , .n •... Arra Mill; I 'rims ',), rt. !tis Silent ., Creek; W. , Mu."'v, Esq. (ovIlle; John Crum. Manor Hill; Jas, •w art. Sinking Valley; L. C . Ketisk r *iir.• i Creek. 1 4 ' 6. . fIS AE AS GE Wiliiil ° J,llk ‘ ! ‘ l 7l( Zc E. TFI , of Win chestet• Furnace, Cromwell town. , ship, Huntingdon county, has as signed all his property, real, personal and mixe:l, to tin subscribers in trust for the benefit of his creditors. All pet's' no known ing tat...elves indebted to the said William R.ll ck, are hereby nntilied and requited to time f inward and ni , tke n pin st ..n be fore th • 10th day of 3 Inuary next. 11 ,,, 5, neglecting this notice will fit their acconlito &c, left in the hands of an , fficer f, r c. 11 , r firm. And all pers .ns havit, nos Wed Lc- Mints with the said Walli.tm I' Al ck, .tre .4,ll:tred t , cull with the stshocri , es Immo- !tr. for the purpos- mokirg ttle- T., • luri'is of said P .11 t k will he left at XVoicliest r Coroace for s-tlement; and th:!.. siihscrhers Will he f tin 1 at that place on Thursday and Friday of cab week until the tint.. ;i1) ire mentioned. D XVII) BURKE ? As%ness WM. B. LEAS, AB'M. LONG. Wm. 'ollock. Dec. 8, 1841. ivit M EC II ANIC'S Li Er: 1 NTINGDON COUNTY SS. si The Commonwealth of Pfnn• sylvania to the Sher' of c Huntingdon County keet• sng : N wrens Samuel Doff and Joseph hunter sal _.l. and trading tinder the firm of Duff and Huilter, hair fil:•d a cl:mn m our !minty ;mitt, of Common Pleas, for the cm uny of tingdon again, Samuel E. Barr (mwner t otte d uwin.r) for the bum of uen'l dollmiis ;„al arty nine c,•ma., Wit in from the 1,, May 1f?.41 i. , w:iklmine •,-. ,„,--rtaitm me ,im•• ...t .tml,•, ~ • , • , gh, ' ;COW eight fret lt),g :,11,1 ri, ~• • ic,• ere, bunt and Ni , tr.te . 1..1 N. 't ~. end certain I. t ... ri. r•• • i w , .• c - joblot of ].tine. 01 by Stone creek the ti , rch b' t at :lave) s F Barret. Township iu th e wait county, oil the road leading tutu Fine Grove to Green also, a turn. ee d i t i m o f 65 &Harm :tn.l 9 c-ots, with a= ter .t from the first of May 1841. for wog don ton t.ertain framu house and bnilditg „or a dwelling house, two stoles hirh, :0 feet wide by 15 feet front, sttultv at Mr, - '. aveT's F not aforesaid—the same building b; for attached to and adj,,ing a certain two st.ty frame bons occupied as a tavern at .. Co McAlavey's Fort, on the &it'll East en of the lot aforesaid: and whereas it is 411ged that the aforesaid several sums of moat , still rt mail s due and unpaid to the sail Holland Hunter. Now we command yoo that you make known to the said Sam. PI Barr and to all such persons as ma y h o ld .or occupy toe aforesaid several buildings, ;dist they . he mid appear li, fore the Judges .of 0, sa id court at a court of common Pleas ' :tttl).• held at Hunt ngdon on the id Monday I• .4! muary next to show if any thing they •ktow or have to say why the said snot of twatty three dorars and , . 1 .rty nit e cents 'ldd not be held ‘ , l the sld building to :•., ‘ twuse of the said Duff & Hunter according ue form and effect of the :Jet ..f Assembly :.0 , 1 „ tur.h case made and provided, if to them ~! i. ,;, e em expedient, and have you then .i a t ,..li .. t . iYere .- this writ. Witness the 1-1,41. Get, woa d war d Esq. President nt s .id court at n oind , g , tile seventh day of December. ). 1841. Is , JAMES STEEL. Prot'y. a 1105,1 84 1. *lf DMINI STARA TOR' S II 0111V112- , rTTERs ~f Administration urn the -state of }tem . ! L. M'Connell Esq., , rly of Huntingdon Huntingdon county, '.sed, have beet, graded to the subscrt ' MI persons therefow indebted to the ;tare requested to unite immediate pay r4",n 4 before the lot of January next `of having claims to )resent them duly " .-- (1, 1. DAVID Sli %RE, Adm'r. 'Tulng,loTt. lee,. 1,180. fir. of us co , ins sue °- imp our so 111 THE'JOURNAL. U , Q)2112E221'„ From the Perry Frueman, "Among these new Stars, one, a little lower than that of Bethlehem, has just op ab,.re slit horizon. It is the Star of GMAN'S INFLUENCE." Wisd m cornea slowly—there are truths. Which like a distant star, Shall meet the gaze nf erring man, And lure him from afar • From the dark portals of the grave, liv Vice and folly led, The pow'•i• of woman still can save When all but hope has fled. Strnrg in her weakness, woman's power O'er the hard heart of man, Has not yet reached its glorious hour, Nor finished half its plan: The star-light of an orient morn, By woman's influence given, O'er the dark paths of vice and sin, Can make of earth a heaven. And what shall man be, when her light Shall beam upon his soul, Ant. lead him from that starless night Which mock*: d his own central Shall shine upon his troubl&d path, And gild his dreams of peact ? Shall stay the rising floods. of wrath. And bid his sorrows cease ? Ave, what shall man be, when her love Which parts not at the grave, To his unfeeling heart shall prove ' It has the power to save; And on his fainting spirit tall, Like dew upon the flower And days of pence and jms recall, In that Inc dismal heart the v , tich of guilt and woe, A human form is there; Wiihoot a hope on vartli below, 0,• tho sinner's prayer! Anil close beside that lonely bed, Unnw'd twain or strife, By pure affection's fervor led, Is seen the faithful wife! Frrm the first moment when she gave Hrr ytung and trusting heart, To him who held the power to save, And never more to part— Till, when beside that couch of pain. She held his throbbing brow And knew she minister'd in vain; Nor did she falter now. Tier heart ne'er thought, her lip neerspoke One word of ill in. blame; Nor in his 'larken'd soul awoke 111,p rested is•sentmenes flame: The the world wrong's.' him, tho' his name H , ld felt detractions power,— .r love clung closer in his shame— Grew warmer in that hour, —, friends forsook, and hate pursu'd, kiid love had fled afar; Her angel spirit, unsubdu'd, Shone like a lovely star, And e'er his pathway shed the beams Of hope and happier hours; And give him back the golden dreams He felt in youth's bright bowers, In the deep midnight of the mind, When reason leaves her throne, And man, bereft of hope must meet His naked heart shire; And stretched upon a dying bed To struggle with dispair; Tho' ev'ry earthly friend has fled, Fond woman still is there. 0 woman! woman! wealth may buy Man's fealty, but nut thine; Thy vows art r gister'd on high, Upon a deathl,s shrine, And when the flit hour shall come,— And Time's last paPe is seal'd— Thy spirit filds its future heme— Thy worth shall be reveal'd. • * Bloomfield. Nor. 30,1841. A GOOD .tuLit.—A mato alto had climbed Up a chestnut tree; had by catel sans SS IT is sett his hold of one of the breeches, and fell to the ground with such force est() break his ribs. A neighbor going to his assistance. re marked to him that. "had he followed his rule in these caves, he would have avoided the accident."—"What rule do you mean?" said the other indignantly. "This," said the philosopher, "never to come dose a I place faster than you go up." "Egad! this is FA luck," as the taloa said who* he tumbled into the Weiler,. "ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY." A. W. DFINFIDICT PUBIASTIFIR AND PIinPRITTOR. HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1842 From the New Orleans Picayune. A Horse Story. Some newspaper celebrity has been bestowed upon so original bit of drollery, called a 'Theatrical Auctioneer,' promul- gated first in this paper, some ten or twelve months ago.— From the same hu morous source we have another bit of fa eitia,.though not of so sparkling a chars acter as the other. Our Jocose Boston auctioneer was call. id upon one day by a country horse deal er from Vermont, who wished to dispose of a horse. He was one of those distille r site characters peculiar to the section, with a countenance strangely indicative of both simplicity and shrewdness. I say said he, 1 want to see the auction eer, that auctions unhorses here on Sat the individual, said the auctioneer what can I do for you ? Well, I've got a horse I v ant to sell' provided I can get enough for him ; don't want nothing more titan his valve neither. He's a good one, though just now he's a leetle thing but 1 reckon he ought to sell pretty smartly.' Very good ; will ,ou have him adver tised ? Well, I guess I don't know that. What do you tax ? One dollar first insertion ; filty cents for every time after. That'ytwo dollars for three times ; I reckon /you may put him in the newspa per (Ace, stranger, and after that let him slide. Very good; what color is he? Rather brown than otherwise. Is he sound 7 Sound? 0, sound as a dollar—should'nt like fo warrant him, though ! All right; I'll advertise him and sell him on Saturday. Have your 'critter' at the mart by 12 o'clock. I jest want to tell, Mr. Auctioneer, I ‘hould like to have the animal limited at fifteen dollars, but you may let him go for five. Exactly ! and you won't take a great deal more than is offered for him, will you? Well, no, I'm not disposed to be hard, any how ; I rather calculate not ! Saturday came, and one dollar and a 'half was bid for the animal brought up by the horse dealer. Go on, gentlemen, 1 have only one dol lar and half bid for the horse; how much more do I hear ? One dollar and a half is only offered for the animal before you. —One dollar and a half—going—going— gointt' 'Sell him sir, he's a dying whispered the Vermont horse dealer into the ear of the knight of the hammer. 'Gone shouted the auctioneer, and down went the old horse at a dollar and a half• After the sale the horse dealer was the first one up at the desk for settlement. Well, I reckon it won't take long to settle up this little trade of mine about the horse,' said he. 'Not long,' said the clerk, there's your account sale; you have to pay us just fif ty cents :Dore than the horse brought. 'Po•litical•destruction !' exclaimed the' Vermonter, with a humorous affectation of astonishment. Then, with a satisfied manner, he continued. 'lts cheap enough!' there's a fifty cent piece. Cheap enough. I couldn't a gin him away at no price, & it would have cost two dollars anti half, to bury him. Jest half a dollar saved.- 1 Good morning, Mr. Auctioneer. Cheap, enough. Benjamin Franklin. k writer in Bla►.kwoodl's Magazine, several years since, relates from personal knowledge, the following anecdotes of Franklin, lustrative of the character of the man olio CI luld bide his day- By nature perhaps like George Wash, ingtnn, whose character, by the way, is greatly tnisuntlerst I, he was a man of, strong passions, which, after many years, by continual guardianship, trial and se vere disipline, he had brought entirely under his control• This, we say positive ly, was the character of IVashingion ; this we believe to have been the character of Franklin. e happen to know something of the' Doctor's determination, however, in two cases ; both growing out of the same even! where the natural temper of the man broke out—blazed up like smothered fire—be came vi,ible, as it were, all at once, in spite of himself. Some time about the year 1768, he was in this country acting as agent for some of our transatlantic pos sessions. The troubles had already be gun there. One day, he went before the privy council, as agent, with a petition from the Assembly of Massachusetts; or more carefully speaking—one day when a petition from the provincial assembly of Massachusetts Bay. already presented by him, was taken up, he was treated with' ,treat indignity, insulted, /reatly abused by the solicitor general, Wed, rhuri.r. !to bore it without any sign of emotion. All eyes were upon him. No change or shad ow of change, went over his face. His friends were amazed at his forbearance. They wondered at his equanimity, they were almost ready to reproach him for it. Such untimely self command could only proceed from indifference to the great cause, or, so they thought, from a strange moral insensibility. On his way from the ! place of humiliation, they gathered about him. He stopped, he stood still; his man ner, look, voice, were those of a man, who has quietly concentrated every thought andsevery hope under heaven, all his en orgies upon a single pcint. His master shall pay for it, said lie and passed on. The other circumstances grew out of the same affair. As a mt.rk of special consideration for the privy council, the Doctor appeared before them in a superb dress, alter the court fashion of the time. He wore it bravely—he looked uncom monly well in it. - Finding, however, That this courtly garb, thus chosen, thus worn had been no avail, as a refuge or a shelter 'to him; that on the contrary, it had only made him a better mark, and exaspertt ing his adversary; that worse than all, his considerate loyalty had been misunders stood for a piece of duty adulation, or, worse yet, for a piece of wretched foppe ry ; he went on, leaving the council, straightway home; threw the dress aside, and from that hour, never wore it again, till the day on which he went with full power into the court of the Bourbons, to sign the treaty between France and A merica--the United States of America! What must have been his feelings: That peer gave the death blow to British do minion over the western world. It was done ; the threat was accomplished ! Franklin aria at peace with himself; the majesty of Greatßritain had paid, bitter ly paid for the insolence of the solicitor general. The Last Speech. It is perfectly original, for we were present, and if there ain't a touch of the sublime about it, then we are no judge. Reader' imagine to yourself the orator standing upon a stump with outstretched arms, his eyes standing half way out of their sockets, and the amber streaming oft his maiden chin, then you will justly tsp• preciate this flow of eloquence. To the speech: "Gentlemen—l are a candidate; and as the green moon waynes in yonder hem isphere so does aunt Charity make the milk fly from old cherry of a cold frosty morning. As the sun rises in vonder horizon and wastes the darkness of night er, SO does my Zeheile's jowler to—• und scamper through the 'collard. patch when a hornet stings him or sister Sally scalds him with hot pot lig Yes Gentletnen you've all hear. ant of ts-ighbor Brown's thrashing mach a hint you 1 Well it shells out the curt., I r.ttlier guess. Gen• tlemen, has you ail hearts a. him the In guns has sum sleeted peat • •.,I gone be yant the Mus-as.pi 1 Welt ttwy itid. For in the langwidge of Ginerii Tyler, "Sink or swim, ferry or no ferry, I cling to the constitution; and if they had'nt left, they'd been shot. Gentlemen, these are my sen timents; and I'll hold on to 'ens till the skin come oft my hands.—And, as I did not rise to make a speech with these few remarks I'm done.--Raleigh Rasp. THE CONSTITUTIONAL A RMY.—TaIe boys and girls in our common schools—the true standing army. These soldiers are in citadels which rise up around us the noblest bulwarks against ignorance, that worst enemy of the human race. W ho ever builds a school house or teaches a good school, is erecting the strongest mon ument of freedom. If the time shall ev er come, when this great government shall totter, when this Beacon, now the won• der of the world, Tall w.ix dim, the cause will be found in the ignorance of the peo ple, "and the people perish fur the lack of kne.wledge." AN AWKWARD PO.M..N•—•A fellow named Hankodd. conlitted in Newport (R. I.) Jail for robbing the Providence Post Office, made a mo.t unfortunate attempt to break out on %lontlity night of last week He made a hole in the wall large enough is he thought to afford him a ..Irtssage way to liberty;" but upon getting about halt way through, he found it equally impos• able to "go-ahead' . or to go astern. lle could neither advance or retreat a single barleycorn; but there he was firmly em bedded in stone as the antideluvian toad in a Derbyshire mine. Even a Recorder's /Lukas corpus could not hove hu l the body without as.ustance from a atone cutlet'. chisel. Mr. Hanknald was as securely poised between the open air and his ow„ dungeon, as the coffin of M thumet be tween the heavens and the earth; and there he would have remained till doomsday it the turnkey had not tome the net morn- ing to his assistance. II elp was then ob• tamed, and atter a good deal of labor the unfortunate gentleman was finally guar ried from the "Geological formation" in which he hail voluntarily become an inter - stratum.—.N. Y. Courier. A Tough utory. A REAL LENTUCHIAN. The following very amusing scene oc• curred in one of the oyster cellars in this cit:, a lew evenings since, of which the author el this was an eye witness, and can vouch for the truth of every word of . tall, raw-boned, lantern-jawed look ing personage entered, and, altei looking very wistfully around the cellar for a few minutes, 'hiss addressed the proprietor of the establishment. • • ...Kentuckian.—l say, stranger, have you got any terrapins/ Proprietor.—Yes sir. K.—Cook me one of the largest you have. P.—Yes sir. Do you wish to take it home with you, sir? K.--Yes, I want to take it away with me. How soon will it be ready? P.—ln atom( twenty minutes, sir. The Kentuckian went away, and at the time specified, again made his appearance. K— Is that terrapin ready? P.—No, sir. Take a seat; it will be ready in a few minutes; it is so large, it will take longer to cook on that account. K.—Well, that is cookin', I will eat some of your stewed. Alter having discussed the "stewed," and washed them down with a pint of Gray's best, the Rentuck;an seated him self, occasionally replenishing his mug, until, having exhausted the fifth one, and almost his patience, he again inquired as to the fate of his terrapin. P.—lt is ready, sir, What have you got to carry it home in--or perhaps you would like tt sent for you? .K.—No—don't put yourself to any trouble, t will carry it myself. The terrapin was brought, and set on the table before him. .• K.—l rayther guess I shall went a few fixins with that article. P.—Trimmings, I suppose yuu lllrail sir? K—You may call 'em what you like, here in Philadelphia, but I call 'ern 'The trimmings having been set hefore him, he called fur a glass of brandy and water, and he commenced "hiding" the "article" in a manner that showed con clusively; that he intended to carry it away himself. After remaining in the box for nearly an hour, he again made his appearance at the bar. K.—Fell. sir, how much do 1 .. 0we you? . , P.—Let me see--one bowl of stewed, five pints of beer, a glass of brandy and water and a large terrapin—one dollar and twenty-five cents, sir. K.— Nell, now, that's modest! I will pay your bill on one condition. P .—W hat is that, sir? K.—That.you pay me for the wear and tear of my teeth. For, by Susey Tomp kins' brindle cat, if that "torus" was not one of them that Noah took into the ark with him, there's no accountin' for age, that's all. P.--But, my dear sir, we cannot help it, lithe terrapin was tough, fur my cook boiled it two hoots to get it tender. K.--Tough: sole testier was no touch to it. It was sole leather and Indian rub ber combined. I will, I reckon. cat ry it home with me, sure enough, but how in the name of Davy Crockett, am I to get shut of it when I get there. I will get it gross of Brandreth's pills. us soon as I settle with you. There's your money, but I'm d-11 if )ou mus'n't pay the den , List for putting my teeth on edge again ; and I'll bet five hundred dollars, there's not a man in this cellar, can eat such a terrapin without going into fits. I see you have antrher one crawling about in that box, and if you will keep him for me for twenty years from the first of next Ja nuary, I will come anti eat him too, for I know he could not be tougher than the one I hare eaten! Good night. [Exit Ken tuckian, amid a roar of 13101, , r.]—/Iles- Isenger. A Sal Tragedy. —A vtot , , i 4 man in Can• ton, Illinois, tiomett Se Triage, a week since, painted a rifle at a young and anti • able sistAr in awn t, and mstaotly shot her dead. The unfortunate young man has since become deranged. Fa'al Dufl.—A duel at Juhaionburg . Ky., a few • ;nee, I)e., tween a Dr. Nottis and ' ~e k. a A woman %VHS lii Wvi.r toughsat twelve• paces, with ill a etl moth shot. laTal. Anolher or the intattious code of honor. The younz unmarried ladies are ni much opposed to the .taitikrupt Bill," because they say it prevents edletedinenta, [WHOLE No. 313. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, 7ranemitting a Report stpon the state of the Finances. Ste: In obedience to the directions of tho act of Congress of the 10th May, 18- 40, entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled 'An act to establish the re ,:tv, Department." the Secretary of the 'Fr .n.ury respectfully submits the following report; I. Oj the Public revenue and expends- The balance in the 'Treasury on the let of J,,nuary 1841, (exclusive of the amount deposited' with the States, trust funds. and indemnities, and the amount due from bunks which tailed in 1837,) was, as stated in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury submitted to Congress on the 3.1 of June last - 8i)87,345 03 The rectipts into the Treasu ry during the three first quar ter* of the present year a mount to - 623,467.072 59 Viz: From cus toms- $10,847, SS 7 44 From lands 1,104,063 06 ,From mis cellane- ons and inciden tal sour ces - - 90,791 49 From bonds of benk of U States 662,049 47 Frnm Bks. which fail ed in 18- 37 - - 5 1,147 34 From treas ury notes per act of March 21,1840 - 1,524,703 SO From treas ury notes, per act of Feb. 15 1841. - From loan, per act of July 21, 1841 - 3,229,946 86 The receiptafor the 4th. quarter, it is estimated, will awount to 6,943,095 16 at cus- - 5A156,093 90 4,000,000 00 Fe, m lands 330,000 00 From rnis- ccUancous and inci dental sour ces 30,000 09 From bond of B of U States- • Prom trans- 10,315 3 ury notes - 250,000 00 From loan—Received $2,202,780 02 Esti mate for balance qr. 100,000 00 .2,202;780 12 Making the total estimated re ceipts for the year - - .30,410,111, 77 And, with the balance in the Treasury on the Ist of Janua ry last, an aggregate of - 31,397412 00 The expenditures for the 31st. quarters of the present year amounted to 824,734,346 97 Viz: Civil list, foreign intercourse and miscel laneous - 94,615 363 SI Military ser vice - - 10,834,104 45 Naval ser vice - - - 4,229,986 94 Treas'y n'ts redeem'd including interest - 5,027 811 13 Public debt - 27,080 64 The expenditures for the 4th quarter are estima ted, on data furnished by the respective de par' ments, at - - 7,290,793 78 Viz: Civil, mis cellane ems, & foreign intercourse 1,581.205 44 Military ser vice . 3,169,773 34 Naval service 1,066,560 80 In. on loan - . 70,000 00 Principal and in't. on Trea sury notes 503,181 95 illak t ng 32,02.5,07'0 it And leaving a deficit to be provided for on the Ist Jan nary 1842 637,557 90 It being essential that this deficit, ari sing from the failure in effecting more than a portion of the loan authorized by Congress at its last session, should be provided for by the means that might be at once available, it is recommended that an immediate issue of Treasury notes be aotlioriz4. to meet the emergency. 11. 0/ the estimates of the public revenue and expenditures for the year Mt The receipts for the year 1842 are es timated as follows Fi om customs fhry (Arising from duties ac cruing in 11141, and Br. able In IEI4I, s,4Ciff,elP. $19,000,000 SO
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