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AE JOURNAL
14UNTINGDON:
‘Vednesday, March 11, 1816.
Our thanks ate due to the Hon. Jong
DLAacaAun, for a valuable public document.
ci•• The Aqueduct across Shnver's Ford will be
completed, ft is thought, by the beginning of the
coming week. We observe that our transportation
men aro putting their stock upon the canal and
preparing to commence the business of the season.
r;;YPhe Message of President Fisher, to the
F. S. Senate at Huntingdon, will he read with ht
Iciest. It contains, as does every thing coining
from the pen of this gentleman, sound, statt'smlll
like doctrines, and lofty, brilliant idea.. Let all
read it. It will he found on our first page.
ccynts Anor.yriox or Cserr., Puxisitmssa
will come up for discussion in the U. S. Senate at
Huntingdon, on to-morrow evening. It is expect
ed Geo. Triplor, Esq. will address the Senate
on this question, es well as the able anal eloquent
gentlemen who hare on all occasions participated
and enlivened the debates of this useful end inter
esting association•. Let there be a full house—a
perfect jam.
Stato Legislature.
We net without our usual Legislative letter this
week, and are es yet unaware of rho cause. It is
possible, however, that our correspondent did not
write on account of the entire barrenness of Legis
lative news. We see by the papers that nothing
of interest has transpired in either House since our
last, with perhaps the exception of the passage in
the House of the Judicial division of the Revenue
bill, the provisions of which reduces the salaries of
the Supreme and Distnct Court Judges. Tin
tuna of the Liver.° members was taken up during
nearly the whole week with the nomination of a
Commissioner candidate. There has nothing been
done in the House in regard to either the Central
Railroad or the Right of Way. As the Locofoco
Convention has adjournod, we shall likely have
some news iu regard to these two great projects for
our next paper.
Srarso.—The weather for the butt few days has
been delightful; and the way Mr. Sol has been
walking into winter's white marble, is a caution to
ell who have been caught at a distance from home
MI runners. At this present writing the bnow has
utmost entirely disappeared.
crythe citizens of Mifflin county hold a meet
ing at Lewietown on tho 24 'nat., and past a aeries
Tome. dexta It•
an, Eel. presided.
The press and the people of “Little Mifflin" de
serve thank. for the firm and patriotic manner in
which they have stood op to the interests of Penn
sylvania on these railroad questions.
Spring Illections.
We hope our Whig brethern will consider the
importance of the election of Judges and Inspec
tors of election., which are to be held in the re
ppeclive townships on Friday the 20111 day of
March inst. The partial success of the Locofocoe
last fall, enabled them to divide our county, in the
hope that they could place it under the rule of Lo
c.ifecoism for the future. Lel them never realize
that hope. There is still a NVhig majority of from
sIX to SEVEN HUNDRED in the old county,
as appears by the returns of the last Gubernatorial
and Fresidential elections. Every friend of the
country should be at hie post, ready to du his duty
et the spring elections, so as to prevent Lindero
ism from obtaining tire custody of the ballot boxes;
for there to no doubt but that the "li/toiler/I" will
tree every effort, no matter how foul, to make a
demonstration next fall, and carry the county if
possible. Let it be remembered that au important
election takes place in October, for member. of
Congress, Canal Commissioner, and county offi
cers; and recollecting that, let every man be on the
alert early.
TyThe Globe not being in the hands of any re
sponsible person, and the title to it not eltegether
.'clear and unguationable," the public will ofcouree
not expect tut to reply to any thing that may be
said of us by the long-eared tribe that for the prefs
en! manage that eieitly concern.
Tits MeTr vs.—The editor of the Clinton Demo
crat, in speaking of the division of this county,thu■
unwittingly lets out the secret motive which in
duced the Locofscos all over thy State to support
the measure. Hear him:
oOur friend of the Huntingdon Journal is per
fectly rabid in consequence of 0110 of the members
from that county supporting the measure, and he
deals in sundry not very amiable epithets in refer
ence to the gentleman, \\ h a t i s wrong s ; r ! wiii
old Whig and anlimasonic Huntingdon be Demo
cratic hereafter? Ha! ha!"
The interrogatory contained in the above, we
will le/ the people answer et the polls, in October
Hest.
Correct asce.—Jarnes K. Snowden, Eng., State
Treasurer of Pennsylvania, announces the receipt
from an annonyntous source of two hundred and
fifty dollars, which the writer ratites to he due to the
State for taxation certain property which descended
!natty years ago to collateral heirs.
..The Huntingdon Journal charge; Mr. Owin
with going against his own interest."—Regiskr.
Not as, Mr. Jonce. We never even invected
ihn of going against outer; Want."
• I( torr or War IN Vim,' ra.—The bill remov
rig tiomp of the reattictiona un the lialtimoro and
thin Itaifroad Company liar parted [lto Setiala of
:Nat a, it passed the Hutt..
Anonymous Writers—M. win
on the Tariff.
We do not often pay any attention to annony
mous correspondents of papers; but wo are inclined
to noticoscommunioation of a decidedly LOW . .co
character in tho last liollidtlaburg Registe6ehich
is prolesaedly a Whig, paper. The comMunica
lion, we have reason to believe, was, penned by
the editor of that paper, and we are somewhat for
tified in this belief by the fact that our brother of
the Register is blamed with often giving publicity
in that shape to obnoxious pieces, whicc it would
be too inconsistent to let appear as editorials.
The communication alluded to states that we
eulogized Mr. 141°11111.0v for having Morris town-
Alp divided, end abuse the traitor Gwin, whom it
characterize. as "the representative of the people
and not of a faction;" and the writer hesitates not
in pronouncing the traitor Gwin and Mr. Patterson
"faithful and worthy representiveie and adds,
"they. are entitled to the continued confidence of
every citizen of the new county of Blair es well as
of the unprejudiced 'of the county of Huntingdon."
If it were not for the course pursued by the
Register for the lest nine months,tve might well be
astonished at treeing such a communication in that
paper; but knowing that its chief avocation during
. the time specified has been to abuse Whigs and
eulogize Locofocos, we aro not at all surprised at
this feeler which it has now put forth.. We assert,
without the fear of contradiction, that no /Mg
would write such a communication, nor tvohtd any
Whig publish ii, the assertion of the author, who
j signs himself "NV," to the contrary notwithstand-
Alexander Gwin "entitled to the thanks and
continued confidence" of the Whigs of Blair and
Huntingdon counties!! Tell it not in Oath—pub
hell it not in the streets of Askelon! Is Whiggery
a weathercock which changes with every Wind?
Or is it a nose of wax, to ho twisted into any and
every shape in the hands of the demagogue?
Whigs of Huntingdon and Blair what think you
of it? Have you abandoned the Tariff? Do yen
now hate what you always professed to love?
Alexander Gwira, who hoe persecuted the Whigs
all the days of his life—who would persecute them
yet even unto death, hr recOrathended to the "con
tinued tredidetce" of the Whigs! Alexander
qltelt), the open advocate of FREE TRADE—the
avowed enemy of the distribution of the proceeds
of the Public Lands—Alexander Gwin, whoskulk
ed behind the Speaker's chair when the vote was
taken on the Tariff Resolutions as they came from
the Senate into the house of Representatives, and
sneakingly DODGED the vote in favor of the Tar
iff, unencumbered with Locofoco measures, but
whose cowardly heart, rankling with vengeance
against the Tariff and the Whigs, had Locofoco
ardor enough to prompt him to sneak into his seat
and vote for loading those resolutions with fault
tien. of James K. Polk, the "better Tariff man"—
with hearty approbation of the Sub-Treasury
scheme, and Quixotic hostility to a National Bank
—this is "the representative of the people and not
of a faction," who is entitled to the thanks of the
Whigs. and ‘vh., toeyrve coun
ties," through a Whig paper, (God sat e the intuit!)
by its astute editor or an equally astute anony
mous correspondent, in order to enable this honest!
fair! and popular!!! "representative of the people,"
to carry his love for Locofoco measures and his
hostility to Whig principles into the hall of Con-
- Whet think you of it, Whigs of the iron region!
Are you ready to be turnad over to the support of
such a creature, who has rendered himself odious
to every friond of Pennsylvania interests, by his
abominable course towards the tneasUres which
protect 01l those interests? And Whet say you
Whigs of Blair county, are you ready fora bitterer
dose than was prepared for you last fall? Aro
you, bona. the Locofocos, to gratify a spirit of
persecution sad revenge, granted your petitions,
ready to swallow this creature whole? or will you
not rather in defiance of the wishes of those who
control what professes to be your organ, cast this
traitor front you, and as in times gone by, support
those entertaining principles in accordance with
your own? We believo you will.
A nthracito Yurnacos.
We sce by a statement in the last Harrisburg
Telegraph, taken from the liailroad Journal, that
' there is now 34 Anthracite Furnaces is Pennsyl
vania, all of which are in blast, except 7. Those
in blast are capable of turning out 1300 tons of
iron per week, or 67,600 tons per annum. Those
erecting, and preparing to be put in blast, can pro
duce 500 ton. per week, or 26,000 tons per an
num—making the product of the whole 1800 tons
per week, or 93,600 tont per annum. The quan
tity of coal required to smelt a ton of iron, upon
the average, is 2i tons, which would wake a week
ly consumption of 45,000 tons of cool, amounting
to 234,000 tons per annum, in these works, merely
to run the ore into pig metal. Of the 27' furnaces
all except four have been put in blast since the,
passage of the Tariff of 1812. It is true that sev
eral others were built before that period, and blown
in, but were soon compelled to suspend operation.
In speaking of this subject the other day, en in
telligent friend of oars remarked, that the revenue
which the State would derive from having one hen
tired of those Anthracite furnaces located upon the
banks of her canals, would pay the interest upon
the State debt.
Tax•pupers of Pennsylvania, are you prepared
to sea tha destruction of thu present Tariff; which,
if let alone, will in a few years, produce the very
result of which our friend speaks?
Witten is Tits Hamm PA RTY.—The London
Bpectator, speaking of the President'. Message,
says:
"The American President's Message, which woo
looked to with some anxiety, pritdoced no ill effect
on the market. On the whole, it is considered fa ,
voroblu to the pacific settlement of the negociations
pending on the Oregon ten itory, and with regard
ton revision of the TAB I EF, IT CANNOT nor ACT
FAY°. HL Ir TO Hai rlsir Evrcitzsrte
.Pcitrc does not crmirol Mr. Gtvin."—Regester.
I lave scm, of your tniglitior6 1.1'4 out that it
require. dalara to do that! th, Mr. Joliet'?
loeofoeo State Convention.
This body, which met in Harrisburg on the 4th
inst., appears to have been rather a boisterows af
fair. The Harsisburg Intelligencer says: "The
hbur of ineetint. ; of the Convention wlts three
o'clock in tire afiernoon, and the rogliett bed I
scarcely arrived, when Gen. Porter Wilson, of '
Huntingdon, at She tap' of his voice, ruminated a
Mr. HALE so President of the Convention; and at
the same instant another delegate vociferated the
name of Gen. ROGERS for President. Thus the
melee commenced. Both nominees took the stand,
the friends of each shouting et the top of their
voices—. Hale !'—'Rogers l'—‘Rogers!
—'Hale!!!'—'Rogers!! f—intermin g led with bar
rel., shouts, hisses, groans, clapping and stamping
—the voices of the chairmen appealing to the Con
vention for 'order!'—'order!'--'order!'--and ma
, king on much clamor themselves as any body else—
and the various speakers, prominent amongst whom
we recognised Messrs. Brewster, Frazer, Brown,
I Reader, Wilson, Black, Rumford, and others of
equal celebrity, mounted upon the desks and tables,
trying to make themselves heard by shouting at the
top of their lungs, altogether presenting such a
I scene of disorder and confusion as beggars descrip
tion. After some ten minutes or more of this "con
fusion worse confounded," the tumult subsided in
a degree, and Mr. Charles Brown of ' , Buckshot"
memory, suceeeded in making himself heard, and
proposed that n vote be taken by yens and nays on
the appointmeht of the President, which was finally
agreed to, and resulted es followst—Rogere; St;
I I Hale, CC"
On the morning of the sth, the Convention was
permanently organized by the appointhleht of Br
Champneys, of Lancaster, ea President.
The anti-Foster men then offered resol'ution's in
quiring into the expediency of adjourning until
June, and in favor of rotation in office, all of which
were voted down; the State Administration havint
a large majority in the Convention.
Resolutions in favor of the one term principle
were then offered, and opposed by Brown of Phila
delphia, and Joshua F. Cox, the eenegato Whig
of Somerset county, and others.
They were replied to, says the by
Mr. Reynolds of Mifflin, and very ably Chi: suc
cessfully by Sam'l. Black, of Allegheny, tad Gen.
Wilson of Huntingdon. Mr. Black wax exceed
ingly happy, sarcastic and severe. The adminis
tration men fairly winced under the battery of sar
exam and wholesome truth which he levelled against
them. Mr. B. made by tar the most effective
speech in the Convention, which was evinced by
the repeated and hearty plaudits with which it was
greeted by the audience.
The ono term principle, however, was VOTED
nowt, and the Convention proceeded to the nomi
nation of a candidate for Canal Commissioner,
which resulted in the choice of Wm. D. Fusion,
Jr., by a vote of SO to 40, the latter being divided
amongst a number of other candidates. Mr. Fos
ter is a member of the present Board and has been
charged with using the patronage of his office to
secure his own nomination• nr thsh ~...t. ..e
But the worst act, says the Pa. Telegraph, was
left for the last. A resolution was reported in fa
vor of a revenue tariff with discriminations, in the
language of Polk and Walker, for protection of all
the interests of the country.
Mr. Mumma, a delegate from Dauphin county,
moved to amend the resolution by one asserting
that the Cont , ention approted of the Tariff of 1812,
and were opposed to its modification or repeal.
A debate sprung up on tide motion, in which the
cloven foot of free trade was fully exposed to view,
The Wolkerites made every attempt to dodge the
question, and finally suceeeded in laying both the
resolution and the amendment oh thy table. Thus
ended the labors of tho Convention, which, by re
fusing to give an expression of opinion in favor of
the present tariff has done more to prostrate Penn
sylvania, than a hundred Conventions can ilo to
!mild her up.
The question will now naturally arise, chn
Pennsylvania Ire whipped into the support of a
man uninitiated through the influence of his own
OFFICIAL PATRONAGE, and by a Conven
tion that refused to sustain the Tariff of 1842?
The Tariff;
The Washington correspondent of the North
American says:—"An estimate has been made
within a few days, of the actual veto that can be
relied upon for the existing Tariff, and 95 is tho
total ascertained. In addition to the Whig Coto,
10 aro expected front Pennsylvania, 2 from Mary
land, 2 from New Jersey, 2 from New York, and
3 scattering. There is an inclination in the Com
mittee of Ways and Means to report McKay's bill,
which Was prepared 'oy Gov. Wright two years
ago, and it would very probably command the
Democratic votes I have enumerated. At the final
test thorn will be several absentees, attd I still hold
to the conviction that whatever bill emanates from
the Committee, will be carried by a majority of
twenty votes or thereabouts.
Later News from Europe.
lly the arrival of tho packet ship Toronto, at
New York, wo have rocoivod four days later ad.
vices from Europe.
The news is interesting.
The prospect of tho repeal of the Corn Laws
grows stronger.
The markets are steady, and in wheat thero in no
change since ate Cambria'. advice..
The cotton market is steady, the sales largo, and
prices well supported
English funds were oh (ho tile, the news re
ceived from the United states being considered sat
isfactory.
Ireland confirmaa in a Mato of great eveitement,
and O'Connell has brought theaubject of the fem.
ino in that country before Parliament.
Pats.--On Wednesday lost the born of Mr.
Inane Waugh, of Coo!spring tp., was destroyed by
fire. The fire was used in dreseing flax, very im
prudently, near the barn, and by sonic means com
municated with it. Ono of Mr. \\laugh's slough
tore, aged about IH, war very badly burned; but it
is thought may recover. A quantity of Hay, some
Oats, and about 100 dozens of broken flax were
destroyed.--cer
The Late Pnet . at Irt!.:, hal 0:1 Ca, I Correspondence of the Harrisburg Telegraph.
We mentioned in our last that a hostile renting, CONGRESS.
had taken place between John 11, Plensanta, editor I
,•,,,. ' NA'ssiiisoxox, 3farch 5„1846.
of tiro Richmond . s:
Whig, and Thee. Ritchie, editor . r DxAn Std:—The, New Jersey election case oc
°film Miriam, As wee fenre4, Mr.! ileasantre cupied the house on Monday, Tuesday and yes
heir died the 'tvounds.receivedAri the . conibat: t terday.
f
The follewing is tlken Rpm the hmend Times: ' This case sias finally disposed of, by deciding in
4e. D. ,. ... or Pasesa ec hr favor of John Hunk, wli:g, and against Mr. rodeo,
THE COIIONER ' S Ism nsT.—On Friday nn Inquest Loco • the vote being 96 to 96, the Speaker gave
was held upon the body of John H. Pleneantft, de- '
eensed, before Coroner Robert 'l'. Wicker, the ex-'' the casting vote in favor of Mr. Runk.
i un i mi ti on before t h e Jury occ upyin g fleet ly th e Mr. Sawyer of Ohio, then rose to make a per- ,
whole day. Their verdict was, that' hos. Ritchie, ! canal explanation. A letter bad appeared in the
Jr., was guilty of the murder of Mr. Pleasant. in a i New York Tribune, vetting forth that lie, (Mr. 5.,)
mutual combat Mid .between them on the 25th 1 . dail y bri ng i ng the ....u.
ult., and that Peter Je ff erson Archer, Washington 7. t , T. the ha bit 9, onlY to 1 .. 1
bread and cheese, and eating it back of the Speak-
G:eenhow and Willinm Scoot were present, aiding
Speak
and nbetting in said combat and in eaid murder. er's chair. Some other things wore eiid about hie
The Coroner has issued his warrant to arrest Isola 1 picking his teeth with a jack-knife. lie recom
pantes found guilty by the inquisition. .
mended no course of action to the House ; he
This affray grow ant of a card published by
merely wished to elate the (has. After he sat
Ritchie, pronettrieltig Mr. Pleasants "a rank cow
down, Mr. Brinkerhooff of 0., rose and submitted
ord. They met armed with pistols and swords,
l a resolution to the effect that the letter writers and
and after firing several shine, they cldsed, using
reporters for thelNew York Tribune be expelled
their swords and Inflicting several Revere wounds
from the House. Which was agreed to by a largo
upon each other. Mr. Pheasants received a wound I
majority.
in the abdomen, which caused hie sleuth on the
i
Title may ho Tbry right, but f we look back in
27th alt.; having left an aged mother and two chil-
the session a little, we will find that one of the ed
dren, who wore dependent upon him for their
itore of the Union, and an officer of this House,
moans of sustenance.
endeavored to browbeat Mr. Inchon of Mass., for
making some enquiries, iti his place, relative to . the
public printing. Ile, (Mr. H.,) Was charge:l with
falsifying, a far more serious one than that laid at
Mr. Sawyer's door, and a motion to expel said edi
tor and officer, was laid on the table. Kicking dead
heroes, displays greet courage.
In the Senate the Oregon debate hoe occupied the
week thus far, and continues to be the grand ob
ject of attraction. Although the Oregon question
line been discussed over and over again, and every
inch of ground occupied &sem of times, yet the
interest is as great as ever.
On Monday Mr. Breese occupied the Senate in
a profound and well studied speech, in which he
endeavored to show, beyond cavil, that our title to
Oregon up to 54 deg. 40 min. was clear. He re
viewed the speeches of the several Senators who
had preceded him, and differed with the moat of
' them in regard to the relative naval strength of the
United States and England. He looked upon
England as the weaker nation by far, owing to the
number of dependencies she is forced to keep in
aubjection, and hooted at the idea of her doing us
comparable injury.
On Tuesday Mr. Dayton took the floor, and was
strong in-favor of compromise. Up to 49 deg. he
*as satisfied our title was the best and he woe wil
, IMg to maintain that ; but between 49 deg. and 54
deg. 40 thin, he believed the territory was a fit sub
ject for atbritation and compromise, and was there
fore ill favor of that mode of adjustment. He took
R passing survey of Mr. Breese's speech, and thought
differently fr o m hid, in regard to the naval force of
the two rations,
On Vt'edireeday Mt. Haywood followed Mr.
Dayton, in One of the most sarcastic and forcible
speeches I ever listened to
•, . ,,, Nowc A leade ,. ;}:; ,( l
oar title to 49 deg. was good, and he would light
for it , but not an inch further would ho go without
negotiation. He belabored Mr. Cass and Mr. Allen
most unsparingly i their faces meantiin crimsoned
with passion. He quoted from Mr. Aiien'a speech,
and burlesqued his bombastic talk about war, un
til Mr. A. could stand it no longer, who springing
to his feet said he wished the Senator froth N. C.,
would not qudte him falsel;;;
51r. Haywood said lie did not carry the Ohio
Senators speech in his pocket, but was cure hi
quotes] right. Before he had concluded the Senate
adjourned.
Mr. Haywood resumed and concluded his re
marks this morning, in the Senate. Ho regarded
this whole debate as n grand electioneering scheme,
got up for the purpose of forcing certain gentlemen
prominently forward for the Presidency. He ridi
culed the idea of bringing the resolution of the
Baltimore Convention, relative to Texas and Ore
gon, before the Senate of the United Stales. He
went on to say if that resolution was administered
as a pledge, it was forgotten in the letter to Mr.
Polk informing him cf his nomination.
As soon alike had finished, Mr. Hannegan rose,
laboring apparently under the influence of much
passion, and was proceeding to inquire whether the
Ser-ator from North Carolina professed to represent'
the views of the President in his speech, when lie
was interrupted by Mr. Allen, who seemed unable,
to resist the strong excitement which agitated his
whole system, and who, in a boisteroua tone of
Voice, and in the most insulting manner, demanded
a categorical reply to the interrogatory propounded
by Mr. Hannegan—ho demanded it for the coun
try, and not for himself or the Senate. Mr. Hay
wood, whd manifested admirable calmnees and col
lection, refused an answer, when Allen renewed
the demand, in a tone of absolute fury, to which
Mr. Haywood signified he would neither give sat
isfaction, nor suffer himself to be catechised by any
member upon that floor—he also gave4llen to un
derstand in the plainest terms, he would be asha
mcd of himself if, holding the position of Chair
than of the Comnlittod on Foreign Affairs, the place
of all others supposed to enjoy confidential inter
course with the Executive department, ho was com
pelled to ask publicly, the eentiments of the Pres
ident. He thought it proved there was no love
lost between the parties, and no confidence wasted.
Mr. Hannegan then obtained the floor, and in
dulged in a strain of personal reflection, for which
he was called to order. Ho charged the . South
with Punio faith, in departing from the Baltimore
Resolutions, and said if the President deviated
from Rho purpose of maintaining, at every hazard,
our right to 54 40, ho would sink to the lowest
deep of degradation that ever fell to the lot of a
public man—that he would stand diegraced before
the world, and despised by his own country. Take
it all in all, it was a moat extraordinary scene for '
the Senate Chamber, and shown how far men will
allow themselves to be carried by partizan zeal.
The Committee on Naval Affairs, threngh Mr.
Stanton, reported a bill relative to coast and harbor
defence on a plan submitted by Captain Tsylor,
the dicing bell man.
JCDOB Waoawuun has come bei . de tho public
with ei long address, explanatory of the causes
which led to his rejection by the U. S. Senate. It
appears that the Judges of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania remonstrated against hie confirma
tion, and Judge Woodward seems to think their
influence was the cause of his 'ejection.
Judge Woodward thus speaks of their honors on
the Supreme Bench of this State:
"From the time I voted for the limited tenure in
the Reforni Convention to this day, I have heard
nothing but reproaches of myself from Chief Jus
tics Gibson, Judge lingers and Judge Burnside. It
wcnhl not comport with the temper of this letter
to write down the hard speeches and abusive epi
thets, adjectives being omitted, which I have been
compelled for years to hear from these distinguish
ed men. Aid since t h e President honored me
with the nomination which they so much court,
their wrath seems to have burst all bounds. Self
respect forbids me to notice in detail the many un
kind things they have said of. me, btit it is time for
dram distinctly to underittand, that if thorn be not
voluntary and total reform in that regard, such no
tice will be taken of the matter as may possibln in
their cases, abbreviate the tenure already
And again:
I remember one tirlieported cas'o Weil, for it turf
ed upon a constitutional question which I had ruled
in an opinion filed. Whilst it was tinder review
in the Supremo Court, Judge Rogers is said to have
ejaculated that my constitutional opinions were
"monstrous." I think, however, the °biter dictum
of his Honor must have referred to the limited ten ,
ure, for they affirmed the opinion I had filed.
NAIIVE CONVE,TION.--The Native
Americans held a Stoic Convention in
dila place on Tuesday the f2.lili ult., anti
re-nominated Capt. MonToN as her can
didate for Canal Commissioner. Dele
gates were in attendance from six or sm
flt‘V,it:i nit 1 1 ,- W/1PX,.14,, , ,c.hve,efi u r
Nti
world, to see these infatuated men, con.
tinning in their efforts to build up a par
ty. We should think that the rebukes
they have already met nith would con
vince them that they labor in vain. Such
Whigs we trust, as have b nled ofTin the
i
hope of accomplishing aginary good
through this organizatiot , f will see the
folly of longer adhering I :ii it, and return
to the support of their cherished princi
ples. The friends of list tariff must be
convinced by this time, that it is only by
adhering to the Whig ..;:ganization, that
any good can be done for the country
through flits great meosure. Let them
rally then, to the Whig, Standard.-1/ae
risburg Intelligencer.
The Lancaster Examiner copies a
paragraph from a Pittsburg paper, in which
it is threatened that.the Counties of Al
legheny, Beaver, Armstrong, and one or
two othersovill combine together in resist
ing all payment of taxes for State purpm.
ses, should the Right of Way be refused
to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, and
appends to it the following rather signifi.
cant continent :
.This alarming threat on the part of
our Western friends induced us to look
into official &contents, to see what would
be the consequences if they should actu
ally carry out their threat, and .no longer
sutler themselves to a drain of their means
to swell the wealth and arrogance of all
that is mean, sordid, selfish and merce•
nary.' It appears from a report of the
Auditor General, that in the period of
four years, ending in 1844, the counties
named by the American paid into the
Treasury, abort 413160,000, of taxes for
State purposes, whilst in the same period
of time they drew out over e 284,000 for
School purposes ! We would suggest to
our nullifying, friends of the West, that
they further spite the 'mean, sordid, sel
fish and mercenary" East, lay refusing
longer to maintain their schools at its ex
pense. The 'bondholders' would take
such a course dreadfully to heart:"
MYRTORIOL'iI DEATIG-A respectable young
Irishman, named Patrick McOwen, lef his employ
er's house in Newark township, N. J., on the 9th
ult., to go to Morristown, and was expected to re
turn next evening, but he did not come, and the
next morning ho was found in the barn of Mr. Van
Marcum, in whose service ho was, senseless, and
lived but three hours after he was found. He had
some wounds on the head, but the verdict of the
Coroner's Jury was to the effect, that it was impos
sible to decide whether they were inflicted by the
hands of violence, or caused by a fall front the hay
:oft.
60'510jOr THOM es &roe tcroN, Governor of the
State of Delaware, died suddenly on Alonday
evening at New Castle, while sitting in the office
of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, ,conversing on
business.
Covrorr.---There wore received at New Or-
leans in ono day, on the 21st ult., 10,114 bales of
cotton.
There was a leme at the Presidential mansi
last evening. It was well attended, but not nu
so fuahjoiinhte so some of its predecessors.
A !Mall building, in which gas was generated,
for the use of Brown's Hotel, won destroyed by fire
this mqtAing.
It is Ay great pity this'occurred, gas being en or.
petiment as yet with us. It is to be hoped Mr.
Brown will repair the damage and. ,, go it again."
• In coriclbsion, I will observe that , your readers
must pay no attention to the denials of father Hitch
ie, of rumors sent from bete. He will stultify
self twenty tithe, a day if bard run.
Yours truly, 8.
. IVEARRISD, •
On the sth inst., by the Itoy. J. 8. Lee, MN
ENOCH 8. WALT, of Prirree township, to Um
RUTH TICE, of Petersbuit •
Gn the sdme ay, by johnlkht, Esq., Mr,
MOSES HAMER, to Wm ELIZABETH CO •
ZENS, both of Walker township. . •
On the same day, by the same, Mt eAMUEL
lIOLLINGSHEAD, to Miss JANE WILSON,
both of Huntingdon. •
On the same day, at Thome Forge, by the Rev.
S. H. Reid, Mr. WM. AKELEY, to Miss MA.
RIA NEVILLE, both of this county.
On Thursday, the 26th ult., by the Rev. J.
M'Keehan, Mr. WM. H. GORSUCH, to Mist
ELIZA JANE BOOHER, both of this county.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. WM,
GRESINGER, to Miss SUSAN ANN HARM
DCSJ,LAR, both of this county.
DIED,
On the night of the 2d lust, Mrs. MARGAREI
FLENNER, of Walker tawnehip, aged about 6
yearn.
(eak omo taste and tty, _
\„wl am sure you will buy,
some very superior molasses; at the Cheap
Casit StORE of
JOHN N. PROWELL.
Huntingdon, March 11, 1846.
Tla.) ERSONS wishing topnrchase any kin(
i 47 of Wootimx Goons, will End tha
they can be had at very, reaUced prices/ a'
almost cost, at the Chextp•Cash Store rlf
JOHN, N. PROWELL.
Huntingdon, March 11, 1846'.
TO IRON-MASTERS,
The subscriber offers at private sale, •
tract of land, situate is the upper end o
Mifflin county, on which there is a VERY
T
EXENSIVE bank of
IROX• ORE
of excellent quality. The bank is about one
mile tram the Pennsylvania Canal. Sev
eral hundred tons of the Ore have been
manufactured.
particulars refer to
A • ROTHROCK
McVeytown, March 11, 1846.
Hunting don Academy. !
The winter session of the Huntingdonl
Academy will close on Friday the 20th inst. 4
at which time there will be an examination{
on the various subjects that have been stu
died during the session. The following ar
vi oubj, 011 which the student
will be examined t English Grammar, Gel
ography, Arithmetic, Algebra, Philosophy:
Chemistry, Creek, (Homer,) and Latin.
(Virgil, and Cesar.)
The Trustees, Parents, and public are
invited to attend. The exercises will com
mence at 9 o'clock in the morning.
The Summer ses:ion will commence-atter
a vacation of two wet ks, on the 6th of April.
Persons wishing to send their sons to the
Academy should mac, application as soon
as pos6ilde. Parents may be assured that
every attention will be given to their chil
dren, both in regard to their improvement,
and morals.
GEO. W. WILLIARD,
Principa
Huntinzdon, Mardi 11,1848.
,[1,4 hie
To the creditors of A - em Pei Cunning,
ham, and of Joseph k nip and Jeremiah
Cunningham, and all persps interested.
The undersigned, appointed by the Court
of Cdnimon Pleas, of Huntingdeni county,
to marshal and apportion ;he assets in the
hands of lames Gardner, assipnee &c. will
attend at the Public House of John Dough
erty, (the United States Hotel) in the bor
ough of Hollidaysburg, on Thursday ttie
2nd day of April next, at 10 o'cl'oct, A, it
when and where all interested are notified
to attend.
JOHN CRESSWELL, Auditcf,
Huntingdon, March 11, 1846.
auditor's . 7 1olice:
The creditors and all interested ;ittlre as.
sets in the hands of Randall AleXandet ad
Nathan Rickets of Shirley township, in the
county of Huntingdon, are hereby notified
that the undersigned, appointed by the Court
of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county,
to audit and apportion the assetts in the
hands of said assignees—will attend at the
Public House of Thomas Wallace, in the
Borough of Huntingdon, on Friday the
third day of April next, for the purpose of
auditing, &c., when and where all persons
interested are notified to attend.
THOS. P. CAMPBELL, Auditor,
Huntingdon, March 11, 1846,
and
Wor Xotiec
All persons interested will take notice
that the undersigned, Auditor appointed to
make distribution of the proceeds 01 x
Sheriff's sale of Thomas McNamara's in.
terest in the Portage Iron Works, among
his creditors, will attend for that purpose at
the Prothonotary's iffice, in Huntingdon,'
on Friday the 3d day of April next, at 10
o'clock A.M., when and where alt persona
are required to present their claims, or be
debarred from coming in upon said fund.
JOHN CRESSW ELL, auditor.
Hiatingdon, March 1846.
slieditorl s olicea
ALL persons interested, are notified that
the undersigned, appointed by the Orphans'
Court of Huntingdon county, as Auditor to
marshal the assets and apportion amongst
the creditors &c., the remaining assets in
the hands of Albert J. Garber, Adminiatra
ter of James Archurs late of the borough o:
Hollidaysburg, dec'd, will attend to Audit
and apportion &c. at the American Hoes,
in Hollidaysburg, on Thtirsday the 2d da
of April next, at 10 o'clock A. M. when tuk!
where all interested may attend'.
J kM4F.S D. REA, Auditor.
Huntingdon, Marcrll, 1896.
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