THE JOURNAL.
llangngdon, Wednesday, December 9, 1846.
WOOD! WOOD!
• We want wood immediately. Will
some of our subscribers, who pity itt
that article, furnish us 1
ID— We expect to be able to give the
annual message of the President in our
next.
Oz!r See fourth page for news from
Mexico. On our first page will be found
an account of the wreck of the Steamer
Atlantic
THINK OF THE Poon.—Winter is now
upon us, and we would exhort all in com
fortable circumstances to think of THE
POOR ! If there should be those in your
neighborhood, kind reader, who have not
a sufficiency of food to satisfy their hun
ger, or fuel and clothing to secure them
against the inclemency of the weather,
out of your abundance give them a por
tion. The blessings of Providence will
attend the act; and while you are min
istering to the happiness of those around
you, your own will be proportionably
increased. Let all, therefore, think of
THE POOR !
CENTRAL RAILROAD.—W e are pleased
to observe that the Pittsburg people are
beginning to regard the project of a great
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, between that
city and Philadelphia, with a more favor
able eye. With the aid and countenance
of the enterprizing citizens of Pittsburg
in connection with what has already
been done in Philadelphia, we look to the
certain and speedy construction of this
great enterprise with entire confidence.
Editorial Convention.
Several of our country cotemporaries
have suggested the propriety of bolding
an Editorial State Convention at Harris
burg, to take into consideration the sub
ject of discontinuing the practice of pub
lishing lengthy prospectus' of city pa
pers, and other measures for the mutual
benefit of the craft in the country. We
approve of the project, and would sec
ond the motion of the Lebanon Courier,
that said Convention be held about the
first week in March next. We believe
this would be the most appropriate time
that could be selected, for the reason
given by the Courier, viz : that the State
Conventions of the respective parties
meet early in March next, within a week
of each other, and many editors will be
likely to be in attendance, either as dele
gates or lookers-on.
TAKE THE PAPER!
In the language of the Lebanon Cour
ier—altered to suit ourselves—we would
ask, do you take the paper 1 If you
don't, you are behind the times. Now
a-days, a man must read, if he would
make a figure among his neighbors.—
We have fallen upon stirring times, and
our future is portentious with mighty
things. He who don't read the papers,
cannot keep up with the changes going
on in the political and scientific world.
The long winter evenings are here, and
our farmers will want a companion that
will amuse and instruct them. Here's
the Journal, cheap, and, allow us to say,
worthy your patronage. Congress met
on Monday last, and you will find inte
resting matter dished up every week.
We shall soon hear further accounts
from Mexico, and if you have any de
sire to hear from your brethren there,
subscribe for the Journal. The Legis
lature will soon be in session. There
are matters of moment to be carried
through this winter, in which all tax
papers have an interest. We shall en
deavor to give weekly reports of all that
may transpire that would interest our
readers.
Will our subscribers present the above
inducement- for taking a paper to their
neighbors, und thereby probably cause
them to send us their names.
CANAL COMMISSIONER.—The Whigs of
Delaware county, at a county meeting,
recommended H. JONES BROOKE, Esq. as
a candidate for Canal Commissioner.
A writer in the last Carlisle Herald
recommends EDWARD M. BIDDLE, Esq.,
of Cumberland county, ns a candidate
for the same office.
At the late term of the Lancaster
.County Court, Judge Lewis decided that
a tenant had no right to remove the
.Strawof what is called the "way-going
crop," without a special contract to that
effect.
WHIG STATE CIONV'ZINTION.
A State Convention to be composed
of Delegates from the city of Philadel
phia and the several counties equal to
their representation in the General As
sembly of this Commonwealth, will be
held at Harrisbury, on TUESDAY, the
9th day of MARCH NEXT, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, for the purpose of se
lecting candidates for Governor and Ca
nal Commissioner, to be supported by
the Whigs and the friends of the Pro
tective Policy at the next ensuing elec
tion, and to transact such other business
as may be deemed important to the suc
cess of the Whig cause.
J. P. SANDERSON, JAMES MARTIN,
SAMUEL D. KARNS, WILLIAM BUTLER,
JOSEPH KONIGMACHER, J. J. SLOCUM,
MORTON M'MICIIAEL, JOHN R. EDIE,
GEORGE ERETY, EDGAR COWAN,
H. JONES BROOKE, JOHN B. JOHNSON,
THEO. D. CnciniAN, Wm. J. HOWARD,
JAMES Fox, Whig State Committee.
FALSE HOPES.
Our neighbor of the Globe, not hav
ing the result of the late election before
his eyes, appears highly delighted with
the anticipation of the Whigs getting
into a " muss" in regard to their candi
date for a Governor. Delusive hope!
If the Free Traders base their hopes of
success upon a division in the Whig
ranks, the prospect before them is an
exceedingly dull one. Why, we verily
believe, that so obnoxious have the mea
sures of the late dominant party became,
with the people, that were the Whigs
even to be so foolish as to run both IR
VIN and CoorEa, they would each re
ceive more votes from the honest free
men of Pennsylvania, than can be se
cured by any one of James K. Polk's
supporters in the State. We have no
doubt of this. But the Tariff men of
Pennsylvania will be found rallying
around but one standard—they will agree
upon one candidate, and be lie whom he
may, no one in his proper senses can doubt
his success, against whoever the British
Free Traders may see proper to select.
Da- The last Gettysburg Star alludes
to a remark we made some time since,
in relation to an article copied into its
columns from the Philadelphia Sun, on
the subject of the appointment of Whig
delegates in that city, in the most friend
ly and kind spirit. And in doing so the
editor puts an interrogatory to us, which
we can only answer by pointing him to
an article in the U. S. Gazette of a late
date, wherein Father Chandler explains
the mode of transacting the yearly polit
ical business, in Philadelphia, very satis
factorily. While we do not doubt the ve
racity of our friend of the Star, in relation
to the information of which he speaks of
being possessed, our hope is that there
may be some mistake about the matter; at
all events, we know he will excuse us for
not giving an opinion on the subject at
present, as we are aware of no intrigues
whatever, in connection with the Guber
natorial question.
From the good Whig spirit evinced
at the close of the article in the Star, we
have no doubt that after the ninth of
March next, we shall have the pleasure
of laboring shoulder to shoulder with its
editor in a common cause—each equally
anxious for the success of the Whig
nominee, be he whom he may. For our
own part, we can only say, that while
we prefer Gen. hviN, we shall lose none
of our zeal or put forth any the less effort
in behalf of the Whig cause, should the
Hon. JAS. COOPER be made the standard
bearer in the next contest against Loco
focoism in Pennsylvania.
B The editor of the Lancaster Co.
Farmer appears determined to " take
.dle," let the ingredients used in its man
ufacture be what they may. Very well,
wry man to his taste; but be careful
friend Bowen, in your continuation of
this practice, that you do not give your
cotemporaries the opportunity of mak
ing the following pathetic poetical ap
peal in your behalf:
Hiariff! spare that press!
Touch nut u single type!
Don't put him in distress,
To stick to him through life!
Then, pod, dear Sheritt—du—
Spa—a—air—oh ! boo—woo—lwo !"
The new Railroad bridge at Har
risburg is so far completed as to admit
the passage of carriages, and will be
ready for the passage of cars in a few
weeks. Great credit is given to the
enterprising contractors, Messrs. Kirk
bride & Skinner, for their energy in the
prosecution of this work.
STATE CONVEETION.—Geo. A. Frick
and C. Kalfus, Esqrs., are the delegates
from Columbia county, instructed for
Gem hit ix.
HON. DANIEL WEBSTER.
A complimentary Dinner was given
to this distinguished Statesman in Phil
adelphia, on the 2d inst. It is spoken
of by the papers as one of the most
brilliant festivals of the kind that was
ever celebrated in that city. During
the course of a deeply interesting speech
which he made on the occasion, Mr.
Webster held the following language in
regard to the Tariff:
He took the ground that for himself he was for
protection, adequate, ample, permanent and founded
on just principles. Further, that he considered the
principles of the act of '42 as the true principles for
such a law, imposing specific duties, and not an ad
valorem assessment. Ho went for a pet discrim
ination, and in making this, for great care not to
tax the raw material so high as to prove a bounty
to the foreign manufacturer. Such were the prin
ciples of the act of '42, and whenever they should
be presented to him from any quarter he was pre
pared to adopt them. His object was to obtain the
best tariff ho could, and he believed he could obtain
one fully adequate to ensure protection on just
principles. He should take no part in ony tinker
ing of the existing law, so long as the vicious grin
' ciples of the law remained. The Administration
could not get rid of their just responsibility in this
matter by tampering with a partial interest. And
here, said Mr. W., allow me to say frankly to you,
ye iron and coal men of Pennsylvania, I know you
are incapable of compromising on this subject, and
if any inducement shall be held out to you to make
your iron a little softer and cause your coal to burn
a little clearer, while you leave the weavers to des
truction, I warn you that your iron and coal must
go down too.
Now in effect, says the North Amer
ican, this amounts to a declaration that
Mr. Webster will consent to no modifi
cation of the Act of '46. The vicious
principles" of that bill are so complete
ly interwoven in its whole frame and
substance, that they can only be got rid
of by an entire and absolute repeal of ALL
its provisions. There is no part of it
free from this vicious principle—no part
of it which can be defended from the
rest in the condemnation which has been
so justly passed upon it. Mr. W. says
wisely that the Administration cannot
avoid the responsibility it has assumed
in this matter by tampering with prrtial
interests, and his patriotic determination
to resist all changes of this character is
precisely what we had a right to expect
from him.
The fact is, and Mr. W. only proclaim
ed the sentiments of the great mass of
the Whig party on this subject, that no
thing less than the principles of the act
of '42 will satisfy the country, and any
attempt at compromise, short of this
point, must fail utterly. The true mode
of accomplishing this result is that indi
cated by Mr. Clay, and which has been
urged and enforced by the leading Whig
papers everywhere, namely—the repeal
of the odious British Bill of '46, which
will be virtually a restoration of the act
of '42, and after that is done, such mod
ifications of its details as may then be
thought desirable.
GC)" Will our neighbor of the Journal take little
lowa out of the " Whig pyramid" he published a
week or two since, and hand us an order for the
"liberal price r—Globe.
We have advised with a friend from
Trough creek in regard to the above re
quest, whose opinion is, that, as the
Whigs have secured a sufficient number
of unquestionable victories the present
season—as the character of Little lowa
now depends on the course taken by the
" possums," * who have been sent to
the Legislature—and as it is not yet
understood what relationship, if any,
exists between the 'possums' and 'coons,'
—we had better comply, and hand over
the little jade to the tender mercies of
the British Free Traders for another
year. So here she is neighbor ! trot her
ft t , and place her in the Free Trade
pyramid, which, we believe, with this
addition, will stand thus:
IOWA!
TEXAS!!
MICHIGAN!!
SOUTH CAROLINA !!
• Tho name given by the Regular Locos to the
Independents.
0:7-' , Two AND ONE," is the name of a new se
cret society recently started in this place. It is
composed of LAMta and gentlemen. 'rho initia
tory ceremonies aro decidedly rich ! We speak
from actual knowledge.—Clinlon Whig.
Now, Coulter, what are you driving
at 1 Speak right out, in meetin', and
let us know the object of the Lock Ha
ven "Two and One" secret society. We
have learned " from actual knowledge,"
what is pretty sure to result from the
operation of the Act declaring "two"
to be "one,"—and are not very favora
bly impressed with the conduct of the
next member who comes in under the
provisions of the said Act; but this
" Two and One" is beyond, our experi
ence. Let us have light, Will.
STATE CONVENTION.—The Whigs of
Delaware county, on Tuesday last, as
sembled at Chester, and appointed John
M. Broomhall to the Whig State Con
vention, with instructions to support
lion. James Cooper for Governor.
Military Orders---The Volunteers
Moving.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6b
HEAD QUAETEES,
Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 18461
The Detachment composed Of the
Washington Light Infantry, Capt, F.
W. Binder • City Guards, Capt. Joseph
Hill; Philadelphia Light Guards, Capt.
John Bennett ; Washington Artillery,
Capt. James Nagle are ordered to leave
Philadelphia for Pittsburg, the place of
rendezious of the Pennsylvania Regi
ment of Infantry about to be mustered
into the service of the United States, on
Monday, the 7th day of December, in
stant, at half-past 7 o'clock in the morn
ing.
The Detachment composed of the
Monroe Guards, Capt. Wm. F. Small;
Cadwallader Greys ' Capt. R. K. Scott ;
Jefferson Guards, Capt. T. G. More
head, are ordered to leave as above, on
Wednesday, the 9th instant, at half-past
9 o'clock in the morning.
The cars will start from Broad and
Vine streets. By order of the Com
mander-in-Chief,
G. W. BOWMAN, Adj. Gen. P. M.
The following is a full list of the
companies that have been accepted to
fill the Regiment of Infantry from Penn
sylvania, called for by the President, to
serve to the end of the Mexican War,
unless sooner discharged:
Capt. F.W. Binder,Washington Light
Infantry.
Capt. Joseph Hill, City Guards.
Capt. John Bennet, Philadelphia Light
Guards.
Capt. Edmund L. Dana, Wyoming
Artillerists.
Capt. James Nagle, Washington Ar.
tillery.
Capt. John Herron, Duquesne Grays.
Capt. Alexander Hay, Jackson Inde
pendent Blues.
Capt. Wm. F. Small, Monroe Guards.
Capt. R. K. Scott, Cadwalader Greys.
Captain T. G. Morehead, Jefferson
Guards.
By a private letter from Harrisburg,
we learn that Capt. Karns has contract
ed to carry the volunteers to Pittsburg
in bor.ta, and that they will pass through
this place during the present week.—
' Eight of these companies come from
the East : four left Harrisburg on Mon
day evening, and four leave this even
ing (Wednesday). Our informant also
says that the citizens of Harrisburg were
raising a fund for the purpose of pur
chasing " ham, beef and bread for the
volunteers to take with them on the
boat."
Suppose the citizens of Huntingdon do
likewise ; we haye no doubt it would
prove very acceptable. Men who leave
their homes, and all the comfor is of the
domestic circle, for the purpose of
marching to a foreign land, there to do
battle in behalf of their country's flag,
are entitled to all the consideration and
attention that their fellow citizens can
bestow upon them. Will some of our
influential citizens take the matter in
hand 1
TIIE WAR.
A writer in a leading Locofoco paper
in South Carolina, speaks as follows of
the objects of the Mexican war :
"Every battle fought in Mexico, and
every dollar spent there, but assures the
acquisition of Territory, which must
widen the field of Southern enterprise
and power in the future. And the final
result will be to re-adjust the whole bal
ance of power in the confederacy, so as
to give us control over the operations of
the Government in all time to come. If
the South be but true to themselves, the
day of our depression and suffering is
gone forever."
Our readers can judge from the above
what the freemen of the North are to
gain by the annexation of Texas, and
the War with Mexico. In addition to
the heavy load of taxes, which must ne
cessarily come upon them to pay the ex
penses, they are modestly informed that
the South is to gain the balance of pow
er in the Government for " all time to
come."
ONE LOCOFOCO EDITOR'S OPINION OF
ANOTIIER.—We take the following ex
tract from an article in the last Holli
daysburg Standard, in relation to the
Harrisburg Democratic Union:
"The conscience of Lescure, one of the pub
lishers, can be bought at any time for a less sum
than that for which Judas bet, ayed his master, and
the paper itself has no more fixed principles than
the wind. The attempt to defraud the State out of
$5OO to pay for the bursting of an old boiler,
should morally and politically damn any tnan in
the estimation of all honest men—yet this skunk
Lescure, who henget() the skirts of the Democratic
party, takes upon himself to dictate the principles
that should govern the Democracy in the selection
of candidates for office. The Swiss guard that
fights for him that pays best, is a gentleman com
pared to this fellow."
It is evident from the above that the
Standard editor knows Lescuro, . like a
book."
The Harrisburg (Loco) Union
says the Tariff must be modified—the
Washington Union says it must not be
modified. Which Uniuu is the strong
est 1
AWAIIE, PRE Z' NORTE!
The Slavery Question--Its Importance to Amo•
rica--What are we to do with our New Per
ritory ?
This question, you may depend upon
it, is of vital consequence. .It will pro
bably agitate Congress at its next ses
sion, and must, at all events, be decided
at ;he session of '47-48. Its settle
ment, with reference to the country re
cently acquired on the Rio Grande, and
on the Pacific South of Oregon, cannot
be postponed more than a year. If it is
once fully and distinctly mixed up with
the election of a President, so as to con
trol or even materially influence such
election, mark my words—the confede
racy will be convulsed to its centre, and
many fear it may not survive the shock.
This matter should be settled this
winter if possible, to avert the dire ca
lamities otherwise certainly impending
over this country. It would not then
be mixed up in the next Presidential
canvass. If it is, the Democratic party
will be torn to pieces, and become an
easy prey to their adversaries.
* * The truth is,
that the opponents of the institution of
domestic servitude are too rash and im
politic to succeed well. They should
not moot the question, while its decision
is connected with our foreign relations,
and with the restoration of peace with
Mexico. They should wait until appli
cation for admission as a State is made.—
Correspondence of the New York Herald.
Upon which the New York Tribune
remarks:—" Ha! ha! ha! 'the cunning
Isaac!' We must 'WAIT' till Slavery is
securely fastened on all the newly con
quered territory—till it has become a
fixed fact' in the Political and Social
Economy of a new Empire larger than
all our Free States—until half a dozen
new Slave States knock at the door of
the Capitol for admission into the Union
—and then—what 1 Why, we shall of
course be told that our objection comes
too late—that Slavery is already estab
lished throughout New Mexico, Tamau
lipas, Sonora and California, and that
no power on earth can overthrow it—
and then we have our choice to dissolve
the Union or see the ultra-Slavery per
petuity yoke fastened on our necks for
ever.
No, Freemen ! lovers of Universal
Liberty ! haters of Oppression and all
Unrighteousness ! our stand must be
taken Now! Slavery must have no legal
existence under the Flag of the Union
South or West of Texas ! This Nation has
incurred guilt enough, shame enough al
ready in blackening with Human Bond
age a broad and fertile region whence it
had been legally eradicated. Not ano
ther march, not another inch, must the
dark and bloody scourge be extended
while the Free States have yet a majo
rity in one branch of the Government.
Their stand in the Thermoyplre of Free
dom was calmly taken last March, and
cannot be abandoned without subjecting
them to the just execration and loathing
of the'Civilized and Christian World.
'NOT ANOTHER INCH OF SLAVE TERRITO
RY !' was deliberately proclaimed as a
fundamental principle by the united vote
of the Free States (Illinois excepted)--
a vote which is recorded and cannot be
recalled. Let us mark the craven who
will now be recreant to it !"
Armistice with Mexico.
There are intimations in certain quar
ters of the probability of an armistice
with Mexico, and a consequent negotia
tion for peace. The U. S. Gazette says:
We believe that hopes are entertain
ed in high quarters, that the proposition
will be made; and we infer that the or
ders to Gen. Scott to take command of
the Army, originated in the belief that
he would promote the proposition soon
er than any other General.
" A private letter from Washington
written by one who has access to the
powers that be,' mentions that General
Scott has declared to the President's
Cabinet, that if the whole direction of
the Mexican war should be committed
to his immediate charge, ho will bring
it to a close in July next, at an addi
tional cost of $25,000,000. Gen. Scott
makes a calculation before he makes an
assertion, and we are bound to believe,
(if our informant is correct) that he can
do what he promises, and consequently
the Government does well to place the
direction of the war in his hands.
"Ho has experience and judgment ; he
has nothing else to do, and can go and
see that the work is done according to
his direction.—Every man must desire
the close of a war, that certainly brings
no credit to the country, that adds no
thing to the prosperity of the people, or
true glory of the Government."
The following paragraph, on this sub
ject, from the Newark Daily Advertiser,
goes to confirm these rumors :
" Gen. Scott goes to Mexico with a
cart Blanc from the administration, which
asked his counsel on Monday, and prompt
ly adopted it, concerning future opera
tions. Gen. Taylor also desires his pre
sence and aid. The President's mes
sage, we hear, will ask for $40,000,000,
and 50,000 men, to conquer peace at
once."
Gen. Irvin and the Tariff of 1542
The Clinton County Whig s;i B ;=...
" Every mail that arrives brings addi
tional evidence of the rapidly increasing
popularity of our candidate for Gover
nor, Gen. JAMES IRVIN. The people
of the Northern counties are rallying
en masse for the General with an enthu
siasm that knows no bounds. The East,
too, has caught the spirit of enthusiasm
whiclipthe mere mention of Gen. Irvin's
names )wakened in the North, and
s ow overleaping all bounds,
likrfikllAn all opposition. And
j gin fiAO the tone of prominent
Whig jouffflis in the West, Gen. IR
VIN is equally popular beyond the Al
leghenind; There is no man in the
WhiaAinks who can, under existing
circetances, command as strong a
votests Gen. IRVIN; and with him as
the Whig standard-bearer, we will anni
hilate Locofocoism in Pennsylvania.
Any attempts to turn aside the cur
rent of popular feeling, hi favor of Gen.
IRVIN, will only result in the discomfit
ure of those who are vain enough to make
the attempt. As well
~ Seek to bind
Tho chainless and unbidden wind ;
Oppose the torrent's headlong course,
And turn aside the whirlwind's force."
[l:7- The following notice of the favor
ite of this county for Goverpor, will be
read with peculiar interest, coming as it
does, from a paper that is neutral in pol
itics. The editor of the Gazette cares
not which party triumphs, so that the
affairs of the Commonwealth, be com
mitted to capable and honest hands:
[From the Reading Oczette.)
GEN. JAMES ritTTIN.
___
- --- •
We are pleased to notice that the
Whig party in various quarters of the
State, are expressing themselves deci
dedly in favor of this gentleman as their
nominee for next Governor. We say
; this, not as a partizan, (for in our edito
rial capacity, we are independent of all
political parties) but as a Pennsylvanian
anxious to see a man, be he Whig or
Democrat, placed in the Gubernatorial
chair, who has the true interests of our
Commonwealth at heart, who is fully
acquainted with her public a ffairs,under
stands what is necessary to maintain her
standing and prosperity, and whose ca
pability, integrity, and patriotic feelings,
guarantee to her the services of a wise
and honest ruler, and the devotion/of all
his energies in her behalf. Such a man
we believe General Irvin to be, and as
such, we consider him in every way wor•
thy to receive the nomination of the
Whig party of Pennsylvania for the
highest office within their gift.
Departure of Gen. Scott.
The Washington coftespondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce throws
out the following ideas:
"General Scorr said, a while ago,
that he never would be called upon for
active service in the Mexican War until
the Government found itself in a strait.
The Government is in a strait, and Gen.
Scott has been called upon for aid. It
is the opinion of military men, and
among others of Gen. Taylor himself,
that the whole of the Monterey demon
stration, from beginning to end, was
wrong ; that no benefit, corresponding
with its cost in life and treasure, has
been obtained; that the original design
of pushing General Taylor forty rd to
San Luis, by this route, was utterly ab
surd; that General Taylor never had
either the force or the supplies neces
sary for such an enterprize ; that it has
been abandoned at the suggestion of
General Taylor, and that an entirely new
plan of the war has been or must bo
adopted.
Gen. Taylor, before he marelied from
Matamoras, said that he did not know
what was the object of the movement he
was ordered to make, and that, if the
design was to go to San Luis or the city
of Mexico, Tampico was the point from
which the movement should be made.
Gen. Taylor has, no doubt, expressed
the same opinion in his correspondene-,.,
with the Government. After a long
pause, therefore, the Government has
adopted what the Union properly calls
a "new organization," and a different
plan of operations, and has been com
pelled to ask the aid of General Scott."
THE MIGUISH OF BEREAVEMENT.—
%Then little Jacob Walton was informed
that he alone of all his family had esca
ped from the wreck of the Atlanticl he
turned to Mr. Gould, who had saved so
mai*, and exclaimed in substance—«O!
take me back and throw me into the sea!
Oh ! let me drown with my parents and
my brothers and sisters !" Poor little
fellow, his was the anguish of bereave
ment. He is only twelve years of age.
Mr. Gould, The agent of Adanis & Co's
Express, has received $2,600, saved in
the baggage of Jacob's family, which is
to be safely invested for his education
and support.
0:7 - John S ---------- . Du Solle, Esq., editor of
the Phila. Spirit of tho Times, has re
ceived the appointment of Aid-de-Camp
to His Excellency Gov. Shank, with the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Penn
sylvania Militia.
The Times heretofore opposed, but
now supports, the re-nomination of Mr.
Skunk !