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•'One country, o►tt constitution, one destiny:
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Wednesday, Nov. 12,1815,
ccrOur thanks era due to the Hon. Alm Ram.
rev, for valuable public documents.
Railroad Meeting.
A mooting of all those friendly to the project of
constructing a Railroad from Harrisburg to Pitts
burS, is called for this evening at the New COVET
;ibess.
cC:rThe citizens of Mifflin county held a meeting
to, Lewistown last week, and panned resolutions in
'savor of the proposed Railroad from Harrisburg to
hitteburg. The meeting is spoken of as having
been largo and spirited. Our fellow townsman,
kale Pignut, Esq., addreseed the meeting, in an
able and eloquent manner, says the Democrat.
If we were permitted, seriously, to recom
mend to the Locofoco party a suitable person for
Speaker of the next House of Representatives of
Pennsylvania, we would name Michael Keller, of
Dauphin county. Mr. Keller is a man of a well
matured mind, and although not a fluent debater,
would, we are convinced, make an impartial and
efficient presiding officer. If the democracy are
desirous of conferring the honor upon a democrat
from a Whig enmity, we hope Mr. Keller will be
the mem
A Parmstotrxr. Bisiter has, says the tanner
of the Cross, at lain, been appointed in New York,
The Right Reverend the Bishop 6f Michigan has
been invited by the Standing Committe of New
York to discharge Episcopal functions ad interim
in that Diocese: and has cemented to do eo, and
has set out upon a visitation.
Winter.
Lain Sunday was a fair specimen of mid winter,
the eno* failing rapidly dining the whole day, ac
companied With a cold, piercing, North IVerter.
The earth being very wet by the rein of the pre
view' day and night, it dissolved almost an non ea
it reached terra firma.
Gen. Winfield Scott.
The last Lebanon Courier has a longthy and
well-written editorial article on the subject of the
neat Presidency, from which we make the follow
ing extract :
And who shall be that candidate ? Go ask the
hardy working-men throughout the whole country
—the real bone and sinew of the land--and they
will shout with one *reclamation the name of one
who has met and driven hack his eonntry'a invader's
at a time when war'. darkest clouds overshadowed
the nation. It is not to be disguised that the first
choice of the American People has already settled
;von GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, for the
Presidency in 1849. The hold which this scar
markel warriershaa upon the affectiona of the yes
ntanry of the country is deep and abiding; and
they would rally around his standard with the same
unquenchable ardor and unflagging enthusiasm
which characterized their support of the lamented
HARRISON, in iB4O. Yield the nomination at
once to the Hero of Chippewa, and the Electoral
vote of Pennsylvania 10 not only certain for him,
hut the election of a Whig Governor in 1847 plan
owl beyond all doubt. Neither Executive patron•
age, the drill of party, nor fold calumnies, could
resist the popular current in his favor. Every pa
triotic American votar would at once &chum—
Wither'd be the hand that dare
One laurel from hie noble brow to tear."
eCr We see by the last Pennsylvania Reporter
that our friend and once fellow townsman, Mr.
Jono CARSON, has received the appointment of
Lieutenant in the Revenue Marine service, from
the President. We heartily congratulate Lieut.
Colson on his promotion, and should not have ob
jected to being "in town" when the news arrived,
as we have no doubt Pine was entirely himself
on the occasion. The members of the "Society"
are ruin' eh, Lieutenant?
An Earthquake,
The New York Journal of Commerce of the
28th ult., gives an account of an earthquake which
was seriously felt in that city, and Long Island.
in Norwich, Conn., the shock wee so severe that
persons could scarcely stand upon their feet, and
the people in church supposed the bell was falling
from the Steeple. The trembling and rumbling
sound, lasted about two minutes, end seemed to be
in a direction from North to South. Judging front
these accounts, this must have been the most via
lent earthquake felt in this vicilnity for a great
number of years. We fear we shell hear disas
trous intelligence from the West Indies , * or South
America, or both.
es.—A daughter of Secretary Bancroft died
at the residence of Dr. Jackson in Philadelphia, on
the 29th ult. She died from home, yet surrounded
by many warm and ardent friends. Her father
was with her and saw her eyes closed in death.—
'rite Washington Union says that she was but six
years of age, and the only child of her parents,
adding : She was indeed a lovely thing, gay as
a goring morning, when she left us in July last;
and blooming like a Ifebe in health. How little
did we dream. that it was the last we should ever
see of her! She was the favorite of all who saw
her."
Ti, s Nerr Negri; axe r.—The Martinsburg
(Va.) Gazette declares its preference fur Thomas
Corwin, now a Senator from the State of Ohio, as
the Whig candidate fur the next President, and
James C. Jones, of Tennessee, for Vice President.
The Lynchburg Virginian prefers Judge McLean,
If Mr. Clay will not consent to be a candidate; al
4 is generally understood that he will not.
Tho Tariff Again
We have received a communication on the sub
ject of the Hollidaysburg Convention, which we
give in another column, taking our correspondent
of last week, and °wadi, to task for the positions
assumed by him and us in regard to this affair.
We give place to this communication on the ground ,
that all have a right to be heard; indeed, we have
no desire to exclude any, however much they may
differ from our own views. on any subject, prefer
ring rattier that the people should have an opportu
nity to view subjects of this kind, especially, in all
the different aspects in which they can be present
ed. We confess ourretf, however, at a loss to
know, exactly, with what the writer referred to
finds fault. We objected, together with our corres
pondent, to the Whigs having any thing to do
With this Convention, and our friend who writes
for us on this subject in to-day's paper, thinks with
us that it would be "policy" in the Whigs to let
our "Democratic" friends manage the matter them.
telvee. Thut is our position also. We went them
Ito get themselves right on this subject. Did not the
Whigs from one end of the State to the other—from
the Delaware to the Lakes, (speaking exclusively of
Pennsylvania) proclaim to the people, both through
the medium of the press and from the stump, that
Jan. K. Polk wee opposed to the interests of Penn
eylvania, and allied with the free-trade notion. of
the South? Did they not tell them that in the
event of the defeat of HaabY CLAY, the Tariff
would be repealed! And did not these men who
now cry out that the Tariff is in danger, 'and call
upon the Whigs to help save it, traverse the State,
from one end to the other, telling their party that
it was all a "Whig lie"—that ' , Polk was a better
Tariff man than Mr. Clay!" We think it but a
poor compliment to their intelligence to say that
they were "honest" in all this, and that they were
deceived in regard to Mr. Pollee position on this
aubject. Did not the President's *thole political
life—all his speeches in Congress—and letters to
committees, (with the exception of the celebrated
Katie letter, manufactured to suit the occasion)
prove 'conclueively that he was opposed to the
whole protective policy? We say they did, and
his advocates in this State were too intelligent not
to be aware of It. Our correspondent speaks of
these men as "honorable" gentlemen, and takes us
to tosk for assailing their motives. Is it honorable,
we would ask, to deceive the people on a subject
on whirls their bread and butter depends, for the
Isole object of advancing the interests of party?
Does it, we ask, prove these gentlemen to he "hon
est' end "honorable," to came out now, previous
to any thing from the Preeident of 'their choice on
the subject, and in the face of all their assertions of
last fall to the contrary, declare the "Tariff to be in
danger." Do they not by this course, prove them
selves to be the very reverse.
Our correspondent modestly asks tte to "buckle
on our armor of opposition to the tree-trade party
of the South," and let these honorable Locefoeos of
Pennsylvania, who are about rising above their
"party trammels," alone. The only pity is that
these Lunutablo mesa aid nnl. think or 'loins olovvo
their "party trammels" when they could have
done some good. They had se much light on the
subject when they were electioneering and voting
for Mr. Polk, in regard to this question, as they
have now. But they must first secure the interests
of their paely—tlect Mr. Polk, and plant him and
his free-trade Cabinet securely in the Capitol of the
nation, and then turn round and invite those who
they denounced as "liars" to join them in suetain
ing the Tariffi as we said before, against the &e
-malts of the men who they themselves absolutely
lied into office! And for all this hypocricy and
fraud, men, calling themselves Whigs, pronounce
them "honorable!" In regard to the advice given
us to "buckle on our armor," &c., we have only to
add, that we have had it on time and again, doing
battle not against the free-trade party of the South
alone, but against their free-trade allies of Pennsyl
vania, who have done more against Pennsylvania
interests, in deceiving the people in regard to the
true issue involved in the last Presidential contest,
than has ever been aceompliehed by the free-trade
party of . the South; and we shall continuo to do so,
"regardless of denunciations from any quarter."
0;:yOur neighbor of the Register thinks there is
no danger of the division men being defeated at
Harrisburg this winter. He thinks that tho Whigs
can be brow-beaten into the support of the measure;
and says they ask nothing of the Whigs but the
"reward of merit." The "merit" of electing two
Locofocos, we are of opinion', will not bo very
highly appreciated by the Whig representative.,
taken in connection with the threat of the Regis
ter, that this policy will be continued, in ease their
prayer is not granted.
New York Election,
The News furnishes the official vote of the city
for Senator, as follows
Sanford, Loco, 16,826
Bradish, Whig, 11,700
Ely, Native, 8,615
Treadwell, Nat. Ref. 634
From the returns received front the other coon-
Jims of the State, there is no doubt of the Locofo
cos having carried a large majority of the Legisla-
ture.
The majority in favor of a Convention to re
form the Conetitution in supposed to be large.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York fi,:rald says, that at a meeting of the Cabinet
last week, there was a palpable division upon the
question of the toodification of the Tariff.—Messrs.
\Volker, Johnson and Mason favoring a reduction
to the lowest revenue standard, and Messrs. Bn
chanan, Marcy, and Bancroft opposing it. The
vote of the President decided the question favora
ble to reduction. The correspondent remarks that
• , an explosion of the Cabinet is dreaded upon this
very issue."
cO Roo. T. M. FLINI, late of Carlisle, has been
called to and entered upon dm Pastoral chargo of
the Lutheran Church in Lewistown, Pa.
Poon Imnasn!—lt stated that during the laat
week an individual died in the city, leaving prop-
erty worth $50,000, who, for a long time past, had
been receiving aid from the Guardians of the poor!
The Caledonia,
This vessel which arrived at New York last
week, brings seven days later news front Europe.
We find tho following in the Pennsylvania Inqui
rer taken frons a long article in the European:
Times:
The American Provision trade flourishes. The
stock of Beef, Pork, and Cheese, is light; and the
state of things in Ireland will have a tendency not
only to improve prices, but to lessen competition.—
It seem a angular anomaly in this branch of trade,
that the dealers aro constantly complaing of the
smallness of their stocks, and of the difficulty which
they experience itt executing the orders which pour
in upon them.
The prices of Corn in rising rapidly; and on this
head we need de little more than refer to the ample
details in our market returns. The weather lately
has been most wretched, and even at the present
moment large patches of uncut grain are exposed
to the pelting of the elements in the north of Eng
land and in Scotland, while, as we have stated pre
previously, the position of ;natters in Ireland is even
worao. Damp corn enhances the value of fine
wheat; and those who possess the latter, calcula
ting on a rise, evince no desire to part with it. The
market is therefore scantily supplied, and improve
ment in the price is the result. As to the general
yield of the harvest, the authorities differ; but it
seems undeniable that the wheat crop will be un
der that of last year—though not to the extent that
name alarmists would fain induce the world to be-
Here.
The Money Market shows symptoms of waver
ing under the black clouds which appear in the
'distance. During the last few days the price of
Console has declined one per cent., and the value
of money is higher. The Share market may, on
the whole--of course, riontithetending the fever,
'we era speaking comparatively of the bloodheat—
be pronounced duller. Some of the Shares have
receded in value, and the price of almost every kind
of scrip is lower.
The iron trade is brisk—ho* cotila it be others
wise ?--and there continues to be a greater demand
than the trade can supply. The price of Iron, of
late bears, has advanced enormously; and, front
the ptesent position of matters, it seems likely to
advance still higher.
New Jersey Election:
The results of the New Jersey election are not
whet we could desire—they are not what they
ought to have-been. There are Whigs enough in
that State to elect a large majority of the legisla
ture, the Governor, and all the Congressmen.
They do not "turn out," unless there is a strong
excitement, and so their friends are "turned out.''
The following, so far as we can obtain inform.
Lion, is the result of Tuesday's labor:
Wants. Locos.
Seiler. Assembly. Senate. Assembly,
Bergen, 0 0 1
2
Hudson, 1 1
Essex, 1 7
Middlesex, 1 4
Morris, 1 4
Passaic, 1 2
Somerset, 1
Monmouth, 1 5
Mercer, 1 3
HulingtOn, 1 5
Sussex, 1 , 4
Warren, 1 3
Hunterdon, 1 4
Camden, 1
Gloucester, 1
Salem,
Cumberland, 1
Cape May, 1 1
A tluntic, 1
Senators from Essx, Somerset, Gloucester,Sa
lem, Warren, Monmouth, and Camden, newly
elected—the others hold over.
While every Whig county in New Jersey did
well, it would seem that the Banner may be claim•
ed by Gloucester, where, against most adverse cir
cumstances, our friends rallied like men, and suc
ceeded against all antagonists.-- U. S. Gazette.
IMO True Whig Spirit.
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We recognise the following Resolutions; adopted
at a Whig Convention held at Carthage, Ohio, on
the 4th ult. the right spirit, the geneial diffusion of
which, when the time comes for serious action, can.
not fail to ensure to the Whig party, throughout
the whole Union, a triumphant success:
"Resolved That the name of Wino, is to the
history of our country and the lineage/of our ances.
tors—a name honorable among men—associated
with the love of liberty—distinguished for resistance
against despotism—admirable for what it has done
and to be desired for what it would do.
"Resolved, That to the iinava thorn is no des•
pair ; that the hour of adversity should be the hour of
effort; and that as the Whigs of the Revolution
conquered all obstacles, and became victorious in
defeat, so we, like them, will continue to struggle
for our country, and, trying to deserve suecess, look
forward with hope and confidence from a disastrous
past to a glorious future."
Cuirro.--A gentleman states that by using
guano this yehr, his crop of grapes was increased
four fold, and ho consequently made four times
more wine. He also tried it around his quince
trees, the consequence of which was that they pro
duced double their usual quantity of fruit.
APPOINTMEET ZIT THE GOV6IINOII.-Clovernor
Shook has appointed Tiberius Jefferson Bryant
Esq., formerly of the city, Commissioner for the
State of New York, to take acknowledgements of
deeds, and other inetrumente of writing for prop
erty in Pennsylvania, and to administer oaths or
affirmations to be read in evidence in the courts of
Pennsylvania.
A New foca.—At Philadelphia, on Monday
afternoon, a great deal of interest and curiosity was
excited by the fact of a tall, fine looking men being
seen leisurely promenading along second street,
wearing a coat, on the back of which, In large sta
ring gilt letters, were the words 'TA ILOW3 DUN:,
On, inquiry, it was ascertained that ho was employ
ed by en association of tailors for the purpose of
collecting hopeless lulls, and shaming the debtors
of that ill-used race of tradesmen into the payment
of their debts.—Carlisk l'aurtiecr,
The Pottowattomies,
Col. R. S. ELLIOTT, with a delegation of eleven
•of this tribe of Indiana, are still at Washington,.
Their visit tolhe Capitol is for the purpose of ne
gotiating treaties in reference to their nation. On
the 7th inst. they had an interview with the Presi
dent, who welcomed them in a brief speech, to
which OrTs-Ks-sur ex, the orator of the delega
tion, replied as follows:
"My Father,—You ace your children, chiefs and
bravos of the Pottawatomies. We come a long
way to visit you. We offer you our respect and
friendship. Tho while man is our friend and we
aro his. We respect tho government of the United
States, and wo wish to do what is right.
Father,—We have given you all our country
about Lake Michigan. You can sco it on your
Map.—Millions of white men live bn it: We
loved that country; but we gave it to you.
• Father,—We loved our country about the lakes.
It is ours no longer, but wo love it still. It On- .
tains the graves of our people, and our hearts are
sad when we look back to it.
Father,—You sent us where we now are. It .
was to be our home as long as the sun shines and
the water flows; there we were to grow up like
grass upon the prairies. This is what you prom
ised us at Chicago twelve winters ago. But you
want us now to go to the west of the Missouri.
N,Ve see a cloud; a great cloud about lowa, we can
not see clearly.—We want you Father to disperse
this cloud—Father we want you to do us justice,
to act up to the promise. Father, you are from the
west, you know what your red children want."
To this tho President replied as follows:
"ro the chiefs and braves of the Pottowatomie
nation, the President of the U. States says: We
have given an open ear to your talk, and lent our
selves to the hearing in all honesty and good faith,
to know your wants, your wishes, 'and to study to
make you happy,--We know'you have comes long
way io visit us, and we arc pleased to see, and to
receive with cordiality and friendship the represen
tatives of a groat nation. It is the desire of the
people and President of the U. States, that as long
as the sun shines and the water flows, the red man
shall enjoy a happy home amongst us. That the
blessings which the Great Spirit has showered upon
hs, may be extended to the Red man, until no dif
ference shall be known in the capacity to enjoy and
the disposition to acknowledge his bounty; be as
sured braves and chiefs that the United States will
never impose any conditions upon the Red man
that has not hie consent.—All promises heretofore
made, shall be strictly fulfilled, and if it is the Red
man's desire to remain where they now are, every
stipulation in their favor made at Chicago, shall be
rigidly observed. But, if with the entire consent
and approbation of the nation, an arrangement can
be made, by Which a hapPy home, where those
dreaded clouds you have spoken of cannot conic,
can be provided, then will we be happy to accom
plish it—first being secured that each an arrange ,
ment will produce the comfort for you that we so
much desire, and it being done with the perfect
wallowse male people you represent.
Chiefs and Braves, accept my deep sympatily
with your condition, my warmest heartfelt wishes
for your welfare, and my expression of gratified
feelings for your visit. In your arrangement of
business, and the negotiationa which may follow, I
now refer you to the Secretary of War, who is as
fully empowered as myself to conduct your affairs
to their termination. •I shall be happy to fulfil
whatever you may desire according to my power,
and when you have concluded, I shall be pleased
that you again should visit me, and that we may
part with the beet and kindest relations.
CAS9I.I M. CLAY'S second number of die re•
'ivod • True American' pithily 'toys:
bur Printing Office was moved one tiny itt our
absence, to Cincinnati, by coma of our friends—lt
pats us to seine inconvenience, but we are good
natured and used to ill•usage: we don't soy Much
about it— , •they cant !!
cd• Them is much good sense, and sound logic,
and refined sentiment, in the following paragraph
from the Salem Gazette:—
, Graltsitous Printing'—There is no such thing
as doing any thing "gratuitously" in a printing
office. Somebody must pay for everything that is
done. Not a Ilno can be set that does not cost
money for the setting. Either the printer must pay
the whole, or the advertiser must pay his short).—
The only question, therefore, to be asked by the
publisher who is to poy tho money for the labor, is,
what ground has this party or individual to require
me to pay for tho promotion of its or his objects
ExpLostex OF Ax EMPTY BARREL.-As a man
was knocking out the bung of an empty vinegar
barrel the other day, ono of the heads buret out
with a tremendous report, and was blown to a dis
tance of nearly one hundred yards. So loud woe
the noise, that many of the citizens in the neigh
borhood were heard to exclaim "There goes wroth
or powder mill !" Fortunately nobody was inju
red. It originated from the cask, which was very
largo, being charged with gas.
It is astonishing how often this accident occurs.
The empty vinegar barrels aro plentiful. They are
full of acrid gasses, that are generated from rem
nants of acidity, and their entire emptiness gives
occasion to the generation of immense bodies of
these offensive airs. Sometimes, when a little heat
ed, these evil humors exude through the pores, and
oflbrul delicate persons, thought they generally turn
upon the poor empty barrel. Sometimes when, by
accident, or from mischievous humor, the head of
these gaseous casks are lapped, they explode with
a fearful noise, and monstrous escape of the gasses.
fa general, it is best to let such empty aloha alone
—they carry in them the worst punishment that
can be inflicted ; and as their action is periodical, it
is easy to avoid the effect of even an explosion.--U.
S. Gazette. .
aj'The branch of Moan's Telegraph which is
to connect Philadelphia with Hatrisburg is already
under way, and advancing rapidly to completion.
It is expected that the Governor's Annual Mes
sage will be transmitted, by this lightuing winged
conductor to the city,
For the Journal,
MR. CLABIC—A writer in your lest Journal has
undertaken to instruct the Whigs their duty, rela
tive to the' Tariff Convention, to be held at Hol
lidaysburg on the 12th Inst.; and had you been
content with giving publicity to hid production,
without indorsing it, I should not have taken this
notice of it. Every gentleman has, certainly, a
right to publish his own views on political sub
' jecte, and let them pass for whet they ore worth—
even an editor of a paper, known as the organ of a
party, has as much right as any other citizen, but
he ought to Ge careful not to substitute hie own
opinion for that of the party he belongs to.
With respect to the motives, (so rudely manned
by the writer referred to) of the gentlemen who
hive made the call for the meeting, I think them
not only honest Litt highly commendable, and it le,
I take it, the duty of every well wisher of Penney l
iania interests, to attend the Convention, and give
countenance and approbation to the proceedings.
It may, its true, be a question of pOlicy whether
Whigs ought to participate in conducing tho af
fairs of the Convention. They can have no influ
ence with the "PoWers that be"—thoir views on
the subject of tile Tariff of 1842 are well known;—
it is their own legitiniiie offspring, afid that fact,
alOne, may be the cause of President Polk's hos
tility to it. It Would, therefore, be better that the
Democratic gentlemen who have tecommeftded the
meeting, should cond6ct it—they were the advo
cates and supporters of Mr. Polk's eiectiOn, under
an impression, no doubt, that when elected, he
would ebandon hie free trade notions, and contin
uo the protection whieh the viatits . of the Agricul
tural and Manufacturing interests of the country
required.—Mr. Polk has deceiied thern,—they
tend, I hope, in their proceedinge, telling him in
emphatic tetnis, that he has done so. Why then,
should your correspondent assail such men as
Judge Burnside, and theme associated with him, in
their abandonment of party tactics, tbr the gclod of
their country? Why attempt t 6 interrupt them in
their endeavours to do good? Bhould they he suc
cesstlil in persuading the Administration to desist
from measures that must end in ruin to the coun
try, why, the Whigs will. derive equal benefit
from their labours, with all other citizens.
On so vital a question as that of the present Tar
iff there ought to be no recrimination—let your
correspondent (and yotirself too) buokle on the
armor of opposition to the Southern opposition to
Pennsylvania interest—battle with the free trade
party, and not with honorable men, who have
strewn themselves above party trammels, who aro
about throwing themselves into the breach for the
good of the country.
A FARIVItR.
Pennsylvania and the Tariff.
The Harrisburg Union, a leading Polk paper,
&Maude!, en article on the tariff with tho follow
ing:
"The bemocracy of Pennsylvania will sustain
President Polk's administration with the same ar
dent devotion nod firmness that it did Andrew
Juuhnuu . n, 0.1 mlil.• vro am .twines for the ad
vancement oP the great interests of our native
State, we ehali die'countenance all and every at
tempt, come frOm what quarter it may, calculated
to produce a went of confidence in tho National
Administration."
That we take to be the truo Ponnsylvanisn Polk
sentiment. Sustain as much of the tariff as you
can, but sustain Mr. Polk at all baiaitht—Look to
the principles, if you can, but look tti the man
without them, whatever you do: We love to talk
about the tariff, but the tariffmuat go, if Jacksoniam
requirei it.—U. S. Gm
tixrczarizz.—We mentioned, yesterday, the re-
Cult of the effort to elect a United States Senator
for Tennessee, Mr. H. L. Turney, an independent
eandirlate of the Locofoco party, whose friends re
dolied that they would not suffer Executive dicta
tion: Whatever may have been their zeal for the
bleetion of Mr. Polk, they wore resolved that he
should not interfere in their local affairs. The num
ber of these gentlemen were not very large. Loco
focoism usually keeps her fdrces in lino; but the
number was, nevertheless, sufficient to prevent an
election for some time, and on Saturday, forty-seven
Whigs joined these six Locos, and elected Turney,
sending him to the Senate of the United States,
Without obligatibns to sustain a wrong measure, be
cause it might be the President's, or to oppose a
good ono merely because it carne trot the Whigs.
The action of the Legislature thtis rebukes the mi
nority, in the form of a majority, for attempting to
tyrannise; and since a good Whig could not be
elected for Tennessee, all good Whigs will rejoice
that a Loco has been chosen, who is not pledged to
the errors of his own party.— U. S. Gazette.
Monr. TROUBLE is apprehended in Hancock
county, Illinois, in consequence of a recent occur
rence there. A Mormon, living near Camp Creek,
in the North part of the County, who was suspec
ted of participation in the murder of Danbenheyes,
became apprehensive that a mob was about to burn
his house. He, therefore; sent a request to Mqjor
Warren to protect him. Major W. accordingly
sent Lieutenant Everett, of the Quincy Rifle Com
pany, with a few men, to guard tho Mormon's
house. As the party approached the hoase, the
Mormon inmates, mistaking them for tho mob, fired
upon them and severely wounded Lieutenant Ev
erett. He received throe shots, but none of
-them
are supposed to be fatal.
A correspondent of tho St. Louis Reveille,
set's:--
" I have jest learned that tho Grandlury have
found a true bill for murder against Backenstoe, in
the case of Worrel. The Mcldratney case has not
come up as yet.
4, Considorable excitement was produced in town,
last night, by the arrival of intelligence that about
fifty Mormons were stationed in the prairie, back of
Montebello, in squads of four or five oach, at die.
tances of from admit' to one mile from'eaoh other.
A gentleman who conversed with one of the party
mites, that they said their object was to preserve
peace during Court. There is much mystery about
thus movement, and much curios* to know what
tit means."
HORRIBLE MURDER. • ,
We learn from the Boston Olive Branch
ihai a horrible murder was perpetrated in
Boston on the 27th ult., which has thrown
that city into unusual commotion. It ap
pears that a young woman of great beauty
named Maria A. Bickford, from Maine,
was found in a chamber in a disreputable
house in her night apparel, lying upon the
floor, with her throat cut from ear to ear,
and entirely dead. The room was on fire
in several places; as well as the persons ss
apparel. She had passed under an assu
med name andhad been but a few days
at the house where she was found mur
dered, She is recognised as having led a
life Of disaolbteness in that city for some
time. A letter was found m the roam in•
which the murder was committed address.
ed A. J. 'l'., to M. A. 8., which together
With other circumstances, fixes suspicion N
on Albert J. Terrell as the murderer, anttt..\
officers were dispatched in all directions
in pursuit of him. He was arrested in
Philadelphia last Monday, and was taken
to Boston in irons. •
About a year since Terrell came in pos
session of 41125,000 by the death of his
father, and lavished Much of this money
upon this willnan. Por several weeks
last summer they boarded together as man
and wife in Boston, and quarrelled very
often. A
The Coroner's jury found,a verdict rota(
wilful murder against Terrell ; and tliF
Councils of Boston had offered a reward
of 411,000 for his apprehension. Terrell
has a wife living in Weynionth, 'and was
arrested sometime since at New Bedford,
on the charge of adultery but was dischar
ged, having compromised the matter.
Warlike Wo!ement in Great Brit- F .
fan.
The New York Gazette givevke fgt. .
lowing as an extract froM a private letter
from a gentleman in gnearid, who lately
visited the; Dock Yards activity
In all the kng!ish Dock Yards is unprece- •
dented, and I have in vain endeavored to
discover the caitsY,.,, The number the t
War Steamers now being built is unusu
ally great. No one here has any idea of
a rupture with France,' many believe the
Government mein' to take strong
ground in regard to Oregon, and some •
think the govern - client are negotiating for 4,
California. The forts erecting on differ
ent points of tine coast are also sultjPcts oir
ouch surprise and remarlr. There can be,
no doubt that a war is in prospect, but,
with whom the people here are entirely at
a boa to conjecture."
The Potato Ctop in irelolod.
The New York Sun says that "that t
most dreadful of all calamities to Irelandik
as well ash) England's career of conquest,
a failure of the Irish potato crop, is now
too painfully certain. From the counties
of Dublin, the two Meaths, Cork, Tyrone,
Kilkenny, Oarlow, Down, Roscomunn,
Waterford, Armagh and Kerry, ems?!-
cing portions of the tour Provinces. we
hear of the ravages of the rot, the plague,
the murrain, or, as the. Irish peoiiit des
ignate it, "the cholera" in the potatoes.
The great "staff of life" to eight or nin i j
millions of people is turned into a poise. .,
while those articles of food that other
countries could rely upon for a mitigation
of the calamity, are being exported to
England to meet the exorbitant rents exac
ted from Irish farmers by a foreign aris
tocracy. A famine in Ireland I NVho
can contemplate it without horror I" ,
Townosi Execoermr.—Lamentable Loss ill .
LVe.—The Towboat Perbian, Captain Riddle, OW'
the passes, with Alpe Thos, 11. Wale. and Tyrian
in tow, burst her two starboard boilers, when under
way, about half past eight o'clock, pn the morning
of the 24th ult., two mile. below New Orleans,
scalding five , and killing three Pena..
oz)"Mr. Politer, tho editor of the ''Uniontown
Democrat," was violently assaulted lest week by
the lately elected locofoco Representative of that
county, A. H. Hill, who came up behind him and
struck him on the neck. That is the *ay aowirde
treat the independence of the press!
NEW
S
.wrocery
In the 3d street north of the Canal, 2 doors
west from Mr. H. Glazier and adjoin
ing the residence of his Fathei.
THE undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of the borough and County of
Huntingdon, and the public generally, that
he is now opening a general assortment of
Groceries and Confectionaries; comprisinat
in part, Coffee, Sugar, Tea, Spices, Sugar
and Water Crackers; Pick. Nicks, Almonds;
Raisins, Mackerel, Herring, &c. &c. Also,
Tobacco of the most approved bland:; best
Spanish, half-Spanish and American Segars,
wholesale and retail, to suit purchasers.
Together with a variety of articles, too nu
merous to be inserted. All which he offers
for sale on reasonable terms for cash, or in
exchange for proince at fair prices.
• G. HARTLEY,
Agent for the rropti4tm..
Huntingdon, Nov. 12, 4243.
LANA .FOll SALE.-
4HE subscriber will offer for sale, on the
• premises, on Friday.the 28th Inst., the
farm on which Daniel Isenberg now lives,
situate in "Woodcock Valley," two miles
from M'Connellsville ' and 7 from Hunting ;
dont containing about 105 am es, a great pea
tion of which is of the best quality of lime
stone land, 90 acres cleared, is of which is t
meadow; a good house and barn, &c., and ate:
never failing opting of eXcellent Water.
Also, a tract of first rate timber land,
about three-quarters of a mile from the
above, and within one-quarter of a mile of a
saw-mill. It will be sold separate or alto
gether,
'Wit may be found to suit porch's
eta.
• Terms made known on clay of sale. For
particulai 5 inquire of the subscriber at the
Collecten's otfice in Huntingdon. '"'"
Huntingdon, NemJOH S. PA II O N,
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