TIIE JOUR .\ IIL NTINGDON, PENN' .\ TUESDAY, MAY 23,1848, FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER NER MIDDLESWARTH. THE RAILROAD LETTING.—The 39 sec tions of the Pennsylvania Railroad pat under contract in this place last week have been allotted at prices somewhat higher than those put under contract nt former lettings. A list of the success ful bidders will be found in another col- OD-On Sunday a heavy thunder storm passed over this place. The peals of thunder were truly terrific. Several trees in the neighborhood of the town were struck by lightning. [l7- It will be perceived that General fScorr is on his way by sea to New York. The New Yorkers will prepare to wel come hint by a rousing reception when the ship which bears " Cesar and his fortunes" arrives. We would give some thing to be on the spot to help to greet the brave s but persecuted veteran. Iry• The U. S. Senate, it is said, have confirmed the nominations of General Twiggs and Wool, as Brevet Major Gen erals ;. Col•. Churchill, as Brevet Briga dier General ;. Captains Washington and Bragg, and Major Thomas, as Brevet Lieutenant Colonels. !Li - - The Locofocos met in National Convention, in Baltimore, yesterday to nominate candidates for l'resident and Vice President. ED --- The trial of Charles Langfeldt, charged with the murder of Mrs. Rade• macher, commenced in Mladciphia on Monday the 15th inst. The defence offered no testimony. The jury retired on Thursday evening, and on Friday morning returned with a verdict finding the,prisoner " guilty of murder of the first de; ;ree." Kr. A tremendous hail-storm visited a portion of Butler county in this State on Saturday, 6th inst. Many of the hail stones were larger than a hen eg; , . Much damage was done to the fruit, grain, and window glass. E. A. PETRIFIED Indian child • has been found at Guernsey, Ohio. Around the neck was a row of Indian beads matted. ID'. The accounts of the mortality of our army in Mexico, are frightful. It is stated upon the authority of General Twigg,s, that the deaths amount to a regiment a month, and this is only the opening of the vomito season, or rather of the time when its ravages begin to be serious. V- The Louisville Journal says : Mr. Crittenden introduced a bill into the U. S. Senate to prevent the interference of the office-holders of the General Gov ernment in elections. The. Locofoco ed itor of the Bowling Green Argus de scribes it ns " a gag bill to stifle debate and muzzle the press." IJ7 A great conflagration occurred at Detroit, on the 12th inst. Three hun dred Buildings were burned, from three to four hundred families rendered house less, and a loss of two to three hundred thousand dollars incurred. per, says : "Amid the clash of arms and the din of European tumult, a silent but signifi cant event has just taken place here, which in other times would have claim ed a full page in contemporary annals. The Society of the Jesuits has been final ly ordered to quit the Capital of the Catholic World, and their colleges sup pressed, and their headquarters remo ved, with general and staff, out of Rome. Where they will next set up their cen tral banner, is a puzzle. Not in Italy, most assuredly, every one of the various A DISTINGVISIIF.D PRISONER.— The states of the peninsula having shown Deleware County Republican furnishes marvellous unanimity in considering t its readers with an amusing sketch of a hem the agents of Austria and the foes o o o f o f roe received 0 t Yesterday or s e cardinal t r "militia training" that was to have Come 1 lus IX, to 1. at Chester, on Tuesday, the Bth inst. communicate to General Roothaen (an The "citizen soldiers" were all upon the I honest Fleming) the decision of his Ho ground,i liness ; to the effect, that they must march bag and baggage out of this city, when upon some pretext or other the Brigade Inspector, with a portion of 1 associates up. p ea vast cupied v r a his stag; were induced to visit nn unoc- a sonabe g ivi n g lieflay to him d ac h k is cupied room in the juil—we believe to property which had fallen into the hnnds judge of its fitness for an armory. While ' of the society for the last thirty years, in the room, some wicked wag turned j during which they had the undisputed c a o o n d t r n o o l : l soe s r t t o y t z o n c consciences otfo t he or the key upon the "officials," and they ow were kept in "durance vile" until 3 o'clock transferred to the administrative capac in the afternoon. When they were re- ity of Cardinal Vizzardelli. PASSAGE OF TIIE WISCONSIN GILL.—The Hoube Bill making Wisconsin a State of the Union, passed on Thursday.— This gives us the thirtieth State, as there is no doubt it will also pass the Senate. leased, the "nation's bulwark" had re- Blue Ruin.---(knthe 2.4 inst, in New turned to their homes, and the "pomp York city, 3,780 taverns and excise Heel). and circumstance of glorims war" which ses expired in that city, all to be renew was to have astonished the natives was nil at $lO each, malting a premium to the city of $37,500 for the privilege of postponed to a "more convenient sea- rading blue ruin, misery and disgrace. soil." , Horrible ! SCOTT'S RESURIC-A Telegraphic dis patth from New Orleans to the Charles. ton News, says that on hts departure . from Vera Cruz, and in reply to the greet , tags of the Americans present, he replied hi substance, as follows: "I go ashore nt the Narrows, below New York, and proceed, without enter ing that city, to my family in Elizabeth town. Laboring under the public dis pleasure of the Executive, it would be highly improper in me, a soldier, to put myself in the way of provoking shouts and cheers from my warm-hearted coun , try men." The American Star, of the 9.2 d ult., in announcing his intended departure from the capital, says : "It is painful to reflect that he returns home, alter his brilliant and unsurpassed acheivements, under the circumstances in which lie does. No other commander we verily believe, could have marched from Vera Cruz to this capitol, with so small a force, and such signal success. lie has given the army possession of the imperial city of the Aztecs and ineeed of the Republic. No officer is more en deared to the army, and the absence of none could be more deeply regretted. There are many who are attached to Gen. I • Scott as to a brother or a father, and • there will be wet eyes when he leaves. What a reception will not the great Cap tain of the age meet in his progress to IVashinaton. VVe believe his fame will grow brighter at every step of the inves tigation, which is tobe renewed at Wash ington ! It cannot be otherwise, and the day is not remote when even his few re vilers and enemies will acknowledge the lofty preeminence of the Conqueror of Alex ico !" ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL WAR THREAT ENED.—The President has communi cated to the Senate, in answer to a call of that body, copies of certain despatch es from the Navy Department to our Naval Officers. The National Intelli geneer says--The following extract from one letter addressed to Commo dore Perry since the Senate has had the Yucatan question under debate, will show what designs are not only meditated, but are even about being carried into execu tion, with the obvious intent, without the consent of Congress, to involve this country in a fresh war, on the ground of a supposed continental duty or ne cessity on the part of the Executive: While the United States are enga ged in a war with Mexico, the actual presence, without our consent, of the armed force of a neutral power within the territory of our enemy, co-operating with any portion of the Mexican people in military operations, [even assisting the Yucatanese to resist the Indians, we , suppose,] cannot be permitted. Such a ! state of things, it is hoped will not oc-; cur. If you should have reason to be- 1 lieve that it will, you will communicate it without further delay, that THE PRESIDENT may take such measures as HIS constitutional duty will require at his hands." SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—FataI accidents occur on the Portage Railroad this sea son with shocking frequency. On Mon- day last a passenger in the Emigrant train, contrary, as we understand, to the advice of the conductor, attempted i to walk up Plane 7, starting in advance some distance of the cars. Seeking to avoid the ascending Cars he stepped on to the descending track, and ere aware of his danger he was prostrated by descending cars and crushed to death in an awful manner. We have not learn ed his name, but understand his family , was with him.—Hollidaysburg Register. SUPPRESSION OF THE JESUITS.-A letter dated Rome, April 1, to an English pa- THE VETO POWER The Whig idea of the Veto Power, and of the proper time to exercise it, has always differed from the theory,t hat what calls itself 'democracy' attached to that power. Whigs would not expect . even their President to veto the mere legisla- live measures of a democratic Congress, —although they might not like them. The Representatives of the People are elected to exercise their discretion as to ' internal improvements, a tnritr, a corm cy; and the:Whig idel; is, that the will of People, as expressedby Congress should be, ifnot clearly unconstitutional, _ . The democratic the law of the land, idea, (just the reverse,) seems to be that Congress is to represent the Executive and that there is the greatest dangers lest the people should not be so wise as the one ;nun Executive is,—in short the dons• ociatic idea seems to be, that the Exec utive is the Government, and not the House of Representatives, Senate and Executive together! As to the Tariff, the People will have Protection in all things essential to them if the Executive will let them alone,— but if a majority of them wish not to be protected, there is no reason why the Ex . . e . entire should interpose his willandwis• dom against the ‘‘ . lll of those' whose votes crested him. But for the inter position of Executive influence, Penn- sylvania, always a Protective Tariff State by its great coal and iron interests, would have secured sufficient protection to the country even for a Free Trade President, if all the who!e power and patronage had not been devoted to cor ipt and overawe the popular will. The following details are extraordina- As regards a National Bank, the pee - r y but not the less true. It will be re ple just now do net want one,—but if membered that about a month ago, a they did, t here is no reason why their will Philadelphia paper published a statement should not be gratified. \V hat right has that a man ha.d been arrested at Meta one man happening to be the executive morns, Mexico upon a charge of robbing to set up his will against the whole of the President of the Chester County the people, and that too in a matter of Bank, and that a large amount of Plies- dollars and cents l 'ter county notes was found about him— The Veto power is a useful and ne- the statement made the sum $40,000. cessary power in the Constitution, if The Police of Philadelphia, and the Bank wielded only in a conservative manner, of Chester County, were fully aware of and in flagrant cases of violating the fun- the facts of the arrest; but it was not datnental law, or temporally, to arrest until now deemed proper to publish them an inadvertence in Congress. It was giv- as the whole subject was not, until late en to the Executive mainly to protect', i„formation, made intelligable. himself from other branches of the Gov- Some time after the robber y was ad-1 ernment. But the 'democracy' of the vertised in Texas, a gentleman at Gal country has used, or justified the use of veston heard of a person who was en it, for very. light causes, and several I gaged in purchasing mules along the times (vide the pocket vetoes,) in the i Rio Grand, and making payment in most objectionable forms. The veto of Chester County notes. The circum- Mr. Polk upon the act of Congress pro- stances excited weighty suspicions; and viding for the French claims prior to pursuit was made, with a determination 1800, was cruel, and in spirit, utterly to arrest the operators at all hazards. unconstitutional. His vetoes of River The dealer was arrested ; but he turned and Harbor Improvements have all been out to be only the agent of another per m varicnce with the popular will, and in son, who was at Matatnoras. The agent defiance of what the framers of the Con- acknowledged that he had been paying stitution intended, being merely arbitra- Chester Co. money, and that the person ry exercises of a prerogative, because he who employed him had a considerable has the prerogative. ' quantity of the same kind.—This made 'Democracy' thus we see in the Uni- suspicion stronger than ever, and the ted States presenting the singular spec- gentlemen from Galveston immediately tacle of defending and justifying the pre- set out for Matamoras. Here he found rogatives and monarchical features or the man who employed this agent to buy our Government ; while all over Europe, I mules, and who gave his name as Harri ll more real and true democracy is in arms son. - This was sometime in Fcl raary against Executives, Monarchs and Pre- I or March last. rogatives!—New York Express. Harrison was taken into custody and his effects were searched. He was found to be in possession of eleven Chester County Bank Bills—each of the denom ination of $lOO, and it was known that lie had got rid of several others. These evidences of guilt wore considered so strong, that Harrison was taken in cus tody, to await a trial, having narrowly escaped without lynching, in that distant quarter where summary justice is me ted out under martial law. Such was his imminent peril that, to clear him self from punishment, he voluntarily made a confession which, being corrob orated by other facts, sul s'antiated his allegations of innocence of the robbery, but involves him in another high misde meanor ; and at the same time clears up a very mysterious tradgedy which (it was supposed) had been enacted in this vicinity, and which at the time created no little excitement. It will be remembered that some time last fall, a drover named Hitchcock, was suddenly missing from Philadelghia. He went to that city from Chatham, in Chester County ; having sold, at the lat ter place, a drove of cattle, to Mr. Geo. Lefevre, and obtained ie money. It appears that the money (amounting to 1700 or $1800) was borrowed by Mr. L. from the Bank of Chester County, and was paid principally in $lOO notes on that Bank. Well, Hitchcock disappear ed—mysteriously—and never was heard 'of afterwards. His wife, who resided in Ohio, came on in search of her hus band, in deep distress ; but obtained no tidings. He was supposed to be dead. A body was found in the Deleware, of a person who had been drowned ; but it was not the body of her husband. She returned to her home, unsatisfied and disconsolate. Her husband had been robbed—he was surely murdered! A young man of high respectability, from Delaware county, had been seen in company with Hitchcock at the theatre or the Baltimore cars. Ho was the last person seen with him. He was on his way South—to Charleston or some other point. Suspicion fell upon this young man, that he had made way with the drover, for the sake of his money. After the lapse of a month, he returned to Philadelphia. Hearing himself charged with the abduction or murder of Hitch cock, he delivered himself up to the po lice of that city--he established his in nocence, and was acquitted. Here the °Cr Hos. RICHARD RUSH, our Minister in France. writes home encouragingly in regard to the progress of the now Re public. THE REVOLUTION IN HAYTI The New Orleans Picayune of the 12th conveys intelligence that n most sanguin ary war has again broken out in Hayti. The black population have determined to have the constitution of I 8 I 6 restored, which is opposed by the mulattoes. The blacks are the most numerous, and are joined by the army. The Courier contains the following extract from a letter to a commercial house: Hayti has again been the scone of bloodshed and murders. We learn that the brigantine Queen Victoria, (of Trin idad) Captain Tucker, from Port au Prince, bound to Hamburg, with a car go of coffee, &c., put into Morant Bay on Thursday last 'to purchase stores, as none could be procured at Port au Prince in consequence of the state of affairs at that place ; and that Captain Tucker re ports that lie has brought despatches from the British Consul there to Com. Bennet, on this station,. requesting that a vessel of war should be immediately sent to Port an Prince, where a serious disturbance had taken place—a large number (some say upwards of a hundred) of the colored population having been masacred by their black brethren. The cause of this ciatbreak has not been ful ly mentioned, but it is said that the lives of the people of color were daily sacrificed in large numbers. This de termination on the part of the blacks to exterminate the browns had been brew ing for a long time, in fact since the ty rant Soulouvue has been president ; and it is now being realized with a vengence that none but savages would be guilty of committing. The Commodore, we understand, has been unable to comply with the requisi tion of Liar I3ritanic Majesty's Consul at Port uu Prince; there not being a sin gle vessel of war at Port Royal at this moment, excepting the guard and store ships, which are uesless in their pres ent condition. It is certainly a cause of much regret that this Island should be left so desti tute of vessels of war as it is at present. It has been said that we can have tit, possible cause for alarm, but who can tell what a moment might produce 1 The present outbreak in Hayti, where the I, presence of a man of war to protect British interests would be of much ser vice, is a sufficient proof why Port Roy al should not be as she now is—destitute of at least one available vessel of war to be used in cases of emergency. Who knows how many innocent beings have by this time been sacrificed to a merci less mob; who, had protection been af forded by one of her Majesty's vessels, would have been enabled to save them selves and their families from the gene ral massacre which, we are told, was going on in that unfortunate country. The Alarm, Daring and Vixen arc, it is said, cruising off the island of Cuba, • and it is not known when they will re ' turn to Port Royal. I We hope when this intelligence reach ; es England, that the Admiralty will see the necessity of having a larger number of vessels of War on this station than at • present. England seems, as has been said truly, to have forgotten her col(); nies, and evidently cares little or noth ing about their prosperity . when she leaves them so unprotected and at the mercy of other nations. [From the West Chester Record.] EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOP- . IVWENT• Chester County Bank Rohl ery—The .liat amoras arrest explazned—.Mysterious disapperance of linchcock, the drover, accounted for. matter rested. The occurrence war al most forgotten--flitchcoc k has not been heard of---his di,onsolate wife, and va rious creditors to whom ho was largely indebted, never expecting to hear from him more. Here we resume the history of Har rison, the Matamoros mule driver. Find ing himself roughly handled, and about to be transported to the North, he made an honest confession of how he came by the Chester County notes. He stated that Harrison was an assumed name; that his real name was J. W. Hitchcock-- that on or about the 28th of August, 184.7, he obtained the money from G. W. Lefevre of Chatham, Chester county— that he got the money in Chester county notes, and—that he was guilty of mis conduct, which he did not like to ack nowledge, but for which he—absquatu• hated ! Doubtless this story is true. What an extraordinary concatenation of events. Hitchcock, though in possession of so large an amount of the suspicious mo ney, proves himself innocent, and at the same time pleads guilty to another, scarcely less atrocious act ! The myste rious disappearance of the Ohio drover, which but for this robbery might never have been fathomed, has been unravel ed ! A young man, of high respectabil ity, suspected and examined on the foul charge of murder, has been vindicated ! This narration is due as a single act of justice to those who may have been suspected of the high crime of murder —to the absconding drover, and to the community, who will See the necessity of being more and more on their guard against touching the stolen notes of the Bank of Chester county. Aqueduct Destroyed We understand that the State Acquc duct over the Allegheny river at Free port, 28 miles above Pittsburg., was de stroyed by fire on the night of May 12th, inst. The Transportation Lines have chartered steamers to convey goods to and fro across the stream, so that no in terruption in the travel or transporta tion of merchandize will take place. The Board of Canal Commissioners was hastily summoned together by Te:- egraphic despatches, on the receipt of the above news ; and arrangements at once made to rebuild. the structure. Mr. Power started yesterday for Freeport.— Telegraph. The country never looked more beau tiful than now. The lawns and fields, and meadows and pastures, have, don ned their richest vernal costume, the flowers arc blossoming in the gardens, and filling the air with their fragrance, the trees arc clothing themselves with leaves, and vigorously putting forth their blossoms. The season thus far promises an abundance of fruit, and there is a flattering prospect that the labors of the farmer will be rewarded. —Boston Journal. VIRGINIL—The Whigs of. Frturptier county resolved that they are persuaded that II ENR Y CLAY, and not General Tay lor, is their choice, and that of Virginia, fur the Presidency. Gerrit Smith, upon receiving a copy of a pretended neutral paper, ordered it to be discontinued for the following very excellent reasons :—"I wish to read no paper that is neutral in politics. Neu trality in politics is, with me, neutrality in religion and neutrality towards God. Omo.—The Whigs of the 21st Con gressional District, appointed NEWTON GURM, Esq. Delegate to the Whig Na tional Convention. His first choice is Corwin, his next Scott. MICIIIGAN.—The Whigs of Kalama zoo county have expressed their prefer ence for HENRY CLAY. r" - rA Mobile paper says that at a re cent exibition of the model artists in that city, the audience wound up the perfor mance by tearing the benches to pieces. IrpThe authorities of Norfolk, Va. are affecting an arrangement with a Bos ton company to light that city with gas. 0:7 - The Steyertnakers are at Cincin nati.—They'll play the knits out of the pigs' tails. [[lt is said that Reeding a partially blind horse at the nose, will restore him to sight—so much for the horse ; to open a man's eye you must bleed him in the pocket. [lJPickpockets arc plenty in Phila delphia at this time, and a number of pockets have been emptied. Persons who have money ought to be careful with it, and keep a look out for these scoundrels. L THE WHEAT CROPS of Virginia no• ver presented a finer appearance than at present. Iri'- HAIL fell in considerable quanti ties at Charleston, S. C., on Tuesday, 2d inst. rp THE WHEAT CROPS of Illinois are very promising. ID . ONE DOLLAR. BILLS on the Dayton Bank, altered to five dollars are said to be in circulation. "We praise men for fin-Ming," says a caustic writer, "and punish children for doing the same thing." , 07- Tho GOLD MEDALS voted by Con gress to Gen. Taylor have been struck ; they weigh eight ounces each, are very beautiful and have appropriate inscrip tions. trittrfTlNGlidn PREPARED TO ILATIVIE ! In plitsunnce of notice, a large and thusiastic meeting of the Whigs conve , ned at the House of Alex. Carmon, on Tuesday evening, in this borough. The utmost harmony and good feel ing prevailed in the meeting--a willing , ness to forget self, and lose sight of per sonal preferences in the great national issues involved in the approaching con test. A spirit of enthusiasm and corn , promise, was the order of the evening; which indicated, beyond doubt, that in the hour of battle the Whigs of Him , tingdon county will be found at their posts, true to their duty, and standing fast b y the nominee of the Whig Nation , al Convention, be he who he may. On motion, DAVID SNARE, Esq. vCtid chosen President; Wm. STEEL, A. W: BENEDICT, WM. RoTtinocs and ALEX. CAIIIITON, Esqr's, Vice Presidents; Wm. H. Peightai and .4. 11. Clarke, Secre tarics. On motion of Col. A. K. Cornyn, committee was appointed to draft Reso lutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. The chair appointed A. K. Cornyn, John Ale Cohan, Peter Swoops, Edward Summers, John Flenner rind Thomas Fisher, said committee. The committee, after an absence of a few moments, reported the following res olutions : Resolved, That we have full confidence in the wisdom and integrity of the Whig National Convention which will meet in Philadelphia on the 7th day of June next, to place in nomination candidates for President and Vice President ; and that we, ns Whigs willing to lay aside, if needs be, any mere personal predilections for inen—are prepared to join heart and hand in ratifying and confirming their decision, knowing that their cause is our cause, and their tri umph our triumph. Resolved, That it is of the utmost im portance that the nominations to be made by said convention, meet with a hearty and enthusiastic reception from the Whigs throughout the county, and that this meeting appoint fifty delegates to represent this county in the Whig Rat itication Convention, to be held on the 7th and Bth of June, in Philadelphia. Resolved, Thut success in the ap• pronching contest is of vital importance to the whole country ; and that it is the duty of the Convention about to assem ble, to weigh well the question of avuil ability, giving its a man who, while true to the cardinal doctrines of the Whig Party, can unite in his support a major ity of the people. On motion of James Clark, Resolved, That any persons throughout the county, who may be willing to go to the Conven tion, will send in their names to A. K. Cornyn, Esq., in order that arrange ments may be made as to the time and manner of starting. [Signed by the Offieersj ALLOTMENT OF I'ENVA RAILROAD. Huntingdon, Alayi 19, 1848. Section No. 62 Evens, Long & co. 64 Geiger & Shultz. 65 Ralph Bogle. 68 D. Lutz & co. 69 Jackson & McFadden. 70 W. & J. Ross. 71 J. & H. Drum. 72 D. Lutz &• co. 73 do. 74 John Long & co. 75 do. 76 Daniel Keefer. 77 Huston & McMahon. 78 do. 79 Garret & Garver. 80 J. Kelly & co. 81 do. 82 Michael Quinlan. 85 D. Lutz & co. 86 Miller & Elliott. 87 Thomas Dolan. 88 Mellduff & Dougherty. 89 A. & P. Martin. 90 Salsbury & Bro. 91 Saxton & Anderson. 92 Becker & Gros. 93 George Scott. 94 Chas. Murray & ca. • 95 do. 96 Jas. McMahon & Sons. 97 White, Wolf & co. 98 E. & J. McGovern. 99 AlcAlurtrie & Fisher, 113 Carr & Thurlow. 114 Geo. Leibrick & co. , 115 John McGrnn & co. 116 McCue 4. 117 IV. P. Sterrett & co. 121 E. Sankey & co. To the People of Iluntingdo7l, Centre and Mitilm Counties. rrhe subsiberiber having been commissioned by the "American Sunday School Union" to act as agent in the district, "Huntingdon, Centre and Mifflin", token this method of informing all De nominations of Christians, without respect to sect, that he will visit the different parts of the dioniet during the summer, and give all who may desire it, a favorable opportunity for procuring the publi cations of the 'Union' on reoaonohle terms, replen ishing Libraries, and extending their effiwte in tho good cause. The main objects are the fo lowing, viz. to establish S. Schools where there are none, to encourage and supply those already in opera ration, to receive and make donations to constittte "Life Members," to make known the plans of the Unjust, to diffuse a pure and Religous Literature, to advance the interests of the Chri s ti,. Church, to lay the only true foundation for the future el fare of the United States, and above all, to keep' en eye to Eternity, and to the kingdom and glory of Him, to whom every member of the human fam ily is bound by tenfold obligatiote, to render obe dience, honor and glory. Applications may, fbr the present, be addressed to me at Huntingdon, Pa. may 23 19481 .1. 11. ORHISON.
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