-Ip z * * : t_. - At% -#.._L', Wi n.:-. ...---r 1 THE JOURNAL. HUNTINGDON, PA. Thursday Morning, Dec. 4, 1451. J. SEWELL STEWART—EmTom TERMS OF PIAILICATIONt Tee " Hirer mcinoti Jo tmt•lA I," is published at the following rates, via t If paid in advance, per annum, $1,40 If paid during the year, 1,75 If paid after the expiration of the year, 2,50 To Clubs of five or more, in advance,• • 145 THE above Terms will be adhered to in all eases. No subscription will be taken fora less period than six months, and no paper will be discontinued un til all arrcarages are paid, unless at the option of the publisher. V. B. PALMER 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 THE PRESIDENCY IN 1852, WINFIELD SCOTT, OF NEW JERSEY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT IN 1852, JAMES C. JONES, OP TENNESSEE. [C-r DIVINE SERVICE is expected on this (Thursday evening) in the Protestant Episcopal Church, by the Rev. Mr. Bryant, at early candle light. We call attention to the Valuable Re al Estate offered at public sale by David Robeson surviving Executor of Andrew Robeson dec'd.—Sco Advertisement in another column. Also Orphan's court sale of the Real Estate of Joseph Parsons late of Tell township. We also call the attention to Mr. Pow oll's fine stock of superior quality. Also Auditor's notice of Nicholas Cress well. We also call attention to our advertise ment of a farm and sawmill for sale. Any man who wants to speculate himself into a good home, give us a call, and we will demonstrate to him how neatly he can do it. Graham's .111a7azlie has been received for Deoember, with its usual splendid em bellishments. They are, The Lone Star, Diana Gallery, Highland Chief and The Treasure—all most beautifully and ele gantly executed. It is also stored with choice reading matter from the pens of our best literary writers. Godey's Lady's Book for December is so before us embellished with Good Night, Fifty one, The Dross-wearer and Dress ker, which form the subject of a beauti , 1 tale. The Roconciliation, and Christ mas Cheer all neat elegant and tasteful. fignle "Elephant Restauraut"—wo don't mean the place where so many go to see the elephant, or where elephants are served up either “fried" or "stewed," but the establishment in the basement of the "Elephant Corner,"—is doing a fine business, and we are heartily glad of it, for there is no man more deserving of success than its gentlemanly proprietor. Any of our friends who feel like partaking of shell fish done up in real Philadelphia style, will find them at the "Elephant," on Rail road street, opposite the Washington Ho tel. For Christmas and Sew Years. We have received from Mr. B. H. Day, of New York, (successor of Wilson er Co.) the grand Christmas Brother Jonathan.— It is a mammoth sheet containing nearly half an acre of pictorial literature for the holidays, and its appearance must be hailed with joy by all good boys and girls.— Among the costly and beautiful engravings is a spirited one entitled, "Santa Claus's Christmas Tourney." It is .the largest I...:ture of the kind we over saw in print.— This year's JONATHAN, being an uncom mon elegant sheet, bids fair to distance any former in point of circulation and import ance. The price is 12 cents per copy, or ten for one dollar. All dollar subscrbers to the Weekly Brother Jonathan, (one of ,'lc best New York papers we receive,) kre su ppli e d w ith thi s elegant pictorial for . Fatal lladrOil Accident. Rartansuao, Nov. 29.—A car stand mg on a sideling at the Cove Station, sev mt miles above Harrisburg, was blown on t o ,e track so that the down train last even ig came in contact with it, upsetting the engine, killing the flreroan, and badly inju ring the engineer. The Ilerk.s County Meeting and the Tariff. The Locofocos of Barks county some time since held a meeting in the city of Reading to take measures to obtain anted- , ideation of the Tariff of 1846 in favor of coal and iron. Resolutions were passed urging Congress to increase the duty on those articles, while they still give in their adhesion to the ad valorem principleof l the present act. They desire the duty to be increased fully up to the revenue stand ard, and ask nothing ''or any other r,rticles than those enumerated. We are informed by the Berke and 2chnylkill Journal that it was really laughable to hear old incorri gible locofocos making Whig speeches. l They deplored the depressed condition of the iron and coal trade and pointed out the remedy in the same language that the Whigs have been preaching for years. Not one of them, however, dared to raise his voice in favor of it before the election, but since that has taken place to their sat isfaction, and rather than risk another one without doing something for the honest business of the country, they have conclu ded to become the champions of honest doctrines, in part, to save their party from disruption. We wish them luck in their attempt to run against their party and do , right. We are an honest advocate of, and believe in, the doctrine of a protective tar iff, and whosoever shall be instrumental iu enacting it, to them will we give due cred it. We are not desirous that the glory of it shall attach solely to the Whig party, but are willing that our opponents shall share in the honor of a measure which is for their interest as well as ours. Let then both Whigs and Democrats fight shoulder to shoulder for a measure of such great importance. We must say, however, that the Berksl county meeting held very narrow views on the subject which they met to discuss. They ask special favors to be granted to coal and iron, and nothing to anything else, although these may be as much depressed I as those. We do not advocate a protec tive tariff because it will benefit this iron master, or that cotton spinner, or yon wool carder; wo advocate it because It will put each of these trades in the aggregate in such condition as to benefit the whole country. Any other view makes a tariff a mere bounty to those engaged in the business proposed to be protected, irrespec tive of the relation which that business in a prosperous condition, bears to the wel fare of the country as a whole. For in stance, suppose, that under a protective tariff, the country produced 800,000 tons of iron in a year, which at $25 per ton would amount to twenty millions of dollars. Again, suppose that under a tariff like the present the country produced only 400,0001 tons in a year, which at the same price would be ten millions of dollars. It will thus be seen that during the protective tariff year ten millions of dollars worth of property have been created in the country more than under the year when the reve nue principle prevailed. The same thing is also true of every other business, so that the direct tendency of a protective tariff is to increase the general wealth of the country. The Berks county meeting does not desire that the business system shall be entirely cured of all its maladies, but is willing that it shall suffer with rheu matic pains and occasional convulsions and seems satised if the patient is able to crip ple along on crutches. The small advance on iron and coal asked for, will give but slight relief; but still we will thankfully re ceive whatever we can get, on the princi ple, that "half a loaf is better than no bread." BEAUTIFUL TOKEN OF REOARD.-As the widow of Dr. Judson was embarking for the United States at Calcutta, a num ber of noble-hearted and disinterested friends made her a present of 8,000 rupees, or nearly 81,500, as a testimonial of the reverence in which they held her lamented husband, and the respect and interest which they felt for for his bereaved family. By a striking providence she was preser ved from taking passage on the Bucking hamshire, which was burnt in the Hoogly river, TIME is no longer any doubt as to the political complexion of the newly-eleet ed Legislature of Now York. The Whigs will have a majority of two members in tho Assembly, whilst the Senate will be politi cally tied, and presided over by a Demo credo Lieutenant Governor. It appears, however, that the casting vote of this of fice does not extend to the passing of bills, which, as they are required to receive the votes of a majority of all the members of the body, cannot be passed except with the aid of both parties. THE CHRISTIANA TREASON CASES.- On the 241 it the United States Circuit Court held by Judges Grier and Kane in Philadelphia, commenced the trial of the 'Christiana cases.' The Government was represented by the U. S. District Attor ney, J. W. Ashmead, James R. Ludlow and George L. Ashmead, Esqs. Robert J. Brent, and the Hon. James Cooper ap peared for the state of Maryland. The counsel for Hannaway, one of the three white pirsoners, are Thaddeus Stevens and Joseph Lewis of Lancaster, and John Read and Theodore Cnyler of Phila delphia, When the list of jurors summoned, was called, nighty-ono persons answered to their names. A number of jurors offered many excuses why they should not be compelled to attend ; and what is not a lit tle remarkable, many of them urged they were hard of hearing. A few wore ex cused, but the Court directed each de faulting juror to be fined $lOO if he did not answer on the following day (Tuesday). Judge Grier said he must compel atten dance. The necessary number of jurors having been selected in the case of Castner Han naway, the trial was opened on Fridayl Morning last by J. W. Ashmead, U. S. District Attorney. The following is the testimony of Henry H. Kline, the officer who accompanied Mr. Gorsuch to arrest ' the alleged fugitives : He first testified to his authority in serving the warrants referred to. He then said: I left to execute those warrants on the 9th of September, 1851; I had with use Mr. Edward Gorsuch, John Ages, Thompson Tully, a nephew of Mr. Gor such, Dickenson Gorsuch, and a Mr. Nel son. On arriving at Penningtonville, about a mile and a half from Christiana I saw a man from Philadelphia, named Samuel Williams, a colored man; I made inquiry after horse-thieves; ho said, your horse-thieves have been hero and are gone; I left and went towards the Gap, and I saw Williams following after; on arriving at Gallagherville, I took lodgings, and on getting up I found John Agen asleep in the bar-room; I asked about Edw. Gorsuch, and was informed be had gone to Sallisbury; I there found him at about ten o'clock; I told him about a wag on I had broken down, and informed him that Mr. Agen and Mr. Tully were going to Philadelphia : I did not make the ar rangements with regard to Mr. Agen and Mr. Tully; 3lr. Gorsuch had done it; Mr. Gorsuch said ho would go to Parksburg, and induce them to return ; I proceeded to Downingstown, and found Mr. Agen and Mr. Tully ; it was arranged that all should go back; when about a mile from Christiana. Mr. Gorsuch pointed out a house where he said ono of the slaves lived; he proposed to separate here; I said no; we went on and came to an orchard facing Parker's house; it was now day break. (A draft was shown witness, which he considered a very good one.). • Witness resumed-Whenabout forty yards from Parker's house, I met a black nian, and when he spied us, he ran back. I ran after him. His name was Joshua, Nelson, I should say; I saw but one; some of the other witnesses say both; I fell over a couple of bars; my revolver went one -Nay, and I another; I got up and saw to the house; Nelson ran up stairs: old Mr. Gorsuch got to the door before me; I call ed to the landlord and told him who I was, and what I wanted ; ho said there was no person in the house as Nelson and Josh; I attempted to go up stairs; they made at me with a thing with a prong to it; they threw an axe down the stairway; a gun was fired at once from one of the upper windows at Mr. Gorsuch; I fired in return; I then took a piece of paper from my pocket, and tried to frighten them by saying that I was going to order the Sher iff and 100 men; they got frightened, and Parker asked me to go for white men in the neighborhood; at this time Mr. Han neway came along on horse back; Mr. Gorsuch asked me to go to him, and ask his assistance; I went to him, and told him my business, and showed him my au thority. He read the warrants twice; and I asked him to assist; he said the colored people bad a right to defend themselves. At this time there were fifteen or twen ty blacks present, some armed with guns, which a few were loading; others were armed with scythes, all had weapons of some kind; several of the fifteen or twenty came up after Mr. Hanneway, one I call an Indian had a revolver; after I had spoke to Mr. Hanneway another white man came up in his shirt sleeves, named Lewis; I asked him to assist also: he re fused as Mr. Hannaway had done; he read the warrants; I then said that if they would not let the colored people fire onus, I would withdraw my men; they said they had no control over them; Hanneway went over to a party whispering something to them; they shouted he is only a deputy, and run up the lane and fired; party No. '2 came up, and fired also; I had got into a corn field; the first person I saw was Dr. Pierce; Mr. Dickson Gorsuch now came up to me, and was wounded in the arm; he was bleeding; Mr. Lewis I saw just after this, but would not obey my call; I sought out a doctor; on the way I met a man on horseback; I told him I thought he was one of those who were informing the colored people; he made no reply and rode on; I afterwards mot a man on horseback, called a squire; I asked him about a doctor, and he direct ed mo where could got one; I asked about a horse and wagon, but he gave me no information; I finally got Mr. Dickin son Gorsuch to Penningtonville, and when the train for Lancaster bad come along, I put him in; I then made an effort to get a wagon for the other Mr. Gorsuch; in the Meantime I got information of Mr. Gor such's death; I went to Christiana, and Soon after the body of Mr. Gorsuch was brought in; here a squire held-an inquest on the body: a queer inquest; no witnesses were examined, and I demanded to be heard, but was not; the corps was shortly after sent home; the next Morning I went to the scene of action; met Dr. Pierce on the way; he had not seen Nelson or Hutch ins; I afterwards learned they were sick. By Mr. G. L. Ashmead—l saw at least one hundred negroes at the scene of action; all were armed; some with scythes; some with guns; at the time the firing com menced I was in the long lane; I was about ton feet from the short lane when I got over into the corn field Mr. Hanneway was about forty yards off; he was at rest on his horst; several negroes came up and passed him; I could not see if they were armed or not;one I think bad a club; ho did net attempt to stop them; after he had spoken to them they shouted he's only a deputy, and ran up the lane and fired; they did-fire at me; party No. '2 fired in the di rection I was; I got into the cornfield and that saved me; I did not see Mr. Edward Gorsuch killed. By Judge Grier—At the time the first gun was fired no one was injured; I did not wound any one with my revolver. By Mr. G. L. Asbmead—Mr. Dickinson Gorsuch was wounded in the arm and body and was bleeding out of the mouth, I set him under a tree nearly facing the long lane; he was badly wounded; I had a con versation with Mr. Hanneway about an Act of Congress; I told him that if any one should interfere in the execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, it was $lOOO fine and imprisonment for five years; be said he did not care fop any Act of Congress; af ter I met Dickinson Gorsuch wounded; I saw Dr. Pierce and Joshua Gorsuch • pur sued in the long lane; they ran towards Hanneway, and it seemed to me as if Mr. Gorsuch tried to get behind of Mr. Han neway's horse; or on top of it; I saw Joshua Gorsuch afterwards a mile or a mile and a half front the scene of the dis turbance; ho was cut very bad, and was not in his senses; when Mr. Hanneway first came up to the bar, I saw the Indian Ne gro and another; one of them loaded his gun in my, Hanneway's presence; I saw Mr. Hanneway the morning after the oc currence; I had no conversation at that time; I saw him afterwards at Christiana, on the day of the arrest; I said to him you are one of the men; he did not•deny it. By Mr. Cooper—l saw Mr. Hanneway the next morning after the occurrence at Rogers' house; on the morning of the ar rest, when I said he was one of the mon, several were present. By Mr. Brent—Ml my information about the names of the blacks was derived from the elder Mr. Gorsuch, when I first got to the house, I heard several horns, and I heard the guns being loaded up stairs. IMPORTANCE OF ONE VOTE.-000 vote has achieved many strange results, but the most curious exhibition of its importance is given in a recent case in Maryland, where the decisive ballot appears to have been illegally given. It seems that a man at Boonsboro' voted twice, giving as a reas on, when cornered, that he had forgotten the exercise of the privilege in the first in stance. This illegal vote caused a tie be tween the two candidates for the State Senate in his district. The absent minded ' individual was a Locofoco. As the new Constitution makes no provision for a bad memory, he will hereafter be forever dis franchised, and if marked, as he should be, will make one vote less for the Loco foco party in all future elections. LANDS NOT PDBLIC &CURIUM-Up tho trial of James Irwine, for forging and uttering a land warrant, the circuit court of the United States, for the dis trict of Ohio, on the 4th inst. quashed the indictment upon the motion of the defen dant's counsel, who contended that there was no law of Congress making the forging of a land warrant a crime. Judge Lea, vitt, who pronounced the judgement of the court, hold that a warrant is not a public security of the United States, within the Imeaning of the act of Congress of 1825. A PUZZLE INDEED.—Copway, editor of the American Indian, puts the following pertinent and puzzling question to the abolitionists. It is worthy, also, of the consideration of all reasonable men:— some of our wise brethren tell us how it is that the cause of the Indian is met with such total indifference on the part of the philanthropists of this nation and the 'mother country,' while the zeal with which they enter into that of the ne gro almost shakes the earth with its vio knee We speak here of philanthropists —good men—not politicians." MENORAIXDA, KrThe receipts of Jenny Lind's Con cert at Harrisburg amounted to $3,000. ir_rSuicides in New York average one a day, according to a recent estimate. (L - "A temple for pagan worship has been oponed at San Francisco, by the Chi nese. This is the first idle temple, we be lieve, that has been erected in this coun try. f''.3liss Catharine Hayes thinks she might possibly afford to sing in Cincinnati, at $2500 per. night. [l.7 — The Reading papers announce the death of lion. Samuel Fegely, for many years a member of the Legislature from that county. ..40111% (1 - 771iis year, everything is going as it did in 1830—Locofocowards. Next fall we shall expect toVlhe reaction of 1840 and its Whig victojW, trit is said shat since the Liquor Law went into operation in Portland, Me., crime has &create' in that city seventy per cent. • E- - " There is no election of Governor in ho people. Winthrop tes of a =joler Free Soil votes. Lacks over 7000 v the Democratic am house painter in New York, grained a door so exactly in imitation of oalt, that last year it put forth a quantity of leaves, and grew an excellent crop of acorns. itlllocofoco editor out West, asserts , "without fear of contradiction," that the principles of his party are as progressive as the eternal rock of Gibraltar. [l:7,Miss Lind, at Pittsburg, the other day, received a pair of splendid diamond bracelets as a present front some one of her ardent admirers there, which she returned with information that she never received presents from gentlemen. KrAn attempt will be made this win ter to pass a special law ibr Allegheny county, to allow any one• to sell liquor on payment of twenty-five dollars a year. LIP - The spire of the first Presbyterian Church, in Cincinnati, is to be carried to an elevation of 275 feet, higher than any other in the limited States. The top is to be an immense hand pointing upwards. fr...7 — Mr. 'Webster, as Secretary of State, has given the Attorney General of Mary land the position of senior counsel in the treason trials now going on in Philadel phia. Some of the papers denounce this an act of discourtesy towards Attorney General Ashmead. Irr'ln the Legislature of Vermont, on the 18th inst., a bill to repeal an act rela ting to fugitive slaves, commonly called the Habeas Corpus act, and whiuh has been a subject of much denunciation by the Union savers all over the country, was re jected by a vote of 132 to 55. irrThe President and Cabinet have determined to Welcome Kossuth with a grand diplomatic dinner. Chevalier Kul semen, the Austrian repsentative will be invited. So says a quizzical dispatch da ted Washington, Nov. 17th. 13 - ' A man named Conklin was hung at Utica, IN. Y., for arson. He made a con fession, in which he implicated a number of persons as having been concerned in his crimes—some of them respectable and wealthy residents of the city. He owned to having fired half a dozen or more build ings iu the city within the two years past. GY' The steamboat, Enterprise, arrived at Wilkesbarre, down the Susquehanna, from Bainbridge, N. Y., on the 19th inst., taking every one by surprise. Her arri val created a great sensation, and she was visited by crowd of curious spectators. 111 - A singular phenomenon has occur red at Burlington cuunty, N. J., where a mill pond, formerly thick and muddy in its water, has suddenly become very clear and transparent, and all tho fish, pickerel, pike, catfish, sunfish, roach, and eels, and oven tadpoles and frogs have died, leaving no fish alive except the mullet or horned sucker. A BIG LEAP.—A horse at Treyorton, Northumberland county, run away last week along the line of the Railroad, and coming suddenly to an unfinished bridge, made a clear leap from one abutmeut to the other—a distance, afterwards accu rately measured, of thirty feet! The Sunbury American is responsible for the story. THE OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA RAIZ, NOAD.—This important work was on Mon day regularly opened to Enon Valley, 44 miles from Pittsburg, and the first regular express train, with a considerable number of passengers, passed over the whole length of the Toad and back. There is now but an interval of sixteen miles—Enon Valley to Salem—to be covered with rails: in or der to complete the railroad connection of Pittsburgh and Cleaveland. This interval will be covered and traveled by the first of January. COURAGE.—Have the courage to tell a man why you will not lend him your money; he will respect you more than if you tell him you can't. Have the cour age to wear your old garments till you can' pay for new ones. Hawn the courage to make a will, and, what is more, to make a just one. Have the courage to pass the bottle without filling your glass, and to laugh at those who urge you to do tho contrary. Have the courage to discharge a debt when you have the money in your pocket. Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary that you should do so, and to hold your tongue when it is better that you should be silent. 5 Dn. HOdFLAND'S GERMAN BITTER/13.-That this medicine will cure liver complaint and dys pepsia, no ono can doubt after using it as direct. ed. It acts specifically upon the stomach and liver; it is preferable to calomel in all Willow) diseases ; it acts as specifically upon the liver as cailoniel ; calomel prostrates tue system—the bit ters strengthen and never prostrates the petiant, and will give renewed life and health to the deli cute invalid, and restore the liver to tt functions, and give digestion and appetite in those severe cases wherein the ordinary medicines toil in pro ducing any effect. WARMED. On Wednesday, the3rd December, inst., by the REV. Nit. Cuntimr, MR. Jinni • OAKS Jr. son of William, to..•\llss NAnrit. daughter of JAMES T U NING, all of Barron township, Huntingdon county. DIED. In Barre° township this county, on Sun day the 30th Nov. ult., JAMES RAINEY, aged near one hundred years. From the Lycoming (11 - IWit-nsport, reincernt _ . _• In this borough, on Wednesday, the 20th inst., Mes. ELIZABETH, wife of A. D. Wxr,soN, Esq., and daughter of GEN. W. A. PETE.IKEN, of Muncy, in the 29th year of her age. She leaves a large circle of bereaved relatives and friends, who, while they mourn that the cold winds of winter howl round her grave, rejoice that she left be hind a hope that like the spirit of the flowers she would rise from the cold ground to an eternal spring, and forever offer the fragrance of praise with angels and arch angels before the Throne of God. A kind, affectionate wife, a - fond moth er, and a trusting friend, there ever was tho soul of charity gleaming in every deport ment, and a "beauty of holiness," which, though not professed, was manifest in each action, and confirmed in the peace of her dying hours. We, as a town, mingle our tears with the bereaved husband, and pray that the Lord will draw him and the little ones close in his embrace till they can see his smile of love; for he indeed "ehasteneth whom he loveth." At Hollidaysburg, on the 22d of Nov. JOSEPg MORROW, in tho 52d year of •his age. PRICES CURRENT. PHILADELPIIIA, DeC. 2, 1851 Flour per bbl. $4 00 White Wheat per Inaliel 85 Rod do 77 Rye 70 Corn 6t Oats 32 Clore:seed 4 73 FARM & SAW-MILL PRIVATE SALE. The undersiooki will sell that tract of land sitt unto in Jocks. township, Huntingdon • county, adjoining lands of Martin Orlarly, James Dud', A. G. Curtin, John Itl'Calian, and lund lately owned by William Magill, containing TWO RUIrD RE k: aND TWENTY .9CRES and allowance, now occupied by John Walker, with one good frame house, plastered in the in side, with a fountain of pure, soft and very cold wafer running at the door, one log house snitable for a tenant louse, a swotted log ham with a shingle root; a good saw-mill and other buildings thereon erected. Fifty or sixty acres of said laud aro cleared and under fence and in a good aorta of Cultivation and nearly all the haknee eon Im cleared and cultivated. A considerable portion of fife uncleared part is botont land of es good ity as can ho found in the county. The tract also contains a good limestone quarry. The saw-mill is turned by the east bream of Steno Creek, a never failing stream which is used seven miles above to drive tirecnwood Furnace, and iv about one•and three fourth miles from the main branch of Stone Creek, which is a navigable stream emp tying into the Juniata at Huntingdon. The prop erty is situated near the hate of Stone Mountain, which affords rot unecptalled range for cattle. There is timber enough on the pr,,pe,ty to par , for it two ur three times over. Au undoubted ti de will he given. Tertus to suit the purchaser. Huntingdon, P. d, 1851. STEWART.