starch from the stiff dickeys of Pride—
Ambition must get down from his stilts
and crawl, like a reptile, beneath the turf
that now affords shelter for worms and the
vilest of earth's vermin—whilst a blast j
from the trumpet of Fame will be as dead
a failure as a broken pair of bellows puff
ing at the phosphorescent glow of a putri-,
fied shad, You may with the nerve and I
the power of a giant, wrest from the I
world and appropriate to yourselves the
bright and valuable trophies of an hour,'
but they are of no use so long as Death j
rune rabid amen us, untnuzzled and un
controlled by fear or favor. You may
one moment climb to the very tip top of
the tower of renown, and write there your
names in letters of gold, to be read, rever
ed by all, and perhaps ere the moment
has scarcely flown, down you will tall like
a tot of china, broken, smashed, and de
stroyed, not worth the putty required to
patch the pieces together again. Yes, my
friends, Death will have his prey—and
Met e's no use in your trying to manufac
ture wings with which to escape to hea—
ven, but the body is fit for nothing but to
be milled over again in the grave, to as•:
slat in the manufacture of generations that
are yet to be exhibited upon the stage of
posterity.
My hearers—You may bait your hooks
with beauty—fish after fame, or angle in ,
the troubled waters of ambition as much
as 3ou please—but recollect that the fish
you thus catch, although sweet to the
taste, are full of little bones, and trouble- 1
some to masticate. You had better to i
throw out your lines, into the calm lake
of humility, and go home laden with
praises as well as perch ; so when, at last
you are yourselves caught in the net of '
Death, he can neither say, I have caught
a sucker, a shad., or a scullion. At any
rate, you are rapidly approaching the com-
,mon goal to which the multitudes of earth
_are hastening with the flight of a flock of
pigeons; and I advise you to choose for
you recites which of the two routes is the I
beet--that which leads over the moon
tains, through thorns and beside danger. ►
ous precipices of ambition, or that which
Is plain, smooth and flowery—the path of
humility and virtue—which gently de
clines to the tomb, and grows more lovely
and pleasant as you journey in your
course. So mote tt be!
THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL,
Uuntinffdon, Nov. 9, 1812.
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Court, of bringing or sending us money.
In the publication of a paper, we must
necessarily incur expenses fur which we
are required to fork over" the case;
which we of course do, cheerfully, when
we have it in our power. Let the proverb
which heals this notice be remembered—
It will be found most easy as well as most
true. "Stale Scrip," or ev3n “Bratoleys"
will be acceptable.
Gerrymandering.
Before the election we endeavored to
Impress upon the Harrison Democrats the
importance of the contest, inasmuch as
part of the business of the next Legislature
is to apportion the State for members of
Congress and for State Senators and Rep
resentatives. In this county we did
pretty well, but we might have done bet
ter; and it the Whigs and Antimasons in
the other counties composing this Sensto.
rial district had done their duty, Robert
Elliott might have been elected with all
ease. Owing to the almost criminal
apathy of our party throughout the state,
the Locofocos have carried large majori
ties in both branches of the Legislature;
and now, having the power to do as they
please, and no fear of any more vetoes,
they will not be slow to exercise that
power. Judging from present indications,
they will disfranchise four fifths of our
party.
- Week before last the Keystone. which
SS avowedly Governor Porter's Official
pips, Iva the folloeing paragraph...a
strong indication of what the Locotoco
party intend to do when they come to
district the state.
t. Upon a fair and rational assumption,
the Whig Party will he entitled to about
FOUR of the Congressional Districts in
Pennsylvania, and of these the Republi
can Members will manifest no disposition
to deprive them. That a commendable
care will be taken to secure the ascen
dency of the Democratic Party in the
State Senate and House of Representa
tives for the next seven years, no reason
able man will feel inclined to question."
Thus we are assured that our worst
fears are to be realized. But look, for a
moment, at the injustice of the proposition.
Pennsylvania is entitled to 24 Members
of Congress. Of these the Keystone says!
the " Republican" (meaning the Locofoco)'
Members will manifest no disposition to
deprive us! At the last Congressional
election, in 1840, we actually hail a ma
jority of votes in the State, and we believe
that a general " turn out" would produce
the same result next year; and yet the
Keystone, which no doubt speaks the
sentiments of the Locofoco party, " will
manifest no disposition to deprive" us of
mon Representatives; or one sixth part
of the whole Representation. And fur
ther, we are assured that the Locofoco
party will take "commendable care" to
secure their ascendency in the State Sen
ate and House of Representatives. This
we never doubted. And if the innocent
were not made to suffer with the culpable,
we would say that our party deserved
punishment like that which the Locofocos
will inflict upon us. It is an undeniable
fact that the Whigs had victory within
their reach, but would not grasp it. It is
now too late to think about it. We must
expect to bear the oppression of our politi
cal adversaries for many years to come.
All in the Family.
We learn that the Canal Commission'
ers have given the contract for carrying
passengers on the Columbia and Philadel.,
phia Rail Road to'Gen. A. P. WttsoN
this Place,, and WILLIAM CAMERON.
They are to receive thirty-five cents for
each passenger—pay no toll, but furnish
the cars—the State supplying the Motive
Power and receiving the tare.
DOW, JR.
The Cass Handbills.
It seems that the mammoth handbills
calling a meeting at Harrisburg, which
we noticed last week, were sent all over
the state by State Officers and Clerks at
Harrisburg, who marked them "C. C.,"
which, in plain English, means, charge
the Commonwealth. We fear that the
Commonwealth is charged with the print
ing of the bills and all the other expenses
of the meeting, as well as with the post
age, which will be found under the head
of "incidintal expenses," if it is ever ac
counted for at all. If there are any hon
est men belonging to the Locofoco patty,
they certainly cannot sanction this mode
of getting up meetings at the seat of gov•
ernntent for the purpose of making Presi
dents.
The Pittsburg American, in noticing
these handbills, holds the following lan-
guage :
MORE OPTUNEANCE IN Toe WIGWAM—.
KICEAPOO KICEING.—.-A Clerk of the Ca•
nal Commissioners is franking some thou•
sands of " Cass Handbills" all of wfilch
are charged to the state and will amount
says the Post, to ten or twelve thousand
dollars. Here is a precious locofoco ac
knowledgement—why is it made ? Reader
we tell you. It is a Porter Movement.—
It is to array Cass for the moment against
Buchanan. With most impudent audaci
ty, the Post asks it the Clerk, whom he
Icalls John P. A nderson, can be justified in
taking such a liberty " to gratify his own,
partizan predelictions?" Now does any'
one suppose that John P. Anderson, a
mere clerk to the Canal Commissioners,
was raising a party on his own hook. Is
there any one that cannot see, that this is
a movement of the Governor and his
agents and tools, the said Commissioners,
who hold their office at his pleasure.
Let us tell our locotoco friends another
secret. David R. Porter scorns to play
second fiddle to either Dick Johnston or
Buchanan. He will be an attache to
neither of them. His game is now for the
support of Pennsylvania Locoloeoisin in
Convention for the Presidency itself in
1844. Now let the Buchanan men and
the Dick Johnson men not deceive them
selves. Davy has lofty aspirations. Did
lie not fight successfully through the
Kickapoo war, and actually kill more
Tecumsehs than ever the Kentucky Col.
fought with? Did not he gain more hon
our and more money too, than the Thames
warrior?
Congress.
Congress will meet in three weeks from
next Monday. This being the short see•
lion, it cannot continue beyond the 4th of
March.
rag/ htterativ—The Sestiaary Okla!
The End of the World.
A Millerite, of the name of Ross, is de
livering Lectures in Lewisburg. Union
county, Pa. on the second coming of Christ,
in 1843.
It is stated in some of the papers that
Parson Miller and his friends have post
poned the end of the world, from the
23rd of April to the 4th of July nest.
This will no doubt be gratifying to the
people generally; but the 4th of July is a
bad day for such an event.
Mihtary Election.
A special election for Brigade Inspee
tor for the First Division of the Pennsyl
vania Militia, consisting of the city and
county of Philadelphia, was held on
Monday last to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Maj. Herbach.
New York Election.
The ieneral election in the State of
New York was held yesterday.
0:7 - The Hon. Wixiczam UPIMIE has been
chosen U. S. Senator from Vermont for
six years ream the 4th of March next.
be is a Whig.
KrThe Lancaster Examiner and Her
ald has hoisted HENRY CLAY for the Pres
idency, subject to the decision of a Na
tional Convention.
Female ingenuity.
The Harrisburg Chronicle states, that
Miss Jane Craighead of that place, recent
ly completed a quilt, which for beauty and
ingenuity exceeds any thing of the kind
we have ever seen. It is composed of
6,521 pieces, all of the same size and
shape, but each one of different pattern.
Any one can judge of the work there is
or. it, as well as of the patience of the li
ly who made it, from the fact that it was
commenced sixteen years age, and has
occupied most of her leisure moments
ever since.
Newspapers.
The following Just remarks are from
the Licking Valley (Ky.) Register.
"Intelligence is the life of Liberty."
An American and not take a paper!
We should respect him more, and pity
him less, tl we saw him with a newspaper,
although destitute of a coat and breakfast.
What could be a more noble spectacle
than a freeman who would sooner deprive
himself of those articles which we call
necessaries, than to remain ignorant of the
world's history in this wonderful age?
On the other hand, what is more abject
and base than to throw away on' vicious
indulgences an hundred times the price
of a paper, and for the want of one, re•
main unqualified for the discharge of pub
lic duties
The history of the past age is useful,
but the history of our own indispensable.
Men who undertake to stir without it will
grope in thick darkness; and will be una
ble to judge with accuracy of public af
fairs, and will be responsible to their fam
ilies, their coutitry and their God, for
their refusal to actjuire knowledge.
The history of our own times is a mat
ter of peculiar concern to us because it
is the age of astonishing changes ; change.
too, that affect our dearest hopes. But
the history of the present limes concern
us more especially because these times
are our own.
But who is so selfish as to think of none
but himself. Who will not hove an eye to
the intelligence of those about him 1 Who
will not regard the innocence, peace and
el , ..vated state of society, which comes
from disseminating knowledge; and that
cheapest and most general diffusion of
knowledge, is the circulation of newspa•
pers ? Al) I do reflect sufficiently, how
important an auxiliary of virtue it may
become:
Again we ask who will not take a little
pains, or exert a little influence to quali
fy men for the exercise of their rights ?
Who will not do this something to
strengthen the barrier which freedom has
thrown up in the western world against
the ravages or despotism?
But, aboie all, who is there who can
bear to send his otrepring upon the world
unfitted to take an active part in it, and
limited in the power of being usefttl to
themselves and others? The young of
either sex who are ignorant of their times
cannot come in competition with others.
Small indeed, in comparison, is their
chance of exalted chat acter, or success in
enterprise.
A young gentleman at a temperance
meeting o n being asked to sign the pledge,
excused himself by saying, .1 titn not
quite ready." At the close of the meet
ing he proposed to one of the young ladies
present to see her home. .1 am nut quite
ready," was the laconic reply.
l'itArmscivm.:.-6uvernor Berry, of
Michigan, has appointed Thursday, the
24th November, us a day of public thanks.
giving and prayer.
-s
A fire occurred at Honesdale last week,
which consumed two houses and a meat
market; the stillness of the atmosphere
alone saved the village.--Carboadals
Carafe.
EITItaCr
From Miller's Exposition of the 24th
chapter of Matthew.
" The pntriing away of the heavens and
earth, is to be by lire, as it was by water.
As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it
')e in the days of the Son of man. They
were eating and drinking, marrying and
given in marriage, until Noah entered in
to the ark. Methinks I can almost see
the scenes of that day. See you not that
elegant building yonder, near that ark of
gopher-wood 7 That building was reared
at a great expense by the host, for the
purpose of entertaining strangers who
might come to visit that ark, and to ridi
cule and laugh at that old, white•headed
man you see yonder pitching the ark The
I host, you see, has beetime rich by the
great gain he has made, from the furnish
, ing of the worlciren, citizens and strangers
with food and drink of the most costly
kind. Look into the dining hall of that
,establishment. See the table loaded with
all the delicate viands of the season. See
those bottles filled with the spark ling
juice of thcgrape. See the host at his
door, beckoning to each passer-by to en
ter and regale himself. Hear the conver
sation between the host and the stranger
guest who has just entered his mansion.
Guest. —What great building is that in
yonder field, on that eminence I
Host.. - = That is called " Noah's ark."
Guest—But what use is he going to put
it to? It seems to be built for sailing.
Surely the old man does not expect to sail
on dry land.
110 - st.—Yes; you are right. The old
man says the world is coming to an end.*
and he has prepared an ark to save him•
self and family ; for all flesh will -be de
stroyed by water, as he says.
Guest.—But how does he know this 1
Host.--He says God told him.
Guest.—What kind of a man is he ?
tie must be a great fanatic, I am thinking.
Host.—Why. yes; we think he is crat
,zy a little, but you cannot disco.;e r it i n
anything ase'but his buil4iig that great
ark, and neglecting his farm and other
worldly mat ers. But what he has lost 1
I have gaine
Guest.— farmer, say you ?--a farmer?
Why did not God tell some of our .. migh
ty men, which are men of renown?" A
farmer, too? There is no truth in it.--
But do any believe him 1
Moat.—Believe him I No. We have. ,
other things to attend to, and cannot spend
time to hear the old farmer. But we were
all very much startled no longer ago than
, yesterday : for the old man has been tel
ling some that he had prepared rooms for
the beasts of the field, and for the fowls of
the air, and every creeping thing; and
yesterday they came, two and two of eve
ry sort, and entered the ark, apparently
of their own accordt This you may be
sure startled us some : but the banquets'
and feasts of last Light have dissipated
the fears of all, and to-day things are as
they should be.
Guest.—lt is rather strange—yet it can •
not be true. God will not destroy the
world in the midst of this hilarity and
glee, and in the height of all these im
provements at the present day. Much,
much of the earth remains yet to be culti
vated and inhabited. Our western wild
erness is yet to be explm ed and settled.
Then the world is yet in its intancy—not
two thousand years old yet; and you
know we have a tradition that the earth is
to wax old like a garment. It cannot be
true, what the man tells you. I will war•
rant you the earth will stand many thou
sand years yet.
/Lac—Look, look! there goes the old
fool and his family now, I dare say, into
the ark. I remember me now, the old
man told us, four days ago, that in seven
days§ God would cause it to rain suffi
cient to destroy every living thing from
the face of the earth. I shall have a
chance to langh at the old man four days
hence. I told him to his face that, after
his seven days were ended, he would be
ashamed to preach any more, and we
should have some quiet then.
Gueat.—B u t do your priests let him
preach in their congregations and socie
ties ?
Host.—Oh no: by no means—that is,
none that are called respectable, or of the,
higher class. VV hy, air, they held a meet
-414 last night at my banqueting house—
After the cloth wes removed, and while
the wine vas circulating freely, old Noah
was the subject of the toast. And it
would have done you good to have heard
their sharp cuts and squibs; it caused a
roar of laughter among the guests. See,
yonder come some of them now. Let us
go in, and enjoy another treat. (They
go in.)
- Ah, said I, where these scenes acted be 2
fore the flood, and will it be so in the end .
of the world 1 And will the generation
of the righteous nut pass on' until they be.l
hold these things acted over again So
says our blessed Saviour; and so I believe.
Then shall " heaven and earth pass a-'
way." The righteous will pass tato meet
their Lord, and the wicked be consumed
to cleanse the world. Then will the pro•
phecy in this chapter be fulfilled, and
" the word of God will not pass away.,'
Prepare, ye servants of the Most High,
to render up your stewardship. Ye scof
lers take warning; cease your revilings,
your newspaper squibs, your bombast,
your revellings, and your banquetings.—
And you, my dear reader, prepares pre
pare: for 10,--
" He comes, he cornea, the Judge severe ;
The seventh trumpet speaks him near."
Amax AND MINN:
• Genesis vi. 13. I t Genesis vii. 8, 11.
Genesis ♦ vi. 4. 14 Genesis yii. 4-10.
Committed for Forgery.
The West Chester Register says:
woman of the name of Brown, with an in
fant in her arms was committed to the
prison of this county on (he 13th ultimo,
charged with the crime of forgery. It ap
pears she presented a check at the coun
ter of the Bank of Chester County, the
day before. purporting to be drawn by
Enos Gheen, for the sum of BIM The
teller suspected the check to be a forgery
and it was not cashed. He subsequently
ascertained the check was not genuine,
and went to the woman's house to know
about it, whets she asked him to let her
see it. Nut disposed to trust it in her
hands, he held it before her, having hold
of each end, when she made a grab and
obtained it, destoying the whole at once,
by tearing it into bits. The woman is
the wife of Anderson Brown, who lives
about four miles from this place, on the
State road; where farmer Gheen also re
rides."
Heaviest J►lan in England
Mead.
Died on the 17th of September last, af
ter a short illness, Mr. Unruly FLOYD, of
Ramsey, bricklayer, aged forty-seven.—
The deceased was well known from his
having within the last few years attained
such an enormous bulk as to become an
object of curiosity and astonishment.—
Although his weight exceeded thirty-two
stone of fifteen pounds, he rode about in
his cart with apparent ease, attended to
his business, and was a constant atten
dant at church (where a new pew had
been made on purpose,for him) until with•
in a week of Isis death. He was a shrewd
and intelligent man, good natured and
was much respected. The corpse was re•
moved from his house on Frislay last, a
large opening having been inside in the
wall htlow the bed-room window so as
to let the coffin, which was of an immense
size, slide down some planks with ropes;
it was then conveyed to the grave on a
truck, drawn by a number of men, follow
ed by Ins family and friends; and it is
supposed there were at least two thou
sand persons at the funeral. His coffin
was seven feet :n length, which, with the
shell, contained nearly two hundred
of inch boards-. ft was three
inches in width, and two feet si:
depth.— Wiles independent.
VI Mail Robber Ci
An individual of the name
Bachman, was arrested at
day last week, on the charg,
robbed the U. S. Mail, (whir
carried betweeu Cherryville
hem, in Northa'mpton county)
letters containing large sums 01
He was taken before Jacob
Esq., for examination, and
money found upon him, wr
of the Northampton
money which had bei
one of the letters. H ,
and has since been se
to receive his trial in t
the U. States. Mr.
Master at Cherryville,
time back on suspici ,
guilty of the same
to bail to answer t'
removed from his
ter General. '1
fully to establish
be highly gratif
roue friends.-
bee
was he
lie wa
Post
Aew 111
eitt
Inc Churc
New Yor
tter to t
which
Ilishop Hughes,
connected with the
has directed a
Churches und ,
contends thr
country, '
tions and
toms •
meF
be
Ilow
tied
be dra,
instead ol
to, the fo
observed
baptiser
.r is a cl
in case ol
~en baptism
the pastors, it
dy be obtained.
can post
Second. —Mixed marriages, or marria
ges between Catholics and Protestants,
are not to be tolerated, except upon two
conditions, that the Catholic partner shall
have the right to worship unrestrained,
and that the 0/spring of such marriages
shall be educated en the tenets of the Catho
lic religion.
Third.—No member of any secret so
ciety is to be admitted to any of the sa
craments of the church while continuing a
member of such society, nor the rights of
sepulture after death.
Fourgh.—That the right of all proper
ties owned by the church, shall be vested
in the Bishop, and no money shall be paid
out of the treasury of any church, without
the consent of the Pastor. Catholic
Churches are not to be used, either, for
secular purposes, without the pastor's
consent, who shall be amenable therefor
to the Bishop.
These changes Bishop Hughes says,
will be instantly *wade, end rigidly adhe•
red to.—Sua.
Biunit % L BY STEAD[.---A Stearn
Brick Press is now in operation at the
yard of Mr. Kirk, corner of Schuylkill $4
and Walnut ats. It makes bricks out of
dry clay. The clay is finely pulverized
between two rapidly revolving rotors, soil
is then pressed in strong moulds of the
size of a brick by pistons worked by a tog
gle joint. The machine has six moulds,
and in good working
,order, will make
thirty bricks a minute. Similar machines,
the invention of N. Sawyer of Baltimore,
have been a long time in operation in that
city and in other parts of this country.—
The bricks made by them hare undergone
the severest tests, and have been found of
excellent quality. The Treasury build •
ings at 'Washington are built of brick of
this kind.—Phirrt N. American.
Onto.—The State Journal, published at
Columbus, sets down Mr. Suarmou'e
plurality for Governor at 8,322 votes, hie
whole vote being less by some 1800 votes
than the united vote thrown for Messrs.
Conwpt and Kirsch The official state.
rnents show a large falling oft' from the
aggregate Whig vote of 1840, of which
the Journal says Mr. Coawrx sustains the
whole loss, the Locos having polled their
full strength. This renders it apparent
that the Whigs did not turn out at the late
election. But, notwithstanding this te•
missness, they would have carried the
state but for the course of the Abolition•
ists, wtid, besides losing them the Gov.
ernor, caused a loss of one Senator in
Clermont and another in Lorain, and two
Representatives in Clermont, one in Ross,
one in Guernsey, one in Harrison, one in
Belmont, and one in Medina. If these
nine votes had been reversed, there would
be a Whig majority on joint ballot in the
(Legislature. As it is, that betty now
stands: Senate 14 Whigs, 22 Locos s
Muse 38 Whigs, 39 Locus. The Abel l tion vote was somewhere in the neighbors
l hood of s.ooo.—Nat. Intel.
THR t.OVELT NINE, AND UTE Lo,llLi*
ER NINE.-• The Greeks and Romans,
among other objects,"dressed the fine arts
in the persons of nine virgins called the
muses. These were all according to their
:hology, the daughters of Jupiter, by
They were as follows:
id to preside over Eloquence.
History.
Lyric Poetry
Music.
Tragedy.
Rhetorick.
Dancing.
Comic Poe!
Hymns.
mes were held in high estims.
refined heathens, and the
they presided were called
!s".as they were supposed to
icing (refining moral) effect
In referring to totem it was
ignate them as lovely
tianity boasts of "lovelier"
, ery way entitled to the honors
• the humanities." We find
to by Paul in the epistlihte
~ v. 2.2. 23. They all pre•
.he heart of the man who is tro
lly a child of God. Their name
the
side ,
iy ant
A som
'ullows
dare as
Love — Joy - -:Peace—Long.suflering•—•
Gentleness—Goodness —Faith
Meekness—Temperance.
Concerning these lovely peraonifice•
Lions, the Apostle has this remark r--
"Against these there is no law." Their
influence upon the heart (over which they
preside) is so to spiritualm'e even tipostate,
humanity, as to render it a fit temple for
the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Happy the heart where graces reign, •
Where love inspires the breast;
Love is the bright, st of the train.
And strengthens all the rest.
Is sisa l
Mas
i goes
I must
nume
ican.
It would be preposterous in a writer for the
readers of such a journal as the Courier, to
,address their prejudices, passions or super;
stitions. Good common sense should at least
be possessed by the readers of this paper, and
those possessed of such, and those only, do
we care to attract. We will now assert, in
the most unqualified terms, that an innocent
remedy has been found, that will absolutely
( cure Rheumatism and stiffness of joints, if of
twenty years' standing. The assertion is so
broad, that it will hardly obtain credence, we
are aware, unless supported by uncommon
testimony. Now the testimony given to so .
many worthless quackeries is so abundant.
that to discriminate between such, and real
matter of fact testimony, is very difficult. To
come at once at a point that can be at once
appreciated, the proprietors have resolved is
give this remedy to the poor, and to cure
those able to pay for it, before they ask pay.
and then leave it to the sufferer to pay what.
Ire chooses. We entreat, therefore, suffer•
ers to call at 71 Maiden Lane, for some drops
r(lndian Elixer) to be taken, and a Nerve si d
Bone Liniment to use outwardly ; and if they
will not, by one week's use, become mots
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