THE JOURNAL
fiuntlagdon, Tuesday, February 29 1848
la - Our thanks ere again due to Hous.
A. Stewart and J. Blanchard for favors,
Also, to D. Blair and A. King for don.
merits &c. from Harrisburg.
NATI' OF .Ma. ADAMS..- An account of
the illness and death of the illustrious
old Patriot and Statesman, Ex• President
ADAM!, will be found in another column.
His funeral was to take place on Satur ,
day last.
GLORIOUS NEWS!
The rumors which have been afloat
for some time past in regard to puce
have assumed it tangible shape, as will
be seen by reference to another column.
In the language of the Pa. Te'egraph,
Clem Scott has conquered a peace! Yes,
a peace in every sense of the term—a
peace for the nation, and a piece of Mex
ico. A peace, too, that, from what can
be learned, is acceptable to Mexico, and
must be to the United States, as its
terms are much niore favorable than
those offered by Mr. Teist. All honor,
then, to the brave—the scar-worn hero,
who has done so much for his country,
and extricated her from so many and so
gloomy difficulties! Who, new, will
dare deny to him the first place in the
affections of the people—or the merit of
their regard.
THE TAalrr,
The fond hopes of the Locofocos that
the defects and ruinous consequences of
the Tariff brought upon the country by
that " better Tariff man than Henry
Clay"—Jas. K. Polk, would not be seen
or seriously felt by the People previous
to the approaching Presidential canvass,
are likely to be sadly disappointed.—
The question, " Where is that ruin 1"
has ceased to be propounded by their
organs. They can no longer sport with
a question which has so much snd real
ity in it—and the answer to which may
be seen all around us. Every day al
most are we pained by the intelligence
of the stoppage of some manufacturing
establishment and the consequent loss
of employment to large numbers of poor
men, in consequence of the destroying
effect of the Polk and Walker Tariff of
1846. The foreign demand for our pro
duce which served for a short time to
prevent the people from feeling the
effects of the new policy has ceased to
exist. "The unnatural Condition of
things (rays the York Republican) caus
ed by the extravagant Rail-rand enter
prize• in Great Britain and the last year's
Famine in Europe having passed away,
the increased prices received for Bread
stuffs during its continuance can now
no longer be realized, and the legitimate
effects of the low duties levied under the
Tariff of 1846 are showing themselves,
and of course Pennsylvania is the first
to suffer under them in the injury done
to her Lon trade. These things must
continue to ripen; and the distresses of
the people twill again drive them to seek
succor from the policy of the Whigs,
which, as one of the fruits of the Har
rison triumph of 1840, under the whole
some provisions of the Tariff of 184'2.,
restored the interests of labor—encour
aged the industry of the country, and
brought back national prosperity by fill
ing the coffers of an empty Treasury to
repletion." And to this source will the
People again fly to restore the country
to its wonted prosperity and happiness.
Mn..CLAr.—A V ashington correspon-
dent of the New York Commercial says:
"It is very well understood here that
Mr. Clay is content with his present
high position, and that he has refused
to put himself or allow others to put
him in the position of a candidate for
the Presidency." That this may prove
to be true, is the almost unanimous de
sire of the IN higs in this section of
country.
ay- It is said that the special friends
of the President in the Senate, those who
are in favor of annexing the whole of
Mexico— Messrs. Cass, Allen, Houston,
dm., will oppose the Peace treaty.—
Should they defeat it, the country will
hold them to a fearful acro,,nt.
THE JOHNSTOWN News is the title of
a new 1% big paper just started at Johns•
town, Cumbria county, by W. Foster,
Esq. We hope the Whigs of Cambria
may extend the propCr kind of support
to theenterpri.to.
Gen. Scott's Suspension.
Gen. Scott's suspension is vigorously
denounced by the Picayune, as utterly
indefensible. It traces the unjust treat -
ment to the "insatiable vanity, the un
appeased appetite for distinction of the
same spirit which governed the pen of
Leonidas and Veritas. He avowed to
Gen. Scott his purpose of communica
ting with the secretary of War, not
through the channel dictated by military
rules, and for that he was arrested. We
were told two weeks ago that the blow
would be struck, and we were told whose
influence would do it."
"We have no partiallkies for Gen. Scott,
but it is affectation to deny that he has
proved hinmeii one of the great captains
Of the age. From the commencement
of his active opperations in the field—
from the landing at Vera Cruz to the
crowning glories of Chapultepec and the
gates of Helen and San Cosme, his deeds
have stamped him a consumate general.
The whole world is filled with the fame
of his late exploits, and every new arri
val from Europe brings us fresh tributes
to his great genius for the art of war.
That he should be suspended from his
command at the very moment of the
completion of his labors, we feel to be an
outrage. Every generous heart, we think
must sympathize with this feeling."
Ohio—Legislature Disorganized.
Fifteen of the seventeen Loco-Focos
in the Ohio Senate abandoned their
seats on Monday of week before last so
as to leave that body without a quorum
and incapable of doing business. The
excuse given for this is that the Whig
majority were about to pass an Appor
tionment bill which they denounce as
unfair, unequal, and even unconstitution
al, in that it divides the County of Ham ,
ilton into two Districts, one (Cincinnati)
electing a Senator and two Representa
tives and the other a Senator and three
Representatives. This they prefer to
break up the Legislature rather than
permit. The treasonable and revolu
tionary movements of the Locofoco party
should alarm every Patriot and friend
of his country. Has it come to this,
that minorities, in this republican gov
ernment, are to revolutionize and break
up every Legislative assembly where
the majority will not submit to their
wishes! The majority must govern,
and he who sets himself up to oppose
this principle of our government should
be looked upon as an enemy and traitor
to our institutions.
Since the above was in type we recei
ved the following, taken from the Ohio
State Journal:
THE QUESTION SETTLED—The ./Ippor•
tionment Bill Passed !—The Whigs of
the House have saved the State from
Revolution ! This morning that body
passed a resolution receding from its
amendments to the Apportionment Bill,
and it has become a law. The Locofoco
members of the HouSe were so Well
pleased at being relieved from their
awkward position, that not one vote was
given against the resolution to recede
from the House amendments!
re. Sergeant C. B. W ilson has our
thanks for files of Tobey's North Amer
ican printed in the city of Mexico
Among many good things which we
find in these papers, is the following,
which we copy to show our readers that
however bad a man Santa Anna tnay be,
he is not altogether devoid of gratitude:
[From the (Mexico) North American.]
4TH JULY IN MEXICO.—WC find in a
Southern paper, a report of a 4th July
spree in Mexico, at which nil the princi
pal American and Mexican officers join
ed hands and tipped tumblers. Among
other good things is a letter from Santa
Anna, excusing his non-attendance, and
closing with the following sentiment :
~ Jones K. Polk—The Exiles friend."
HENRY CLAY.—The reception of Hen
ry Clay, the great statesman of the
west, in the cities of Baltimore and Phil
adelphia, on Wednesday and Thursday
last, exceeded anything of the kind ever
witnessed in those cities. In the latter
place, the papers speak of the reception
as an unparalleled demonstration of
popular regard. bin Clay will remain
in Philadelphia about ten days, and will
then leave for Ashland by way of Pitts
burg.
SPECIAL ELECTION.—The Special elec
tion for member of Congress which took
plate in the Bucks and Lehigh district
on Wednesday last, to supply the vacan
cy occasioned by the death of Mr. Horn
beck, resulted in the election of Bridges,
Loco, by about 150 majority. Shank's
majority in the same district last fall
was 688, showing a Whig gain of more
than 500 votes attire the last election.
0:7 - Hon. J. J. Crittenden has been
nominated by the Whigs of Kentucky
for Governor. The country will regret
to lose his services in the National Court
vile.
Pao= WASIZINGTON
From the National inteiligeneer of the 21st Met.
Ex-President Adams--41 Touching
bisene.
Just after the Yeas sad Nays were
taken on a question, and the Speaker had
risen to put another question to the
House, a sudden cry was heard on the
left of the chair, "Mr. Adams is dying!"
Turning our eyes to the spot, we beheld
the venerable man in the act of falling
over the left arm of his chair, while his
right arm was extended, grasping his
desk for support. He would have drop
ped upon the floor, had he not been
caught in the arms of the member sit
ting next to him. A great sensation
was created in the House; members
from all quarters rushing from their
scats and gathering round the fallen
statesman, who was immediately lifted.
into the area in front of the Clerk's table.
The Speaker instantly suggested that
some gentleman move an adjournment,
which being promptly done, the House
adjourned.
A sofa was brought ; and Mr. Adams,
in a state of perfect helplessness, though
not of entire insensibility, was gently
laid upon it. The sofa was then taken
lip and borne out of the Hall into the
Rotunda, where it was set down, and
the members of both Houses and stran
gers, who were fast crowding around,
were with some difficulty repressed, I
and an open space cleared in its imme
diate vicinity but a medical gentleman,
a member of the House, (who was
prompt, active, and self-possessed du
ring the whole painful scene,) advised
that he be removed to the door of the
Rotunda opening on the east portico,
where a fresh wind was blowing. This
was done; but the air being chilly and
loaded with vapor, the sofa was, at the
suggestion of Mr. Winthrop, once more
taken up and removed to the Speaker's
apartment—the doors of which were
forthwith closed to all but professional
gentlemen, several of whom arrived in
succession as the news . spread into the
city
While lying in this apartment, Mr.
Adams partially recovered the use of
his speech, and observed, in faltering
accents, " This is the end of earth ;"
but quickly added, " I am composed."—
Members had by this time reached Mr:
A.'s abode with the melancholy Intelli
gence, and soon after Mrs. Adams and
his nephew and niece arrived and made
their way to the appalling scene. Mrs.
A. was deeply affected, and for some
moments quite prostrated by the sight
of her husband, now insensible, the pal
lor of death upon 'his countenance, and
those sad premonitories fast making
their appearance which fall with a chill
upon the heart.
In the Hall, meanwhile, a gloomy
pause occurred in the usual hum of
voices that fills it. Some members sat
in mute suspense ;others stood in groups,
and made or answered inquiries as to
the cause and the probable issue of the
attack; others hastened toward the
Speaker's room, to get. the latest intelli
gence of the sufferer's condition; while
many were busily engaged in writing
to their friends at home the alarming
news. A remark very frequently made
was,"Well, this is just what Mr. Adams
coul have wished • it is an appropriate
ending of his public career • he falls,
like a second Chatham, in ;he Senate
House."
Mr. Atkins, though for some months
very feeble, was, when he entered the
1611 in the morning, in his usual health,
and had but a few minutds before, deliv
ered his vote on a motion before the
House, in an unusually distinct and em
phatic manner. The attack was believ
ed, at first, to have been a fainting fit,
but this idea soon gave place to the ap
palling conviction that it was a recur
rence of paralysis, which has twice be
fore affected Mr. Adams, though in a
milder degree. Very slight hopes are
entertained of his recovery: Mr. A.
attained his 80th year in July lust.
DEATH O 1 MR. ADAMS,
The Pa. Intelligencer of Thursday
last says
This inorning it becoines our painful
duty to announce to our readers, that the
Sage of Quincy has fallen ! A Nation
mourns the loss of one of her purest and
best Patriots and Statesmen. The t•en
erable ex-President died at Washington,
on Wednesday, full of years and honors.
The grief of a Nation will hallow the
grave of one who has proved himself
her greatest and best benefactor, and
whose whole life has been spent in the
service of his country. Joux QUINcY
ADAMS is no more, but his memory will
be forever sacredly cherished in the
hearts of the American people. The
name of that great Philanthropist, pure
Patriot and eminent Statesman, will go
down to posterity, surrounded with a
halo of glory.
His death was announced in the Leg
islature yesterday morning. Appropri ,
ate resolutions were adopted, and both
hranches immediately adinurnecl.
E p The government at Washington,
has noticed the death of Mr. Adams
with the deference and respect which
are due to his memory. Business was
suspended in all the executive offices
during Thursday and Friday last, by
order of the President.
PEACE! PEACE!!
THE PROJECTED PEACE TREATY-CABINET
MEETING.
We learn from Washington that the
project of a Treaty of Peace, signed by
Mr. Trist as Commissioner on the part
of the U. S., and three Cenimissloners on
the part of Mexico, has been received by
the Execntive,and that immediately after
its arrival, a Cabinet meeting was held,
and the whole subject discussed. The Cab - -
inet is said to be divided—the President
and several members being in favor of
submitting the Treaty to the Senate, ant'
the others adverse to such a course.—
The treaty negotiation was conducted
by General Scott, Mr. Trist, Mr. M'ln
tosh and the Mexican Commissioners.—
The National Intelligencer says :
The substance of the Treaty is, as
we understand it, as follows :
First. Peace between the United States
and Mexico, and an Armistice between
the Military Commanders of the two
countries during such time as the Trea
ty shall be in suspense.
Secondly. Mexico agrees, in consider
ation, &c., that the boundary between
the United States and Mexico shall here
after be from the Sea up to the middle
of the Rio Grande to the boundary of
New Mexico, and thence in a line which
(with some digression) is to run west
(or nearly west) to the Pacific Ocean,
and strike a point south of the port of
San Dierro.
Thirdly. In consideration of this large
cession of Territory, the United States
are to pay to Mexico the sum of fifteen
Millions of Dollars, and to satisfy all
the just claims of citizens of the United
States against the Government of Mex
ico.
The Treaty is understood to contain
many provisions of detail ; but does not,
as we hear, include any provision, as
has been reported, for the maintenance
of a military force by the United States
for a certain time in Mexico.
The Treaty makes its appearance iri
a questionable form; being concluded
by Mr. Trist, as with powers, after
those powers had been withdrawn, or
intended to be withdrawn, by the Exec
utive. It is understood, however, that
the Treaty, such as it is, will be submit
ted by the President to the Senate for
its consideration. What will be its fate
in that body we will not undertake to
predict.
We ban at least rejoice at one thing;
that for the present there is a cessation
of hostilities in Mexico. May it be per
petual.
The Daily News of Friday last says:
"The Treaty of Peace was sent into the
Senate on . Wednesday ; and that body
inamediately wept into executive session.
The funeral ceremonies of Mr. Adams
will probably prevznt any action on it
for ft Lail , two. It is said, the Neil
' dent, and Mr. Buchanan, have given the
Treaty their full approval, so that the
prospect is daily becoming more bright
and cheering.
A Loan to the IV;exicah Geed*:
went•
The New Orleans Picayune of the
16th inst. says :
We understand that a nierchantile
house tif high tredii in this city has re
cleted a letter from its correspondent in
Mexico, stating that an agent of the
Rothschilds had loaned to the Govern
tnent at Queretaro $2,000,000 to sustain
itself till the ratification or rejection of
the Trist treaty by the United States
could be ascertained. The negotiation of
this loan was regarded as corroborating
the general impression that peace would
shortly be procured. The correspon
dent alluded to was of the impression
that Gen. Scott had been consulted be
fore the loan had been made, as it was
not deemed probable such a transaction
would have taken place unless the ne
gotiator on the part of the Rothschilds
had other assuraneee of peace being made
than those derived from rumor or the
speculations of parties who had no. con
cern in making the treaty.
DEATH OF MAJOR WEBSTER.—Mr. Frea•
ner, bearer of the peace treaty and des-
patches for our government, brings the
melancholy intelligence of the death of
Major EDWARD WEBSTER, of the Massa
chusetts Volunteers, and son of the Hon.
Daniel Webster. He died at St. Angel,
eight miles from Mexico, of typhoid
fever.
Fttom Mzxmo.—Among the late netts
from Mexico, we find the following
Orizaba was captured on the 26th ult.
One of the purposes of the expedition
was to capture Gen. Santa Anna at'Te
huacan: The wily Mexican, however ;
effected his escape through the treat'' ,
ery of one of his countrymen:
REJECTION OF PIOLLET.--" Independent,
the Washington correspondent of the
North ilmerican, announces that VICTOR
E. PIOLLET, of Bradford County in this
State, who became somewhat notorious
two years ago as a member of the Legis
lature, on account of his course respec
ting an alleged bribe tendered to hint
by the agents of the Lehigh County Bank
and who has since been nominated by
the President as a Paymaster in the
Army, has been almost unanimously re
jected by the Senate. A most righteous
judgement'!"
FROII HARRISBURG
We have the pleasure of announcing
to our readers that the Huntingdon and
Broad Top Railroad bill passed the
House on Friday last, despite the efforts
of a borer from Hollidaysburg to defeat
it. Mr. Blair had the bill so amended
as to render it acceptable to the Gover
nor. The Senate will concur in the
amendments, and the Governor will
doubtless sign the bill.
The Senate have passed a resolution
to adjourn sine die on the 21st of March.
It remains to be seen whether a demo
cratic House will respond to a move
ment which cannot fail to save the peo
ple thousands of dollars. it Will be re-
I membered that last year the session con
tinued but seventy-one days, and was
sufficiently long to enable the Legisla
ture to dispose of all legitimate busi
ness before them. By that session up
wards of twenty thousand dollars were
saved to the tax-payers. A loco loch
House can testify the sincerity of their
professions for the " dear people" by
concurring in the Senate tesolution.—
Will they do it I
An act to limit the hours of labor and
to prevent the employment in factories
of children under twelve years of age,
has passed the Senate.
The supplement to the Pennsylvania
Railroad, making it lawful for corpora
dens to subsetibe to the stock of the
road, is still under consideration in the
House. It meets with considerable op
position, but we presume it will pass
after its opponents have blo*ii bft their
spare wind,
A bill to prevent the pernicious prac
tice of Fortune Telling, us a profession,
has been introduced into the Legislature.
We hope it may puss.
The Governor has vetoed the Ocean
Telegraph company, which, says a cor
respondent, has created some fluttering
among the more reasonable democrats.
His objections are of a threefold charac
ter : first, because the Company would
interfere with "individual enterprise"—
. still harping on my daughter"—sec
ondly, because it might interfere with
Cave Johnson's mail arrangements—and
any interference with that department;
I apprehend, would be for the better.--
thirdiy, because we know titithihg both
paratively of electriciit and therefore
an incorporate company, if it should
chance to be Whig, might use: its ififlu
once to the disadvantage of the" toiling
millions:"
The Revenue ComniisSioners com
menced their session on the 18th inst.--
They have addressed circulars to prom
inent individuals in each county with
the view df obtaining information to
enable them to judge correctly the iis
seSs6d value of property in every part
of the Commonwealth.
The probabilities are against any
change of the banking system at this
session. The Legislature should adjoun
at an early day.
The Taylor Convention.
HARRISLURG, Feb. 22
The Taylor Convention assembled
here to day. James M. Porter was cho
sen as President. About fifty delegates
were present, mostly from Philadelphia.
An electoral ticket has been agreed
upon. Senatorial Delegates, Judge Bu
cher, of Harrisburg, and Judge Shaler,
of Pittsburg. First district, Thos. D.
Grover; second, Dr. J. K. Mitchell ;
third, James Peters; 4th, .1. Sidney Jones.
Among the others arc A. W. Smith, of
Berks ; Luther Kidder, of Luzerne ;
Judge Burnside, of Centre; Thos, C. Mil
ler, of Cumberland, &c.
A letter from General Taylor, dated
the 30th ult. to P. S. Smith, Was read.—
In it Gen. Taylor says that if the people
think fit to bring him before them for
the office of President, through their
Legislatures, Conventions, or in mass
meetings ; he cannot object to their des
ignating these bodies as Whig, Democrat
or Native ; but in being thus nominated,
he must insist on the condition, and on
this point his position is immutable ; that
he will not be brought forward as the
condidato of a party, or the exponent of
Its doctrines.— A". ../Imericam
More ituin,
We take the following from the Balti
more Sun, an administration paper.
Tut lao TaADE:—The extensive
house of Messrs. Murdock, Leatritt & Co.
who failed in New York a day or two
since, is the third in the Iron trade who
have met a similar fate. They were
agents for the Montour Works, in Penn
sylvania, and the Dower Works, in New
Jersey. The decline in Pig Iron, by the
introduction of foreign, has been $lO
per ton. And the same in railroad iron.
The New York Sun says some hundred
workmen will be thrown out of employ
ment by this calamity.
ID' The Canal Commissioners have
announced that the Main Line, from
Philadelphia to Pittsburg will be opened
for navigation on the 10th of March.
A CARD.
MR. CLARE :--In order that the inquilit
of your subscriber, made in your last
Week's paper, may receive a true ans
wer, and that any censure, (if any is de-
Served,) may not be misapplied, I make
a statement of the following simple
facts :
Being in Hollidaysburg on the 15th
inst., as a witness before an arbitration,
I was, while there, requested by John
Brotherline, Esq., to attend a riveting of
the Senatorial Conferees from Hunting
don, Bedford and Blair counties, (of
which I knew nothing when I left home,)
and to represent Huntingdon county,
(instead of A. K. Cornyn, Esq., who I
was informed had been appointed a Sen
atorial Conferee from Huntingdon county
and did not appear,) and I did not rec
ollect, if . indeed I ever had known that
Huntingdon county had not appointed
any Conferees, I attended it and parti:
ttipatcd in the proceedings, it may be
withqpt reflecting sufficiently whether I
had ally right or not to do so, and truly
without any design on my part to disres
gard the wishes of Huntingdon county.
1 make this Statement that all may
know why and for what reason I wits id
Hollidaysburg at that time.
J. SMYTH READ.
Huntingdon, Feb: 'a, 1848.
COL FnEmoNx.—The Daily News says :
Col. Fremont has resigned his commis
sion, us before stated: The President
pardoned him, and ordered him to duty.
But it seems his blood Was at the boiling
point just then, and he indieatly refused
the Executive clemency: Ht Was found
guilty on every spedification of the many
charges preferred against him, and our
telegraphic report was in error on Mon
day, in stating that he was acquitted
of the charge of mutiny. His case has
cost the nation many thousands of del.
lars without being of any sort of use td
any body: These military chaps are
costly ornaments to the country.
Giaat Whig Taylor Mass Meeting
in New York.
The Whigs of New York, friendly to
Ueneral Taylor for the Presidency, held
a great mass meeting on Buena Vista
day. Despite the weather, which was
most boisterous and stormy, not less
than FIVE THOUSAND persons assem•
bled at 7 o'clock, and during the evening
this number was increasdd by thousands.
Addreses wet 6 deliVered by Ogden Hoff
than, Col. Baker, of Illinois, and others.
Resolutions wore adopted in favor of
Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR, for the Pres.
idency, and reccommending his name
to the Whig National Convention.
THE NEW-YORK tiAHN-BURNERS.—This
division of the Locofoco party in New
York held a full State Convention at Uti
ca last week. They re-affirmed the po
sitions which they took at Herkimer last
fall, and passed resolutions to adhere td
the principles of the Wilmot Proviso, in
direct opposition to the Course lately ta
by the Old Hunkers at Albany, who (lc ,
nounccd the Proviso. The two factions
Continue therefore to be at daggers'
points—and Father Ritchie must give
up New York to the Whigs. Tlif..lla:7i-
Buene./,' passed a resolution highly coni
Rlimentary to Gen. TArLos ; and Mr:
ATIIBUN, es-M. C., one of their leaders,
declared, amid loud applause, that he
"would give his vote to that old hero, be ,
fore he would gire it to such a man as
Cass, for whom he entertained a most
profound Contempt:"
THE SCOTT AND WORTH lirricuLvr.---
We shall publish in to-morrow's Delta;
the correspondence between Generrils
Worth and Scott, which led to the ar
rest of the former, and the suspension
of the latter. They arc interesting docz
uments, and have never been published
before. In reference to this difficulty we
may remark, that the officers late front
the Capital all agree that there are no
parties in the army, as has been represen
ted in regard to the ditTerence between
the Coirimanner-in-chief and his subor
dinates—that Gen. Scott is sustained
by the whole army, and that his suspen ,
sion will be recieved with touch concern
and chagrin by officers and men. The
arrest of IVorth, Pillow, and Duncan,
produce no greater sensation in the army,
than if three Lieutenants had been arres
ted by a Colonel of any of the regiments:
—. 0. Delta, 15tA:
Si ESTRUCTIVE DELUGE:
lIASSILLON, Ohio, Feb. 23
A great excitement was occagion
ed here to-day by the town being flood:
ed and much destruction occasioned by
the contents of an immense reservoir
occupying a 'ovation ninety feet above
the town, escaping and pouring through
our midst. The force of the flood tore
down several brick warehouses, n beeli
factory, the Tremont House, and the
canal embankment, and almost all the
stores, warehouses, &C., in town were
overflown and their Contents damaged.
The disaster occurred about 3 o'clock
this afternoon, but the waters have since
subsided.—Nora 4merican.
(1 . 7- A waggish friend of ours says
the Worehester (Mass.) Budget attemp
ted to count the sleepy heads in church
the other day—he reached as high as:
fifty and then—fell asleep himself !