THE JOURNAL.
HUNTINGDON, PA,
Thursday Morning, Aug. 14, 1451.
J. SEWELL STEWART—EDiron
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FOR TILE PRESIDENCY IN 1852,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
OP ICEIV JERSEY
FOR VICE PRESIDENT IN 1832,
JAMES C. JONES,
OF TENNESSEE.
FOR GOVERNOR IN 1851,
WM. F. JOHNSTON
OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
JOHN STROHM,
OF LANCASTER.
FOR TOP SUFREMR
WM. M. MEREDITH of Philadelphia.
RICH. COULTER of Wesmoreland.
JOSHUA W. COMLY of Montour.
GEORGE CHAMBERS of Franklin.
WILLIAM JESSLT of Susquehanna.
PRESIDENT JUDGE,
HON. GEORGE TAYLOR
referring to our advertising col
umns the reader will notice that our friend
Dr. Jos. Rigger has gone into the Jewelry
business in this place. To those who en
joy the pleasure of an acquaintance with
the Doctor, it would be superfluous to say
anything commendatory of the man, and
to any who do not know him we take great
pleasure in saying that he is truly deserv
ing of the most liberal patronage. Call
and see him.
111Ve suppose everybody is going to
"see tho elephant"—not tho elephant the
Mexican soldiers seen, nor the one so
many of the California adventurers get a l
sight of, but the real, genuine "baste," l
which is to be here on the 27th. For
particulars we refer you to our advertising
columns.
Ull Wo hope that the Blair County
Whig, Hollidaysburg Register, Juniata
Sentinel, Huntingdon Globe, Harrisburg
American and Whig State Journal, will
accept a place in our affections for their
complimentary notice of ourself, upon ta
king the ccntrol of the Huntingdon
Journal. We present to the Whig State
Journal our profoundest bow for the litera
ry part of its notice.
Birmingham Female Seminary.
We understand that there will be some
delay in the erection of this building in
consequence of the damage done by the
late flood in the Little Juniata. The
brick-kiln, containing about seventy-five
thousand brick, was about ready for firing,
when the flood came and converted it into
a shapeless pile of clay. The managers
have commenced the work again in good
earnest, and promise to have the building
erected and the institution opened for the
reception of pupils during the coming fall.
President Judge.
The Conferees of the different counties
of this judicial district mot in Hollidays
burg, on the sth inst., and unanimously
nominated the Hon. GEO. TAYLOR forth°
office of President Judge, and we unfurl
our banner this week with an additional
star upon its folds. More anon.
The Now Orleans Beo of a late date
says :- 44 As far as our observation ex
tends, Millard Fillmore is tho decided fa
vorite of the South, for the coming Presi
dential campaign."
Voters of Pennsylvania remember that
William Bigler, the Locofocu candidate for
Governor, when a member of the. Legisla
ture voted to tax LINEAL lIIERITANCES,
and cast your votes accordingly.
WILLIAM BIGLER.
We look upon the position of this gen
lcman in the present canvass, as nothing
but the front man of a party, which holds
out no rallying principle beyond party suc
cess. His friends have utterly failed to
point out any defect in the present ad
ministration of the State government; and
have also failed to announce any principle
of domestic policy, which will govern him
in case of his election. The finances are
in a condition infinitely better than they
have ever been since our great debt Was
contracted, and are managed in such man
ner, that while the treasury is always full,
the current demands against the State are
promptly paid. The whole business of the
State, so far as the Governor is connected
with it, has been, and is so conducted by
Gov. Johnston, that his enemies have
ever failed to point out errors. Neither
Col. Bigler nor his friends have shown
or attempted to show, wherein he could
advance the intersts of the State, or bet
ter the condition of her people. He then
has no specialsprinciples of domestic policy,
and in fact advocates none before the peo
ple of Pennsylvania. His speech, his let
ters and his party presses have not told us
what good things he will do for the good
people of the Commonwealth.
There is ono question which he profes
ses to advocate with sonic earnestness, and
that one appears to be, the infallibility of
the compromise measures. Upon this,
disconnected as it is with our local affairs,
Col. Bigler appears to be willing to hang
his prospects of success. Ile and the
presses which advocate his election, say,
that the great and mighty question of the
day is, that the compromise measures and
particularly the Fugitive Slave Law must
not ho discussed. This is a paradox in
which the Democratic party bas been
placed, in consequence of the high federal
doctrines of its illustrious loaders. It now
proposes to muzzle the press and gag the
tongue—to bring us back to the days of
the sedition laws, when it was made a
high crime to write or speak detractive of
the government, its officers or laws. We
had hoped, yea believed, that we never
should see the day, that any respectable
party in this country would denounce the
right of free discussion on any subject;
nevertheless we find the Democratic party
using all the power of its organization, to
enforce the tyranical doctrine of silence.
We must not speak, because some tender
hearted gentleman might burst into tears,
or some scoundrel wince under the lash of
censure? We aro told that the constitu
tion and laws of the American Republic
arc too insubstantial and shadowy, to pass
unharmed through the order of investiga
tion.
But who is this Col. Bigler, who leads
off in the crusade against the liberty of
speech in Pennsylvania! He is the same
man who voted for the Wilmot Proviso,
when in the Senate, and who voted in 1847
for the anti-kidnapping law. He now says
that he is in favor of the compromise meas
ures, that ho is opposed to the Wilmot
Proviso, and that when he voted for tho
anti-kidnapping law of 1847, ho did not
know what ho was doing. It is apparent,
then, that however ardent ho may now be
in his denunciations of the liberty of
speech, he has taken the privilege not on
ly to speak in favor of both sides of these
questions, but in addition thereto, actual
ly voted for the one which he now opposes.
During and previous to 1841 he was in
favor of the Tariff of 1842, after that he
became a convert to the Tariff of 1846.
Ho now says that the cry of the democratic
party in 1844 for the Tariff of 1842 was
mere idle bravado, for the purpose of car
rying the election, not that its partizans
were really in favor of it. He voted re
peatedly against giving the public printing
to the lowest bidder. He voted for him
self for Speaker of the Senate, and still
had not enough of votes for an election.
He introduced a measure into the Senate
for paying the State debt by a heavy tax
on the estates of deceased persons, in the
hands of their widows and orphan chil
dren. Wo seldom, probably wo never
knew a man before the people for public
station, whose political course involved so
many vacillations and contradictions; and
at the same time so much selfishness and
want of political morality. Ho is said to
be a clover man, but it must surely be in
the soft sense of that word. His political
course shows him to be a "milk and wa
ter" character; and just the man in whose
election the people of Pennsylvania have
no interest, but a groat interest in his do
feat.
order to hit the cross mails we
put our paper to press on Wednesday, too
early to give the proceedings of the Coun
ty Convention•
The Carneross Family
Have been with us for several days, per
forming nightly to crowded houses. There
is a variety about the performances of this
interesting and accomplished family which
imparts a zest not often experienced in the
exhibitions of travelling companies. The
programme is changed nightly and consists
of Songs, Popular Melodies, Dancing,
Yankeeisms, &c. &c. The lovers of sweet
music should not fail to go and hear
them, and persons suffering for want of a
good, hearty laugh, have only to go and
witness the performance of the "Yankee
Courtship" to be relieved. Their exhibi
tions are entirely free from anything that
could possibly be objectionable with the
most fastidious of the gentler sex.
rir — The following resolutions were a
dopted at a meeting of Logan Council, No.
85, O. U. A. M., located at Hollidays
burg, Pa., which we publish with pleas
ure:
Resolved, That the thanks of the mem
bers of this Council are hereby tendered
to Capt. R. C. M'Gill and his company,
for their kindness iu escorting us through
the principal streets of Huntingdon ou the
4th of July, 1351.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Coun
cil are due to the Sous of Temperance for
the use of their Hall on that occasion.
Resolved, That our thanks are also due
and are hereby tendered to Messrs. Har
rison, Woods and others, for their kind
ness manifested to us during our stay, and
the welcome received from them.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
published in the Iluntingdon papers.
Effect of Whig Councils.
The August interest was promptly paid
in par funds on the Ist instant. Upon
this the Philadelphia Inquirer remarks as
follows ;
The credit of Pennsylvania is fully re
stored, and her securities are now rdgarded
as among the best in the world. A Sink
ing Fund for the gradual payment of the
State debt has been created, her resources
aro constantly increasing, and by a wise
and economical administration of her finan
cial affairs, the prospect is full of encour
agement.
How different is this state of things
from the time when under exclusive Loco
foe° rule, repudiation was on the lips of
many of our citizens, our stocks were great
ly depreciated, our credit prostrated, and
our citizens heavily taxed without the least
prospect of relief! Aro the people ready
for another change which will restore to
power the party which brought on these
difficulties, through which the State was
never piloted, until a Whig helms wan
guided hor safely beyond the danger ? Let
the polls bear forth their answer.
Mr. Bigler's Associations in the
Senate.
William Bigler, When a member of the
State Senate, sustained Gov. Porter's Ad
ministration with unflinching fidelity.—
When Gov. Porter retired from office
there were not twenty Looofoco papers in
the State which had not denounced his ad
ministration as corrupt and disgraceful.—
Some of the Editors who then denounced
Gov. Porter, are still at the head of news
papers and are fighting actively in fay&
of Gov. Porter's tried and faithful friend,
William Bigler !
In 1842 Gov. Porter was anxious to
defeat Win. B. Anderson, of Perry coun
ty, the regular Locofoco caucus nominee
for State Treasurer. William Bigler par
ticipated in the execution and led the fu
neral procession which carried Wm. 13. An
derson to his political grave. Gov. Por
ter was opposed to giving the Public Print
ing to the lowest bidder. So was Wil
liam Bigler. Gov. Porter in 1848 vetoed
a bill providing for the election of Canal
Commissioners by the people William 13ig
ler, (Senate Journal, page 726,) was one
of ten who voted • against the bill, and
who arrayed himself against this saluta
ry Reform. In all that Gov. Porter un
dertook William Bigler was his fast friend.
and yet the men who denounced Gov. Por
ter as corrupt, praise Mr. Bigler as worthy
of the suffrages of the people of Pennsyl
vania.
CRAWLING OUT OF A VERY SMALL
HOLE.—Some time ago the Locofecos
charged Gov. Johnston with having gross
ly abused the Pardoning power. This
falsehood was speedily nailed to the coun
ter. The Locofocos aro now drawing in
their horns, at the same time protesting
that if Gov. Johnston has not pardoned as
many convicts as some of the Executives
that have proceeded him, those he has'
pardoned were convicted of offences of
the very worst character ! Convicted of
ono falsehood the Locofocos invent another
with remarkable facility, such us could
have been acquired only by long and care
ful practice.
JOHN STROHM, when in Congress,
voted in favor of appropriating $500,000
for the purchase of food for the starving
in Ireland.—See Journals of Congress
1840-47, second session, page 452.
Nearly all the Locos Voted to lay this bill
on the table, among ethers Garvin, Ritter
and Wilmot of Penn Sylvania.
JOHN STROHM, after the war with Mex
ico had been sanctioned by CongreSs, voted
for every appropriation brought up for
the support of the Army and Navy.
.TORN STUMM voted to increase the
pay of the soldiers engaged in the Mexican
war.--A majority of the Locofocos voted
against any such increase.
JOHN &Komi voted to appropriate mon
ey for the relief of such sick and disabled
soldiers as were unable to return to their
homes from Mexico. The Locofoco mem
bars voted, almost to a man, against this
appropriation.
JOHN &MIDI although opposed to the
way in which the war was brought on, vo- ,
ted to pay well and treat well poor soldiers
who bore the brunt of the contest, whilst
the Locofocos who caused the war, voted
against bettering the condition of those
Soldiers.
British Free Trade.
The Free Trade Tariff Of 1846 is doing
its work steadily and surely. Notwith
standing all the encomiums passed upon it
by its friends, it is doing its work of des
truction with a sure hand. During the
existence of the Tariff of 1842, our manu
facturing establishments were in a flour
ishing condition, our laboring classes had
ample employment and were liberally com
pensated for their labor, our metallic cur
rency was increased by shipments of large
amounts from foreign ports; to pay for Our
produce, and we had in view a season of
prosperity souls as we have never enjoyed.
The picture has been changed ! Our man
ufacturing districts are idle ; England is
sending her iron into the very heart of our
iron districts ; our metallic currency is
leaving our shores daily in large quantities,
to pay for the surplus products of Europe,
and Locofocoism willingly acquiesces in
the fraud upon our citizens, and our na
tional prosperity. Will this state of things
last ? Can the honest laboring portion of
that party always be cheated and robbed
by a set of corrupt office-seekers, who aro
governed by the seven principles of the
party the " five loaves and two fishesl . --
We think the day is not far distant, when
honest men will cast off that blind adhesion
to the party right or wrong, and will think,
and act, and vote, for the principles which
they consider most conducive to the well
being of the country, and the happiness of
the people.—iVilksbarre
The Revolution in Cuba.
The following address of the Cuban pa
triots to their friends, gives a general his
tory of the progress of the revolution
thus far. It is well enough to state that
it is the account on the insurgent side.—
The Spanish government publish an entire
ly different account of the movement., to
make the impression in the United States
that tho Island is in a comparatively quiet
state, and to deter the citizens of this re
public from lending a helping hand. We
believe however that the revolt is real and
formidable, and very likely to subserve its
purpose. The accounts aro that several
engagements have taken, place, and that
the insurgents were victorious. They tell
us not to bo astonished, if Cuba should be
free from the rule of her oppressors in six
ty days. We wish them success in their
groat strike for liberty:
To the People of Cuba.
CUBANS : Your bretheren of Puerto Prin
cipe address to you, from the mountains of
Cascorro, where they have established the
provisional government and headquarters
of the Liberating Army, a summary of
their operations, and a description of the
engagements which have taken place be
tween our bravo Camaguoyanos (natives
of Principe) and the hireling army of the
Queen. This, better than any thing else,
will convince you of the real impotence
of the Spanish Government, and that the
triumph of our cause is sum, if you co
operate with us by rising at various points
and districts, principally in the Western
Department, from Guauajay to Mantua,
where the broken character of the country
will secure safety to the first movements,
and where you will be able to maintain a
firm ground and plant your headquarters.
We await anxiously the news of that ri
sing, for on it depends the movement of
Villa Clara and Matanzas.
At Trinidad, which is in open coinum
ideation with us, a rising is to take plaoo
on the 24th, according to a communica
tion from the President of the Junta Pat
).zottca, there established. Manzanilla,
Bayamo, Holguin, and Las Tunas, has
already raised the cry of Liberty, and
many of their brave sons aro fighting on
our side, giving to the world examples of
valor and patriotism. Santiago de Cuba,
though as yet quiet, awaits only the mo
ment when some of its bayonets may be
withdrawn from it, to make common cause
with us in the conquest of our natural
rights; and you already know that its peo
ple gave public proofs of their sentiments
in 1836.
We raised aloft the Banner of Liberty
on the 4th inst., in the Districts (Partidas)
of Quaymaro and Sibanica, with the small
number Of. 250 , patriots. We remained
there till the 6th when, in concert with
another band which rose in Holguin, we
directed our march upon the town of Las
Tunas, which was garrisoned by a Com
pany of the Regiment of Saragosa; but
cumstances growing out of the darkness
cif the night led to a meeting of the two
' parties at 12 o'clock, before the appoin
ted place, and the Commander of ours
gave the challenge, Queen vine?" to
which the other, carried away by the force
of habit, answered "Spain;" whereupon,
alas ! the order was given to fire and
charge upon them, which charge lasted un
til they could recognize each other in the
midst of the combat.
The result of this unhappy affair was
the loss of five from the Holguin party,
and 38 wounded between the two. How
ever, this disaster did not discourage our
bravo partiots; they immediately united
and fell upon Las Tunas, with the swift
ness of lightning. They attacked the bar
racks by surprise; and after a short resist
ance which enused some wounded, the com
pany of Spanish troops united with them,
en masse, at the magic cry of Liberty.
The Lieutenant Governor of that juris
diction was so cowardly that he implored
our mercy, and in pity we loft him at liber
ty taking from him only his horse, sword
and pistols, and $l,OOO belonging to the
funds of the despotic Government. Thence,
we marched upon the districts (partidos) of
San Juan and Siinta Cruz, recruiting our
force, and on the Bth wo were in Cascorro
with 800 horse and 200 foot.
The Sth and 9th were passed in organi
zing four divisions, under the command of
the patriots who had most distinguished
themselves at Las Tunas; and on the 10th
three of them marched out, the other re
maining on the mountains.
The ono commanded by Don Sarapin
Recio advanced toward Santa Cruz, and
shortly before reaching the river Najarra
was informed that four companies of the
regiment of Cantabria were marching in
the same direction, under command of Col.
Conti ; but that the river being swollen,
they worn occupied in making rafts to
erms it. Our commander,Recio, immedi
ately ordered a march toward that point.
He watched the enemy's movements and
when sufficiently near, without being seen,
he planted his 250 men in ambuscade, and
waited till they should begin the crossing
on the raft. That took place. The com
mander of the enemy crossed at the head
of the first company, and landed, and the
raft, drawn back by the ropes, returned to
the opposite bank to bring over the second ;
our patriots remaining meanwhile motion
less and ready for the attack. The raft
began to move with the second company,
and then the patriots fell upon them des
perately, scattered confusion among them,
took prisoner Col. Conti, six officers, and
fifty-six soldiers. Tho number of killed
that could be counted on the banks was
36, withont counting a groat number of
wounded, together with various materials
of war taken from the enemy. Still, in
the midst of the fight the Redo did not
forget the raft; ho ordered them to cut the
ropes, and to fire upon it, following it along
its course as it floated down. The result
of this most brilliant action, in which we
only lost ono killed and ten wounded, was
so complete that none wore able to escape
but those who kept on the opposite side of
the river.
On the 10th and 11th the other patriot
corps had various skirmishes with time
troops of cavalry and infantry, which
marched out from Puerto Principe after
them. On the 13th, in the district of
Guaimaville, a corps of artilery came over
to us, under the command of Capt. Don
Gabrial Porta% composed of 60 mon and
four field howitzers. The 14th, 15th, and
16th, we remained inactive recruiting men
fiom the country.
But the 17th was a day marked by
Providence to make the fields of Cuba
witnesses of one of the most heroic deeds
of arms over Seen in the history of revolu
tions. At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of
that day, the corps commanded by Don
Augusta Aguero de Aguero was marching
toward tho district of San Miguel. On
the way he received information that at
the distance of three longues wore march
ing, in the same direction, three companies
of the regiment of Isabel 11, and 80 lan
cers of the squadron of Borbon.
Aguoro immediately halted, examined
the positions he could occupy, and select
ed a level spot, bordered on the right by a,
pretty high hill. lle soleoted 50 men
I lfrom the corps, and directed them to ad
valve along the road so as to draw tho at
tention of the enemy, and the rest, con
sisting of 130 men, he placed in ambuscade
at a point agreed upon. As soon as the
commander of the Royalists espied the 50
patriots, confident in his numerical superi
ority, he advanced at full speed upon them.
They on their side retreated to the hill
appointed, and there stood firm, intrepidly
awaiting the charge. The Royalists did
not keep them long waiting ; they charged
upon them, lance iu rest. At that moment
those in ambush presented themselves, and
surrounded the lancers, who, attacked on
all sides by the Patriots, had to succumb,
the result being, that of the 80 who en
tered into action, only the 10 escaped with
life, though badly wounded. Glory to the
hero of San Miguel ! Glory to the brave
Aguoro do Aguoro ! On the 18th and 19th
nothing worthy of note occurred, but tho
republican ranks hevo gone on increasing
every hour.
On the 26th, all the corps united, march
ed upon those mountains, which march was
interrupted by three companies of the regi
ment of Cantabria, who were beaten and
dispersed. Since the 20tfi, those brilliant
positions have been occupied by 2,000
patriots, 600 horses, 4 field howitzers, and
and the munitions and subsistence required
for two months, notwithstanding which we
are only awaiting the movement of Trini
dad to descend to the plains.
Behold, people of Cuba, the brilliant
febting of your country's liberating army ;
behold the heroic acts of your brethren at
Camaguey, (Principe) imitate them, and
let there be union, resolution, and firm
ness, and the flag of Liberty shall soon
wave from the Point of Maysi to the Cape
of San Antonio !
TILE JUNTA LInEaTADOni DE PUERTO
PRINCIPE.
Cascorry, July 22, 1851.
COL. WAI. BIGLEII.
Col. Bigler, the Locofoco candidate for
Governor, says the Juniata Sentinel, is
emphatically 'some pumpkins.' Has been
for and against the Wilmot Proviso, for and
against the Anti-kidnaping aot of 1847;
for and against the Tariff of 1842; for and
against the regular Locofoco nominations;
is for and against Mr. Buchanan for Presi
dent as occasion may require; and we un
derstand, is for and against the expedition
to the Dead Sea in search of Lot's wife,
though decidedly in favor of the recovery
of Sir John Franklin if he can be found.
Besides this he is a perfect doss at a camp ;
meeting, ache once slapped a man on tile
back on such an occasion, and pulled a
boy's hair. In addition to all this he is a
perfect buster on a run, as he was once
elected to the State Senate in an overwhel
mingly ikeofoeo district, and was after
wards re-elected by an immense vote over
nobody ! lie can also run a raft—under
stands the 'lumber business," and can talk
'ingin' to perfection, as he was schooled
under the personal supervision of the now
exiled Chief of the Kickapoo tribe. We
have not heard his opinion on the momen
tous question—whether the, kink in a pig's
tail is intended to be ornamental or useful;
but it seems to bo understood by his friends
that he is either to be strictly coon-commit
tal, or take both sides. In reference to
the next war, it is understood that he goes
for it decidedly, provided ho don't have to
fight; the annexation of Cuba and the 'rest
of mankind' down south, including the
Southern hemisphere of the moon and
several contiguous stars, are favorite meas
ures with him, provided they ever become
popular. If he aint 'some pumpkins,'
who is? The Locofoeo papers should hoist
his name as follows : •
Regularly nominated Tariff and Anti-
Tariff; Abolition and Pro-Slavery; Free
Soil and National; Regular nomination
and Anti-nomination; Kidnapping and
Anti-Kidnapping; Buchanan and Anti•-
Buchanan; War and Anti-War; Cuba
and Anti-Cuba, and regutiii Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jack
son and Snyder Democratic candidate.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Col. WILLIAM BIGLEIt, of Clearfield
Mr. Bigler% Regard for the Farmer
The Locofocos cannot disprove our as
sertion, that less revenue has been derived
from the Real Estate of the Commonwealth
under Gov. Johnston, than under pre
vious Locofoco administrations. They how
ever say that a largo balance remains un
collected. That is not the fault of the
Whig party, as the State Treasurer belongs
to the Opposition. What wo asserted on
this subject was, that although Gov. John
ston has received less money from this
source, he has paid nearly four times as
much debt in two years, as Gov. Shook
did in four years! This debt has not been
paid by imposing additional taxation upon
the farmer. Other sources of revenue
have been opened, and they have contrib
uted the greater part of the funds. Mr.
Bigler's Sinking Fund, about which he
and his friends boast, was neither more nor
less than levying a collateral inheritance
tax, and a very heavy LINEAL INHER
ITANCE TAX upon the people ! In his
.
opinion, the Farmers should bear all of
the increased taxation necessary to pay the
debt, and other members of society none.
Ms cherished scheme was defeated, as it
ought to have been, and it was loft for
Gov. Johnston to devise a Sinking Fund
Which pays the debt, and does notlincrease
the Farmer's Taxes ! This noble work
of reducing the public debt has been com
menced in earnest under Gov. Jhonstou,
and will continue, if the enemies of the
Sinking Fund are not re-placed in power.
DEATH OF CAPT. LIBHART.—We re
gret to learn that Capt. J. Libhart, of
this city died suddenly ou Friday night at
Long Branch, N. J. Capt. L. was well
known throughout Pennsylvania, where
he has for years been connected with canal
and stage lines of travel. He was a very
estimable and upright min.—Bulletin.