THE JOURNAL!
Huntingdon, Wednesday, inns 9, 1847
‘V HIG NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR:
GEN. JAMES IRVIN IN ,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
JOSEPH W, PATTON,
OF CU.hfBERLJIXD COUNTY.
V. B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of Third
and Chestnut wettish Philadelphia, is our authorized
agent for receiving advertisements end aubscrip
tiona, and collecting and leceipting for the same.
To Business Men.
The HUNTINGDON JOURNAL has a much
larger circulation in Huntingdon county,
than any other paper published in it, and
consequently is the most desirable adver
tising medium.
rose TUN CAMPAIGN.
The "Jot:lmm." will be furnished from 1
the present time, until after the October
election, at the low rate of Fitly'
Cenls per copy, when clubs of four or
more can be raised—the money to ac
company the order. Will the friends of
IRVIN and PATTON throughout the county
exert themselves to have clubs raised,
and forward the names and money with
out delay 4 Now is the time to act !
The Local Papers.
The North American, one of the most
ably conducted 1N hig papers in the
Union, thus speaks of the importance of
supporting local papers :
" When the country press receives
adequate encouragement, it is a sign
that the cause which is advocated is in
a healthy condition. We have ever im
pressed it upon our Whig friends of the
interior as their first duty, to support
their local papers ; that duty performed,
we shall be pleased to place them on our
daily or weekly lists. But we doubt the
fidelity of that man to his party principles
who is either remiss or lukewarm in sub
scribing to the paper of his county advo
cating those principles."
Hon. ALEXANDER RAMSEY, late M.
C. from the Dauphin district, is spoken
of for Clerk of the next U. S. House of
Representatives. We know no one more
worthy or better fitted for the situation.
THE CROPS.—The papers from all
parts of the country, speak in the most
encouraging manner of the appearance
of the crops since the late rums. Where
it has not been winter-killed, good crops
are now anticipated.
" THE HOME JOURNAL.".
'—This paper,
published by MORRIS and Wit.us, New
York, is one of the very best literary
papers in the country. In speaking of
it the Flushing Journal pays it the fol
lowing compliment :
"If we were employed to take the
census of the intellectual persons of our
locality, the very first step we should
take, would be to inquire " who sub
scribes to the Home Journal ?
[D- The " Gettysburg Star " a lead- I
ing and able Whig paper, published in
Adams county, has recently been much
enlarged and improjed. We are always
pleased to see these unerring indications
of the prosperity of our cotemporaries.
The enterprize of brother Buehler of
the Star, will doubtless be amply reward
ed by the unflinching Whigs of the
" Young Guard."
SONS OF TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION.-
A great celebration of the Sons of Tem
perance will be held in Philadelphia on
Tuesday, the 15th inst. All who desire
to attend will be carried on the Canal
and Railroad for half the usual price,
provided a company of 25 or more be
raised. The opportunity is open to all
who desire to make a trip to the city.
GEN. IRVIN.—The Pottsville "Demo
cratic Press," a Locofoco paper, thus
speaks of Gen. Irvin, on the occasion of
his late visit to the Coal Region:
"DISTINGUISHED VISITOR .-G eneral
James Irvin, the Whig candidate for
Governor of this State, arrived in Potts
ville on Monday afternoon, by the cars
from Reading, and put up at the Ameri
can House. He remained here several
days, during which, in company with
several friends, he visited many of the
mines, and received from our citizens
the attention due a gentleman of his
character and standing. He is plain
and unostentatious in his personal ap
pearance; bland and prepossessing in his
manners."
D Gen. Patterson arrived in Phila
delphia on Thursday evening last. He
will return to the seat of war after a
short stay with his family.
TEM COMING ELECTION--
ITS IMPORTANCE.
It is common for politicians to call
every succeeding election the most im
portant, and for that reason urge upon
their partizans the necessity of great
activity and vigilance. We do not in
tend to make this appeal at the present
time; but we are compelled to say, in
view of till the questions at issue, that
the great and manifest importance of the
i coming political contest should arouse
every freeman to action. In voting for
Governor next fall, the People will not
1 only be called upon to express their opin-
I ions in regard to the Administration of
our State affairs, but they will have to
pass judgment upon the measures of the
I National Administration also.
Gov. Shunk is the fast friend of Jas.
K. Polk and has thus far approved all
his measures. In voting for Shunk,
therefore, you will be approving of the
commencement of the present war with
Mexico, and the conduct of the Admin•
istration in its prosecution ; of the Pass
granted by Polk to Santa ..anna to return
to .Mexico, which has resulted in the des
truction of hundreds of valuable Amer
ican lives, and may yet cause scores
more to leave their bones in Mexico ; of
the infamous FRAUD perpetrated by Polk
in relation to the Tariff; of a Tax on
the Poor Man's Tea and Coffee, as recom
mended by the President and Secretary
Walker during the last session of Con
gress ; and last, though not least, of the
attempt made by the Administration, to
supercede and disgrace those gallant old
Heros, Generals Scott and Taylor, by
the appointment of a Lieutenant General
over them, and which was only defeated
by the Patriotism of the Whigs of the
U. S. Senate, aided by Mr. Calhoun and
his friends.
In addition to approving of all of the
above justly obnoxious measures of the
National Administration, in voting for
Francis R. Shunk you will he going di
rectly against that long-cherished dem
ocratic Principle of rotation in office;
in opposition to the " ONE TERM PRIN
CIPLE," advocated and approved as well
by a large portion of Democrats as
Whigs, and in favor of keeping one set of
men in office for life ; you will be vo
ting for one who has already drawn from
the Treasury of the State, for official
services, the enormous sum of over
SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!
You will be voting for one essentially
selfish in all his transactions in life; one
who has proved himself opposed to favor
ing honest Enterprize and Industry, and
who has, by his twaddling vetoes, decla
red that none but the rich capitalist, who
can do so in his individual capacity,
shall be allowed to engage in digging
from the earth the rich minerals which
she contains, or of engaging in any of the
extensive manufacturing operations of
the day. Mr. Shank has, in erect, de
clared that men of moderate means have
no right to associate together for these
purposes. People of Pennsylvania, will
you, in view of all these things, again
allow Francis R. Shunk to be elected
Governor of this great State.
We call upon all, therefore, who are
opposed to these odious measures of the
National Administration, and who desire
to see the Administration of our State
affairs conducted on principles according
with the enlightened spirit of the age,
to rally at once for Gen. JAMES IRVIN,
the candidate of the People, and the fast
friend of Pennsylvania interests. By
electing him you will not only secure an
honest and liberal State Administration,
that will favor and protect the Industry
and Enterprise of the People, but you
will also thereby set the seal of your
condemnation upon the men who have
violated all the promises made to you pre
vious to their election, and who have,
without the authority of Congress-, and
therefore in direct violation of the Con
stitution, plunged this country into a
bloody, unnatural, unnecessary and ex
pensive war !
Waiving, then, the great advantage
Irvin possesses over Shunk as a man,
the great principles involved in the com
ing contest should induce every well
wisher of the State and Nation, be he
Whig or Democrat, to oppose the re-elee
tion of Francis R. Shuck, and to support,
with all his power and influence, the
election of that honest, liberal hearted
Pennsylvanian, JAMES IRVIN.
That the Freemen of Huntingdon coun
ty, will render essential " aid and com
fort " to their country, in bringing about
this greatly to be desired result, is our
present confident belief.
Gerrit Smith declines becoming the
' Liberty " candidate for President.
THE RISE IN BREADSTUFES.--OUT neigh
bor of the Globe appears hugely tickled
at the high price of Breadstuffs. The
Tariff of 1846, says the Globe, has been
the cause of this great rise! Well, for
our part, we can see nothing very grat
ifying in the fact, that the Poor have to
pay double price for all kinds of food,
and hard to get at that, while no increase I
whatever has taken place in their wages;
especially when none but a few specula
tors are benefitted by this state of things!
W e hear a great deal of prating about
"equal rights," no " privileged classes,"
and great love for the Poor man from the
Locofoco papers, but poor men can now
see what it all amounts to. Their hypoc
risy is manifest in the fact that they are
now rejoicing because speculators are
amassing large fortunes by their opera
tions in grain, while the poor, (owing
to the high prices, and the great anxiety
of speculators to send off large quan
tities), can scarcely procure their "daily
bread." Poor men think of this. And
when you see Locofoco papers claiming
for the British Tariff of 1846, the merit
of raising the price of grain, ask your
selves, (admiting it to be so,) how much
you are thus benefitted by its opera
tions 1
CHURCH ROBBERY.—The 'Freeman's
Journal,' a Catholic newspaper, conduc
ted under the auspices of the Bishop of
New York, in noticing the church-plun
dering suggestion of the Government
organ says:
"The Washington Union, of the 11th
inst., has broached a project unworthy of
our age, and still more unworthy of our
Government, of which it is sometimes
called the organ—it is nothing more nor
less than a proposal to turn the war
against the priests and the religion of
that unfortunate country.'
From the Army
In addition to the war news publish
ed in another column, we clip the follow
ing from the Philadelphia papers of Sat
urday:
The N. Orleans papers of the 28th con
tain further particulars, but no later in
telligence from the seat of war. The
Delta's correspondents state that the
Rio Frio is the only point on the road
from Peubla to the city of Mexico where
the enemy is likely to give the army any
trouble. If Santa Anna marches to that
place and makes a stand with adequate
artillery and complete batteries, our ar
my will have to fight a most serious bat
tle. There will be no want of men to
back Santa Anna in the last struggle,
and it is supposed the Commissioners
appointed to superintend the defences of
the capital have selected Rio Frio as the
only available point of defence, and in
tend removing thither with all the force
they can muster, and erect batteries and
mount the cannon intended for the forti
fications at the capital. Another battle is
daily expected.
FOREIC;N . figW6.
The Hibernia steamer arrived at Bos
ton an Thursday morning last,and brings
intelligence of a great advance in flour
and grain. Flour advanced eight shil
lings sterling.
American Flour in Liverpool selling
at 49 and 50 shillings,
White Corn selling at 63 to 66 shil
lings per quarter.
American Red Wheat 13s. 9d. to 14s.
White Wheat 14s. 3d. to 14s. Bd.
The Hibernia's dates are to the 19th
The London Times says that the pros
pects of a good harvest in Great Britain
and the continent are very promising.
The famine fever in Ireland is greatly
on the increase; 256 funerals in Father
Matthew's Cemetry in one week.
Kr The Locofocos say that Gen. Irvin
voted for that "infamous, swindling
Bankrupt Bill," which liquidated so
many millions of debt, and afforded such
an admirable opportunity for " rascals "
to defraud their creditors out of their
just dues. They forget that the bill was
warmly supported by Robert J. Walker,
who was then in the U. S. Senate, and
who now is Mr. Polk's Secretary of the
Treasury. They forget too that the bill
passed the Senate by only Mree of a ma
jority and four Localoco Senators voting
for it.—Juniata Sentinel.
Yes, and they forget, too, that Robert
J. Walker not only advocated the meas•
are in a speech and voted for it, but that
he also took the benefit of the measure
as soon us it became a law. Oh, what
an " opportunity this infamous measure
afforded to rascals to defraud their cred
itors !"
a -We look in vaiji over the army
list and long array of killed and woun
ded in various battles fought with the
Mexicans, for any one bearing the name
of Polk! The family of the President
is not represented! Clay, Webster,
Crittenden, and other "tory Mexican
Whigs" have sent their sons to the war
—Polk has sent SANTA ANNA!
Messrs. Corcoran & Riggs of
Washington City, have given five thou
,sand dollars to the Irish relief fund.
tiURKING,
The Bellefonte Whig says:—
The advocates of thd election of Franz
cis R. Shunk knowing the barrenness df
anything productive of good in their
candidate and his principles, are resol
ved to carry on the Gubernatorial con
test in the basest manner and by the
most unscrupulous means. Even the
sanctity of the grave is to be invaded in
their des ire to retain that power which
they feel crumbing to a fall. Their
papers have for some time been attack
ing Andrew Gregg, the father-in-law of
Gen. Irvin, who was once a candidate
for Governor of this Commonwealth.
We do not allude to this matter for
the purpose of defending Mr. Gregg. It
would be an act of supererogation in us
to do so. He passed from the stage of
this world some ten or fifteen years ago,
after the smoke of political excitement
had passed away, enjoying the respect
and esteem of all who knew him, and
leaving the well-earned reputation of an
; HONEST MAN. Without instituting a
comparison of his political consistency
I with that of his opponent, we may say,
with truth, that the opinions he enter
tained he frankly expressed, and those
he expressed at the time lie was a can
didate, he retained till the close of his
life.
Our object in referring to this subject,
is to call upon this community and upon
the people of Pennsylvonia, to discoun
tenance a system of electioneering tlmt
would burk the bones of dead men from
their graves and hold up to obloquy
those whom the rising generation has
been taught to emulate for their virtues.
In all ages of the world and among the
most barbarous tribes as well as the
most civilized nations, they who have
passed from the turmoil of political
strife, have been suffered to rest in the
slumbers of the grave, and we trust the
people of Pennsylvania will not now
chinge the practice which custom has
solong sanctioned.
Riot in Carlisle.
A serious riot occurred In Carlisle on
Thursday evening last, caused by the
arrest of runaway slaves. The follow
ing is the account of the affair, as given
by the Herald extra:
The slaves (one mnn, a woman and
little girl,) were arrested in the morning,
and in the afternoon taken before Judge
Hepburn, on a writ of habeas corpus,
which resulted in their being fully iden
tified as the property of Col. Hollings
worth and Mr. Kennedy, of Hagerstown,
Md. They were, therefore remanded to
the custody of the owners,
During the hearing a large crowd of
infuriated negro men and women gath
ered in and about the Court House, who
evinced, by their violent conduct, a dis
position to rescue the fugitives by force.
An attempt was made first in the Court
Room, but quickly frustrated by the
constables.
i second attempt was made as the
slaves were brought down from the
court-room to the carriage, which resul
ted in a serious riot. The attack was
commenced at the door of the carriage,
where, before the slaves were got into
the 'vehicle, a general rush was made on
the slave owners and constables by the
negro men and women, and a fright
ful melee ensued in the street, In which
for some minutes paving stones were
hurled in showers and clubs and canes
used with terrible energy.
The result was that the woman and girl
escaped, while the man was secured and
I taken back to Maryland.
We regret to say that Mr, Kennedy,
one of the owners, was very severely
hurt, having been felled to the earth
under a succession of blows from stones
and clubs which completely disabled
him. A boy in the street by the name
of Black, we are informed, Was also so
severely wounded in the head by a stone
that his life is endangered. The re
mainder of the party received no dan
gerous injury,
Reported Defeat of Col. Doniphari.
The Picayune publishes a letter da
ted Walnut Springs, 3d ult. which gives
a report that Col. Daniphan's force had
been attacked at a pass called Sierra
Gordon, about half way between Saltil
lo and Chihuahua, by a Mexican force
from Durango under Gen. Rieze. The
battle resulted in the defeat of Col. Doni
phan with a severe loss and all his ar
tillery captured. An English gentle
man, who arrived at Saltillo on the 3d
inst. says that Col. Doniphan started
from Chihuahua on the Ist of April via
San Jos del Parra]. The Saltillo paper
expresses the opinion that his command
must be within a few days marchoithat
place.
Later arrivals from the Army, brings
no confirmation of the above.
NOT ALL QUIET AT NAUVOO YET.-it
is rumoured that there are some fresh
disturbances at Nemo, which led to a
public meeting of the citizens, at which
resolutions were passed requiring the
Mormon leaders left there last fall, to
leave the place within a given period.—
The alleged cause of complaint is said
to be fraudulent sales of city property
BIBLE PRESENTATION.
(Correspondence of the Jourital.)
Ma. CLeax.—Dr. Sir.—l had the pleature on
Thursday last, 3d inat., of attending b meeting of
the t. Sons of Temperance," in the Borclugh of
Alexandria. The division convened for the purpose
of receiving from the Ladies of Alexandria a splen
did copy of the Holy Bible. Parts of other Divis
ions attended from Hollidaysburg, Williamsburg,
Bellefonte, Milesburg and your Town. The exer
cises of the day were truly imposing—ititeretting
anti ed4ingi
do behalf of the Ladies; your young townsman
John Scott, bag. appeared, and in a very chaste,l
and appropriate speech presented the Bible. It
was received by Dr. D. Hone. of Alexandria, for
the Division in an equally appropriate and effective
speech. Addressee full of interest, and deep feeling
were delivered by several gentlemen—Mr. Byrne,
Rev. Mr. Geer, end Judge McFarland—intert
vented with various hymns, palms and anthems,
I sung and chanted, by the Alexandria Choir, in, a
style exquisitely fine and thrilling. It would be
Invidious to attempt to discriminate between the
several exercises and performances. All were hap
pily and beautifully appropriate, and made deep and
I hope abiding impressions on the hearts of all that
heard. WASHINGTONIAN.
Beare.xn HILL, June 7, 2847.
Spoliation and Desecration of the Mexican
Churches
The burst of Indignation with which
this proposition of the Administration
has been met among the religious and
Right-reverencing portion of the commu
nity, has induced its authors not only
to forego the intention of carrying it out,
but even to deny its parentage. The
"Union" now gravely assures us that
this plan for robbing the churches was
never entertained by the President or,
any member of the Cabinet—and we are
expected to believe its disclamer! We
shall—when the "Union," with its dis
claimer, affords us the credulous minds
necessary for the purpose,
The proposition of the "Union s " for
the appropriation of the church property
was put forth with all the gravity and
assurance of an official publication.—
The measure was proclaimed necessary,
and defended as just. The argument
' thereupon was not only distinguished
for as much ability as characterizes the
ordinary editorials of the " Union," but
seemed predicated upon the recognition
by the people of the feeling which dicta
ted or excused it. The "Union" now
convinced that it had presumed too
much upon the supposed corruption of
the people—corruption fatally accelera
ted by this atrocious war—is repentant,
when too late, of its folly—and seeks to
avoid the necessary consequences.
The disclaimer is a negative pregnant.
'lt provokes an inevitable inference.—
. .
The hot haste with which the Executive
entertainment of the idea is denied—be
fore accusation had been made—necessa
rially obtrudes the conviction, that the
plan had been discussed, and approved ;
if not proposed, by the President and
Cabinet. Innocence is not want to thrust
itself forward with denial of an unsug
gested crime.—N. Y. Tribune.
ANOTHER REQUISITION UPON MISSOURI.
—The War Department has called upon
the Governor of Missouri for a battallion
of five companies of mounted volun
teers, to serve "during the war with
Mexico, l ' and to occupy the post to be
established on the Oregon,_
IRELAND.—The Irish papers are filled
with accounts of the Mortality and dis
tress produced in that country by the
famine and disease. According to some
calculations, the population has been al
ready diminished to the extent of nearly
one million, from deaths and emigra
tion,
DIRE.—A destructive fire occurred at
Cincinnati on Saturday, which consumed
about $40,000 or $50,000 worth of pro
perty, which was not insured for more
than $lO,OOO.
DlVORCES.—Cincinnati must be a great
place for the enjoyment of connubial fe
licity, Last week the Court of Common
Please granted twenty divorces, to mis
matched, dissatisfied couples.
A HAIL STORM.—The Milledgeville
(Geo.) Recorder of the 25th ult. says:
"We have never, so far as we remember,
heard of such extensive injury by hail
storm as has recently occurred in this
state. Great destruction from this
cause has been done in this county, in
Jones, Washington, Bibb, Morgan, Put
nam, Dooly, Clark, Cobb, in the coun
ties bordering Florida, as well as in
many other places. Alabama, too, we
perceive from the papers of that State,
has likewise suffered in the same way."
Later from Santa Fe.
Pittsburg, May 30.
Santa Fe dates to April 27th have
been received. The Mexican popula
tion there was greatly excited, and
evinced a disposition to revolt, in conse
quence of the proceedings of the Amer
ican tribunal at Taos, which had tried,
convicted, and executed eleven per
sons,
The Puebla and Camanche Indians
were dissatisfied, and the latter had
commenced open acts of hostility, and
attacked a party of traders.
THE PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENTS.-WHO
learn from the American star, published
at Jalapa, that part of the Ist and the
whole of the 2d regimetits of Pennsylva
nia Volunteers will remain at Jalapa,
and with the 3d Artillery form the gar
rison of that to*h under Lieut. Col.
Childs. We have read with pain to day
in the Charleston Courier a letter con
taining gross imputations upon the
courage evinced by the PennSylbanians
in the action of Cerro Gordo. It It the
first ivhiSper of such a charge that has
reached us, and oppbsed by all that wd
have before heard of the battle. We
applied at once to a field officer, who
was in the same diVision with th. 4 Penn
sylvanians, and himself in the thickest
of the fight. He unhesitatingly dis
countenanced the report. He represenr
ted the Pennsylvanians, officers and
men, as eager for the fray. Such will
prove to be the truth in regard to the
Pennsylvanians, we firmly believe when: .
the true history of the division to which
they were attached comes to be written.
Pennsylvania does not pour forth regi
ments of young men who cannot 'be
brought up to the ...scratch' "--to use the
words of the writer of the letter. We
hope he will learn the facts of the case
with more acuracy, and be the first to
make amends to the Pennsylvanians.—
X. 0. Pic., 27th ult.
fa-Gen, Scott has informed the Mex•
ican authorities that, if any wrong is
done to the American prisoners now in
the City of Mexico, or elsewhere, the
Mexican prisoners in our hands shall be
held responsible.
FAMINE IN MARYLAND.—Food is said
to be so scarce in several counties of
Maryland, that it cannot be purchased
for any price; and many of the poor, un•
able to procure the common necessaries
of life, in any other way, are begging
from door to door.
[D-Gen, Cushing, of the Massachu,
setts volunteers, met with a serious ac ,
cident at Matamoras on the 6th inst.—
As he was walking with a lady, he step:
ped upon a loose brick and fell, and we
are sorry to say, broke his left leg just
above the ankle,
GEN. TAYLOR.—The latest Monterey
Pioneer thinks that a movement against
San Luis is designed by Gen. Taylor.
Unusual activity prevades in every de.
partment of his army.
THE ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS.—The cor
respondent of the N. 0. Tithes states, on
the authority of Col. Baker himself, that
he brings home less than one-half of the
troops carried by him from the United
States, The holies of the other half
enrich the soil of Mexico, and their
memory the military character of their
country. The Colonel also states that
but a single soldier of his regiment has
been guilty of an act requiring punish
ment, and his offence was antply atoned
for b a fine of seven dollars and a few
tours of double duty. This fact speaks
well for the character of Col. Baker's
regiment.
The Pennsylvanian says that the Ad:
ministration, having carried all its
measures, "can henceforth repose upon
a bed of roses." We have seen many
a pig, that had broken into a flower gar
den, doing the same thing.—Louisville
Journal.
11-The Harrisburg .4rgus said last
fall "there is a large and respectable
portion of the Democracy, who will nev
er, under any circumstances, sustain Mr.
Skunk." Of course the Argus ought to
know.
D - Parliament allows the Queen of
England, for her support, annually, $l,-
750,000; for Prince Albert, her husband,
Parliament allows $133,000, and for her
horses and hounds, s3lo,ooo—making
in all, $2,193,000.
That's a large sum to pay for petticoat
government, but its small compared
with what Jas. K. Polk, will cost the
People of the United States. One hun ,
dred mtflio'ns will not foot the bill for
1847!
IT - G- Among the list of deaths art Vera'
Cruz, we notice the names of several.
Pennsylvanians—Lewis Myers, Compa
ny E ; James Hart Flora, Company E ;
Robert Kennedy, Company 1 ; Daniel
Torrey, Company H ; John Johnson,.
Company A; and J. Dietrich, of the 2d
Pennsylvania Volunteers.
The Telegraph between Pottsville
and Philadelphia, is now in successful
operation.
NEW YOE& CANAL TOLLS.—The total
receipts for tolls on the Canals of New
York up to the 22d ultimo, (twenty-two
days of navigation,) were $540,214,60
being an excess of $57,470 91 over
the receipts up to the same date last
year, with 37 days navigation.