THE JOURNAL. Huntingdon, Wednesday, November 4, 1816, TUE LATE 'VICTOR:T. NEXT WHIG CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. The great Whig and Tariff victory recently achieved in this State, should be considered by all the friends of Pro tection but the beginning of what can be made a successful and benificial ter mination. To effect the repeal of the ruinous British Tariff law of '46, it will only be necessary for the friends of the ' llow up the advantage gained—to work per e time arrives when orially, dismiss the t Administration that is Ltional difficulties upon we nll The next great struggle in this State, therefore, in furtherance of this great and patriotic object, will be the election next autumn of .a Tariff Governor of Pennsylvania. As candidates for this post, a number of true and tried friends of the American cause have been men tioned, among whom stands conspicuous the favorite son of this Congressional District, Gen. JAMES IRVIN. And without disparagement to any of the worthy gentlemen named, we believe that in him are to he found concentrated all the essentials requisite to secure another triumphant and glorious Tariff victory. The qualifications of Gen. Irvin, no good Whig, who has any knowl edge of the man, will question ; and as to his claims to a nomination, we believe, (in common with those whom our paper represents,) that at this time, they stand ; paramount to all others. Of this we are forcibly reminded by an excellent arti cle in the last Pa. Intelligencer, showing that in the last Whig Gubernatorial Convention, in sixteen, out of the twenty- ' two ballots, Irvin had a large plurality of the votes ; and that on the last bal lot, by a union of two strong interests, (Markle and Banks) he was only defeated by five votes—the vote standing Markle 69, Irvin 64. The conduct of Gers. l Irvin, subsequent to this nomination, is known to all. No Whig in the State la• bored harder or with better effect for the election of his successful competitor, than himself; and we believe that none felt more heart-felt sorrow at his defeat. In view of these circumstances, and with the firm conviction upon our mind that Gen. Irvin is as available if not the most available man upon whom the Whigs and Tariff men of Pennsylvania can unite, we feel with our neighbor of the Hollidaysburg Register, like urging his nomination upon the party. And we also feel warranted in premising, that in the event of Gen, Irwin's nomination in March, "Old Huntingdon" will roll up a majority at least two hundred greater for him in October, than can be secured for any other man in our ranks, Relying, then, upon Gen. Irvin's claims and qualifications—his great private worth and popularity as a man, and his unwavering principles as a Whig and friend of the American policy of Pro tection, we look with confidence to the Convention in March, to snake him the standard bearer, of what cannot fail to be a victorious party in October, let our opponents select whom they ►nay to car ry for them the Black Flag of Free Trade. NEW Goons.—By reference to another column, it will be seen that Dr. Wm. Swoope has received a fine assortment of Fall and Winter goods, which he promises to sell cheaper than they can be procured elsewhere. We advise all to give hint a call. Those who adver tise, invariably sell the cheapest. . We invite attention to the adver tisement of H. K. Neff & Bro.'s New Jewelley Establishment, in our columns this week. Their assortment of Jewellry is of the latest style, and evidences great card as well as excellent taste, in its se- I t em. As a mechanic, Mr. H. K. Neff is unsurpassea in his line by any in this vicinity. in 'Wit, the Nefl's are every way worthy the (woe of the public, and we therefore bespeak for them a liberal patronage, Lucxx Co.os.—Three printers are run ning for Congress in .Massachusetts. As a matter of course, they are i.vhole-soul ed, talented fellows. well worthy of .at. election. THE WAR From the news which we publish to day from the army, it will be seen that Santa Anna is already in the field with a large force. From this and other rea sons, great apprehensions, are beginning to be entertained for the fate of General Taylor, and the brave soldiers under his command. The leading Journals of the country are beginning to speak out on the subject with considerable warmth. They urge that further troops should be called into the service at once, to rein force Gen. Taylor, and that thus this disgraceful and expensive war should be terminated by one or two effective blows. In regard to Santa Anna's intentions in returning to Mexico, the Administration have been most successfully duped.— It will be recollected that Mr. Polk, just previous to the adjournment of Congress, asked for an appropriation of two mil -1 lions of dollars to purchase a peace with Mexico, and that the measure was only defeated by Mr. Davis retaining the floor until the hour for adjournment arrived. Had the appropriation been carried, sub sequent events render it almost certain that Santa Anna would now have had 'two millions of our own money to aid him in prosecuting the war, on the part of Mexico, against us. We are saved j this mortification and expense, however, by the foresight and wisdom of Honest John Davis, U. S. Senator from Massa ; chu setts. [rj- Hon. JAMES COOPER has been spo ken of in connection with the Speaker's chair of the House of Representatives. Although we should dislike to lose Mr• C. from the floor, where he never fails to enliven and lend interest to the de bates, yet we should, as a Pennsylva nian, feel proud to see the Speaker's chair occupied by a gentleman of Mr. Cooper's conceded abilities and great legislative experience. The influence he would weild upon the legislation of the session, could not fail to be of the most salutary character. SPEAKER OF THE SENATE.—The Pitts burg American recommends Hon. CHAS. S. GIBBONS for Speaker of the Senate, at the next session of the Legislature. The selection of Mr. G. or Mr. DARSIE, of Pittsburg, either,would suit our taste; and we think, advance the public inte rest. PRINTING OFFICE FOR SALE.—We ob serve by the last Miltonian that one half of that well established and excellent Whig Paper is offered for sale. It is now published by John and Robert M. Frick, Esqr's—the latter wishing to re tire. This is certainly a fine chance for any enterprising young man desirous of entering into the arduous, but withal pleasant business of editing and publish ing a country paper. We know of no more desirable establishment in the middle or Northern portion of the State (the Huntingdon Journal excepted) than the Miltonian. Address, R. M. Frick, Esq., Milton Pa. GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, for Novem ber has been received. Although we do not believe in the country press indis criminately puffing into notoriety city papers and periodicals, when at the same time they may not be worthy of it, yet we feel bound to say that this work is an exception to many of its class of peri odicals, and worthy the patronage of the lovers of Literature. The number be fore us, excels any of its cotemporaries in point of rending matter. fp- The State election in New York commenced yesterday—closing in the city the same day and continuing two days in the country. From the storm and rain we have had for a few days back, a total route to the Free Traders may be confidently looked for in the Empire State. we shall have some re turns before our next issue. pt‘" The attention of those wanting Hardware, is invited to the advertise ments of Franciscus & Bro., Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Their assortment, we are informed, is very large, and their prices extremely low. MuLTUM IN EIRVO.—The Philadelphia "Keystone" regards their "defeat as a glorious thing for the Democracy of this State. It will purify the party, and God knows it needed purification !" This is the language of a Democratic paper. Destruction of the Reservoir near 11°14 day sbu rg, We learn by the Stage driver from Hollidaysburg, who left that place on yesterday morning, that the Reservoir near that borough has been almost co t:only destroyed by the high water. BATTLE OF MONTEREY, INTERESTING LETTER FRON A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY TO HIS FATHER IN HUNTINGDON. We have been kindly permitted by I David Snare, Esq., of this place, to copy the following interesting letter from his son, Win. Snare, (now in the American army under Gen. Tayor,) received by him on Monday evening last. It gives one of the most interesting and satisfac tory descriptions of the great contest at Monterey we have yet seen, and will be the more interesting to the people of this county, on account of its coming from the pen of one of their own brave and patriotic young men : MONTEREY, (Mexico,) Sept. 27, 1846, p.m FATHER—The great battle which I stated in my last would take place at Monterey, is now over, and we have again come off victorious. The victory is more glorious than that of Polo Alto. It is•unparalleled. When you hear of the difficulties wo contended with in conquering them, you will wo.ider bow it could have been done. Our army encamped near Monterey on the 19th inst., and while there, there were several shots fired f ant the enemy's cannon at us, (but out of their reach,) thinking they would bell' e tie before we would make an attack on them. On the 20th our army were marched in three divisions to their posi tions, for the attack of Monterey next day. The 2nd division, to which I belong, was commanded by Gen. Worth, a very brave officer; and the other divisions commanded by Generals Twiggs and But ler. While our division was marching, and hav ing been compelled to pass near one of their butte ries, on account of mountains, to get to our posi tion, they fired at us several times, which killed one of our officers. In the night of the 20th, part of our division, which consisted of Regulars and Tex an volunteers, charged on one of their batteries sit- noted on a hill 400 yards high. The object of at-1 tacking them in the night was to get out of reach of their cannon before they could see us. We got about half way up the hill before they heard ue . 'fire firing was commenced on both sides, and kept up rapidly for a short time; but as we advanced, which we were determined to do or die, the Mexi cans began to flinch and retreat (having every ad vantage they could wish,) to another fortified place, about 500 yards farther off, leaving their own bat teries for us to fire on them, which we done. Af ter a few hours' firing, they were driven out of that place to another largo hill, where they had a large, strong castle. Trio next night the remainder of our division proceeded to that hill as the others done, and drove them from it into their castle, after an hours' firing with small arms. While in that position, the ene my fired grape end canister out of their castle, but with no effect, Firing kept up on both sides, with small at ins, until we hauled a howitzer up the hill, which was done by means of ropes. We made a breast work out of their sand bags to protect our artillery after it was planted; and one shot fired at the enemy, made them run for the cas tle about as fast as the grape shot flew over our heads. Our artillery then fired several rounds into their castle, which knocked them from their guns; their assembly was sounded, and they run from the castle a short distance into town, where they form ed and marched into their fortified square. While the above was going on, the other divisions drove the enemy from sevr rat batteries, and took posses sion of their forts. The artillery of our division fired on the town, and cleared the way so that wo could advance to the first houses. We broke into their houses, which was protection against their firing; we then cut our way through the walls of every house, until we got within musket shot of them in their square. The firing was then com menced, and kept up constantly until 10 o'clock on tho 24th, when Gen. Ampudia, hoisted the white flag. The firing of course then ceased ; a Council of War was held, and Ampudia agreed to march off with his army, taking 6 pieces of artillery and their small arms; and not to make war against the United States a second time—which was done. The Mexicans had about 10 or 12 batteries placed on large hills, which were a natural fortifica tion around the town. The town itself is a fortifi cation ;—the houses are built so that they can fire off them with perfect safety. They have been for tifying this place ever since they beat the Spaniards. Twenty thousand of them were in battle against our nine thousand, and all would not do. They marched from here honor-stricken. There aro but few men killed in the 2nd division, to which I be long. I, with many others, made narrow escapes. The way the balls flew over our heads for several days was a caution. There were 3or 400 men killed in the other divisions while they were charg ing the Mexican Forts. It is difficult to state the exact number killed. There are two thousand Mexicans killed and missing; three hundred of whom were killed by our shells tin own into their fortifications. The 'Penn volunteers deserve great credit in this bottle. They volunteered, on all occasions, to lead off at the mouth of the enemy's cannon. They are sorry it is over; they want to pay the Mexicans off in their own coin • • • • • • • Your., &c. WM. SNARE. To make a readable paper for a' certain class of persons, you must have at least two dirges, one poem on " the last rose of summer," or " the first ja ponica of spring ;" eighteen articles headed " atrocious," four " horribles," eight " heartrending occurrences," forty " murders," seven " distressing acci dents," two " awful visitations of Di vine Providence," five " elopements in high life," twenty " deaths," forty-five " marriages," together with the full par ticulars of five cases of the latest "Crim Con." and a " vivid portrait of the fork that belonged to the knife that 14Iucclee vunger assassinated Colonel Molasses with." ATTACK UPON VERA CRUZ.—It is again reported in Washington that a Cabinet Council has decided upon an immediate attack upon Vera Cruz, by a combined movement of our army and naval forces. It is farther stated th'at despatches to this effect arc already on their way (Ei• In Birmingham, England, steel pens are manufactured at one cent per dozen ! [From the North ilmerican.] COMING 111117211. The next contest in this State will de termine the Choice of a Governor. The present incumbent has, in all things, met the expectations of his supporters; he is personally popular with his par tizans, and cannot be Agfsated in the Democratic Convention. out exciting a spirit of resentment among his frienff that must arouse an organized and suffi cient opposition to defeat any other Dem ocratic candidate. Should, however, a! compromise like that of '44 be resorted to in order to escape discomfiture, the Whigs must look, and anxiously too, to their own policy. Those are not friends who sing lullably songs of assured tri umph. No single swallow makes a! summer—no single political triumph a secured ascendency. Pennsylvania is still hard fighting ground. The recent election ascertains that the Whigs may succeed in electing their candidate : but if that result leads to intoxicating confi dence, arrogant expectations and false hopes in our ranks; if it induces the nomination of a feeble candidate and the adoption of an indiscreet policy; our cup of triumph is spilled and lost in the ground, before it has touched our lips. Such truths may not be palatable, but they are wholesome. All is well, if the present advantage be followed up with increased exertion and stimulated ac tion. But we may anticipate a regath- ering of the foe, fresh effort, redoubled .excitement, large expenditures of money I and more vigorous exertions of official influence. These must be met ; and not in any false and intoxicating confidence. We must hold all that we have at the point of the weapons which won it.— The next contest is one to win, by vig orous effort, success for the party, and not one merely to determine who shall enjoy the triumph. The Whigs of Penn sylvania have suffered too much already from a permature struggle among them-' selves for unachieved honors. The last Gubernatorial nomination crushed the hopes of the State and nation : we must learn wisdom from experience, or go on giving, by our disasters, experience for the use of others. We trust that no efforts will be made to forestall popular action in the choice of a candidate.—' So far as the primary and spontaneous indications may be relied upon, it seems that GEN. IRVIN, the majority candi date unhappily defeated in the Conven tion in '44, is the choice of the Whigs of the State. If such be the fact, (we hope that the simple statement will not be misconstrued into an expression of opposition to any other Whig,) it is to be desired that no attempts will be made to anticipate their action or defeat their wishes. GEN. IRVIN, as a patriot with no pulse that does not heat for his coun try—as a statesman whose elevated and sagacious intellect reeognizes no ambi tion apart from the triumph of Whig Principles—as a man whose active pri vate virtues endear him to all who know him, will certainly be, under present au spices, an invincible candidate. In say ing thus much, we merely chronicle the evidences of popular sentiment. We speak for the party and its principles, independent of all the cliques and fac tions which have so often, in defeating the popular will, involved the party in defeat. All that is required to give per manence to the Whig triumph, is respect for the will of the people ; and we are confident from every developement that has reached us that this will not be want ing in the action of the party. 11.7- A law passed by the Legislature of Maine, at its lest session, provides, under heavy penalties, that no patent medicines shall be sold without a label setting forth concisely the names of all the ingredients or simples of which such medicine is composed, and the propor tion of each. For the sake of humanity, we hope that the " congregated wisdom" of Penn sylvania will "do likewise" at the next session of the Legislature. Were it adopted, we think it would call forth from a certain class of drones other means of obtaining a livelihood, than the vocation of manufacturing and vend ing " patent medicines." (Er- A Sabbath Convention has been called at Lewistown, to meet in that place on the 10th instant. The adop tion of measures to promote the better observance of the Sabbath, is the object of the meeting. A christian as well as a patriotic purpose. EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEITING.-A coun terfeiter was caught on the 26th ult. near Franklin, Tenn. and carried to Nashville, who had between six and ten thousand dollars in fraudulent money, with other matters pertaining to the trade, in his saddle-bags—evidence so full and clear of his villainy, that he concluded not to put the civil authorities to any trouble, but went to jail without the formality of a trial. He is an Italian, and stated that he had cleared $ll,OOO in good money, last year, as his share of the profits. MARINE CAMELS.—The Washington Union says that no contract has been made with Gen. Taylor for marine cam els to transport the U. S. ships of war over the bar at Tampico. A New Plan to Capture San Juan de tllloa. Mr. John Wise, the celebrated iErial voyager, suggests an extraordinary plan for the capture of the formidable castle of Vera Cruz. In a letter to the Lan caster Republican, he says: "Although the plan I shall propose may seem novel to the many, still a brief detail of it, I think, will satisfy the most incredulous of its efficacy. In the first place, it will require the construction of a balloon of common twilled muslin,_ of about one hundred feet in diameter. This machine, properly coated with varnish, will retain its buoyancy for many days or weeks. It will be capable, when in flated, to raise over 30,000 pounds. Say 20,000, independent of its own weight, net-work, car, and cable. The process of inflation may be accomplished on land, or on board a man-of-war at sea, as cir , ciimstances may require. The car to be loaded with percussioned bomb-shells and torpedoes to the amount of 18,000 ponds, which will leave 2,000 pottnds : for ballast and men. Thus it will be ready to be placed in a position for dead ly action, in a very short time. The cable by which it is to be manwuvred, may be at least 5 miles long, so that the balloon at a mile of elevation, would leave the vessel, or land position, which act as the retaining point, out of the reach of the Castle guns, and under the cover of our own batteries. The man-of-war bal loon, hovering a mile above the Castle, like a cloud of destruction, would be en tirely out of danger of the enemy's guns, since they could not be made to bear at an object immediately above them. The position of the balloon, as to height and distance from the retaining point, could be easily maintained by keeping a pro per eye to its ballasting. As it would become lightened by the discharge of shells and torpedoes, an adequate quan tity of gas can also be discharged. If a gun from the Castle could be ever made to bear upon the war balloon, it would soon be silenced by the rapidity, preci sion, and certainty with which the dead ly missiles could be showered down upon them. With this curial war ship, hang ing a mile above the fort, supplied with a thousand percussioned bomb shells, the Castle of Vera Cruz could be taken with out the loss of a single life to the army, and at an expense that would be compa ratively nothing to what it will be to take , it by the common mode of attack." A Tradition Verified—lnteresting. Lieut. Emory, of the U. S. Topo graphical Engineers, one of the officers attached to the staff of Gen. Kearney, has furnished a long statement to the Washington Union, graphically describ ing scenes in the far West, and giving a detailed account of the march of the ar my from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, and the taking of that place and New Mexico by Gen. Kearney. Lieut. Emo ry says that on the 20th August, the chiefs and head men of the Puebla In dians came into Santa Fe to give in their adhesion to Gen. Kearney, and to express their great satisfaction at his arrival. This large and formiable band arc among the best and most peaceable citizens of New Mexico. They, early after the con ' quest, embraced the forms of religion, and the manners and customs of their then more civilized masters, the Span iards. Their interview was long and in teresting. They expressed what was a tradition with them, that the white man would come from the far East and re lease them from the bonds and shackles which the Spaniards have imposed, not in the name, but in a worse form than slavery. They, and the numerous half breeds, in whose veins flow their blood, are our fast friends now and forever. Three hundred years of oppression and injustice, have failed to extinguish in this race the recollection that they were once the peaceable and inoffensive mas ters of the country. The day of retri bution has now come, and they have their revenge. NEGRO STEALER ARRESTED.—The Eu taw (Ala.) Whig states that Bryant Hines, who, in December last, ran off with about 60 negroes, mortgaged to the State Bank of Alabama, has been captured in Florida, and lodged in Green county jail, to await his trial for the penitentiary offence. Forty-two of the negroes were found in his possession, and are on their way back to Alabama. ELOQUENCE.—The light of the lamp was dying away in the socket, the mid night clock swung heavily aloft, and its brazen tones sounded loudly on the fro zen air. It was the hour disembodied spirits walk, and when murderers, like the stealthy wolf, prowl for their prey. The lonely watcher shuddered as he heard a slight noise at the door. Big drops stood on his pale brow—the door gently opened, and in came—a strange cat! ID The N. Y. Evening Mirror says : Silk over coats " all buttoned down be fore," will be the prevailing fashion with the ladies the coining winter. FROM MEXICO. ELEVEN DAYS LATER FROM MON , TEREY—REPORTED ARRIVAL or SANTA ANNA AT SALTILLO. Correspondence of the Pa. Inquirer. The steamship Galveston, Captain Wright, arrived yesterday afternoon from Brazos St. Jago and Cameral), by way of Galveston. She has relieved our citizens from the painful suspense which they have been in for some days. Our advices from Monterey come down to the 6th of October. The city is in quiet occupancy of our troops. The evacuation is described in the let ters of our correspondent. After peru sing the letters we have received by the Galveston, and talking freely with sev eral military gentlemen, it gives us pleas ure that we have no corrections to make in the first report we gave of the battle of Monterey. Here follows the order of Gen. Tay lor, congratulating his officers and men on the victory of Monterey. The report of the death of C o l. M c . Clary, of the Mississippi volunteers, is unfounded,—he was improving. Lieut. Dilworth, of the First Infantry, has died of his wounds. Lieut. Graham, of the Fourth Infantry, was still alive, and hopes were entertained that lie would recover. The death of Mr. Herman S. Thomas, of Harford County, Md., will be deeply felt in his native State. He had joined McCulloch's Rangers, to see actual service, and fell in storming the second height. Capt. Owen, formerly Lieut. of the Baltimore battalion, left Monterey on the 6th of October, and furnishes the Picayune with many in teresting details. He says the American loss in three days actions is set down at 500 killed and wounded. W e have no list of killed and wounded. There are several letters from Ken dall. The steamer Col. Harney, with government stores, was lost, with 15 lives, on the 12th ultimo, at the mouth of the Rio Grande. An express had ar rived at Monterey, that Gen. Wool, with 3500 men, was to leave San Anto nia 28th Sept. for Chihuahua. Xonterey, Sept. 29th 5 o'clock, P. X. An express rider has this moment ar rived from Sautinas, which place he left this morning. It is only a day's ride this side of Saltillo, and he states on the authority of a Mexican, that Santa Anna arrived at that place yesterday morning or the evening previous, and immediately commenced fortifying the place with vigor. He had no less than 13,000 men with him, which, added to those which left here under Ampudia, will swell his army to over 20,000 men. Report further has it, that he is to erect works and batteries at Rinconada —the limits of our lines by the 60 days truce. If all this should prove true, the army may have more bloody work to do than ever. One thing is certain, Santa Anna was hourly expected here, whey General Taylor reached this, and many think that Ampudia's reason for wishing to return, was the fact that he found himself to a degree surrounded. After the success of the 2d Division, he was anxious to form a junction with his master, on the best terms he could make. We shall know more about the matter in a day or two. SIIORT SESSION The following excellent suggestions, in regard to the duty of the Whig mem bers of the next Legislature, we clip from the last Pa. Telegraph. We hope to see them adopted and acted upon.— The People expect it : From our knowledge of the views and principles of the Whigs, who will have a majority in both branches of the next Legislature, we predict that the session will be a very short one, and will not extend over two months, about half the time usually spent by the Loco focos. This will not only be a saving to the Commonwealth of fifty thousand dollars or more, but be of great advan tage to the business of our public works, and all those engaged or interested in them. The appropriations will be made at an early day, and every facility grant ed to have them in readiness at the earli est moment for use. We know that the Whigs will not only be in favor of a short session and an early adjournment, but they will be found ready to go to work upon the or ganization of the Legislature, and not as has usually been the case, delay the most important duties of the session un til the latest day. All important meas ures should be brought forward at the . earliest moment, and no commits e should be allowed to sleep upon an matter referred to them. The Peop le send their representatives here to work, and we know that the Whigs are anxious to conform to the wishes of their con stituency. We are therefore confident, as we have before stated, that the ses sion will not last over two months, and that all the business necessary to be done, can be accomplished by that time. This of itself would be a reform worthy of the cause, and of those who have achieved the victory over Free Trade Locofocoism. PAuEnts.—lt is stated that Gon. Pa redes, ex-President of Mexico, has ar rived at Havana, as an exile, unattend ed. He has probably gone there to take tianta Anna's place in the cock-pit. A