THE JOURNAL.
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HUNTINGDON, TUESDAY, SEPT: 11. 1849.
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Whig County Tickets
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New Currntxo.—B. & W. SNARE have just
received from the East ad elegant assortment (if
Vests and Cassimere Pantaloons, which they
are offering very low. Give them a call.
Feosr.—We regret to learn that a portion of
our county was visited with frost during the
past week. In Trough Creek Valley we learn
that it was quite severe.
BEDFORP TREASURY flounce.-The Treasury
of Bedford county was robbed last week of $240.
The robbers took the safe out of the office, car
ried it a short distance from town, broke it
open sad rifled it of the amount above stated.
All Hall Vermont !
TILE VOICE OF FREEMEN ! !
Last weeje we announced a brilliant Whig
victory in Rhdde Island. This week we have
still more glorious news frOM ever faithful Ver
mont. VeiMont is still I .rnic STA. THAT NEV-
en !SETS," hOtWitilSlailding the LOcofocos hived
by their union with the Van Miran Free Soilers,
td subdue her. Refurris from seventy-five towns
show a gain for CoOi,moi, Whig, for aciveinoi,
of neat FOI/11 THOUSAND votes ! i All
the Whig State officers are elected by the peo
ple, an•d the Legislature is largely bVhig in both
branches.
,
The returns indicate decided whit gains ineve.
ry section of the State ; so far the Whigs have
f2O members of the Senate, and the Locofocos
and their allies 6. In the House the Whigs
have 00 members, and the Locofocos and Van
Buren free soilers 99, being a gain upon last year
of 20. The majority for Prof. Meacham, Whig,
for Congress, is from 800 to 1,100.
It will be recollected that last year the Whig
State oflicersfailed of an election by the rmple,
ai4l were chosen by a close vote of the Legisla
ture. 'Nis is indeed a glorious result. We
?rust that the Locofocos and Van Bureni'es will
unite somewhere else ! Rhode Island and Ver
mont bear witness to the glorious results of such
zealous devotion to the good of the country.
Victory Certain.
A full turn out on the second Tuesday of Oc
tober, is all that is wanting to triumphantly
elect HENRY M. FULLER Canal Commis
sioner. Our information from all parts eif the
Stute is of the niest cheering character'. In
many counties Mr. FULLER will run largely
ahead of the Whig vote. Indeed, this *ill be
so whenever he is well known. The prospects
of hie election, (presuming that the Whigs all
turn out and vote,) are much better than they
were for Johnston this time last fall; Victory
therefore is certain, if the Whigs but do their
duty. Will they not do itt
Whig County ;ricikeis
Never was the Whig party of Huntingdon
county more thoroughly united on a Whig coun
ty ticket, than at this time. Frdm every town
ship we have the news that the iieicet is con
sidered a good one, and that it will receitd the
united Whig vote. This is truly gratifying.
The ticket is a good one, and it gives us great
pleasure to learn that it is so generally appreci
ated by the party. When the men placed in
nomination are all honest and capable, as is the
case this yedr, the true wbig policy is to vote tar
the Ticket, fit* WHOLE Tit'icer, and N.:nut:.
11, THE TICKET/
~ T ivrmaism DlsSOLViao."•=This was the
caption under which our Locc:4co contempora
ries recorded the TRIUMPH OF SLAVERY
is Tennesseeand in two districts kentirCky.
Hoe, would it look over the news from Rhode
island and Vermont?
itEEPIIPTION or run PUBLIC
North A meriean of Saturday lest says:—We
are gratified to learn that within the past three
days, the Ccirifinissioners of the Sinking Fund
of Pennsy!vania have purchased $113,500 of the
State loans for the sum of $lOO,OOl 10. Hav
ing thus invested the amount in hand, they are
now out of the market. The good work of the
redemption of the public debt having thus com
menced under favorable ausptes, it cannot be
doubted that it will be steadily persevered in,
and the credit of the State will never again be
questioned. The payment of interest in gold
and silver, and a system actually established
and in operation for the gradual liquidation of
the principal, afford a basis for credit as proud
and solid as it is worthy of our noble old Com
monwnith.
The Next Congress.
The election of Mr. Dixon, — (suys the Lancas
ter Tribune) the Whig candidate for Congress,
from the second Congressional district Of RhOde
Island is at last reduced to a certainty. This
district has heretofore been represented by a
Locofoco. At the piesat election, to Order to
tender the et/chess of Locofdcoism certain be
yond a dditbi; a coalition who Itlrmed by the
Old Huukets. and Preesoileigt„ The Whigs,
however, made a noble rally in defence of their
principles, and elected theit candidate notwith
standing the efforts of the coalition by a Major
ity of 600 ! The Western part of Rhode Is
hind is therefore once more redeemed from Lo
roforo misrepresentation, and we can enjoy the
pleasant reflection that there is one northetn
doughface the less, and that the next reptesen
tatiVe from this district will haVe the indepen
detee to stand Up like a man and vote for the
tine interests of his coantry, instead of making
himself the triel'e tool of southern negro drivers
for the petty purpose Of keeping the spOils"
of office among hie party.
The Whigs, thus far, have four majority in
the next Congress, as follows Whigs elected
109, Locofocos 10.5. There are seventeen yet
to be elected—six arc from Maryland, where
the Whigs ought, and if they do their duty, will
gain one member more. From this statement
it is evident we shall have a majority in the
House of Representatives; but it will not be
very large. In the Senate the locofocos will
have a majority of eight or ten. The two houses
will therefore ha as they Were last Ctingreas;
one of each party.
, Never beftire has the gioss selfishness and
duplicity of locofocoisin stood out in such bold
relief as it has in the etectidn of Congressmen
for the nett Cengteeisi In the northern States,
wheleier they lia;ie found it expedient, they
hei'e diiheiiiiitingly attached themselves to the
Free Soilers and even Abolitionists, and have
denounced slavery and slave-holders in the
strongest terms; while at the same time, in the
South, they have clung with death-grip tenacity
to the ultra slavery men, end bade taken every
occasion to recite the WhigS us Ultra Abolitidn
ists, Disunionists and foes of every kind df
peace and order. By this means they have suc
ceeded in deceiving the people in many of the
strongest Whig districts, and electing Locofeen
Congressmen over Whigs in such States as
Kentucky and Tennessee ; and it is by this
means that they have reduced what would have
been a large Whig majority in Congress.
All these things however must have their
end. The 4. sober second thought" of the peo
ple will at once detect the fraud that has been
pfacticed upon them, and they will speedily
adopt the proper means of rectifying their mis
take. We know that the people of this coun
try are ititeliiienl and honest,—and upon that
knowledge we predict that the day is not far
distant when 'legit driving dictation in the
Sciuth and doughfaced truckling and tergiversa
iion in the North will alike be among the things
that Weib;
Mexican ifoldiersa
The Hollidaysburg Standard charges the
Whigs of this county with being insincere in
their professions of friendship for Mexican sol•
diets, becdiise they will not support Ctil. Maw.
The grdat ecirtiPlaidt uniting the Colonel's friends
here is, that the Lbcofdcos not Support him,
Suppose, Mi. Staiiddtd, you inildire ltf Our Col
temporary of the Globe; hOw it editids that the
Locofocos of old Httrititigddn hate brotight out
one of their party for the avowed tidrpose of
preventing Col. DUFF from receiving the eii - IptY
compliment of the whole Locofoco dote Ark
him if it is in pursuance of their ardent lode for
the brave Mexican Soldier."
Again Was it love for the Mexican soldiers
that induced the Locofocos of Philadelphia coun
ty to withhold from the gallant Capt. Small a
renomination to the Senate, and bestow said no
mination on a mere pot-house brawler ? Was
it lbvo for the Mexicanesoldiers that induced the
Locofocos of Cumberland county to refuse the
small favor of a nomination for Sheriff to the
brave Capt. Hunter ?
Answer these questions, Mr. Standard, before
you prate any more about Whig opposition to
Mexican soldiers. '
tentrai itaitrokii.
We see it stated in the Philadelphia papers
that the fare on the Railroad has been fixed at
seven delta, s, frost Philadelphia to Lewistown.
We think with the Lancaster :B•iaarre, that
there must be some mistake in this announce
ment. The fare from Philadelphia to Harris
burg has heretdfore been only four dollars, and
We kntiii , that hilt twd (Wats and ten cents are
charged by the RaiWad company from Harris
burg to Lewistown, making but Six dollars and
ten cents. We presume it is neat ely intended
to increase these rates. If es, ft must operate
to the prejudibe dfthe Mad: t'e have always
entertained the opinion that the interests of the
State would be promoted by a reduction of the
tolls upon our public works ; and we now think
it would be better NT the Central Railroad and
Harrisburg Railroad Companies to reduce at
once their few and tolls to the lowest rates.
The increase in quantity in such tide always
eXceeds the diminution in price:
As the success of the Central road is of in
calculabie importance to the people of Pennsyl
vania, we are anxious to see it opened under the
most favorable auspices, so that the benefits
arising from its completion may be felt as Speed
, ily as possible.
'Poor Simon Drum" again.
We received the following telegraphic dis
patch from Greensburg on Tuesday:
NomiOation for Prothonotary.—Graham 26,
Fullwood.22, Pram 1. This was the result on
4th ballot. You see how Old Simon stands
among Locofocos."
Poor Simon ! Here Was anoiher cluince for
his numerous sympathysing Locofoco friends to
reward him for his political martyrdom, and
witness the result I One rate only out of forty
nine Out upo'n such an ungrateful set of hy
pocrites Intelfigeneer.
Is Mr. Gainbte a Democrat.
The Tiogo Banner, the Democratic Free Soil
paper of Tioga county, refuses to hoist the name
of the Locofoco nominee for CaiiiilCommission
er to the head of his pifei:
The Potter Pierieer asks :—"What is the rea•
son that the BanUei dOes not support the DCI4I
- candidate for canal Commies'Onet i"
The harmer ane'Ners :—"Simply because we
do not yet know that he ie a Democrat. Will
the eV,' man tell as why he dot's support
him? and what evidence he has that he is a
democrat other than he is the nominee ?"
This looks likt rebellion. In truth the Dem
ocracy of Mr. Gambit is Very much doubteu by
a large portion of his own party throughout the
State, and his prospects, in the north especially,
are very gloomy. He is known to be identified
with the Cameron faction, and to have opposed
the election of Wm. B. Foster in 1816 and to
have contributed very considerably towards his
defeat. Fot this telistin, find others, he it just.
ty fregiiided with suspicion by hit licks party
rind catimit receive their cordial di heitity sup
port.
HEAR ova CArininnve.Mr. Fuller,, being
in Philadelphia last week, and the Rough add
Ready Convention lf,iving been in session, he
visited it, not to m&ke ii speech, but to make
the acquaintance of its members. Ile was,
hdweVer, cdiripelled to reply to a call of his fel
-1 low citizens, and made a few remarks, in the
course of which he alluded to the importance of
the coming campaign—defended General Tay
lor's course; and in alluding to the avoidance
of the Inclined Plane, and the construction of a
new road, said he was “sorry to learn, since'
his arrival in the city, that even in the construc
tion of that road, Foreign iron was to be Used;
This was all wrong. With the immense and
exhaustless treasures of ore, coal, wood and
limestone, which Pennsylvania possessed, we
ought at least to be able to construct our State
Improvements with Iron of our own manufac
ture. Thb people of this State should insist up
on having their interests protected, and this
alone was necessary to their prosperity.
Support your Owns
it should be the object of every cititdh td
Support home manufacture—that is, paticithie
the mechanics and business men of the town in
which we reside. It is the only true basis of
success, and when departed frdm, the habse of
the slow growth of a town will not be difficult
to solve. Our own mechanics and business men
should always come in first for home patronage.
The effects of such a course would be benefici
ally felt by all. It is true, that in some cases,
we must pay a trifle more than sirditar &tides
can be purchased for abtdad; but even by do
ing this, we will feel the good effects upon our
selves because it would be keeping the circu
lating medium in our midst—make all branch
es of business flourish—give employment to
our own mechanics instead of those abroad, in
cities—increase the prosperity of the place, and
make us feel independent of all others.
So says the Adams Sentinel, andao say we,
The state Finances.
The Harrisburg papers publish the follow
ing letter from Gov. Johnston to the Board of
Canal Commissioners in reference to the bal
ance in the Treasury applicable to the North
Branch Banal. It will be observed with plea-
Wire that in the opinion of GoVenal Jdhiistiin
the finances of the State ate in such a condition
that this important wbrk can be preseciited du
ring the bdming year with additional energy.=
We also learn that it is estimated that attet the
payment of the interest accruing on the State
debt oh the 18th of February :loft, there will
be a balance of upwards of $150,000 in the
Tietistiry
PrrTsnuno; dl, 1819.
To 11111165 Its. Poker, Morris Longstreth, and
Israel Painter, Canal contrissioners:- . --
GENTLEMEN i— , Haiing received this, day, tier'
mail, from the State Tienitirer and Auditor
General, two several statements a the preient
condition of the Treasury, from ticrth,bl which
it will appear that, after the payment Of inter
est due on the public debt, and the liquidation
and payment of other claims for which appro . .:
priations have been made by the Legislature,
and retaining a reasonable balance in the Trea
sury, there is a sum of $150,000 which may be
safely applied to the completion of the North
Branch Canal. I do therefore hereby notify
you, in accordance with the act of assembly in
such case made, of the above fact, that you may
proceed, as directed by law, to place under
contract so much of the said work as the said
sum may authorize.
It in proper to state, that the claims for debts
due along the line of the internal improvements,
incurred prior to the Ist of December, A. 1).
1818, for which large appropriations here made
at the last session of the Legislature, having
been liquidated and paid, the extraordinary de
mands upon the Treasury will cerise, which, td
gether with money due the State, in the hands
of agents, attorneys, and others, whii now ille
gally hold the same, and which, with energetic
Means, triaY be Collected, will leavednring the
succeeding year, surd of not less than from
six to eight hundred thbusand dollars tb be ex
pended towards the Completion of that work,
and the payment of the public debt, should the
next General Assembly so determine to ilpPro
priate the ekcess.
. .
I have the Minor io remain, it.* yaiit.,
WM. F, JC/lINSTON
D 9 We do not feel inelined to reply to the
ill-natured remark of the Hollidaysburg Stand
ard in relation to our candidate for the Legisle. , .
ture. It ain't necessary..
Eig — A late number of the Washington Union
has an article headed « The Butchers Grinditik
their Knives,"
This frightful caption induced us to suppose
that some great and terrible onslaught was about
to take place. We were, however, agreeably
disappointed on reading the whole of the Union's
article, to learn that the object was merely to
slaughter a lot of calves that have been fatten
ing at the public crib.—Commonwealth:
MT' The Union continues to harp about t.the
blood of decapitated deutocrats," which a late
number of that paper asserted would Oot aink
in the ground!"
Pray, havn't they got a "Sanitary Coalmine"
in that place to procure the removal of nuisan
ces, an these cholera times I—Trash. Com.
FULLER and REFORNi!
Great Meeting of the People in
Philadelphia!
A grand rally of the Whigs of Philadelphia,
took place in that city, on Monday, evening, 3d
ihst. The North Alh;ricah, in prefixing the
proceedings, says
4, The campaign was opened last evening ih a
spirit the most cheering, for it Was signalised
by an immense gathering, and the exhibitiOn of
utibounded enthusiasm. The Whigs came to
gether to give renewed manifestations of their
devotion to Whig principles, of their determi
nation to fight earnestly in the Whig cause, end
to welcome and approve the candidate present.
ed by their delegates to the State Convention.
Ile was welcomed on presenting himself before
them, by a storm of cheers, and when; during
his remarks, he enumerated had made profession
of adherence to the principles which form the
platform of the Whig party, was repeatedly and
enthusiastically cheered., It was evident from
the first that the
,old spirit was a.'rake, and it
needed but little to kindle it into a flame. It is
a gtrdd augury iif success that thus, in the initi
ative of the enniPaigiii the party is so roused
and s o ready."
Charles Gilpin Esq., as chairman of the del
egatiodto HartisbUrg,gave an account of their
stewardehili, and was followed by Jos. R. Chan
dler, Esq. ) Who made a few remarks and offer
ed a series of excellent resolutions.
Speech of Mr. Fuller.
The resolutions having been adopted by accla
mation, (says the report in the North American)
the impatience of the assemblage broke out into
loud cries for Fuller," and when the Presi
dent introduced our candidate for Canal Com
missioner to the multitude, he was received
with tremendous and long continued cheering.
When it had subsided Mr. Fuller said, he was
glad to meet them. It has long been a custom
in the South and Southwest for candidates for
public office to present themselves to the peo
ple and urge their claims. He approved of it—
the people being the legitimate sovreigns, and
the public Officers the servants of the people.—
For himself, liersonally, he must say, in frank
ness, that he had no claims to favor ' and would
seek tb present none. The Office of Canal Com
rdissibner is tlf great importance. to the tax
payidg people of the State, and if elected—
though he had no claims to that distinction—he
would pledge himself to fidelity to the interests
of the people and to a full discharge, to the ttt
most of his ability, of all its duties.
But as the humble representative of the Party,
it was proper he should make professions of the'
faith to which we belong,.and decimations of
attachment to the principles which compose
that faith. First, then, he was in favor of a
modificatioti of the Present Tariff, so as to se
cdre stick It system of dillies as, while it will
sUpPort an economical administration tlf the
General Government, will give ample and effi
cient protection to American Industry. The
present Tariff is inadequate for this purpcise.-
It is wrong in principle and detail. It is wrong
in principle because we know it gives Ifs Most
protection where we need it .leest; odd vice
curia. To use a familiar illbstration of its op
etatiod:—Whin iron is $5O a ton in Englind, the
duty of 00 per cent ad valorem mikes its cost
here $OO. Our manufacturers can produce it
for less and are consequently protected. But
when iron hills in England to $3O, the duty
drops down to $9, and we cannot make iron for
s39—for the reason that labor cannot be obtain
ed cheap enough. .He was glad that it was so,
for he was no friend to that system which would
redt , e the wages of freemen to ten cents a day.
Freemen are entitled to full wages—to such
wages as will permit them to live as freemen
ought to live—decently, respectably and com
fortably—to educa'e their children as they
should be; to know the constitution and the
laws under which they live, and by which they
are governed. The present tariff is insufficient
to secure this. To show the workidg Of the
present tariff, he would say that at a recent
Convention held in Pittsburg, .a statement was
made showing (hat from 1842 to 1846, seventy
jibe new ir6n furnaces were erected in this State
west of the mountains. From 1943 t 6 1849,
but three furnaces were erected , -a feet, prtiving
beyond dispute, that the present tariff is insuffi
cient,for Pennsylvania. We hold that labor is
entitled to full reward. , •to steady and hie re
ward. . .
, .
We stand do andiber nlatfotth : ihai df the
improvement of our Rivers and Harbors. We
go for making them safe and navigable, to secure
the lives of our citizens, and their property
from loss and destruction: We believe In ,the
doctrine that it is rightand pro Per for the Gen
eral government to do this work, and hold that
it brings§tates together and bipds them.stron
ger and s tronger in bonds of interest and affec
tion.
Where we gldod bne year logo,we sttrhd noir,
in opposition to the extension f domestic sla
very. The spirit whith animates the Whigs is
fastspreading in the democratic ranks, and al
14ady a large portion of them are taking the
same positiqn with us. He knew that in a
short time thiY would come up and stand along
with the Whigs. lie believed that, abiding by
all the compromiserof the Constitution, the
North was determined td perthit the South to
enjoy all the privileges these cotritirOrnises con
fer, but that when the South made an attempt
to extend the institution, the North would rise
up and say gg thus far shalt thou go, and no far
ther." The South might threaten the dissolu
tion of the Union. There was no danger. She
may pass fiery resolutions, but they would be
nothing. The South is really attached to the
Union for whatever she has at home, or what
ever of respect she finds abroad, she owes to
the Mimi. He looked upon slavery as an evil,
Politically, morally, and socially, and he argued
the question at sound lengti with great vigor
and effect.
.
They stood upon another platfor m,; one u p onP
which all parties would unite—:that f sympathy
with Hnngary--and he drew a most eloquent
picture of thisgreat and struggling country ;
predicting that though Austria and Russia might
capture and overthrow every town, and lay
waste every field within her borders, still Hun
gary would yet be free. The spirit of liberty
is like the central fires of the earth, unextin
guishable and uncontrollable, and destined at
last to conquer.
After a few pertinent and impressive words
of Counsel to the Whigs to harmonize and act
with the unanimity and spirit they did a year
ago, Mr. FUHerretired frorri the .stand, amid
loud cheers, having oracle a most favorable im•
pressmen upon his listeners.
The Hon. JAMES COOPER followed. ffe said
that whenever he heard the Whig drum beat, he
felt the blood course more rapidly through
,his
veins, and though he had often thonOt he would
keep quiet during a campaign, yet no sooner
did he see the. Whig banner flying, than he felt
Vivi and rearty for the battle. He admonished
the Whigs that the mere election of a President
and Governor was not enough. The most im
portant part of their work remained to do, for
how could either carry out the principles of the
party, without legislative support. Locofocos
tell us that we have been disappointed in cam
men-..that Taylor is not what we took him for
...that the coal and iron trade were no bptter.
Yet how can the President effect a change in
the prospects of these staples of our State with
out a Congress agreeing with him in principle 7
Cooper then went on to insist upon the neces
sity Of protection, in order that our laborers
might have decent wages, and our markets of
all kinds be prosperous. He took strong ground
on the question of slavery against its extension,
and in favor of efforts tending to its ultimate ex
tirpation. Of Mr. Fuller, the candidate for
Canal Commissioner, he spoke in the highest
terms, from personal kno‘vledge. He eulogised
his noble traits of character, his capacity, de
volion to the principles of right, And earnest
desite the welfare of the Sttite. Under his
aJmigi ration the public works would be made
profitab e, aid thus the first step he taken to
wards providing a fund for paying the interest
of the State debt.
Several other addresses were delivered, and
the meeting adjourned at a late hour and in the
hest spirits.
Brendsiiiiis in Europi.
The condition of the breadstuffs market and
the prospect of the crops are thus summarily
stated by the London correspondent of the Na
tonal Intelligencer, under date of the 10th ult.:
The condition-of-England question at present
is the state of the crops, and it alisdtlis all oth
ere. A finer time for harvest could not be, and
the wheat crops In Kerit find Essex are fast ap
proaching maturity,-in another, week reaping
will be genekal south of the Ittirnbei. The
opinion as tp the product becomes mite and
more favorable as the season advances. Frcim
Ireland wd are again informed that the !lento
comes forwaril in as abundant sliPply as before
the disease nits heard of, aid ;here is every ap
pearance of this rodt having outgrown the mala
dy which daring three successive seasons so Vir
ulently attacked it. To-day we hear of some
rotten hearts showing themselves among the
potatoes near London, but our Irish advices do
not refer to it. At Liverpool both Indian corn
and American flour have fallen this week, pri
ces ruling lower than in New York, so that
freight and charges have to be born by unfortu.
nate shippers., Depend upon it, Unless any thing
unforseen occurs, we are now on the eve of low
prices for breadstuffs throughbut Europe.
Front the German ports of the Baltic, advices
state that some quantity of breadstuffs, retard
, ed there by the.blockatle; *ill be shipped the
moment that obstacle is withdrawn, which is
not likely to occur later than the 10th or 14th
instant, but nobody would charter till it had 10-
ken place; thus the expectation is entertained
here of considerable quantities arrihing froth
that quarter very shortly: ,
In France the result df hitrVest ti ill leate
but little to be desired as to quantity, althouih
in the north the quality has somewhat suffered
from the heavy rains. Under these circumstan
ces it, is no marvel that prices were put down 2
a is. per quarter. in Mark Dine oh Mohday:=hol
ders losing cbnfidence and buyers meting upon
the policy of reserve. At Wednesday's market
perfect stagnation reigned; a fine sample of non,
barley from Essex was produced and brought
The quality of this year's crop for malt
ing purposes will be exceedingly good. Vt'e
have hordes of Irish at work day and night to t
securing the crops in the home counties, and
rapid wOrk they make of it; our farmers have
found out thdt old jog -(rot methods must be dis
carded, how (hat they are exposed to competi
tion frinn abroad. The week closes heavily in
the grain trade at the decline which took place
at its commencement.
[l5? - Among the many little incidents attend
ant upon Gen. Taylor's visit to Pittsburg, the
Gazette of that city, relates the following t A
gentleman, upon introducing to the President tt
beautiful young lady, observed that she *as a
locofoco, when the General immediately saluted
her upon both cheeks, remarking that he always
kissed the locofoco ladies twicai they. Were go
very scarce.
It is rumored that seeetal If the idhig lathed
immediately changed their pdlitics.-4Vash.
Commouldealth.
Mote PeasieunoN bfi Thtt SOLDItRO:
—Our good Whig President, Geri. Tdy
ldr, seems to be carrying on the per3e
cutibn of the Seldiett Of thif Mexican
war ate round rate, truly ! It is ndw
told of him, that ttithdittHanlon;
he hes just appointed Will. H. Bell, a
LoEofeeo of 1 iississippi, who lost an arm
at the stOrming of Monterey; to be Indi
an Sub-Agent at Osage! Thus the
Whigs ere paying these who had the
temerity to fight ih that War ! Guess
they must hate them ..orfulty," to use
the classic language of our neighbor of
the Standard. —Hol. Reg.
bisnacsrut, RlOT.—Welearn that at
a camp meeting, held last vPeelc about
five miles from York; a get of rowdies
gathered and cotiiinenced their opera
tions of mischief, by throwing stones
among the Congregation and at t he
‘
preacher's stand, breaking several lamps
and endangering the lives of those pres
ent. Nut succeeding as they expected
and fearing detection; they Made a hasty
retreat: On the following evening they
renewed the tmult, but were still more
unfortunate than the previous evening,
as several of them were arrested and
others recognized. Several other!! are
strongly suspected, and Will it is to be
hoped, receive their just puntihinent.
The Secret Expedition;
LOuis - , September 3.
A letter has been reSeiSed in this city
from Round Wand, midway between
Mobile and New Orleans, which Says
that 1000 men of the Secret Expedition
had arrived there, and Would sail on
board of the steamship Taney, on the
20th of August, for an island about 100
miles distant from Vera Cruz. The
writer is a number of the Sicriedition,
twi) thinks that Sierra Madre will be the
place of destination. 20;000 men from
different parts of the United States were
expedted to rendezvous at a point near
Vera Cruz.
AN EXAMPLE.—Gen. Taylor is said to
he a rigid Temperance mon. He never,
under any circumstances, touches a drop
of the 'ardent.' A case is point is sta
ted in one of our exchanges. At Cham
bersburg, he had a sudden and violent
attack of diarrhoea. 15r. Wood,• his
son-in-law, who is travelling with him,
immediately prescribed brandy, but the
high-minded, resolute old man said NO—
he would not touch it. He had never
applied the hot, rebellious liquor to his
blood in youth, and he could not consent
to do it now.—His praiseworthy exam
ple we trust, will be productive of bene
ficial reaults.
Later from Europe
SAD NEWS.
Defeat of the Hungarians.
The Philadelphia papers of Thursday last
contain five days later news from Europe, by
the Niagara. The most important is the fol
lowing saddening account of the defeat of the
Hungarians :
The intelligence from the seat of war in Hun
gary is df the most disastrous kind. The Hun
garians have been defeated at all points, and the
cause which they no courageously upheld against
fearful odds, hail fallen past redemption.
The precise details of the circumstances
which led to this unfortunate and unexpected
result cannot be ascertained from any accounts
within our reach. Part of the main facts are
that the Hungarians have been forced to lay
dOwn their arms and submit unconditionally to
the Missian forces.
There id no rbom whatever to doubt. The
operations of the Hungarians under Bern just
preceding the termination of the struggle, are
alone given, ih an intelligible form, end would
seem front *accohnts before us to have had
an important influence in bringing about the
submission of the Hungarians.
The Vienna cdrrespondence of the Londoni
Times, under date of Aug. 18, says : "An offi
cial report of the Bth from Col. Dossoler, who
is at Hermanstadt, gives the particulars of
what has taker] place in the southwest of Trans
ylLania sirfde the 9th; oh which date Gen. Lu
dere was at Galfalda. After Bern's defeat, ori
the 31st, at Schasbing, he proceeded towards
Medgeys, which he reached on the 3d, with a
force of 8000 men, and 17 glins—havin4 been
joined at this flare by tin auxiliary corps from
Clomrenberg, consisting of 4000 foot, 800
horse ) and 12 Atuns: He proceeded towards
Hermanstadt. Gen. Huplord, who had been
left with six battalidns ' 0 and 350 Cos
sacks, to protect Herinanstadt, had gone to
Reianekt and Lishlettbark, where,he gained the
Victory. mentioned, yesterday, over the instil.,
• gent Gen. Steinall. Tide having been made
kriciiVn to Gen. Liiders, by his scout, he foresaw,
that Bern *tint,' hill upon HassfOrd, probably
drive him into Wallachia, and then, take posses
sion of Hermanstadt. Nothing remained to be
dorie but to pursue Bern with all speed. Before,
hdWeier, Ltldcle Could overtake him, he learn
ed that Hattsford had actually been, attacked,
driven from his position, and after o murderous
battle in the streets of. Hermanstadt, in which
he had many killed and vi*Ounded, had been obli
ged to retreat to Tahriace.
On the 6th, at 10 Ai M., Gen: Luder's army.
stood befote„ Hermanstadt. Six battalions of
the ensmv ? 500 horse, and 18 guns, occupying
the neighboring heights. A considerable force.
had been left in the city, and the remainder of
the army had gone in pursuit of Hassford.
A battle ensued, which ended in the complete.
route of the Magyars. The Russian cavalry
put such of the fugitives as attempted to resist,
to the sword.
The enemy, who lost 1700 prisoners and 14,
guns in this battle, had 600 killed, and 500
wounded. The troops which had followed
Hassford, made the best of their way after their
routed comrades.
The Russians, including the loss suffered by
General Hanford on the sth, had 36 killed and
wounded.
The battles of Schersberg arid Hermanstadt
produded a most diStiiriting offeht among the in
surgents. Many threw away their arms and
sdught reftige in the Wc/ods, While others came
ovrr to pie victorsi
The Vienna accounts by way of Warsaw, of
Augitst 16th e state that the littnaarian Diet,
having sdriendeeed its powers to Georgey, had
dlssdltredliself. ,
A meeting, inchtding itosstith, Georgey and
Rein, subsequently took place at, or near Arad,
at which it was deteimined at once to put an
end to the war as sanguinary and useless.—
Georgey, addressing the council of war, protes
ted that he had no hopes for the cause of Hun
garythat all resistance was in vain, and that
nothing but utter ruin would attend the protein;
gation of the Struggle.
Antiquity:
A lawyer and a doctor were cliseuesin's the
antiquity of their respectirig
, professifins; and
each cited authority to prove hid the most
eient. Mine," said the disciple of LyeUrgus.
"commenced altruist With the world's era :
Cain slew his brother Abel, and Plat was emu
mai case in common law !" Trite," rejoined
Esculapus, "but my firelfesiibn is cdeJal with
the Creation itself. Old mother ECe . was made
out of rib taken from Adamls,b4dy, and that
was n Surgiial Optiatian." Thelawyer drop- -
pH flit green bee.
. .
Excitenient in Viirginia.
the Rev. W. A. Smith, of Loudoun county,
Va., lately delivered a sermon in vindication of
ShiVery, which was afterwards published, and
extensively circulated. Taking this as a chal
lenge to discussion, Samuel M. Janney, a min
ister of the society of Friends, commenced a
series of articles in the Leesburg Washington.
ian, reviewing the sermon and exposing its fal
lacies. No sooner htid the first number appear
ed than the sleveholders were up in arms. Mr.
Janney Was arrested and indicted by the Grand
Jury for pUblishing incendiary matter. No
stronger eVideace of weakness could be present
ed by the slaVe-holders than this. It shows
that they fear discussion. The maxim of Jef
ferson, that "error of opinion may safely be tol
erated, where reason is left free to combat it,'
melts with no cdnciirrente do their part. They
feel that they have not sufficient 'reason where.
with to combat what 60 affect to consider ,er
rors of opinion';' , -and hence they resort to in
dictments and exciternents when a free voice is
lifted up in tlieir midst. We are glad to learn t
however, in this case, that the Prosecuting At."
to'rney of Londetin county has expressed an opin ,
ion that the indictinent against Mr. Janney can=
not be sustrtitied.
THE CHOLERA Ire EnnorE.-- We learn
by the Niagara that the cholera wad
still prevailing in England( In the Lon
don districts, embracing g population of
about 2,000,000 souls, the deaths from
all diseases had risen sin c e the previous
week from 1900 to 2230, while the
deaths from choleia hate been succes
slyly 926, 828, and 2280: At Liverpool ?
on the 23d, the medical officer reported
an increase in the mortality, the deaths
far the week being, from all causes, 843 ;
against 664 the previous week. Deaths
from cholera 572, against 402 in the pre-'
vious week. Manchester had suffered a
trifle more than the previous week, but
not so much as Leeds. There had been
a good deal of mortality in the south of
Ireland ; but Scotland exhibited a very
decided improvement. In Paris it has
reappeared, but not yet to an alarming
degree. In Holland, and especially in
Amsterdam, following the course of
water, the mortality has been Very se.
care. In other parts of Europe, the dig.'
order has abated.