THE JOURNAL. Huntingdon. Wednesday, October 28, 1816. DMIROCZATICI WHIG COUNTY CONVENTION. The Democratic Whigs of Hunting- affords no such instance ofsuch a tri• don county are requested to meet at umph. Harrison carriei the State by a their usual places of holding elections much smaller majority than we may in the several election districts, on now anticipate ; but there were then but SATURDAY, the 7th of November next. two parties, and a high political excite- In the borough of Huntingdon, from 6 ment swayed the result. Now the to 8 o'clock in the evening; and in the Whigs, with no advantage from person several townships of the county, from 1 al popularity, and appealing to no pop to 6 o'clock in the afternoon ; and elect I ular excitement, sweep county after TWO DELEGATES in each borough i county before them, upon a calm issue, and township, to represent their several 1 with no aid but truth, no advocate but districts in a COUNTY CONVENTION, I reason. The people have interposed to to be held in the OLD COURT HOUSE,save themselves from the calamities cer in the borough of Huntingdon, on I tain to result from the policy of the TUESDAY, the 10th day of November Next, I present administration. I at '2. o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of Already the ruins spread by that pol ate, , icy are in their path ; the twilight of its and to appoint conferees to meet t l selecting one representative dele Tose I approach throws its gloom around them, that may be appointed by Blair and Bed- I and they anticipate the consequences ford counties, to choose a Senatorial de- when, in its full midnight noon, they legate, to realize the uttermost of its desola in the' to represent Huntingdon county State Convention, to meet at Har- ling influence. The Government had risburg, in March next, to nominate can- warning that Pennsylvania would not didates for Governor and Canal Commis- endure this fresh wrong thrown upon sioner, to be supported by the Whigs' her many burthens; it despised the coun and Tariff men of Pennsylvania, at the 1 sel of its own friends, in the belief that 1 next General Election ; and also to do the Issachar of the Union would bear such other matters as the good of the . any thing, it has passed its day of grace. cause may seem to require. 1 The despotism of party is broken, and no earthly power can collect its shatter- By order of the County Committee, THEO. H. CREMER, ed links and weld them around the limbs Chairman. of Pennsylvania. The Keystone, fallen and shattered, is once more lifted to the l summit of the arch ; and again, as of old, she will lead on the political revolu ' • non that is destined to save the country from the madness and misrule that now oppress it. oct2B-tc Ey- Gov. Shunk has issued a procla mation recommending Thursday, 26th of November, to be observed as a day of Thanksgiving. . This makes eight States which unite in the communion of this observance upon the same day, viz : New York, Ohio, Maryland,"Michigan, New Hamp shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Clerk of the House of Representatives. As it is now ascertained beyond all cavil or dispute, that the next Legisla ture will have a large Whig preponde rance in both branches, we suppose it will be in order to speak of who would COUNTY CONVENTION. make proper officers for the new Legis- Attention is invited to the call of the lature. Our purpose is to speak of County Committee for a Whig County Clerk of the House of Representatives, and to declare our preference for DAVID Convention. We hope the Whigs of , FLEIIIING, Esq. of Dauphin county. Mr. every township in the county will make i F. i s a gentleman well qualified for that arrangements to be represented in this station, a firm and decided Whig and body ; and although we believe there is \ Tariff man, who has a good knowledge no difference of opinion in this county of the routine of business in the House, as to who should be the next candidate having been engaged in reporting its of the Whig party for Governor, yet we proceedings during the last four or five should like to see the Whigs of Old sessions. For several sessions past, the Huntingdon show their appreciation of Whig members have been in the habit the importance of the next Gubernato lof casting their votes for Mr. F., as a rial contest, by sending a full represen mere matter of compliment, not being lion to this Convention. I able to elect; and we hope they will not hesitate to do so at the coming session, when their votes will both compliment and advantage him, and also secure to them an honest, capable and obliging TILE MARKETS.—Since the arrival of the last steamer, grain and flour have advanced considerably in our Eastern markets, as will be seen by the quota tions in this paper, tinder the head of " Markets." %" a congratulate the farm ers of our county on their cheering pros pects, and hope these fair prices may continue until they can get their present crops to market. Oa- We see by the official returns, that the Whig Commissioner of Dau phin county, is only elected by one vote. This is about as close as we like to see our old friend, Major Shell, run ! So good a Whig as the Major has always proved himself to be, should have had a much larger majority in Dauphin. V.- The Whigs of Mifflin lost their Commissioner by one vote; and we learn that their candidate for this office did not go to the polls. The result has therefore given him a practical demon stration of the importance of one vote, which he cannot fail to appreciate. 13:!7 The noble whigs of the thirteenth I Congressional district have re-elected their present popular and talented Ta riff champion, the Hon. JAMES PoLLocx, by the truly astonishing majority of 1,464! It is worthy of remark, too. that Mr. P. has a majority in every coun ty in his district. The Free Traders will now doubtless abandon the idea of "redeeming the old Thirteenth." (Q We observe by the last Lewistown Gazette that Wm. Ross, Esq. has dispo sed of that establishment to Gee. Fry singer, Esq. formerly of the Lebanon Courier. We recognize in Mr. F. an old acquaintance; and cau recommend him to the support of the Whigs of "Lit tle Mifflin," as a true and tried Whig, that has already done good service in the cause. Friend Ross, in retiring, has our best wishes for his future hap piness and success in life. THE RESULT. The North American, in an article on the result of the election, after speaking of the city and county of Philadelphia, winds up in the following truly eloquent strain on the result in the interior : " The results in the city and county are sufficiently astounding ; but how shall we speak of those in the interior I It is now obvious that the State has been carried b y the Whig party. This result has been. effected against the united votes of two parties in the field against I us. The political history of the State officer. Iloti. Andrew Stewart, The heart of every 11 hig and Tariff man in the State will receive a thrill of joy at the news of the triumphant re election of the able champion of Domes tic Industry, whose name heads this ar ticle. The most strenuous exertions were made by the Free Traders to de feat Mr. S., and it is more than hinted that not a little government money was sent into his district to effect their pur pose. It would'nt do, however—the peo ple can't be bought to go against faith ful public servants. re- U. J. JONES, Esq. has taken the interest of A. S. Daugherty in the Hol lidaysburg Standard, by whom it will be hereafter, in part, conducted. Mr. J. is a practical printer, and has the repu tation of being a ready and pleasant writer. We extend him a hearty wel come to this delightful section of the State, and hope his pecuniary success may be such as his reputed abilities de serve. DEATH OF JUDGE CANNON.—We regret to learn that the Hon. Fergus Cannon, one of the Associate Judges of Indiana county, died on Saturday, the 10th inst. after a protracted illness. QJ The official majority for CHES TER BUTLER (whig), in the Luzerne district, is 886. This district gave Polk only 2,900 majority. Cannot this be call ed a political revolution 'I Iri=• The peak of the Allegheny 'noun. tain was covered with snow, on the 20th inst. So says the Hollidaysburg Stand ard. THREE VICTIMS TO HYDROPHOBIA were recently cut down with this dreadful disease, in Orange county, N. J.—com• municated by a small pet dog belonging to the family. Justice to the Xorth. The following just and well-timed article, we take from the last York (Pa.) Republican, edited by Thos. E. Cochrane, Esq., formerly State Sena tor from the York and Lancaster district. The suggestions it contains ere well worthy the serious consideration of the Whig party: The Northern Counties. The returns from "the Northern Hive" which has heretofore poured forth such sweeping Locofoco majorities to over whelm the Whigs, arc this year most encouraging. Hitherto not one of the Counties along the North Branch of the Susquehanna and between that and the West Branch has given a Whig major ity; Union alone, lying West of the West Branch, has been on our side.— Now look at the change! Luzerne which gave Polk more than 1000 majority, goes I now for the Whigs—Columbia which gave Polk over 1600 majority, now gives I Foster less than 100—Wyoming which I gave 300 for Polk, now elects the Whig ticket by 100 and upwards—Northum berland, which gave over 1200 for Polk, gives 300 for Power—Lycoming which gave over 700 for Polk gives over 200 for Power—in Susquehanna the large Locofoco majority is seriously cut down —Centre whose smallest Locofoco ma jority hitherto has been over 600 for Polk, now gives less than 200 for Foster, ' and we have no doubt that the whole North will show similar results. The entire Coal and Iron regions of the State ' are shaken from their hitherto indisso ' luble union to the Locofoco party. It is clear to our minds that if the Whigs will now conciliate the North, they can attach it to them. How is that to be done I One fact is significant. Every Whig paper in the Counties which we have mentioned, and in Union, Hunting don, Blair, Mifflin, Schuylkill, Bradford, and that whole region—constituting the back-bone of the'State and the richest depository of its mineral wealth—asks for the nomination of Gen. Ja.MES IRVINof Centre county, as a Candidate for Governor. They know Gen. IRVIN, I as one of the authors and advocates of the Tariff of 1842—they know him as identified with their purs v uits—he is one of them, and known personally to near- ly all of them, and hi; popularity among them is unbounded. Ought not these indications to be heeded 1 Why should they not bet Will not the Whigs be governed by them 1 Congress. The following is a correct list of the Congress- men elect in this State. It will be seen that the Whigs have carried 16; Locos 7; Natives 1. Mr. Levin, Native, will vote with the Whigs on the Tariff question: 2 District—J. R. Ingersoll, Whig, 1 5 66 Freedly, gain, 6 ' 1 6 " Hornbeck, gain, 6 ' 1 7 41 Mcllvaine, " 1 8 6C Strohm, 44 1 11 " Butler, gain, " 1 13 " Pollock , " 1 14 " Eckert, " 1 15 " Nes, gain, It 1 16 .‘ Brady, gain, " 1 17 " Blanchard, " 1 18 " Stewart, " 1 20 " Dickey, ~ 1 21 " Hampton, ~ 1 22 " Farmily, gain, " 1 24, ~ Irvin, " 1 3 District—Brown, Loco, 1 4 " C. J.lngersoll, " 1 9 " Strong, ill 1 10 '• Brodhead, " 1 12 " Wilmot, 1 19 " Mann, " 1 23 " Thompson, " 1 1 District—Levin, Native, 1. AWFUL CALAMITY BY FIRE Six Squares of Buildings Destroyed ! A most desolating fire broke out in the City of Columbus, Georgia, on the 9th instant, which was not checked un til from 120 to 150 houses were destroy ed ! There was a strong wind prevail ing at the time. Over 50 houses were blown down with gunpowder, to stop the fire, without accomplishing any good purpose. There was no water to be had, and every thing being dry as a powder horn, and the buildings mostly of wood, the conflagration was only stayed by the want of more material i►► its progress ! The loss is immense ! 17th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. (ovvictaL.) The following is the official vote for Congress in this District; Blanchard. Wilson 1408 1159 1319 868 915 874 1141 1216 507 539 Huntingdon, Blair, Mifflin, Centre, Juniata, 5290 4656 4656 Blanchard's maj. 634 CANAL COMMISSIONER.—The official re turns have been received from all the counties in the State except seven. The majority for Mr. Power is 9,841. The counties to hear from will reduce it about 1000. An official table of the whole State will be given in our next. FOREIGN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE CALMONIA. The Steamship Caledonia arrived at Boston on Tuesday of last week, with 15 days later advices from Europe. The Steamship Great Britain, whose non-arrival in this country had excited so much apprehension for its fate, left Liverpool on the 22d ult. for N. York, but on the same night went ashore on the Coast of Ireland. The passengers were all safely landed, and the cargo discharged ; the vessel itself had not been got off at the last accounts. The Caledonia brings but little intel ligence of importance. In Ireland pro per means were being adopted by go vernment to supply the poor with food. On the Continent all was quiet—the Royal marriages in Spain forming the most prominent points of discussion in the European journals. We clip the following notice of the markets from the news brought by the Caledonia: LIVERPOOL CORN MAREET, October 3. - T -Prices continue to advance. From the 18th to the 25th ult. there was an active trade in wheat and flour. At our market of yesterday, further sales of old wheat were repeated rather exten sively. Government investments in Irish flour being scarce, would bring rather high prices. United States and Canada free, upon a fair demand, maintain 355, and the former under bond made 31s 6d to 32s per lb. Indian corn attracts more attention; rather exceeded late prices. Free Flour has not realized so high rates —the highest prices being, for NI estern canal, 34s 6d, and other brands 33s 6d' to 345. Indian Corn being scarce, and with easterly winds had reached 50s, but is now 465, and Indian meal which was held at 265, has receded to 235. LIVERPOOL AMERICAN PROVISION MAR- I RET, Oct. 3.—Beef has not met with so ready a sale as on the previous month. Pork is in very small supply, nor has there been that active demand which we anticipated, from the high price of Irish. iThe whole of the Government contract was taken on the 14th ult., say 18,000 tcs. at an average of £7 13s 7d per trc. The Hurricane of Tuesday. THE RAIN OF WHIG VOTEE.—The ac counts which we are continuing to re ceive from the interior, present to our sympathies the dismal fact that every Hickory Pole has been carried away in Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh, Schuylkill, and Columbia counties. In Berks the destruction is prodigious—although not exactly a total uprooting, yet the few that remain are so twisted and shattered that the money of the Sub-Treasury will be insufficient to restore them. "Polk and Dallas" banners inscribed, " The Tariff of '42: We dare the Whigs to Repeal it," have been torn to ribbons, and the bucks of the Custom House here look awfully down in the mouth, at the ominous events which cast their shadows before. Schuylkill has given a " sec dolloger" to every thing like Free Trade Locofocoism ; and the whole interior proclaims for Protection. The farmer of Pennsylvania will not stand up to the rack of the Pennsylvanian, fodder or no fodder, and the "dumb Dutch," as our citizens have been term ed by Locofoco leaders, have not been choked by rotten potatoes.—North ✓lmer ican. A. Base Slander. ED - Remember that the Whig party in war is always on the side of the en emy.—Democratic Union. The above base slander was published in the Union just previous to the late election, and the editors are thus prop erly rebuked by the Pa. Intelligences : "Was the gallant RINGGOLD on the side of the enemy when he fell lament ed and honored, on the plains of Palo Alto 1 Was the brave WATSON on the side of the enemy when he was shot down at the storming of Monterey 1— And where are Gen. TAYLOR, and Gen. WORTH, and the host of other brave and noble Whigs in the Americi& army at the present moment 1 Arc they on the side of the enemy! Shame on the slan derers who can dare to utter so base a libel." State Legislature. The next Legislature, from the best information we can receive, will stand as follows : Loco Whig. Native, Senate, 14 18 1 House, 42 58 56 76 1 56 Whig majority on jt. bt. 20 DEATH OF A MEMBER.-JOHN L. WEBB, Esq., member elect of Bradford county to the State Legislature, died suddenly, since the election. Mr. W. was a prom- inent and influential member of the last Legislature. We sincerely regret his loss. The New York Sun calls Monterey the American Thermopylie ! FROM MEXICO. INCIDENTS OF THE LATE BATTLE, Letter from Monterey—lnteresting Particulars of the Late Fight. By the arrival of the Steamer M'Kim at Nev Orleans, the Baltimore Sun has received several interesting letters from correspondents at Monterey, giving ad ditional details of the brilliant achieve ments of our gallant little army in storm mg that city.—We annex a few extracts from one dated MONTEREY, Sept. 24, 1846. Messrs. Editors : I have but a few leisure moments to give you an account of our great battle at Monterey. On the morning of the 21st, General Tay lor formed his line for battle, and march ed up to the outskirts and fortifications of the town, keeping one bomb and his artillery battery going all the time.— The Mexicans continued to fire on us all day, but with no effect. Gen. Worth on one side of the town, with Col. Jack Hays and Capt. Walker and the Texan Rangers, and Gen. Tay lor and the volunteers on the other, we made onr way into their streets over their breast works, with a heavy loss on both sides. %I hen we made the first charge we lost our gallant Col. %,‘ atson. The Baltimoreans fought bravely, and did credit to their city. We lost a num ber of men, but I cannot give you their names at present. The Tennessee and Mississippi vol unteers were cut up horribly. The battle lasted three days and two nights, and we had a hot time of it I assure you. Gen. Worth distinguished himself beyond all praise. He is deci dedly a great man for a fight. He took two batteries on the first day and used them on the Mexicans with great effect. The greatest loss of the Americans was on the first day, but there are differ ent reports as to the number of the kill ed and wounded. Some of the staff say that our loss is 700 killed and woun ded, but I think there must be at least a thousand. The Texan Rankers are the most des perate set of men in battle that I ever heard of. They' charged up to the breast-works dismounted, and rushed over on foot, with sword in hand. They were each armed with barrelled rifles, and, as may be supposed, did great ex ecution among the copper skins. The third' and fifth regiments of the regulars were much cut up also, from the forty pieces of artillers which we had to silence, as well as ,the musketry from the house-tops. The grand castle was a powerful fort, and was mounted with a number of eighteen pouinders. It was there that Gen. Ampudia's quarters were during the battle. We expect another battle at Saltillo as soon as the armistice expires, and as we have now got our hand in, we will give them rougher usage next time. Our artaywas about 7,000 strong be fore the battle, but is now about 5,550. - I miss many a noble fellow from the ranks. The 111eXicans were nearly double our number. Their loss in killed and wounded was not less than 2,000. A great many were killed in their houses, as we had to rush in and shoot them down, to stop their destructive fire from windows and house-tops. We bury our dead to-day, and you may judge of my feelings at the dread ful sight better than I can describe them. The whole field is like a slaughter-house, and bodies are being buried in every di rection. In short I have enough of the battle-field, although determined to stand up to the rack throughout the campaign. Col. Watson was killed in the impru dent charge ordered by Gen. Butler. He was at the head of the Battalion and had ordered us to go into the,charge with three cheers. He received a ball in the breast while in the act of cheering and fell instantly. I tried to get to him but was borne on in the rush. The charge was ineffectual. At this moment Gen. Taylor rode up in great anger and ordered us to retire. Old Rough came up under the most tremendous fire. It was here his horse was shot. It is said there were angry words passed between him and Butler. TEE %V,A.R. The following condensed account of the news received from the Scat of War since our last issue, is taken from the Gettysburg Star: " The recent news from Mexico shows an unusual degree of vigor on the part of the government of that country. The war with Mexico, from prrsent appear ances, is only begun. Santa Anna is at the head of the army for which a levy for 30,000 additional troops has been made. V 4 ith such a force as this, the Philadelphia Ledger thinks Santa Anna' will be able to give Gen. Taylor plenty of work to do, especially if the Mexicans fight as bravely, and at as _great an ad vantage, as at Monterey. The next bat tle will probably be fought at Saltillo, which Atnpudia will probably fortify as strongly as Monterey. NI ith the 7000 men under his command and the 8000 under Gen. Salas, which it is said, have left the Capital, there will still be great er odds for our troops to contend with. Taylor appears, however, to understand his foe, and to be able to engage him at any odds. We expect in a few weeks to hear of another desperate encounter. Later from the Army, By the steamer Neptune, which arri. %red at New Orleans an the 13th inst. a few days later adviOes have been re , ceived from the Army. As was appre hended, the American loss in the storm ing of Monterey, turns out to have been much heavier than at first reported. The loss in killed, wounded and missing, is now put down at 1500—including a number of gallant officers, and the flow er of Gen. Taylor's Army ! The Mex ican loss in killed and wounded *as about 2000. The fighting in the streets of Monterey is represented as having been most desperate, and the carnage awful. It is said that when the capit ulation took place, Gen. Taylor had not more than five or six rounds of ammu. nition left ! Gen. Taylor had sent orders to Gen. Patterson at Camargo fur rein forcements—the Alabama and Georgia Regiments. Gen. P. had, previous to the two regiments being ordered to Monterey, about 4,000 men encamped 3 miles from Camargo. All accounts from the Rio Grande unite in presenting a sad picture of the condition of our troops stationed along the frontier, and exhibiting the miser able, bungling policy of the General Government in all its operations. At Matamoros 700 men were lying sick and numbers daily dying, while but lit tle provision had been made for the health and comfort of the soldiers, many of them being without the means to supply their necessities in consequence of the failure of Government to supply their dues. This Texas War is likely to prove a dear one. Already a Ring gold, a Brown, a Watson, a McClung, and other noble spirits have been oar ed up as victims to the gory fiend of war; while of the rank and file many a brave heart has given out its last gasp( on the battle-field. %% hen, remarks a cotemporary, the bill comes to be footed up, the nation will be amazed at the ex tent to which the lives of our citizens have been literally sacrificed and the treasure of the nation wasted, which might haye been saved by a more judi cious and wise policy on the part of our rulers. The Battle at Monterey---Groat Havoc. The following is reported by Captain Spencer, who took on the despatches of Gen. Taylor to Washington, (and who participated in the battle at Monterey,) as the forces engaged: Gen. Taylor-4,000 regulars, 2,000 vol. . . unteers-6,0610 force. Gen. Ampudia-7,000 regulars, 4,000 militia-11,000 force. We find the following paragraph in the N. Orleans Delta: The destructive fire to which the di vision under Gen. Taylor was exposed, when advancing on the enemy's forts, on the 21st ult. at Monterey, may be gathered from the fate of the gallant Third Regiment. Soon after the time when the order to advance was given, Major Lear, in com mand of the regiment at the time, got killed. Capt. Morris then assumed the com mand; he, too, shared the same fate.-- Capt. Bainbridge was next to lead; he got severely wounded, and had to retire. Bvt. Maj. Barbour was the next to take command; he was killed. Capt. Field was next, and he was killed. At the close of the engagement, Capt. Henry was in command of what remained of the regiment, which was found to nuns , her, on being mustered, 71 men, includ ing the officers and the rank and file,. HORRIBLE.-A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, writing from Camp Patterson, near Burita, mentions the fol lowing incident : " A murmur of indignation was run ning through our lines to day, in conse quence of a scene of unusual interest which transpired here this morning.-- An old squaw, from an encampment of Lapan Indians, about two miles below us on the river, came to the camp of Texan volunteers, and offered for sale two Spanish girls, from thirteen to four teen years old. Thoy were dreadfully emaciated, and almost destitute of a single garment of clothing. The Tex ans seized the girls and squaws, and tied, and carried them immediately to headquarters, where, upon examina tion, it was ascertained that the Lapans had murdered a whole family, the pa rents and brothers of the two girls, in the vicinity of the Rio Grande, stolen all their property, and led the girls into captivity'; there they had treated them with extreme cruelty, and nearly starved them to death, and were now . offering them for sale. The girls readily point ed out the ringleaders of the outrage, and some fifteen or twenty of them were arrested for further investigation by order of Gen. Wool." The Views of the Official. The Washington Union says—" Wo hope by the time that the armistice would have expired of itself, we shall see our triumphant flag flying at Chihua hua, at Saltillo, and if the newspaper speculations arc to be believed, perhaps at Vittoria, (the capital of Tamaulipas,) and at Tampico. At all events, we go for action, energy and success—pre pared, however, to negotiate for an hon orable peace ; but declining any armi stice, until a treaty of peace has .been ratified."
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