THE JOURNAL. HUNTINGDON, PA. Thursday Morning, Jan, 1, 1852. J. SEWELL STEWART-EDITOR. TERMS OF PUBLICATION: Tas' Jo CRICAL:' japllbliehed at the following rates, viz : If paid in advance, per annum, $1,50 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, • • 1,25 Ttus above Terms will be adhered to in all eases. No subscription will ho taken fora less period than six months, and no paper will he discontinued un til ell arrearages 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, OF TENNESSEE. DELEGATE ELECTIONS. The Whigs of Huntingdon County are requested to meet at their respective pla ces for holding delegate elections, on Sat urday the 10th day of January inst., to elect two delegates from each election dis trict to meet in Convention on Tuesday evening of the first week of the next court, at the Court House in Huntingdon, for the purpose of appointing a delegate to the next State Convention, and doing such other business as the interests of the party may require. J. SEWELL STEWART, Chairman of Co. Committee. Huntingdon Jan. 1, 1852. 117" See new advertisements. Tr' CONGRESS has been doing nothing bat talking on the compromise resolutions and Kossuth. When any thing of impor tance occurs there we will note it. a., fl Kossuth was received last week in Philadelphia on a magnificent scale.— Speeches were made, big dinners eaten and good liquor drunk. Of course Hungarian liberty was the absorbing theme. He is now in Baltimore, and will shortly be in Washington. 1X..- -4 " Buffalo, New York and Philadel phia have each been the scene of destruc tive fires during the late cold weather.— The loss in each place in estimated at $lOO,OOO. At the Philadelphia fire on friday last several lives were lost by the bursting out of brick walls. Kossuth Invited to Harrisburg. We see in the Harrisburg American, the proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of that place, held for the purpose of inviting Kossuth to pay a visit to the Capitol of Pennsylvania. A preamble and resolu tions, were offered by the Hon. J. C. Kun kel fully indorsing the three propositions of Kossuth at the New York Banquet.— The meeting expresses sympathy for, and offers aid to, the cause of Hungarian inde pendence. It was addressed by the Hon. John C. Kunkel, the eloquent member of the otate Senate from the Dauphin and Northumberland District, Richard M'Al lister Esq. and others. A Goon "HINT."—A cotempoary very truly remarks:—"lf you wish to earn res pect and everlasting gratitude of an editor let his exchanges alone. Don't touch a paper. He has laid them where he can And what he wants with the least possible trouble. All he asks is that you will keep your hands off. When he wishes you to read a paper, rely upon it ho will give it to you. He can't endure your pitcliforkigg his pile of exchanges all about the room. Ug"' The entire value of capital invest ed in manufactures in this country is five hundred and thirty millions of dollars.— The raw material used amounts to five hundred and fifty millions. The amount paid for labor is two hundred and forty millions of dollars. The value of manufac tured articles is twelve hundred a'nd thirty millions of dollars. ELECTION NOTICE. The Stockholders of the Juniata Bridge Com pany in Huntingikm county, are hereby notified that an Election wilt be held at the house of Chris tian Coats, in the borough of Huntingdon, on Tuesday the lash day of January next, for the purpose of electing one President, six Managers, ono Seoretary and 'Prewar, to manage the con cerns of said Company for the ensuing year. JA NEB. WIN, Secretary. Jan. I, Met. The Glorification of Human Fiends. We are one of those, who occas Tonally j entertain visions of universal liberty and the perfectibility of man. Often, after having contemplated in delicious solitude, angels and beatified spirits as they freely mingle in the harmony of Heaven; and af ter the revery had broken and the sweet illusions it created been dissolved, leaving only the remembrance of them behind— have we propounded•the question—Why is not the earthly, a reflex of the celestial world! Why does not every living thing which contains any portion of the venom of hell, slough it off, and become a dweller among the innocent the poaedful and the just. We have sometimes thought, that as serpents and beasts of prey shall be gradually banished from the earth by ad vancing civilization, the heart of man will be mollified in a corresponding degree, until the human race shall eventually ar rive at that point of millenial excellence, which wasits distinguishing feature, at the commencement of its career of glory and crime in the garden of Eden. It is cer tainly delightful and gratifying to look up on man as capable of those lofty perfec tions which make him a welcome compan ion with seraphs and arch-angels; but while poetry has accorded to a few men such transcendant associations, sober facts admonish us, that the great body of the human race must be described in humbler terms. The eternal war which each man wages upon his fellow, is indicative of a disposition in all to get more than a share of this world's plunder—and hence riches, poverty, social inequality, ignorance, vice, tyranny and despotism. A world made up of such miserable ingredients is calculated to suppress all hope of "the good time coming." But enough of this. We intended to throw out a few reflections suggested by the late usurpation of Louis Napoleon in France. He holds his present position on ly, because he boars the name of that man, whose military fame captivated the nation and who wore the laurels won by the rev..- lutionary energy of the French people.— When that enthusiasm died away he sank with it. But for the purposes of the free dom of mankind the world makes a Dais , take in the manner in which it treats and speaks of such diabolical fiends. We have never been able to see any-thing in Napoleon Bonaparte but a strong intellect, infernal malignity and a travelling moral pestilence. Of what use to mankind were the battles of Marengo and Lodi, of Leip sic and Austerlitz and of the Pyramids and and Acre? Of what use moral, social or ix ' teleetual was his conquest of Italy, Germa ny and Spain, and the conflagration of Mos ' cow? France was not rendered more pros perous and happy, because four hundred thousand of her people were frozen to death on the plains of Poland and Russia. His usurpation of imperial power afforded no • benefit to the people whose rights he in , vaded. The hundreds of thousands of wid ows and orphans; whom his barbarity threw upon the world, were certainly no benefit, to their respective countries. The great glory of this emissary of perdition, was his • inordinate success in the destruction of hu [ man life. The victories and conquests of , Alexander and Julius Caesar, of Diocleti an and Constantine, have added their con ▪ tributions to the tide of human suffering. Tamerlane and Zingis Kahn literally butch • red the human race from Hindoostan to erusalem and from the wall of China to the Arctic Ocean. Such are some of the men for whose praise, the choicest imagery of heaven and • earth is laid under contribution—men, of whom orators have delighted to speak and poets to sing. Look through all the his tories of the world and the heart sick ens at the endless story of human blood, while the actors are lauded as brave, gallant and chivalrous. The profession of human butchery has thus been invest ed with the attractions of elegance, while the harsh music of dying groans seldom intrudes itself on the historian's page. It is time that literature and poetry should commence to use their effective weapons in the cause of liberty, humanity and peace. , If the French people had cast the name of • Bonaparte into everlasting infamy and oblivion, as it deserves to be, they need not be living under the usurpation of a man whose only recommendation is, that he bears the name of one whose track through life was marked with blood. Ev ery plaudit bestowed, by the unthinking and enraptured crowd, upon such human blood-hounds, are so many wounds in the heart of liberty and progress. As long as man is ready to throw up his hat and shout the praises of one, who would take a pecu liar pleasure in cutting his throat, he is a fit and proper subject for the oppressor's yoke. THE COMPROMISE.—It is is a little re markable, that the professed friends of the so called compromise have been the first to re-agitate the questions involved in it, l which they rejoiced had been finally set tled and adjusted. Mr. Foot's resolution, which professes to have for its object the re-affirmation of the compromise measures, is but too plainly designed to produce an excitement from which Presidential capital may. be derived. If Mr. F. had really de sired the compromise to be a final settle ment of the vexed questions it involved, he would have been the last man to have disturbed it—he would have let by-gones be by-gones, and have suffered the country to remain at repose, and not striven to stir up the old embers of discord, and kindle them into a flame which may consume all that he professed so fondly to cherish.— We do not believe in Mr. Foote. He is worse than a humbug.—Democratic Re corder, Fred. Vu. Look at this, Farmers! President Fillmore says in his late Mes sage to Congress— “ The value of our exports of brcadstuffs and provisons, which it was supposed the incentives of a low tariff and large impor tations from abroad, would greatly aug ment, has fallen from $95,701,921 in 1847, to $26,051,873 in 1850, and to $21,948,653 in 1851, with a strong proba bility, amounting almost to a certainty, of a still further reduction in the current year.” The Tariff of 1846, we were told, was to be especially beneficial to the Farmer! These facts and figures tell a different story. GOOD. John Van Buren, while making a con ciliation speech to the Barnburners, had the 'wind taken out of his sails,' after the following style: 'Fellow-citizens,' said John, 'we have the best country" in the world, and the best government. No people on the face of this globe enjoy more liberty of speech, and liberty of the press, without onerous despotism. 'What, fellow-citizens, is more desirable than this? Do you want anything more my countrymen?: _ _ _ ' , Yes sir-ree." sang out a red faced Barnburner, 'this is the dry work. I want a suck out of that flask sticking out of your coat pocket behind." John struck his colors and came down. BURNING OF THE CAPITOL. The Congressional Library Destroyed. We copy the following telegraphic de spatches, from the Philadelphia Daily News:--W AsiiINGTON Dec. 6 24.—This morning, about day-break, the city was startled by an alarm of Sre, and the great est excitement when it was ascertained the Capitol was on fire. The fire commenced in the Library, and before it was discovered, had made such progress that it was feared the entire edi fice would be destroyed. The weather being intensily cold, and water very scarce, the fire companies, although exerting them selves to the utmost, could do but little checking the conflagration. The fire en gines were found to be perfectly useless, and resort had to be had to buckets. The speaker and members of the House and many others were on hand, laboring manfully for the preservation of the splen did building. As the danger of its being altogether destroyed seemed great, many persons began to remove 'valuable works of art, &c. The large national historical pictures by Trumbull and others in the Rotunda, were removed to a place of safe ty At the same time, when the library seemed doomed to destruction without any chance of being saved, efforts were employ ed to confine the flames to that apartment. The largo amount of wood work, the books and manuscripts all combined to spread the fire through the spacious room, and but few of the books were saved. [SECOND DESPATCH.] WASHINGTON, Dee. 24, 12 M.—The fire at the Capitol is subdued. The Libra ry and the Document Room above it are completely burnt out. Fully three-quar ters of the Library are consumed, inclu ding the most valuable portion. Many rare worke can never be replaced. There was no serious damage, except by water, to any part of the Capitol beyond the Libra ry. The fire was discovered about sunrise by a watchman. Sometime elapsed be fore a general alarm was given, the watch man endeavoring to extinguish it with buckets. There was an hour or two delay in getting the engines to work, as they had been engaged the latter part of the night at another fire, which destroyed Baker's Franklin Inn, corner of Eighth and D streets. Besides this, their hose was fro zen. The fire is supposed to have caught from the flues connecting with the furna ces on the main basement of the Capitol. All the lire companies of Washington and one or more from Alexandria wore on hand, rendering good service. President Fillmore, the Mayor of the City, Speaker Boyd, and numerous mem bers and officers of Congress were early on the ground, and very active. Foreign French Items. [By the Canada.] No less than four more Departments have been declared in a state of siege ; but really serious disturbances were few and of limited extent. The total number of arrests, thus far, is stated at 1800. Thiers having imprudently declared against the Government, immediately after his liberation from prison, is said to have been a second time arrested, by order of the President. Certain it is that he left Paris in haste, and has passed the Prussian frontiers. At Sisteron, 2,000 insurgents succeeded in taking possession of the citadel, which was defended by only eighty men. The municipal authorities were compelled to resign, and a Socialist Committee, at the latest dates, was sitting in the Hotel de Ville. The town has the appearance of a place taken by assault. The Minister of War has addressed a despatch to the General of Corps, in which he orders that all persons resisting the es tablished authorities shall be immediately shot. Many of the leading members of the Mountain party have fled the country, and many others, for whose arrest warrants have been issued, are believed to be still in Paris—among the latter is said to be Victor Hugo. Emile de Girardin has resigned the edi torial management of La Presse, and it is understood that he would shortly take his departure for the U. States. In the Nievre, the Socialists, during a short ascendancy, had burned the archives of the Department, and destroyed a large amount of property. The Compte Chambord, Henri V., had sought an interview with Prince Schwart senberg, at Vienna, who assured him that Louis Napoleon would receive the counte canoe of all monarchical cabinets. It is said that the President has sup pressed the publication of 78 newspapers. Paris papers contain a letter from Jer ome Bonaparte, addressed to the President, in which he advises moderation and a gen uine appeal to the people. Several legions of the National Guard have been disarmed, on account of some manifestations of disaffection. The Inspector of the Var writes from Toulon under date, Dec. 9th, that the pail from Dragradiew brought news that 2000 insurgents who were marching on that town, had retreated in the direction of the Brigriolles and Bayols, making some hun dred public functionaries march at_ their head, with strong chains round their necks. The director of the Post-office at Luck was amongst the prisoners. The. Minister of the Interior, in a report to tho President, states that " the insur gents have attacked the public forces at different points, and have engaged in san guinary collisions. They have attacked and taken towns and commence, which, thanks to the energy of the authorities, and the troops, have been taken from them." • It is stated that several of the troops of two or three Legions of the National Guard have tendered their resignation. France. The advices by the Baltic, show that ex pectation of immediate resistance to the usurpation of Louis Napoleon by any con siderable portion of the French people was altogether futile. He has put down all op position, and is firm in his seat. That seat may or may not soon bo adorped with the gilding and the name of a throne, but a throne, to all intents and purposes it is. There can be no doubt that he aims directly at the imperial title, and what is to him of more consequence, impe rial revenues. He has imitated his uncle in usurpation, and like him, has accom plished his end by military force. But un like him, he does not control that force through the power of his own genius or the prestige of victory. He will soon find that he is controlled by it. Such is the pros pect. France is in the hands of the Pre torians, and Napolean is but their tool. It is true that no discord is yet apparent in the army; the reports that two or three prominent generals had declared against the usurper prove to have been erroneous; and the soldiers have, with few exceptions, voted Yes on the question whether Napo leon should be President for ten years, with power to form an entire system of govern ment. But this cannot endure, we suppose. The French nation will not allow itself thus to be bound and handed over to mili tary despotism with neither great talent nor gigantic achievements to veil it with their illusions. The present state of things will be of brief duration, and when the next downfall occurs in France, all the Govern ments of Geomany and Italy will go with it. ENORMOUS OUTLAY FOR ADVERTl— smo.—Townsend, the Sarsaparilla man, says that his books exhibit an outlay for advertising, in the course of five years in the various papers of the United States— sBoo,ooo. He says for six months he out off all his advertisements, to see if his me dicines would not go off on their merits, just as well as by advertising. He lost $300,000 by it; sales dwindled right down to nothing—for his competitors seeing bin' drop off, went on advertising heavily, and got the start of him.—Great West. X?" Local polities run high in the wes tern country. A candidate for County Clerk in Texas offered to register morn ages for nothing. His opponent, undis mayed, promised to do the same, and throw In a cradle. FROM OREGON. The San Francisco journals contain ex tracts from papers received at that port by the steamer Columbia to the Bth Novem ber. The principal intelligence which they give is the arrest of some members of a large party of horse thieves, who, under the lead of one Charley Smith, have long infested the neighborhood of Shasta city, whence they made their way into Oregon. Smith, however, escaped with four hundred horses when the party went to arrest him at a rancho in the vicinity of Klamath Lake, on information obtained from an ac complice. Subsequent information was re ceived that the bodies of Smith and three companions had been found near Barlow's Gate, in the Dalles, where they had been murdered by two Indians who had accom panied them. The farmers of Oregon are represented as being very prosperous. The farms are rapidly being extended into the interior, and comfortable frame and stone houses were supplanting log cabins in every direc tion. The Oregon Spectator, of November 4, says that winter and the rains had set in, the river had risen four feet and was still rising, navigation above had been resumed as far as Marysville, and business upon the river was quite active. A partj , had left the Willamette for Queen Charlotte's Island to search for gold. Flouring mills were going up in the territory, and a general state of prosperity seemed to prevail there. _ . The brig Orbit had been fitted out as a regular trader between the Sandwich Isl ands and the ports of Oregon. Her first cargo was fish, spars, &c.—N. Y. Com. Advertiser. A GOOD NOTION.—In some of the cord wainer shops of Paris, workmen hire a man to read to them as they work ; and this is the case especially with the class stigma tized as socialists and republicans. Twen ty years ago, or more, the rustic poet, Bloomfield, held the post of reader to a shoemaking circle in a London garret— which may have suggested the excellent notion to the Parisians. The Three Propositions of Kossuth. The following are the three propositions of Kossuth at the New York Banquet, in relation to the intervention of the United States in the affairs of foreign countries : First. That, feeling interested in the maintenance of the laws of nations, ac knowledging the sovereign right of every people to dispose of its own domestic con cerns to be one of these laws, and the in terference with this sovereign right to be a violation of these laws of nations, the people of the United States—resolved to respect and to make respected these laws— declares the Russian past intervention in Hungary to be a violation of these laws, which, if reiterated, would be a new viola tion, and would not be regarded indiffer ently by the people of the United States. Second. That the people of the United States are resolved to maintain its right of commercial intercourse with the nations of Europe, whether they be in a state of rev olution against their 'governments or not; and that with the view of approaching scenes on the continent of Europe, the peo ple invite the government to take appropri ate measures for the protection of the trade of the people of the Mediterranean, and Third. That the people of the United States should declare their opinion in res pect to the question of the independence of Hungary, and urge the Government to act accordingly. Curiosity.—Mr. Thomas Smith, Jr., of Jamaica, L. 1., owns a cow which gave birth a few days since to a calf without eyes or anything resembling an organ of vision. The calf, at the present time, is some nine days old, and is doing well. CALAMITOUS EVENT—BURNING OF THE ADAMS' EXPRESS CAR.—We have just learned that Adams' Express Car, coming over the Penna. Rail Road, caught fire at or near to Johnstown on Sunday night and was entirely consumed, involving in the same ruin nearly all the contents of the Car—which is said to have been unusually heavy loaded. Some of the wrecks of the baggage have reached here—Trunks, Sm., half burnt up. The loss will no doubt be considerable wherever it falls.—Pitts burgh anzerican. SHOCKING DEATH.LSIT. David Brister, of Trenton, was engaged with several men yesterday morning in cutting away the ice that obstructed the wheel of his mill. He was standing on the top; while the others were prying it loose, when suddenly it be gan to turn, carrying hint down through an aperature of not more than three inches, and consequently crushing and killing him inunediately.—Newark Daily advertiser. 3 DR. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.- This celebrated medicine is one of the very best in the country, and its good qualities only need to be known, to give it precedence over all others now in use. We have seen its good effects lately, after the total failure of many others. This is saying more than we can for any other medicine within our knowledge, and we lilt it a duty to recommend the Bitters to the notice of our friends. The gen uine is prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson. Phila. MARRIED. On the 18th ult., by the Roy. Wm. R. Mills, Mr. ROBERT MALSEED, to Mies MARGARET SWARTZ, all of this county. On the 29th ult., by the same, Mt. BEN JAMIN COUTES, to Min MARY WESTBROOK, both of this borough. On the 25th ultimo, by the same, Mr. JOHN LOYD, to Miss MARY Moss, both of this county. On the 26th ult., by the Rev. T. Bar ton, Mr. ENOCH CHILCOTE, to Min Bat- BABA. EDWARDS, of Tod township. On the same day, by the same, Mr. BEN JAMIN ERB, to Miss LEAH PHEASANT, of Union township. On the mime day, by the same, Mr. PE TER M. BATY, to Miss ELEANOR B. SMITH. of Union township. On the 25th ultimo , by the Rev. J. H. Reid, Mr. AUSIIIIRg LAIRD, to Mill EVE ROSANNA LEFPERD, both of Porter town ship. In Hollidaysburg, on Thursday 26th ult., by Rev. R. W. Black, Mr. 'lmmix MORGAN, to Miss Lucy ANN STALLICiIto both of Mount Union, Huntingdon county. Administrator's Notice. Estate of Sample Fleming, late of the Bor• ough of Alexandria, deid. LETTERS of administration have this day bead granted to the subscribers upon the estate of Sample Fleming, late of the borough of Alexan dria, dec'd. All persons having claims will pre sent them properly authenticated, and those in debted are requested to make immediate payment. JOHN FLEMING, Admre., JAMES S. FLEMING, 5 Alexandria. Jan. 1, 1852. et. Administrator's Notice. Estate of John Plummer, late of Penn tam s*, Huntingdon county, deed. LETTERS of administration upon the estate of John Plumurr ' lute of Penn township, dec'd, have been granted to the subscribers. All per sons having claims will present them properly au thenticated, and those indebted are requested to make immediate payment. ELI PLUMMER, Hopewell tp., ABRAHAM PLUMMER, Penn tp., 5 Adm. Jan. 1, 1852. 6t. Huntingdon County Medical Society. A meeting of the Huntingdon County Medical Society will be held in Huntingdon, in the Hail of the Sons of Temperance, at one o'clock lu the afternoon of Tuesday the first week of the Janua ry court nevi__ _ JNO. brCULLOCH. Sacratary. Jan. 1. 1852. Executor's Notice. In the matter of the Estate of Abraham Zimmer man, late of Tud township, deed. Letters Testamentary, upon the last Will and Testament of said deceased, having been granted to the subscriber, all persons knowing themselves indebted to the said estate will make payment to, and all persons haring claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated, to ANDREW G. NEFF, Ex. Marklesburg, Dec., 22, 1851. TRIAL LIST--Jan. Term, ISSR. FIRST WEEK W k G Eckert for Gates' ads. vs. G. W, M'bride Jos. Stewart's ads vs B E M'Murtrie et al Robert Barr vs J W . Myton's heirs John Marks vs David Barriok Christain Prough vs James Entrekin Isaac Wolverton vs Elisha Shoemaker W R Thompson & Co vs P & Ohio Tran Oo James A Cummings vs Wm H Patterson Ennis & Porter vs And Stewart's Admr Aaron Shore vs Stains & Rough John Wingard vs Jacob Brubaker. Kel Trans Co vs 0 Friels Admr Danl Kurfman's Admrs vs Robert Speer Samuel P Wallace & Co vs Joseph Shona Elias Hoover vs Daniel Teague et al Samuel Shaver vs John S. Miller et al Saml H Shoemaker for use vs Hunt Pros Cong. John Dearmit for M'Coy vs Joseph Ennis SECOND WAK. • John Whites Admr vs Samuel &kitty Samuel Stoffey vs Michael Steffey A P Wilson Esq vs John H Stonebraker H N McAlester Esq vs Same Joseph Milliken &o vs Wm Couch's Ears Fetzer & Riddle vs John List George Hawn vs Henry Isenberg et al Mart Gates Admr vs Math Crownover Erq John Hare Powel vs James Entrekin C Ladnea $• Co vs M'Gran & Fitzpatriek Comth for Loury vs John Shaver Nancy Wallace's Admr vs Sand k Robt My ton Samitel S Barr vs John Wilmson Johnston for Love vs MitchZill V & A John H Bridenbaugh &o vs Philip L Fox William Gaghagan vs William Colder et al Mary Ann Hileman vs Spang, Keller & Co Summers for Given vs Israel Grafflua William M'Nito vs John Dougherty Ralph Bogle vs Lewis Palmer Manning & Lee vs B E & R A M'Murtrie Samuel Bollinger vs Willliam Johnston Val Wingard's Exr vs John R Hunter Comth of Penn for Johns vs Wm Ramsey et al Joseph H Spayd of al vs William Moore Thomas Ashton vs Henry Keester's Hier A Burns Admit- for use vs Burkheart & Capper Jacob Lea & Son vs Royer & M'Naniara Glasgow & Bro vs J & H Bumbaugh & Co Samuel Caldwell vs John Dell jr James K Moorehead vs Leslies Assignees George Jackson vs Peter &Emmental. George Crouse vs Jonathan Gordon William Crotzer et al vs Peter Ripple et al William G Lenville vs Leonard G Kessler Same vs Wm Buchannan Rich Cunningham vs And Couch's Ears Orleady & Dean vs t ohn Montgomery John Murrits et al vs George Murrita John Brown vs Caleb Brown Ralph Bogle vs Lewis Palmer Bernad Sweenys Exr vs Cadwallader& Exr W Jennison &o vs John H. Krug Samuel Coen vs (hind. Livingston A Mattern &o vs J & P Livingston L W Gosnell & eons vs Hugh &Neal Same Vs Millie Same vs Same Same vs James Entrekin Same vs Same Same vs Same