THE JOURNAL.
Huntingdon, Tuesday, February 22. 1848.
ID- We invite attention to an article
on first page, from the "Lutheran Ob
server" on the subject of the war.
Business in Huntingdon.
That Huntingdon will soon become an
important town in a Business point of
view, is no longer a matter of doubt.—
And we would suggest to the business
men already here that if they wish to
keep pace with the times, and compete
successfully with those who will and
doubtedly locate among us in a short
time, they must adopt the sure, and ne•
ver•failing road to wealth, viz : ADVER
TISE. This will not only insure them
a continuance of present custom, but ,
cause an increase of business of which
they can have no just conception until
they make the experiment. For further
information on this subject, please call
at the office of the " Huntingdon Jour
nal."
GODEY'S LADY'S Bootc.—The March
No. of this unrivalled periodical is upon
our table. The contents are such as
to not only please the senses, but great- I
ly improve the taste. It is embellished
with seventeen engravings, including a
beautifully colored Fashion plate. We
commend this work to all who desire a I
bettintifill magazine, the pages of which
are stored with the most refined and el
egant literature and &so much useful
information. For $3 in advance sub
scribers will receive a copy of the La- I
dy's Book and the Lady's Dollar News-
paper for one year. Address L. A. Go
dey, No. 111 Chesnut street, Philadel
phia. We did not receive the February
No. Can the publisher supply the omis
sion I
"THE WHIG BUGLE."-C.• McCurdy, is laid on iron imported, high enough to
Esq., of the Pa. Intelligences, proposes protect us from the surplus product of
the foreign . manufacturers, our " occu
to publish a campaign paper with the
pation s gone ;"--for even with a reduc
above title at the low price of fifty cents
lion in the prices of the raw-material
per copy. The first numberto be issued
the first week in April, to continue week-
and of wages, it is doubtful whether
ly until after the Presidential election. many of the mills can continue to corn
'Pete with the English and Welch mane-
The Bugle will advocate the nomination
and lecturers. At the 'rate rail-road mills
of Gen. Taylor for the Presidency,
will doubtless be entirely worthy the have been and are being erected within
the two years pawed, (no thanks to the
support of those Whigs who favor that
Tariff of '46, but to the demand for Iron
gentleman's pretentious- As the claims
in Great Britain and the Continent, tin
of the other distinguished Whigs who .
have been named in connection with the til the recent depression there) the home
Presidency are to receive no considers-
competition would at once and always
keep prices down to a degree that only
lion at the hands of the Bugle, of course
a reasonable profit would inure to our
none but Taylor Whigs are expected to
manufacturers."
subscribe.
Too Dad
In our last we noticed the fact that a
petition from 16 Laborers on the J uniata'
canal who had been paid oft in Lewis
town money the very day that rotten'
concern closed its doors, had been pre
sented to the Legislature by Mr. Blair,
asking for relief. The petition was re-
forred to a committee, who have report
ecr against granting the prayer of the
petitioners. Thus these poor men, who
have been laboring for the Common
wealth in an inclement season of the
year, knee keep in mud and water, are
paid for their hard service in trash with
which they cannot buy one pound of
bread or meat for themselves and fami
lies! Is this not too bad to be tolerated 1
If the agents of the Commonwealth bor
rowed this money from the Bank in
good faith and paid it out after the bank
had closed, the Commonwealth, and not
the poor laborers, should be the loser.
And if the Super;isor paid out the mo
ney understandingly, as has been hinted,
the affair should be investigated, and
that officer brought to an account.
Or The announcement that a Whig
National Convention will assemble on
the 7th of June next in Independence
Hall, in the city of Philadelphia, has
called forth from our neighbor of the
Globe a burst of indignation, only equal
led by that to which old Zeke Polk, the
President's Grand-father, and his br3- I ID- The ‘N pigs of Philadelphia held
ther Tories, gave vent, when the Whigs a meeting on the evening of the 17th in
of 1776 met in the same Hall to declare stunt, to make preparations for the re
these colonies free and independent of ception of HENRY CLAY, who is expected
the Tyrannical rule then considered to visit that city in a few days.
"too grievous to be borne." The effect I FROZEN To DEATH.—John Chilcote,
produced will no doubt bear as striking citizen of Union township, in this
a similarity as the occasions which have county, was frozen to death a short time
called forth these indignant displays. ; since, while on his way from Jackstown
OD' . BEDFORD county has appointed to his place of residence. The deceas-
Col. Jos. Ottinger and A. L,Russel,Esq., ed, we understand, was very much in
delegates to the Whig State Convention. toxicated, and night overtaking him, he
Resolutions is favor of Gen. Taylor for lay down and thus perished before he
the Pre,ideney were adopted. was discovered.
TOR TARIFF OF '46—THE PROSPECT.
The ruinous effects of the Free Trade
policy which the present Locofoco Ad
ministration has adopted, are beginning
to be felt in every part of the country.
The industrial enterprizes which sprung
up and flourished under the genial influ
ence of the American Tariff of 1842,
begin to droop and will eventually per
ish under the baneful influence of the
British protecting policy which has
bean adopted in its stead. The Miner's
Journal, well posted up in these matters,
I •
says agriculture, though not exactly
prostrate, will soon weaken ; flour, six
months hence, under ordinary circum
stances, will not be worth $5 per barrel.
Commerce is weak—freights are even
now low enough, and decreasing. Man
ufacturers are so sufficiently crippled
that nothing remains but a reduction of
wages of twenty-five per cent., or im
mediate suspension of operations ; and
the same may be said of mining, In the
East especially every kind of manufac
tures is prostrate—failures are daily
occurring, and the factories being closed
I- —and those that still continue are ma-
king arrangements to curtail their busi
' ness and reduce the wages of the oper
atives, to save themselves from ruin.—
Some of the most powerful companies
at Lbwell have lost, within the last six
months, the entire profits of the previous
year—and a general movement is now
on foot to save themselves from the
I threatened wreck.
In Iron manufactures there appears to
be little encouragement. One of the
most intelligent gentlemen in this State,
of great practical experience in that bu
siness, casually observes in a recent let
' ter to one of the editors: " We are al
ready feeling the "blessed effects" of
that Tariff Railroad Iron is now offer
ed by the Agent of the English manu
facturers, deliverable at New York, at a
price less than it costs us to make it,
at the present wages and cost of the
raw-material ; and unless a specific duty
A subscriber would like to know, (if
it is not a private matter,) by what au
thority J. Smyth Read became part and
parcel of a certain Conferee meeting
that met in Hollidaysburg on Tuesday
the 15th instantl * * *
Sr. Reed undoubtedly acted without
any authority. The Whig County Con
vention of this county appointed no Sen
atorial Conferees, but unanimously adop
ted a resolution in favor of A. King, Esq.,
as the Senatorial delegate. And we
look upon the Conferee meeting held at
Hollidaysburg on the 15th inst., as ex
pressing the views of Blair county alone.
The question, therefore stands thus—
Huntingdon for A. King, Esq., and Blair
for N. Hewitt, Esq. Bedford county has
the casting vote, and can decide between
us, and we hope will do so. And while
upon this subject, we would respectfully
ask by what authority does the County
Committee of Blair county assume to
call Senatorial Conferee meetings at
Hollidaysburg 'I Is that to be the fa
vored place for these meetings until the
Blair County Committee may see proper
to decide differently-.
[l:7.- The friends of HENRY CLAY held
a Mass meeting in New York city on the
17th instant. Fifteen thousand persons
were present, and strong resolutions,
urging the nomination of Henry Clay as
a candidate for the Presidency, adopted
by acclamation.
POLK AND SANTA ANNA. FOREIGN NEWS. FROM II AR RISBUR G. I FROM 'WASh INGTON.
as long as Santa .Enna is in the field,' The Hibernia has arrived bringing one _ _
The bill which we published some' Correspondence of the Philadelphia . In ,
no matter whether with a small or rge! week's later news from Europe.
army, peace is out of' the question •; for, time since, to prevent the hunting of quire'r.
The monetary affairs of England have
though he may not be a match for our
Generals, he is more than enough for assumed a more favorable aspect. The doer with dogs and the destruction of I Wssnitswrost i Feb. 14, 1848.
Mr. Thompson, of your delegation ;
Bank has reduced its minimum rate of Pike in certain seasons of the
any Mexican that may venture to tread y ear, in I endeavored to signalize his devotion ta
interest to 4 per ce
nt. and this hns giv- , Huntingdon county, after being amend- li •
! Hs party and its Mexican war, by pro ,
on his path. He is the ablest Mexican, en more stability to , cotton although ledsoas to extend its provisions to Dap- posing a resolution to-day, upon which
without a doubt, and would have been money is still stringent enough to ke - ep
an extraordinary man in any country.— down all speculative demand, and dull-' phin, Mifflin, Luzerne, Carbon, and Elk he moved the " previous question," for'
No peace, to which he is not a party, can
last a day after the withdrawal of our ness in the manufacturing districts ren- counties, passed the House on the 11th the purpose of rescinding the resolution
heretofore offered by Mr. Ashmun, and
ders sales comparatively light. Bread- instant. On the 15th inst., in the Hous
. passed by the House, condemning the
troops ; and no government . can stand
stuffs have further declined, with a very the chairman of the Comittee on Bank e- ; war as " unnecessarily and unconstitu
in Mexico unless he is a partisan.—Phil. limited demand, owing in part to the . ' made a report adverse to the applicatious tionally commenced by the President."'
Le4gcr. , fact that potatoes keep better this season
Mr. Thompson proposed that the House
The' above statement is true, every than the last, and in Ireland and some for re-charters of banks before it—for
should say this was " untrue," or in
word of it, and we commend it to the parts of England, they are the chief ar- the reason that as all of them have yet
serious consideration of the Locofocos tide of consumption. Provisions are a year or two to run, it is taking out of
otherback.
. d aids, e
n they
moved
ved should
t e i
a take i i t
IV ...
"rho aided in the election of Mr. Polk to n i lthout . change.. t. Iron is dull, and in the hands of oar successors that which Thompson resolution on the table y , and
the Presidency. Santa Anna is the i t e l it e ,ff rn f i e n r in , f ,sff ol e i s s . ricts workmen are stri- properly belongs to them. Nothing that this was done by a more decided major
grand impediment to a pence with Alex- In Ireland the disturbances continue, has yet occurred produced so much cx- ity than that which oritsinally affirmed
'co, and with Mr. Polk rests the respon- and outbreaks are frequent, in spite of citement. After a short discussion, the the resolution condemnatory of the war.
sibility of restoring that treacherous the rigorous course of policy, indicated report was re-committed. It is intend
it
will ' il not revoke
diminishbi: tlie Whigs
by the . government. On the
scoundrel to his country, and to the coin- continent, ed that a minority report will also be iota the degree of , their censure. by
one
, there is nothing of actual importance.—
mend of our enemies. When Locofocos The death of the French King seems to presented.
charge " aid and comfort" upon the ;be in anticipation, as it has been for The Committee on the Militia system
Whigs, let them remember Polk's ' , Ass some years. The influenza continues in the House have been instructed to
to Santa Anna, and then blush for the to spread on the continent. report a bill exempting School directors
modern Arnold they placed in the Pres-I ' Lancaster County. : and members of Fire Companies from
idential chair. In this fact, says the De- The W hig Convention assembled in militia duty •
troit Advertiser, " the American people Lancaster on Wednesday last, and nom- Ou the 15th inst. Mr. King read a big
may see what they owe to their Presi- inated Tues. E. FRANKLIN, Esq., as the in place authorizing the Auditor Gener
dent for his abuse of authority in send- Delegate to the National Convention al to re-settle the claims of William
ing Santa Anna to Mexico—what they , from that Congressiogal District. A res- , Stewart, of Huntingdon county.
owe to him and what they owe to the lotion was unanimously passed affirming No action has yet been taken by the
party that attempts to sustain and jos- HENRY CKA Y as the first choice of the, House on the Broad Top rail road bill.'
tify his conduct. The act was either Convention for the Piesideney. ' Numerous petitions have been present-
I
an atrocious crime or a monstrous blun- ed during the week by Messrs. Blair
der, and, whichever of the two it may and King in favor of the project.
have been, its consequences to our coun- I The Governor nominated Samuel A.'
try have been terrible, and they will con- Gilmore, to be President Judge for the
tinue to be terrible for a long time to district composed of Fayette, Washing
ton and Greene counties.
Hon. James Gwin has been nominated
for Associate Judge of Huntingdon coun,
come.
Such being the light in which even
the friends of the Administration now
regard the presence of Santa Anna in
Mexico, perhaps it is scarcely to be won
dered at that the President, in his des
peration, has, coward as he is, set at de
fiance the almost unanimous call of the
House of Representatives for an expo
sition of the extraordinary arrangement
by which the master-spirit of the Mex
ican war was passed into Vern Cruz."
THE WEATHER AND THE COMET.—One
of the meteorological reports published
in London, observes—" The present sea
son has hitherto been unusually mild,
more so than was anticipated ; but prob
ably not Ittore so than might be expect
ed from the approach of the Comet,
which is expected to appear in March,
1848, about the 10th. "If this occur,"
says Zadikel, " the month of February
will be extraordinary mild, and March
be less severe a great deal than is fore
told by the planets' aspects, and then
will the summer suffer the reaction, and
be excessively wet and stormy."
MR. NVILMOT AT HODIE.—The indefat
igable Davy has been appointed a Dele
gate to the Loco State Convention. If
he don't make the wool fly, we are mis
taken in the man. There is sport in
prospect, and the " harmonious democ
racy" will have a very stormy time of
it at Harrisburg, we humbly think. A
majority will undoubtedly declare a pre
ference for Mr. Buchanan, in the present
state of feeling in the interior, in spite
of the opposition of Mr. Wilmot, Mr.
Frazer, and Gen. Bowman.
BRING OUT THE 'YALLER RIVERS !'—The
campaign of '4B, says the Reading Jour
nal, promises to be even more exciting,
spirited, brilliant, glorious, and success-'
ful than the political tornado that swept
over the country in 1840. The Whigs
are ready and eager for the contest, and
everywhere manifest a settled determina
tion to move together in solid phalanx for
the nominees of the Whig National Ciin
vention. Bring out your 'Yaller Kivers,'
boys, and prepare for action. The
signs of the times are auspicious—
The skies nre bright, our hearth are light,
In thousands we'll again unite:
We'll sing our songs to old Whig tuner,
For still there's music in these .I:oons.'
Po I one end all,—Pull strong and steady
For CLAr or SCOTT or .Rouon and READY !,
Letter from Gen. Taylor.
The Daily News of Thursday last
says: '" e understand the commitee of
Invitation of the Whig Taylor Festival,
have recieved a letter frem Gen. TAX- Representative in Congress from the
ton, in reply to an invitation extended Westmoreland district of Pennsylvania
to the old Hero to be present. Its publi-, died at his residence in Greensburg last
cation, at the proper time, will strength- I Saturday.
en the hold the old General has en the SUICIDE IN MEXICO.-1t seems strange
Whigs of the city and county. Let it that among the battle fields of Mexico
any one should be disposed to self des.
suffice, for the present, that its general
; truction to get rid of Mc. Capt. Keneal
tone will bear us out in the position we
ly, of Col. Irwin's Ohio regiment, corn.
have long since taken and maintained, mitted suicide at Rio Frio by placing
as to the othordoxy of his political the hilt of his sword upon the ground
faith." and throwing himself upon the blade.—
FIRE.—The boarding shantee at Pi
per's darn was consumed by fire on'.
Thursday morning last.
SANTA ANNA AGAIN IN THE FIELD.-
The New Orleans Delta of the 4th re
ports that the Decatur, Captain Morrell,
arrived last night from Vera Cruz, hav
ing left there on the 24th ult. The on
ly item of news 'brought by her was a
report of Santa Anna having issued a
pronunciamento, calling for '20,000 men
&c., to continue the war. The report
was said to have been brought to Vera
Cruz by an express which arrived there
from the interior a few hours before the
Decatur sailed.
ARE LAWYERS DISORDERLY I—ln the ,
Judicial District, composed of the coun
ties f York and Adams, a case of im
peachment of the President Judge of
said district is pending in the Legisla
ture, and consequently a drain upon the
lawyers of the bar of York to repair to
Harrisburg to bear testimony against
the Judge ; in their absence, the follow
ing petition was gotten up, signed and
presented in the House on the 11th inst.
We the undersigned citizens of York
county, being convinced from the pres- '
ent peace and quietness of our town, of
the uselessness of all lawyers as a
body, do pray for the passage of a law,
to keep our lawyers in Harrisburg where
they now are, and we will ever pray,
&c."
The petition was referred to the Com•
mittee on the Judiciary.
Speech of Senator Niles
In course of some remarks by Senator
Niles a day or two ago, he said that the
government of Mexico desired peace on
terms not unreasonable—that now was
the time to make peace—that there was
no justifiication for prolonging the war,
and that hostilities ought to be brought
to a close. These we believe to be the
sentiments of a great majority of the
wise, the good and patriotic throughout
the land. War is a fearful, A deplorable
evil. Its cost in blood, and in demori
lization can scarcely be too highly esti
mated. In the language of the celebrated
Colton, 6, War is a game in which prin
ces seldom win—people never. To be
defended is almost as great an evil as to
be attacked ; and the pursued has often
found the shield of a protector an instru
ment not less oppressive than the sword
of an invader. Wars of opinion as they
have been the most destructive, are also
the most disgraceful of conflicts, being
appeals from right to might ; and from
argument to artillery; the fomenters of
them have considered the raw material
--MAN—to have been formed for no
worthier purposes than to fill up gazettes
at home with their names—and ditches
abroad with their bodies. But let us
hope that true philiosiphy, the joint off
spring of religion that is pure, and of
reason that is enlightened, will gradu
ally prepare a better order of things ;
when mankind will no longer be insulted
by seeing bad pens mended by good
swords, and weak heads exalted by
strong hands."—Phil. Inq.
Hon. Albert G. Marchand, formerly a
His body was permed entirely through,
and he died in a short time. Captain
K. has left a wife and children in Cincin
nati.
Mr. Johnston, Senate, from the Com
mittee on Education has reported a bill
authorizing the Directors of the Com
mon Schools in the city and county of
Philadelphia, and throughout the Com
monwealth, to refuse the admission of
pupils under the age of six years.
The supplement to the Pennsylvania
Railroad is still pending in the House.
The health of Gov. Skunk is such as
to enable him to attend to his official
duties. •
TAVERN LICENSES.
The House Commitee of Ways and
Means of our State Legislature have
roported a supplement to the several acts
relative to licensing inns and taverns.
We give the following digest of its
proposed provisions. Class No. 1, twen
ty Dollars to be paid per annum, where
the adjusted valuation of the yearly
rent of the house and property occupied
for such purposes shall not exceed 100
dollars.
Chum
2, rent (COs and not ex ceeding $l5O to poy $22,50
3, 150 200 23,00
4, 200 0 300 • 30.00
5, 360 0 400 35,50
6, 400 n 500 40,00
7, 500 II 600 45,00
8, 600 " 700 50,00
9, 700 " 800 55,00
10, 800 0 900 60,00
11, 900 0 1000 ' 65,00
12, 1000 " 1200 75.00
13, 1200 0 1400 85.00
14, 1400 0 1600 95,00
15, 1600 , 1600 105,00
16, 1800 n 2000 115.00
17, 2000 0 2500 140,00
18, 2500 0 3000 165,00
19, 3000 n 3500 100,00
20, 3500 0 4000 215,00
21, 4000 n 4500 240,00
22, 4500 " 5000 205,00
23, above $5OOO, to pay in all caves $265, and the
additional sun, of five per cent. on the yearly
rent above 05000.
These assesments are to be made un
der oath by the appraisers of mercan
tile taxes. The Clerks of Quarter Ses
sions are required to furnish appraisers
and the Auditor General with certified
lists of licenses granted from time to
time, and if the appraiser fails to per
form his duties, the Auditor General
is vested with the power of removal and
substitution.
INVENTION.
Mr. Thos. LYLE, an ingenious citizen
of Antes township, in this county, has re
cently returned from Washington City,
where he had been taking out a patent
for a machine for doubling, twisting and
reeling yarn. This machine does away
with the trouble attendant upon doubling
and twisting yarn on the "billet's," "jin
nys" and 'mules' arid performs the whole
work at one operation. By the present
mode it requires three operatives --two
to double and twist, and one to reel. By
Mr. Lyle's machine one hand, and a boy
or girl, does the work.
ANOTHER. -Mr. S. D BROD; of Mot*.
rison's Cove, in this county, is about
taking out a patent for a Brick-Making
Machine, which he feels confident, from
the operation of the model, will prove a
highly valuable invention. It makes
bricks with great rapidity, of first-rate
quality, and requires fewer hands and
less propelling power to work it, than
any other machine for the same purpose
now in use.—Hollidayshurg Register.
Correspondence of the Norristown Her-
d/d.
THE WAR MEXICO,
This is now the all-absorbing subject
in Congress, and out of it. Why should
this war be further prosecuted? This
question is on every tongue, and is easi
er asked than answered. The Presi
dent in his message of 1848 says that
"..gmerican blood" has been shed on
.4merican soil, arid that the Honor of
the nation requires that this shoild be
avenged. But supposing this to have
been so. Has it not been avenged 1--
Where are the Mexican armies who
committed so great an outrage t Have
they not been cut upl Scattered and
destroyed l Their officers slain in bat
tle— mode prisoners—or driven to the
mountains .—Their muniments of war
destroyed, or made to decorate as tro
phies our arsenals and public places 1—
Where is the Government which employ.
ed, or directed their soldiery to commit
such outragel They are driven from
their Capital---our military have overrun
their country—taken and ransacked
their principal cities and towns. Panic
stricken, the individuals who composed
that government have fled to their homes,
or to the mountains ; arid hate not the
means, or the courage to attempt further
resistance. No matter what the odds
against us, our flag has waited trium
phantly on every bottle field, city after
city, fortress after fortress, has yielded
to our victorious arms, until scarcely a
vestige of a government, or of an Firm).
is left to treat, or to contend with ! Ho§
not then the honor of the nation been
sufficiently vindicated 1 As a nation,
our enemy is prostrate at our feet. Yet
our President asks of Congress to give
him Thirty Thousand additional Troops,
so as to enable him to carry the war
into the viteg of the enemy ! ! What are
those vitals he wishes to reach 1 Is it
the hearth stone of innocent and unoffen•
ding citizens, to lay them under
contri
butiou 1 Would not this be robbery
?
Are the American people so blinded by
military glory—so lost to every sense
.
of justice, as to sanction such warfare,
by granting the supplies asked forl--
I I hope not.
THE LOAN BILL,
On the 17th instant the Loan Bill was
taken up in committee of the whole, in
the House.
Mr. Grinnell of Massachusetts, offer
ed an amendment that all words rela
ting to an agency should be struck out,
and that the expense for negotiating the
loan should not exceed fiil6,ooo. Car
ried without a division.
The bill offered as t substitute by Mr.
McKay, from the minority of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, to empow
er the President to issue Treasury notes
of $5O each to the amount of 16,000,-
000, was taken up, An amendMent to
this substitute, that the tariff act of
1846 be repealed, and all acts previously
in force be revoked, was lost. The vote
was then taken on Mr. DelcKay's substi
tute; it stood, yeas 104, nays 105, and
was lost by a majority of one. _ '
The substitute was then offered in a
new shape, but it was objected to by the
Speaker as informal. An appeal was
taken to this decision, but the Chair
was sustained by the same vote.
The committee then rose and report
ed the bill to the House as amended.—
The previous question was then called,
and the vote being put, it stood yeas 106,
noes 104, sustaining the call for the pre
vious question. The question being
upon the final passage of the bill, the
vote stood 192 yeas, 14 noes. Adjourned.
MR. BENTON.—Speculation is busy in
regard to the views of Mr. Benton on the
Mexican question.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun writes : There is rea
son to suppose they do not exactly cor
respond with those of Gen. Cass, and
that especially he is opposed to the whole
or none ! He intends to lash the 54 40
men in regard to Mexico, as he did those
of the Oregon question; but whether
with the same success is somewhat
doubtful. I should not be surprised to
see Mr. Benton come out with a mezzo
termino proposition ; but he owes the
country yet the unraveling of his great
scheme, by which he would have con
quered a peace before now, and planted
the stars and stripes on the snow-capped
summits of the Sierra Madre."