THE JOURNAL.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Thursday Morning, July 8, 1852.
BY STEWART & HALL.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
OF NEW JERSEY
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WM. A. GRAHAM,
OF NORTH CAROLINA
WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET.
GENERAL ELCTORS
A. E. BROWN, J. PoLtocic, S. A. PUIRVIAINCE,
DISTRICTS.
1)18TRICT1.
1.-Wm. F. Hughes.
2.-James Traqunir.
3.-John W. Stokes.
4.-John P. Verree.
5.-S. Mellvaine.
6.-Jas. W. Puller.
7.-Jas. Penrose,
8.-John Shaeffer.
9...1att0b Marshall.
10.-Chas. P. Waller.
11.-Davis Alton.
12.-M. C. Mercur.
13.—Ncr Middlesw•artly
14.—Jas. H. empire!.
15.—Jas. 1). Paxton.
16.—Jas. K. Davidson.
17.—Dr. J. McCulloch.
18.—Ralph Drake.
19.—Johit Linton.
20.—Arch. Robertson.
2l.—Thos. J. Bighorn
22.—Lewis L. Lord.
23.—C. Meyers.
24.—D. l'helps.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JACOB HOFFMAN,
OF BERKS COUNTY
SUPREME COURT,
JOS. BUFFINGTON,
OF ARNISTRONG.
HONOR TO THE BRAVE!
Journal for the Campaign
PATRIOTS READ 2
Believing that hundreds of patriotic in
dividuals, in this county, who are generally
averse to mixing in the din of party politics,
are, nevertheless, at this time, anxious to
learn more of the public and private histo
ry of the peoples' favorite, Gen. IVINFIELD
SCOTT—to familiarize themselves more
fully with all the interesting, soul-stirring
Incidents in the life and character of the
great hero-statesman—the most renowned
military leader in the world, and scarcely
less distinguished for the sagacity and suc
cess of his civil diplomacy—we propose to
devote a large portion of the "Journal" to
remineseenees of his life and actions, both
as the leader of our armies and the agent
of our government—all drawn from authen
tic history, public documents, and other
reliable sources—and to furnish our paper
to new subscribers from this time till the
first of December, at the following low
rates, viz :
Single Copy, paid in advance,
7 Copies to one address,
15" 64
25 " if
Friends, send in your orders. Spread
the light of truth broad-east over the
county, by placing the "Journal" in the
hands of every unprejudiced voter, and we
promise glorious results on the second
Tuesday of November. Circulate the doc
uments and the response at the ballot-box
will be at least ONE THOUSAND major
ity in this county for "Old Chippewa."—
Any pecuniary profit we may derive from
this enterprise will be appropriated to part
payment of a new press, and the enlarge
ment of our paper.
The Somerset County Whig Con
vention has made its nominations. Maj.
Samuel M. Haller is the nominee for As
sembly, and the county Convention nomi
nated Maj. Alexander Stutzman for Con
gress, subject to the decision of the District
Conference, and authorized him to appoint
his Conferees. The Convention passed re
solutions in favor of Scott and Graham, the
National Whig Platform, in favor of Som
erset county having the first Congressman,
and strongly reconwiending Mr. Stutzman
as a good man for the office.
137 The Blair County Whig Convention
has appointed Conferees and instructed
them to support S. S. Blair, Esq. for Con
gress. Her candidate for Assembly to be
supported with one to be selected by our
County Convention, is James L. (twin, of
Logan township. Wm. Reed, Esq., for
Sheriff, Hugh McNeal for Prothonotary,
and James M. Hewitt fot Treasurer.
CHEAPEST AND BEST.-Our friend, Si
mon Levi has just reoeived, at Maguire's
Corner, an extensive assortment of Dry-
Goods, Groom les, Clothing, and Liquors,
which he offers at the lowest prices for.
Cash or Produce.-- Advertisement next
week.
ifor'"All at once the Whig leaders would
take to their bosoms the people they have ,
over denounced and despised." —Globe.
The people referred to in the above are
foreigners and adopted citizens. It is a
sweeping charge, that the Whig party has
"ever denounced and despised" foreigners,
and is utterly devoid of truth. The Whig
party has never attacked the present ben
eficent system of naturalization; and Gen.
Scott, in his letter accepting the nomina
tion, has declared himself in favor of giv
ing to all foreigners, who may serve one
year in the army or navy of the United
States, certificates of naturalization, al
though they may only have lived that one
year under the laws of the United States.
This is in conformity with the noble and
liberal stand he took forty years ago, after
the battle of Queenstown, in favor of the
duty of this government to protect her
naturalized citizens. While he is willing
to shorten the time of probation in the in
stance above mentioned, there is no mani
festation of willingness to alter the law as
to persons not embraced in the above cat
egory, that is, that all foreigners except
those who shall serve in the army or navy
one year, shall be admitted to eitizenaiip
after a residence of five years and a com
pliance with the law as it is. The Whig
party has never laid down any other doc
trine, and it is a baseless slander to assert
otherwise. We look upon every industri
ous foreigner who lands upon our shores,
as a valuable acquisition to the general
wealth of the country, and WO hope the
government will open wide its arms to re
ceive all that Europe can send. It is es
timated that the surface of the United
States can subsist eight hundred millions
of people, nearly the present population of
the world, and therefore we have ample
room for them. Every foreigner who goes
to the west and clears out a fariu makes
for himself a home and adds to the general
prosperity. By the help of foreigners, this
country has become what it is, and by their
help the time is coming when we will have
a belt of cultivated land from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. The Whig party never has
and never will be guilty of such short
sighted policy as throwing difficulties in the
way of the naturalization of foreigners.—
We are most unequivocally for the meas
ure, and in a reasonably short time.
In our western possession, on the shores
of the Pacific Ocean, we behold the novel
spectacle of the inhabitants of Asia flock
ing to the land of liberty. They come to
dig gold and engage in any other vocation
which is likely to pay. They are au order
ly and industrious class of people, coming
principally from China, many of whom af
ter making some money return home, while
others remain and become permanent citi
zens of the country. Those who go back
to their native homes, will not only take
with them the products of their industry,
but they will whisper, in the ears of their
fellow subjects of the Celestial Empire, the
golden story of human freedom. Curiosity
and avarice will lead others over the placid
bosom of the Pacific to see and hear and
earn for themselves, some of whom will re
turn and others remain, until finally a free
communication will be effected between the
two continents, when a Chinaman in Amer
ica will be no rare sight, and American
citizens will help to make up the crowd in
the Imperial Streets of Pekin. The ports
of wealthy and populous countries will be
open to our shipping, lll lnd the empire of
Japan may eventually vouchsafe to our
merchants the rare treasures of her trade.
The Australian gold mines, in that great
island to the south east of Asia, will at
tract people from all parts of the world,
our own among the rest—and thus there
will be a continual current from Asia and
the Polynesian Islands to America, and
from the latter to the former. The re
sults in a mercantile point of view are be
yond all calculation and all prophecy.
But the results in a moral point of view
will be more stupendous still. Our mer
chant vessels and wen-of-war will take
with them the American constitution, whose
principles will be engrafted on the minds
of the slaves of despotism and the votaries
of superstition. Juggernaut and the Gan
ges will yield up their victims to a healthy
theology; the Turk, the Mogul and the
Tartar will abandon their nomadic habits
and profession of robbery; the descendants
of the followers of Zingis, Tamerlane and
Akbar will reduce themselves to constitu
tional government; free schools and free
thought will renovate a dilapidated and
brutal society; and a new and happier re
ligion will take possession of the altars of
the Indian Pagodas and the temples of the
,Grand Lama, to molify and elevate savage
peoples and barbarous races, from Cape
Comorin to the North Pole. Human anti
cipation cannot conceive the mighty eon-
sequences which will flow from this inter
communication.
Vast as they are, they all depend on pro
per naturalization laws of the various na
tions of the earth and the right of migra
tion. If upon all this earth there is a man
who can find no home in his own country,
and there is an unoccupied spot in the IL
States, it belongs to him, if he will come
after it and take possession of it under our
laws—and such a person is worthy of ad
mission to citizenship. We hope we have
been sufficiently explicit, not to be misun
derstood or misrepresented on this subject
hereafter.
(17" The "barricks" is no longer to be
Whig head-quarters. What's up—is the
square too large ? or is the “barricks" too
common a place for the young Esqrs. to
rub against ?—Globe.
An acquaintance of ours once said to a
gentleman in conversation, "My God, Mr.
B—, this is a good world enough and I
like it and like to be in it. It is mixed
up, it is true, with some things that are not
pleasant, but we can get along with them—
we can keep burglars out of the house by
bolts and fastenings and can keep thieves,
with proper care, from stealing our proper
ty —but—d—n a liar."
We are almost tempted to excuse the
harshness of - the language used in the
above, in appreciation of the virtuous in
dignation of the utterer, at the whiffet vice
of lying. In consideration of which we
hope the "recording angel vs he writes it
down, will drop a tear on the word and
blot it out forever," as he did the benevo
lent oath of "My Uncle Toby." No body
but a journeyman fiend from the Kennels
of perdition would work at the dirty trade.
The insinuation at the close of the ex
tract is one of the great and much used lo
cofoeo arguments. It is a kind of an ar
gument, which, we can not suppose to be
directed to an order of intelligence higher
than a ground-hog or a Berkshire pig; and
if the editor desires his paper to circulate
among that class of things, we have no
doubt he is holding out the proper induce
ments. It is one of those reptile argu
ments which approaches with its tail in the
mud and its face in the grass, throwing off
its poison indiscriminately on both friends
and enemies. It is intended to create low
prejudices and minister to class jealousies;
which, the more they are entertained, the
worse is the man who fosters them. We
despise all such vulgar insinuations—and
hope the editor will learn to spell "bar
racks" correctly, before he indulges any
more of them.
Congress,
We have received a communication,
signed, "Walker Township," strongly re
commending J. G. Miles, Esq., for Con
gress. It is quite lengthy and partakes
largely of the character of eulogy and pan
egyric, and makes a comparison unfavora
ble to the other candidates. The names
of all the candidates have been announced
through our columns to the public, none of
whom are unknown to the people of this
county—and as far as Mr. Miles is con
cerned, we suppose there is not u man with
in her limits, to whom he is not known,
either personally or by reputation. We
have endeavored to do exact justice to all,
through our columns, without distinction—
in furtherance of which purpose, we reject
ed a eulogistic notice of ourself. At the
time we were announced, together with
Dr. M'Culloch and Gen. Green, we were
unaware of the fact, that Mr. Miles and
Mr. Benedict were candidates. Since that
time, the latter gentlemen have been
brought distinctly before the public; and
we hope that our esteemed correspondent
will find sufficient reason in the above for
not publishing his communication. We
will state to the friends of all the candi
dates, that if they wish to discuss the re
lative merits of the aspirants, our adverti
sing columns are open to them at the usu
al rates, as long as they keep within the
bounds of fair discussion.
L 5 We had in preparation an article
on the subject of "Teachers' Associations"
for this week's Journal, but have been in
duced to defer it to make room for the
spirited communication of our young corres
pondeut E. A. M., which will be found
on our first page, and will doubtless be
read with interest, not by teachers only,
but by all the enlightened, thinking
friends of Education into whose hands it
may fall.
FARM JOURNAL FOR JULY.—This val
uable periodical is, as usual, filled with in
teresting .
and well-written articles of tho
highest importance to the farmer and gar
dener.
Obsequies of the Hon. Henry Clay.
These solemn services were performed
on Thursday, in the Senate Chamber, the
•heire of Mr. Clay's renown being appro
priately chosen for paying the last sad res
pects to his remains. Business of every
kind was suspended in the city during the
day, and the houses, both public and pri
vate, closed and draped with emblems of
mourning; whilst on all countenances were
depicted the evidences of grief and sorrow.
Near noon the ptocession, composed of the
Committee of the Senate, the mourners,
and military escort, the President and
members of both houses of Congress, Glen•
Sectt and officers of the Army and Navy,
the Municipal Authorities of Baltimore,
Washington, and the adjoining cities, and
a vast concourse of citizens and strangers
—moved slowly towards the Capitol, amid
the mournful tolling of church, fire, and
city bells, and the solemn booming of min
ute guns.
About half past twelve the procession
arrived at the Capitol and proceeded to
the Senate Chamber where were present
many of the Diplomatic corps. The re
mains, enclosed in a patent metallic coffin,
suitably ornamented and shrouded in crape,
was placed in the centre of the Hall, and
the funeral throng disposed in the places
assigned them. Amid the solemn silence
which pervaded the vast assemblage in hall
and galleries, the Rev. C. N. Butler,
Chaplain of the Senate, arose and read a
portion of the 15th chapter of First Corin
thians, and preached an appropriate and
impressive sermon from the text in Jere
miah,
"How is the strong staff broken, and the
beautiful rod."
After the sermon and closing prayer,
the silver plate covering the glass over the
face of the corpse, was removed, and all
present drew near and gazed sadly on the
features of the illustrious dead. The Sen
ate was then adjourned and the coffin remo
ved to the spacious rotunda of the Capitol,
where for more than an hour, the multitude
continued to filo past and look their last
look at all that now remains on earth of
HENRY CLAY. After all were gratified,
the coffin was again placed in the funeral
car, and escorted by the military to the
Baltimore Railroad Depot, followed by a
,dense crowd of sorrowing hearts.
The funeral train arrived at Baltimore
at six o'clock, and the procession formed
at the Depot, and proceeding immediately
to the Exchange, placed the corpse in the
rotunda, where multitudes thronged to see
it till a late hour of the night. In the
morning the body lay in State and was vis
ited by mourning thousands up to the time
of leaving for Philadelphia. At eleven
o'clock precisely the train started, amid
the firing of minute guns and the tolling of
bells. The feeling evinced by the citizens
of Baltimore and the public concourse pre
sent was universal, intense, unparallelled.
Wo have not space to particularize the
proceedings at Wilmington and Philadel
phia. In the city of Penn they were con
ducted on a stupendous scale. The pro
cession which conducted and followed the
escort to Independence Dail, was grand
and imposing beyond conception, and with
the proceedings there had, does infinite hon
or to the benevolence and patriotism of the
Quaker City.
At Now York the remains of Mr. Clay
wore detained in the City Hall from Satur
doy 3 P. M., till Monday and received ev
ery token of respect. The funeral escort
is now on its way bearing him, by the
Erie route, to the bereaved widow, there
to repose in the quiet shades of Ashland.
Chippewa Club.
This enthusiastic, numerous band of de
voted adherents of Scott and Graham, ac
cording to a resolution passed at their last
meeting, assembled in the Street before
the 44 Black Bear" Hotel, on Saturday
evening, the 3d inst.; but many having a,
curiosity to hear Mr. George Lippard, of
Philadelphia, deliver a patriotic address
the same evening, President Campbell
being on the ground, on motion, the 'Club'
adjourned to meet again at the call of the
presiding officer.
Notwithstanding the immense feeling
that prevailed in the public wind to hear
the author of the "Quaker City" talk on
the subject of patriotism, nearly all the
friends of the brave old soldier and the
scar-covered hero of a 'hundred battles,'
at the tap of the drum, flocked to their
post, thus exhibiting a desire not only to
discharge their duty as Whigs, but mani
festing a strong determination that he shall
be elected. S. L. G. Secretary.
07" The Chippewa Club will meet at
the Ilouse of Alex. Carmen on Saturday
evening next.
M. F. CAMPBELL, Prost.
Gen. Scott's Letter of Acceptance.
WASHINGTON, June 24th, 1852.
To the Honorable J. G. Chapman,
President of the Whig National Conven
tion—Sir: I have had the honor to re
ceive from your hands the official notice of
my unanimous nomination as the Whig
candidate for the office of President of the
United States, together with a copy of the
resolutions passed by the Convention, ex
pressing
their opinions upon some of the
most prominent questions of national poli
cy.
This great distinction—conferred by a
numerous, intelligent, and patriotic body,
representing millions of my countrymen—
sinks deep into my heart, and remember
ing the very eminent names which were be
fore the Convention in amicable competi
tion with my own, I mu made to feel—op
pressively—the weight of responsibility
belonging to my new position. Not hav
ing written a word to procure this distinc
tion, I lost not a moment after it had been
conferred in addressing a letter to one of
your members, to signify what would be,
at the proper time, the substance of my re
' ply to the Convention; and I now have
the honor to repeat, in a more formal man
ner, as the occasion justly demands, that
I 1 accept the nomination with the resolu
tiens annexed.
The political principles and measures
laid down in those resolutions are so broad
that but little is left for me to add. I, ,
therefore, barely suggest, in this placed
that should I, by the partiality of my
countrymen, be elevated to the chief mag
istracy of the Union, I shall be ready, in
my connection with Congress, to recommend
or to approve of measures fu regard to
the management of the public domain, so
as to secure an early settlement of the
same favorable to actual settlers, but con
sistent, nevertheless, with a due regard to
the equal rights of the whole American
people in that vast national inheritance,
and also to commend or approve a single
alteration in our naturalization laws sug
gested by my military experience viz:—
(living to all foreigners the right of citi
zenship, who shall faithfully serve, in time
of war, one year, on board of our public
ships, or in our land forces—regular or
volunteer--on their receiving an honora
ble discharge from the service.
In regard to the general policy of the
administration, if elected, I should, of
course, look among those who may ap
prove that policy for the agents to carry
it into execution; and I should seek to
cultivate harmony, without attempting to
reduce its members by proscription, to ex
act conformity to my own views. But I
should, at the same time, be rigorous in re
gard to qualifications for office, retaining
and appointing no one either deficient in
capacity or integrity, or in devotion to
liberty, to the Constitution and the Union.
Coiliqnced that harmony and good will
between the different quarters of our
broad country is essential to the present
and future interests of the republic, and
with a devotion to those interests that can
know no South and no North, I should
neither countenace nor tolerate any sedi
tion, disorder, faction, resistance to the
law or the Union on any pretext, in any
part of the land; and I should carry into
the civil administration this ono principle
of military conduct—obedience to the le
gislative and judicial departments of gov
ernment, each in its constitutional sphere,
saving only in respect to the legislature
the possible resort to the veto power, al
ways to be most cautiously exercised, and
under the strictest restraints and necessi
ties.
Finally, for my adherence to the princi
ples of tho Whig party, as expressed in
the resolutions of the Convention, and
herein suggested, with sincere and ear
nest purpose to advance the greatness and
happiness of the Republic; and thus to
cherish and encourage the cause of con
stitutional liberty throughout the world,
avoiding every act and thought that might
involve our country in an unjust or unne
cessary war, or impair the faith of treaties,
and discountenancing all political agitation
injurious to the interests of society and
dangerous to the Union, I can offer neth
er pledge or guaranty than the known inci
dents of a long public life now undergoing
the severest examination.
Feeling myself highly fortunate in my
associate on the ticket, and with a lively
sense of my obligations to the Convention,
and to your personal courtesies,
I have the honor to remain, sir, with
great esteem, your most obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCTT.
STAANGE.—One half of our citizens
knew nothing of the Sabbath School Cele
bration and Procession which took place
on Saturday, until the hour of its starting
out of town. We chanced to witness the
return of the multitude in the evening,
and confess ourself charmed with the in
spiring spectacle. May all who partook
of the delightful exercises of the occasion,
live to enjoy often the same rational recre
ation; and may others, stimulated by their
praiseworthy example, on the recurrence
of our next national Sabbath,— ,, Go and
do likewise."
The Mexicans are so hard run for funds
that one of their papers says that nothing
but another war with the United States
will save the nation from bankruptcy.
DU — See first page for interesting read
ing.
THE JOURNAL
Thursday Morning July S.
ITEMS.
ERRATA.—In the communication on our
first page, paragraph 3d, near the middle,
for sentiment read sentient, and at the end
l of the first sentence, sth paragraph, for
professional read professions. We hope
the author will excuse the oversight this
I time.
GT' if you wish others to respect you, you must
respect yourself.
Cir A raffia (says Pat) is the house a men
lives in after ho is dead.
cr Soft hands and soft brains generally go to
gather.
nuar—The Farmers in this vicinity in their
hay fields. _
DEmonTm.—The weather from Thursday
till Tuesday.
iFr The first Locomotive arrived at Easton on
Thursday.
Cr Three eminent Physicians—Weter, Exer
cisc, end Diet.
fir slooowas realized at a recent Fair in
Lawrenceville, Pa.
I'cars and luscious reaches are abundant
in New Orleans, and other Sothern
tre Ohio railroads in opperution 987 miles, in
process of construction 1000 miles, and at lest
1000 miles snore contemplated.
Barnum, the showman, was once a poor
jour printer,—now he is worth hundreds of thous
ands. Lucky, isn't he?
The joint-worm is doing great injury to
the wheat crop in Virgnia.
Cr The Bank of England covers tire acres of
ground, and employs nine hundred clerks.
r Ile is not as good as he should be, who
does not strive to be better than he is.
NOT BAD-Dttrillg the month of May 1554
persons nere committed to the city prison of New
York.
Foux—to think that you can make pork ont
of pig iron, or become a shoemaker by drinking
sherry cobblers.
PLENTY—patriotic gentlemen willing to serve
the people in the capacity of Congremmen, Re
presentatives, &c.
Cr The ladies of Philadelphia Wear upon the
right arm a black radian,' as a badge of mourning
for the illustrious Clay.
0" Some people seem to think that an editor
is a kind or bellows, hound to puff every thing and
every body that wants to use them.
CHEAI--TWCIVC and a half cents is the price
of steamboat fare between Philadelphia And Sa
lem N. J. a distance of sixty miles.
cir A returned Californian is exhibiting nt
Peoria, Illinois, a Grizzly Bear, of the Pacific
Coast, weighing upwards of 2000 pounds. •
Cir The culture of \Vilest, as a general thing,
was not introduced into Alabama till about ten
years ago. It is now one of their best and most
certain crops,
CZ' A countryman had at the Dayton, Ohio,
market, on Thursday last, four hundred wild pi
geons. They were caught in a net, and sold Miro
at 50 cents per dozen.
Cr Do not he angry because you can not make
others as you wish them to be, since you can not
make yourself what you would wish to be.
10" It is a strange Met that the balks of men
when drowned, always flout face downwards; and
the bodies of women always face upwards.
Cr The only speech of note made by Pierce
While in Vie Senate was against giving the poor
widow of Gen. Harrison the compensation duo
her husband.
MonEwr--Gov. Kossuth is surging tile natural
ized Germans to run independent candidates un
less the Whigs or Democrats shall embody his
views an Intervention in their Platform.
ENLARGED -"The Warren Mail" and "Ship
pensbuts News," always favorites with us, have
been enlarged and ninth improved in appearance.
This is alike creditable to the editors and their
readers.
r A lovely Lake containing several islatids,
sonic of which embrace as many as 3000 acres,
and abound in scenery of urprisng beauty—has
been discovered in Minnesota. The watery
swarm with every variety of fish, and aro cov
ered with innumerable wild fowls.
Cr A book-seller sent to the city publishers
the other day for some copies of the "Life of' Gen.
Pierce," and received for answer that there "is
none published, nor any material out of which to
make one; but that the publishers were about to
employ a writer of fiction to get one up."
•
NEw IDEA—That tho Whigs of Huntingdon
cannot call a meeting without the presence and
permission of the editors of the Journal.—Globe.
-- Sore• that the Globe's 'Fancy' fowl has for
saken the eggs to hatch potatoes. Better call it
back neighbor, lest its plumage should become
ruffled in its new vocation. The lVhigs of Hun
tingdon understand the difference between a
molehill and a mountain, and are willing that
the 'rest of mankind' should possess the same
knowledge.
eir Officers of the Juniata Fire Engine Corn
parry:
Captain,—GEo. W. GARRETT/3bl,
Pipernan,—Joits H. AFRICA.
Assistant ripenm,—Ronuar CARMON.
Axemou,--Jonx W. BLAcx, J. 11. PisimurAL:
Secretary,--.SAMUEL G. WIIITTARKR.
Treasurer.—J. SIMPSON AFRICA.
Doo rkeeper,—Euwmui K. NASH.
Cr The authorities of Lowisville Ky., have
laid a tar of five dollars a day on the Misses Fox,
to be enforced as long as they continue to give
spiritual manfestations in that city, Thus they
treat Ladies in Louisville. Wish our authori
ties would lay a similar tax on the spiritual mani
festations of gentlemen—lt would, if it could be
collected, yield a handsome revenue.