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
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"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.
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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
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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