HUNTINGDON JOURNAL , Wednesday Morning, Nov. IS, 1853. S. L. GLASGOW, Editor. CIRCULATION 1000. Agents for the Journal. The following persons we have appointed Agents for the HUNTINGDON JOURNAL, who aro author ized to receive end receipt for money paid on sub scription;and to take the names of new subscri bers at our published prices. We do this for the convenience of our subscri bers living at a distance from Huntingdon. Jon N W. Tnostisson, Esq., Hollidaysburg, SAMUEL COEN, East Barren, GEORGE W. CORNELIUS, Shirley township, JAMES E. GLASGOW. Cloy township, DANIEL TEAGUE, Esq., Cromwell township, Dr. J. P. Asncou, Penn township, Dr. H. L. Bnowx, Cass township, J. WAREHAM MATTERN, Franklin township, SAMUEL STEFFET, Jackson township, ROBERT M'BonNEY, 64 di Co! Jxo. C. WATSON, Brady township, Mounts BROWN, Springfield township, WM. HUTCHINSON, Esq., Warriorsmark tp., JAMES MCDONALD, Brady township, GEORGE W. WHITTAKER, Petersburg, HENRY Naar, West Barren. . JOHN BALSRACII, Waterstreet, Maj. CHARLES MICKLEY. Tod township, A. M. BLAIR, Dublin township, GEORGE WILSON, Esq., 'fell township, JAMES CLARK, Birmingham. NATHANIEL LTTLF., Esq., Spruce Creek. Mai. W. MOORE, Alexandria. B. F. WALLACE, Union Furnace. SDIEGN WRIGHT, Esq., Union township. Dsvro CLARKSON, Esq., Cassville. SystrEL 'Moron, Esq., Franklin township. JOHN Lure, Esq., Shirleysburg. DAVID PARKER, F,q., Warriorsmerk. DAVID AURANDT, Esq., Todd township. "A leaf from a visitor's journal" has been crowded out this week, but shall appear in our next issue. The communication contains many poetical and beautiful thoughts, the read. ing of which recalled to our memory, many delightful hours we spent "long ago," in admi• ring the grand scenery through which the "Blue Juniata" lonely wends its way. Leaves from the same "visitor's journal," by the pen of S. S. 8., shall always find a welcome place in our columns. Cassville Seminary. The literary contest between the two Socie ties connected with this Institution, took place on last Thursday, and it is said the performers acquitted themselves very cfeditably. This Seminary is only in its infancy, and from what information we can gather, it is in a flourishing conditiOn. Those who projected and carried out the scheme of establishing an institution of learn ing, in the neighborhood where this is located, are certainly entitled to the thanks of the sur rounding community, and of the friends of edu• cation generally. The Seminary building is a chaste and beautiful edifice, resting on a com manding eminence, east of the village of Cass- Till, and situated in one of the most healthy and thrifty rallies in the State. We trust this institution may fully accomplish the great object for which it was established, and exert a salutary influence on the minds of the whole community. se- In our advertising columns our renders will see the Professional Card of Drs. Brown and Hagarty, physicians, practising at Cass. ville, Huntingdon county. These gentlemen have the reputation of be. iug learned in the science of medicine, and ve. ry skillful and successful in the practice of it. We trust they may ever retain that confidence the community reposes in them, as physicians and as citizens, and that fortune may never withdraw from them her cheering smiles. The Alleghenian. The editors of this marvelously originated sheet appear to be in a most monstrous s:g7lt or trouble. They were out last week in along ar ticle, attempting to show the public and the "rest of mankind," that they are Whigs, and that ihe course they pursued in the late Sena torial campaign was the right one. Now, ac cording to their argument, all the Whigs in the district did wrong, except themselves, in voting for Col. White. Great fathers ! Jerusalem crickets!! Is it possible that the Whig party of this Senatorial District never knew how to act until the great "Alleghanian" sprang into existence Astonishing indeed But these editors need'ut try to creep out of their mean and contemptible conduct, in oppo• sing the election of White, for the Whigs of Huntingdon county are perfectly satisfied that the "Ebensburg clique" never had one single good reason, or at least, they never gave one, for so doing. They may write and blather as they please, but it will be all for no purpose, as far as this county is concerned, and they will, perhaps, find out some day what we aro now saying is true. Some of the Whigs in Cambria may believe them, but the Whigs here will ,wt, and of that they may rest assured. Their sheet is a guerilla one, and they need'at attempt to deny it—every body knows it and admits it.— Their course they never can justify, no matter how much they say on the subject. Clerk of the Senate, • It is stated by the Hollidaysburg papers that THOMAS A. Mecum, of that place, is spoken of in connection with the office of Clerk of the Senate. It matters not to us who is made Clerk of that body, because the Whigs were re lieved of all responsibility id that quarter at the late election. Our motto is, to the "victors be long the spoils." _ _ Va.Tusners Itswit; and ARCUIBALD 11c- Atturren, Esqrs., of Blair county, have been Appointed Commissioners, on the part of Penn sylvania, by Gov. Bigler, to attend the nisi, York World's Fair. It is said these are very popular appointments. NI" he liollidaydborg Regi.rter states that Blair county has organized a Horticultural Society. We are pleased to hear this—could'nt Xiuntingdon go and do likewise? But we pre sume, as no body down here is fond of "fruits and dowers," there will be no attention given to the subject. Con - slis, Colds and Consumption. We invite the attention of our renders to en ' article called Pectoral Syrup, lin. sale at the Drug Store of Thomas Rend it Son, of this place. It has high recommendations in its fa vor, is pleasant to take, and colts but 50 cents e bottle. Try it, and you will not be disip poinWl. Administration .14rmilesto. The object of the recent Manifesto to the so. I called Massachusetts Democracy, published by President Pierce with the name of his ' Atter ney•General affixed thereto instead of his own, is too palpable to be mistaken by the merest political tyro. Fearful of the political revel sions which the arrogant and dictatorial letter of Guthrie to Bronson. and the subsequent re moval from the collectorship at New York of the latter, on account of his refusal to fraternize with the Van Buren Free Soil faction of the Party in that State, would produce in the South ern States, it was deemed of the greatest im portance that a counter demonstration of some kind should be made b 7 the Administration, to re-inspire confidence ,n, it, and satisfy the friends of the Compromise measures that they had yet something to hope for so far as the po licy of the President is concerned. How .far Mr. Cushing's lavish protestations, for and in behalf of his master, will weigh in the public mind, against the overt acts of his Administra tion, exhibiting sympathy with and for the Free Sailers, remain yet to be realized. We apprehend, however, it will utterly fail to ac complish the purposes for which it was written. The letter, it is true, is decided in the an nouncement of the views entertained, and could not well bo more emphatic in a manifestation of hostility on his part to Free Sellers; and yet with all this, were there no acts of his and those who constitute his cabinet, to create distrust as to his intents and purposes, in the distribution of the patronage of the government, the letter contains sentiments which would cause distrust, as to the future course he shall pursue. Though apparently designed fo convey to the public mind, the assurance that he is sound on the slavery question, and will rigidly adhere to the professions made by him before his nomination and re-election, and re-iterated in his Inaugural , Address, it will only satisfy the superficial ' rea der, after what he has done, that he really in tends so to act. Theetloser and more critical examiner of this letter, will be delighted with such declarations as these:— "To support or vote for the Free Soilers of Massachusetts, is to give countenance and pow er to persons engaged avowedly in the persis tent agitation of the slavery question, and therefore hostile to the extremest degree to the determined policy of the Administration." The assurahee alone, accompanied with no modification nor qualification, and in the ab sence of any overt act at variance with, or in direct violation of it, would be satisfactory; and if any thing more were wanting to set their minds at rest, under such circumstances, the following, which we also extract from said let ter, could not foil to be sufficient "The President entertains immovable con victions on this point, ns I have had occasion to express to you heretofore, and all of us whom he has called to the public service here most heartily and zealously sustain his views on the subject, as being the only ones consistent with personal honor, the success of the Democratic party, the general welfare of the country, the integrity of the constitution, or the permanency of this Union. If there bo any purpose more fixed than another in the mind of the President and those with whom he is accustomed to con suit, it is that the dangerous element of aboli tionism, under whatever guise or form it may present itself, shall be crushed out so far as this administration is concerned." These broad and unqualified declarations and assurances are, however, sadly marred by the President's conduct, and that of his Secretaries. Right iti l the teeth of these declarations, which are but reitemtions of those of his inaugural address, he has not only appointed a host of Free Soilers, who openly avow that they do not subscribe to the Baltimore platform. all over the country to high and important trusts, but he has permitted one of his Secretaries to call Collector Bronson to account for refusing to make fellowship with the Free Soilers of New York, and to remove him from his office for no other rause than because he would not l en d himself to the movement of John Van Buren, who it is wall known never fails to avail him self of an opportunity to ridicule and contemn the Compromise measures. How these nets. and the fart thatthe force and influence of his whole administration is now exerted in favor of the so-called Soft-Shell nominations in New York, made at the instance and under the su pervision of John Van Buren. and against the Adamantine candidates who are sustained by Messrs. Dickinson, Bronson, Connor, Brady, and other early, known and steadfast friends of the Compromise measures—how, we repeat, these acts can be reconciled with his declare- tions. we are at a loss to comprehend or under stand. The President has the reputation of being a good lawyer, but he must be even more adroit than a Philadelphia lawyer at splitting hairs 4 if he can satisfactorily draw a distinction between the Free Soilers in New York of the Van Buren stamp and those of Massachusetts. The postern gate of explanation through which he seeks to escape may be traced in the follow ing.extract, also taken from Mr. Cushing's let ter:— " While he does not assnme to judge of the hearts of men who publicly avow sound princi ples, ho only needs overt acts to show where they are, in order that his settled policy in the conduct of the affairs of the government shall be unequivocally manifested." Here is the key to his acts. Acting upon this line of policy marked out by him. all his professions amount to nothing. John P. Hale, Joshua R. Giddings, or any other avowed Abo litionist need but "publicly avow" what the President is pleased to call 'sound principles," in other words say that for the time being, they will not agitate their peculiar Abolition no tions, and they become at once as eligible for office under his Administration ns is John Vnn Buren, or any of his compeers. The fine spun distinction thus made will fail, and ever must fail to satisfy plain and honest minded men of Isis own party who have no relish for humbug. No man but a simpleton can he made to be lieve that Franklin Pierce is sincere or honest in his professions, and thus avoid carrying them into practice. If he be weak and imbecile as we are now disposed to believe him to be, then indeed is he yet more simple than we are will ing to believe him to be.—Daily News. Geo. M. Dallas already in the Field. This gentleman, as is known to the public, declined the mission to China, tendered him by the present Administration, and did so, says the N. Y. Evening Pati, at the solicitaiion of some of the prominent members of the so-cal led Democratic party. who desire to bring him forward as the candidate of the Young De ' mocraey for the Presidency in 1856. This movement, we notice, is cordially en domed by the West Cheater fefersonian and the Lonensterian, both of which scent to he de lighted with the idea of havinc. Mr. Dallas in the field as a candidate. The Afrersonian I say,—" No men in Pennsylvania, or perhaps the Union. stands fairer before the honest Too -1 manry of the country than the Hon. G. H. Dal las. He is a tower of strength in himself, and far above the trickery and treachery of mod ern politician.'" The Laneasterian says:— "With him as our candidate, Pennsylvania would roll up a majority heretofore unsurpas sed; and the State, too, might feel a just and honorable pride in hie elevation to the highest position in the world. Let Pennsylvania have the next President, and let that man be Gee. M. Dallas. The interests of the nation could not he placed in safer or more Democratic hands." seir The Whigs in New York have carried nearly every thing before them. Three fourths of the memberi of the Legislature are 'Whigs, thus securing a United States Senator in the place of Wm. IT, Seward. Mir A correaponcintrecommends Col. A. Curtin, or Dullefoute, na worthy the nomination for Covmor next fall. There is uo doubt thnt he would be a powerful candidate in tho sal r aa n E z . a W s, a sailed o frfo D m e l N aw ew Yo U. k 8. Con. on the inst. "Support your Own." This was the advice given by Henry Clay on one occasion, and never did he give any more 'worthy to he followed by Whigs. A disregard of it has been followed ever by disaster. It has been the besetting sin of the Whig party to be untrue to itself by being unfaithful to its men; and to thnt fact more than any other may be attributed its frequent defeats. We took oc• cation the other day to refer to this matter, and deprecated the folly which would council Whigs to adopt Judge Bronson as a political idol; and we are glad to perceive that there are others who are of the same way of thinking. The Norristown Herald, in noticing our remarks, says:— " We have seen such specimens of sympathy manifested on the part of Whigs, but we cannot now recall an instance in which the thing 'paid for the investment.' Bronson may have mar tyrised•himself—we think he did—but it was for the benefit of his section of the Locofoco party, and he ought, therefore, to look only to the 'section' for his reward. A Whig who would support Bronson for U. S. Senator, merely on account of the latter having given the Trensurypepartment a lesson in letter wri ting, ongbt to be presented with cap and bell' at the public expense." A CAT IN THE MEAL Tuo.—A Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Express says the impression exists here among observing men, that President Pierce is bound by some written tie to John Van Buren, who has had an influ ence with him in making New York appoint ments, and the belief is, that the bond was drawn prior to the Presidential election. One of the conditions was that Dix was to go into his Cabinet—but the President was let off from that, on condition that he put Marcy in. Dix, it is believed, has been cheated generally, in consequence of the hot war made upon him from the South. _ Assessment upon Custom House Officials. Hard Shells, Soft Shells and Whigs, have been assessed by the Tammany General Com mittee in New fork, which is of the Barnburn er stripe for election expenses, in the following sums, and on Monday, Messrs. Scally and Miles, were at the Custom House,receiving the assessments levied: 19 Weighers, *25 each, $475 00 15 Measurers. *25 each, 375 00 7 Guagers, $25 each, 175 00 195 Inspectors, $l5 each, 2,925 00 184 Clerks. 810 each, 1,840 00 137 Night Watchmen, $n each, 1,027 60 Total, $6,817 40 It is said all hands contributed. The money is to be used to act voters for the Soft Shell State ticket. No removals of consequence will be made by Collector Redfield, until af ter the election. This is the way in which the Administration comes up to its rotes. clone of hostility to Free Soilers, and deter mination to sustain those opposed to the agita tion of the slavery question. Truly, those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. The political fraud now attempted to be practised by it is eqnal to the Polk and Dallas Tariff swindlers of 1844; but not managed with the same adroitness, now likely to be as suc cessful. Operations of the Mint. The Treasurer of the Mint at Philadelphia, in lfis monthly exhibit of the operations of that institution for October, fihnon a total eoinnge of $3,011.920, exclusive of $3,514.236 in bars. The total value of gold & silver passing through the Mint wan $8.329,088. Of the "old coin. nge, which, however, was only $1.801,926, nearly one•half was in small gold—quarter en glen and dollars. The silver coinage was lnr g,er than flu- any months in some yearn, rench in•r $1,210,000, principally in quarter dollars. The demand fin. stnnll change is thus being ra pidly stinnlied. The deposites for the month were $4.327.000 in California gold, nod 3125,- 000 in gold from other sources. Silver hullinn deposited $620,000. Total deposites 35,022.- 000. There were coined during the month 850,000 cents. We copy as follows: GOLD COINAGE. $860,605 00 110.620 00 236.660 00 582,956 00 Double Eagles, Half Elleles, Qnnrter Eagles, Gold Dollars, $1,801.926 00 2,515,236 87 In bars, Total gold, $5,317,162 87 SILVER COINAGE. Half Dollars, Quarter Dollars, Dimes. Half Dimes, $218,000 00 775,000 00 154,000 00 63,000 00 $1,210,000 00 - , The exports of specie to Europe last month amounted to $5.534,578, slightly more than the gold deposites of the same period. But the re- ceipts of Califormia gold thus far are still about $24,000,000 greater than the whole ship- ments of coin to foreign countries. Colored Church Members at the South. Rev. R. Gurley, who, as agent of the Ameri can Colonization Society, lately made a tour through the State of Georgia, has recently ad dressed a long and interesting letter to Rev. W. McLain, Secretary of said society, which is published in the African Repository. It is beautifully written, and presents many encou raging facts bearing upon the object of his mission. We make the following extract, and regret that we are unable to publish the letter entire:— "It has been shown from authentic docu' meets that in the Southern States, in 1847, there were 139,378 colored members of the Methodist Church; that 100,000 were members of the Baptist Church in 1847; of the Presbyte. rian Church, 7,000; of other denominations, 16; 000; and at- this hour it is probable that the number of colored members of Christian churches in the Southern States is not less than three hundred thousand. The great fund of humanity treasured up for the benefit of our colored population is in the hearts of the South. That divine law of love, which worketh no ill to its neighbor, pervading the hearts of Chris tian masters and Christian slaves, will dispose both to seek each other's highest good, and to impart to all men a knowledge of its Author and the happiness of his kingdom." 1101. Colonel Benton, in a late letter to the people of Missouri, reinforces his previous ar gument in favor of what is designated the cen tral route for the Pacific Railway. He also re garde the early settlement of Nebraska Terri tore! its organization by Congress, and the es tablishment of the most liberal pre-emption principle within its borders, as a great nation al object—one that is called for in a military point of view, as consolidating our settlements on both sides of the Rocky Mountains, and as furnishing the volunteers to defend, in case of emergency, our Pacific possessions. He states that Nebraska is already disembarrassed of In dian titles,—the greater portion free of all In dian claim to the lands. To the organization of this Territory he promises his earnest atten tion in the approaching Congress. D@!' New counterfeit five dollar notes on the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster have been is- sued, which arc thus described: spurious. Vignette, a man and woman, the latter with a rake in her hand, and the fur. mer holding a fork with the prongs resting on the ground. Denomination on each end of the note. The vignette of the genuine is three mon and n woman. On the right end two fe males, one holding a sickle and bundle of wheat. and on the left a man on horseback, and between the names of officers a dog lying dole alongside of a dust. MUCH IN LITTLE. eir Cotton umbrellas are worth ten dollars and a half a piece at Panama. tir The price of passage from Chicago to St. Louis by railroad is $9,90. cir The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into eternity. lir Yankee Sullivan has been arrested for participating is the late prize fight. The best way for speeding the plough—at tach a steam-engine to it.—Diogenes. Car There arc 26 miles of freight cars run ning on the New York Central Railroad. Q7 - Rev. Dr. Junkin has been installed Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Hollidays burg. Ifir The cars now run from Cincinnati to Indianapolis in seven hours. Fare three dol lars. ar It is said that the "pillars" of liberty arc stuffed with the feathers of the American Ea gle. Cr It is said a new Democratic paper is to be established in Greensburg, Westmoreland County. Mr St. Michael Protestant Epis. Church, near New York, was destroyed by fire last Sun day. Igor It is proposed to establish a great Agri cultural fair for Eastern Pennsylvania,at Phila delphia. liSr Thomas Francis Meagher will deliver a Lecture in Boston on the 7th proximo, on "Daniel O'Connell." liarMr• Gough is making a great sensation in England. In one place he had an audience of from 12,000 to 15,000. la,. The New Orleans Picayune says stran gers may now visit that city, the fever being no longer considered an epidemic. ti 'A special Court is to be held in daysburg, commencing on the 4th Monday of January next. fr Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow.—Span ish Maxim. 6 3 - The Pennsylvania Rail Road Company are paying from $2,50 to $2,75 per day to brick layers at Altoona. ! Er The omnibus proprietors of Pittsburg have determined to discontinue their Sunday trips for the present. 65 - Exqu is i tes have sorb a "hawwor" of everything common, that they utterly refuse to Possess common sense. Some—the newfangled woolen head gear worn by the ladies. Reminds us of an old ram's tail in winter time. Thursday, the 24th of November, has been set aside as a day of Thanksgiving by eight different States of the Union. wir Heaven's Gates, said Webster, are not so highly arched as princes palaces; they that enter there must go upon their knees. ea- It is a proverb at our colleges that alma who graduate with the highest honors are eel. dom heard of afterwards. ea- There has been raised by the churches of Great Britain, fur Missionary purposes, $l. 750A00 : in those of America, 5750.000 MisF Louisa Scribner obtained a ver dict at Ovid, last week, of 52000 for breach of promise on the part of her inconstant swain. Austridliai increased Inc indebtedness since 1843, something like $170,000,000, main. ly in suppressing liberty in Frungttry and Italy. Cr If you would teach secrecy to others, be gin with yourself. How can you expect anoth. or will keep your secret when you cannot your. self? air The Venango Railroad has been placed under contract to an Eastern company, and there is now no doubt about its speedy comple• lion. • 'An unsuccessful lover was asked the reason why he lost his divinity. "Alas he re plied, "I flattered her until she become too proud to speak to me." fir Patience is very good, but perseverance is better; while the former stands like a stoic in the midst of difficulties the latter whips them out of the ring. 'Harmless mirth is the best cordial for consumptive spirits; therefore jesting is always in place provided it tresspasses not in quanti ty, quality, or season. air Affection, like flowers, breaks through the most frozen ground at last; and the heart which seeks but for another heart to make it happy will nevmseck in vain. fir It is stated in English papers, that the mind of Macauley, the distinguished Historian, has been seriously impaired by the excessive use of opium. The Directors of the Farmers Bank of Lancaster, and the Lancaster County Bank, have each declared a dividend of five per cent. for the last six months. lEir The chap who recently' pinched a half dollar until the eagle expanded his wings and shed his pin feathers, arrived in town last night, and took lodging in a hay.mofv. Rapid Work—a negro in Red River county, Texas, committed a murder on Monday, Sept. 20, was indicted Tuesday, was tried on Wed. nesday, and hung on Thursday. ear A genius out west just patented a ma• chine for making chesnuts out of sweet pots• toes. He is a brother to the old gentleman who put handles to prickly pears and sold them for curry combs. 65- There is a man down East, rather a facetious chap, whose name is New. He named his first child Something; it was Something New. His next child was called Nothing; it was Nothing New. M.. Somebody advertises for agents to Bel a work entitled " Hymeneal Instructor." The beat " Hymeneal Instructor " we know of said Major Noah, is a young Widow. What she don't know, there is no use in learning. Clever—Dr. Brown and his accomplished lady—one day last week we had the pleasure of assisting them in demasticating a very large and elegantly roasted wild turkey. We have not for a long time been so hospitably enter. twined, and there aro few indeed more kindly disposed. May their shadows never grow less. S Gov. Bigler has appointed George W. Bowman, of the Bedford Gazette, Adjutant General of the State, in place of Gen. Keenan, resigned to accept the Consulship at Hong Kong, China. Mr. Bowman held the same of fice under Gov. Shunk. Seep Cool and Reserve your Fire—if tho Whig party will only keep cool and reserve their fire, says the Vicksburg Whig, till the Brent battle of 1856 commences, the various factions of the Democratic party will have GO belabored each other, that the conservative portion of the people wilt gladly unite upon cx. President Fillmore, the lion. Edward Ever. raft, William C. Rives, Qov. Jones, or any other good conservative Whig that the party may absolute for President CORRESPONDENCE. For the Journal. Who shall be our Gubernatorial Candi. date. MR. EDITOR :—The history of the world fur nishes abundant evidence of the melancholy truth, that there are times when the soundest political principles are driven into the shade by the enemies of right, sometimes by power and the sword; at other times, by high professions of patriotism and philanthropy, and very fre quently malignantly and successfully assailed by sophistry and vituperation. The Whigs have suffered defeat so frequently by means which should never, under any cir cumstances, be employed in an htnorable con test, that they often despair of future success and are ready to retire in disgust. But it should never be forgotten, that although the eternal principles of truth and justice may lie long in obscurity under that load of dark cor ruption with which they may for a time be crushed; yet they will strike through the thick darkness in which they seem to be enveloped, and shine out with such lustre as to confound and scatter their foes when rioting in the midst of ill gotten spoils. Let Whigs rise in their majesty—their prin. ciples are not--nor never will be extinguished. They are only beaten back for a season, and when corruption becomes too dark and dismal, as it certainly now has, to be longer borne by the people. you, having a high mission, must come to the rescue, and fearlessly roll back the evil. And in order to do this effectually, you must anticipate your opponents flushed as they are with victory, by looking out for your best and strongest men. The question is frequently asked, who shall be our next candidate for Governor? It would be vain at present to answer this question definitely. It would indeed be unwise to anticipate the action of our Whig State Con• vention, to which it will be our duty to submit the cause and claims of all our favorite candi dates. But we may notice the claims of the wor thy individuals whose names have been men tioned in connection with that high office; and amongst them none have a stronger claim than our neighbor, Col. A.G. Curtain, of Belle. fonte, Centre County. There has not been a Whig Candidate for President of the United States, or for Governor of Penna., during the last twenty years, who has not been deeply in debted to his thrilling eloquence. Fewer men are more deeply versed in the science of politi• cal economy than be,and fewer still are they who possess a higher degree of literary refinement, so hapily blended with popular manners—and fewer still could more fearlessly hid defiance to the foul lips of slander, or the envenomed tongue of detraction. He would be fresh from the ranks of the people whose idol lie is, and if nominated, gratitude for past service would unite runny in supporting him, who might otherwise be distracted. Mr. Curtin has never either asked, or receiv. ed any reward for the eminent services per formed in defence of Whig principles, nor do I know thathe is now asking any thing save the grateful feelings resulting from a conscious ness of having perawmed his duty, and doubt less he will still be ready to do battle manful. ly for the nominee of the Convention whoever he may be. * * * For the Journal, Ma. EDITOR.-1 ern an old man, and have been a citizen of this county for thirty years. I I,long, to the hardworking, hard-visaged, and hard•fisted class of community, who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow, who are de pendent on no patronage, whether public or individual, but who gain a competence by the daily labor of their hands; and I have grown gray in my occupation—the tillage of the ground. I have clear.d my farm and reared my chil dren without help or favor from ally one. I not sorry to see that this old-fashioned elms is disappenring, from society, and giving place to others who seem to know better how to live by their wits, than by their hands. It may seem strange to many of these new classes of people when I state that I was brought up to work from my cradle. As soon as I could handle a stick of } wood I was given my daily tasks. I learn that in these new schools which they call "Academies" and "Seminaries," they have a Junior, a Middle, and a Senior class, or some such a division, through which the . young yen• tleman or lady passes until he receives the fin. idling touch, and comes out at the top, britnfnl of learning and "graduates"—l think that is the word. Now, Sir, my Junior class was the cornfield and potato patch, where I spent sev. oral years, taking thorough lessons in all the various branches of those sciences; my book, pencil and philosophical instrument, all in one, being the hoe-handle. MY Middle class was the meadow and wheat• field, my principle studies being. mowing, ma king winrows, raking, binding, plowing, husk ing, threshing and hauling, with occasional episodes of mauling rails, grubbing, and ma king fence. Siv Senior studies were the finishing accom plishments of my course, cradling, sowing grain, and the like, and I graduated on the top of a hay-stack. which I had built from the ground myself, with two men pitching on. Such was my course of education, and with the aid of a little reading and writing, which I learned, the one at the age of twelve and the other at six teen, and a knowledge of Arithmetic, through Division, together with the precept of honesty, industry, and economy, which my parents in stilled into my mind, it has served me very well. With it I have been enabled to transact all my business, to keep my accounts, to acquire a competence, to support my family, and estab lish them in the world, and to provide a com fortable home for my old age. It is not surprising that in my long life I should see many changes and many departures from old customs and ideas, many perhaps, for the better, but many also for the worse. Among the latter is the entire change in the method of raising the young. Our farmers seem to have forsaken the old path in which they were trained, and adopted all the loose and extravagant customs so prevalent in large cities, with none of their. excuses. Instead of being brought up to work, and coming out as good a farmer as his father, the farmer's son now no sooner begins to wear pantaloons and boots, than he talks of going away to school. He has already learned all that is taught at the district school, has stalled his master, got a smattering of Algebra, and one or two other hooks with hard names, and now intends to go to an Academy or College, and turn out a quack preacher, doctor, or law yer. I will close my communication with this query, which I would like to have some farmer who has fallen in with these new fangled no tions or some Academic professor, answer, viz: what good have these Academies and High Schools, male and female, effected? In your next paper I will continue this subject, and in the meantime awaiting, with entire willingness, any reply. I subscribe myself AN OLD FARMER. Strange Discovery Of Human Sauteing. On Saturday forenoon, some workmen; en gaged in the removal of rubbish from the ruins of A tkinson & Keemle's upper ware-house, be tween the canal basin and Liberty street, dis interred the remains of a human body, a skull was found, enclosed in a white wool hat—a number of bones were shaken from a pair of drab pants, and other bones and the remains of a shirt were discovered in the same place.— No flesh remained on the hones, but a small quantity of white or light colored hair adhered to the broken skull. On Monday morning an inquest was held, when it was ascertained that the deceased was a mulatto lad of ten years, whose mother is dead and Ilia father residing in Cincinnati. The warehonse was destroyed by fire on the 2fltb of June last, and nee day the lad, Martin Brown, left the residence of his aunt, Eliaabethliiill, on Hinge alley, to visit the ruins, and at noes, whop x Aumb . er of chil dren were aboutit, a wall ibll and bnried him in the ruins. The relatives identified thebody, by the clothing found, and by means Of a piece of "brass rith;" fund in th 7 r -rifiabtn-1 The Turk and the Tartar. Every arrival from England brings ns riews of the nearer approach of the grand collision between Russia nod the Ottoman Power which has been no much dreaded, in advance, ns in volving a possible crisis in the affairs of Eu rope. We may well believe that war to be in evitable which has been formally declared by one party, unless upon eonditions which the other scornfully refuses. Abdoul Istedfid, .hi ed out of fear, assumes the port ot t a aoklier and hero, defying his imperial enemy. and de claring that. if fate be ag,ainst him and the Os manlces should be driven from Europe, he and. they will at least leave it, as their conquering fathers entered it, four centuries ago, sword in in hand; and Nicholas is, in consequence, as we are told and may well believe, in a tower ing passion, determined to do—or to attempt —terrible things. Prince Paskiewiteh, whose name is linked with the mournfully memora ble despatch—"Order reigns in Warsnw"— takes command of the army ofinvanion ; Omar Pashn asks fifty thousand additional troops, that he may meet it across the Danube'; and the British and French fleets nt length sail, or are about to sail, in force to Constantinople, to watch proceedings, and perhaps, in the end, re peat to the Czar the lesson of autocratic impo tone° which the sea once read to the presump tuous Canute. The Turks are in a fever of pa triotic, or religious, enthusiasm, pouring their voluntary oblations of money and arms into the treasury of the Sultan. All is preparation and expectation—the battle is about to begin —according to the news by the Africa the very day had been settled for the first collision; and yet the barometer of commercial feeling at Lon don shows that, after all, the war is not regard. ed as being altogether so dreadful a thing, now that it is at band, as it was at first feared it would be. Does this not show a belief that Russia will be virtually foiled in her underta king—and foiled, too, without the actual inter ference of France and England,—or ;Inch in terference as would necessarily embroil those two Powers with Russia, and thus lend to the general war once so universally apprehended In fact, it appears to us that some of those ideas respecting the real position and power of' Russia, which we have often endeavored to im press Olson our renders, are beginning to make their way in Europe, and men are less alarmed than they used to be at the descent of the Nor them hippogriffin. A nearer approach shows that the "great colossus" is very much like his fellow monster of the Brocken, a thing of clouds and vapor, an unreality, a mere magni fied representation of ,ordinary human stature and strength traced by fear on the fogs ofima gination. The closer we look the more strong ly we are inclined to doubt those exaggerated pictures which present Nicholas as the punts ;or of a power capable of end angering the indepen dence of Europe. It would seem that men are now not so certain even of his ability to crush poor Turkey. Unless to this reaction of senti ment we know not to what else to attribute the change of popular feeling on the subject of the Turkish war. The vacillating policy of tho Al lies has destroyed nearly all belief in their in tentions to interpose by torce for the proteetion of the Sultan. The hope, or trust, is that the Sultan will be able of himself to repel the as sault of a foe no longer deemed omnipotent and invincible. Russia is great and terrible on paper; and it is by the frequent publication of estimates (per haps of Russian origin), showing the apparent immensity of her military resources, that the public mind has been so much and so longda hided. The latest computation at' this kind, which is now circulating through the journals, is alleged to emenate front "a Prussian officer of great experience,"—who, however, main tains a prudent incognito. This unknown a rithmetician tells the world that "the force which the Czar could employ in a European war,—without the reserve, the local . garrisons, or the army in the Caucasus being in any way reduced—, consists of 368 battalions of infan try, 468 squadrons of cavalry, and 996 gnus"— in round numbers, half a million of s ildie rs, with a thousand cannons; and, in case of"a great wee—meaning a general one against the European powers—the same authority as mires us, Nicholas could bring into the field a million of combatants, with eighteen hundred gt Tl;is sounds all very well, but it is the old song sung over again; and it falls as unimpres sively on accustomed ears as "Old Folks at Home" or may other street melody of which people are tired. If there are any to whom it may appear interesting—as there are soine to whom "Old Folks"kas still the charm of fresh ness and novelty—we may oppose to the tes timony of the unknown Prussian officer the authority of a recent and well-informed French writer—the last who has written a hook on Russia—who tells a very different story. The person we refer to is M. L. Leouzon In Due, late Charge de Mission to the Courts of Russia and Finland, whose volume, entitled "The Russian Question, or the Crisis in the East," translated by Mr. J. H. Urquhart, has jest ap peered in London. We may suppose that M. le Due's position and his residence, in a diplo matic capacity, in Russia, gave him opportu nities for making observations and collecting information not enjoyed by the Prussian offi cer, whose resources lay in Russian documents or Russian informants, and that his testimony is entitled to greater credence than the figures of the latter. Well, M. le Due, who is a lively writer and laughs at many things, among oth ers laughs at the Czar, as at a bugbear which acquaintance has robbed of its terrors—laughs at the notion of Europe dreading this bug. bear—and, above all, laughs at the estimates which make the would-be conqueror of Con stantinople the chief of armies such as were once led, in the barbaric ages, by Xerxes and Genghis Khan. "The Kmperor," he says, speaking volumes in ten words, "counts a mill ion of soldiers; but lie has never been able to bring more than two hundred thousand at once into the field." That is exactly the fact. The territorial possessions of Russia are almost boundless, but the vast proportion is an ex panne of forest and ice—hyperborean deserts, wandered over by a few half savaged tribes of hunters and fishermen, and incapable of any dense or tolerably . civilized population. The total number of his subjects is, doubtless, very great; it is very small, however, relatively to the territory the strengh (such as that strength is) lying entirely in the proper RIM• sian and Cossack elements of the western, or European, portion. The Czar has scarcely subects enough to guard his dominions—in reality, lie has not enough ; for all the provin ces lying on the Pacific, whether on the Amer ican or the Asiatic side, are, and must remain, at the mercy of any naval power which chooses to attack them. We have said, on a previous occasion, that a single American ship of war could take all the Siberian ports. California or Oregon—nay,. even the new Territory of Washington, out of its scanty population, could spare force enough to conquer all Eastern Si. beria, as well as Russian America ' mid keep them, too, with scarce an effort, all the strug glee of the Emperor to the contrary notwith standing. The greatness of Russia, as regards territorial expanse is its weakness. All gi ants are feeble. expanse„ immense army, which the Czar "counts en paper," broken up in frag ments and scattered about in squads, is scarce sufficient for the ordinary purposes of a peace establishment. Nicholas has "never been able to bring more than two hundred thousand sol diers at once into the n 01413" he has never been able to bring a sufficient nurnber in the field at once to conquer the Circassian. Perhaps sensible people aro beginning to think the Turks may prove as difficult to subdue. They ought to be so, for they are more than a hun dred times as numerous as the Cireassians.— All the world's a stage, as Shakapeare hoe U M. le Due brines the metaphor more partiou larlv home to Russia, where the Imperial pow er, in his view, residues itself into a theatrical pageant, all paint, and4insel, and glitter, with the additional glory of the fiddles and the foot lamps. One must not go behind the scenes; the Illusion is even destroyed by so near an ap preach as to the stage box. The Emperor of Russia looks grand and foriaidab!o only when seen from a distance., M. lc I) ,r unit , -•.- • •••• people have long understood, the secret by which the Muscovites repair the inefficiency of their arms. Russia is, in a word, a land of gold. as well as of iron. "Russia," says the French Charge, "values her troops at their absolute worth, and has lit tle confidence in them ; therefore she has re course to other and morn effectual means of foreign subjueation ; and Bins it is, that the soft voice (.;f Muscovite persuasion ever tningiea with the cannon's roar, and the Czar's victo ries cost less land than gold. In the Turkish campaigt . i of 1828, it is beyond a doubt that the Russians would have been compelled to an ignominious retreat if they had not bribed the Pacha of Varna to yield that fortress to them ; they gained no ground in Hungary until they succeeded in purchasing the traitor Georgev ; and in Finland. where they encountered nierelv a handful of peasants, victory was only assurea, by seducing the Governor of Sreaborg, Wirer. ever Russia has bared the blade, the chink of her treasures has been heard. The mines or Siberia are'dearer to her in the hour of strife than the armories of Systerback, Tonle, and Briensk ; and, should war ensue, Russia will reckon upon corruption for success. It is not only the prevailing system, but one peculiarly agreeable to the old Muscovite party ; for ht.', bery is the only diplomacy known to herbal-- 0119 hordes." In the war which is to ensue, we stain, then, see whether the Russian or the Turkish metal commands the highest premium.--N. Teaohers' Institute, The Second Session of the Huntingdon Co. Aachen' Institate t will commune in Public School room No. lan Huntingdon,nt 10 'o'clock A. N., on Thursday, December 22nd 1853, and will continue till the following Saturday, at 12 o'clock, 111. The daily sessions will be from 9 till 12, and from 2 till 5 o'clock; and in the evenings, lec tures and addresses will be delivered from 7 till 10 o'clock, in the Court Home. The following teachers have been appointed to open the several subjects fvr discussion by the Institute: "First day's Exercise in a country School," by J. A. Hall of Huntingdon, Pa. "Best method of teaching Geography," by E. Babecock, of Berme Forgo, Pa. "Best method of teaching Reading," by M 63 C. A. Reed, of Warren, Ohio. "Best method of teaching Grammar," by J. S. Barr' Huntingdon, Pa. "Best method of teaching Arithmetic, d:c.." by H. McKibbin, of Alexandria,ilunt. . . Other subjects will he introduced and ills. cussed on the second and third days of the meeting. The evening exercises, to which the public arc respectfully invited will be held to tho Court Room, and will consist in part, of the fol. lowing lectures and essays: Lect. by J. S. Barr. Subject, Com. School Ed. " A 11. W. Miller. " Infant Schools. Essay " Miss N. Howe. " Music in Schools. " " C. Benedict." Duties of Parents. Lect. " H. J. Campbell." Elocution. "S. T. Brown. " Tho School Law. J. A. Hall. " School Govern:al. Essay " Mias C. A. Reed." The Teacher. " E. Drayton." Drawing in Schoo:. Lect. " It. McDivitt. " llistory. The above programme it not intended to embrace all the exercises of the Session. It is merely to enable members to come prepared for discussion of the different topics suggetted.— Nor is it the wish of the Board that diceussion should he confined to those mentioned above. Each subject will be open for general remarks nt the close of the leading addretsls by the per • eons named. • It is hoped that all will come prepared. and determined to make the neit meeting of the Institute practical nod interest. ing. We have full assurance that the atten dance will be large and enthusiastic. If a change of subjects be desired by any of those concerned, or if there be others willing to select a subject and deliver an address, they will please address one of the officers of the Board by letter. Prof. :fames Thompson of Pittsburg, Wni Travis, Esq.. of Newcastle, Pn., and other dis tinguished Educationists, will be present. By order of the Board of Managers. S. T. BROWN, Pre& It. McDivITT, Sec The Ohio and Penusqlvania Railroad. The increase of bushiest on this road for the month of October over that of last year is ants• zing; but the most sanguine friends of the works will be surprised to perceive that the re ceipts for October last, exceed by $3,212 21 those of September, when the large additions of business growing out of the State Fair were an element of the increase. The receipts for Sep. tember were $80,826 09. Olin; Ohio & Penna. R. R. Co., I PITTSBCRO, Nor. 4, 1853. .) Receipts in October, 18.53, $81,039 03 " 1852, 44,741 41 Increase, Rece , ipts in 153, to Oct. 31st, $(2103,;:l In creaae, $289,713 70 S. W. itOBDERTS, Chief Engineer and Sept Sons of Temperance. From the proceedings of the last National Di• vision of the S. of T., we obtain the following Statistic of the Order: Whole No. of Divisions. 4,808 " Admitted, 61,998 " Suspended, 11,907 " Deaths, 2,325 " Contributing Members, 198,985 Cash received, $141,484 73 Paid for Benefits, 163,710 38 Cash on hand (including invest. 1 ments, J 578,857 21 Expenses (exclusive of benefits,) 238,539 49 Public Temperance Meetings held, 9,141 Tracts distributed, 320,498 No. of Representatives to O. D., 23,632 N. D., 284 Breadituffs. The short crop of brendstuffs in England and certain other parts of Europe has tended to enhance their price in this country and to cause large sales for exportation at high fig. urea. The official tables show that the re. eeipst of flour at Albany up to October 7th had only been 1,843,317 barrels, which is nearly half a million barrels less than lust year. The amount of wheat received is larger than last year by six hundred thousand bushels. Thom is a decrease In the amount of corn received of nearly two arid a quarter million bushels.- 1 If breadstuffs are thus held back at the West, their cost will be so high in the Atlantic cities that exportation to Europe will cease to be profitable. There can be no doubt, however, that the last wheat crop will be very large, and that there is an amply sufficient stock in this country to supply not only our owu wants, but the deficiency in Europe. DELEGATE FROM NEW MEXICO.—Hon. Padre Manuel Gallegos, that is to be, at last accents was on his way to Washington with a certia. cats of election from the authorites of New Mexico, to represent that territory in the Con. press of the United States. Mr. Gallegos is a native Mexican, who, seven years ago, while in his priestly robes was administering the sacra. meat in one of the modest churches in his na• live State, thought as little of ever being called upon to represent his fellow citizens in the Congress of this country, as he did of being suddenly called to the moon. Gallegos will be the first native Mexican who ever sat in Con. gress—will he be the text? JAW In a gambling room at Cairo. Illinois,. old Mr. McGuire quarrelled with a green young man, and aimed an empty gun at him. Ike young man, to the delight of the spectators, ran round the room crying murder, until ho was cornered, when ho drew his bowie knife and r•:!. old man into mince r..:st. 51,', 4 wits $39,297 G 2
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