THE JOURNAL.
Huntingdon, Tuesday, August 31, 18,47
%V HIU NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR:
GEN. JAMES IRVIN ,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
JOSEPH W. PATTON,
OF CUMBER.MND COUNTY.
Whig Comity Ticket.
ASSEMBLY :
DAVID BLAIR, of Huntingdon.
SHERIFF:
JOHN G. STEWART, of Huntingdon.
TREASURER:
ISAAC NEFF, of West.
COMMISSIONER :
JOSHUA GREENLAND, of Cass.
AUDITOR :
JAMES GILLAM, of Barree.
0D- sEE FOURTH PAGE.
The American Art Union.
We have just been gratified by an
examination of the truly excellent and
admirable engraving issued by the above
institution, to its subscribers for the
year 1846—" Sir Walter Raleigh parting
with his wife on the morning of his exe
cution." It is a picture of great merit,
and reflects credit upon the artist and
the Institution. We have also seen the
engravings for the years 1844 and 1845,
as well as a beautiful autumn evening
landscape, painted in oil, by R. Gignoux,
a prize drawn by our neighbor A. W.
Benedict, Esq., at the last annual distri
bution of the paintings purchased by
the funds of the Institution. We have,
too, before us the annual Report of its
operations for the last year, in which
are etchings of the two engravings for
1847 —" The Jolly Flat Boatmen." and
the "Sybil." They all speak well for
the usefulness, enterprize and success
of the Institution.
If we had time and space we would
willingly give our views at large, upon
the importance of this Institution—how
much it deserves the encouragement of
every lover, not only of the fine arts,
but of the honor, glory, arid fair fame of
our country. The arts have been too
long and too generally neglected, and
duty demands their culture and encour
agement:
— The plan proposed by the Art Union
places in the hands of every subscriber,
yearly, one or more valuable pictures—
large line engraving of great merit,
which richly repays the price of sub
scription, in addition to which it scat
ters over our land thousands of paint
ings from the pencils of our own artists,
(each subscriber having the chance of
drawing ode, and soma of them of great
value.) Thus our parlors and drawing
rooms are not only ornamented with
them, but their companionship adds
new lustre and beauty to the sympathies,
tastes, and actions of our hearts and
lives.
We call the attention of our readers
to the subject, hoping that they will ex
tend their hands to aid the Institution in
its laudable purpose of encouraging the
Arts.—During the last year $24,000
were expended, and in a country like
ours that amount could easily be swell
ed to $lOO,OOO, if those whose duty it
is, manifested the proper spirit.
We refer our readers to A. W. Bene
dict, Esq., Honorary Secretary, for fur
ther information on the subject ; and at
whose residence the pictures referred to
may be seen.
co- H. E. SHOEMAKER, Esq., has re
tired from the "Clinton %% hig," and
our friend JOHN BROWN, Esq. assumes
the control of that paper. Mr. B. for
merly published the Miltonian, is an in
telligent and zealous Whig and a very
gentlemanly, clever man. He has our
hearty good wishes for his success, pe
cuniarily and politically.
'The Rt. Rev. Dr. O'Connor, of the
Diocese of Pittsburg, will Consecrate the
Church lately erected in Shade Valley,
Huntingdon county, on Sunday the sth
of September; and will officiate in the
Catholic Church of this borough on Mon
day the 6th of September.
KrThe " Blair County Whig" is the
title of a new paper just started in Hal.
lidaysburg, by J. L. Slenta, Esq. The
paper looks well and reads well, and the
editor has our best wishes.
GOOD ADVICE-DUTY OF WHIGS,
In noticing the nominations of the
1% hig and Locofoco parties in this coun
ty, the editor of the Hollidaysburg Reg
ister remarks:
" The contest will be a warm one,
but the Whigs have the majority and
can easily elect, if they all pull together.
The attempts which are being made to
get up strife and dissension among them,
should be carefully and determinedly
guarded against, and the interests of the
party, present and future, calmly and
dispassionately considered by every
true Whig. In Huntingdon, as in Blair,
and in every other county in the Com
monwealth, there are, at every cam
paign, individuals who feel that it re
quires a great sacrifice of personal feel
ing to vote for the nominees; but still,
for the sake of the cause, the sacrifice is
made—the integrity and unity of the
party maintained—and Locofocoism kept
in check. So let it be tow, in Hunting
don, Blair, and wherever the Whigs
have a habitation and a name. It is the
policy which has kept our opponents in
the ascendency in the State and Union ;
and the policy which, if perseveringly
and faithfully pursued by the higs,
will turn the tables, anti give the reins
of Government into better hands."
I The above is good advice, and we
commend it to the consideration of eve
ry true Whig in the county. And we
do this with more confidence, corning,
as it does, from one who has been a faith
ful
sentinel upon the watch-tower of the
Whig and Anti-Masonic party for the
last eleven years ; and who has, too, un
til within the past year, been intimately
associated with the Whigs of Hunting
don county. Our friend of the Register
sees the efforts that have been making
by the leaders of the Locofoco party to
produce disorgonization in the Whig
ranks; and he no doubt sees clearly the
hypocritical course of the "Huntingdon
Messenger," which started out profes
sing neutrality, but which never allows
a number to issue without containing a
stab at the Whig organization. And see
ing these things, he calls out to his
Whig brethern here to be on their
guard against them, and not allow
the enemy to thus gain a triumph in this
sterling Whig county.
We thank our neighbor of the Regis
ter for his timely caution, and we think
we can assure him, and our Whig friends
generally, that all the ingenuity, man
agement and trickery of Locofocoism,
will avail them nothing in Old Hunting
don. There is a feeling among the Peo
ple in favor of Gen. IRVIN which ab
sorbs all minor considerations; a deter
mination
not only to redeem our pledge
made to our brethern of the State when
we asked at their hands the nomination
of our popular favorite, but also a burn
ing desire to vindicate forever the fair
fame of JAMES Irivix, which has been so
wantonly and ruthlessly assailed by the
I minions of James K. Polk and Francis
R. Shunk. The farmers, mechanics and
citizens of Huntingdon county general
ly, are well acquainted with the public
and private character of the Whtg can
didate, and they are by no means indif
ferent to the attacks made upon either.
No man was ever more popular, or gave
more universal satisfaction to a consti
tuency, than did Gen. Irvin while repre
senting the people of this District in
Congress; while his unbounded benevo
lence, and the general purity of his pri
vate life, has rendered his character
' dear to every right-minded citizen of
our county. And Locofocoism will see,
when the People of Old Huntingdon
come to make up their verdict on the
false aecusations which have made upon
the good name of Gen. Irvin, the fatal
mistake it has made by adopting this
mode of warfare.
This being the determination of the
friends of Gen. Irvin, we do hope they
will heed the timely caution of the Reg
ir.ter, and not allow their attention to be
diverted from their main purpose, by
any of the disorganizing attempts of
either avowed or neutral Locofocos. Let
no time be lost in preparing for the con
test. In a few weeks more the election
will be at hand. And all the time which
can be spared from private duties,
should be devoted to making arrange
ments to have every voter at the polls,
who is entitled to vote. Remember,
friends, that a full vote in this county
will insure an overwhelming IRVIN
MAJORITY. Will not all his friends
contribute a portion of their time to
bring about so desirable a result 1 We
cannot doubt it. To your duty, then,
Whigs of Huntingdon county, one and
all !
na-We learn that J. Al. G. LEscuaE,
Esq., one of the editors of the " Demo
cratic Union," died at Harrisburg, on
Saturday morning last.
The Broad Top Railroad,
The Globe of last week intimates that
DAVID BLAIR will be opposed on the
ground of his being the ,‘ father" of the
Broad Top Railroad Bill, which was
vetoed by Mr. Shunk. We hope our
neighbor, as he appears to approve the
Governor's course in regard to this bill,
will make the issue at which he has inti
mated. We are very willing that the
opponents of the measure shall make an
open opposition to the Whig candidate
on account of his connection with it.
And if the present or prospective Loco
foco candidate for the Legislature is op
posed to making a Railroad from this
place to Broad Top, and opening up the
Coal beds of that mountain, we hope the
Globe will tell the people so. We are even
willing that our neighbor should throw
into the same article the clap trap used
by the Governor about the company
having the privilege of "farming five
thousand acres of land on Broad Top
Mountain." But we insist on his telling
his readers at the same time the undeni
able fact, that not one inch of ground can
be taken by this company or any other,
until remuneration is made to the owner
thereof. In the meantime we call upon
all the friends of the measure to stand
up for their interests, by casting their
votes for Gen. Irvin for Governor, and
David Blair for the Legislature.
TILE LOCOFOCO MEETING.
In noticing the Locofoco county
meeting, held in this place, the Globe
thus candidly admits the lack of enthu
siasm at that miserably slim Shunk de
monstration :
The Globe says:—" The Democrats
discussed the merits of the Democratic
cause calmly, quietly, but convincingly ;
there was no hurra-boys' present to
cheer the speakers by their shouts and
uproarish noise as at the Federal meet
ing.'
The above is all true; even the "con.
vincingly." For we verily l elieve there
was not a man present who was not con
vinced that the attempt to re-elect
Shank, is the most chilly, up-hill busi
ness ever attempted by the Locofoco
party of Pennsylvania. Of course the
hurra-boys" will have nothing to do
with so hopeless a cause.
D y-it is said that the Locofoco wire
workers here are unable to succeed in
getting Dr. G ernmill off the Ticket. As it
a matter of no consequence to the Wings
who is the candidate of their opponents,
all we have to do is to stand by our own
Ticket, and our organization, and "wait"
and see what we shall see.
V-- The Globe still reiterates the
charge that Gen. Irvin, while in Con
gress, voted for a duty on Tea and Cof
fee. All the votes you can make in this
county for Shank, Mr. Globe, by pub
lishing a known falsehood, you are per
fectly welcome to. Gen. Irvin not only
never voted for this measure, but he op
posed it zealously and effectively, when
ever proposed, both in his speeches and
by his votes. To assert the contrary,
is to falsify the Congressional records,
and our neighbor knows it.
LThe neutral (Locofoco) Messenger
charges John G. Stewart with belonging
to a secret society ; but the hypocrites
who manage that piratical concern, nev
er mention the fact that Matthew Crown
over belongs to a SECRET society also.
To do so might interfere with the inter
esting arrangements which they have
with the Locofoco candidate.
ED- We observe that H. M. MARTIN,
Esq., has been nominated for the Legis
lature by the Democrats of Philadelphia
city. Mr. M. is a fellow craftman, and
an esteemed personal friend, who has,
by dint of close application, risen to
honorable distinction in the craft, as a
contributor to the Philadelphia press.
Unfortunately, however, his politics will
be a bar to his election in the eity. Why
did you not take a nomination in the
county, friend Horace l We should pre
fer seeing you in the Legislative Halls
to any other Locofoco now in mind.
ID- Although we utterly disregard
all attacks from so low a source, so far
as we are personally concerned, it may
be proper for us to remark, that we have
something else to do than answer the
silly interrogatories of Shunk's little
piddling Locofoco Prosecuting Attorney.
ALARMING INCREASE OF YELLOW FEVER.
—The deaths in New Orleans by yellow
fever, during the twenty-four hours end
ing on the morning of the 17th, amoun
ted to 52, and 14 deaths in the Charity
Hospital during the twenty-four hours
ending on the evening of the 17th. The
Delta says this is an alarming increase
and shows that the disease has assented
an extensive epidemic character.
THE VVIZIO PARTY.
The August Elections.
Never was the position of the Whig
party more honorable, and never bad
the Whigs of the Union more cause to
rejoice than at present. The present
administration came into power when the
country was blessed with peace, plenty
and happiness. By a wise and prudent
policy, this state of things might have
continued, the administration become
popular, and the party firmly establish
ed. But instead of pursuing that course,
they changed the revenue laws and fi
nancial policy of the country to suit the
views of a few visionary Theorists, and
in a little more than one year plunged
the country in a foreign war. Wars
have generally been popular with the
mass of the people, and the war party
has generally swept every thing before
it. It is enough for the majority of the
people to know that war exists, without
inquiring, who or what causedit. We
all love our country well, desire to stand
by it, and therefore, at the first impulse,
feel like sustaining the party. This the
Whigs well knew. They also knew that
the Mexican war was brought on by the
arbitrary and unconstitutional acts of the
President. But to say so, would only
subject them to the charge of "moral
treason," by the war party, of " giving
aid and comfort" to the enemy. A hue
and cry would be raised against them,
as "traitors to their country," " Mexi
can Whigs," &c. &c. Yet fearless of
consequences, they took their position.
Nvar exists; it was brought on by the
arbitrary and unconstitutional acts of
the President ; it was unnecessary, and
might have been avoided ; yet as it does
exist, it is our duty to do all in our pow
er to bring it to a speedy and honorable
close ; we will give the President there
fore, all the necessary means of men and
money, but hold him accountable at the
ballot box and the day of public opinion."
This was the opinion of the Whig par
ty ; and thousands of those who thus de- I
flounce the President for involving us in
the war, volunteered to fight its battles !
The Whigs, as had been expected, were
violently assailed by the party press and
parasites of Executive usurpation, and
their real position and principles entire
ly misrepresented. But confidently re
lying on the intelligence and true patri
otism of the people, they stood firm, and
appealed to the ballot-box. Behold the
result! In every general election the
Whigs have been triumphantly sustain
ed by the popular vote. The locos had
a majority in the lower house of Con- ,
gress of more than sixty. The recent
elections render it certain that in the
next Congress, the Whigs will have a
majority of at least ten. Thus speaks,
in thunder tones, the voice of the people,
and what a withering rebuke it admin
isters to the unworthy occupant of the
seat at Washington ! Certainly, "METE,
NENE, TEKEL" is written on the walls of
the W hite House.
Scarcely had the echoes of the Whig
shouts for the triumph in Virginia died
away on the ears of " Father Ritchie,"
until the welkin rings again with the
shouts of these "Mexican Whigs," for
the still more glorious victory in Ten
nessee. if every other State proved
faithless, it was fondly hoped that Vir
ginia and Tennessee would stand firm
by the Administration. But both these
have deserted it and joined the "Mexi
can Whigs."
When Pennsylvania, Ohio, N. York
and the New England States declared
against the ministration, it looked con
fidently to the Southern and Western
States for support ; for there, it was
said, the war was exceedingly popular.
Again was the President doomed to a
bitter disappointment.—North Carolina,
Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee and In
diana, have all shown a large increase
in the popular vote in favor of the Whigs,
and give a gain thus far of five Whig
Congressmen. In Tennessee, the elec
tion of Neil S. Brown, the Whig can
didate, over the present locofoco incutn
bent, Aaron V. Brown, is a victory as
cheering as it was unexpected.
Let the Whigs of Pennsylvania take
new encouragement from these recent
manifestations of the popular will.
They are calculated to give us the most
unshaken confidence in the intelligence
and virtue of the people, and the strong
est and liveliest hope for the perpetuity
of our Republican institutions. The na
tion has been thoroughly atroused to a
sense of the dangerous encroachments
of the President on the Constitution,
and the fearful strides, of late, of the
Executive to absolute power. Pennsyl
vania was one of the first that spoke out,
and the result of her vote last fall, con
tributed powerfully to produce the pres
ent state of feeling. We did nobly then,
and we may do even more nobly this
fall. UP! then, Whigs of the Old Key
stone State; TO WORK and do your
duty ! Elect a Whig Governor, a Whig
Canal Commissioner and Whig majori
ties in both branches of the Legislature!
That is our duty ; we ought to do it, and
we CAN DO IT, it is expected of us,
and we SHALL DO IT if the proper effort
is made.—Reporter.
ANOTHER REQUISITION FOR TROOPS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.
I learn from an authentic source, that
the Government has determined upon
making a requisition for five regiments
of troops—two from Tennessee, two
from Kentucky, and one from Indiana.
[l,erkeo OIIERTER.
DAVID BLAIR, ESQ.-All who witness
ed the course of this gentleman in the
last Legislature, speak of him in the
highest terms of praise. The Harris.
burg Telegraph, in noticing his re-nom
ination, says:
"Mr. Blair, the nominee for Assembly,
represented that county in the last Leg
islature, in which he took a prominent
position for a young member, and gave
high promise of talent and future use
fulness. Having proved a faithful rep
resentative, we have no doubt but he
will be re-elected by such a majority as
will say, "well done good and faithful
servant."
Destructive and Fatal Fire.
A destructive fire broke out in Phila
delphia, about 10 o'clock, on Saturday
night, 21st inst., in a large seven story
building near the corner of Quarry and
Bread streets, owned and occupied by
Geo. L. Broom, as a sugar refinery. Af
ter the fire had been raging for several
hours the southern Ivan fell, crushing in
l its fall an adjoining building, occupied
for storing and working malt, attached
to Newlin's brewery. This disastrous
event, caused the wall of the malt house
to fall into Bread street, where the Re
liance and Fairmount Engine comps
vies were at work, by which both the
Engines and the members were coin
' pletely overwhelmed.—Under the fal
ling mass a number of individuals were
buried. Some ten or twelve were hurt
very severely, and two, Andrew Butler
and Charles H. Hines, survived their in
juries but a short time. Mr. Newlin's
loss is estimated at from twenty-five to
thirty thousand dollars, which is cover
ed by insurance. The loss of Mr. Broom
is said to be $140,000, about one fifth
of which only is covered by insurance.
ri—The Albany Evening Journal says:
Those who have the best opportuni
ty for learning Gen. TAYLOR'S senti
ments—say that lie was opposed to the
annexation of Texas. We are assured
by gentlemen who were much with Gen.
TAYLOR, (one of whom is not a Whig,)
during the discussion of the Wilmot
Proviso, that he openly, frankly, and
freely announced himself opposed to any
extension of Slave Territory. And such
we believe to be the fact."
By- The Shunk papers are filled with
attacks upon Gen. Irvin, headed gener
ally somewhat in this style : " Gen Irvin
opposed to poor white men voting"—
"father of the Bankrupt law ;"—&c &c.
They perhaps think they are making
votes for Shunk by such stuff, but time
will show. They certainly neglect the
advice of the poet, who says :
" If you would have your tales thought true,
Alvreys keep probability in view."
EARLY CORN.—The editor of the Kent
News has been presented with a sample
of meal ground from new corn gathered
on the 11th inst. The news says :
This is not a dwarfish corn but grows
to a respectable size—the grain is flinty,
and is desirable for bread. It is fine for
replanting and does not mix readily
with other corn. That recently gather
ed, grew upon land that has been culti
vated in corn for the last fifteen years
without intermission.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY. -By an article
in the Lycoming Gazette, it appears
that %% m. F'. Packer, Esq., was elected
as a representative to the General As
sembly of this State last fall, but that
B. F. Pauling, Esq., was returned and
served the entire session. This seems
to have been the result of most repre
hensible carelessness on the part of the
return judges.
HARRISBURG, August 23, 1841.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock,
a most distressing accident occurred,
which resulted fatally to one, and may
prove equally so to others in this unfor
tunate catastrophe.
It appears that a very honest and res
pectable citizen, Mr. Christian Carver,
with his wife and daughter-in-law, while
returning from a funeral, the horse ran
off, broke the carriage to atoms, causing
the death of Mrs. Carver, and leaving
very little hope of the recovery of Mr.
Carver, or his daughter-in-law, who is a
very estimable young lady, and but re
cently married. Mr. Carver belongs to
New Market, Cumberland county.
n:7- The train of cars which left
Chambersburg on Saturday for Harris
burg, were thrown off the track by a
massive piece of Iron, weighing about
four hundred pounds—used for shifting
cars from one track to another—which
had been placed across the track by some
miscreant. The locomotive was dash
ed against a stone embankment and
shattered in stnall fragments, such was
the violence of the concussion. The
fireman and a young man named Alfred
Sponsler, of Carlisle, Pa., who was on
the locomotive with him, were hurt—
the former slightly—the latter so se
riously
that his life was despaired of.—
We trust that the fiend who placed the
obstruction on the track may be speed
ily discovered and receive a punishment
equal to his offence.
Politics of the Volunteers.
We make the following extract front
a letter published in the Norfolk Herald
from a distinguished officer in the Vir.
ginia Regiment and dated Buena Vista,
June 11, 1817.
"As I am now on politics, I will give
you an idea of the state of parties in
our own regiment :
Of the 13 Captains, 9 are Whigs.
Of the 39 Lieutenants, 28 are Whigs.
The Colonel and Major are Whigs,
and the Lieut. Col., although a Demo
crat, is an open advocate for " Old
Rough and Ready" for the next Presi
dency. Two-thirds of the rank and file
of the regiment are also Whigs. Gen.
Wool, who is now in command of our
division, is a %% hig, as also a large ma
; jority of the officers in the North Caro
lina and Mississippi regiments, and I am
satisfied that if an election was to take
I place in our camp to-day on political
grounds, that we could show you a
"Bethel" if not an "Old Trap *" major
; ity. After this statement of facts, I
think you will agree with me, that the
Whigs have a curious way of affording
" aid and comfort to the enemy." Santa
jAnna, I am certain, thinks so; and I am
sure he would rather receive such aid
and comfort as his friend James K. Polk
; afforded him, than any he has ever re•
ceived from Taylor, Scott, Wool, &c.
* "Old Trap," in 1840 gave for liar
: rison, 490—V. Buren, 00. -
NE \V YORK, August 25—P. M.
DREADFUL SHIPWRECK—LOSS OF SHIP
MAMLOUK-41 LIVES LOST.—The new
ship Mamlouk, from New York bouuid
to Liverpool, was struck by a squall on
the 15th, when about 500 miles from
Sandy Hook. Her house was carried
away—the hatches forced, and she soon
became entirely crippled and water
logged. Thirty-four steerage passen
gers and seven of the crew were lost.—
The rest—consisting of one steerage
passenger, sixteen of the officers and
crew, and four cabin passengers—were
saved and brought into New York this
morning by the brig Belize. The ship
and cargo were fully insured in New
York, Philadelphia and New Bedford.
INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY.—We copy the
following from J. Thompson's Bank
Note Reporter :
" The Lehigh County Bank had an
Individual Liability charter. M. Y.
Beach owned this Bank. Now we (J.
Thompson) have $lOOO of Lehigh Coun
ty money, and we will give the half of it
to any responsible lawyer who will col
lect the other half by virtue of the indi
vidual liability clause of its charter.
The charter of the bank can be examin
ed at our office, 61 Wall street."
The seventh section of the Lehigh
County Bank charter reads as follows:
"The stockholders of the Lehigh
County Bunk shall be jointly liable to
the creditors of said Bank, in their indi
vidual capacity, for the amount of notes
issued."
‘ 4 HERE BE Taurus."—Thc New Or
leans National, in an article treating of
the consequences of this war with Mex
ico, says: _ .
The expenses of the Mexican war
are consuming every cent of revenue
that can be got into the Treasury. All
internal or national improvements are
suspended. No appropriations can be
made, because it will interfere with the
money wanted for the precious war.—
The arts of peace are all nought ; noth
ing has any value but engines of death,
powder, bomb-shells, and Major Gen
erals. Even the national docks, so
much needed by Government, are to be
suspended to husband the resources of
the Treasury to carry on the war. Hun
dreds of our worthy mechanics are to
be thrown out of employment and left
to starve because the money they should
receive for their labor upon works of
real utility is wanted to be wasted upon
favorites of the Government, in purcha
sing materials to carry on the war; and
such are the consequences of war; they
prey upon and ruin alike both conquer•
ed and conquerors."
TRIAL AND CONVICTION FOR MURDER.
—ln the Lancaster Quarter Sessions,
last week, John Hamilton was convict.
ed of the murder of Jacob Hunter, in
December Inst. The parties were both
colored, and resided in Marctic town-
ship.
PENNSYLVANIA IRON.—The various con
tracts made in Pennsylvania to furnish
iron pipe for the Boston Water Works,
amount in all to between seven and
eight thousand tons.
Ki-Col. Benton, it is reported, has
written to Washington demanding a
Court Martial for the vindication of his
son-in-law, Col. Fremont.—A Louisville
paper says that Col. Benton is preparing
for a terrific attack on the administra
tion next winter. In speaking of the
administration and the war his language
is very bitter.
A GOOD OLD WinG.---A correspondent
of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Register, wri
ting from Sullivan county, says : "On
Thursday last, John Van Hoozer, of this
county, who is one hundred and fourteen
years old, went one and a half miles to
the place of holding the election, and
voted the full Whig ticket. He has vo
ted at every Presidential election that
has been held in the United States. He
was a Whig in the Revolution, and is a
Whig now."