THE JOURNAL. HUNTINGDON, PA. Thursday Morning, July 17, 1851. WILLIAM H. PEIGHTAL-EDITOR. TERMS OF PUBLICATION: THE " HUNTINGDON JOURNAL 72 iS pllbilShOd at the following rates, viz: If paid in advance, per annum, WOO If paid during the year, 1,75 If paid after the expiration of the year, • 2,50 To Clubs of live or more, in advance, • • 1,25 TIIE above Terms will be adhered to in all cases. No subscription will he taken fora less period than six mouths, and no paper will be discontinued un til arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the publisher. V. B. PALIMER Is our authorized agent in Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore, to receive advertisements, and any persons in those cities wishing to adver tise in our columns, will please call on him. FOR TILE PRESIDENCY IN 1852, WINFIELD SCOTT, OF NEW JERSEY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT IN Ism, JAMES C. JONES, OP TENNESSEE FOR GOVERNOR IN 1851, WM. F. JOHNSTON, OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY. Pon CANAL COMMISSIONER. JOHN STROHM ' OP LANCASTER. FOR THP SUPREME BENCH. WM. M. MEREDITH of Philadelphia, RICH. COULTER of Wearnorelaud. JOSHUA W. COMLEY of Montour. GEORGE CHAMBERS of Franklin. WILLIAM JESSUP of Susquehanna. Our Improvement. We promised to issue our second No. in July with entirely new type. We have done so ; and now, reader, what do you think of our appearance ? Do we not look neat and trim ? Have wo no additional claims on your generous heart ? Does not your purse-strings begin to relax at sight of us and your hands feel like forking over for another year in advance. No postage now to any part of the county, so send in your names and if, at the end of the year, you aro not satisfied with the paper the money will be refunded. Our terms now are $ 1,50 a year in advance, or to clubs of five or more $ 1,25 in advance. NOTICE. The accounts of the late James Clark for advertising and job work, have been put into the hands of the undesigned for collection. Therefore persons who are in debted for such work, or whose accounts are unsettled, will please call and snake settlement with the undersigned at his Office in Huntingdon. W. P. ORBISON, P. S. All monies due said Clark for subscriptions to the Journal" are to be paid to Win. H. Peightal, the present pro prietor, he having purchased the same. Huntingdon July 17 '5l ] W. P. 0. New Advertisements. MESSRS F. & C. SNYDER publish an adver tisement this week, to which we invite particular attention. They are amply prepared to do all they say. We have tested the quality of their Ice Cream and find it to be just such as to make a person sigh for "one more of the same sort" these hot evenings. So, to be a little poetical, one might any, and "stand convicted of more truth than treason"—that "Never did bee from flower quati'neetnr so divine" us Snyder's cream.—Try it. See Jetty A KING'S Advertisement in the proper place. We know Mr. King to be an excellent workman and a clover fel low and we are certain he is able to do all he says, viz : give the people fits. Kr Our New Advertisements have crowded out the following articles intend ed for this weeks paper, viz. :—The 4th of July. Our own 4th. Politeness. Notice of .h'merican art -Union, and several other articles. They shall all appear in our next number. Keystone Hotel at Spruce Creek. We had prepared an article for this weeks paper noticing the opening of this splendid establishment on the 4th of July, but, owing to the crowded state of our col uinns, we are forced to defer its publication until next week, it?' What has become of Mr. u Snake?" He is frequently inquired after. We should be very [Owl indeed to hear from him. Democratic Nominations. The following are the nominations made by the democrats at Harrisburg and Read ing. The contest it would seem from the tone of the press since the result has be- 1 come known, is regarded as a signal tri- 1 umph of the Buchanan over the Cass men. Much bad feeling exists, and this, together ,with the acknowledged unfitness of some of their candidates, will ensure us a certain triumph. Our men are acknowledged, by all parties, to be eminently qualified for the stations which they have been selected, to occupy. For Governor, Col. Wm. Bigler of Clearfield. Canal Commissioner. Seth Clover of Clarion. Judges Supreme Court. John B. Gibson of Cumberland. Jeremiah S. Black of Somerset. James Campbell of Philadelphia. Ellis Lewis of Lancaster. Walter H. Lowrie of Allegheny. Too Hitter to Swallow. Some portion of the Democrats in vari ous sections of the state have held meet ings at which resolutions were passed rep robating the action of their Judicial con vention in placing such men before the people for their suffrages. The Locofocos of Chester County held a meeting at West-Chester recently in which the leading menbers of the party participated. They resolved not to sup port the ticket and issued an address to their brethren setting forth their reasons in bold & forcible language. They say they " are not perpared to place the judicial power of the State in the hands of incapa ble or dishonest men merely because they were nominated by a Democratic conven tion, particularly when controlled as that of Harrisburg was, by combinations and bar gains, resulting in the nomination of some candidates unfit to be elected." " The cor rupt men aspiring to lead of late years must be thrust back to their proper places. Their object is office & plunder; we must de feat them in their purposes at all hazards. We must strike now; the occasion is too' important to admit of delay. Although we in Chester county constitute but a small portion of the ranks of the party in the State, we have our rights and will at least try to maintain them. If others are will ing to truckle to corruption and intrigue, we arc not. Nevertheless we have confi dence in the virtue of the masses and with their help we hope to be somewhat instru mental in purifying party morals." Mr. Hickman, the late Chairman of the Loco foco State Central Committee, " denoun , ced Judge Gibson and .Campbell, in most unmeasured terms. He declared that the former was decaying in mind and body— that the latter was corrupt, and was total ly unfit for the station to which he aspires, in every point of view. He called upon any friend of Judge Campbell—the ablest and best—to meet him, (Mr. Hickman.) and discuss Judge Campbell's fitness for the office. Mr. Smith was very severe in his remarks on Judge Gibson, and Judge Campbell, and also on Mr. Buchanan, for declaring what he knew to be false in re gard to the qualifications of the latter," Resolutions were adopted in accordance with the spirit of the above, with but two dissentiong voices. Such Harmony We clip the following froM a lato num ber of the Huntingdon Globe" to show that the affairs of the harmonious democra ey are in rather a bad fix. Our neighbor is a Cass man and as such feels very sore, that the nominations of his party are clai med and chuckled over by the Buchanan wing as an evidence that Gen. Cass has no strength in Pennsylvania. His paper, however, is not the only one holding simi lar sentiments; and we shall not be surpri sed to see quite a number come out boldly in opposition to the ticket. Many have quit a squinting that way now. He says: Irr Some indiscreet editors, among the number is, the editors of the Pennsylva nian, Harrisburg Union, Redford Garth, and some three or four others, have, since the adjournment of the Democratic Con ventions, claimed the nominations of those Conventions, as Buchanan triumphs. We cannot see how Mr. Bnehanan's prospects, are to be brightened by placing the norni. noes of those Conventions in a false posi tion. Neither can we see that our State ticket would be any the stronger if the assertions of the special friends of Mr. Buchanan were true. The idiocy, or rule or ruin policy, may continue the bad feel ing in Lancaster and some other counties, —and may even add to the strength of the Whig party—but we feel confident they arP too well known to defeat the ticket. Complimentary. The Pennsylvania, the leading Demo cratic paper in the State, in speaking of Governor Johnston and his administration pays the following compliment to him for the manly straight forwardness which char acterises all his official acts. It says.— ..Happily for the cause of Truth, he (Gov. Johnston) has left nothing to inference or to surmise, but has defined his attitude bold ly and frankly ; and we render him all credit for having assumed it in so plain and positive a manner." Is not this then just the kind of a man we should have for Governor ? A man without any concealments; one who is at all times able and willing to give an ac count of his stewardship, to exhibit what he has done and, with candor, say what he will do ? BREAK. A portion of the Scquaduct between the two locks above this place gave way on Wednesday night of last week. Many supposed that navigation would be inter rupted for several days, but, owing to the indomitable persoverence of Supervisor In derson and those in his employ, boats were passed on the following Friday. Quick work. Gold Pens. 'We received, a short time since, a mas sive Gold Pen with our name neatly en graved on the silver case from our young friend Mr. Thomas Read of Philadelphia (formerly of this place) for which he will please accept our thanks. It is treble the size of the ordinary pen —Mr. R. is the manufacturer and if they all turn out as well as the one we are now using he must meet with large sales. In deed this is the only gold pen we could ev er write with satisfactorily. It glides over the paper as though it couldn't do any thing else. It is certainly a curiosity I call at our office and examine it. The Gold—Where does it go to. Notwithstanding the many millions of dollars in gold which has been brought from California to this section of the U. S. it does not appear that the specia circula tion of the country has been at all increas ed, or that gold coin is more plenty just now than it was six or nine months 'ago. Our readers are aware that a portion of our simulating medium is rapidly disap pearing, being sent abroad to pay for the products of British instead of American labor. The gold too is leaving the coun try. Nearly three 'unions of dollars was shipped from the port of New York, dur ing one week. A letter from the editor of the Now York Tribune, under date of Par is, June 11, gives us an inkling of the final destination of the California gold mines in the following extract: While Great Britain and the United States have undertaken to vie with each other in Free Taade, France holds fast to the principle of Protection, will scracely a division in her Councils on the subject; and she is consequently amassing in silence the wealth created by other nations. The Californian digs gold, which mainly comes to New Vork in payment for goods; but on that Gold England has a mortgage run ning fast to maturity for the goods were in part bought of her and we owe her for millions, worth beside. But France has a similar mortgage on it for the Grain sup plied to England to feed the fabricators of the goods, and it has hardly reached the Bank of England before it is on its way to Paris. A great share of the golden har vest of the tributatrios of the Sacramento and San Joaquin now find their resting place here. Central Railroad. The Pittsburg Journal of Friday says, the Pennsylvania Central Railroad at that end of the rout has the grading completed, with one exception, to Turtle Creek, and arrangements are made to put on a line of stage coaches to run from the railroad de pot at Turtle Creek to Latrobe, in West moreland county, to which point the rail road coming westward will soon be comple ted. This will leave a gap of but 25 miles in the Railroad between Pittsb'g and Phil adelphia, to be filled by stage coaches.— , This new arrangement will go into opera , tion on the Ist of September, when the passage to Philadelphia will be made in less than a day. C. M'CunnY, Esq., has become the pro prietor of the Harrisburg Daily American t and secured the services of Mr. E. McPher son as Editor. It is conducted with much spirit and ability, and richly deserves a gen erous suport from the Whigs of the State. GREAT FLOOD. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. One of the greatest and most alarming Floods ever remembered took place in the Juniata River and its tributaries, this morning, (Wednesday.) Rain commenced falling at noon on Tuesday and continued on steadily And gently until about lo o'- clock P. M when it came down in a perfect tor rent. It really seemed as though the windows of Heaven had been opened up for it did not descend drop by drop but came upon us like a mighty flood. We never saw so much electricity in the atmospheres for two hours it was nothing but flash after flails of lightning and peal after peal of thunder. The whole heavens seemed to be one sheet of flame in wild commotion, and the reverberations of the thunder among our hills gave ono the idea of a mighty battle going on between the fiends of an infernal world. The flood is nearly as great in this vicinity, as that of 1847 but far more des tructive to property. Never has such a scene of devastation and destruction been witnessed on this River: Most of the farmers along this see tins of the valley of the Juniata have bad their entire crops swept away ; all having been com pletely over-flowed by the rushing flood. As we write the broad bosom of the River, (now ex tending from the Canal to the base of Piney Ridge) is completely covered with grain in the sbief, lumber of all kinds, barrels, boxes, furni ture, wrecks of bridges, stables, Cattle, bogs, &c., &c., all rushing in mad confusion down the roar ing flood. Citizens residing near the canal in this place and the neighboring villages of Portstown and Smithfield were driven, in the dead hour of night, from their dwellings to seek shelter else where. It wan indeed a most frightful and dis tressing scene to behold. Stone Creek. We have just conversed with an old gentleman, who has lived on this stream for fifty years. tic s ays it is three feet higher than lie ever knew it to be before. Great destmetion is the conse quence. Bridges, and fences, and grain, are all destroyed. Many Saw Mills are rendered useless. So with Shavers Creek, a gentleman from there states that it is also three feet higher than eves before known by the oldest inhabitants. The Ca nal. A large portion of the towing-path above this place has been swept away. The towing-path bridge across the River at Petersburg has been carried off. Below this much embankment has been washed out at different points. The aqua duct across Mill Creek glided off its piers about 4 o'clock this morning. We do not think, from all we can learn that the damage to the Canal is very great, yet we presume it is sufficient to prevent navigation for three or four weeks. Hail Road. Much damage has been done to this structure. East of this place it has sustained but trifling in jury. A few culbarts and some embankment be tween this and Mill Creek have been washed out. West of this, however, the damage must be very considerable. One span of the bridge at Peters burg and the whole of the large bridge across the Little Juniata at Neff's Mill is swept away.— It is supposed that many of the Railroad Bridges above are entirely gone. Waterstreet. The damage done at this place was very con siderable. Tim Grist Mill of Mr. Mytinger was carried entirely off, and made a complete wreck. A small warehouse shared the same fate. The large Store House at that place although much injured is still standing MeCONELLSTOWN, This is a small village located 5 miles South west of Huntingdon, having a anal} stream cull ed Crooked Creek passing along kn margin.— Last night it became as a mighty river carrying destruction and desohttion on its bosom. In its fury it carried away three dwelling houses, bearly giving the inhabitants timeto escape in their cloths; four stables tow tan houses and the contents of the vats. Also a number of out buildings. All the farms in this neighborhood and Hartslog Val ley suffered wonderfully. APPALLING.-EIGHT LIVES LOST. A most distressing scone occurred at Shavers sill (a little Village about I mile west of Water street) this morning about 3 o'clock, There is a little rivulet runs through the town, so small as to have always been regarded as too insignificant to have a mono which on this occasion become swollen by the mountain torrents to such au ex tent as to miter the dwelling of Mr. Kinkead Esq. The family, seven in number, together with a Miss Heilman, were all asleep when the alarm was given that theywere in danger. It was too late though, the water rose so rapidly a. 4 to surround the house in a few moments and when they attempted to escape it was only to find• a wa tery grave. The house was soon afterwardx cat , ried away. Mr. K. &son were from home at the time of this sad occurrence. A Wife and six children all, all gone! "How inscrutable are thy ways 0, God" Jacob Miller Esg., has kindly consented to fur nish us with weekly statements in regard to the temperature of the atmosphere. His first report appears this week. Mr. Millet's great reputation for accuracy in everything he dues makes these statements entirely reliable. STATE TAX ON UNITED STATES PROP ERTY.—The old question of the rights of the States to impose a tax upon property belonging to the Federal Government has been revived at Carlisle, (Pa.) where a tax was imposed upon the U. S. Barracks, and some horses levied upon to enforce pay ment. Judge KANE has granted a spe cial injunction, upon the application of the U. S. District Attorney, restraining the sale of the horses until the question can be decided at the October term of the U. S. District Court. The Whigs and the Purity of the`Ballot Box. The Pennsylvanian abuses Mr. Mere• dith's speech in the recent contested elec tion case in Philadelphia, and says it was a violent Whig speech. Mr. Meredith directed his attention to the elucidation of the proof that Mr. Kneass had not been elected District At torney, and had no right to the certificate —that Mr. Wm. B. Reed had been elec ted, and was entitled to the certificate— that there was a tribunal competent to de cide this question, and preserve the purity of the ballot box, and that the proper tri bunal was the Court before whom the case was tried. The Court thought with Mr. Meredith, that they had the power.—They accordingly set the election aside, and gave Mr. Reed his certificate. These things don't please the Editor of the Pennsylvanian. If we understand his position properly, he thinks this Court had no power to act in the premises, as the returns of election officers—though fraud ulent—cannot, and should not be set aside. This would have been a very convenient doctrine for the Pennsylvanian's party. Their bold frauds last fall would not have been detected, and they would not now have fastened upon them the proof of their crime. If to insist upon the purity of the ballot box, and to maintain that there is a power which can restrain corrupt election officers, be Whigery, then every man who reveres the free institutions of his country, should join our organization. HON. Wsi. JESSUP.—We are extreme ly gratified, says the Carbondale Trans script, with the nomination of thiligentle man for a seat on the Supreme Bench; and have every assurance that it will be equal ly gratifying to his numberless warm friends, of every political party, in this and the ad joining counties. He is an able jurist— perhaps without a superior in the State— a talented, sound and consistent man and an ornament to society. We predict for him a clear vote in this Judicial district and an unprecedented large majority in this section of the State. Not a single objection can be urged to him, either as a jurist or as a man, as a citizen or politi cian. The Crops. Many farmers in our vicinity are dote cutting and from what we can learn there will be a full average crop of Wheat Rye and Barley. The Oats and Corn dock not promise so well, but the weather for the last week has been such as to give new vigor to the Corn and should it continuo the farmers will not have much reason to complain that their labors have been un rewarded. A nti-Kidnapxin g Law The North mer ican, in alluding to the extraordinary manner in which the bill repealing the sixth section of the Anti- Kidnaping law of 1847, was passed, says : The Opposition, who were in a majority in the Legislature, were actuated in the repeal of the section referred to by a purpose of embarrassing Gov. Johnston. They consequently refrained from action on the subject, until the very last hour of the session. Thou the bill was taken up, and passed after ajoint committee had been sent to notify the Governor that the two 'louses were prepared to adjourn, if he had no further com munication to make.—The object of these extra ordinary proceedings was to deny the Governor any opportunity of expressing his reasons for signing the :All, if he approved it, or the consid erations which induced him to veto it, if he adopt. ed that course. The whole movement was a wretched party trick from beginning to end. The Legislature adjourned pell-mell as soon us it performed this scurvy manreuvre, and therefore the bill re mains in the hands of time Governor by the pro vision in the Constitution from which we have ci ted, until "within three days after" the next meeting of the Legislature. For Ike Journal" Mr. EDITOR.—I understand that some interested politicians are endeavoring to snake the impression throughout the Coun ty that .Wm. B. Smith Esq., our late rep resentative in the Legislature is not a can didato for renomination, so that they may 1 1 secure the delegates to effect a nomination in his stead for themselves. I feel author ised in saying that Mr. Smith is a Candi date for, and expects a renomination, ac cording to the usages of the party in all time past. Justice. Reportedibr the Journal. STATE OF THE THERMOMETER. 7a. tn. 2p.tri. 9p. an. -----.- - --- TeES.--July Bth 68 87 73 WEDNS. " 9 72 92 76 TRUES. " 10 72 86 72 FRIDAY .11 72 86 72 SATDY. .12 68 85 73 SUNDAY '. 13 68 77 66 111oxnAy " 14 60 85 66 JACOB 'TILLER, 0115ERYER. Huntingdon July 15th, 1.51- MARRIED. On Thursday the 10th inst., by the Rev. Wm. R. Mills, Mr. ZAOKARIAH YENTER, to Miss MARY Li KING, all of this borough. On Tdesday tho Pet inst., by Rev. S. H. Reid, Mr. SILAS LANG to Miss Etna- BETH SIIILY both of Mo'Connelstown Hun tingdon County. DIED. In this Borough on Sunday last Mr. Michael Murry aged 28 years. Mr. Murry possessed many of those no ble qualities which adorn human nature; many of those bright traits which arg ag lamps to the feet of others who are travel ing lifes gloomy and rugged pathway.— His death is universally regreted by all who knew him. His heart was full of kindness and christain charity, and it may be truly said that 6 , None knew him but to love him None named him but to praise PRICES CURRENT. PHILADELPIRA, July I, 1851 Flour per bbl. 14 25 White Wheat per bushel 1 01 Red do 97 Rye 71 Corn G2l Oats 43 Farmers, hereafter, may rely upon being kept fully hooked up in regard to the Philadelphia mai= ket for produce—our quotations are taken frditi. the "North American and United States Gazette,? one of the best and most reliable commercial pa pers in the Union. MONEX MATTERS. Philadelphia n rtes of DiscouaVf: CORRECTED WEEKLY. Philadelphia Banks • par Lebanon, par Pittsburg par Chambersburg, Germantown, par Gettysburg, • • . Chest u County • • • •par Middleton, • Delmare County • • • par Carlisle, Montgomery Co. • • • par Harrisburg , , • • • • Northumberland • • •par Honesdale, • • 1' Col. Bridge Co. • • • • par Wyoming pit Reading par Erie Bank, I. Lancastor, par Waynesburg, 1. Doylestown par Schuylkill Hay en, • • •pat Easton par West Branch "Sr . . Bucks County par Relief Notes .... ... • • • .1 Brownsville par " " IV* issue , 1 Pottsville , par State Scrip, Washington Pittsburg City Scrip • ••15 York i Allegheny City, ' 20 Danville par Allegheny County,• • • 20 Refreshmetits. FREDERICK & CHRISTIAN SNYDER Take this method of informing the Fabric; that in addition to their Ice Cream Saloon they have fitted up in splendid style an EATthG Room for gentlemen, where every luxury, as well no the substantials of the season, will ho served up in such a manner, as to make an Epicurean smack his lips With gusto. Spring Chickens, glisters, Roast Beef, Boiled Lamb, Roast Million, f iT. 4.c., with all the thoins can he had at any time. Suppers will be prepared for parties on timely notice being given. We are determined to spare no efforts to make our establishment a place of agreeable resort. Our stuck offruits f c- Confectionaries is unrivalled. We wish every person to give us a call, when We are certain we shall have the extreme pleasure; of having them "come again and again." F. & C.. SNYDER. Hunt., July, 1851 FITS, FITS, FITS. JOHN A. KING Begs leave to return his sincere tfinats, for the very liberal patronage he has heretofore received, and at the same time informs a generous public, that he still continues the TAILORING BUSINESS, at the old stand of Jacob Snyder, where he will bo pleased to have his friends call and leave their measures. Every gnrment is warranted to fit neatly, and shall he well made. JOHN KING. Mint., July, 1851. te PROPOSALS. Written and Verbal, will bo received at SCOTT'S C'heap Jewelry Store, opposite the Sons of Temperance Hall, for any number of Watches or Clocks, and any quantity of the most fashion able Jewelry, &c., which he is now prepared to furnish on the very loweat, terms, wholesale and retail, having just returned from the east with a now supply . Purchasers arc respectfully invited to give him a bid. N. B. Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and cleaned and warranted. Hunt. July 10, 1851. t f Do yon owe Stevens, Snyder & Co. - Persons whose accounts with that &mare unset tled may save themselves costs & trouble by calling at the office of Daniel Africa Esq., in whose hands the bookr have been placed. Such as are either unpaid, or not amicably ascertained and settled within three weeks from this date will be sued up - ou. As persons may be entitled to credits .that arc not entered, they should see to the matter soon. (July 17, 1851. NOTICE. AMAN & MARKS inform the public that they' still continue to make coffins at the old stand' formerly occupied by Thomas Burchinell in the' rear of the Sons of Temperance Hall, fronting ow Washington Street, and attend funercls either in town or country. They keep a splendid Hearse for the accommodation of their customers. July 17, 1851.—tf 2 1100FLAND'e GEILAIAN BITTERS.—These cel ebrated Bitters prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, 120 Arch street, Philadelphia, are performing as tonishing cures throughout the whole country.— We can hear witness to their curative powers in the case of a friend of ours who bad the Liver Complain, and who had tried almost every other medicine, but without effect. After taking a few bottles of these Bitters he was entirely cured. To those who era similarly afflicted we recommend them to take the preparation, knowing that they will cure the disease spoken of, and many others to which " flesh is heir to." There is a spurious article made in Philadelphia. The only place to get the genuine article is 120 Arch street, Phila delphia, of Dr. Jackson, or his agent, throughout the, country.
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