HUNTINGDON JOURNAL
Wednesday Morning, Aug. 17, NM
8. L. GLASGOW, Editor.
CIRCULATION 1000.
116 STATE TICKET:
to* CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Moses Pownaii, of Lancaster county.
NOR annvvron GENERAL,
Christian Myers, of Clarion county.
FOR AUDITOR CISNERAL 3
Alexander K. McClure, of Franklin co,
WHIG DISTRICT TICKET:
ASSEMBLY,
JUNTA NIAGUIRE,• of Hantingdbn co:,
JAMES L. GWIN, of Blair county.
WHIG COUNTY TICKET I
ensuxrr.
JOSHUA GREENLAND, of Caginglle.
TREASURER,
JOSEPri M. STEVENS, of Petersburg.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,
J. SMELL- STEWART, of Huntingdon.
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
WILLIAM CHRISTY, of Porter tp.
COIINTT coulttssiONEßv
'THOMAS lIAMER, of West, V.
AUDITOR,
AWRY BREWSTER, of Shirleysburg.
DIRECTOR" OF TILE POOR,
SAMUEL MATTERS, of Franklin tp.
Agents for the Journal.
The following persons we hove appointed Agents
for the Hownsonon Joirrwm., who are author
ithd to receive and receipt for money paid on sub
scription, and to take the names of new subscri
bors•at our published prices.
We do this for the convenience of our subscri
bersliving at a distance from Ifuntingdon.
JOHN W. TROMNSON, Esq., Hollidaysburg,
SAMUEL toss, East Barren,
GEORGE W. CORNELIUS, Shirley township,
JAMES E. GLASGOW. Clay township,
DANIEL TEAGUE, Esq., Cromwell township,
Dr. J. P. Asncom, Penn township,
Dr. H. L. Beowx, Cass township,
J. WAKED.. MATTERS, Franklin township,
SAMUEL STEPNEY, Jackson township,
Rouen M'BURNEY, "
Col. Jmo. C. WATSON, Brady township,
MORRIS BROWN, Springfield township,
WM. HUTCHINSON, Esq., Warriorsmark tp.,
JAMES MCDONALD, Brady township,
GEORGE W. WIIITTAKER, Petersburg,
kIENRY NEFF, West Barret,.
Jorm BALSILACII, Waterstrcet,
Maj. CHARLES Micrtmr. Tod township,
A. M. BLAIR, Dublin township,
GEORGE Esq., Tell township,
'JAMES CLARK, Birmingham.
NJernsAntb LYTLI), }lsq., Spruce Creek.
Joins N. Swoorn, Esq., Alexandria.
B. F. WALLACE, Union Furnace.
SIMEON WRIGHT, Esq., Union township.
DAVID CLARKSON, Esq. ' Casovillo.
Svmust, Moron, Esq,, Franklin township.
Jour; tvrz, Esq., Slorleysbarg.
DAVID PARKER, Esq., Warriorsmstk.
DAVID AURANDT, Esq., Todd township.
Read New Advertisements hi this week's
paper. Great bargains can be had from those
who advertise.
The death of Cot Bliss is confirmed by
the New Orleans papers. He was attached to
the staff of General Twiggs, atEast Paseagou•
Ih, and died of yellow fever.
Das.We are heartily thankful to a number
of our friends in the country, for the names of
the new subscribers they handed us. The
good work still continues, and we hope it will,
until every Whig in the county takes the
Journal.
Va.. Those who want their faces taken in an
endurable and neat style had better get Mr.
White, the Daguerrean Artist, now operating
in the large Brick House, west of the Water
Station, to do it. lie can do it up to the satis•
faction of the applicant, and is a very clever
and obliging fellow. Call with him, ladies and
gentlemen, and Lave your profiles taken.
.
14,-.We forgot to notice editorially, last
week, the advertisement in our columns of
Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport, Lycom
leg Co. Pa., under the care of the Rev. Thos.
Bowman, D. D. It has only been a short time
since this Institution was brought into exis
tone° by the M. E. Church, and it is now in a
very flourishing condition. Long may it con•
tinne so, and may it accomplish the object for
which it was established. •
We had the pleasure of listening to Mr.
Bowman preach in this place on one occasion,
and we must say we never heard a more elo
quent and logical discourse in the Borough of
Huntingdon.
The Directors of the Broad Top Rail
Road Company met in this place on the 11th
inst., and transacted important business.
They purchased all the ground and dwellings,
between Railroad street and the Canal, from
Montgomery to Franklin street, at a cost of
little over fourteen thousand dollars.
The road is-to be located and put under con
tract to the town of Bedford, as soon as possi
ble, provided' $lOO,OOO are subscribed by the
citizens of Bedford County,• which, we aro as
sured, will be done in a very short time.
The Bridge across the river at this place, and
the first section, which had not been previously
Ist, were allotted to Messrs. Martin and Kin.
head, Contractors. Section 34 was allotted to
J. J. Langdon & Co.
Proposals for ties, to be left all along the
road, will be received up to the 13th September
next:
A. W. Benetliet, Esq., has been appointed
Solicitor for the Company.
The third instalment also will be required to
be paid in very soon. 80, gentlemen, prepare
the dimes.
Every thing seems to be working very favor
ably for a speedy completion of this important
enterprise, and it will not be long ere the road
will be in full operation between this place and
Belford. Let every men de biz duty and all
wal be I;4ht.
sir In last week's Journal we stated that
we would notice the nominees of the party more
extettsively in our present issue, Jtat we discoy
er there is no occasion now to do so. The
whole ticket Feems to take well with the people
in the country, and it should, for the reason
that it is emphatically a country ticket: that is,
it was formed exclusively by the delegates act
ing on their own individual responsibility,
without the influence or dictation of intriguing
and designing politicians. All the nominees
are good, reliable and substantial Whigs—hon
est, intelligent, and well qualified men, and
every way worthy the full confidence and warm
support of every Whig in the county.
In point of location, the different candidates
are judiciously distributed The Treasurer in
the upper end—the Legislator in the middle
and the Sheriff in the lower end of the county.
Mr. Greenland's section of the courtly has long
since deserved something, and we heartily re
joice that it has received what it has. Clay,
Cass, Union and Tod, are noble townships in
a political contest in this county—they roll up
mighty majorities for their size, and we have
no doubt they will roll up still larger ones at
the coming election.
The candidates for the other offices are all
most excellent men, but they were not nomi
nated with a reference to their locality, only on
account of their worthiness and qualifications
to fill the respective positions. None were no
minated with this reference, we presume, but
it is well it has happened as it has, so far as
their locality is concerned. In our opinion
a better ticket, throughout, could not well have
been formed, and the whole matter is entirely
due to the bold and independent stand the del
egates took against the political schemers and
ire-workers of this borough. They certainly
deserve credit for the course they pursued on
this occasion, and we hope the Whig party Will
always, hereafter, send just such men as dele
gates to the Convention—men who can't be
influenced by the love of money, nor deterred
from duty by threats of creditors.
To the best of our recollection, we have nev
er known a ticket to give such universal satis
faction to the people in the country, as the
present one does. All with whom we have
conversed, and they have not been a few, seem
highly pleased, and many allege that it will
receive a warmer support from the people, and
get a larger majority, than any ticket has for
a number of years in this county. finch seems
to be the feeling on the subject in the country,
and we rejoice to know it.
Vet— Next week r Thursday the 25th inst.,
the Whigs of the County must remember, the
State Convention meets in this place to nomi•
nate a Candidate for Supreme Judge, and as
many as possibly can, should come in. There
will be a public meeting held in the Court
House in the evening of that day, to be ad
dressed by some of our Candidates for Stnte
offices, and also by other distinguished mem
bers of the Whig"party, from Philadelphia and
elsewhere.
The Whig State Central Committee, we un- I
derstand, will also meet here on the day the
Convention meets,and we hope the Whigs in this
county will warmly countenance the whole mat
ter by giving it their presence in town on that
day. Whig State Conventions don't often as
semblehere and we willexpectthe party to do its
duty on this occasion by turning out, and being
present at the time.
We pant to try and have a good, old-fashion
ed Whig meeting in the Court House in the
evening.
.Come in then Whigs, from every
section of the County, to hear what those dis-
tinguished Whigs from abroad have to say on
the subject of Whig men, measures and princi
ples. _
Dar We have received a Catalogue of Frank
lin and Marshall College, located in Lancaster
City, showing the Institution to be in rather a
prosperous condition. The number of students
in attendance during the current year of '52
and 'd3 was 116. With the above Catalogue
we received copies of the addresses delivered
at the formal opening of the College, on the
7th June last, by Hon. A. L. Hayes, Rev. J.
W, Nevin, D. D., and Right Rev. Alonzo Pot
ter, D. D. We hope this Institution may pros
per and become a powerful instrument in en
lightening the public mind and in disseminating
moral and religious truths.
Vir The Fair held in the Town Hall last
week, whose proceeds are to be applied towards
the completion of the Baptist Church, now be
ing erected at this place, was well got up, and
every thing passed off orderly and satisfactorily,
which speaks much to the credit of those under
whose immediate direction and supervision the
whole matter was. We are glad to learn that
the amount of clear profits far exceeded the ex
pectations of the friends of the project, and
hope they may soon get into their own house to
worship the living God.
11i9 L. Our Court is still is session, doing we
understand, a considerable quantity of busi
lloss.
A large amount of Sessions business was at
tended to last week, among which was a bill
against J. E. Glasgow, of Scottsville, for dispo
sing of liquor, in one or two instances, in a less
quantity than a quart, for medicinal purposes
exclusively, where it was advised by a resident
Physician. This indictment was an unholy
transaction, because we are crediby informed
by those who well understood the whole matter,
that it originated entirely in malice or personal
prejudice. Such things an honest community
ought to frown down. _ _
War James Shirley, the unfortunate man
who was found guilty of the murder of his wife,
some time. since, by the Blair County Court,
was hung onlast Friday, in Hollidaysburg, pre
cisely 27 minutes after 1 o'clock. He made no
confession of his guilt, but stated from the
scaffold to those who were present in the Jail
yard, that the cause of all his crime was intern.
mance. He died as he lived, a wicked and
unrelenting wretch, althoUgh he said when ho
ascended the scaffold, that it was not the mere
man that gave him the fortitude to stand all
that he was then passing through, but it was
the trust that he had in the goodness and jus
tice of God. He gave all in the yard good
bye, by shaking hands, and then was launched
into Eternity.
terA person, whose name and whereabouts
have not been ascertained; was found dead on
last Fridny evening, lying op the berimbank, a
short distance above Chi's plea. The individ•
ual was au aged man.
110... An individual by the mune of Coc, a
hand in the Brick Yard of the'llesars: Sam•
mere, at the oast end of the town, had one of
his legs bmken, and was otherwise badly injo
red, on lazt Friehr,by th bunk fallin; en bite.
MIFFLIN Corxrv.—The Whigs held a pub
lic meeting at Lesiristown on the 2d inst., and
Gen. W. H. Inwts delivered an able addre§s.
Resolutions denouncing President PIERCE for
his Abolition and Disunion appointments,
.and
Gov. BioLen for increasing the State debt, and
pledging a firm Rapport to the Whig State
ticket were adopted, attended with the foßow
ing declaration of principles:
Rewired, That the Whigs of Mifflin county
adhere to their cherished principles, as advoca
ted by the Great Orator and Statesman of Ken
tucky, Henry Clay, as well ns other distinguish
ed patriots who have held duty to their country
superior to personal ambition. Among these
principles we recognize..
A Tariff, having just regard to the Labor,
Industry, and Manufactures of our own country
in preference to all others;
A distribution of the proceeds arising from
the sale of the Public Lauds among all the
States ;
The Right of Petition.
C. H. Stmt. was appointed Representative
Delegate, andAlen.Wm. H. 'awn/ Senatorial
Delegate to the State Convention at Hunting-
don.
DIED WHILE DRESSTED ron A BALL.—MISS
Laura Sheilds, who resided on Liberty Street,
went up to her room on the eyeing of the 4th
of July. to dress for a Ball, to be given at the
Union Hall, on Broadway. When the gentle
man came who was to accompany her, she did
not come down stairs. Her mother called her,
bnt she did not come; though nearly an hour
passed in waiting for her. At length her mo
ther went to the door And rapped, but no an
swer was returned, and sho had locked the
door. They then became alarmed and forced
the door, when Lawn . was found lying upon
the floor, nearly dressed for the ball, and quite
dead I She appeared to be in perfect health
in the evening at tea. She was buried in the
dress they
,found her in.—Cin. Gazette.
'Another warning to the frequenters of
the Ballroom. God will not always be mock
ed and trifled with. What a thought—the Ball
room equipage taking the place of the winding
sheet, and eternity the place of the Ballroom.
What a contrast between a Ball and a Collin/
What horror in the thought of being summon
ed before the Judgment seat of "Him with
whom we have to do" with the mind filled and
occupied about the giddy waltz!
Lottery Prizes.
The following person have drawn the different
prizes in the Lottery, held for the benefit of the
Baptist Congregation of this place:
let Prize, Mrs. Eliza Pollett.
2d " M. F. Campbell. •
ltd " aW. Garrettson.
4th " Nancy %Hid&
Lth " Josiah Kurts.
Gth " Robt. Baird.
7th '" Wm. Williams.
Bth 0 G. A. Black.
9th " G. W. Garrettson.
10th " R. A. Decker.
Ist Prize, a Gold Hunting Case Watch; 2d,
a Gold Pen, Pencil, and Case; 3d, a Gold Don-
Me Locket; 4th, a Gold Locket Ring; sth, a La
dy's Gold Posom Pin; 6th, a Gentleman's Bo
som Pin; ith, a French Port Folio; Bth, a Gold
Locket; 9th, and 10th, Port Monnies.
Sr. Louis ELECTIM-Tho following are
the names of the officers elected last Monday:
Edward Bates, Whig; Judge of Land Court.
Charles A. Monts, Dem., Clerk of the Land
Court.
Frederick Kretsehmar, Whig, Clerk of Crim.
inol Court.
Josiah Thornburg, Whig, Clerk of County
Court.
Charles W. Hicks, Dem., Clerk of Common
Pleas.
Wm. J. Hammond, Whig, Clerk of Circuit
Court.
Chas. Keemlee, Whig, County Recorder.
David R. Risky, Whig, Assessor.
CALTFORNIA.--The following is the State
Ticket nominated by the Whig Convention:
For Governor—William Waldo.
For Lieut. Governor—Henry Eno, of Cala.
versa.
For Justice of the Supreme Court—Tod Ro.
binson, of Sacramento.
For Attorney General—D. K. Newel, of El
Dorado.
For Comptroller—G. E., Winters, of Yubr.
For Treasurer—Samuel Knight, of San
Joaquin.
Fin. Surveyor General—S. E. Woodworth,
of Monterey.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction—
Sherman Day, of Santa Clara.
NEW CUSTOM HOUSE IN WILMINITION,DEL.
—The proposals for building the new custom
house in Wilmington were opened at the Treas
ury Department, Washington, on the Ist day
of August. The contract was awarded to Wm.
Graves, of Wilmington, whose proposal was to
erect the same for $38,000. As only $25,000
has been appropriated for the building, it will
not be completed until an additional appropria
tion is made by Congress.
MARYLAND I.OOOYOCO NONITYEE.—TheMary.
land State Convention compromised matters by
nominating Hon. T. W. Ligon, who commenced
at the ballotting with only nineteen votes, but
as the race is not always won by the swift, nor
the victory by the strong, be gradually went
along, gaining as others fell back, till he got a
majority of votes, and was declared the candi•
date for Governor at the next fall election.—
Mr. Ligon has been in Congress, and filled
other public stations, and so he is not altogether
an untried politician.
THE JAPAN Exesnlrmx.—The squadron un
der command of Commodore Perry, consisting
of the steam frigate Susquehanna, Com. Bach.
anon, the steam friage Mississippi, Com. Lee,
and the sloop-of-war Plymouth, Capt. John
Kelly, were at last accounts, May 7th, in the
harbor at Shanghai. The squadron was ex
pected to sail shortly for Japan to be joined
there by the other vessels. Commodore Perry
is accompanied by Dr. S. Williams, of Canton,
as Interpreter. The Peruvian hark Caprice has
been chartered by the Commodore as a dispatch
vessel to the Japan squadron.
Mennen IN PITTSBURGIL—On Monday night
week, a yOung man named James Collins,
belonging to Cambria county, Pa., but lately
arrived from New Orleans, was found lying in
the street in Pittsburgh, suffering from a fright.
ful stab in the breast: He died soon after be.
ing.diseovered.. It .is supposed he had been
robbed of a lard sum of money, and then
stabbed. The murderer is unknown.
Stir The Yellinv Fever is raging to an alar
ming extent now in New Orleans. Hundreds
are dying of it every day, and hundreds more
are suffering most intebsely. The Howard
Association in that city, is doing all it can to
wards extending relief to the sufferers, and sev
eral thousand dollars were raised by benevolent
persons in Philadelphia, to be sent on to this
Association, to be applied to the wants of the
unforttirato 7ictirn: of this malignant te-er.
The Pierce Administration Denounced.
The New York Journal of Commerce occu
pies a neutral position in general politics, but
all its proclivities were in favor of the election
of General Pierce to the Pretidency, and to soli
port his administration after he was elected.—
The time has now come when the acte of Ad
ministration give promise of what will be its po
licy, and by what influences it will be govern
ed. The Journal looks at these facts fully in
the face, and in an elaborate article thus wise
ly and justly passes judgment upon them':
"In electing Gen. Pierce to the Presidency,
it was.supposed that prominence and influence
had !teen given to the national sentiment which
had so conapiciously tritfinfthed over sectional
ism. The country did not understand, in elec
ting Gen. Pierce, that the union of factionists,
held together by the spoils, would constitute
the Government, and that those who had been
conspicions in giving a controlling direction to
public affairs at a great juncture, should occu
py only a subordinate port in its machinery.—
In our judgment, Gen. Pierce has gone counter
to the public intention, and has committed a
capital error. We express this opinion with
deep sorrow. We-have no personal disappoint
ments of any description to avenge. He has
been liberal with sentiments favorable to the
National idea, and has bestowed power nud
command on its antagonists, thus holding out an
inducement for treachery and desertion of the
Constitution, and holding it out to the leaders
of those who, feeling that they had committed a
great error, were•readv to return to their alle
giance to the country by assenting to the sup
remacy of the class who throughout the contest
had shown their patriotism and their ability to
govern. The appointment of Mr. Sickles, rec
ently made, intended as nn exception to the
general policy, is one of those mistakes which
under a sudden conviction of error is often com
mitted: The National feeling of this count
ry, sickened at • the display 'of mere sentiment
in its favor, has arrived at the solemn judge
ment, that the President has come short of the
ditties whirls a great position imposed, and Of
the high distinction which its performance
would unquestionably have conferred."
Democratic Adoption of Whig Doctrine.
The National intelligencer palislies a re
cent article of the Washington Union, defend
ing the constitutionality of the construction by
Government of die Pacific Railroad, with the
following comment:
"It was a remarkable article to he found in
the columns of that journal, and, regarding it
as evidently spealcing for the Executive, we
read it with as much pleasure as surprise. The
arguments were not new. to us; we had heard
them in former times repeated from year to
year by the great champion of Internal Im
provements, the illustrious Clay, with all the
power of his peerless eloquence, and especially
in his great speech in the House of Represen
tative in 1817-48, and we could not suppress
the gratification we felt'at seeing them substan
tially reproduced as Democratic argdfnents in
support of a great national measure."
The New York Evening Post, one of the or
gans of the Democracy in New York, notices
a previous reference of the Intelligcneer to the
Union's article as follows
The article struck us precisely as it did the
Intel4ryencer, but we have so long been aeons•
tomed to see Whig policy defended in the co
lumns of the Union that we did not mind it.—
If Fillmore's administration had lasted another
term, the Union would have been its organ by
this time. It is doing his party much more
good, however, now than it ever could or can
do in the capacity of an organ %twiny party."
The question will soon be asked—" What has
become of the Democrats?"
Corporations and Locofocoism,
In his argument upon Corporation Subscrip
tions before the Supreme Court, our democratic
neighbor. Josepl4 4. Lewis, Esq., gives the %f
-lowing emphatic'opinions of private Corpora
tions. We ()note from the Evening Bulletin.
Mr. Lewis said
"This he kneib—that private Corporations
now ruled the State, and were seeking to grasp
more power than they at present possessed; and
that it they were not restrained, they would
aeon overcome the Constitution itsolf.".
Mr. Lewis can speak ex cathedra.. As a lead
er of the democracy and President of a railroad
Corporation, he "knows." • The avowal is start
ling, and should arouse • the people to their
danger. The grasping' designs harbored by
Corporations against the liberties of the people,
is an important admission coming from such
good democraticauthoritv. The Locofoce par
ty rides the State, and &refer°, according to
Mr. Lewis, Corporations rule the locofoeo par
ty! This admits all the Whigs have contented
tor. Let us bear no more about the Whigs
being Bank ridden !—Village Record.
A Dodging Candidate.
Mr. Forsyth, the candidate of the Democracy
for Canal Commissioner, is held up by his par.
ty as a pattern of purity nod independenestr—as
the man to arrest the tide of corruption and
iniquity that is now admitted by his own party
to prevade the public works. Mr. Forsyth was
a member of the Senate last winter, and pre
sent when the Maine Law bill was before it.—
But how did he v2te on that question? Will
his friends tell? Did he vote as an honest, in
dependent representative should have done ?--
Did he vote for it or against it? He did neith
er! He DODGED the question, and refused
to vote at all I Did Finn a course become one
held up as the proper person to confront and
arrest the overwhelming tide of plunder and
corruption on the public works? Will he do
it, think ye, if. elected, or will ho not rather
dodge the responsibility ?—./larrisburg Tele
graph. _ _
Tne "UNION ANT) COMPROMISE" PRESIDENT.
—Three strong Democratic papers in Ohio, the
Kalida I'6ture, the Lima Argus and the Ash
land Union, denounce in strong terms the np.
pointment of Gen. Gilson, an abolitionist. as
receiver of the United States land office at De
fiance. The Union says the appointment "has
been commented on by the whole democratic
press in the northwest in a spirit of manly and
honest rebuke." The editor says that he knows
the appointee well: that the said appointee is
an Abolitionist; that his appointment "was
made in the face of authenticated charges of
malfeasance as commissioner of the State land
office," and that "his fraudulent and lawless
official conduct sacraficed the best interests of
the population of northwestern Ohio."
DEEP WEl.t.—The deepest artesian well in
America, is now in progress at the sugar re•
finery works of Belcher A; Brother, at St. Lou.
is, where it has •'ached the extrnonlinary
depth of 1750 feet, far below the level of a
great portion of the bottom of the Mexican
Gulf. . The boring is to be continued nn•
til good water is reached, which is expected to
bo at the depth of about 2000 feet, and this will
be the deepen well in the world. The work
thus far has cost $lO,OOO, and the only result
has born streams of salt and sulphur water.—
The hole, which is 3} inches in diameter, is
bored with an auger driven by a steam engine,
the instrument penetrating about four feet
daily. The rods measure 33i feet in length,
and are put together with screws.
Vsiox COUNTY Wine NOMINATIONS.—The
Whigs of Union County have nominated the
following candidates t—Assoinbly, Jao. W. Sim.
mouton: Prothonotary, John S. Ilachenberg;
Commissioner, Christopher Seehold; Treasurer,
Henry Solomon; Prosecuting Attorney, William
Van Goner; Comity Surveyor, Robert G. Hayes;
Auditor, Samue: Peters; Trustee's of the Mifflin.
burg Academy. Jacob Eckard, J. B. Smith,
Wm. Faille.
[For the Journal.]
Mn. S. L. CrAsoow, '
Sir--
In the last nnmber of "The Cambrian" a
statement 18 pubikhed, purporting to be an et
pression from a majority-of the delegates to the
late Whig County Convention, in which they
request, and insist, that the names of Messrs.
King and White be brought before our Sena
torial Conference on equal terms with mine.
I shall not accede to the proposition, nod
shall assign my reasons in as few words as pos.
sible.
At our County Convention, held on the 12th
day of July last, without oily undue effort on
my part, a clear majority of the delegates ye
tea for my nomination; which vote, 1 em credi
bly informed, was than made unanimous.—
Relit. L. Johnston, D. Litzinger and W. H.
Gardner were uninitiated in Convention as Con
ferees friendly to my nomination, and received,
respectively, 21, 2 , 1 and 21 votes. This can
not be viewed in any other light than as a test
vote. The Convention ;tad been fairly called,
and was organized in accordance with the es
tablished usages of the party;—four gentlemen
were put in nomination, and it would, certain
ly, be a direct insult to the feelings and good
sense of the members of that Convention, to
r esume that they did not vote understanding-
Five delegates, who wore instructed to vote
for my nomination in the Convention, were in
duced to sign the pretended instructions as
published in the "Cambrian" and Blair Coon
ty Whig," through false. statements and gross
misrepresentations. While I write, I have be
fore see indubitable proof of this fact, in the
shape of the voluntary affidavits of two of these
delegates, and the written certificates of the
other three to the same effect. These affida
vits and certificates you will please publish in
connection with this communication. They
are inseparable: the one cannot be published
without the others are also.
In addition to these, I have the assurance of
Mr. Fritz. a delegate from Carroll, that he nev
er signed. said "Pape; of Instructions," and
that he never authorized his names to he at
tached thereto. So, you will preceive, I stand
now with the Convention, on at least as good
footing as T did' t the time of its adjournment.
But, I shall not now express my opinion upon
the despicable chicanery which certain design
ing'individuals have brought to bear against
my nomination. On the contrary, I shall lesve
it to the candid and impartial public to judge
of the propriety or impropriety of resorting to
means, such as here referred to; and whether,
or not, the object is tp place me in a false posi
tiontowards the Whigs of Cambria, Blair and
llnntingdon counties.
I have said that l esbot accede to the pro
position to put the ConTerees from this county
in a position which would compel them to
place the names of Messrs. King and White
before the Senatorial Convention on equal
terms with my own. I could not do so, even
if the instructions alluded to, were really the
expression of the delegates whose names are
attached to them. A vote of instructions can
not be rescinded by a Convention, after its au
thority to act has ceased. Besides, it would he
investing three men with the power to control
the entire Whig party of our county. and vir
tually .giving the Conferees from Blair and
Huntingdon counties the right to name a can
didate for Cambria,
Office should never be sought at the expense
of lionOnr; nor, indeed, nt the risk of
disturbing the harmony of political friends. I
have ever viewed the success of the Whig Party
as being of infinitely greater importance than
the elevation of any man to place and office. I
profess to be a Whig; and shall, as heretofore,
act as a Whig, desiring the success of our Par
ty.and Principles, And, although lam con
scious that I was the choice of a majority of
the delegates in the late County Convention;
that the expression was so clearly and one
quivocally given, without any unjust exertions
or influence upon my part to produce the re
sult; --although I cannot possibly agree that a
minority of the delegates of that Convention
shall now instruct our Conferees; I will, never
theless, make a proposition which, I have no
doubt will be satistlictory' to all reasonable
men. I shall request that my name be not
placed before the Senatorial Convention, pro
vided. that Messrs. King and White, as well as
myself, now withdraw from the contest. And
it is upon this condition alone that I shall de
cline being a candidate. I have no doubt this
will be seceded to by Mr. King. lie has ever
been a true Whig. As for 3fr. White. lie has
occasionally acted with us, and, he will doubt
less also join in with my offer. There are
manv good Whigs in Cambria county, whose
qualification and merits are equal to those of
the candidates now asking nomination, and if
the welfare of the •Whig party be the object
sought for, no other plan would so well hat ,
minim the feelings of such as aro aggrieved.
To the gallant Whigs of Cambria, who have
stood by me, I will state that I take this step
voluntarily. I have consulted no one upon the
propriety of such a course. I retire from the
contest without a single regret for myself, and
will cheerfully lend ray support to any Whig
that may be placed in nomination.
Respectfully, your fellow
E. HUTCHINSON, Jr.
Ebensburg August 8. 1853.
Cambria (leanly, so.
Before me, Daniel Likinger, a Jim.'
tire of the Peace, in and for said county, per
sonally came Francis Eberly, who, after being
duly sworn according to law, did depose and
say, that he was a delegate to the Whig Con
vention held in Ebensburg, on the 12th of
July, last, from Allegheny township in said
county. That at the delegate meeting held, at
which he was eleoted, there was a large ma
jority for Mr. Hutchinson's nomination for
Senator; and, as the friend of Mr. Hutchinson,
he attended the Convention. That on the first
ballot, Mr. Hutchinson had a clear majority of
all the votes in Convention; that the proceed
ings of said Convention were in accordance
with the usages of the Whig Party, and that no
unfair infinence was exerted by any of Mr.
Hutchinson's friends. That Mr. White who
was in Convention, voted to snake Mr. Hutch
son's nomination unanimous. That on the
25th day of July, last, Mr. White called nt said
deponent's house in Allegheny township, and
showed him a paper and asked him to sign it,
saying, nt the same time, that he had made a
compromise with Mr. Hutchinson and Mr.
King, and that they were all throe going into
Convention on equal footing. That he (this
deponent) told Mr. White that he did not want
to do anything that could injure Mr, Hutchin
son, as he was the undoubted choice of the
County. Mr. White then assured this depo
nent that it was for Mr. Hutchinson's 'benefit
that he wanted the paper signed. That he
would not do anything to defeat Mr. Hutchin
son, and that he (Mr. White) would stand be
tween this deponent and Mr. Hutchinson. De
ponent further saith that he did not read said
paper at all, but upon this assurance, signed
it, and he now finds a statement in the "Can,
brian" with his name attached; which state
ment is, in every particular, essentially difli,r
ent from the one rend bv Mr. White to this de
ponent; aad which ptddiention he hereby, to-.
tally repndiates.
(Signed,) FRANCIS EBERLY.
Sworn find sUbscribed before me this 4th day
of August 18.53.
DANIEL LITZINGER, J. P.
Cambria County, so.
Before me. Daniel Litzinger, a Justice of the
Peace, in and for said county, personally came
James Kaylor, who after being sworn accor
ding to law, dolli depose and say that ho was
a delegate to the Whig Convention, held in
Ebensburg on the 12th day of July last, from
Clearfield township in said county; that at the.
Delegate meeting hold.ut which he was elected
there were votes polled,all of which were cash
for E. Hutchinson, Jr.: that he attended the
County Convention held on the 12th test., gnd•
on the first ballot E. Untchiuson had a clear
majority of the whole number of voteui fi votes
being cast for Mr.iting, R for Mt. White, and",
18 for Mr. Hutchinson: that on Monday, July
Nith, 1853, aft, said c,nventioo had been
1,1.1. A. M. Whit, exn t..) 11,1:1. awl 33',
ea It, sign a certain pamw. t, Inc before
Convention when they should meet in Holli•
daysburz. I told Mr: Whits : that T was sent
to the convention to act for Mr. Hutchinson;
and it might he that the piitper he then showed
me, and whirls has since been published with.
out my consent, would operate against. liim.-
I'non which Mr. White n;. used me that he was
Mr. Hutchinson's friend, and that he was to
withdraw from the contest. I still objected:
upon which Mr. White said it was for the pur•
pose of uniting the Johnstown fuctiomsnd swore
that he "would suffer his existence to be cut off
before he Would attirer his name to come be.
fore the Senatorial Convention." And upon
this assurance, I consented and signed his pa
per; which paper he has unwarrantably pub.
lished in the "Cambrian" and "Blair County
Whig."
(Signed,) JAMES KAYLOR.
Sworn and subscribed before me this fourth
day of August, 1853,
DANIEL LITZINGER, J. P.
Clew:field tozonsiip, Contirea County,
August 4th, 1R53.
. .
This to certify that at the election for dele
gates, to the Whig County Convention, hold on
Saturday July 9th, 1853, James Kellar and
myself were, without o pposition elected delegates
to attend the County Convention,in Ebensburg
on 12th of' said month—and that I did attend
said 'convention—and that said Convention
did, regularly, proceed to ballot for State Senn
tor—and on the first ballot Mr. E. Hutchinson,
jr., received 18 votes, Mr. King 8 votes, and
Mr. White 8. And that on a motion being made
to make Mr. Hutchinson's nomination unani
mous, all voted aye. Mr. White being in the
Convention and voting with the rest—and that
on the 25th July, last, Mr. White callettat my
house and showed me a statement setting forth
that Mr. King's, Mr. Hutchinson's and his own
name should each be placed before the Senato
rial Convention, atsuring me at the same time,
that Messrs. King and Hutchinson had made a
compromise to that effect—and also that Mr.
Johnston and Mr. Litzinger, two of our con
ferees had, agreed that this was the only way to
unite the party,—showing me, ton, the name
of my colleague Jas. Knylor, to the statement.
I was not aware of any dissatisfaction existing
in our party, but believing what Mr. White
told me I signed his paper. This statement he
has since published in the "Cambrian." Find
ing that matters had been micepresentedtome
and knowing Mr. Hutchinson to be the choice
of a large majority of the Whip of our county,
I do therefore ask Mr. White to strike my name
from said paper.
PATRICK IVORY.
Acknowledged before me,
E. C. McMULLIN.
Summed. 'le tozon.thip. Cambria Co.
Angled 6111, 1853.
This is to certify, that I was duly elected a
delegate to the Whig Convention, hold at Eb
ensburg on the 12th day of July, That I
attended said Convention, and went as the par .,
ticular friend of E. Hutchinson, Esq., and after
said Convention had been duly and regularly
organized we proceeded to ballot for Senator,
and on the first brillOt, E. Hutchinson, jr. bad a
clear majority of all the votes in. Convention,
which miscall and his conferees had some 24
votes, each, which was a test vote.
And further that Mr. Whit?, who was a can
didate for Senator, and a delegate by substitu
tion, in said Convention, called onme about the
27th of July last. and said, that it was now un
derstood, that ho and Mr. King and Mr.
Hutchinson were to go into conference on equal
terms; and, upon his assurance that such was
the case. and without consulting any of our
Whig friends, I signed a paper which has since
been made public. I now find the matter was
mis-stated to me, and that the tendency of said
paper was to place Mr. Hutchinson on equal
footing with Messrs. White and King; and
knowing that Mr. Hutchinson was the undoubt.
ed choice of the Whig party in this county, he
having without effort, carried every Whig dis
trict in the county, except Conncmangh, which
voted for Mr. King—l hereby wish my name
to be stricken from said paper, as I shall at all
times, stand up for the prooceedings of our
County Convention, and for Mr. Hutchinson as
the chice of said Convention.
And, now I say, once for all, that I regret
that any act of men. professing , to be Whigs,
should have so far deceived me; and whose in•
stroment Mr. White was.
Witness, my hand and seal this Gth day of
Anenst, A. D. 1853.
(Signal) JNO. S. OSTER. [t.
Witness present—Samuel S. Paul.
On Saturday *the 9th day of July, Henry
Hubert and myself were elected delegates to
attend the Whig County Convention, held in
Ebensburg, July 12th, 1853. We run as
Hutchinson delegates, and were cleated by a
majority of six votes. I attended said Con
vention when, afterits organization, Mr. White
made the first motion, and, after that the Con.
vention proceeded to ballot for Senator. The
first ballot resulted as follows;—Hutchinson,
18 votes; King, 8 votes, and White, 8 votes.
I was, and am still satisfied with the result
of the Convention. as regards the Senatorial
question; but on Friday the 29th day of July
last, Robert B. Gageby came to my house and
asked me to sign a paper which (We said) was
to be laid before the Conferees that are to meet
at Hollidaysburg for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for State Senator. I told him I
was a friend of Mr. Hutchinson, and, if it
would operate against him I would not sign it..
But he assured me it would not injure Hutch
inson in the least so far as this county was
concerned; that he still would have his three
conferees from this county. He furtherassured
me that he had 22 signers to Isis paper when at
my house. I asked lihn whether lie had seen
Mr. Hubert and whether he had signed the pa
per. He told me he had not seen him, but be
lieved he would not sign it.
Since the paper which Mr. Gagebv induced
me to sign has appeared in the "Cambrian"
and "Blair Co. Whig," I find the article is not
as Mr. Gagebv represented it to me; butentire•
lv different. 1 did not read it myself hot took.
Mr. Gageby's explanation of the matter.
(Signed.) JOS. REYNOLDS.
Richland township, Aug. G, 1853.
I woo n delegate to the Whig Convention
which met at Ebensburg, July 12, 1853. Mr,
Reynolds and I were elected as Hutchinson
delegates, and on Friday the 29th day of July,
Mr. Robert B. Gageby came to my house; but,
not finding me in the honey, came down to the
meadow, antlneked-me to sign a paper, to be
laid before the conferees that are to meet at
Hollidaysburg;to nominate a candidate for
State Senator, I refused signing it. Ho told
me the same thing about it he told Mr. Rey
fields. He went to Mr. Reynolds' after ho bad
seen me
(Signed.) HENRY HUBERT.
Richland township, Aug. 6, 1853.
CHINESE LANGUAGE. Who would have
thought sixty years ago that the laws of one of
the States of the Union would have to be pub
lished in English and Chinese, for general cir
culation?, Yet so it is. The ninth section'of
an act passed by the California Legislatuie,
for the collection of foreign miner's tax, has to
be printed in the Chinese. language, foi the in
formation of more than 30,000 Chinese in the
new State. Tong'k Achich, a Chinaman, sec•
tifies that the translation is "faithful and
good." •
par no Monongahela (Pn.) RePublie.n
says that there is vet living, near Cookstown,
a slave (Allen. Washingtons. Hein 124 years
of age, and oan walk six lanes in a day. He
is so did that his lingers and toes aro nearly
White.. Ho belonged to. Washington when lie
owned what is now kncarn as Washington's But.
tom, on which Peryorelis now stands. Them
tate of Col. Cook wets and stilt is bound for his
tiring; Ho is to be taken to the wurld's Fair,
tbr exbibition, if arrangement.: can be
St ^.lt a pohlie tno.:tirt : r 0; the Whig or'
Frankita.,county, on the Ettb holt., the following
resolet;otil were offered anti unttnimoualy
adopted :
That the principles of the Whig
party are well known to the world, that the
prosperity nod happiness of our country. give
the most vloquent expression to their efficacy
nod truth, and that, although they may for a
while be overwhelmed by the strong current of
fraud and deception practised by the Locofoco
party. yet they will eventually rise into a proud
and commanding position, and become titeißco
litical "Text Book" of the gatemen of the
United States.
Rraolved, That the Whig party, though de
feated, is not conquered, and that we will adopt
as a parte that noble motto width as, tried fie
should all adopt—"nothing is impossible to
him that wills."
Resolved, That the corruption and niiiman.
ogement that are so rife in our State adininiv.
tration, loudly call upon all the lovers Of the
honor and prosperity of Pennsylvania, for re•
form,'and will stimulate us With untiring teal
for the election of a good Whig and an honest
man to the BKccutive chair in 1854.
Besolod, That we have entire confidence ire
the candidates nominated by the Whig •Cou
vention at Lancaster, for the offices of Canal
Commissioner, Surveyor General, and Atalkor
General, and with them for our 'Standard
Bearers" in the coining contest, we fear nre
treachery or no foe.
. - .
Reioged, That we will give our cordial and
hearty support to Col. A. h.. McClure, the pres
ent able editor of the Reposi/ory and Initg,for
the office of Auditor. General—that we call up
on all the young Whigs of Pennsylvania to hat.
tle zealous by and manfUlly for his election,as a
compliment that is due to the young men of
the party, and that the voice of the Green Spot
shall proclaim to the country that we know
•
how to appreciate him at home.
Resolved, That we are in favored' the uncot
ditional sale of the Public Works, believing
that they are proStitutecl to the basest purposes, .
and their revenue squandered by our profligate,
officers. With a debt of Fortydwo Ilfil ions,
which was incurred mainly for the construction
of our public improvements, and wilt our rev
enue destroyed by official villainy, we think
that the timo has c nue for the people to de
mand that they be sold without farther
in order that our crashing debt may be dimin
ished.
Resolved That Col. A. K.Comyn and David
F. Robison, Eqrs., be selected to represent
Franklin county in the Whig State Convention
to meet at Huntingdon on the 25 th of August,
to nominate a Whig candidate for Supremo
Judge.
Addresses were delivered by P. Hammen,
Col. A. K. Cornyn, D. F. Robison, A. K. Mc.
clure , ,T. M. Sharp, Geo. A. Maderia, Wm. Mc.
Lellan, and Thos. Carlisle.
The Yellow Fever in New Orleans.
Kew Orleans, Aug, 7.—The yellow fever
shows no sign of an abatement in its ravages.
On the contrary, it is increasing every hour.--
Hundreds are leaving the city daily, while
those who remain are panic-stricken, and pow.
crime to afford relief to the sufferers.
The official report of deaths during the week
ending on Friday, the Lth inst., published in
the Picayune, 'exhibits the frightful number of
ten hundred and fifty, of which, eight hundred
and seventy-nine were of yellow fever. This is
an increase over the report of the previous
week of ono hundred and eighty-seven.
During the twenty-four hours ending at six
o'clock, A. M. yesterday, there were in all two
hundred and thirty-eight deaths, of which one
hundred and ninety-four were of yellow fever.
The total number of deaths from yellow fever
alone, for eight days ending yesterday, was one
thousand and seventy-three.
The deaths during the present week will,
from appearances, much exceed one thousand
from yellow fever alone.
The highest number of deaths during the
epidemic of 1847, was but eighty-seven, making
the present number of deaths, an increase of
three per cent.
The city wears a truly desolate appearance..
WITHOUT A SIIILLI NG.-The 'Washington
Evening Star relates the following incident .
"Not long since the President in an afternoon
ride, with his estimable lady and a female
friend, was brought up by the gate on the Co
himbia turnpike, on the opposite side of the
Potomac. Ilis.coachman searched his pockets
in vain for the requisite shilling. The President
searched his. But alas not a solitary shilling
was there among them l The toll.gatherer.
who is at times annoyed by the pranks of 'fast'
folks paising his gate on their way to the trot.
Ling course without 'holding up' to pay toll, be•
gan to think of closing the bar upon the car•
riage, when the driver informed him that the
gentleman inside was the President of the
United States, and the gentleman inside made
it all right by promising to pay the shilling the
next time he should venture to ride on the
Virginia side."
POTATO ROT IN CONNEOTICUT.—The N'or
folk (Conn.) Courier says that a farmer of the
neighboring town of Franklin had a four acre
lot of silver hike potatoes, which, upon trial ten
or twelve days ago, proved to be of fine size
and excellent quality. He confidently calcula
ted upon the crop bringing $4OO in the market.
13ut going into the field a week after to dig
some of these potatoes, he found that nearly
every potato was already destroyed. He did
not consider the field worth digging over.—
The protracted wet weather is supposed to be
very injurious to this crop.
DS. The census•takers were required to
give an account of the churches, halls, chapels,
etc., belonging to all denominations. From
the report it appears that there aro thirty-six
thousand and eleven churches in the several
States, and two hundred and ten in the Die.
triet of Columbia and the Territories. The to•
tal value of church property in the United .
States is put down at $86,446,639. of which
one-half is owned in New 'York, Massachusetts,
and Pennsylvania. There is'ono church fur
every five hundred and fifty-seven free iuhabi
tants, or for every six hundred and forty-six of
the entire population. The average number
the churches will accommodate is three hun
dred and eighty-four, and the average value,
$2,400. •
A LIKELY PROPHECY.—A Whig cotempora.
ry has revived the following, which first appear.
ed some six months since in the Pittsburg
Journll:
"In the language, therefore, of a knowing ,
locofoco member of the Legislature from old
Berks, we believe 'lf we bass do bill for de
sale of do bublic works, and de Maine Liquor
law, do Democratic hefty would go to de
PERMISSION TO WEAR BEARDS IN TUE Nary..
—The Portsmouth (Vs.) Transcript states that
Secretary Dobbin has granted permission to ,
those connected with the Navy to wear their
beards. Orders to that effect were received
and promulgated among those at the Norfolk
station on Tuesday. The board may be worn
at the pleasure of the individual,•but must be
kept short and neatly trimmed. Those who ,
have beards will doubtless feel grateful to the
Secretary for the permission thus granted.
Ottartox.—The total vote cast for. Dologates
at the Into olectiou in thislorrhtnrs is eajd to
be about. 800, Governor Joseph Lane (Dem.)
is chosen over A. A. Slcioner (Whig) 1,1 1,11: 1 7
majority.