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."