THE JOURNAL)
Huntingdon, Tuesday, August 3, 1817
WHIG NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR
GEN. JAMES IRVIN,
OF CEXTRE COUrVTY
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
JOSE PH W. P ATTON,
OF C U. 1113 ERLsIAT COU.A7r
V. 11. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of Third
and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. is our authorized
agent for receiving advertisements and subscrip
ions, and collecting and receipting for the game.
COUNTY :MEETING,
THE Democratic Whigs of Huntingdon county
are requested to meet at the OLD COURT
HOUSE, in the Borough of Huntingdon, on
Wednesday Evening, .9ug. 11, 1847,
at the ringing of the bell, for the purpose of res
ponding to the nominations of the Convention,
and to transact such other business as may be
deemed important for the success of the•eondidates
of the Whig party, at the coming general electi at.
A. W. BENEDICT,
Chairman County Commillee.
July 20, 1847.
"Scriptural Baptism."
THE Rev. Wtt.ttaxJ. Gi ssoN's argument and
review on Scriptu al Baptism, in now publiAlt
ed in pamphlet form, and left at the Store of Wm.
Daunts. fur sale—price. 31 cents.
r.?- Court commences in this county
on Monday next.
No. 2," nn the importance of study
ing " the languages," will be found on
our first page. "No 3," shall appear in
our next
ra- We invite all, Whigs and Loco
focos, to read the communication in an
other column, entitled "Gen. Irvin—the
Man." And after having read it, ask
themselves, " Is not every word of it
true l" We should not fear to hear the
reply of all those who do so honestly,
without prejudice.
DELEGATE MEETINGS, of business who hie dealt with him 1—
We are requested to say that the what man who has lived with or near
Whigs of Huntingdon borough will meet h d i m
b l —wh a t man who e has „i b ) eisepnereen,tiphloooiny,
one
at vglex. Carmon's, on Saturday evening' word y a rt h a i i i i n t s i t his las straight-forward e. r
next, (7th inst.) at half past seven o'clock,' esty, and' sterling integrity. Not one!
for the purpose of electing two delegates 1 Through a long active, and business life, 1 (0. "The Editors of the Huntingdon Journal,
to the County Convention. We hope to dealing and mingling with thousands, without regard. to decency or truth, assert that
see a unanimous attendance of all the not a man. has been found base enough,
. President nn
t h o ti re n d e , n l s ry reducing l„ista
iiu t t he ,: f s o n r t e n e under „nn
a
to even insinuate that Gen. Irvin, ever u
opponents of the present National and I would then Ire able to defeat and slaughter the Old
wronged hint out of a cent ;or wantonly Hero and his gallant little army. Fiends from
State Administrations. ; committed the smallest injury upon his hell could not hove invented a more malicious and
The VA higs of the several, townships 1 rights, as a freeman. It has been left wilful falsehood."—Huntingdon Globe.
should not neglect their primary meet- i then, for this day, and for these "vilest I You pretend to deny it, do you
helps ?—
f n a l ir
a of e o
f s i
the,
I, t , h r e tuo sl u a s n d t e o re d r d s dh o f flit
h
ings on Saturday next. Let one and all !Well, we shall give the evidence upon
attend, so that the delegates elected may ; honesty of the Man i , wido i ut any tthitn:, which our charge is predicated. Who
fully understand the wishes of those t (except their knowledge of themselves) ther the Locofoco Washington corres
they represent. Let the usual time and' to base those doubts upon ; and to give pendent of the Philadelphia Ledger, a
places of meeting be adhered to, and I those doubts utterance. rank Locofoco paper, that has never
let every thing be done in unity and Is Gen. Irvin capable? To be able to har- I flagged in its defence of Jas. K. Polk's
I answer this question correctly we must
molly. first see what kind of capacity is needed. administration, be a i. fiend front hell,"
. Li- The corps of Engineers, in the \V hat qualifications dues a man require, we cannot say ; but certain it is, that we
employ of the Pa. Bailin:od Company, to make him capable of filling the exec- take the following extract from one of
of which mention was made in our lust, : chair s u , t v i e v r e e,i l
sat Wee to.erilnv this
u•e question t i s o o l
d i
d i s
s a e n - his letters published in said paper in
are still in the neighborhood of our town. 'those of us who kitLw Gen. Irvin, whee: May last. The correspondent says:
.. With the defeat of Santa Anna, coy hope of
The line which they are now surveying titer he is capable.
pence is considerabl y diminished, i.er however
runs through Washington street in this iThere are many ways of' ascertaining strongly the opposition pre. may have railed
a mans capacity to fill iinportant official
Borough. We understand that the out- . against what it was pleased to call ' , the passport
door operations of the corps will be sus-
stations.gover..
himselfA a
well,ge n general e
r r n u s le i , i he e fam w i l l i y o gr anted op ezi of to t peace at
rested
ore him,
and
that tist our beat
pended for a few days, owing to some well ; and he who can control a family hut the impossibility of sustaining himself in Mex.
of their instruments.being out of order. ' well, shows that he understands the hu- * g c , o p , s. h a a s s r t e h e u t s o fa h r te baftled
. h i is effo rts to make Con
- man mind, and can touch those strings to
send
.nnns t sion proposi ion o four government
L i-- We had the pleasure on Wednes- which lead man. He whO governs the The tone of his warlike erg. despatches was from the
day evening last, of shaking by the hand affairs of his business well, and so care- commencement forced upon him by the circumstan
our friend, Capt. S. D. KARNS, who has fully arranges the ditties of the present eal.;v ll lcl i g.l. E . B . p i l 7 ' l ;; l ,L i r
I , ) I I= E U N Ir A E i t
Just returned from Mexico. He pas- til at they advance, control, and secure STOOD
HIS CABINET. Santa Anna's only hope of
the f . uture, !?,hows that he trusts not to success
sad through this place on board the . consisted in first satisfying the national
the fitful winds of chance ; but that a vanity of his countrymen, or availing himself of
Packet-boat.. sound judgment teaches him to study some lucky accident, to turn, for a moment, the
-
D.- The Committee, Messrs. Ham• and learn by the teachings of the past fortunes of war, and to improve that moment for
concluding a peace. HE CAME VERY NEAR
mond & Frick, having in charge the re- what f. the future shall
Success
and to prepare ...
, UCH A CHANCE AT BUENA VISTA,
mains of Gen. H. H. HAMMOND, late l'ay- attendsr its
such exe a nc i l l e i s an buutecae,%sitsnohtimonly BUT THE BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO
master in the Army, passed through this every step. All such men have the Z. ' II itt 3 D I TITt iV fIL T , ?'o " l) B Uti ß C ° A Si gbrA B '.
place on Wednesday evening last, on ments of greatness in them ; and have TIONS OF PEACE FROM THAT QUAR
board the Fackot-boat Monongahela.— ever shown the world, that they houoe TER. ” i s the falsifier every station ; while at the same time "' ° . now 1 We leave
The funeral was announced in the Mil
they speak into being, that prosperity the public to decide 1
tonian, to take plitee from his late rest- ant t ier
I which has been their attendant, 1 0:7- We paraphrase the following from
dente, in Milton, on yesterday. i blessings crown their labors in the public
the
last Huntingdon Globe.
service. Such area have capacity. The
rj-The Baltimore City Whig Con
capacity then that is needed by hint who "The Federal and Tory editors say
Terence have nominated Gen. TAYLOR would fill the Executive chair of this F. R. Shrunk should be elected-Ist, be
for cause he did not give fifty barrels of
the Presidency. State, advantageously to the
people's flour to the Irish , o d, because he n
HIT 'EM AGAIN.—ChITDeI;iII3OT of the ritilaittina:d. t i t n d t ti e t tne e s t t a s , l i s t o such e : n a
s c e a e l mwchatilt
contributed towiirds the erection eve o r f l
Globe considers the eleetion of two e tawans "are .] needed to rescue our State churches; 3d, because he has already
Whig Congressmen is New Hampshire, from her present sinking condition, and held office for more Olean
Treasury
TEARS,
"disgraceful to the country!" No , one so direct and husband her resourses that amid
SVENT ' ir THOUSANDro th reasuover
they shall eventually remove the oppres
doubts the Globe's sincerity ! dstill remainsDOLLARS,
an poor. These are all
sive burthens from ilia people. Discrim
tl arguments that have been offered in
'
On the 22d inst. Mr. Wm. Root, mating judgment, with vigorous Intel- -- ! e „ .
his favor up to this time.
of Harrisburg, fell from one of the piers lect, and unflinching fidelity of purpose, :
of vhe bridge' now in process of erection
h i is
o t hnenocearpadenittnyanudeeeddedn;
necessaryPeli
titylvati
all \% tt 'H tt l e G i nS pt l o ß t ;
t o h n e y p o i u r r ati g co u l ard
e a s g s ainst
over tire Susquehanna, in place of the
her Governors, that they should all be to produce discord in your ranks. e R e :-
one destroyed by the freshet in the learned in the languages, and well 'versed ' collect it is but a second edition of the
spring of 1846, and was so much injured in the polite literature of the, day ; or ' " Independent Whig" of 1844, under
as to cause Iris death on the following that they should all be profound lawyers, another name. An office-holder under
or elognent orators. Ido not consider , Shrunk is the principal editor!
GEN. MAN.
. 7 11 r. Editor have observed in the
Loco Foco prints many insinuations , and
some open charges, that General ames
h tin, the Whig candidate for Governor,
is a mart whose judgment and intellect
are of a character so weak, and feeble,
that he is not capable of filling the Exec
utive chair of the State, either with I
credit or advantage to her people. Such
attacks upon a man who asks to hold the
reins of Government of the State, if
honestly made, deserve to be fairly in
vestigated—their truth or falsehood
should be made manifest. If false, and
are so proven, and their authors still re
peat them—those who by such means
hope to secure success, should be stern-
Ily rebuked by every honest man. But
on the other hand, if they are not only
false, but coined and uttered by men
who knew their vile fabrications to be
cool and calculating falsehoods—then'
should every honest and upright citizen,'
not only rebuke, but frown indignantly ;
down, the men who thus assail wor-1
thy candidates for public favor, and the '
party which will, either tacitly, or open
ly approve, conduct so unworthy Amer-
lean c Linens.
The Whigs of this State have placed'
Gen. lavfx in nomination. They ask of I
the whole people, a cordial and hearty
support in their efforts to secure his sac-
cess ; and they, as well as their candi
date court the enquiry, "Is he honest 1-1
Is he capable 1" If either of these pies-
tions can honestly be answered' in the
negative, Gen. Irvin would, not only re
ceiva, but deserve, the condemnation of ;
freemen.
Permit' me then to seek among the
records of the past, the answer to these
inquiries. Gen. Irvin has been our neigh
bor, and associate, in this county for
years. Our citizens have known him,
many of them, intimately. I have known
him, conversed, associated, and corres
ponded with him; and I feel it to be my
duty as well as my privilege, to give to
the world my knowledge of the man ;
and also to ask all—every man, of
every party in politics, and every creed
in religion, who have, by any means,
been thrown into his companionship—or
whose business, has brought them into
social intercourse with him, to answer,
and to answer honestly and frankly, if
do not speak of the man as lie is, with
out even the partiality of a warm friend.
Is Gen. Irvin honest ? The question
is answered •in the affirmative, by the
thousands who have dealt with him, toil
. ed fur him, and been the recipients of his
acts of kindness and benevolence, with
out one dissenting voice. What man
. . .
these things objectionable. Still I must
say that experience has declared, that
those Governors who partook most of
the character of her hardy sons, have
best secured her interests, I ask every
man if honest industry, sterling worth,
and sound common sense, have not al
ways governed us safest and best!!
Now I ask of the thousands who have
heard Gen. Irvin speak in public, if
sound and discriminating judgment—
strong and active intellect, candor, and
unyielding uprightness, were not the
great characteristics of his speeches.—
I have heard him speak from the same
stand and at the same meeting, with such
men as Joseph R. Ingersoll, Josiah Ran
dal, John Swift, and Hampden (and he
did not suffer by a comparison with
them) and every candid man gave to
Gen. Irvin that best definition of an or
ator, "he spoke well." I have yet to see
any gentleman, (whose opinions are
worth regarding) who has heard him,
who did not always acknowledge that
his arguments were marked by strong
sense, and gave evidence of a vigorous
mind; evincing that he not only knew
what was required to secure our inter
ests, but could tell it in a way that all
could comprehend. There are hundreds,
I may say thousands who can testify to
such things, and know of his ,capacity;
and I doubt not, that the little spite of
small minds, will pass as the idle wind.
I ask again of the thousands who have
associated, or conversed with Gen. Irvin,
if plain, practical common sense, clear
distinct knowledge of the spirit of our
institutions, bold and determined energy
of character, are not the great, the lead
ing and the prominent features of the
Iman? Such is the man, and such he is
known everywhere ; such his own suc
cess in business proves him to be; and
in all these requisites, no man who
knows both will say, he is second to the
present executive officer. His friends .
have never claimed for him any other
eminence, than such as are his from
his own substantial worth. Knowing,
that had his time been spent in our halls
of learning, instead of the field, the
forge and time furnace, few would have
been his equals, and far less his supe
riors, in every thing which adorns or
gives greatness to the Statesman; and
that for his opportunities, none.are his
superiors, and few his equals.
I hare written this much, because I
wish the people of the State to know the
man ; feeling assured that when they do
know hint, they will not only silence his
calumniators, but they will prove that a
man of his worth is just such a man as
is now needed to take charge of our de
pressed and oppressed commonwealth.
I hope you and your readers will excuse
my lengthy article. I could not well
shorten it and do justice.
COMMON SENSE,
Huntingdon, July 30. 1847,
"PRIVATE BUSINESS."
From the tone of the last Globe, we
would infer that the tory crew who now
control that sheet, must have felt our
reply to their attack upon the Taylor
Whigs. To be held up to the public as
the friends of Polk and Santa Anna, is
to be sure, not very pleasant; yet we
think they will not mend the matter
much by making their unenviable posi
tion the pretext for a personal attack
upon us. Instead of attempting to ex
tricate themselves from their unfortu
nate position before the public, they in
timate that they will have something to
say about our " private business," and
throw at us the following insinuations:
• We have not as yet been compelled to sacrifice
our principles for a email 'consideration !'—our
subscribers have never demanded from us such acts
of it/mil/a/ion—end it would be well for our neigh
bors to remember that those who live in glum
houses should not throwlitoncs: "-- Globe.
Now, the real editors of the Globe,
who fight under cover, must recollect
that we shall hold the ostensible editor
responsible for all personal attacks upon
us. And we therefore call upon Mr.
Lewis to make his charges definite.—
We desire and insist upon him to
tell his readers how, and where, we
ever sacrificed "principles" for a" small
consideration." We shall hold you to
nothing but the truth, neighbor. If we
ever defrauded our creditors, let the
world have the facts. If we ever took the
benefit of the Insolvent Laws of this
Commonwealth, for the purpose of cheat
ing an old man bowed down with age,
out of a 6 small' boarding bill, perhaps it
is due to this community that you should
tell them of it. It we ever, for a "small
consideration," consented to father per
sonal charges in the " Commonwealth,"
whicl► we had not the brains to originate,
tell that too. And if, during the four or
five years we worked as a journeyman
Printer, our fellow-craftsmen ever posted
us as a Rat, for doing work for too "small''
a " consideration," let us hear it. All
we object to is, that you do not make
your charges more definite, so that the
community may understand what you
are driving at, and we have on opportu
nity to defend.
We dislike personalities, and shall
never indulge in them only on the defen
sive. As our neighbor appears to think
our private character very vulnerable,
we invite him to proceed, with the assu
rance that we shall always allow him
to give " the truth in evidence."
Foreign News,
The Steamship Washington, arrived
at New York on Friday last. The po
litical news is unimportant. Insurrec
tionary movements are going on in
Spain. It is said the life or dethrone
ment of the Queen is contemplated.
The markets have rallied a little since
the last advices. American Flour is
quoted at from one to two shillings high
er ; Wheat from 2d to 3d.
The weather up to the 9th was fine as
possible ; since then there has been Chun•
der storms and rain, but no great dam
age has yet been done.
The market is well supplied with pota
toes, which are very fine. The growing
crops look well.
American Bacon in demand at 62 to
68s per tierce. Rich in limited demand.
At Havre the Flour market was rather
heavy.
The Navigation laws are suspended
until March next. The ravages of the
fever continue to an alarming extent at
Liverpool.
u: Another murderous.outrage oc
curred in Schuylkill county last week.'
A man by the name of Henlin, desirous
of trying his skill as a marksman, di
rected
a young man named Patrick
Dormer to put up a mark for him to
shoot at, threatening, in case of refusal,
to shoot him. Dormer did refuse, and
Henlin true to his word, fired and lodged
some 29 shot in the back part of his
neck and shoulders. The wounds are
serious though not likely to prove fatal.
Henlin has not yet been apprehended.—
The outrage occurred between Heck
scherville and Coal Castle. Schuylkill
county has become famous of late for
scenes of violence and ruffianism.
TERRIBLE. TRAGEDY.-A mob of six or
eight men attacked the house of a man
named Menick, near New Albany, (In
diana) on Sunday night, and the three
first who entered were felled to the earth
by the occupant. Jos. Davis and another,
name unknown, were instantly killed,
and a third so injured that he cannot
survive. Meuic then surrendered him
self to the civil authorities.
WIIAT IT COST.—Che visit of the Pres
ident to New York, says the Tribune,
bled the municipial treasury to the tune
of four thousand dollars ! The bills of
the Astor /louse were $1,250,
More Treason
The following letter was written by
Hon. B. R. Wood, a distinguished Lcico-
Foco member of the last Congress, in an
swer to an invitation to attend the Chi
cago Convention:
ALBANY, June 22, '47
Ornr:--1 regret that I shall be unable to at
tend the harbor and river Convention about to
assemble in your city on the 6th of July next.
The course pursued by myself on the river and
harbor bill in the 29th Congress, is the best assur
ance I Can give that I shell not look with indiffer
ence on the proceedings of that Convention. That
no appropriation• was made by the last Congress
for improvement of the harbor of the lakes, is, you
are aware, no fault of nitric. Nor• can I forbear
the reflection that while war (however origina
ting) is waged O.TENBIBLY to obtain indemnifi
cation and the payment of a DOUBTFUL DEBT,
EBACTICALLT 1 fear,to extend slave territory, at
the cost of hundreds of millions of money, and
thousands of lives unless it shall soon terminate,
no appropriation, however small, could be obtained
to save front destruction on our lakes props ty
worth more than all that Mexico ever justly owed
to say nothing of hundreds of lives sacraficed
every year, from want of safe and accessible har
bors.
I remain, very truly yours, &c.
BRADFORD R. WOOD.
To Messis. John Weniveost, Wsn, li. Ogden, and
others, committee, &c.
---
Efrectff of Whigism.
The influence exerted by a Whig Ca
nal Commissioner and a Whig State
Treasurer, is beginning to exhibit itself
in all the departments of the State Gov
erntnent. Mr. Power, backed by gr.
Burns, has been the means of saving
thousands of dollars to the State, and
preventing o thousands more from being
lavishingly and uselessly thrown away
upon political favorites by the Shunk
dynasty; and Judge Banks has so man
aged the affairs of his department that,
according to the statements of the
friends of Gov. Shunk, "the treasury
will contain sufficient cash before the
first of August to pay the semi-annual
interepts on the State debt, and have a
balance of one hundred thousand dollars
to he applied to other purposes."
These are important facts for the con
sideration of the Taxpayers; and if one
Whig in the Canal Board and one Whig
"on the hill" at Harrisburg can effect "
such a condition of things, how much
more zealous should they labor to place
more such Whigs at the head of State af
fairs. Mr. Power's management as Ca
nal Commissioner produces in one year
"one million of dollars profit on the canals
and railroads," and Judge Banks' few
months supervision of the Treasury de
partment, not only produces in advance
sufficient to pay off the August interest
on the State debt, but leaves a surplus of
'lone hundred thousand dolllars in • the
'treasury for other purposes." Remem
ber, these are the admisions of the op
ponents of the Whig party. "Poor Men,"
as well as the tax-ridden Farmers, would
do well to read and ponder on these
facts.—Lancaster Union.
General Irvin,
The Whig partyof Pennsylvania were
never more thoroughly united than they
are in the support of Gen. Irvin. The
excellence of the man, his sterling hon
esty, and the sound and well-known
character of his political opinions, have
gained for him not only the confidence
of the Whigs, but also of large numbers
of the opposing party. The honest Dem
ocrats, who last year, by their votes
cast for %% hig candidates, so signally re
buked the folly and wickedness of our
present State and General Administra
tions, will not be content to leave their
work half accomplished, but will be
found next October, gallantly fighting
and voting for Irvin and Patton.
There.a - re thousands of men—honest
men—among our opponents, who are
sick and tired of the bad faith and igno
rance of our rulers. They have seen
that, in National affairs , .these rulers
have waged 'war upon our domestic in- ,
terests, and have embroiled us in a
bloody and apparently interminable, as
it is an expensive and useless, struggle
with a foreign nation. Our State Ad
ministration, has been mostly a King
Log, or when it did show signs of vital
ity, it was King Stork. When the in
, terests of Pennsylvania were threatened,
nay, actually sacraficed, by the Gener
al Administration,the immolating priests
had no more devoted followers than the
Governor of this Commonwealth.
These facts are well known to our
Democratic fellow-citizens—and we look
confidently to seeing them, as they did
last fall, come up by thousands and vote
for men who will reform abuses, and
supplant those who have shown them
selves incompetent and undeserving.
Let the Whigs do their duty, and by
unceasing activity, bring every Whig
vote to the Polls :—if this be done, there
need be no fear of the result, and a glo
rious Whig Victory will free good old
Pennsylvania from Locofoco Misrule.—
Pittsburg Journal.
GEN. TAYLOR'S RETURN.—The Cin- 1
cinnati Chronicle publishes a letter from
Adjutant A. W. Armstrong, dated Mon
terey, 18th of June. With refference to
the force under Gen. Taylor, and the
General's contemplated movements, Ad
jutant Armstrong writes as follows:
"Gen. Taylor informs me that he has
less than 3,000 men now under his com
mand, including those at this point and
at Saltillo; but it is his intention to move
' towards San Luis Potosi as soon as
practicable ; and he also assures me that
he will positively return to the states in
I September next, whether there is a trea
ty concluded by that time or not."
A Chance for a Fortune-41500Z
Reward.
The above reward will be paid upon
the production of legal proof that the
following named gentlemen have either
sons or sons-in-law in our army in Mex-
ICO 3 Vi7,_:-
Janus K. Polk, President of the United S , Mes,
James liuehmtan, hi; Secretary of State.
Wm. 1.. Marcy, his Secretary of Vk ar.
John Y. Mason, his Secretary of the Nary,
Cave Johnson, his Post Merger General,
R. J. Walker, his Secretary of the Treasury and
Nathan Clifford, his Atforhey General.
As.these gentlemen of the Cabinet, in
volved us in the war with Mexico, the
country is deeply anxious to know how
many of them have sent their sons, or
sons-in-law, to fight the foe; and as Much
difficulty has been experienced by the
people in learning the facts, the above
reward has been offered, in hopes of eli
citing the truth. The evidence may be
filled with C. B. Cole, President of the
late Locofoco Convention, and upon his
certificate that such evidence has been;
furnished, showing that each of the be
fore mentioned gentlemen has either a
son or son-in-law in the army, the above
reward will be paid by the
WHIGS OF GEORGIA.
Slave Case.
Our quiet and orderly town wrni
thrown into quite a commotion on yea=
terday morning, by some Slave-hunters
from Virginia detaining a couple of tie
groes in
. the bar-redin of the 'Exchange'
a few minutes for the purpose of ascer
taining whether they Were not runaway
slaves. Upon satisfying themselves
that they were not the property they
were in pursuit of, the negroes were per
mitted to go about their business. A.
warrant was then got out for the Vir
ginians, by the negroes, and they were
brought before Justice Cox to answer
to the charge of Assault and Battery
and Kidnapping—Mr. BANKS appearing
for the defendants, and Messrs. Blum'.
'RUNE and COFFEY for the prosecutors.
After a full and thorough examination
and discussion of the matter, Justice A
Cox discharged the defendants, and ad•
judged the prosecutors to pay 'the cost.
—Hollidaysburg Register.
FATAL. ACCIDENT.-A man was killed
instantly, on the Rail Road near Dun
cansville, on Thursday last. He was a
stranger travelling westward, and had,
we believe, no papers on his person
from which his name or place of resi
dence could be learned. He was stand
ing on the coming down track, watch
ing the locomotive passing on the other
when a train of ears struck him and
crushed him to death.—lb.
TIM elf iI.D.MURDER AT OVSTERVILLE,
--A gentleman of this city has received
a letter giving a most terrible explana- ,
tion of the murder of Mr. George H.
Hinckley's child at Oysterville, Barn
stable, on Sunday last. The coffin con
taining the corpse was taken into the
church on Tuesday, and all the neigbors
were collected there, and one by one', ac ,
cording to the form of the old supersti--
tion, requested to lay their hands on the
coffin and declare their innocence of the
murder. When it came to the turn of
the mother of the child, she reluctantly
laid her hand on the coffin, and with a
great effort, made out to say—"l didn't
do it; I didn't do it.' "Her manner at
once . created a violent suspicion against
her, and after she had been questioned
a little, she made a full cerofession of the
murder, and also admitted that she made
the several attempts to set fire to the
house.—Boston Post.
KENTUCKY'S HONORED DEAD.--At Frani
fort on Tuesday last an immense con
course of people, variously estimated at
15,000 to 20,000, assembled to pay lion
or to the remains of Kentucky's depar
ted heroes, whose light went out on Bue
na Vista's bloody field. The ceremonies
were conducted in a proper spirit—noth
ing occurring to disturb the solemnity of
so mournful an occasion. The oration of
Mr. Breckenridge is highly spoken of.—
' Among the chief mourners were Henry
Clay , Mrs. McKee, wife of the deceased
I Col., & Mrs. Vaughan, wife of the intrep
id Adjutant,upon whom this afflicting dis
pensation of Providence—that calls so•
many of their fellow-citzens together—
: fall most heavily. Mr. Clay was sur
rounded by the orphan children of his
lamented son.—North
(REBELLION IN CALIFORNIA.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
.•.Journal of Commerce" writes that there
is a letter in ‘1 ashington received by
the Western mail, with the startling in
telligence that the Mormon regiment and
Mormon settlers, in California, have
risen and rebelled against the American
government, as established there, taken
possession of the country, and establish
ed an independent government of their
own. There may bo some foundation
for the rumor. The Mormons, prior
to the origin of the Mexican war, had
designed to establish an empire in Cal
ifornia, and taken somesteps towards
the enterprise.
HORSE WRIPPED.--A young man was
horse whipped by a lady in Pittsburg,
on Friday morning! No doubt he was
served right."