THE JOURNAL.
Huntingdon, foesday, November 9, 1847
An Apprentice Wahted.
A boy from the Country, between 11
add 16 years of age ; Who can reed and
write, ig *Anted at this office to learn
the Printing business. Application
should be made soon.
A SERMON will be preaChed to the
young men of Huntingdon and vicinity;
in the German Reformed Church; ou
Thursday, 25th inst., being the day
pointed by the Governors of Pennsylva
nia; tind also by GofertMrs of other
states; id be orbge'rv€d as a day of
thanksgiVinglind prayer. Services will
condniCtide at 6 o'clock in the evening.
The public in general and young men in
particular, are invited to attend.
ay-The loss to the couirty of Hunting
don by the late freshet, in the destruc
tion of Bridges, &c., is estimated at fif
teen thousand dollars.
ID— Our Birmingham friend, who sent
us the Poem headed " Death," is inform
ed that we can not insert it in our paper,
for ttl-o reasons. First, the author for
got to pay the postage, and secondly, it
is ae&mpanied by no name.
(r_;- - We have no fault to find with our
friend's itsf the Lebanon Courier for their
course daring the late campaign. But
since tkre common disaster, we think it
"migenerous" and unkind in them to
svritE down the original friends of Gen,
Irvin eis "old Hunkers." That's all,
FOREIGN NEWS.
The French steamer Philadelphia ar
rived at New York on the 17th ult. with
a few days later European advices.
Mercantile Failures in London continue
to be announced. In Spain Navarez tri
umphed, and a new Ministry had been
formed by the Queen. A great battle
had been fought in Africa between Ab
ell Ender and the troops of Morrocco, in
ithich the Emir lost 4000 men. The
troubles in Switzerland still continue.
11 ATER; —The steamship Caledonia ar
tited at Boston on the sth inst. bring
ing 23 days later netts. The pressure
hi the monetary affairs of England con
tinue enabated, and numerous additional
heavy failures have recently occurred.
The Royal Bank of Liverpool has been
compelled to suspend payment. Busi
ness of all kinds is at a stand without
any prospect of reaction. This state of
affairs has caused a still further decline
in the Grain and Flour market, wheat
and corn has receded from 2to 3s, per
quarter.
IRELAND.—We clip the following, in
regard to this ill-starred country from
the news:
"The prospects for Ireland during the
approaching winter are gloomy epough.
Famine in an aggravated form, has al
ready re-appeared, and the Queen's let
ter has been issued, commanding gener
al collections to be made in the church
establishment." .
rp-- The result of the election in New
York has perfectly astounded our Loco
foco friends. They look upon it as the
death-knell to their hopes of electing a
President next fall.
IVLifliin County.
The Whigs of Mifflin county held a
meeting in Lewistown on Tuesday even
ing of last week. Strong and decided
resolutions in favor of Gen. WINFIELD
SCOTT for President were adopted, and
William Brothers and Gco. Carney were
appointed Conferees, to meet those that
may be appointed from the other coun
ties of this Congressional district to se
lect a Delegate to the National Conven
tion. They were instructed by the
meeting to support D. Coors, Esq. for
said Delegate. Major M. Buoy was ap
pointed delegate to the State Conven
tion to be held in March next.
V- The " Globe" says that the opin
ion prevails here that the fortunes to be
made an the break in 1811, will not
equal those made icy 1838. That "re
mains to be seen," We have concluded
to " wait" awhile before expressing an
opinion in the premises. Perhaps it
would be as safe for our neighbor to do
THE WHIGS of Huntingdon county have
lost their Sheriff, owing to the shame
fkil conduct of some Whigs and the pi
ratical course of n 'neutral paper, which
proved to be the organ for the lower
order of Locofocos. The rest of the
Whig ticket is elected.—Juniata Sen.
rise!.
The Libel Suite.
. About ten days since the editor of the
" Huntingdon Globe," arrested and held
to bail the editors of the "Huntingdon'
Messenger" for personal charges against
him, published in their papers of Aug. 18
and Sept. Ist, which he alledged to be
libellous. No sooner had he done so,
however, than the Messenger men cross;
fired and arraigned the editor of the
Globe for having, through the columns
of his paper, committed similar offences
against them. Thus matters stood for
several days,during which time the cour
age of the respective publishers of the
above mentioned papers, began to evap
orate with astonishing rapidity. To op
; pear before a Judge and Jury to substan
tiate Any of the original matter which
appeared in either of the papers during
the past summer, wasa task from which
the parties respectively shrunk with the
utmost horror. They appeared to pos
sess at all times sufficient valor to pub
lish the vilest slanders agaiblit every
one whom either their malignity or in
terest prompted them to assail, but to
be invited to answer to a Court of Jus
tice for such publications, Was a contin
gency which they had fondly hoped
would not arise, and from which they
begged to be relieved. We will here
state that the Globe and Messenger are
the organs of the two Wings of the " un
terrified Democracy" of Huntingdon
county. The former belongs to the
Vegulars, who constitute the majority
of the party—the litter to the lower
order of Locofocos, who, Swiss like,
fight tor pay s and who offer themselves'
to the highest bidder at each successive
election. Promine,t among the !cadets
of the last Mentioned faction, stands a
man of great "weight," educated in the
science of war, who plays the important
part of General- larner-in-Chief for his
faction, and who has as his aid a young
man, of great "personal popularity," ad
mirably suited to do the bidding of his
superior, being generally conceived to
be what is commonly termed a little
soft. Well, the leaders of these two
factions, seeing that their organ grinders
were about to get themselves into serious
difficulties, and knowing that neither
possessed sufficient Character for truth
1
I to see them safe through a Court of Jus
tice, simultaneously proposed an armis
tice, for the purpose of trying to arrange
all the matters in dispute, and agreeing
on terms of an "honorable peace." The
editors in question being by this time
ripe for settlement, the terms of with
drawing the suits were soon agreed upon,
as follows: Ist. A public recantation of
the offensive matter published respec
tively. '2d. Each party to pay their own
costs ! Accordingly, after " mutual con
cessions" and many tears of repentance,
the valiant editors of the Globe and
Messenger came out through their pa-
pars of last week apologizing for their
previous naughty conduct towards each
other, and regreting that any difficulty
should ever have occurred between them.
Oh dear !
Thus ended the terrible onslaught be•
tween the Locofoco editors of Hunting
don; and thus, too, are their pretentions
to truth overthrown by themselves. The
community are now happily made aware
of the reliance that should be placed on
the naked assertions of either of these
papers. %I hen rogues fall out, &c,
Postage,
The Hollidaysburg Register makes
the following just remarks in regard to
the change made last winter on the sub.
jest of newspaper postage. The coml.
try Press should speak out on the sub
ject generally :
"Congress will soon assemble, and
among the first acts they pass should be
one restoring the free circulation of
'newspapers through the mail, to offices
within 30 miles of the place of publica
tion. The provision imposing the tax,
we are disposed to believe was got
through Congress last winter mainly
through the influence of City Publishers,
who saw in it a deadly thrust at the in
terests of the Country Papers and a
corresponding advantage to themselves.
But however this may be, we think the
Country Press and the country people
should now speak out in regard to the'
matter. If they do so in the proper, spir
it they will be heeded. For our part we
are prepared to say we will support the
election or the re-election of no man to
Congress who will not pledge himself to
favor the repeal of the unjust provision
in question. Let this stand be taken
by the Press, and let thepeople hold a
few public meetings in different sections
of the country, and express their dissat
isfaction with the act of last winter, and
it will be promptly repealed."
D- There has been no change in the
markets since our last, worthy of note.
Flour and grain has experienced a slight
decline during the trcek.
Day of Thanksgiving.
Proclamations have been issued by
the Governors of eleven states, recom-
mending Thursday the 25th inst. to be
observed as a day of thanksgiving,
prayer and praise. We doubt not says
the North American, the recommenda
tion will be responded to with interest
and pleasure by the mass of the people.
It is a becoming tribute to the Author
of our manifold mercies. The year has
been crowned with a rich profusion of
blessings: Our garners are filled with
plenty, and our "presses burst forth
with new wine." We have received
the early and latter rain, and the fruits
of the earth have been gathered in abun
dance for the sustenance of man and
beast. Industry and enterprise have
received their reward, and the bustle of
business in nearly all the departments
, of useful labor evinces the general pros
perity which is enjoyed. We have no
starving population who totter about
seeking a morsel of bread, In some
limited sections the pestilence has rat ,
aged; but as a general thing, health has
prevailed in our borders. The institu
tions of learning and religion are advan
cing—the principles of Temperance are
gaining ground; differences of opinion
are ceasing to provoke personal hostil;
ity i and the people although they dis
agree on sotto points, as intelligent free
men, always will have the interests of
their common country deeply at heart.
True, we are involved in what we re
gard as a needless, and unfortunate
war ; but we trust better counsels will
at length prevail, and that we thay be
rescued from a sanguinary contest in
which We should never have been en
gaged if a wise and discreet policy had
been adopted. Abating this, we have
abundant cause for gratitude, thanks
. giving and joy.
It will be a spectacle of sublime inter
est to see the millions of this land, dis
tinguished above all others for general
intelligence, happiness and prosperity,
bringing their thankful offerings to the
Author of their mercies. We t rust the
day will be observed in a manner that
will prove we prize the blessings bf
Providence, and the festering tare
which has been PO signally ititthifeSted
to us. Noisy mirth and guilty excess.
es are not the things appropriate to
such a day; but rather a greatful re
view of the past, gifts to the needy, and
an earnest desire and purpose to regu
late our lives in future according to the
obligations imposed upon us by Him
"from whom cometh every good and
perfect gift."
Judge Burrell's Case.•
The Supreme Court have given their
opinion in the case of the Writ Pro War
rrintO, issued at the instance of E. Cow
an, Esq., against Jeremiah M. Surfell,
acting Judge of the 10th judicial dis
trict, appointed and commissioned by
Gov. Shunk after his rejection by the
Senate. The writ was quashed i on the
ground that no person could question an
appointment of the Governor but the
Attorney General, and inasmuch as he
has not seen proper to question the va
lidity of this appointment, the procedure
is irregular and must be dismissed.
Judge COULTER dissented from the
opinion of the Court ; declaring that the
act of the Legislature fully authorized
the Court to sustain the writ before it.
The Constitution of Pennsylirania
says that Judges shall be appointed by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate,
Mr. Burrell was notninated by the
Governor rejected by the Senate, and in
violation of the Constitution now exer
cises the office of President Judge of the
Tenth District. By the present decis
ion of the Supreme Court no Man may
question his right to do so, except the
Attorney General. This places the Ju
diciary in subserviency to the Execu=
—tive makes his appointments absolute,
and takes from the Senate its constitu
tional voice in the same.
The Pittsburg americatg says: "The
Court, by their shuffling course—their
forced construction of the la* , by tvhich
they have wrenched it from its true
meaning, and opened the door to wild
and broad confusion, have not only en•
dangered the safety of the State, but
have brought ruin upon the very object
of their care. Burrell's confirmation is
now out of the question, and the Court
'has brought on the issue between the
people and their temporary servant."
'The Senate will not, under the circum
, stances, cannot confirm the nomination.
By its subservient decision the Court
may succeed in keeping a large and
populous district in a state of insecuri
ty, feverishness and doubt, but have ad
ded nothing to the brightness or purity
' of the erinine."—Pa, Intelligent:cr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
Gen. Scott may be regarded says the
Pittsburg American, as the first Amer
ican
General who ever commanded a I
well appointed army—the first army of
Americans whose feelings were merged
into nationality. In the war of the rev
olution those who fought were mainly
American born, but a large proportion
of even the commanding Generals were
foreigners, giving the army a mixed
chatacter and at no time *ell appointed
or provided. ld the war nf 1812 this
was partly and only partly rernotred:
The Army was Americans and cohithan
ded by American officers, but inade
quately armed and appointed and un
practiced in discipline and largely de
pendent upon hasty musters of Militia.
The thirty years of peace had swept
frotn the arena, the heros of the revolu
tion and the baton of command had to be
given to rrew and untried men, who
*ho were to command but half discip
lined troops, to whom twehty years of
an orgatiized government was insuffi
cient to give the pride and prestige of
nationality. But now all this is chang
ed. We begin to feel ourselves an old
nation. Our experiment of government
has fully succeeded. We are identified
as one people whose power and strength
every one feels, giving assurances that
he belongs to a Nation, with distinct
and durable institutions and a name that
in itself insures respect—that he is a
partner of an old, successful and sub
stantial firm with all the menus at con-
trol to support the credit of their house.
This fact has placed Gen: Scott upon a
par in advantages with all the best Eu
ropean Generals. Hotv far he has ex;
deeded the most of them, his own ac
tions sufficiently tell. Napoleons Mar
shalls, with 300,000 men were driven
out of Spain, with one entire division
captured by the guerrillas—by the very
men who were afterwards driven out of
Mexico by the very people over whom
Scott has triumphed against such al
most immeasurable odds, and whose
Capitol, with a handful of troops, he now
holds as quietly as he holds the spoon
he Sups bit "sbup' 4 tvithi Who is
there now Will dare to my stop to the
Conqueror against such odds as he has
been compelled to fight withl. Where
is now the jeers of the administration
presses, about those light and playful
letters written to men whom the future
conqueror of Mexico held in scorn and
contempt'! We hear not of them. The
cannon of so many victorious fields have
put these to an eternal silence:
THE CORN CROP.—It is estimated thatl
the corn crop of the present season will
exceed 500,000 ; 000 bushels—gin amount
greatly exceeding that of any preVoius
year. The talue of this snide is bet
ter understood in England than ever it
was before ; owing to the extensii'e in
troduction and use during the late scar
city; and there will doubtles be a con
tinued demand for the article in consid
erable quantities,
It becomes a matter of much impor
tance that farmers should take a special
pains in preparing their corn for market.
Last season a great deal of fault was
found, because the corn was not, in itto
my eases, properly dried Mid freed frotn
impurities. The foreign matter injured
both its appearance and ilator ; and im
mense quantities, from not being well
dried, became heated and ruined on the
passage. The loss experienced from
shipping this grain in bulk is also com
plained of; and ; the coming season,
shippers and buyers on the other side
will be very particular. It will be Well
for our agriculturists to bear these facts
in mind,--Lan. Examiner.
Oz The New York Herald learns that
the Secretary of ttfte has entrusted to
an eminent citizen of Pennsylvania,
who has lately set out on a tour to Eu
rope, the pleasing office of assuring his
Holiness Pius the Ninth ; of the warm
sympathy of our government find people
in his present liberal and well directed
efforts for the amelioration of Italy:
We understand that the novel dipio
matic appointment above alluded to, was
conferred upon the Hon. JANES COOPER
DEATH OF A SENATOR -The Hon. J.
W, Huntington, Whig U. S. Senator
from CotirreCtiCut, died at his residence
at New Haven on the 2d inst., of a bil
ious attack.
Nativeism is growing “small by
degrees and beautifully less." The
Native vote for Governor this year is
11,207. Last fall, for Canal Commis
sioner, it was 25,438. A falling oft of
more than one half. Nativeism will
soon be defunct in this State, as it is
already in New York.
BENNINGTON RAILROAD.—The Holli
daysburg papers of last week announce
the commencement of the construction
of the Bennington Railroad. The Whig
says:
_ _
" The first ground of this road was
broken on Saturday last, by Gen. Z. G.
Brown, and on yesterday morning a
force f some thirty laborers were pla
ced thereon, thus commencing the work
in good earnest. This improvement
will cross Allegheny street near the res
iddnet of James Bell, Esq., and will in
tersect the Canal a short distance out
side the Borough line, Messrs. Feister,
Reeve er Co. are the Contractors for three
Miles of this Road—T,/07.4as McCloskey
to deliver the timber for the whole route,
It will be completed by the first of May
next.
FATAL ACCIDRNT.—We learh frOm the
Hollidaysburg Standard that a Man by
the name of George Seybert met with
a fatal accident on the railroad, near
the foot of Plane 10, on Wednesday af
ternoon last. He was bringing a train
of cars down, which ran off the track,
and he was thrown under them and so
severely injured that he died on the next
day. He has left a wife and four chil
dren in Hollidaysburg to mourn their
sudden and irreparable loss.
ARRIVAL OF THREE DOZEN SCOIiNbRiLS.
—The New Orleans Picayune says :
"Captain Winter, of the Second Mimi
cipality police, received a letter a few
days since from Major Thomas B. East;
land, U. S. Quartermaster at Brazos
Santiago, informing him that he had
just shipped for that port, by the brig
Crusoe, thirty-six fellows formerly be
longing to the army or hanging upon its
skirts, whom he is directed by Gen.
Taylor to send out of the country.—
They are the hardest sort of chaps,
many of them belhg up to all snrts of
rascality. Among the charges which
bait been preferred against them are
murder, theft,desertion and other crimes.
Maj, Eastland writes that "there are
a few more left of the same sort," whom
he will send as soon as he can find trans
portation for them. There are three fe
males among the number charged with
evil conduct, named Harriet Brady,
Mary Fitzpatrick and Mrs. McKnight."
NOT SO READY.—The Governor of Al
abama has been Obliged to make a sec-
Mid call upon ihh war patriots of that
State tb make up the battalion of Voluti4
tilers required of that State for the Ivar.
The Locofoco war advocates of Arkan
sas are in the same predicament. They
are not quite ready to go. The Whig
States of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes
see, promptly responded to the requisi
tion of the President.—Pa. Telegraph.
WAR.—John Randolph in 1806 thus
spoltel—l declare in the face of the day
that this goVerntnent was net instituted
for the purpose of oftensiVe
it was framed (to use its own language)
fbr the common defence and general wel
fare, which arc inconsistent with offen
site war. I call that offensive war
which goes out of our litnits and juris
diction for the attainment of objects not
within those limits and that jurisdiction.
THE FRUITS OF WAR.—We learn from
the Syracuse papers that Capt. G. K
Smith, of that place who was killed in
the battle of King's Mills, has left a
wife and three children, who are thrown
into the deepest affliction. Mrs. S. is a
perfect maniac and refuses to believe
that her husband is dead.
A COMPLIMENT.-A number of the cit
izens of Philadelphia gave the Hon.
James Cooper a complimentary dinner
last week, on the eve of his departure
for Europe.
Oz!rThe trial of Lieut. Col: FREMONT
before a Court Martial an the charges
preferred against him by Gen: Kearney;
is now in progress hi Washington City.
The trial excites a gdod tleal of interest.
Eg'JAMtS PEACOCK, Esq., for a long
time the efficient Postmaster at Hairis
burg, has been removed, and J. G. M'-
KINLEY, of the "Union," appointed in
his place. 'The offence of Mr. Peacock
is understood to be his having pdfticipn
ted in the Democratic Taylor meeting
held in Harrisburg some weeks since.
FILE BITE FILE.— A Yankee Who has
invented a new kind of iete-letter ink,
and which he has been stilling as a
sure safeguard against all actions for
breaches of marriage promise, inasmuch
as it entirely fades from the paper iW tsVo
months Iron date; seas recently most
awfully done brown by a brother down
easter, who purchased a hundred boxes
of the article; gibing him therefore his
able at ninety days; At the expiration
of the time the ink inventor called for
payment, but on unfolding the scrip
I found nothing but a piece of blank pa
; per ! The note had been 'written with his
own ink !
A man by the name of Callahan sold
his wife in St. Louis, on the 20th ult.,
to James Mid, for fifty dollars.
" THAT SAME OLD CUth\
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ALL HAIL NEW YORK !
Whig Majority in the State from
20,000 TO 50,000't
POLK AND HIS MINIONS UTTERI
LY PROSTRATED!
On Tuesday last an election was held
throughout the State of New York for
Lieutehant Gol , ernor, Comptroller, and
other State officers; and Members f the
Senate and Legislature. The result is
a glorious triumph for Whig principles:
The returns as far as received, exhibit
unexpected Whig gains, and leaves no
doubt that the Whigs have swept the
State by unprecedented majorities.
New York city gives Hamilton Fish
the Whig candidate for Lieut. Governor
3500 majority over his opponent Nathan
Dayton. At the last election the Loco
fodomajbrity in the city was 2,563.
_ .
The returns from the counties
exhibit proportionate Whig gains.
lard Filmore, the Whig candidate foi
Comptroller, run largely ahead of his
party ticket in the ihterior.
The N. Y. Tribune sums urthe result
thus: "We believe the Whigs havci
carried three-fourths of both houses, and
elected every rhati oh their State ticket
by 20,000 tb 50,000 majority. We think
Mr. Fillmore's majority can hardly fall
short of 50,000."
ten thousand cheers for the Whigs of
New York ! They deserve the thanks
of their brethren everywhere.
The North American of last evening
contains the following additional news
from the New York Election :
Ftsu i for Lieut. Gov. is ahead about
27,000, There are 26 Whigs and 6 Lo
cos elected to the Senate, and 91 Whigs
and 22 Locos to the House. The Sen
ate will have about 20 Whig majority
and in the House 65 to 78 majority.--
We have no returns for which, as yet,
to estimate Mr. FILLMORE'S majority ex
cept the vague estimate of the Tribune,
" short of a million,"
The result of this election, remarks
a cotemporary, Was looked to with more
than usual interest, as probably influen
cing to a great degree the next Presi
dential Election and the future prospects
of both parties: A direct and positive
issue was made I:lttveen the two parties
on the question of new Slave Territory..
The Whig Coni , ention unanimously re-*
solved In favor of the Wilmot Proviso,
while the Locofoco Convention, on the
other hand; refused to adopt a similar
resolution. The Anti-Slavery-Exten-•
sion portion of the Democratic party,
with JOHN r r AN .uURE.N, Mr. CAMBRELENGi
and other leaders, immediately called
another "Democratic State Convention,"
and with a devotion to principle and au
integrity of purpose, that does honor to ,
the head and heart, denounced and re
pudiated the Pro-Slavery action of the
Locofoco Convention, and resolved not
to recognize its nominations. The result
is before the country, and a glorious one
it is:
Nt.* JERSEY.—Returns of the elec. -
tion in New Jersey on Tuesday last,
give fhe' Whigs a large majority in both
branches of the Legislature. Owing,
howeVer, to the personal unpopularity
of the Whig candidate for Governor, he
is defeated by a de'c'ided majority.
CASSIUS M..Ctir.-- , --When Capt. Hen ,
ry made his escape, and the Mexican
commander ; excited by the event, gave
orders for the massacre of the Amer--
leans, Capt. Clay exclaimed : " Kill the
officers—spare the soldiers !" A Mex
ican Mak* ran to him, presenting to
cockdd pistol to his breast. He stile
exclaimed: "Kill me—kill the officers,.
but spare the men—they are innocent
Who but C. M. Clay, with a loaded pis
tol to his heart, and in the hand of an
enraged enemy, would have shown suck
magnanimous self-devotion ?
DELIBERATE SUICIDE.-A man delib.
erately laid his neck upon the rail of
the New Bedford railroad, near Myr
ick's on Tuesday evening, and the train
passed over him, severing his head front ,
his body.