THE JOcuRNAL
teORIIICT I'AiNCIALASSUPPOATED AY Trturn.]
HUNTINGDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 12, 11143,
Our Extra,
Dy an arrangement with ea, friend of 11 e Pa.
telegraph, we are enabled to give Our readers
the President's Message in an " Extra." This
is done at considerable eXPewe, and for two
reasons. First—eo long as we remain at the
head of a paper, we are &tenni, I to keep out
readers up with the hews 3,0,,,r—we
could not think of lumbering obr paper or bo
ring our readers for two weeks, with loch a
mass of LocOlbco slang and falsehood, an in used
to make up Mr. Polk'm long " yarn" on " the
state of the country." For these reasons, we
incurred the expense of an "extra." and "sterh
as it is," our readers are weleotrie to
Electoral College,
In addition to the President's :tiessage, our
extra contains the proceedings Of the Electoral
College, at length ; and also the able and elo
quent address of !lon. T. M. T. McKennan,
President of the College. Our extra is there
fore not entirely without interest.
Get 'Vaccinated.
A number of deaths from Smell Pox, I,ve re
rently occurred in Carlisle Ca. thisloatiAniie
disease also prevails in Philadelphia, Lancas
ter and Harrisburg. We would therefore
recommend to our citizens generally the neces
sity of immediate vaccinat'on. We know not
how soon this disease may visit us.
Arrival of the Cholera at New Voik.
There was a rumor in New York on Mond.iy
morning of last week, that cases of Asiatic
cholera had b2en discovered on board the pack
et ship New York, Captain Lines, from Havre,
which arrived at Quarantine on the Friday
morning previous. As near as the facts can be
learned, says the Tribune, the disease appeared
after the vessel had been two weeks at sea, when
several steerage passengers were seized with it,
and several died before reaching tb:s port. The
sick persona were immediately taken to the
Quarantine Hospital, and all the steerage pas
sengers, two lundred and' fifty in number, taken
to the U. S. Stores, near the same place. Two
or three persons are said to have died since then,
though most csf the cases are pronounced to be
of a very mild character, The cabin passer) ,
gers went up to the city, and there is no inter
course with the vessel.
The Commercial Advertiser of Wednesday
last, say, that four new cases of Cholera have
occurred among the inhabitants of the public
stores on Staten Island, and three deaths are re
corded, making nineteen cases since the arrival
of the vessel, and ten deaths,
Report of the Secretary of War.
We have received the report of the Secretary
of War, and also of the Secretary of the Navy.
The first Mentioned, submits to Congress seine
"Taylor ItepublicansM • .schernei for extending the peach establishillent
The movement of a few of oi.w -Philadelphia
—details the number and destination of bur
friend'', to Ittfephall the friends of Gen. Taylor troops at this time, arid the improvements which
Under the above title, don't seem to take in ,the, they may require, to render them Mote efficient i
country. Those gentlemen who asonred the in the long frontier of our extended empire—re
meeting
at the Chinese Museum that the new fern to the position of affairs in 'Oregon, con- .
movement would receive great favor. in the fleeted with the military service—to the move-
country, were 'mistaken, co far as this section merits of troops to New Mexico—to the amount
of the Slate is concerned..We do not house one and dispositions of the contributions levied -in
friend of Gen. Taylor hereabouts who sanctions Mexico during the war—to the settlement of
it. BUt we agree with our neighbor of the ._
----' 's the accounts of the disbursing officers, for
Hollidaysburg Register, that the opponents of ~ WI o was it that the Locofocos burned in
effigy ° l a the street before Couts'a . few Cvenin rs which some regulations are yet to be made by
the measure need give themselves no uneasiness e pr ,,i ou i s
i to the tate election. Coh the Globe ; law—pays a high coniptiment to the manner in
about it. The oh/ fri , liioncd Wili ~ of the coon- inform us ?"-journed. I widen the military bureaushavedischarged their
try will'' never surrender ;" and we hope our .4 With pleasure, neighbor. It was the fiend 1 duties—refers to the propriety of increasing.the
city friends will see the propriety of abandon , who w:slied that the Mexicans might. receive m e di c Ol corps, in consequence of the inultipli
ing their ~ new tangled notion.-" our brave volunteers with ! cation Glondy hands and
posts—refersilitary posts—refers to the report of
---,..,---- --- 1i0 , Pi.1 ,1, graces—;if" Tom Corwin. It was 1
A Ultithenge. the returned volunteers that burnt him, and no- I the chief Eivincer, and the prosecutions of the
The Globe protionmed our assertion false, body else."—Globe. ' 1 plans for erecting Certifications, and to the or
that threat,' were made use of by loci:goats on Your intswer aint true. Colesit we are much ganizution of a board, which is now under or
last election day to prevent poor men from vd- mistaken, the returned •volunteers of Hunting- dens for California and Oregon, for selecting the
ting for Taylor; and in the last number of that don would scorn to be migugeclin burning a re- , proper sites for fortifications as well as for na
paper the editor throws out the following chat- sP , table Member Of the t. S. Senate in effigy. 1 val establishinents-=estimates the appropria
lenge : They would despise the act as sincerely as ev- ' tions for the army prdper for the next fiscal
', Neighbor, WO bare pronounced your aseer- cry respectable man does the editor who can I year ut $4,-13:2,2blirefers to the state of the
tions false, andmus t t co n tinue t o du so until you liaselY misrettresent an honorable and indepen- 1 Pension office—to the report on Indian relations
t u h r e n c i li h a: l gTs 7 i lryoi t r i l l o u' ic l o t " d i e il s c i l r i e to ti
.'td drag dent ',presentative of a free State, and then : from the commissioner of Indian Affairs—to the
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the names of private citizens before the public," ' ' ' to efforts
apply to him the epithet of "fend." One treaties made with certain tribes— the
we ate willing you should have an opportunity would have suppdsed that after the signal rebuke : made to check the use of ardent spirits among
to offer your eviden ce ". presen t ., of live or atimiiiistered by lite froeinen of this county to them—and to the multi plicationof Indian schools,
more, men of honor; and they to deeide our vet-
the slanderer of the Globe, he would have been.
achy. What say you ?"
more choice in the selection of his epithets.—
We nice very little about yet, pronouncing
ismore desperate.—
But it seems he becoming
our assertions •• false," Mr. Globe. We ex-
pected nothing else. But we cannot forgo the Since the election, he can designate the friends
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opportunity which your challenge affords us of of l aylor by no other name than that 0f„,,nd,.„
In your own language, Mr. Globe,
showing you up to the community in vourprop- '
we would say,' , rave on.” Your slanders and
er colons. We therrfore ::crept yo, ehallenge. -
. foul-mouthed epithets injure no one but your-
Anil being the challenged party, We trill take
the liberty of choosing the men, and leaning the self.
Vine and place. We therefore name Messrs. ! O' The Globe charges us with possessing a
Wm. 11. Peightal„Tolln Miller, 'rhos. Nl'Caban, ~ malignant heart." Did the ~ t riter for the
11. K. Neff and David Blair, Esq., or tie men ; Globe come to this conclusion in tegnid to our
and Wednesday cven'mr, 13th inst. at 7 o'clock, heart about one year ago, of is it a recent con
at Ow housl of Peter Livhrgston, as the time aid viction of his pure, generous and testily heart 1
place of meeting. We hope there will be no
Ci - ,'" TII 0, Globe threatens that we will receive
backing out of y er ows proposition, neighbor. ' n
o proper reward" for a small, squib which re-
A RICH JOKE. - , ceittly appeared in our columns. If our neigh-
Bowman's conatiiasion as Adjutant General bar only knew bow bad his threat makes us feel
expired on the 3,1 of August last: and on the ' we think his humane feelings would have de
18th of November, more than three months of- ' [erred him from uttering it. But by remaining
ter he was out of office, lie sent a hitter to Gov.: in doors a short time, we are in hopes that the
:ohm ton formerly eroiso/..iii.r. 'Phials now con- ' wrath of our ferocious enemies may cool o ff ,
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sidered the richest joke of the season. ' and the whole matter may blow over without
itr The Globe did not challenge us to pr u c e our being subjected to the threatened personal
our assertions in regard to the conduct of - the Injury. Jut still it was unkind in our neighbor
Canal officers, on election day. to occasion us so much uneasiness. Indeed it
fr.:r anks Our th are thin to all the members W".
Of Congress, for not sending no a single copy oft trr ib:NR, S. Es'aos, Esq., of Chester coon.
the President's message, ty, is spoken of in .connection with the Speaker.
ship of the next House - of Representatives.—
Somt C.+a01..0.a.--The Richmond Whig it
rirra is the editor of the Village Record, an
noticing the threat of South Carolina to kick In:
a row says..." Let her secede ; but let her also :tidy conducted Whig paper.
stop talking about it. She has done nothing but The candidates for the Collector's office yre
talk, talk, talk, for twenty years, and she has rejoicing that Longsketh atilt lives as Canal
not yet acceded. Let Jt,tr at nn., an d notwithstanding the l'copte'
d.ne li'rn ...if r,s!, r:e?.2 for Goyernor•
The President's 'Message.
The " last end" of Mr. Polk, " is worse than
the tirAt." He gained power br,r panel and gross
deception. Ile now tt2!ertakes, when abOut to
leave public life foredit, to sustain his acts by
downright fahchood! Mr. Polk, under pre
tence of informing Congress of " the State of
the Union," strings out a message, which, for
ltngth and falseness, is only equalled by his
former papers. The able Washington corres
pondent of the North American, thits speaks of
the message :
In quantity, it rivals Mr. Benton's phillipic
against Gen. Kearney—in quality it equals its
author. Since the foundation of the govern
ment, no document so arrogant, offensive and
false in its statements, has ever before been is
sued
by an incumbent of the Executive chair,
nor one in which the decision of a majority of
the people, has been so wantonly and grossly
assailed. Mortification at defeat and Chagrin at
the signal condemnation of all those favorite
schemes of publiepolicy, which have been mo
ved during the last three yents Ate visible in ev
ery lingg this ptestingittious paper, and seem
to rankle thrOtigh the *hole vocabulary of party
epithets in which it abounds. Instead of being
Such a Message as the Constitution contemplates,
• it 13 a mere epitome of the stump slang which
Mr. Polk has been accustomed to regale his au
diences in Tennessee, and which seas familiar
to the, mouth of every Locofoco during the re
cent canvass, as it has been ever since 18:28, at
every Presidential election. It has not even
decency of diction to relieve the dullness of
twelve mortal columns, and so far as novelty is
ccineerued; the lumbering leaders of the Court
Yonrnal would have answered the purpose quite
as well.
Thete is a labored assault upon the principles
avowed in the Allison Letter which have just
been approved in defiance of all the efforts of
the President and his administration, and a stu
thous attempt to diiparage the doctrine asserted
by Gen. Taylor in reference to the Veto power.
The assurance with which these reflections are
ventured, may be pardoned on account of the
impotent resentment of the source from which
they originate. In every respect this document
is n deliberate refitike to the People fdr having
had the courage and integrity to. repudiate the
frauds and follies Of Locofocoism, and tbr put
ting the brand of reprobation on the brdw bf
the present dynasty.
There was hardly any difference of opinion
in the two Chambers as to the insulting eharac
ter of the Communication, and even Mr. Allen,
of Ohio, was among the loudest In denouncing
it as unworthy df toleration. The eflbrt of the
President to magnify the acquisition of Califor
nia, by giving the influence of his high station ,!
to the vague and unauthenticated rumors of the
discovery of immense mineral Wealth, betrays
his anxiety to seize upon any pretext that may
enhance the artificial glory of the .hdministra
thou. The recommendation of a branch mint,
thereby giving this gold mania serious import.
ance, can only have the erect of stimulating
speculut:on in a distant . region, and of thriving
thousands to beggary. There has been no sci
entific examination of the California gold, or of
the country m which it is said to abound, and
tile geological formation is tidteroo to the re
?ports which have reached the Atlantic cities ;
yet Mr. Polk undertakes to treat the matter as
one of which there can be no doubt,and to speak
of the mines as inexhaustible in wealth. If
audacity in a merit in a public man or a public
document, the President and message have
reason to be proud of the qualifieution.
Gen. Taylor's Sayings.
There is something in the sayings of Gen.
Taylor which goes right to the heart. The let
ter that he wrote hi, the NVar Department,—" I
am going to fort BtOwn : if the enemy oppo
ses my march, ih whaieVer force, I shall fight
him"—:.was, under the circumstances, sublime.
His reply to Col. Davis, at Buena Vista, was
not less strikingand affecting:—" My wounded
are behind me ; f shall never pass them alive."
Ail the speeches and all the letters of General
Cass boiled down into one sentence, says the
Providence Journal, wonld not yield such a sen
timent as this. Thee e is more determination
and firmness, more genuine humanity and more
manliness in that one sentence than all the acts
df Gen. Cass, regular and "extra," throughout
his whole life.
Office Seeking.
The following from a late number of the
Louisville Journal, is pithy and to the point on
the subject
We are sorry to observe among some of our
political friends, symptoms of a rage for office
seeking. Already we have received divers let
ters from different sections of the Union, the
writers of which beseech us to use our supposed
influence with Gen. Taylor to procure offices
for them. We can inform them that we never
wrote a letter to Gen. Taylor in our lives, and
that very probably we never shall.
"The office seeking mania has long been a
curse to the country. We trust, that tinder Gen.
Taylor's administration, it will be very thor
oughly quieted. We think that we may venture
to say that the Old Chieftain is decidedly of the
opinion that the unfittest persons for office in
the world are those whoare in the greatest haste
to urge their own'pretensions."
Letter from Gen. Gaines.
The following letter was written some months
since, to the editor of the X. 0. Orleaniun, who
has felt at liberty to publish it since the elec
tion:
DEAR SIR :-I have long deemed it proper to
abstain from taking any part in the political con
versy. This is more than ever proper, now
that the prominent candidate is a relative of
mine. What I say to you, therefore, I desire
you to consider as strictly confidential.
I nm convinced, from a long and intimate ac
quaintance with Gen. Taylor, that he is with
out a superior in the Army; that he has every
essential qualification for the highest civil office
in the werldsaving and accepting that rare
Wt.t far initigne, bargain and management
for which Lewis Cass, and some others I could
name, arc eminentlydistinguished. Should
Taylor be elected, I shall rejoice and be ex
ceeding glad, as I am sae he will be the Pres
ident of the United States, and not the Presi
dent of a party; a President second only to
Washingtenwho Was in truth the President
if the United SiateS, and he was the first and
duly Pfesident of the - United States. We have
ever had. Each One wha followed him was the
,President of a.party.
That you will be found on the side of truth
and justice, I um convinced; and, therefore, I
desire Ydu to consider me a constant subscriber
to your paper, and to yourself a faithful friend.
EDMUND P. GAINES.
St. Charles Hotel, N. 0. June 27, 1818.
C7 - If our neighbor of the Globe does not ap
ply for an office until we do, his joy at the re
covery of Lonptreth, and his false c:nrges that
the Whigs desired his death, are not us signifi
cant as we supposed them to be.
N'oirrit C.11:.1.1,1.—: -The Rafael lingistor an
nounces the election by the Legislature of 13.
V. Moore, (W.) as Attorney General, Ile re
ceived 85 and D. IL Mclgae, (L. V.) 81 votes.
This would seem to show the relative strength
of parties in the Legislature, and ensure the
election of the Whig U. S: Senator. .
Gaa. TAYLOR'S IlasioNaTiox. , --The 2*. 0.
Delta understands that Gen. Taylor has sent in
his resignatiOn as Major Gendttii cOintriainling
the 'Western Division (if our army, nod that it
will take effect after fhe Ist of Fchrnary next.
barque Lucia Field, from Bremen with 160 pas.
' ! sengers. Twenit , paSsetigers died of cholera or
SEls•rnu FZGELY.— , We regret to learn from black vomit on the passage, and several others
a gentleman from ! Beading, that Mr. Fegely,' were sick. It is said that in many eases the
one of the RepresentatiVes elect of Berks persons attacked with the disorder, did not live
county, a few days since, was prostrated by a ' six ho,m.s.
paralytic stroke, which, it is. supposed, will I
pretreat him from attending to his Legishitite 1 117.:r Stoutey County, North Carolina.did not
duties. • give a unanimous vote for Taylor. The vote
THE Post.-Omen DmenturmEsT. , —The fol- wan 721 for Taylor, 11 for Cass—one district
in the county giving 14 for Criss, and all the
lowing facts and figures are given about the
Post Office Department others being unanimous for Taylor. Albemarle,
Gross ReVealt, from all sources. ! in this county, gate 288 for taylor and honi
Year ending 30th June 1846 ct r ts7,lnn 35 for Casa
" 1817 3,915,803 31
t‘ " 1818,inclu
ding the appropriation of 8200,000 "
for service rendered Goverment, 4,301,077' 85
, Exp.tattiest rea.
Year ending 3001 June 1846 $1,084,203 82
. _
.4 16.17 1,971,310 62
1818 1,326 ; 650 27
CONGRESS.
Congress assembled at Washington on Mon
day last. In the Senate the usual committee, in
conjunction with is similar appointed by the i
House to wait oil the President was appointed,
newspapers Ordered, Ike. Mr. Douglass gave
notice that he should to-morrow ask leave to
introduce bills to organise the territories of Mt-
nesota and Nebraska, for the admission of Cal
ifornia, as a State into the Union, and to provide
a territorial government of New Mexico.
Mr. Cameron gave notice that he should ask
leave to introduce a bill to Provide forfhe faking
of the seventh Census of the United States.
In the House on Tuesday Mr. Goggih gave
notice of a motion for leave to introduce a bill
to reduce the rates of postage on letters and
newspapers, to establish uniform postage char
ges, and to correct abuses of the franking priv
ilege."
Mr. Greely gave „notice of a motion for leave
to introduce a bill 44 to discourage speculation
in Public land, and to secure homes thereon to
actual settlers and cultivators."
On Wednesday, in the Douse, Mr. Rockwell,
of Connecticut, moved to go into the election
of a Chaplain, which was carried. Mr. Pollock
nominated Rev. Mr. Curley; Mr. Lord nomi
nated the Rev. Orville Dewey. Tellers were
appointed, and the vote stood—Gurley 116;
Dewey 16; Cushman 1.
A message in writing was received from the
President respecting the signing of the Oregon
bill, which was read and ordered to be printed.
On Thursday the death of Senator Lewis, of
Alabama, was announced in the Senate, after
which Senate adjourned until Monday.
In the House, Mr. Ashmun, of Mass., offered
a resolution to employ the intelillgeneer and
Union to publish the House debates and pro
ceedings at seven and a half dollars a column.
A debate sprung up in which the participants
were Messrs. Wentworth, Ashmun, Root and
others. Mr. Wentworth opposed this system
of pensioning the old party papers at the expense
of others, such as the Globe, National Era, and
IGuureen• Mr. Murphy asked to what party
the Globe belonged. Mr. Wentworth replied
to the great party which had recently triump
hed in this country.
The debate was suspended by a message from
the Senate announcing its action upon the death
of Senator Lewis.
Mr. Harris of Ala., then delivered an eulogy
on the deceased, and after the passage of the
customary resolutions, the House adjourned
until Monday.
Ohio Legislature.
A practical demonstration of the anarcheal
principles of ultra locofocoism, are being ex
hibited in Columbus; Ohio, the capitol of that
State. The lodefoces seem bent on preventing
.an organization of the Legislature. In the
Senate, BRIEW:STEII RANDALL, Esq., Free Soil
Whig has been elected speaker; but up to the
latest dates, that body was unable to elect a
a Clerk.
In the liouse each party had organized sep
erately. The locos proceeded to admit persons
as members who had not even the shadow of a
right. The following Telegraphic despatch ex
hibits the state of affairs up to Thursday last.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 7, 1848.
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WEDNESDAY'S caoceunrius-- -, Thirty-four but
lotings for Clerk took place Without success,
after which the Senate adjourned.
Horse—The Whigs met this morning at ten
o'clock, when the roll call and other formulas
were gone through, and no quorum being pres
ent, had to adjourn.
The democrats have continued in possession
of the Hall since Monday day and night, with
out recess or adjournment. The Whigs and
Free Soil men proposed to compromiie by tem
porarily excluding both sets of members from
Hamilton county. The majority of the demo
crats, however, refuse to accede, and there
is no prospect of the compromise being
effected.
lII 7 R - SO Y Paoemmi NC; . —This body met
and made ten ineffectual ballotinzs for Clerk.
llorsr..—The Democrats have retained pos
session of the Hall all night.
Whigs met this morning, and there being no
quorum adjourned till noon, when a similar
scene was enacted.
INNiNI , ATIdS dr 111TryAr.o.— ,, The sttdng wes
terly winds that prevailed last Week, had caused
an innundution of Banjo by (he lake. Atuoh
injury to the shipping and Merehandiselnis been
the result it is feared.
Fine e•r WASIIINGTON.-We Una sziy ,
the Pittsburg Gazette,that on Thursday morn
ing the 30th ult., the new wing of the Female
Seminary Washington, Penna. was burned to
the ground, and the main building much dam
aged. The young ladies were' all turned into
the street, and are scattered about among the
inhabitants. No lives lost.
AN Eismoiregsro LEGIRLATOR.-A locofoen
member of the Massachusetts Legislature did
not attend the late extra session, as he had not
heard of it He don't take a paper, which ac
count for his ignorance. Thus Gen. Cass lost a
vote and the member $.13 pay.
THE CHOLER IN NEW OPLEAN(4.—The New
l'ork Herald has a letter from New Orleans, da
ted the 10th, announcing the nrrival of the
flErriso.—A letter from italtimore to the
New York Herald says :- 4 .Tbe amount of
money won by the Whigs inthis city is immense
There is not a betting man among the Democ
racy in this city that is not completely cleaned
out, as they bet without stint, and even gave
odds on Pennsylvania."
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Pennsylvania electoral College; FOREIGN NEWS.
HArtnisnuno, Dec. 6. 'rhe Britania arrived at Boston on the 6th
The Electoral College met at noon to-day ih inst. The advises from the continent of Eu
the Senate Chamber, at the Capiol, and was
rope
cotitilitte to be alarming. A total subver
organized by the appointment of Hon. Thomas .
M. T. McKennan, of Washington county as
tion of things as they'ilow exist, seems to be
President, and Dr. Foster of Harrisburg, as I threatened. •
Secretary. All the electors chosen were pres-
The ititheCile and sanguinary Emperor; I's
(mt. The votes were taken separately ti,r Pres- ,
ideitt and Vice President, ad providedbythe . .
' 1' erd Maud, lath eliduleterized his success
constitution, and given for Taylor and Fillmore. In Vienna by ittroetty and cold-blooded
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cruelty, far exceeding that of the popu-
Gen. Joseph Markle was selected as Messes-ger to carry the vote or the College to the Pr.- ,
tee in moments of their greatest excite
iaent of the Senate, at Washington; Col. Thos. '
W. Duffield, to depositamsprinhe-otheorof i meat. 1-he details of hip barbarity are
District court of the United States, at Phitadet- ! too numerous to be given by thetriselves
phis, and William Colder, to deposit a copy in I —suffice it to say that defencbless Citi
thellarrisburg Post office. The College ad- ' irons have been shot dead in the streets ;
journed at live o'clock, after some remarks fruit'
the President.____ • I under the eaves of their rifled and illutt•
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' ^hil,
- . dered houses: even woman and children
Gold Minding in California. , ; have been indiscriminately massacred:
The mania for gold hunting, which
seem.;' The students of the University, ivtio
were distinguished above others in ili6
have taken complete possession of the Califor-
Mans, had not in the least abated, according to
bar latest advice, -The following letter, which !defence,man exertions, are hunted down like
. beasts; and when captured executed do
has been furnished to the N. Y. Tribune by
Messrs. Grinnell, Minturn & cb., gi v es sonic the spot. is brutal and vindictive pol.:
idea of the difficulty to which all vessels en the icy is raising a flame of indignation anii
coard are placed, (in fiecdtint of the desertion of fury whith neither king nor emperor can
their men :. . : extinguish, and which, it is believed,will
make the reaction mueh more formida;
ble ihali the late outbreak.
MowEnui, Sep{. t. 5, 131 S.
Messrs. Grinnell, Minturn & Co
Sirs—l embrace this opportunity to
inform you of my situation, iirhich is
bad enough. All hands haVe left i;itt but
two, they will stay till the cargo is land=
ed and ballast in, then they will go.:—
Both mates will leave in a feV; days; and
then I will have only the two boys ; and
1 am fearful that they will run. f Bare
got all landed but 900 barrels ; on Mow ,
day I shall stet off ballast if the weathCr
is good. There's no help to be got at
any price. The store ship that sailed
from here ten days ago took three of my
men at $lOO per month. There is noth
ing that anchors here but what loses
their men. I have had a hard time in
'landing the cargo; I go in the boat ev
ery load. if I can get it 011 shore I shall
save the freight. As for the ship she
will lay here for along time, for there's
not the least chance of getting a crew.
The coasters are giving $ too per month.
All the ships at San Franeisco have
stripped and laid up. The Flora, of
- New London, is at San Francisco, all
' left. You probably have heard of the
situation of things here. A sailor will
be up at the tnines for two months, work
on his own account, and come down with
from two to three thousand dollars, and
those who go in parties do much better.
I have been offered $2O per day to go,
by one of the first men here, and work
one year. It is impossible for the to give
you any idea of the gold that is got here.
Yours respectfully,
• CHRISTOPHER ALLYN,
Captain of the ship Isaac Walton.
Cars on the Pa. Railroad.
A letter from Harrisburg to the Daily News,
of the 6th inst. says :
The first five miles above Harrisburg of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was opened this after
noon. The curs left here after the arrival of
the Philadelphia train, crowded with citizens
and strangers now sojourning, at the seat of
Government. The road is built in the best
style, and finished as far asiCoxestown where
the same crosses the Susquehanna; the bridge
at that point is in a near state of completion,
and when finished w.lll be one of the most sub
stantial and best bridges in the United States.
A Whig of P 76 I
The Muncy Luminary says have ob
served numerous notices in our exchanges of old
gentlemen having turned out at the late election
to vote for Old Zech." Now we have just
been made acquainted with the facts concerning
the voting of un old gentleman in this county,
that we think worth recording. Mr. WILLIAM
VvrtsimmoNs, of Clinton township, has voted
at every Presidential election since the estab
lishment of the American Republic, and has
always been a Whig. lid was a Whig when
the first election was held in the States, and vo
ted for Gen. WASHINGTON, he was a Whig in
'.lB, and voted for Gen. Tnvt.on. Mr. Fitzsittt
, mons, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War,
snit is litlw in the 95th year of his age.
7 1 4 e rirTrhy of' the it'sq, from the Alleghe
nies to the pocky ninntains, front the froich
lakes of th, Noith, to the t mid waters of the
Gulf of Mexico ! Every soil, every climate,
every variety of surface. Of all the great pro
ducts of the world, collie is the only one which
does not, or may net grow there. Take the
people of Britain, Ireland, France, Holland,
Germany, Italy and Spain, and place the whole
in the valley beyond the A ppalaaians, and It
wonhl continue to ask for more. 7 Ohio alone,
without sinking a pit below the level of her
valleys, could supply coal equal to the amount
dug from the mines of England and Wales for
twenty-five hundred years, and Ohio is but a
pigmy, in the way of bitumen, compared with
Western Pennsylvania oral Virginia. Iron
abounds from Tennessee to Lake Eric, and forms
the very mountains of Missouri and Arkansas.
Salt wells spring up from every secret store
house, in every north-western State.. Lead
enough to shoot the human race extinct, Is rai
sed from the great metallic dykes of Illinois
and Wisconsin. Copper and silver beckon all
trusting capitalists to the shores of Lake Supe
rior. And mark the water coursdA, the chain
of lakes, the immense plains, graded for rail
roads by Nature's own hand, the reservoirs of
water waiting for canals to use them. Already
the farmer, far in the interior woods of Ohio or
Indiana, may ship his produce at his own door,
to reach BOston, NeW York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore or New Orleans, and every mile of its
transit shall he by canal, steamboat, and rail
car.—N.A.Roview.
MARRIAGE OF Cot; BLlss.The Point Coupec
Echo of the 25th ult., arinounces that on Thaw
day, the 23d ihst:, Col: Bliss was married at
Baton Rouge fa Miss Betty Taylor, datightet
of the President elect:
Grain Niaiket:
The market is ratiter dull and declining'
The supplies of home grown as well as
! foreign; fully equal the demand, and as
buyers feel till willing to speculate, prices
'are on the,. decline. At Mark Lane on
Monday !Sit; Wheat fell 2s per quarter,
white th 6 sale for both that article and
Flour and Corn t'Vere i'ery jiMited.
The same fe'eling prevailed in the Liv
erpool tHarket ofitbe Mk:living dry; best
American Wheat bringing 8s 4d to 8s 5d
• for u'hitci is 6'd to 7s 9d fat` reeL Flour
27s to ,30u, according t 6 brand tYnd qual
ity. At the sill:Net:o6N tßtirket nn the
17th inst., trade was very i langnid, and
prices tVerein favor of the b.iyer.. Ow
ing to the preValenee of. unfavorable
winds; the iMpo'rts during the week have
been to a limited extent.
A Slate fuse in Cumberland Co.
A letter from Carlisle to' the editoi of the
Arderieari. say,:
"For some few days theie has been
quite nn interesteing case before the
courts in this county; the Circumstances
of which many of your finmerous rea
ders would und6ubtedly Miele liitOiv.'The
plaintiffs, Catherine Oilier find 'Others'
of the Stnte of Maryland,' instituted a
suit against Dan'l Kaufman of thiscoun- .
ty, for aiding the escape, and harbtYring.
18 slaves, - claimed as the p'ro'perty of
the plaintiffs.. Messrs. ty,p
‘tts and Bid
dle were engaged for plaintin; and
Galaglier Graham and Adal'r for defend:
ant.
A great, number of witnesses *ere'
produced y the plaintifl'a counsel; who'
proved that the slaves were brought on
ate evening of the 24th of October;
J 847 to the barn of Karfinan, and after
remaining there part of the night,' were
taken in his wagon across the Stikine
haunt' river. Several witnesses were Cal
led, who were immediate neighbdrs of
Kaufman, and obstinately refused to an
swer nay questions or inquiries pro
pounded by the court or counsel.
Being apparently determined to key'
silent, they were given into the custody
of the Sheriff and conveyed to jail.—
But after remaining there a short time
they concluded it was better to come
forward And give evidence, and occur:
di ugly did so in a very humble and sub:
missive manner. The defendant's coml. -
eel took the ground that a case of this
kind did not come under the jurisdiction
of this Court. Able and lengthy speech ,
were made by the counsel on both sides,
and the Judge's charge, tho' brief was to
the point.
The jury retired, and after being nut
some eighteen hours, returned n verdict
of 1;2,000 damages for the plaintiff's.
PRINCE Joi LAT.:v.—John Van Puren met
Mr. Fillmore at the time of his last visit to Al
bany. What are you going to do for us, Mr.
Fillmore, now you are in office," said the hope
ful heir of honor. Do for you I' said the
Vice elect, good humorodly— ,, \V, shall do no
thing—we don't know you." " lit:11. Taylor
will certainly redeem his pledge to us," said
John. Pledge ! What Pledge r "The one
he gave at Buena Vista, not to leave his wound,-'
ed behind him."
A NOTII. E1.011,311,NT.-We learn from the
Hein York Evening Star that an elopement in
high life occurred in that city ipt Sunday night.
The daughter of one of the upper ten eloped.
with a young German, who was teaching her
music. She Caine back the next day, told her
parents that she was married, and asked forgive- -
ness. At first her parents were very much en
raged, but fi nally they relented and sent for her
husband.' The young lady is heiress to a for
ma., of $25,000 left her by her aunt.
POLK'S MESSAGE ie published iu seine of the
papers with this heading :—" The State of the
Country—A Romance of the Nineteenth . Cen-
tury"-By James K. Polk, Author of the "Mex
ican War," &c.
"THE MILK IN TIIL: COCOA Nur."—The JVPw
York Tribune suggests that the reason why
James K. Polk wrote so long alnessage was to
make it correspond with the length pf the faces
of his partisans.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, notwith
standing, its enormous prolixity, was
telegraphed entire frota Baltimore to St.
Louis in twenty-four hours. -drop cop
ies being left at all the intermediate
cities.
ID- There are said to be thirty thou
sand persons . in New York, either out of
einployincsilt or working tor less than the
price of their daily subsistence.