THE JOURNAL
Huntingdon, Wednesday, November 25, 1846,
THANKSGIVING DAY.
TO-morrow is the day set apart by
Gov. Shunk, as a day of Thanksgiving
and Praise, by the people of this State
for the numerous blessings which they,
as a people, have enjoyed during the
past year. We hope to see this com
mendable appointment strictly and reli
giously observed. The churches of this
place, we are informed, will be open for
Divine service during the day,
ID— Marriage notices, when sent from
a distance, must be accompanied by the
real name of the person desiring their
publication. The notice sent by "A
Friend" may be all right, but we have
no guarantee that it is, and therefore
decline publishing it.
117- The last Packet-boat, for the pre
sent season, passed this place on Sunday
evening last, for Harrisburg.
ED- Hon. WALTER FORWARD, of Pitts
burg, and Hon. ANDREW STEWART, of
Fayette county, 'have been named by
Pittsburg papers, as candidates for Gov
ernor. Both eminently qualified for any
station.
n - Congress meets on next Monday
week, December 7th. A large number
of members are already at the Capitol.
The news from Washington will possess
unusual interest during the coming ses
sion.
0*- The last Gettysburg Star copies
an article from the Philadelphia Daily
Sun, a paper opposed to the Whig par
ty, to show that there was intrigue used
in selecting the delegates to the March
Convention, in Philadelphia. We would
respectfully ask our worthy cotempora
ry of the Star, if he considers the au
thority of those interested in producing
dissatisfaction in the Whig party, wor
thy of consideration by Whigs 1 We
have no doubt the Pennsylvanian, Key
stone and Times will endorse the state
ment of the Sun !
11:7- The Pennsylvania Telegraph pub
lishes
the article from the Butler Demo
crat, t hich we alluded in our last,
and he sit "Gen. Markle and his Tra
ducers." As our friend of the Tele
graph is well aware that we never tra
duced
Gen. Markle in any way, either
verbally or through the columns of the
Journal, since our connection with it,
we will see whether he will publish our
answer to the Democrat, and thus do usl
justice in the matter. We spent consi
derable time, and a portion of our limit
ed means, in trying to aid Gen. Mar
kle's election, in 1844 ; and we do not
like to receive our pay in being stigma
tized by those who claim to be his par
ticular friends, as one of the old Hero's
traducers. We will not allow any one,
even our old friend of the Telegraph, to
aid in slandering us, humble as we may
be, for the purpose of advancing the in
terests of any political aspirant.
lOWA.—It is difficult to arrive at the
true result of the election in this State.
From the best authority before us, it
would appear that the Whigs have a
majority in both branches of the Legis
lature, and the Locos the Governor and
Congressmen. If this proves true, the
'Whigs have the victory.
11:7- Gov. Shunk has appointed Jowl
M. FORSTER, Esq., of Harrisburg, Presi
_ dent Judge of the Judicial district com
posed of Chester and Delaware coun
ties, in the room of Judge Bell, appoint
ed to the Supreme Bench.
This is certainly an excellent appoint
ment, and does credit to the appointing
power. Mr. F. is a good lawyer—and
in private life, a dignified, high-toned
gentleman.
Q:. Ex-Governor FIN D LE7t died at the
residenceof his son-in-law, Gov. Shunk,
in Harrisburg, on the 16th inst., aged
about 71 years.
117 Hon. Thomas S. Bell; of Chester
county, has been appointed by the Gov
ernor Associate Judge of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, in the place of
the Hon. Thomas Sergeant, resigned.
et!" MORTON M'MICHAEL, Esq., has
taken an interest in, and become one of
the proprietors of, the Philadelphia North
American. This will give additional
interest to this leading and spirited
Whig paper.
GEN. JAMES IRVIN.
We call the attention of our readers
to the following article from the Phila
delphia North American. The senti
ments expressed are such as cannot fail
to meet with the approbation of every
true Whig : " The Whig party have
achieved, in the late election, a most
decisive victory. To maintain our pre
sent ascendancy, a great deal depends
on the action of the next Legislature,
and more on the nine put in nomination
for Governor. We have not the least
hesitation in saying that Gen. IRVIN is
the choice of a large proportion of the
friends of Protection in Pennsylvania,
for Governor in 1847; with him as our
candidate, very little doubt can be en
tertained for the result. During his
public career, Gen. Irvin has been iden
tified as the ardent and uncompromising
friend of Pennsylvania interests."
Crawford Gazette and advocate.
The Pittsburg American, in answer to
an article in the Clinton County Whig,
thanking the editor of the American for
a "puff" to the Whigs of "Little Clin
ton," on the result of the late election
in that county, says :
"The Clinton county Whigs are no
ble fellows, and as they have a favorite
candidate for Governor, and have cho
sen wisely in this matter, the west will
shake hands with her in favor of IRVIN.
Next to MARKLE, they go for the
friend of the old Hero."
We might fill our paper with extracts
from the Whig press, showing the in
creasing and wide-spread favor with
which the name of Gen. IRVIN is re
ceived in all parts of the Commonwealth.
His popularity is not confined to the
North, East and central portion of the
State, but the West is also speaking out
in his favor, as the above, and numerous
other indications prove. The best feel
ing pervades the Whig party every
where; and the discussion by the press,
of the claims of the different candidates,
is carried on in the most harmonious
spirit ; with the exception of a few ill
' tempered communications in the Harris
burg Telegraph, which are doubtless
written by some one of the numerous
office-hunters who are to be found at all
times hanging about the seat of govern
!
mein.
We congratulate the Whig party on
this auspicious state of feeling in their
ranks, with the exception mentioned. It
augurs well for their success in the
coming contest. Everything calculated
to disturb it, should be frowned down.
All insinuations or threats against any
prominent candidates of the party,
should be hooted at, and the authors and
publishers rebuked. It matters little
about who the man maybe around whom
the Vt higs will be called to rally, only
so far as he may be necessary to secure
success to Whig principles. We have
believed Gen. IRVIN to be emphatically
the man for the present crisis, and are
happy to be assured by the indications
around us, that a large majority of the
Whig and Tariff men of Pennsylvania
are of the same opinion.
Since the above was in type, we have
received the Butler papers, from which
we make the following extracts. The
Butler % hig, in closing a long article
in regard to the discussion of the Gov
ernor question, says:
" The political sky is bright. The
shouts of victory are wafted to us on
every breeze. State after State has
burst its shackles and proclaimed itself
free. The first battle has been fought
and won in Pennsylvania—another one
is before us—the cup of triumph is at
our lips, and palsied be the sacrilegeous
hand of the professed friend who would
strike it to the ground."
The " Butler Democrat," a paper that
has heretofore been favorable to the no
mination of the patriot Markle, in speak
ing of his declination, says :
" If, however, the determination [to
decline] is irrevocable, we will then
strike for Gen. IRVIN, and honorably
support him without dishonorably oppo
sing any other good man."
A Political Perplexity
_ .
Mu. Gazimr—Aß the 4th of March, 1849,
comes on Bunday, what course will have to be
adopted, and how will it be regulated? An an
avrer in your paper will oblige A SUBSCRIBER.
✓answer—The XXXth Congress will
adjourn without day on Saturday, March
3d, and the new Senate will convene and
the Whig President be inaugurated on
Monday, the sth. It will all go like
clock-work, friend; never borrow the
least bit of trouble about it.—N. Y. Tri
bune.
THREE GIRLS AT ONCE!—Mrs. Tomp
kins, the wife of Mr. Ira H. Tompkins,
of Newark, N. J., was happily delivered
of three fine girls on Saturday last. The
N. Y. Sun is pleased to learn that the
mother and children are doing well !
Good gracious! The husband of the
above named lady has oar most heart felt
sympathy !
STATE CONVENTION.
DAUPHIN COUNTY.
The Whigs of Dauphin county met in
County Convention on the 16th inst. and
appointed JoitN C. KT/NREL, Esq., Sena
torial and A. MARTIN and C. FOLTZ Re
presentative delegates to the March Con
vention, with the following instructions :
Resolved, That the Representative and
Senatorial delegates elected by this con
vention to represent Dauphin county in
the Democratic Whig State Convention,
of March, 1847, be and are hereby in
structed to vote for Gen. JAMES IRVIN
of Centre county, on each and every bal
lot, for Governor of Pennsylvania.
The following resolutions were also
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in Gen. JAMES IRVIN
of Centre county, we recognise the firm
friend and able advocate and supporter
of the Whig Tariff of 1842, in the Con
gress of the United States, where ins
attachment and devotion to this great
measure was manifested by his actions
and his votes.
Resolved, That having the fullest con
fidence in the integrity, patriotism, ex
alted moral and political worth, and un
bounded popularity of Gen. JAMES IR
VIN, we hereby declare our preference
for him, and, on behalf of the Demo
cratic Whigs and Tariff men of Dau
phin county, announce him as our choice
for Governor of Pennsylvania at the
election to be held on the second Tues
day of October next.
It will be seen by the above, that the
slanderous and cowardly anonymous at
tacks made upon Gen. Irvin through the
columns of the Pennsylvania Telegraph,
have not injured him in the least with
the freemen of old Dauphin.
PHILADELPHIA
The Whigs of the city and county of
Philadelphia, on the 17th inst., appoint
ed the following delegates to the Whig
State Convention to nominate a candi
date for Governor:
For the City—Robt. T. Conrad, Josi
ah Randall, Joseph R. Chandler, Edward
Joy Morris, Edward Duff, John Swift,
Edward C. Markley.
For the County—Senatorial—P. Glas
gow, Ist District. Thos. McGrath, 3d
District. Thos. W. Duffield, Jr., 4th
District.
Representative—George Norton, Wm.
E. Stevenson, John D. Ninesteel, David
Woelpper, Jas. Vineyard, Wm. Linker,
Wm. Jackson, Thomas L. Watson.
Amongst a number of excellent reso
lutions adopted by the city conference
was the following :
Resolved, That while the Whigs of
Philadelphia will cordially and unitedly
support the candidate to be nominated
by the State Convention for the Guber
natorial chair, they heartily concur in
the demonstrations in various parts of
the State, of confidence in, and regard
for, Gen. JAMES IRVIN, of Centre co.,
in whom they recognise a Pennsylva
nian in feeling and in principle, a states
man of acknowledged ability and of un
yielding integrity—whose benevolence,
pure character, and patriotic purposes,
endear him to all who know him, and
command the esteem and confidence of
his fellow-citizens of all parties.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY,
The Whigs of Northampton met in
County meeting on Monday of last week,
and appointed John Shouse, Samuel
Yohe and Alex. F. aiewn, as delegates
to the State ConiiiiTron, instructed to
support the nomination of PETF.H. S.
MICELER, of that county, as the Whig
candidate for Governor.
NOTICE&
"Morris' National Press" has been
remoddled and improved, and is now
published under the title of "Home Jour
nal." N. P. Thus, one of the leading
literary writers of the day, is associated
with Gen. MORRIS, as editor of the new
paper. Morris & Willis cannot fail to
make a very interesting and useful pa
per. Published in New York, at $2 00
per annum.
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.--The Decem
ber number of this excellent publication,
which concludes the third volume, is be
fore us. It is adorned with three exqui
site engravings, and a juvenile fashion
plate. The picture called the "Excur
sion," and the colored plate called the
"Philadelphia Lady Equestrian," are
truly among the most elegant engra
vings we have ever seen in a periodical.
The present number has a new and very
handsome cover; and the contents pos
sess unusual interest. We commend
this work to every lady desirous of read
ing refined and elegant literature.
ID.. "The Chess Palladium and .11Iath
ematical Sphynx," is the title of a month
ly publication, by W. Taylor & Co., N
York. The second number is before us.
It is devoted to the game of Chess, and
would no doubt prove useful to those
desirous of acquiring a knowledge of
the rules and mysteries of this interest
ing and instructive game. The price is
$2 per annum.
[ID- We had a slight sprinkling of
Snow on Sunday night last.
For the Journal.
COMMUNICATION.
MR. EDITOR :-I observe that, while
the Whig presses generally, are pursu
ing an amicable, judicious and concilia
tory course in reference to the nomina
tion of a candidate for Governor, the
Harrisburg papers, as usual, stand forth
as prominent exceptions. The latter,
acting on the rule or ruin principle,
push forward their respective favorites
with a fierceness which manifests most
clearly that with them it is but a con
test for "the man," and not for the suc
cess of Whig principles. That every
prominent man will have indiscreet and
reckless friends, is to be expected; but
that any Whig could so far forget hon
esty, and fairness, and all sense of pro
priety, as the author of a communica
tion signed " One of the People," in the
last Harrisburg Telegraph, is a matter
of astonishment, to say the least of it.
The author of that communication,
which any prudent writer or editor
would unhesitatingly have committed
to the flames, instead of spreading it
before the " public eye," assumes that
certain Philadelphians (intelligent, hon
est, and respectable men, and accredited
Whigs) are in favor of Gen. IRVIN;
and upon this assumption, or fact, if you
please, " One of the People," of that
pure, virtuous, and unassuming borough
of Harrisburg, endeavors to excite pre
judice against the city of Philadelphia!
It would seem that the small potato poli
ticians of Harrisburg will never learn
that the sovereign people of the coun
try feel able to judge for themselves,
and desire to attend to their own busi
ness, in their own way, without any dic
tation from Harrisburg, or Philadelphia,
or any other quarter. 1 would venture
to predict, that if ever "the ignorant
people of the country" seek instruction
imegard to their political duties, the
great men of Harrisburg will be the last
that will be applied to !
The concluding paragraph of the Har
risburg communication contains this aw
ful threat in glaring capitals : "Mr. Coo P.
ER HOLDS THE FATE OF HIS COMPETITOR IN
HIS HANDS, AND IN A MOMENT CAN TIIMBLE
DOWN THE FABRIC OF HIS POPULARITY."-
The unsophisticated yeomanry of the
country will no doubt tremble for the
"fate" of their favorite ! Mr. Cooper
" can scatter to the wind the hopes" of the
people ! Truly may it be said—" Let
him that thinketh he standeth take heed
lest he fall !" Cannot the terrified peo
ple of the country devise some means
by which the mighty Mr. Cooper and
his avenging friends can be CONCILIATED,
and themselves escape total annihila
tion 1 It is needless to ask whence Mr.
Cooper got this power?—who commit
ted to his hands the fate of Gen. Irvin,
and the hopes of the people 1 As the
awful denunciation comes from Harris
burg, and in the Telegraph, too, WE ARE
BOUND TO BELIEVE IT !
But, seriously, the attempts of the
Harrisburg papers at disorganization
have been borne long enough ; and I am
glad to see that the country press re
tains virtue enough to discountenance
and frown upon all such attempts. The
latter, acting on the give and take prin
ciple, are promoting the harmony and
unanimity of the universal Whig party.
ONE OF THE SCARED WHIGS.
Snyder Township Hard to Boat!
We are informed by a friend, that
Morris P. Hicks made, at Upper Tyrone
Forges, at one fire, in one week, work
ing double -handed, eleven tons of blooms,
bloom weight. He commenced work at
about 1 o'clock on Monday morning, the
16th of November, and finished the last
bloom by 7 o'clock, on Saturday morn
ing following. His assistants were Mi
chael Dougherty, Henry Burley and Hen
ry Rough.
At Lower Tyrone Forges, Thomas
Shelow and George Dry, jr., working
single-handed, made, at one fire, from
Monday morning of ? the same week, to
Friday noon following, six tons of blooms
—having in the same time to wait four
hours on Wednesday to replace a bro
ken helve with a new one.
The iron thus made, will compare fa
vorably, both in appearance and quality,
with any iron made elsewhere in the
State.
[Should the wages of such workmen
be reduced I Justice forbid ! Let the
" Restoration of the American Tariff of
1842, and the Repeal of the British Ta.
riff of 1846," be the watchword of every
true friend of American Independence
and AMERICAN LABOR !]
We learn by the Washington
Reporter that the Hon. T. M. T. M'Ken
nan declines being a candidate for nom
ination for Governor, prefering domes
tic quiet, ease and independence to the
trials and turmoil of public life.
COTTON GUNPOWDER.
This remarkable discovery, which is
said to supercede gunpowder, has been
successfully tried. Professor Otto, of
Brunswick, a correspondent of one of
the papers says, has published the whole
secret, and so Shomnbein will lose the
fortune which seemed before him, ready
to be clutched. What a wonderful in
vention it is which by dipping a little
cotton in a little acid, you have material
enough to blow up a whole city in the
air in a few minutes! We learn by the
Washington Union that Mr. Robertson,
our Consul at Bremen, who arrived in
the Brittania, brought a sealed packet
from Professor Schcenbein, with an ad
monition that it was to be opened only
in the presence of the President of the
U. S. It contained some specimens of
the gun or prepared cotton, with hints
about the mode of preparing it. The
discovery gains additional confidence
throughout Europe. It is estimated that
200,000 bales of cotton will be wanted
to supply the demand for this purpose.
The London correspondent of the New
York Enquirer gives some facts, re
specting this discovery :
" The discovery is claimed by several
scientific men abroad, though it was in
troduced to the British Association by
Professor Sclnenbein, who, calls it " Gun
Cotton." This is a substitute for com
mon gunpowder, which is composed of
75 parts of nitre,
15 of charcoal, and 10
of sulphur ; the latter ignites and fires
the charcoal, which generates heat suffi
cient to turn the nitre (or saltpetre) into
gas, many thousand times its own bulk,
thus exerting a prodigious expulsive
force. The only use of the sulphur is
to convey the flame through the mass ;
the gas, or explosive force, coming en
tirely from the headed nitre. Common
cotton is nothing more than wood in an
excessively minute fibrus state, and dip
ping this substance into nitrous acid the
acid converts it instantly into charcoal,
which, after frequent immersion in wa
ter, the acid is withdrawn and the char
coal remains, strongly impregnated with
nitre. This, then, is genuine gunpow
der of the best kind, for the fibres are
so minute and regular that the flame,
once applied,—passes immediately
through them, which is all that is wan
ted, and which is the great desideratum
in common powder,
the aim being to get
the grains round in form and of the same
size, the sulphur being mingled merely
to convey the flame all through the dif
ferent parts. This sulpher is not need
ed with the cotton, as the fibres are so
uniform and the saturation of nitre so
perfect that flame when once applied is
disseminated in an instant, and gas is
engendered of immense explosive pow
."
TEE WAR•
A correspondent of theU. S. Gazette,
writing from Washington under date of
Nov. 19, 1846, says :
" The war against Mexico, it seems, is now to
he pushed on with rigor, and blow after blow will
be qtruck in the right place. All hereare anxiously
awaiting the next news from our squadron in •the
Gulf. Tobasco, Alvarado, and Tampico must be
taken. And taken they can be. Why, Captain
Thistle, now in this city, an experienced and prac
tical man in warlike matters, who was in the Flor
ida war, and who has been fulfilling contracts for
the government in furnishing sundry supplies for
the army for some time past, offers to take either of
the Mexican cities in question by contract, or to
build a vessel in sixty days, for $lOO,OOO, that
shall not di ow over five feet of water; that shall
move at the rate of twelve miles per hour; that
shall be bomb proof against all Mexican batteries,
and shall carry batteries and men sufficient to make
success certain beyond peradventure! I have seen
a plan of the vessel, which I believe has been sub
mitted to the inspection of the Secretary of the
Navy, But not being well versed in matters of
man-of. war building, I give no opinion in regard to
the feasibility of the plan aforesaid."
From Santa Fe,
Intelligence from " Gen. KEAuzav's
Territory," has been received as late as
September 27, at which time all was
quiet at Santa Fe. Gen. Kearney had
issued his Proclamation,announcing that
he had been authorized by the President
of the United States to organize a Ter
ritorial Government,the officers of which
were all named in the Proclamation.—
Charles Brent, is the Governor, F. P.
Blain, U. S. District Attorney, &c.—
This is annexation with a vengeance,
and throws the Texas matter entirely in
the shade ! When Texas was wanted,
it was thought advisable to have the
opinion of Congress in the matter, but
President Polk and Gen. Kearney adopt
a more summary mode of doing business!
Reported Surrender of Chihuahua,
The Lexington, (Mo.) Express, of
the 3d instant says :--" A gentleman of
this city informs us that he perused a
letter, a day or two since, which had
been received in Camden, giving the par
ticulars of the surrender of Chihuahua
to the forces under Gen. Wool.. The
army, it seems, entered the city with
out resistance ; the American Flag was
saluted by the citizens, and after a few
hours had elapsed, the American officers
were invited to partake of a splendid
dinner, which had been prepared for
them by the Chihuahuans. That, we
should say, was rather a new mode of
capturing an enemy's town."
REQUISITION FOR TROOPS.
GoV. Shunk has received a requisition
from Washington for a regiment of vol
unteers, to be mustered into service at
Pittsburg as • soon as possible, where
they are to rendezvous until they re
ceive orders from the Government to
proceed to Mexico. It is supposed that
the regiment will be composedof volun
teers in the Western part of the State.
—ln addition to Pennsylvania, the fol
lowing States have also been called upon
for troops:
One regiment of infantry from Mas
sachusetts.
One regiment of infantry from New
York.
One regiment of infantry from Penn
sylvania.
One regiment of infantry from Vir•
ginia.
One regiment of infantry from North
Carolina.
One regiment of infantry from South
Carolina.
One regiment of infantry from Lou
isiana.
One regiment of infantry from Mis•
aissipi. . _
One regiment of mounted men from
Texas.
These regiments are to serve for
twelve months or during the war, the
construction of which renders it diffi
cult to determine what is meant by the
Government. We suppose that it is
intended to convey the idea that they
are liable to be discharged at the end of
twelve months, or at the end of the war
as the Government may choose.
Another of the Fruits.
We clip the following from the Phil'•
adeiphia Ledger, and as the intimation
contained in the paragraph has been
thrown out by several papers in the con
fidence of the Administration, we pre
sume there can be no doubt of its truth.
It will be recollected that the Secretary
of the Treasury last winter recommend
ed a Tax on TEA and COFFEE, and
that the Bill as reported by the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, contained a
clause to that effect :
TAX ON TEA AND COFFEE.-It is said
that in the forthcoming message of
President Polk he will recommend an
imposition of duties on tea and coffee,
spices, and some other articles not pro
duced in our own country.
Whig Candidate for President.
The Loco Focos are busying their
selves about the Whig candidate for the
Presidency. The Louisville Journal
thus admonishes them to be silent. Tho
Locofocos need not trouble themselves
about our candidate for the Pmidency.
We are very certain that Wlay will
not be a candidate unless the country
shall call on him by acclamation; we can
assure the Locofocos, that, when the
proper time shall arrive, the Whig can
didate will be ready—and rough, too,
perhaps.
[D- The wires of the Magnetic Tele
graph, on the route from Philadelphia
to Pittsburg, were extended to the bor
ough of Carlisle on Monday morning
last, under the superintendence of Mr.
Reilly, one of the principal agents of
the company. The wires pursue the
route of the railroad to Chambersburg,
and will thence follow the line of the
turnpike.
DJ> New York, like Pennsylvania, has
repudiated Polk and Walker's British
Tariff Bill. Mr. McClay is the only
member of Congress from New York
that voted for the Bill, who has been re
elected ; and the majority against him
in his district is 665. Not more than
7 or 8 of the members elect are Free
Trade men, while 26 or 27 will vote for
the restoration of the Tariff of 1842.
0 , :7 - The Vermont Legislature pre
vious to adjournment, passed resolutions
that Vermont will not give her assent to
the admissinn of any new State into tho
Union, whose constitution establishes
slavery.
FALLING oFF.—The Liberty vote in
Pennsylvania has fallen oft' 1,110 votes,
as compared with the vote for Birnoy in
1844.
LARGE DIVIDEND.—The Lancaster Sa
vings Institution has declared a divi
dend of seven and a half per cent. for the
first six months.
THE UNITED STATES LOAN.—The five
million loan has all been taken. Most
of the offers were at par. The amount
offered exceeded the five millions asked
by the Secretary.— Wash. Union.
Kr The State Bridge, at Clark's Fer
ry, is expected to be passable for wag
ons, &c., sometime next month.
fj The number of steamboats built
at Pittsburg, Pa., during the past year,,
will average one pet week.