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    THE JOURNAL Canal Commissioner.
I The prospect of electing JAMES M. POWER,
the People's candidate, in opposition to Wm. B.
Poster, Jr.. the nominee of the office-holders upon
our canals and railroads, we are happy to inform
the lax payers of this county, is, indeed, very
cheering. The honest portion of the Locofoco
party are heartily ashamed of the manner in which
Mr. Foster managed to effect his own nomination;
and they are boldly speaking out, in different por
tions of the Commonwealth, on the subject. The
attempt 4 made by a portion of the press and ftad-
lIUNTINGI)ON
~ 1 era of the Locofoco party, to whip in these rare,'
. J
NVedncsday, uly 15, 1816. tory sbnits, have thus far proved unavailing. They
are determined that this crying evil shall be reme-
Whig Cdlltfidate Ai' Canal Commissioner, I died; and th ey ore unable to fore.. any more so.
Am Es m. P 0 W E T .,
, picious time in the future, than will be presented to
" 1 them in October next. Ey defeating Mr. Foster,
OF MERCER COUNTY. ! the real of disapprobation will he set upon the sys-
tem of a Canal Commissioner uniting his own pa-
Col. Joni N. Bi:Tcr.n. of Penn., formerly Canal tronage with that of the Goverout., to secure his
'cnintissioner, has been appointed Paymaster in re-nomination and re-election, at very inception.
the a rmy
And by electing Mr. Power, they do not loose to
Gen. Robert l'atterson, of Philadelphia, has their party its ascendancy in the Canal Board, as
men confirmed by the U. States Senate, as a Dri-
they will still have Triessrs. Burns and Hartzhorn—
;edict General of Volunteers. I I and will only be giving to the Whig party what
cry See first page for the speeches of Messrs.'
Score and HALL, to which allusion was made in
our Pist. They arc beautiful specimens of compo-
Ilion, and will be interesting to all. Parents of
children ender the tuition of Mr. Hall, will be grat
ified to know that their education is confided to a
gentleman who can arrange and express the En
gli ;h language with so much elegance and effect.
These speeches do groat credit to their authors.
Central Railroad,
There has been 91 shares subscribed in this place
to the stock of the Central Railroad. We hope
the number will be vastly increased before the clo
sing
uf the books. The Corporation have not, as
yet determined to subscribe. The books will close
on Friday neat.
(r_7 , We are indebted to the Hon. A. RAMSEY,
of the Dauphin, Lebanon and Schuylkill district,
for a copy of his able and interesting speech in de
fence of the Tariff of 1842. We insider] in this
gentleman's district al the time of his election, and
feel proud in having cast our vote for so able a
.hainpion of American Label and American Indus
tq, as Mr. H. has proved himself to be. The polit
ical career of such teen must be that of progress—
onward and t• PWA an.
MORE SOLDIERS RETURNING.
During the past week, a number of officers and
privates, direct from Palo Alto and Resaca do In
l'alma, passed this place on board the Canal packets.
The citizens of Hollidaysburg entertained a nuin
bar of these bravo fellows on the 4th inst., by a pub
lic dinner, at the American House. The party
consisted of Captains Mounisoiv and Minims, and
WALLEN and HATS. with their ladies, and
some twenty non-commissioned officers and pri
‘ates.
A few evening since we happened to step on the nose of the official dignataries of the State.
board the Packet Boat, Monongahela, and had the Let the People, without regard to party, read and
pleasure, through the politeness of Capt. Karns, of ponder it well
,
ranking the acquaintance of Limits. NIACLAT and [1 corn the Harrisburg Argus.]
:j r h e e practice of r e ezlzti e g d: mr to offices
livens, both wounded, who were on their way to
proved"t:
their homes. Maclay belongs to our neighboring be the pErfic p sou e rce n o r f so much evil to the party
county of Mifilin, anti Gates to South Carolina.— I in power, as well as to the best interests of the corn-
These gentlemen were both doing well, and spoke munity at large, as for years to have engaged the
attention of the most distinguished citizens as to
of soon being able to return to their posts in the
hest means of correction. Wherever the subject
has been disinterestedly discussed, the impression
.•
Col. Payne, also wounded, passed by this place
on Saturday evening !art.
These brave soldiers all deserve the kindest con_ I the one teen principle cannot, by the most remote
They
are a possidlity, prove injurious to the public interests, it
sideration of their fellow citizens.
ad
credit ta the communities from which they come. sz o u i r s e t s ra t t o h e of le e r t o y ff a a t i t r d o
o t o f
g th o e ve people, rom oot. a
brereok
up the pernicious system of PROSTITUTING THE
ACCIDENT—CAU'T'ION.--A young woman, POWER AND PATRONAGE OP OFFICE
by the name of Susan Neff, emigrating to the west to secures re-election. It lessens the PU LIC RUH
in company with her parents, was severely bruised
Tit i v iE xs b i y u r v erri c ing iw t o he N in E d y uce u m o e n nt
to SQANDER
, 3y the bridge near the Hotel of Ca cular Fat•
pt. Whittaker, VORITES, for the purpose of secu pr rin i g votes and
on Saturday evening last. She was reclining upon influence for a re-nomination ; and it makes a pub
the deck of the Canal boat in which they were tic office what the Constitution intended it to be--a
sacred depository cf a public trust, and not an in.
travelling, and not being on the look out, was struck
a:e
inform. ,
d si i r z u e m m e e r n it t of corruption to promote personal aggran
by, and crushed under the bridg,We
ed by the Physician who wets called to see her, that
her situation is by no means dangerous. The fain-GEN. IRVIN.— We clip the following compli.
mentary toasts to the popular Ex-Congressman of
fly safe from Lancaster county. A few years since
a woman was killed by this same bridge. this District, ftom the proceedings of the Whig
celebration held in Philadelphia, on the 4th lost:
cr y M. D. Mto RERAN has been again nominated By Samuel C. Heneey. Gen. James Irvin, of
for the Legislature in Cambria, and will of course Centro county—An uncompromising friend of the
be elected. 'P. D. McDowell is running as a vol. I Tariff of 1842. We hail him as our next candi
d
unteer against the regularly nominated Locofocoate for Governor, and not to he thrown off the
track by any more available candidates.
ticket. Mac is a strong man in that county, and By Wm. P.Blight.General Irvin, of Centre
it is thought will run more votes than the regular county—Pent
is
ylvania's next Governor. ' "United"
candidate. we will be to sustain the man whose independence
and honesty, guarantee us the protection of our in•
ferrets and the credit of the Comm mwealth.
By S. S. Williams. Gen. James irvin of Centre
county—A firm and uncompromising friend of the
Protective System; a saund Whig and on honest
man. His nomination for Governor by tie Whig
party, it '47, will lead to certain victory.
The Tariff.
A lette - was received by a gentleman in this
place on Saturday last, from good authority in
Washingtion, which states that the Senate will
stand a tie on M*Kays bill, as it passed the House.
For the hill 24 Locoforos; against it 25 Whigs, 2
Senators from Pennsylvania, and Niles of Con
necticut. Mr. Dallas will then have the casting
vote! Will ho give it to his State or his Party?
is a question whirls is now asked with no ordinary
degree of interest.
Co ~ c n r..,.;.-.
—Nothing of interest has transpired
in t.',,ngr{ se since our last. Both Houses have
seen engaged in the discussion of the Land gees
question. The I .1 to redone and graduate the price
of the Lends, passed the Senate on Wednesday
last, bye vote of 26 to 20.
The moident has transmitted a Commercial
Treaty to the Senate, between this country and
"lanover.
RCLIGIOVS CHANGE.-The Banner of the
rose," says, that the Rev. Henry Major, late Roc
.r of art Episcopal Church in hfoyamensing, has
,incd the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Major
as for a while Rector of the Episcopal Church in
larrisburg.
cr y The Nativists of Lancaster have nominated
Scott as their candidate fur the Presidency.—
einpli !—Hollidaysburg Standard.
Does the editor of the Standard make the above
..scilien torn Ilk rtracily
they of right should have—one representative in
that i.oportant branch of the public service. We
soy of right, because the Whig party of Pennsyl
vania are paying fully—if not more—than one
half of the taxes which go to pay for and keep in
repair the 1 - tiblic improvements of the Common
wealth.
If there was no other cause, the alarm which the
prospect of electing Mr. Power creates among the
office-holders and their friends, should be sufficient
to satisfy the people that all is not right in the
present management of the public works. Why
all this dentihciation add abuse of those honest
Locofocos, who are unwilling to have Mr. Foster
crammed down their throats for a second term, if
there is no corruption—no FAVORITISM going
on behind the screen?
If Mr. Foster is re-elected, the argument urged
in favor bf electing Canal Commissioners by the
people, fulls to the ground. It was argued in favor
of that bill, when under consideration before the
I egislatUre, that it would do away with the system
of prosituting the patronage of the Canal Board in
influencing elections. And yet wo have seen one
of the very first Commissioners elected under the
provisions of that law, using all the patronage
of his office, and all the influence with which his
official position, as President of the Board, invested
I him, to secure his nomination by the convention;
that secured, we see him using the same influence
lin attempting to cry down all who dare raise
their voices against him. We rejoice to see, how.
I ever, that the combined patronage and influence of
Footer and Shunk, and the threatening tone of their
organs, iv not able to hush into silence, or awe into
submission, the independent portion of the Loco
foco press. We find the following wholesome doc
. trine in the last number of the Harrisburg Argus,
a leading Lococofoco paper, published right under
. .
has gained ground tha t the ineligibility of the in
cumbent is the best measure to be adopted. While
WHIG NOMINATIONS.
The following nomination. hare been made re
cently
WASHINGTON CourTy.--Congress—John L.
GUN.
Assembly—George V. Lawrence, William L.
Robb.
Ilmrcan Coo,/Tr.—Congress—Geo W. Smith.
Senate—John Levis.
Assembly—John H. Harris.
FATETTE CousTx.--Assembly—J. Westly
Phillips, Wm. Colvin.
We clip the following toast from the proceedings
of a celebration held in Lebanon on the 4th inst.—
It is a hard drive at Mr. Polk for signing the treaty,
fixing the boundary at 49.
13y John H. Miller. Fifty-four forty.—The time
is not distant when that will be our boundary in
spite of treaties.
The following palatable toast was drank at the
same celebration :
By A. S. Ely. Hasty soup—Not so bad a dish
after all--may we never fare worse, and never
want a ladle.
cl. Tho thermometer roso to 91 Degrees in this
berough ou Friday lost, iu thu
The New Tariff
The new Tariff Bill discards entirely specific
duties and adopts the ad valorem policy. Although
duties are reduced to 80 per cent. as compared with
the Tariff of 1842, its friends expect it to produce
en equal amount of revenue. To secure this, this
country must of course import more than double
the quantity of foreign goods now consumed.
Where is the money to come from to pay for these
additional goods, and how long will it be until the
country is drained of its speclia tb enrich the coffers
of British capitalists? How Ling will the banking
institutions be able to withstantl the necessary drain
upon their vaults, and how long will it be ere the
reign of the glorious shinplaster, rag-tag-and-bob
tail" currency ie restored In our midst, while the
silver and gold finds its way to the Pockets of
lordly Planters and haughty Aristocrats Simple
questions these, and easily answered.
The Secretatary of the Treasury, in his argue
manta in favor of the new Tariff, stated that he ex
pected to receive an increase to the amount of $l5-
, 000,000 from the reduced duties, to be de. ived
from Ibreign made articles which would be im
ported into this country. This (said Mr. Winthrop
in his speech in the House of Reps esentatives) was
the Secretary's views; and it was important to as
; certain of what items this aggregate increase was
to he composed, and what branches of domestic la
bor were to be sacraficed, He read from printed
estimates the following items;
An increase of importation of Inox, in pigs, bar,
sheets, bands, rod, bars and hoops to the amount of
$1,185,000, an increased importatation of sugar and
molasses and syrup of molasses, to the amount of
$630,000.
An increased importation of $2,000,000 of the
various manufactures of wool and worsted, end of
$200,000 of raw wool.
An increase of importation of cottcn manufac
tures to the amount of $5,100,000.
An increased impo talon of Coal and Coke to
the amount of $125,000.
An increase of importation of Cordage of $170,-
000, and of various kinds of manufactured Hemp
to the amount of $105,000. _ _ .
An increased importation of Sale to the amount
$1,000,000
300,000
Cotton bagging
- .
Leath( r
Iron manufactures
Earthen end stone ware
Paper hangings
Paper
Yips
Buttons
Window glass
Halo and Bonnets
Boots and Shoes
Potatoes 150,000
Ready made clothing and wearing apparel,
and articles worn by men, women and
children 200,000
Thus, said Mr. W., all classes of labor were alike
concerned in this matter. The American industry
engaged In all these varieties of manufacture or
production were, to this extent, to be eacraficed to
Foreign labor.
flow do the Iron manufacturers, the laborers at
these works, the manufacturers of hats, boots, shoes,
&c., &., who voted for Mr. POLK, like this rare
doctrine of the admit lstration ? Is this the doc
trine that makes Mr. Polk " as good a Tariff man
as Mr. Clay 1"
A Wicked Design of the Administration.—The
able and well informed Washington Correspondent
of the U. S. Gazette learns from a prominent mem
ber of Mr. Polk's Cabinet, that the Administration
designs to rob, or take from, Mexico territory enough
to give the South preponderance over the North
forever, hereafter, with the view of establishing and
perpetuating runs Tnine—of crippling the labor,
enterprise and energies of the People of the North
—that she may play into the hands of the British
Manufacturer—British Ship Owner—British Mer•
chant, and British Capitalist!
We trust that this early exposure of the wicked
design of Polk & Co., will open the eyes of the
people and induce them so to act as to prevent the
execution of the plot and cover the actors with in
famy. •
The Vote,
The following recapitulation of the vote en the
Tariff by States, may prove interesting to some of
our readers. We copy it from the N. Y. Newer
Yeae.
Loco. Whig. Loco. Whig.
6 0 0 1
States.
Maine,
Vow Hampshire, 3 0 0 0
0 0 0 3
Vermont,
Massachusetts, 0 0 0 9
Rhode Island, 0 0 0 2
Connecticut, 0 0 0 4
New York, 16 0 4 12
New Jersey, 0 0 2 3
Pennsylvania, 1 0 11 12
Delaware, 0 0 0 1
Maryland,l 0 1 1
Virginia, 14 0 0 1
North Carolina, 6 0 0 3
South Carolina, 7 0 0 0
Georgia, 5 0 0 2
1 0 0 0
6 1 0 0
Florida.
Alabama,
Mississippi, 4 0 0 0
Tennessee, 6 0 0 ' 5
Kentucky, 3 0 0 7
- -
Ohio, :2 0 0 8
Michigan, 3 0 . 0 0
Indiana, 5 0 0 2
Illinois, 5 0 0 0
Missouri, 4 0 0 0
Arkansas, 0 0 0 0
Louisiana, 3 0 0 1
Texae, 2 0 0 0
Total, 113 1 18 77
Thirteen members absent, 10 Leedom. and 3
Whigs; three vacancies. The Speaker did not
vote.
Melancholy Affair.
On the afternoon of the 4th instant, it German
named Mr. George Mock, who has been employed
for seven or eight years as a laborer on the rail road,
between thin place and the foot of No. 10, went
into the tavern of Mr. Robt. C. M'Killip in thin
place and asked for some liquor, which wan refused
him. He was intoxicated, and M'Killip put him
out of the house, and gave him two or three kicks
in the light ride of the abdomen, from the effect
of which, after a pest martens examination the
jury of inquest gave verdict that he died, on the
night of Sunday the Sth. We forbear a word of
comment, or giving the particulars in full as we
have heard them, as the case will undergo a legal
investigation. Mr. M'Killip has been arrested and
is now in the hands of the Sheriff.—/Ml.Regieler.
The Warehouse Bill
The object of thin Bill; which has been before
Coness for some time, not being generally under
stood through the country, we will give an article
on the subject from the Philadelphia Ledger, a pa
per which professes to be neutral in politics, but
which done more to secure the election of Jas. K.
Polk, than perhaps any other in the State. The
Ledger gives it the right title—a bill to RU IN
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS—a Bill to
encourage FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS.—
Let all, and especially those who voted for James
ulk, read this article from the Ledger:
The Warehouse Bill.
This seems to be a favorite project with the See
rebry et the Treasury. It is also highly praised
by several journals of New York. The Secretary
expects that it will afford en additional million of
dollars to the revenue ; and as ho does nut look
beyond revenue in a tariff, the argument is conclu
sive with him. The journals of New York, or the
portion of them which recommend this measure,
do not look beyond the commerce of that port,
and take for granted that it would be promoted by
this bill. We look as far as the agriculture, com
merce end manufactures of the whole country,
and confess a prefereuce for American over foreign
interests.
According to this bill, merchandize may remain
in store for two or three years, before it is sold for
duties; it may be taken from store at any time du
ring the two or three years for domestic use, on pay
ment of the duties and charges without interest
from the day of entry ; it may be entered for expor.
tetion at any time during the two or three years, on
payment of charges and expenses.
The proper title of this bill would be a bill for
the encouragement of foreign manufacturers, and
the ruin of American manufacturers and merchants
and ship owners." Under its operation, foreign
manufacturers will fill our warehouses with their
surplus stocks, and wait for a market. Time stocks
would be stored here on foreign account, the foreign
manufacturers keeping their agents here to dispose
of them. When prices shall authorize American
manufacturers to bring their fabrics into market,
the agents of the foreign owners of this foreign
merchandise in store, will pay the duties on it, and
bring it into market to undersell the American man
ufacturers. And it will be brought into market in
the same manner in competition with the foreign
merchandise imported by the American importer.
This would drive both our manufacturers and
porters front the market ; for who will manufacture
or import, in the face of competition from the ware
houses, filled with foreign merchandise for the ben
efit of the foreign manufacturers, entered and sto•
red at our ports without immediate cost, excepting
freight The stocks of the foreign manufacturer
can thus accumulate in our warehouses, and be
kept there for three years, without expense till the
day of sale. A common trick among English
manufacturers, while executing orders for American
importers, is to send merchandise like that ordered,
to be sold by our auctioneers. And thus when the
stock of the importer has arrived, ho finds that he
has been anticipated by his manufacturer. This
trick could be played much more extensively under
the warehouse bill; for then the foreign manufactu
rer, having received his order, will immediately
100,000
206,000
100,000
100,000
50,000
50,000
30,000
100,000
110,000
45,000
order the sale of all his stock in the warehouses of
similar kind. How long would American import-
ere remain in business, to bring their merchandise
into a market already supplied 7 One argument
urged in favor of the warehouse bill, is that it would
enable merchants of small capital to import, which
they cannot now, under the requisition of cash
duties," This argument is futile; for if a merchant
cannot pay the duties, and is allowed to store his
merchandise until able to pay them, the rich impor
ter, who can pay the duties, but does not choose to
pay them immediately, will use the same privilige
of storage. Hence the bill grants as many priv
iliges to large, as to small capital. And if the poor
merchant cannot stand against the rich merchant
on cath he certainly cannot on credit. He would
soon be overpowered by the privilige granted to the
rich foreign manufacturer, of storing his merchan
dise in our warehouses without immediate expense,
waiting for convenient opportunities to sell.
And how will this affect American ship-owners
When the foreign manufacturers can convert our
cities into warehouses for their own convenience,
they will employ the ships of their own country to
bring their merchandise here. The bill will make
our sea-ports the depositories of British, French,
and German manufacturers and ship-owners.
Santa Anna and the United States.
The Washington Union says:—.• We deem it
our duty to state, in the most positive terms, that
our government has no sort of connexion with any
scheme of Santa Anna for the revolution of Mexico,
or for any sot t of purpose. some three months
ago some adventurer was in Washington who
wished to obtain their countenance and aid in some
scheme or other connected with Santa Anna.--
They declined all sort of connexion, co-operation,
or participation in any effor t for the purpose. The
government of this country declines all such in
trigues or bargains. They have made war openly
in the face of the world. They mean to prosecute
it with all their vigor. They mean to force Mexico
to do us justice at the point of the sword. This,
then, is their design—this is their plan ; and it is
worthy of a bold, high-minded, and energetic
people."
Capt. Morton.
We learn that the friends of this gentleman con
template withdrawing his name as a candidate for
Canal Commissioner. As they are, with very few
exceptions, opposed to Mr. Foster, the candidate of
the Locofocos, end as a large number of his own
party will not vote for Foster, it would be wise to
pursue such a course. By so doing, the election of
Gen. Powers, the Whig candidate, would be secu
red, and the people have at least one able and effi
cient representative in the Canal Board.--Lancas
ter Tribune.
cc? The Harrisburg Telegraph says The
repeal of the Tariff will be a death blow to
the iron and coal interest of Pennsylvania and the
Central Railroad. It will feed our mechanics on
poverty, and clothe them and their farnili.nr in sack
cloth and rags."
Chances in the Senate.
The New York Courier and Enquirer thus dis
cusses the chances of Mr. McKay's Tariff Bill in
the Senate:
"At present, all eyes are turned to the Senate,
and the following estimate of the pnibable Vote in
that body has been made.
Against the bill, the whole Whig vote, 24
The two Senators from Pennsylvania, 2
The new Senator (Mr. Hole,) from New
Hampshire,
1
Mr. Senator Niles, from Connecticut,
This exactly divides the Senate; and if all the
members be present, sad all these not here enumer
ated vote for the bill, it would throw on the Vice
President, Mr. Dallas, the responsibility of its suc
cess or defeat. He is a Pennsylvanian. All the
Lecofoco Representatives but one from Pennsylva
nia, voted against the bill in the House of Repre
sentatives. The two Senators, it is assumed, will
vote against it, Would Mr. Vice President, under
sUch circumstances, venture to vote for it
But real the circumstances be thus ? that is the
qnestion. Of the Whigs it has been feared that, in
obedience to some notice of instructions from the
Legislature of Tennessee, Mr. Jernigan might vote
for the bill. We hope not, rhea again, after the
effective exercise of discipline by which the rebel
lious members of the party in the House were
brought hi, ft does not seem a frail hope that Mr.
Niles, not lass a party man than others, will venture
to follow out the dictates of his own sense of duty
and right in opposition to party—still again we
hope. Hut all must see that a question which de
pends for its solution upon such events and such
motives, must be looked upon as most uncertain.
The country trembled in the balance. Will its
interest, its welfare, and prosperity avail, to prevent
the carrying out of this one at least of the measures,
indicated by the Baltimore Convention—es charac
teristic of the party, and identified with its triumph?
We shall ace.
All of Oregon or none," has been abandoned ;
the Sub-Treasury must be abandoned, if vier is to
continue; and these Very cOnsiderations pbssibly
Will be urged to the faithful, as additional motives,
that inextinguishable scorn may not pursue their
performances, as contrasted with their promises—
for pushing through this bill to destroy the Whig
Tariff of 1842.
We confess appearances seem to us most adverse,
yet we will not abandon hope.
ccj. Brinkerhoff of Ohio, and Rathbun of New
York, in violation of their solemn pledges voted for
McKay's bill. This is, in a temporal sense, a pos
sibility of acquiring an eternity of infamy. W ould
it be doing Brinkerhoff and Rathbun injustice to
assign them this kind of notoriety 1
"Remarkable Revelatiots."
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Courier and Enquirer holds
the following language with reference to
the Oregon Treaty:
"No doubt now exists that at the tithe
when Mr. McLane forwarded the condi•
Lions which have become the basis of the
treaty, he strenuously urged the Govern
ment not to accept them as they were by
no means to be considered as an ultimat
um, but were rather to be taken as an act
of courtesy in opening the negotiation.—
It would therefor seem strange at first
blush that the Senate should so suddenly
have recommended the President to ac
cept the treaty thus proffered.
The reasons were however, and such we
understand to have been assigned in the
recent discussions, that we had every thing
to fear from our weak, wicked and ambi
tious Executive, but nothing from Great
Britan. The Senate after witnessing on
the part of the President a aeries of incon
sistensies of a character to distroy all con.
fidence either in his capacity or integrity,
were afraid to trust the subject back to his
hands, after they had once got it into their
own. Hence they adopted the treaty,
which is not as favourable as England has
once before offered, and by no means as
much so as might have been obtained, had
there been a man at the helm of the Gov.
eminent, ih whom the Senate could place
confidence.
The correspondence communicated to
the Senate doubtless surprised them.—
They learned for the first time that Mr.
Polk did not believe in our title beyond
the 49th degree north latitude—that he
was very anxious that the Senate should
extricate him from a difficulty in which
his duplicity had involved him—that he
and Mr. Bachanan, while crying aloud fur
the whole of 0: egon this side of the water,
and had rejected all the terms of settle•
ment proposed by Mr. Packenham, hail
been instructing Mr. McLane to induce
the British Governmeut to offer terms of
sonic kind, or of any kind, which should
open the door for a setlement, Amongst
documents known to exist is one written
by Mr. Buchanan to Mr. McLane, endea
vouring to prove that we reach no title
beyond the 49th parallel, and urging the
Minister to get an offer up to that point if
possible.
The developments have excited a great
degree of feeling against Mr. Buchanan,
for the part he has taken in the matter, and
should he be nominated for the Supreme
Bench his confirmation is very doubtful.
An organized opposition of considerable
numbers Ind great violence, already exists
against him in the Senate.
WAR EXPENSES AND WAR DEBT.—The
National Intelligence says :--"In the
House of Representatives on Monday, the
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means reported a bill making additional
appropriations to the 'moot (within a fare
lion) of $12,000,000 fur the expenses of
the war with Mexico; and also a bill for
borrowing, id the form of treasury notes
or 10311,1110,000,000 towards paying those
expenses. A slender provision tor the
next six mouths:"
MOVEMENTS OF SANTA A we
may t ely on the confidential advises of those who
have the best opportunity of knowing, 0071 the
New York Tribune, Santa Anna and Almonte leave
Havana this day, (July 10,) to resume in Mexico
the sway of which the former has been temporarily
deprives! by the revolution of Paredee. We un
derstand that Santa /turn did not originate the vari
ous outbreaks against Parades which have occurred,
and even refused at first to place himself at the Ilea
of his partizans. He demanded assurances that the
troops at Vera Cruz at least should rally around lits
bawler as soon as it should be unfurled in their vi.
cinity, and these have been given him. His reluc
tance, real or affected, to brave once more the storms
of Mexican public life,having been over come,he now
commits hiniself to their chalices. We have hard
ly a doubt bf his success in overthrowing Paredes.
The army which the latter is now imp e lli ng on
Montery will be glad of a fair pretext for avoiding
the fatigues and privations of a long march under
the midsummer sun of the tropics, with the certain
ty of severe fighting at the end of it, They will
declare for Santa Anr a, iii the sect et hope of avoid
ing by a revolution the toils and privations now
before them.
intbresting Meting
. .
An Impressive service, as we learn limn
the Boston Journal, was held nn Tuesday
evening the t3Oth ult., in the Rev. Baron
Stow's - Church, to allow of a mutual leave
taken between Dr. Judson and his numer
ous friends prior to his departure for Bur
mah, which it is understood will take plaCe
in a few slays. The liveliest interest was
expressed in the welfare of tile reverend
gentleman and his lady, and the success of
the mission with which Dr. Judson's name
has been so long associated.
Dr. and Mrs. Judson (Fanny Forms.
ter,) together with the Rev. Messrs. Nnr
mon 11 - anis and John S. Beecher, with
their wives, and Miss Lydia Lillybridge,
an assistant teacher, leave. Boston this
week, in the ship Faneutl Hall; direct fur
Maultnain, in Rump('
British Whigs
The Logansport Telegraph gives the
best reply to this miserable cry that we
have read. It says :
"The best answer we can giie to refute
the base calumny, is to state the fact that
out of 57 persons who respuntltd to the
call of Gov. Whitcomb to save their coun
try and risk their lives in the scorching
u n of Mexico, there were
FIFTY-ONE 4 .13R1T1511 WHIGS,"
SIX PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATS,
We do not state the fact with a view of
claiming exclusive patriotism for the .
Whigs, fur we are not so illiberal as to be
lieve that there is any want of patriotism
with the masses that constitute the Demo
cratic party; but we do it for the purpose
of placing the lie npon a base calumny
that is believed, and honestly, too, by
thousands of men who belong to the Dem
ocratic party.
The 'Markets.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9, 1846.
)'LOUR.—Tho market is at a stand as regards
export transactions, and the only sales are some
small lots at $3 87} a $4 00 for fair and good
brands Western and Penn's. Rye Flour and Corti
Meal, steady, with small sales at $2 50 each.—
Wheat-90 a 97. Whiskey—Sales of hhds and
bbls at 201 1 a 21 cents.
MARRIED.
On Tuesday, the 7th instant, by the Rev. Henry
Furlong, Mr. JOHN WHITE, to Miss CAR
OLINE, daughter of the late Wm. Moore, Esq.,
both of this borough.
DIED.
On Friday, 10th instant, at the residence of
her parents, in Cumberland county, Pa., MARTHA.
JANE, daughter of Robert M. and Eliza Graham,
and wife of Theodore H. Cremer, Esq.—aged 2l
years, 6 months and 10 days.
On Sunday morning last, in Walker township,
Mr. MOSES STOUFFER--aged about 23 years.
Adjourned Sale
The sale of the ground rents of Smithfield end
Portetown, the interest of the late Dr. Smith, in the
Old Court House and lot," in Huntingdon, end
also of the undivided half of 100 acres of land ore
Crooked Creek, is adjourned until Saturday, 26th
instant, at 10 o'clock A. M.
LEONARD KIMBALL.
July 18, 1846.
Stuntingdon Female Seminary.
An examination of the Pupils in this institution
will take place on Friday next, commencing at 8
o'clock, A. M., at the school room in the old Court
House, and continuing until all the classes are ex
amined, in the following order, viz : Er. glish Gram
mar, Arithmetic, Geography, Astronomy, Geom..
try, Botany, French, Karnes' Elements of Criticism,
and Physiology.
Painting. will be exhibited, and the exercises
interspersed with Compositions and singing as usual.
The parents anti friends of Pupils, and citizens
generally, are invited to attend..
W. ORBlSON,Yresident of
July 15, 1846. Board of Trustees
..1 CD V:2 a 3 Clll UM .
At a Court of Common Pleas, held at Hun
tingdon, in and for said county, on the sec
ond Monday of April, A. D. 1846. Before
the Judges thereof:
On the Petition at the instance of William,
Hammond, the Court grant a rule on Tho
mas H. Stevens, late of the town of Urbana,
in the State of Ohio, dec'd, and his Repre
sentatives and all other persons interested,
to come into said Court, on the second Mon
day of August next, and shew cause it any
they have, why satisfaction should not be
entered on a certain Mortgage Recorded in
Record Book Z. page 334, of said county,
given by said Wm. Hammond to the said
Thomas H. Stevens, to secure the payment
of the remains therein mentioned, which
said monies the said Wm. Hammond alleges
have all been paid.
JAMES STEEL, Pro'ty.
All persona interested will take notice
of the foregoing Rule.
N
Sherifl. , J s
0 0. tiice A , Rlll T.ku E, Sherif,
July 15,1846.-61.