lingttOn county, orginatee In that portion from which
the new county, is proposed to be ;nada, being the
lagetiinate results of the enterprise, l usiness trans
actions, and locality in ratrence to the public works
of Pa., and the business relations of tho people of
the upper end of the county, lead them more direct
ly to Hollidaysburg, than to either Huntingdon or
Bedford.
Then I contend Mr Speaker, that the present
condition of the business of Huntingdon county,
the groat distance, parties and witnesses have to
,to Court, with the unnecessary expenses and delay
attendant thereon, and the fact that much the lar
gest portion of tl e t winess of Huntingdon county.
is originated within the limits of the proposed new
county, and that the blunts, relations of the in
habitants are as stated: all point most unerringly
to the course, which the House should adopt in re
lation to this bill—Sir, the bill must peso. The
whole people of the county of Huntingdon. demand
it as an act of impartial justice to them and their
posterity.
Since the commencement of the public works,
Hollidaysburg, which is contemplated as the county
seat of the hew county, has rapidly increased in
s ive slth, population and enterprise until it has more
than doubled in size and number the town of Hun
tingdon. It is located at the termination of the
Eastern division of the Pennsylvania canal, and
the commencement of the Alleghery Portage rail
road. Here, at this point is the natural outlet of
the moat fertile and productive portions of Hunting
don and Bedford counties—here is the point upon
which the heavy business of both concentrates.--
Since the completion of the public improvements,
its growth has been very rapid. It now numbers
three thousand of a population, including Gaye
port, a small town of 5 or 600 inhabitants, separated
from Hollidaysburg, only by a branch of the Juni
, ata river. Sir, the resources around the borough
of Hollidaysburg—the natural and peculiar advan
tage. of its location—the fact that it is a central
point at which business of all kinds center—and at
witich the agricultural deposits of the country are
made. all, are of themselves weighty considerations
for the passage of this bill. Sir, it is a fact, that a
large portion of the agricultural productions of Bed
ford co., especially that portion of it included in the
county of Blair, as well as nearly the whole produc
tions of the upper portion of Huntiginlon coutity,now
seek an outlet and a market through the facilities
offered them at Hollidaysburg, and nearly all the
bush:ems relations of the people within the pro
posed new county, have a strong and pointed ten•
dency to Hollidaysburg, instead of either Hunting
don or Bedford. Why then should those whose
business relations of every kind lead them to Idol.
lidaysburg, as a common center be compelled by the
continuance of the pr sent county organization to
do violence to their true interests, by being com
pelled against both their will and interest to attend
to it at either Huntingdon or Bedford! Why,
when the trade and commerce of the proposed new
county, so mutually and inevitably tend, to center
at Hollidaysburg, should it be driven away, to its
partial destruction, to either Huntingdon or Bed
ford! Why I ask, again when the business rela
tions, the agriculture, commerce and manufactures
of the territory embraced within the new county so
strangely and naturally tend, to concentrate upon
the town of Hollidaysburg as to a common centre,
should it be driven away, to the injury of those
who are most interested in it! Does common jus- Doownento, &o
lice—does even handed justice or does equal and
If any of our readers do not receive as many
exact justice" require it . Nu air. But on the
contrary every consideration of justice arising out documents, papers, &., sa they expected from our
of the facts as stated; speak a language on this sub-1 worthy Senator and Representatives, Messrs. Mon
ject too plain to be misunderstood. There are! sinus, Bsswn.i.s. andM'M carntE, they should
within the limits of the proposed new county twelve
in
bear mind that this is an age of reform—that the
blast furnaces, producing annually, thirteen thou-
sand tuna of pig metal -- employing 820 hands and Puling o f documents, &e., for the use of mem
supporting 320 families. There tuella() 24 forges, beta is greatly curtailed. Of the comparatively few
producing yearly 12,900 of blooms, employing 840 documents furnished to the members, editors receive
hands and maintaining 420 families, one rolling a large proportion, with the understanding that im
mill and nail factory producing annually 1500 tons
portant information may thus be furnished to the
of bar iron and nails and all the productions of these
largo iron establishments are brought to Holliday.. people, through the newspapers.
burg for transhipment, in consequence of this ac
cession to the business to this point and the con
stantly increasing business and population of this
place it has beers tccently found necessary to erect
ids or eight large and commodious ware houses
along the basin for the reception and storage of the
merchandise offered at this point.
Now, Mr. Speaker, with these evidences of the
wealth and growing prosperity of the upper part of ,
the county of Huntingdon, staring him its the face,
and undeniable, my worthy colleague, for some rea
sons not easily understood, presiets its stating to Use
House, that Hollidaysburg and its neighborhood,
are all one congregated muss of speculators and
Bankrupts. Sir, I claim some knowledge of the
people and business of that section of the county,
and from that knowledge, I pronounce the state- I
went untrue and unjust towards them. I impute
no improper motive to my colleague for this state
ment. His information must have been derived
from improper sources.—Perhaps the n wish was
father to the thought." Also, I advise him to re
tain the sympathies he has so freely and eloquently
expressed towards the citizens of Hollidaysburg, for
the benefit of the citizens of Shirleyshurg and its
vicinity, near which the gentleman resides. Sir
the charge which is made with equal gravity, the
whole movement is fur the especial benefit of cer
tain speculators is equally without foundation. It
is only a chimera which has been carefully yet in
dustriously insinuated into the brain of my worthy
colleague. It has no real existence. But sir, the
contrary is true—if there be any speculation in the
matter it is confined to the borough of Hunting.
don. Individuals may there be found, who having
in days gone by, speculated large properties out of
the necessities of the people from the present oner
ous and burdensome organization of our county are
afraid, that their craft is in danger ; are afraid, that
they will be speculated out of their present cozy
positions by Legislative aid, and be compelled to
cry out 011iello's occupation's gone." Why sir,
I am acquainted with one individual in that bor
ough who whenever mention is made of division of
the county, puts on all the indications of Epilepsy;
why, because ho is one of the speculators, who is
afraid and unwilling to let go his grasp upon the
profits ho is daily reaping from the county business
of old Huntingdon county. 'there are many others
like him—. , Birds of a feather." &c. Sir, the op.
position, or the principle part of it, to the erection
of this new county come either directly or indirect
ly from the borough of Huntingdon.—There the
schemes for its defeat are concocted, and there the
bug hears, which have been used to frighten this
Legislature front a discharge of their duty, have
their origin—l have submitted through you sir, to
this House a very imperfect view of the evils, in
conveniences and unnecessary expenses under
which the people of the proposed new county now
labor, and have endeavored to furnish some eviden
ces of the prospects of that section, coupled with
such reasons as suggested themselves to my mind
for the passage of the bill under consideration.
Sir, I profess to know the feelings and sentiments
of my constituents on this subject, and I do most
seriously aver. that a large portion of the tax paying
citizens of Huntingdon county are anxious for the
passage of this bill. It is no party measure. It is
one in which all are deeply and seriously interested,
and in asking Legislative interposition; they seek
at your hands only fur that justice to which they
one entitled as Pennsylvoniona and American citi
zens. I will not stop. sir, to reply to the statements
which hare been made in relation to the boundary
fines of the new county, as infringing upon the
f the rem s'nin3 pert:: of linnthiadon earinty
too nearly for the purposes of justice ; but will
merely remark, that the proposed line of the new
county crosses the turnpike leading from Hollidays
burg to Huntingdon about 14 miles above the latter,
which is the nearest point of its approach to the
borough of Huntingdon, that includes any popula
tion or any territory susceptible of cultivation.—
Sir, there is no indifference upon this subject as
stated by my worthy colleague. The peopleare awake
upon this subject and demand the measure with
open voice. Imy to gentlemen upon this floor,
upon my responsibility as a member from that coun
ty, that unless the prayer of these petitioners is
granted, and the bill passe4 in accordant e with
their wishes, your halls will be flooded hereafter,
with the petitions of the people, until they receive
at your hands the boon upon which they now so
streoeously insist. Grant then without further de
lay, the request of a large portion of hard working,
patient, peace-loving and tax-paying constituency;
and put this important question at rest. In so do
ing you will perform the proper duties of Leg's
lation, and grant relief to thousands who seek it at
your bands.
THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL.
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At. 10,4
"One country, one constitution, one destiny."
Ulf/alma S. En eeycla cm Eta 9
Wednesday morning, reb. 26, 1845,
Our thanks arc again due JAMES Invirr, M.
C., and Messrs. BaEws'rEl and M'MunTatr, of
the House of Representatives.
LOST.—On the evening of the 22nd instant, in
this korough, a large Breast Pin, set around with
six brilliants, and one of a large size in the centre.
Any person finding the same will be amply rewar
ded by leaving it at this office.
Qf Through the politnese of a lady of this town,
we have received a pattern of the "latest style" of
bustles;—we will have one made in a few days.—
Ladies who desire to keep up " fashion" will do
well by giving the " craft" a call.
j We are glad to learn that Messrs. Greely and
MeElrath have recovered their safe from the ruins,
of the late fire in New York, and that its contents
are almost entirely uninjured. The Tribune will
sustain but slight embarrassment from the disaster,
and its publication was not suspended for a day.
22nd rebruary.
It is with regret we notice that the people of our
town have become so degenerated in proper feeling,
that they scarcely notice the birth-day of the ',Fa
ther of their country." This day came, passed,
and not even the sound of martial music was heard
in our streets. Old Huntingdon," ought certain
ly afford seine kind of a demonstration cotnmemo
naive of the natal day of him who was •'first in
war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen." When shall we see it I
MEMORIAL OF MISS. D. L. DIX.
Lust week we received this interesting Memorial,
giving a full and minute account of all the Prisons,
Poor-Houses, Alms-Houses, &c., in this State.—
This lady visited our county in the month of Sep
tember loot; the following is the account she gives
of our prison—it is highly complementary :•.•
HUNTINGDON COUNTY Luc, at Huntingdon,
needed white-washing, scrubbing, and above all,
ventilation. There were two prisoners who occu
pied the same room, without employment and with
out moral influences. One was said to be insane;
I had reason to doubt this; there might have been a
degree of eccentricity, united with moral perversion,
but the case was by no means clear.
HUNTINGDON COUNTY has no poor-house; but
the poor are boarded with those who name the low
' eat receivable price. Front the best information
received, the idiots, epileptics, and insane, in this
county, may be estimated ut about sixty. The de
sire for a State Hospital was strongly expressed by
intelligent citizens.
WHO ARE THE SABBATH BREAKERS?
—During the late Presidential contest, the Locofo
cos were violent in their denunciations of Mr. Clay,
because he arrived at New Orleans, about a year
since, on Sunday. Mr. Polk not only arrived at
Wheeling on the Sabbath, but was received amidst
the FIRING OF CANNON AND GREAT
CHEERING, and MADE A SPEECH to " his
political friends." During the rejoicing and tu
mult, a young man named Hilchbrand was danger
ously and in all probability mortally wounded by
the premature discharge of the cannon. What a
warning to Sabbath breakers and libellers!
HOLDING ON TO OFFICE.—The tenacity
with which Locofocos hold on to office is finally
illustrated by the conduct of the Keeper of the Pen
itentiary of New Jersey, Mr. Joseph A. Yard, who
not on:y refused to deliver the keys of the prison
over to the newly appointed Keeper, Mr. Gaddin, a
Whig, but he provided men and amunition, and re
solved to repel all attempts to enter it under author
ity of the present Legislature of the State. Mr.
Oaddin went to the prison in company with several
of the Inspectors, and was refused admission, al
though he exhibited his commission. It is stated
also, that Yard had taken the precaution to secure
the money appropriated to the prison before hat
turned it into a castle of defence.
Nome Farmers have hem atready plooshing.
Fur the "Journal."
HARRISIICRO, f.2d Feb. 1845.
Mr. Coastant—You are, no doubt, aware that
the consideration of the bill for the creation of Blair
county when called up in tho Senate, was, at the
instance of Mr. Morrison, postponed till the 28th
inst. My opinion is the bill will not pass the >:cn
ate. If it should pass that body it will be with
such an amendment as will require it to be return
ed to the House, where it will be defeated. If the
bill does not get through this session, and I feel
pretty certain it will not, you nor I may not live to
see it passed. For the opponents of the contem
plated division have it easily in their power to de
feat the measure hereafter. But that opposition,
like charity, must begin at home.
The Native Americans hold a State Convention
hero to-day. They have quite a large and respec
table hotly. Daniel Kendig, of Midditton, is Pre
sident, with a number of Vice Presidents, of whom
Robert Cannon, of Alexandria is one. Lewis C.
Levin, of Philadelphia, addressed the Convention
this morning. He is an eloquent Speaker, but lacks
two essential qualities for a powerful speaker—his
voice is rather weak and husky, and he is devoid of
the inspiration of the orator. Mr. Levin will re
peat this evening a lecture he delivered last October
a year against foreign influence as systematized in
the Repeal Association of this country.
There was nothing done in either House to-day
except the reading of the Farewell Address of Geo.
Washington, by the Clerk of the House. Yester
day afternoon the House abolished the Mayor's
Court of Lancaster city. You may recollect that
a bill abolishing this Court was passed in 1841 but
veloed by Governor Porter.
Yours, etc., X.
Spring Elections.
On the third Friday of March, being the 21st of
next month, the People of the several boroughs
and townships, in this county, are to elect their lo
cal officers. fhe attention of our friends through
out the county should be drawn to these elections.
They are now close at hand. They may seem un
important to some at the present time. Not so
however. They are always important to a party
that desires to keep up its organization, and hopes
eventually to stamp its policy upon the government
of this " area of Freedom." The great leading ,
measures ofthe Whig party must and will eventual
ly triumph. They are the only measures which can
ever insure the permanent prosperity of the coun
try, and their success, is certain, sooner or later.—
The way to consummate these measures at an early
day, is to attend to the minutiae necessary in car
rying them out. The election of every Justice,
Judge, Inspector, Assessor and Constable, has a
bearing in a greater or less degree upon this great
question, and the attention of the party to these
, small elections is therefore impo! tent. Until we do
attend to these small matters, and cease to throw
into the hands of our opponents the party advanta
ges which they afford, and which they know well
how to use against us, the final success of our par
ty must be retarded. We say to the Whigs then,
keep up your organization—attend to all stnallmat
tees faithfully—prevent the Locofocos from getting
advantages wherever you can—and when the time
again comes, when the important measures of the
" universal Whig party," arc pending, we will find
ourselves in a condition to battle more vigorously
and more effectually for their success. Do this,
and all will be well !
Biennial Sessions.
Mr. Coops., of Adams, submitted a joint reso
lution in the House of Representatives, on the 12.1 t
inst., for an alteration of the Constitution, providing
for biennial sessions of the Legislature. The res
olution provides that members of the ' ouso shall
be elected to serve two years; Senators four years ;
and that they shall meet on the first Tuesday in
January every second year only, unless sooner con
vened by the Governor.
An amendment of the Constitution such as this
would prove a vast saving to the State, and would
be a great benefit to the people in many other re
spects. The great evil of legislation now is, that
there is too much of it.
A Disappointment,
The Pittsburg papers are making merry over a
sore disappointment of the Locos of that city, who
went to Wheeling to meet the President on his way
to Washington, but when they got there found that
ho had already passed through. Poor fellows ! this
disappointment may have „ nipped in the bud'
some of their fondly cherished hopes of preferment.
No doubt, " their sufferings is intolerable."
The "Age" refers to the matter as follows:
MOREHEAD, GRIER & CO'S TRIP TO
WHEELING.
"The King of France, with twenty thousand men,
Marched up a hill and then marched down again."
On Monday last, [the 10th inst.] J. K. Morehead,
at the head of the elite of the Locofoco, Democrat
ic Aristocracy of this city, having chartered and in
sured the steamboat M 'Lain, set out fur Wheeling
to esc art the President elect hither. He had, how
ever, proceeded by the way of Washington, Penn.,
and so the Judges, "over-grown manufacturing
capitalist.," whom Mr. Polk so eloquently denoun
ced, the lawyers, and the untitled gentry and aris
tocracy of the self-appointed committee of one hun
dred, have, minus "freight and charges"—steamed
it back again !
MORE RETRA CTIONS.—The Rev. Mr. Scott,
of N. Orleans, and Rev. Mr. Lyon, of Columbus,
Mississippi, have publicly retracted the charges they
made against the Hon. Henry Clay, during the late
canvass, of having seen him play cards on the Sab
bath. Better late than never.—Ball. Clipper.
We would only add, that such reverend scoun
drels should hot be permitted to preach a sermon
outside the walls of a Penitentiary.
The Court House at Norristown, Montgo
mery county, came near being destroyed by fire
recently, in consequence of a quantity of ashes hav
ing been placed in a wooden box in the garret for
affelteeplag, by the Commisatoners of thateouoty.
~f The Ann-Teeas Report in the United States
Senate, was the joint production of Mr. Archer and
Mr ! Berrien, two ecutitern Whigeond Blare hoTtlers,
Militia Trainings.
No greater nuisance ever existed in time of peace,
than the bombastic drills, which limn time imuie
modal, have existed for making roldiers of the en
tire tabled bodied population of the country—dubbed
the citizen soldiery ! Besides the loss of time
which under the present military system of Penc- 1
sylvania, would amount to a loss of nearly half
million annivilly, these puppet trainings Iced to dis
sipation and profligacy. We doubt whether a mili
tia training was ever held in Pennsylvania which .
did not end in drinking, gambling, and the profuse
squandering of money by men whose families were
destitute of the common necessaries of life—while
black eyes and bloody noses attested how far the
citizen soldiery had progressed in the science If
war! Vt hoever has witnessed a militia training
must agree in this view of the case. And yet
Governor Porter, by way of recommending its con
tinuance, nays the present militia system has worked
well. In the Record two weeks ago will be found
the substance of a lecture delivered by Enoch Lew
is, at Kennett Square, which reasons the subject
ably, and even those who do not agree in the non
resistant principles of the lecturer, must have their
minds substantially moved by the military authori
ties he has quoted. The militia law has been aban
, dosed by law in some of the States, with the hap
piest effects. We had a conversation with a re
spectable member of the Massachusetts Legislature,
last summer, who was himself a military man.--
He stated a in substance, that the militia law was
retained in Massachusetts by a few war spirits,
until nearly all men of sense became weary and
ashamed of it; and then the Legislature in 1839
released from militia drills all who had been liable
to that service, and provide a fund of 00.000 a year
to be distributed, at the rate of five dollars each
among any number of the old militia not exceeding
ten thousand, who voluntarily trained a certain
number of times every year. Still, even this offer
has not rallied in any year, more • than seven thou•
sand volunteers; and the number, we believe is
constantly diminishing.— Village Record.
Furniture of Mr. Folk
Is there a man or woman in the country who
does not remember the abuse heaped upon General
Harrison, because Congress appropriated six MOW.,
sand dollars towards new furniture for the Presi
dent's House 1 but which the venerated patriot
promptly refused to have expended, declaring that
.the White House was then too extravagantly fur
nished
for the home of a Republican President.
Recollecting this, what the people say when they
learn that the present Locofoco Congress have up-
propriated TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ,
to furnish the President's House for Mr. Polk, the
Grandson of a Revolutionary Tory !! and EIGHT
THOUSAND DOLLARS to improve the ground
around the White House—making in all TWEN
TY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ! Let the
People, who pay taxes and make Presidents, look
at that fact ! Gen. Harrison, who fought for his
country, repelled British and Indian foes, and was
elected President by the Wh4r, refused even the
$6,000 voted for furnishing the President's house.
Mr. Polk, who is the decendant of a Revolutionary
Tory, that wore a British red coat, and took protec
tion under Lord Cornwallis, was elected President
by the Locofocos, and is to have $28,000 expended
towards furnishing his residence, and ornamenting
the grounds about it! Which of the two men is a
Republican, Democrat, or Patriot, the friend of the
People !—Har. Telegraph.
BREAKING VIE BEAM
The duty of opening and counting the votes for
President and Vice President of the United States,
given by the Electoral Colleges of the several
States, was performed by the two Houses of Con
gress, on the 12th inst. The following is the result
as announced by the President of the Senate:
Whole number of votes given, 275
Necessary to a choice, 158
Of which fur President,
Jollies Knox Polk. of Tennessee, received, 170
Henry Cloy, of Kentucky, received, 105
For Vice President,
George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, received, 170
Theodore Frolingliuysen, of N. Y., received, 106
j The Kentucky Legislature has passed a bill
providing that uny person who shall be guilty of
enticing or assisting to entice or carry off any slava
from the lawful owner; and any person who shall
harbor or conceal any such runaway or stolen slave
for the purpose of his or her concealment and es
cape, on conviction, shall be confined in the Peni
tentiary of the State fur a term not less than two
nor more than twenty years.
0::? The Madisonian contains a list of confirmed
nomination's. Among the recipients of office, ere:
Samuel Nelson, to be Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, vice Smith
Thompson, deceased: . . .
ThOmas W. Henderson, of North Carolina, to be
Consul of the United Staten for the port of Galves
ton, Texas, vice Duff Green, resigned.
Washington Reed, of North Carolina, to bo Con
sul of the United States for the port of Sagua la
Grande, in Cuba, vice P. J. Devine, rejected by the
Senate.
William P. Chandler of Delaware, to be Cannel
of the United States at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela,
vice F. Litchfield, deceased.
So much, and a little more, for the appointments.
But what paper would bo able to publish the die
appointments.
THE MILITIA LAW.--The Delaware County
Republican says :--" A friend who has been sojour
ning for a short time, informs us that there is good
reason to believe that the most objectionable features
of the Militia law will be removed by the present
Legislature, and that it will bo considerably modified
in many respects. We would much rather see it
repealed, but if the alterations are of the right eort,
we will be satisfied, for the .present.
a Hosts TILT JOIE £ALBINO LOVELY, " 80 the
fellowsaid who was blamed with an indolent, vine
gar-visaged, atop-shoed, erulding-wife, and nine
ragged iirittalling children.
STATE TAXES.
We have received from Mr. Brewster of the
}limn of Representatives, copies of a tabular state
ment by the Auditor General, exhibiting the amount
of taxes assessed for the use of the Commonwealth
in the several counties, the amount received from
that source, and the appropriations to common
schools in tha sumo counties for the same time,
from 1941 to 1844, both years inclusive. The
following summary will exhibit the aggregate
amount received and paid by each county for the
four year* mentioned :
Tax Tax School Ap
.
Countiea. Assured. Rece,ved. propri'llies
Adams, $30,205 $16,603 $20,836
Allegheny, 101,991 83,380 67,422
A rmstrong, 12,353 3,303 17,748
Beaver, 30,221 22,807 25,292
Bedford, 21,409 10,557 25,714
Berke, 134,677 90,473 53,874
Bradford, 20,868 15,731 34,632
Bucks, 118,512 63,986 43,800
Butler, 15,763 5,639 21,154
Cambria, 5,333 1,996 9,974
Carbon, 5,844 1,947
Centre, 32,570 12,961 18,436
Chester, 137,151 80,483 50,912
Clarion, 8,223 4,774 9,432
Clearfield, 5,537 1,565 7,810
Clinton, 9,854 4,518 7,172
Columbia, 29,497 12,613 20,406
Crawford, 17,445 8,367 26,264
Cumberland, 62,625 33,776 97,604
Dauphin, 52,499 38,092 25,014
Delaware, 48,719 45,059 16,778
Erie, 23,486 8,395 27,340
Fayette,
30,602 19,050 26,636
Franklin, 74,143 36,891 32,414
Greene, 13,791 8,797 15,918
Huntingdon, 55,165 20,989 31,624
Indiana, 14,858 7,861 17,578
Jefferson, 6,510 2,073 6,038
Juniata, 15,865 5,870 10,4'22
Lancaster, 191,271 149,348 74,666
Lebanon, 53,107 20,903 19,608
Lehigh, 61,745 42,945 25,356
Luzern, 31.703 9,734 29,982
',yearning, 28,645 6,602 19,244
M'Kean, 3,204 1,500 2,854
Mercer, 24,992 14,255 27,298
Mifflin, 25,370 4,752 12,502
Monroe, 10,125 3,919 8,610
Montgomery, 123,094 70,017 45,472
Northampton, 83 , 985 42,301 32,242
Northumberland, 34,535 10,661 16,844
Perry, 21,394 9,104 15,216
Philadelphia, 993,665 729,071 214,094
Pike, 4,563 976 3,490
Putter, 2,766 1,477 2,918
Schuylkill, 42,349 24,473 26,456
Somerset, 15,752 7,867 16,088
Susquehanna, 13,270 5,344 17,804
Tinga, 6,521 5,295 13,690
Union, 39,790 6,182 19,054
Venungo, 7,397 3,308 12,754
Warren, 6,030 3,267 8,168
Washington, 50,706 35,358 36.068
Wayne, 7,589 2,741 9,790
Westmoreland, 36,871 17,105 35,832
Wyoming, 3,925 1,631 3,482
York, 65,481 47,045 47,402
Total, 3,124,537 1,943,935 1,426,991
It appears from this table that in the last four
years forty-two counties have each drawn more
money from the State Treasury for School appro
priations than they have paid in taxes. No won
der will be felt, after this, that the interest of the
State debt has not been paid for two or three years
past.
The tax law of last session will pat an end to
these gross frauds upon the honest tax-payers ;
that law providing that hereafter no county shall
draw more money out of the Treasury rot school
appropriations than it pays in State taxes, and elm,
appropriating the funds_ raised under its provisions
exclusively to the payment of interest. It seems
probable, therefore, that each county in the Com
monwealth will hereafter school its own children,
as it ought to, instead of sponging on it neighbors.
SANTA ANNA CAUGHT AT LAST.—Ar
rivals at New Orleans from Tampico to the 22nd
ult., brings news that Santa Anna had been captur
ed, and was in the power of the Government. He
had attacked the city of Peubla with his army of
12,000 ; but his conduct was so outrageaus that a
large number deserted him in disgust, and joined
the government troops. Ho was repulsed after a
long siege, and the slaughter of several hundred on
both sides. He subsequently deserted his army
and sought concealment in a ravine, where he was
captured. Government bad ordered his property
to be seized and confiscated, and it was thought he
would he condemned and executed. His downfall
was celebrated throughout the country by festivals
and public rejoicings.
Later accounts say that Santa Anna was atilt a
prisoner in the Castle of Perote, and that he had
asked fur a passport, promising to banish himself
forever from the country.
Foca Huxertzn MILES or Giussnerraus.—
The Journal of Commerce says that Capt. Hager,
of the bark Marcella, has brought home a preserved ,
grasshopper,, of the size of a mans thumb, as a
sample of an immense field through which he sailed
for five days. He fell in with the field off the Wes
tern Islands, and the presumption wee, that they
were blown off from Africa. The water was heavily
crested with them; the grasshoppers filling the sur
face to the depth of.some inches, and extending in
the course of the bark for four hundred miles. Of
course the account is true; and yet a field of grass
hoppers four hundred miles long and some inches
thick, is—considerable of a field of grasshoppers.--
That's all. Well lis!
A SERIOUS JOKE.—A bill has passed the
Senate of Missouri, declaring the marriage of Con
grave Warrior and Elizabeth Crocket null end void.
The parties were at a wedding, and upon a banter
being given, probably by the gentleman, they
mounted their horses and rode to a justice's, where
the ceremony was performed. Upon their return,
and every afterwards, the lady insisted that it was
ell a joke, and refused to consider it otherwise.—
The gentleman desired to stand up to the joke, but
the lady would not.
SUICIDE.—Mr. Micheal Metier, residing about
a mile from York, Pa., hung himself in his barn on
Tlnusrloy the llth instant.
Pozvtcst.--Falling in love with a pretty girl.
v how moral character is north $50,000
NOTICE TO RETAILERS
(....tcsic.conaluzicaitlea(Dif
List of Retailers c f Merehandize a , d Ll.
VIOrS iu Huatingdon County, as (laud.
by the Associate Ju and Corn.
missiuners at January 'Ferns 1843 :
Royer & Hoover 13
• A. Pettereon 13
,• J. R. Hewit & Co. 13
I • Matthew °daily 14
i• Philip h!etz 14
Allegheny township.
Mao Baker 13
D. H. Boyer & Co. 13,
William Walker, 14 1
Joseph Patton 141
Samuel Confers 141
iJohn Watt 14
( Mile. Lewis 13
Walker.
• James Campbell 13
(Simon Ake 14
Anti:.
Benjamin F. Bell 12 1
Graham M'Camant 131
Robert Campbell & col 4,
Barree.
John W. Myton 13
J. A. Bell & Bro. 13,
John R. Hunter 13,
James APGuire 13,
Blair.
A. Knox & Son 13
• W. Anderson & Co 13
• Dorn WConnell
• Peter O'Hogan 14
Cromwell.
Thos. E. °Neon 13
Andrew J,Wigton 141
Warnoremark.
Benjamin P. Patton 14
Abednego Stephen. 14
Samuel Miller I . *
Alexandria borough.
John Porter 13
Gemmel' & Porter 13
Moore & Swoope 13
Michael Sisler 14
Birtn:ngham borough.
James Clarke 13
,Stewart & Owens 13
Carport borough.
Robert Lytle, Sen. 14
;Lloyd & Graff 12
:James Flowers 14
(Samuel Smith,
Robert Speer
Jacob M. Cover 14,
James Henderson 14,
Dublin.
(grocery) 14
(Redman and 14
Alex. C. Blair
Frank:down,
James Candron
Michael Wolf
I Huntingdon borough.
Harrison & Ouperly 14
Stevens, Snyder & *2.13
C. & 11. Newingham 14
'James Saxton, Jr. 11
'Jacob Miller 14
George A. Steel 13
'Thomas Read & Son 13
Jones & Rollneck 13
William Dorris 13
Peter Swoop. 14
B. E. & W. E. M'.
Samuel Henry
(grocery) 14
John Sweney 14
. .
Franklin.
Martin Gatca 13
Geo. K. Shoenberger 12
8. &R. B. Wigton 13
Shorb, Stewart & Co. 12
John S. het 14
Hopewell.
• ho. Entrekin, Jr. 12
• John B. Given 13
Huston. I
Murtri• 12
Fisher & M'Murttie 19
• William Couch 14
• Wm. Stewart 4;
Hollidaysburg borouirl.
Lloyd r Grafi 12
• Geo. W. Patterson 13
James Gardner 13
G. Bingham and Co. 13
• Joseph Heiser 14
" Augustus Black 14
David Hemmer 14
John Gourley 14
Henry L. Patterson 14
Th.. B. Moore 19
• Henry Learner 13
Michael Boualaugh 13
lA. M Cormick and co IS
'Joseph Dysart 13
'Robert Williams 13
Gilbert L. Lloyd 13
(Geo. Bingham and Co. 13
Peter 111 Nally 14
William Hall 14
David Goodfellow 13
I George Port 14
IJ. E. (drugs) 14
R. W. Christy do 14
Mary Orr do 14
William Forbes do 14
I Petersburg borough.
LA. and N. Creswell 13
Stevens 4 Patton 13
I Shirleysburg borough.
I Henry Brewster 13
I:David Fraker 14
1114. and G. Leas 13
:'John Lutz 16
D. P. Shoenberger,
(R. Furnace) 12
Henderson.
Milliken & Koster 13
Morris.
Geo. W. Patterson 14
Henry S. Spang 13
Walter Graham 13
Moore & Steiner 13
Hugh M'Neal 13
Porter.
S. Miles Green & Co. 13
Thornss Patterson 14
Samuel Hatfield 14
Springfield.
Blair & Madden 131
Snyder.
John Kratzer
Lyon, Bhotb & Co. I
(Bald Eagle F.) 13
Same, (Tyrone F.) 12
Shirley.
J. &B. H. Bell 13
• Reuben Tresler 131
Amos Clarko 141
Tyrone.
Sohn M'Guire 13
Joseph Morrow 141
Tussey & Patton 13
IVuodberry.
Jonathan Focht 14
Smith & Wampler 13:
Schmucker & Royer 131
Good & M'Callaster
These marked thus [•] sell Liquors. I
The Associate Judges and Commissioners will
meet at the Commissioners' office, in Huntingdon,
on the second Monday, (and 10th day) of March,
for the purpose of hearing any of the Merchants
embraced in the auove list, their agents or attorney.,
as to the amount of their annual sales during the
year preview,.
Those of the 12th clues, aro esteemed and taken
to make and effect annual sales to the amount of
$lO,OOO, and less than $15,000, and pay $l2 50
license. Those of the 13th class, to the amount of
$5,000 and less than $lO,OOO, and pay $lO 00 li
cense. And those of the 14th class, less that $5,000
and pay $7 00 license. When liquor. are sal,
fifty yor cent in addition to the rates above sped•
fled for the respective classes, is charged.
Licenses are to be taken out for one year from
the first day of May next. _
JOSEPH ADAMS, Jam►►.
JAMES GWIN, 5
ALEX. KNOX, Jr.
MORD. UHILCOTE Com'►.
JOHN F. MILLER,
Commiseioncr's Mee,
Huntingdon, Feb. 26, 1845.3'
VALUABLE PROPERTY
AT PRIVATE SALE.
HE subscricerilesirous of removing west
in the coming summer, offers a rare
c It ance to persons in wont of a hand
some property, and a comfortable home. It
consists of two adjoining tracts of land, being
in Shirley township, Huntingdon county,
Pa., on the pudic road leading from SW.
leysburg to Huntingdon, one half mile &I'm
file former place, and four and a-half miles
trom the Penn'a Canal. Each tract contains
avcz) Aizk.ciozncs)6oo
more or less, of good tillable greu — nd in a
high state i f cultivate n. The improve
ments op the upper tract are, an excellent
Mansion House, a good Double Barn, and
all convenient out houses, such as spring
house, wash-house, smoke-house, ace., &c..
with two convenient springs of water. it
also contains an Apple and Peach Orchard,
of young and thrifty trees. Of this tract.
140 acres are cleared, 25 of them of the best
quality at timothy gi ound.
On the lower tract there are 100 acres
cleared, with 25 acres good meadow ground
similar to the above,
and two excellent or
, chards, one planted within a few years.--
'1 he improvements are, a gond Double
Frame House, Double Barn, and the neces
sary nut-hi uses, with a well of good water.
This portion of the property also con
tains an excellent
Grist and Sawassiii,
both situated immediately on the public
road. Both are in excellent repair and do
ing a prosperous business.
Txttres OF SALE:—One half of the pur
chase morey to be paid in hand, and t.th
h.
balance in two equal anbual w ith
the
t .
the usual securities. An undisputed title.
and possesion ot the property will be give' ,
on the first of April. Persons wishing.to
purchase, are requested , to call and examine
the property. IAC,OB SHARRER.
February 19, 1e1.5.---6t.
0,
CLAIM,